Good news: Our market is growing! The succinct DRT press release re-posted below has all the key takeaways highlighted in red (by me). Brian Wood, VP Marketing ————– Digital Realty Announces Results Of Annual North American Data Center Demand Survey Independent study commissioned by Digital Realty indicates continued strong growth driven by industry demand for increased security, energy efficiency, new …
Cloud Infrastructure Market Continues to Grow
Cloud services continue to grow rapidly as indicated by the market research below from Synergy Research Group. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———– Amazon’s Cloud Iaas and PaaS investments pay off New data from TeleGeography partner Synergy Research Group show that cloud infrastructure service revenues grew 15% between Q4 2011 and Q4 2012 to reach …
Oops! Data Center BYO vs. MTDC
Build vs. Buy — business decision-makers should be agnostic, yes? This evaluation is especially true in the realm of IT infrastructure, where rapid change is the norm and economics can be turned sideways with the introduction of new, or improved, technologies. Rick Kurtbein of 451 Research wrote the piece below; my post-Valentines wish is that all leaders read and heed. …
AIS and New Customer DAR.fm in Daily T1R
DAR.fm has selected the AIS Lightwave datacenter in San Diego for a multi-rack deployment. DAR.fm reported that it will benefit from colocation services from AIS, with the potential for additional services in the future. DAR.fm opted to start 2013 with a fresh slate, including a new MTDC provider to support its mission-critical operations, and migrated from its previous provider during …
SDBJ: AIS to Provide Services for Innovative Internet Radio Venture
American Internet Services announced a new customer win recently. The business said it will provide infrastructure for DAR.fm, an Internet radio venture from San Diego serial entrepreneur Michael Robertson. AIS will serve the business from its data center on Lightwave Avenue in the Kearny Mesa area of San Diego. DAR.fm describes its product as akin to digital video recorder technology …
DAR.fm Signs Data Center Services Deal with AIS, Citing Direct Peering Relationships with Key Subscriber Networks as Influential in Decision
Serial Entrepreneur Michael Robertson’s “DVR for Radio” Service to Benefit from Enhanced Quality and Extreme Reliability Provided by AIS Network Connectivity SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 29, 2013 – AIS (American Internet Services), a leading provider of enterprise-class data center, cloud, and connectivity services, today announced that DAR.fm, provider of premier web services that allow users to record, pause, and play …
Tape Is Tops…Again?!
Who knew? Caron Carlson in FierceCIO earmarked this story from Stephen Lawson in Computerworld. I learn something new every day. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ————– Tape is back and better than ever It’s the oldest medium in digital computing storage, but magnetic tape is far from being relegated to the dustbin of history. Instead, …
Power (Processing) Up, Power (Consumption) Down
Caron Carlson from FierceCIO flagged the great article below from Jim Ditmore in Information Week. Frankly I was shocked to see how power consumption has dropped — mainly driven by the need for consumer electronics to have longer battery lives. Net net, IT shops are able to have their cake and eat it too: processing power rides the upward curve …
Why Streaming Media Businesses Love AIS
Streaming media content (audio/music, video/movies, etc.) is a pretty familiar activity these days thanks to the explosion of broadband connections (cable modem and DSL). Companies like Netflix, Amazon, and Pandora serve up content in a way that appears like a continuous connection — but behind the scenes, a lot is going on in order to make that happen. In nutshell, …
DCK Cloud Predictions for 2013
Excerpts from the 2013 prediction article titled “The Cloudy Horizon for 2013: 10 Predictions” by Jason Verge in Data Center Knowledge. The full article is available on the Data Center Knowledge website. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———- The Cloudy Horizon for 2013: 10 Predictions What’s ahead in cloud computing for 2013? 1. Cloud Will …
