Netflix fronts $100K for best cloud ideas
Netflix wants to hear about your great cloud computing ideas and is willing to pay for the privilege.
Telx adds faster link to Amazon cloud for NY-area companies
Telx is adding AWS Direct Connect for the New York metropolitan area, home to many businesses that might want faster, more secure connection to AWS US-East.
Superstorm Sandy wreaks havoc on internet infrastructure
Data center sites and colocation centers in and around New York City are struggling to stay online with varying degrees of success. And there are reports of intermittent issues with undersea cables crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Why data centers have a big impact on the economy
Data Centers have come under attack as terminally wasteful and “dirty” enterprises that offer little in the way of jobs. Joe Weinman, senior VP at Telx, disputes that, and says in fact they indirectly employee countless thousands across many industries.
The new cloudonomics or how you can spend less and get more with cloud
Commoditization of the cloud may never happen, because like the hotel industry, there are too many variables that will matter. Some people will pay more for compute in a specific geographic location and even for computing on a specific day.
Telx ups data center ante with new N.J. facility
Data center operator Telx will break ground soon on a 215,000-square-foot data center next to an existing facility in Clifton, N.J. The network-rich Clifton Cloud Connection Center will target customers that want to build hybrid cloud computing solutions.
Another Tech IPO: Meru Is Going Public
The demand for technology IPOs is making a slow and steady comeback. First MaxLiner, then broadband gear maker Calix Networks and now wireless LAN maker Meru Networks — Silicon Valley can perhaps afford to feel optimistic about the chances of other startups looking to go public.
Calix, Broadband Gear Maker, Goes Public
Calix Networks, a Petaluma, Calif.-based broadband gear maker, sold 6.33 million shares at $13 each to raise $82 million from the public markets. One of the rare telecom IPOs, it could help boost the fortunes of other IPO candidates like Force 10 and Telx.
No Kidding! Telx, a Data Center Operator, Files for a $100M IPO
The Telx Group, an NYC-based data center operator, has filed for an initial public offering that could see it raise as much as $100 million from the public markets. With the demand for data centers and Internet services on an upswing, Telx’s IPO is very timely.