Takeaway: Scott Lowe says CIOs need to be business leaders first and technologists second, but there needs to be a good balance. CIOs need to be business leaders. That is an incontrovertible fact. Over the years, however, much has been…
Wholesale colocation provider Lifeline Data Centers’ newsletter, “The Data Center News Digest”, recently hit the 3000 subscriber mark. The Data Center News Digest is a monthly summary of key news in colocation, enterprise data center, cloud computing and disaster recovery…
Change in the air. It’s palpable. Those of us in the technology world are witnessing a transformation: A buyer-led revolution in how information technology is both produced and consumed. Smartphones and tablets are upsetting the PC order; social applications are…
Takeaway: According to a recent survey, the highest paid CIOs value building relationships with top executives over managing their teams. What does this mean? Regular readers know that on Fridays I often part from my regular semi-practical advice format and…
The first phase of Facebook’s data center in Prineville, Ore. will have a capacity for 28 MW of power, points out Data Center Knowledge. That’s about the same amount of power used by all the homes and businesses in the…
