From our friend Roger Bishop at WTHR: Kwame Opam —US Government Shutting Down 40% of Its Data CentersContinuing with their spring (summer?) cleaning, the government has elected to shut down 800 of their vast collection of 2,000 data centers across…
In a world of global economic uncertainty and skills shortages, CIOs must balance a more strategic perspective that encompasses both technological and leadership skills with commercial nous. That’s the findings from talent management firm, Hudson ICT, which has outlined the…
Takeaway: Rather than continuing to fight shadow IT, consider taking a reasoned approach to understanding and adopting services that provide a compelling business benefit. A great point of consternation in the IT press is the perceived threat of “shadow IT.”…
Call it Cloudgate, Cloudpocalyse or whatever you’d like, but the extended collapse of Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) is both a setback for cloud computing and an opportunity for us to figure out how to stop it from happening again.…
Data center construction costs average $295 per square foot ($150 to $200 per SF shell, $12M to $18M per MW thereafter depending on the required design resiliency) – only hospitals compare in their costs to construct. With so much cost…
