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Wallstrip: Digital Realty Trust Inc. (DLR)
The housing market may be taking a hit, but the digital real estate market is taking off. Digital Realty Trust Inc. DLR, a landlord of data centers, can hardly keep up with demand.
Tags: wallstrip, stocks, stock stock exchange, investing, invest, nasdaq, nyse, digital realty trust inc, dlr, realty investment, trust fund, Business Operations, howard lindzon, julie alexandria, date centers, Data Management, Hardware, Storage, Real Estate, Data Centers, Digital Realty Trust Inc., Housing Market, apple, the matrix, google, will ferrell
Videos 2008-07-11
Google Makes Us Stupid
So Nick Carr argues in the July/August issue of The Atlantic (update: here's the link to Is Google Making Us Stupid?). Think about this: how often do you search on Google or any search engine every day? How about the people you work with? ...
Tags: Enterprise Software, Data Management, Hardware, Google Inc., Databases, Storage, Data Centers, Nick Carr, Software, Michael Fitzgerald
Blog posts 2008-06-09
How to Make Your IT Greener
Our post last month pointing out that servers guzzle as much energy as SUVs got a big response, but many readers asked a very reasonable question: businesses can't be expected to get rid of their IT, so how can they reduce IT energy expenditures? As we pointed...
Tags: Jessica Stillman, Management, Data Management, Hardware, Storage, Strategy, Data Centers, Information Technology, Data Center
Blog posts 2008-01-14
An Easy Way to Go Green Most Companies Miss
When it comes to green initiatives, many managers think that business travel is the low-hanging fruit. But a new report out today from a British non-profit, Global Action Plan, suggests that IT will soon emit more CO2 than travel. The study, titled "The Inefficient Truth," found that: There...
Tags: Management, Data Centers, Strategy, Carbon Footprint, Information And Communication Technology, Carbon Dioxide, Information Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2007-12-03
Google Hits $600: A Round-Up of Chatter
Google's stock price briefly topped $600 a share today, a new high. It seems Google is everywhere in the business press, and not just for this latest stock market high water mark. A quick round-up of Google chatter: Bloomberg canvassed over 30 stock analysts for their price...
Tags: Google Inc., Data Management, Hardware, Storage, Investment, Productivity, Data Centers, New York Times Co., Finance, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2007-10-08
Companies Lose $4 Billion a Year to Data Center Inefficiencies
U.S. businesses are losing $4 billion a year in energy costs through inefficient equipment and operations at data centers, an Environmental Protection Agency report released today reveals. That's one big leak. How much is seeping out of your company's data center? The document entitled, "Report to Congress...
Tags: Data Centers, Data Center, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2007-08-03
BNET Daily Dispatch: Alltel, IBM, EMI, and China - Blackstone
The largest buyout deal in telecommunications history was agreed upon last night when Alltel accepted a $27.5 acquisition offer from a consortium of private equity firms, including the Texas Pacific Group and Goldman Sachs' private equity branch. Alltel chief executive Scott Ford said the buyout "delivers substantial and...
Tags: Telephony, Investment, Currency & Foreign Exchange, IBM Corp., CEO, Alltel Corp., EMI Group Plc., IPO, Data Centers, Financial Services, Finance, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Andrew Hines
Blog posts 2007-05-21
BNET Dispatch: March 5, 2007
With daylights savings time starting three weeks early this year, companies are scrambling to reset their hardware and software systems to sync up with the time change. The new changes are causing IT headaches reminiscent of the Y2K bug in 2000, and may impact data-centers, desktop computers, and...
Tags: Y2K, Ford Motor Co., Research In Motion Ltd., Tools & Techniques, Stock Options, Data Centers, Handhelds, Financial Accounting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Human Resources, Benefits, Stock Options & Grants, Management, Finance, Joseph De Avila
Blog posts 2007-03-05
Solutions Brief: Storage Consolidation and Data Protection for the Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO)
Driving Enterprise-level efficiencies and capabilities beyond the corporate data center.
Tags: Storage Consolidation, Dell Computer Corp., Data Protection, Dell EqualLogic, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
White papers 2009-11-20
Cisco Challenge: Divided Channel Loyalties [UPDATED]
Cisco's latest plan to "grow, motivate and evolve" its sales channel partners to better emphasize virtualized data centers may sound like the type rah-rah that all tech vendors seem to undertake now and again. Usually it's actually doublespeak for increasing sales volume by lowering the amount resellers can make on...
Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Sales Strategy, Data Center Virtualization, Sales Force Management, Sales, Storage, Hardware, Data Centers, Data Management, Virtualization, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-06-04
It's Official: Apple to Build Massive Data Center
My colleague Michael Hickins discussed the rumors that North Carolina was going to cut a huge tax break deal for Apple, which was planning a server farm in the state. Now it's a go. by Erik Sherman
Tags: Data Center, Apple Inc., Data Centers, Taxes, Free Trade, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Financial Planning, Finance, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-06-03
Apple Building $1B Server Farm For What?
Apple has finagled a $300 million tax cut from North Carolina lawmakers in exchange for investing $1 billion over nine years for a so-called technology "hub." The deal is as shrouded in mystery as an Orson Welles movie, with dark subplots and hidden agendas. The bill has...
Tags: Data Center, Apple Inc., Data Centers, Smart Phones, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Michael Hickins
Blog posts 2009-05-27
Anixter International Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question from David Manthey - Robert W. Baird. David Manthey – Robert W. Baird & Co. Bob, when you talk about activity levels stabilizing, just clarification, are you talking about dollar levels or sort of average daily sales type numbers as opposed...
Tags: Revenue, Robert W. Baird & Co., Call Transcript, Activity, Earnings, Anixter, Project Activity, Data Centers, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Financial Services, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sales, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-04-28
Unisys Corporation (UIS) Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you, Operator instructions. Your first question is coming from Jason Kupferberg - UBS. Jason Kupferberg – UBS I wanted to ask a question about the top line efforts and I can certainly appreciate how the approach to cost and the execution there is differing...
Tags: Security, Unisys Corp., Business Unit, Call Transcript, Earnings, Application Modernization, Anthony Doye, Dominick Cavuoto, Data Centers, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-04-28
Microsoft Corporation F3Q09 (Qtr End 03/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions And our first question comes from Heather Bellini with UBS. Heather Bellini – UBS Hi. Good afternoon guys. Chris, just to follow up on your COGS comment before, you said – I believe you said we should expect to see continued growth given the deals...
Tags: Call Transcript, Microsoft Corp., Earnings, UBS AG, Data Centers, Operational Accounting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-04-23
Tech Firms Become Conglomerates ... Unsuccessfully
My colleague Michael Hickins wrote an illuminating post yesterday about big business ignoring Cisco's united computing system, which is supposed to be a data center platform that could rival those of IBM and HP. That got me thinking about a number of news items and thoughts that have been kicking...
Tags: Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-06-12
Bing Travel's Lack of Back-Up Shows Vulnerabilities
Over the weekend, an electrical fire at a Seattle data center shut down several Web sites including Microsoft Corp.'s much-hyped travel search engine, Bing Travel. The fire started Thursday night in Fisher Plaza, an area that houses studios and servers for Web sites and television.  While Bing Travel was offline, Microsoft diverted users...
Tags: Web, Data Center, Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Bing Travel, Data Centers, Storage, Web Site Development, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Barbara E. Hernandez
Blog posts 2009-07-07
Optimization: Creating the dynamic infrastructure today's economy demands
Issues like increasing interconnectivity, explosive growth of data, and the mounting costs of data center operations make IT optimization a very hot topic. Find out how initiatives such as virtualization and consolidation can create a more cost-effective and dynamic infrastructure that is leaner, more flexible and smarter.
Tags: Data Center, Optimization, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
White papers 2009-07-14
Internap Network Services Corporation Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jonathan Atkins - RBC Capital Markets. Jonathan Atkins - RBC Capital Markets A couple questions, the next-generation CDM products slated for launch in the second half, if you could maybe just review kind of the main differentiators that you hope...
Tags: Data Center, Churn, Internap Network Services, Call Transcript, Video, Earnings, CDN, Data Centers, Corporate Communications, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-08-05
Super Micro Computer, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 6/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions And we will go first to Doug Reid with Thomas Weisel Partners. Doug Reid – Thomas Weisel Partners Thanks. Congratulations on a nice quarter. I just wanted to get a sense on gross margin within components, so I know that you don't break out exclusively...
Tags: Margin, Call Transcript, Earnings, Super Micro Computer Inc., Sales Strategy, Data Centers, Sales Force Management, Sales, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-08-05
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