Entries Tagged as 'Datacenter'
November 21st, 2008 by Rob Powell · No Comments
DataCenterKnowledge has a nice article today summarizing the current market valuations of datacenter-related stocks. It is a shocking table that reminds us just how ugly things are out there. In the financial markets anyway…
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Starting to Buy JNJ and PG, Random Thoughts on PM, DD, RJA
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Categories: Datacenter · Financials
November 18th, 2008 by Rob Powell · No Comments
Amazon (AMZN) formally launched its CDN last night, called “Cloud Front“. It’s HTTP only, is limited to those storing data on Amazon S3, has no SLA and fewer bells and whistles than any CDN has ever had. And it’s revolutionary.
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10 by 10: A New Way to Look at Yield and Dividend [...]
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Categories: Content Distribution · Datacenter
November 18th, 2008 by Rob Powell · No Comments
Dupont Fabros (DFT), which builds and operates datacenters as a REIT, has suspended construction at both its NJ-1 (Piscataway NJ) and ACC-5 (Ashburn VA) sites. This follows the news of three weeks ago that their Santa Clara project had been suspended. The company had just raised $100M but had needed far more than that to [...]
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November 14th, 2008 by Rob Powell · No Comments
First it was wave powered floating data centers, then tidal powered data centers in the Scottish Highlands, and today Data Center Knowledge has a fascinating article on possible nuclear powered datacenters. The idea revolves around a hot tub sized 27 megawatt nuclear power module from Hyperion that you bury on the property.
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November 11th, 2008 by Rob Powell · No Comments
Defying the tsunami of economic fear out there, FiberNet Telecom Group (FTGX) has brought metro networks online in two brand new markets: Chicago and Miami. This is a significant milestone for the company, before now they had focused nearly all their effort on NYC with a small extension in Los Angeles, they have doubled their [...]
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Categories: Datacenter · Metro fiber
November 8th, 2008 by Rob Powell · No Comments
Internet solutions provider Internap(INAP) reported earnings Thursday after the market closed, showing a few signs of life again after a weak Q2 showing and an horrible 2008 so far. Revenues of were higher than generally expected, and adjusted ebitda and earnings were similarly
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November 7th, 2008 by Rob Powell · No Comments
Wow, it’s been a busy few days for the internet infrastructure sector, it seems like just about everyone yet to report earnings is trying to squeeze through the door. Today hosting specialist Rackspace (RAX), which had the lucky timing of going public in August just before the economy fell and broke a hip, reported its [...]
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October 29th, 2008 by Rob Powell · No Comments
Colocation and hosting provider Savvis (SVVS) reported earnings today, with some rare good news. Revenues of $218.4M were up 3% sequentially as expected, adjusted EBITDA of $47.7M was likewise solid, and the loss per share of 0.01 was better than anticipated. Current 2008 guidance was reaffirmed despite the economic climate, and overall the results were [...]
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Categories: Datacenter · Financials · Internet Backbones