While building your own data center may sound like a good idea, things often aren’t as straightforward as they seem. From construction costs to maintenance and security issues, we’ve…
In a previous piece, we talked about cloud computing and pointed to four ways corporate IT can benefit from the cloud. In this part we will address what should be…
It’s safe to say we’ve all heard someone reference “the cloud” at one point or another. While the term may be used more casually in tech conversation these days, some…
The U.S. Army’s ENIAC Supercomputer circa 1945 (computerhistory.org) The building of supercomputers began in earnest at the end of WWII. Starting out with the United States Army’s 1945…
Illustrated aerial view of Range International Information Hub (rangeidc.com) 2021 Update: Several years ago plans for building the world’s largest data center were announced and certainly caught the attention…
If you don’t know exactly what a data center is and what it’s used for, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Data centers are very important to the operations of many…
2021 Update: While specific information regarding the storage capacity of the NSA Utah Data Center remains classified, 2013 estimates placed the figure at five zettabytes. The 1,000-square-foot facility is a…