Monthly Archives: November 2015

Azerbaijan’s Internet Goes Dark after Data Center Fire

Most network connections in Azerbaijan went dark for several hours Monday, following what the country’s communications officials attributed to a fire in the data center of the country’s main service provider Delta Telecom. Continue reading

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Netflix Open Sources Continuous Delivery Platform for Multi-Cloud Environments

In order to meet the challenges of Continuous Delivery across multiple clouds, Netflix began developing Spinnaker a year ago, and the company announced Monday that it has released the Continuous Delivery platform to GitHub. Continue reading

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Cross-Border Ecommerce Offers Opportunity, But Costs Give Shoppers Pause

China is becoming a major market for ecommerce vendors not just domestically, but around the world, according to research released on Tuesday by PayPal and Ipsos. Continue reading

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Women in Web Hosting: i2Coalition Launches Gender Diversity & Equity Initiative

The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) has formed a Gender Diversity & Equity Initiative which will be led by a best practices working group of i2Coalition members. Continue reading

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Amazon Plans Virginia Data Center to Serve Federal Clients

Amazon subsidiary Vadata has successfully negotiated a $2.7 million tax-break deal with local officials for a data center the company plans to build at the Warrenton Training Center in Virginia, a classified US federal government communications complex that serves the likes of CIA, NSA, and the Department of Defense. Continue reading

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