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Why, Unless You're Running With Amazon, Google and Microsoft, You Should Never Build Another Data Center

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Ever since visiting the super-sized SUPERNAP data center in Las Vegas three years ago and seeing the significant technical and hence business advantages that scale can bring to cloud-era data centers, I've been a strong advocate of colocation facilities. Past writings include an analysis of the state of enterprise data centers in two subsequent reports in 2012 and again last year. A recent assignment required me to assess the pros and cons of colocation hubs for enterprise IT and I'm more convinced that renting, not buying your next data makes plenty of business and technical sense.

The Computer Virus Catalog Is A Bizarre Illustrated Guide To The Deadliest Viruses In History

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Some computer viruses wreck your computer from behind the scenes. You only know they're there because your computer starts acting weird or your files get wiped out. And sometimes you can tell you have a virus just by looking. A weird image appears on the screen. Or music starts playing for no reason.

Enterprise Mobile Apps Pay The Most Yet Attract Few Developers

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A recent survey by Developer Economics found that just 16% of worldwide developers are building mobile apps for enterprises, despite this market being the most lucrative of all to serve.  Their recent global study of 10,000 developers across over 130 nations is the basis of the free downloadable report, Developer Economics Q3 2014: State of the Developer Nation, available here (free, opt-in required). Please see page 32 of the study for an explanation of the methodology.

79 percent of companies have blamed network problems on the wrong IT group

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With today's increasingly complex network environments it's often hard to pinpoint the exact cause of problems. According to a new survey by network specialist Emulex this often leads to incorrect reporting to management. The study of 547 US and European-based network and security operations professionals found that 45 percent of IT staff monitor network and application performance manually, instead of implementing network monitoring tools. This has resulted in 77 percent of those surveyed having reported information to their management teams that turned out to be wrong.

As IoT changes how carriers make money, Ericsson is buying new smarts

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Ericsson plans to acquire MetraTech, a vendor of billing systems based on metadata, as service providers eye new services using the Internet of Things.The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, will give Ericsson a set of products that let customers quickly set up new types of billing, customer support and financial arrangements, the companies said. MetraTech is based on Boston, and the acquisition will include all of its 140 employees and contractors. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter.MetraTech’s software can manage billing for both subscription and usage-based services.

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