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  Large enterprises handing off data center builds

  Demand for data center space is on the rise. IT pros responsible for facility planning are juggling physical requirements for secure, power-abundant space with operational considerations, including the need to improve disaster recovery, deploy new applications and services, and handle increasingly large data volumes.

  By Ann Bednarz | 23 April, 2012 20:29

  Tags: applications, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Digital Realty, Digital Realty Trust, disaster recovery, equinix, hardware systems, internet, software

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  Report: IBM, Red Hat to join OpenStack

  IBM and Red Hat could soon be joining the ranks of OpenStack supporters, giving the open source Cloud project a big boost.

  By Brandon Butler | 06 April, 2012 08:32

  Tags: Apache Software Foundation, cloud computing, dell, engine yard, equinix, IBM, Intel, internet, NASA, netapp, OpenStack, rackspace, Red Hat, software

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  Equinix fast tracks phase two of SY3 data centre

  Data centre provider, Equinix, has brought the construction of phase two of its third Sydney data centre (SY3) six months forward due to heavy customer demand.

  By Hamish Barwick | 03 April, 2012 15:02

  Tags: data centres, equinix, SY3

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  Moving to the cloud in 2012? Look out for these pitfalls

  Businesses that want to take advantage of the maturing cloud marketplace in 2012 can learn from some common mistakes others have made when moving to infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings, experts said.

  By Nancy Gohring | 15 December, 2011 07:20

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, cloud computing, equinix, Eucalyptus Systems, Infrastructure services, internet, rackspace

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  Equinix creates market for data center clients to trade services

  Equinix has launched an online marketplace for its data center customers, to make it easier for them to buy and sell network, managed hosting and other services among themselves.

  By James Niccolai | 24 October, 2011 14:57

  Tags: Components, equinix, Hosted, services

• Equinix mulls Melbourne data centre

  Data centre provider Equinix is mulling construction of a Melbourne facility in response to growing demand from customers at its Sydney 1 (SY1) and Sydney 2 (SY2) facilities.

  By Tim Lohman | 11 August, 2011 15:39

  Tags: data centres, equinix

• 10 questions for Equinix CFO Keith Taylor

  Name: Keith Taylor

  By Nancy Weil | 24 May, 2011 04:11

  Tags: equinix, Business Management

• Alcatel-Lucent, Equinix debut Ethernet 'exchange'

  Alcatel-Lucent and data services provider Equinix have developed a program aimed at helping Ethernet carriers interconnect their networks.

  By Brad Reed | 07 October, 2009 08:48

  Tags: alcatel-lucent, equinix, Ethernet

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  Equinix power outage downs VoIP, tweets up a storm

  Twitter has been flooded with complaints about a power outage at Equinix's Sydney data centre which apparently knocked out data and network systems, including VoIP.

  By Rodney Gedda | 02 July, 2009 14:21

  Tags: data centres, equinix, mynetfone, outage, power, twitter, VoIP

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  Web-hosting firms defy recession

  After the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, mothballed data centers operated by bankrupt companies such as Exodus and PSINet were the most visible signs of the IT-driven downturn. Today, despite the worst recession in 50 years, Web hosting is one of the few thriving segments of the IT industry.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 15 May, 2009 04:30

  Tags: data centres, equinix, hosting, recession, SaaS