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links for 2007-04-26

• » Google Apps: Don’t bother unless you know the following | Googling Google | ZDNet.com
  "Google Apps does work for many people — and some of you may have a corporate culture that is very forgiving and embraces change. But for the rest of you, I urge you to keep away..."
  (tags: google)

links for 2007-04-25

• Illuminata Perspectives » Blog Archive » SaaS: It’s More than a Cloud
  "ISVs: welcome to the hardware biz". Gordon agrees with eWeek's Lindquist; calls the SmugMug/Amazon and Twitter/Joyent relationships "scary". Doesn't like the idea of trusting 3rd party to run infrastructure.
  (tags: Amazon)
• eWeek: SAAS Route Could Be Bumpy
  Editor-in-chief Eric Lindquist thinks SaaS providers are like steel mill owners. Must shell out billions to build and maintain data centers. Um, what about sharing infrastructure?
  (tags: grid)
• Server Specs » Microsoft data center trailers are tornado bait
  How come everybody thinks Blackboxes will sit out in the open?? I think there's going to be a market for "container colo" - big warehouses with power/water/connectivity. Customers will deliver preconfigured Blackboxes instead of individual servers.
  (tags: Blackbox)
• Internet Outsider: Click Fraud Getting Worse, Especially on Content Networks
  Click fraud is 15% industry wide, 22% on content networks - and getting worse.
  (tags: advertising stats)
• SearchDataCenter.com: Data center hosting facilities on the rise
  The Planet is "combing the country" for places to build new facilities. BigStockPhoto.com is quoted in article - I sold them their first server :)
  (tags: ThePlanet)

links for 2007-04-24

• SWsoft adds cheaper intro to virtualization | CNET News.com
  Virtuozzo starter pack costs 50% of standard edition, supports up to 4 VEs and 2 processors. Impressive customer list at the end of article.
  (tags: virtualization)
• » Google Apps customers await email migration tool | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
  57,000 out of 65,000 at Arizona State University of migrated to Gmail. Google will provide migration tool for old mail this quarter. ASU will save $450K from ditching old system.
  (tags: google)
• RIM developing BlackBerry virtualization software » Girls Love Gadgets
  Wow - BlackBerry virtualization?? "RIM will be releasing a piece of software that allows its OS to run inside Windows Mobile 6"
  (tags: virtualization)
• For Sale: One Useless Cat
  From Frank; cat and mouse curled up together. Very cute! :)
  (tags: fun)
• 3TERA AppLogic architettura grid ultrascalabile per applicazioni e servizi (Senza Identità)
  I think this is in Italian, but not sure.
  (tags: 3tera)
• Wired Magazine: Condominimum
  Interesting... 76 square foot cube that includes beds for 3, seating for 5, bathroom and kitchen. Even has solar panels so is self-sustaining. $96K includes installation anywhere in Europe.
  (tags: fun greening)

links for 2007-04-22

• Derek Powazek » Blog Archive » How to Moderate a Panel
  "Do not get everyone together beforehand. Do not have breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Do not start an email thread and make everyone participate. All this does is rob the panel of any spontaneity."

links for 2007-04-21

• DreamHost Blog » We’re green.
  DreamHost goes carbon neutral. "It only took us three days to go from hey let’s do this status to hey it’s done! status. Three days and several thousand dollars, but that’s another story."
  (tags: greening)
• My Diminishing Magazine Reading Habit Meme - SEO by the SEA
  Something for you, George.
• Techdirt: While The Rest Of You Celebrate Earth Day, Dell Fights For A Cleaner Second Life
  TechDirt doesn't like Dell's Second Life tree planting. I actually think it's kind of cool.
  (tags: greening)

links for 2007-04-19

• Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Intuit's cloudburst frustrates customers
  "To run its business with dedicated servers, Intuit needs to have capacity for peak load, which will go unused most of the time. Multiply that utilization rate across thousands of companies, and you get a sense of the inherent wastefulness of proprietary
  (tags: grid)
• Google Operating System: Yahoo PayPal Checkout
  As someone on Yahoo's Search Marketing Blog points out, the Yahoo/PayPal Checkout logo looks a lot like Google's.
  (tags: google)
• EHarmony living out a storage-project dream - Computerworld Blogs
  100TB capacity; "went with iSCSI wherever it could, fibre-channel where needed, using a utility storage approach with NAS gateways and high-end network switches that allow plug-in expansion." No SAN, no dedicated IT resources, no downtime whatsoever.
  (tags: storage)

links for 2007-04-17

• A VC: Overcounting Web Audiences
  Holy cow! "Using cookies to determine web audience will on average overcount your audience by 2.5x. That's right - 150% higher than it actually is." Says comScore.
  (tags: advertising stats)

links for 2007-04-14

• The Denver Post - Hosting firms on Qwest's menu?
  Wow - LOTS of interviews when into that article. Quotes fro IDC, Cheval Capital, DH Capital and T1R.
  (tags: telco)
• TypePad Support: Knowledge Base: Markdown Syntax
  I didn't know these were called markdowns.
  (tags: tools)

links for 2007-04-13

• » Is Vista really slow to start up? | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com
  Vista takes 11 more seconds than XP to start up, even on a system with 4GB RAM. So the slowness isn't just my imagination.
  (tags: MSFT)

links for 2007-04-12

• F-Secure calls on ICANN to enable safer online banking
  Found via Slashdot. F-Secure proposes a .safe domain just for banks.
  (tags: domains)
• mattheaton.com » Blog Archive » Microsoft, the good, the bad, and the ugly…
  I'm glad I'm not the only one who's skeptical about web hosting companies jumping on the Microsoft Exchange bandwagon.
  (tags: MSFT email)
• (mt) Media Temple - (mt) weblog » Blog Archive » A New Breed of (dv) Servers?
  MediaTemple debates stable versus bleeding edge OS templates for dedicated servers.
  (tags: linux)
• The CRANES have arrived! PICS!! « Stargate Blog
  Slabs of concrete for Stargate's soon-to-be data center. The facility sounds awesome, but can't help thinking Blackbox colo would be cheaper and faster.
  (tags: Blackbox)