Links: Hosting.com, SaaS mergers, Google

Today's links features Hosting.com, data center demand in Virginia, possible SaaS consolidation, and Google's Scalability Conference.

Rich Miller

February 12, 2008

1 Min Read
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Here are today's quick links to news items in the data center industry:

  • ComputerWorld looks at demand for secure data center space in Virginia, a market driven by the needs of the federal government. The report looks at the Terremark (TMRK) facility in Culpeper, among others.

  • In the wake of rumors that Oracle (ORCL) and Salesforce.com (CRM) are talking, Bob Warfield from Smoothspan writes about the potential for consolidation in the software as a service (SaaS) market.

  • Mark Fontecchio from SearchDataCenter looks at the prospect that data center energy efficiency could result in even greater energy use.

  • Google Research has announced that this year's Scalability Conference will be held June 14 in Seattle.

  • Hosting.com has announced that its San Francisco data center is now climate neutral, and projects carbon savings equivalent to not burning 260,000 gallons of gasoline a year.

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