Roundup: Colocation, Server Naming

Paolo Gorgo from Nortia Research has a detailed review of recent events and trends in the market for colocation space for financial institutions. 

Bill Snyder at InfoWorld is also writing about colocation, looking at supply and demand and its impact on pricing.

What's your naming scheme for your servers? At Slashdot there's a lengthy discussion of Unix server names. Most folks seem to like names closely tied to function, rather than names of cartoon characters or wines and cheeses.

Globe Street is talking data center site location with Ronald Bowman of Tishman Technologies, who rates North Carolina as one of the top destinations for data centers.