(Bloomberg View) — The “Russian hacking” story in the U.S. has gone too far. That it’s not based on any solid public evidence, and that reports of it are often so overblown as to miss the mark, is only a problem to those who worry about disinformation campaigns, propaganda and journalistic […]

After we ran the list of the most popular stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this year, we couldn’t help pondering the reasons those stories resonated with so many people. The most obvious reason that applies to all of them is that they illustrate some of the biggest changes […]

(Bloomberg) — AppDynamics Inc., which develops software for businesses to monitor applications, filed for an initial public offering. The San Francisco-based company filed with an initial offering amount of $100 million, a placeholder used to calculate fees that will probably change. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & […]

Oregon may be giving up too much money in data center tax breaks to attract big projects by companies like Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon relative to the number of permanent jobs those projects create, according to a recent audit by the state of its economic development arm called Business […]

An entity associated with GI Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm that has backed some of the most well-known data center companies, has acquired the two-building complex next to Seattle’s Space Needle called KOMO Plaza (formerly Fisher Plaza). The complex, which houses numerous TV and radio stations and retail […]

Jeff Klaus is the GM, Data Center Solutions at Intel Corporation, and Kim Polvsen is VP & GM, Digital Services & Data Center Software at Schneider Electric. Brooklyn-born songwriter J. Fred Coots was riding the New York City subway in the spring of 1934 and thinking about writing a children’s song when he ran into […]

(Bloomberg) — Brexit’s cost is hitting close to home for those drawing up the divorce papers as Theresa May’s Cabinet Office has been forced into negotiating with Microsoft Corp. to minimize the impact of a January price hike that could cost the government hundreds of thousands of pounds. In October, Microsoft […]

Chris Crosby is Founder and CEO of Compass Data Centers.  It’s rumored that the great prognosticator, Nostradamus, once said, “Predicting the rise of Hitler and 9/11 is easy. Figuring out what the wife wants for Christmas, now that’s hard. Woe be to the man who doesn’t save his receipts.” Now […]