Tag Archives: Infrastructure
For Facebook, infrastructure concerns loom large
Beneath all the Zynga games, timelines, likes and pokes, Facebook’s business relies on fast, reliable infrastructure. And infrastructure concerns figure heavily in the risks it faces as it goes public, according to Facebook’s newly released S-1 filing. To put it plainly: Facebook’s … Continue reading
We need better infrastructure to bridge urban digital divide
The broadband stimulus program committed nearly $ 500 million to narrow the digital divide through broadband adoption campaigns and building computing centers in low-income areas. After distributing much of this money in 2011, these investments should start bearing fruit. But … Continue reading
Verizon to stop building out its FiOS infrastructure
Verizon will stop building out the infrastructure for its Verizon FiOS broadband Internet, cable TV and telephone service in about two years, although it will maintain FiOS where it currently exists. Read more… Neowin.net
Facebook gets a big infrastructure boost for Timeline
Facebook is going to be putting its already immense infrastructure through a stress test like nothing before, according to Mike Schroepfer, vice president of engineering at the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company. Introduced Thursday, Timeline is essentially a new view into … Continue reading
Can the mid-market drive an infrastructure revolution?
Nutanix today announced the general availability of its converged infrastructure appliance, and CEO Dheeraj Pandey is counting on mid-size enterprises to drive its adoption and that of similar products. His stance is that SMEs have the budgets, the IT demands … Continue reading