Rackspace (UK site here) has been in the news, and rattling around the blogosphere a fair amount these last few weeks. Not just because they are the top dedicated hosting provider (see Gartner report), but because of their recent adventures:

Acquired on-line storage company Jungle Disk.
Acquired specialist hoster Slicehost. (see Rich Miller’s post)
Struck a CDN Deal with Limelight Networks (detail [...]

It seems an apt question for the current times. Some businesses have fully embraced opensource, others have steered well clear of it. The pros and cons have been hotly contested, usually by people with an agenda, if not an axe to grind. Regardless of your historic stance, now is the right time to be looking at how [...]

As far as the network is concerned, F5 Networks have become part of the furniture for most hosting providers, and I mean that in a good way. Load balancing across multiple servers has progressed a long way since the early days of Cisco’s Local Director, and Checkpoint’s early load balancing capabilities. F5 have evolved too. A number [...]

A comment from Chris of Cohesiveft, reminded me that an update is due on London CloudCamp. The notional October meeting is now actually happening in November, details here. It kicks off at 6pm with drinks and registration, followed by a series of lightening talks, then 3 ‘open spaces’ discussions. Expect a who’s who of the UK [...]

This week finds me in Storage Expo, held at London’s Olympia. With compliance issues, data retention legislation, and data discovery all swirling around the IT press over the last year, it is hardly a surprise that the who’s who of the IT industry is here.
Despite what you read about IT cutbacks, the floors are packed with [...]