Monthly Archives: May 2014

The data center demands of selling Hadoop have Cloudera eyeing the cloud

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Five 9s Digital, LLC

SUMMARY:  Big data vendor Cloudera is no Google when it comes to data center footprint, but the cost and complexity of its infrastructure are growing with each passing year. Cloudera VP of engineering Peter Cooper-Ellis explains how better data centers … Continue reading →

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IPod Flash Technology Enters The Data Center – Threatens EMC and others

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Five 9s Digital, LLC

Tiny chips that got their big break as components in the iPod Nano almost a decade ago are now shaking up the $65 billion computer-storage market. Newcomers are taking on EMC Corp. (EMC) and other established storage leaders by applying … Continue reading →

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Five 9s Digital Advises H5 Data Centers on the Acquisition of California Data Center

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Five 9s Digital, LLC

Five 9s Digital identified and provided advisory services to H5 Data Centers on the acquisition of an an off-market single tenant data center investment in San Luis Obispo, California.    The purpose-built data center is 44,000 SF and fully occupied … Continue reading →

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Bitcoin mining creates new opportunities in data centers

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Five 9s Digital, LLC

A considerable amount of users have jumped on the Bitcoin bandwagon and become embroiled in the race to mine the nascent digital currency. This phenomenon recently extended to the data center, as users employ high-powered computing systems in the rush … Continue reading →

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