Analyst Notes

New European privacy regime takes one tiny step forwards

October 9, 2013
Daniel Beazer

The EU’s new data privacy regime which threatens to make major changes in the way the Internet inf...

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M&A, strategics, capabilities, IPOs, dual clouds

October 8, 2013
Philbert Shih

M&A activity shows no signs of slowing down. ...

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Nirvanix about to shut doors; analysis of reasons, impact, lessons (update2)

October 5, 2013
Philbert Shih

Nirvanix has filed for bankruptcy and has made some effort to help its customers move data out of it...

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C7 Data Centers acquires MSP IntegraTechs; blurring lines, colocation separating

October 5, 2013
Philbert Shih

C7 Data Centers acquired managed services provider IntegraTechs in a deal that speaks to the shift i...

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Verizon rolls out new commodity cloud; not yet the finished article

October 4, 2013
Daniel Beazer

Verizon’s new disruptive cloud – flagged by us two months ago – is official. ...

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Carter Validus acquires data centre property, leases back to AT&T

October 4, 2013
Philbert Shih

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT acquired a data centre property in Waukesha, Wisconsin outside ...

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STI chooses EarthLink to host IT infrastructure

October 3, 2013
Philbert Shih

EarthLink has been contracted to provide IT infrastructure services to Student Transportation Inc. ...

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Go Daddy buys invoicing app; proprietary tech, acqui-hire, long game

October 2, 2013
Philbert Shih

Go Daddy closed another acquisition with the purchase of a small startup in Silicon Valley called Ro...

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Freemium hosting provider Wix files for IPO

October 2, 2013
Philbert Shih

Wix, a DIY website building and hosting service, filed for an initial public offering. ...

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Savvis to expand in Minneapolis with new data centre

October 2, 2013
Philbert Shih

Savvis disclosed plans to open a second data centre in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market targeted for ...

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Oracle’s cloud partnership with Microsoft takes shape

October 1, 2013
Daniel Beazer

Microsoft presented the details of its cloud partnership with Oracle at OpenWorld this past week. ...

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What is state of hosting in Canada?

October 1, 2013
Philbert Shih

What is state of hosting in Canada? ...

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