Sunday, January 25, 2015

Blueprint: The Just-in-time Data Center

by Lee Kestler, DuPont Fabros Technology In the immortal words of Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, “Don’t care how. I want it now!” That pretty much sums up our attitude in today’s just-in-time world. We rely heavily on technology and the ability to access just about anything and everything with the push of a button via an Internet browser or mobile app. We demand that our social media sites and entertainment sources like...

AT&T Marks 100th Anniversary of Transcontinental Call

AT&T commemorated the 100th anniversary of the first transcontinental telephone call, which took place on January 25, 1915 and led up to the official opening of the original Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) and World’s Fair in San Francisco. The historic call was initiated by Alexander Graham Bell (in New York) and included Theodore Vail, the president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (now AT&T) in Jekyll Island,...