Q.C. Crea, Author at Colocation America

November 24, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on November 24, 2014

Is the Cloud Still a Newcomer or on Its Way Out?

The cloud, like it or not, has certainly changed the landscape of today’s data centers. But how will the cloud look moving forward. Was it just a fad that opened the innovative gates to better hosting and data center infrastructure? […]

November 12, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on November 12, 2014

Why Decreasing Numbers of Data Centers Is a Good Thing (Maybe)

The International Data Corporation has decided to give us what they were born to give us: some data. They predict that the total amount of data centers throughout the whole entire Earth will reach it’s nadir at 8.6 million in 2017. […]

November 11, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on November 11, 2014

Why You Shouldn’t Take Place In The Race To Zero

Today everything is about the cloud. And I mean everything. Even rain (well, we got the lame joke out of the way early in this blog, eh guys?). But in all seriousness the race to zero is happening and there’s not […]

November 6, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on November 6, 2014

How Tech & Data Are Saving The Elephants

Do you like elephants? Think their big ears are too big for their heads and that makes them kind of cute. Do you also wonder why humans don’t have a prehensile nose, because that’s pretty awesome. Did you just realize […]

November 3, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on November 3, 2014

What Exactly Is a Modular Data Center?

Have you ever sat back on your couch or your office desk chair and wondered silently to yourself while listening to your favorite radio show, “What exactly is a modular data center?” Well, you’re not alone—trust me. There’s presumably droves […]

October 29, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on October 29, 2014

The US House of Representatives is Looking For a New Data Center

It was a weird sight if you were lucky enough to see it. The entire US House of Representative packed themselves into a couple of buses and drove around the Washington DC area to see if any data centers had balloons […]

October 27, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on October 27, 2014

Startup SwiftStack Aims to Scale out Data Center Storage

UPDATE: Nvidia acquired SwiftStack on March 5, 2020 There’s a meme going around the internet called “Too Afraid to Ask Andy” which plays on the popular character from NBC’s Parks and Rec, Andy Dwyer. Below is my “Too Afraid to Ask […]

October 22, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on October 22, 2014

Why Apple’s New Mac Minis Are Great, But Not So Great

Wake up, all you Mac-heads out there and revel in the latest version of the tiniest Mac out there: The Mac Mini. The Mac Mini is great, right? It’s small, customizable, and kind of cute. In fact, many people store […]

October 15, 2014

Published by Q.C. Crea on October 15, 2014

Can Businesses Innovate When On The Cloud?

We’ve talked about cloud vs. dedicated servers until we were blue in the face. Luckily for us, we ditched that face and got a new face to talk about this subject with until it becomes blue (at which point the cycle […]