This week's issue of the Economist (a newspaper that I hold in high regard for its ability of both analysis and opinionating comments) features a cover story about what it calls 'the war in the fifth domain': Cyberspace.



For some reason, even the most prestigious newspapers make amusing slip ups when it comes to technology. While the Economist article has some passages that will make you chuckle ("Computer bugs bring down military e-mail systems". With 'bugs', they probably mean… Continue

First of all, let me express my absolute astonishment on the match of today. Holland played so-so in the first half, but what a second half. I am not a chauvinist, but it was a thrilling match and a great result. So good actually, that the Dutch actually proved again that the Twitter data centers are far from reliable enough. I haven't seen so many fail whales in quite some time. What will happen if China starts to play football well???



But I digress. All I wanted to do was point to… Continue

Akamai has been an exciting force within the data center world for a good year now. At NetEvents 2009, they were awarded Most Innovative Company. Before that, they were steadily building a reputation.



This also shows in their results. As Data Center Knowledge points out, the application delivery company has shot up another 60 percent for the last uarter. That while the Dow… Continue