Data Center Knowledge – Microsofts James Hamilton has been collecting scaling stories for a while, and has shared a list of resources providing insider accounts of how the Web’s largest sites have managed their scalability challenges. The post focuses on Flickrs database architecture, but also provides links to similar [...] read more

The Security and Compliance Connection Blog – Could it be that the same oversight protections that were put in place to ensure consumer and shareholder protection are actually creating a higher degree of security risk? A closer examination of the issue may lead you to believe that [...] read more

Data Center Links – Mariott International has migrated their disaster recovery plan from a 3rd party contract to their own insourced Recovery and Development Center (RDC). The Mariott RDC will reside in Iron Mountains 145 acre underground city, about an hour north of Pittsburgh. The data center is 220 feet underground, is naturally cooled, and highly secure (i.e.: various government entities are there) [...] read more