Author Archive

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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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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What is state of hosting in Canada?

October 1, 2013
Philbert Shih

What is state of hosting in Canada? ...

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M&A and hosting in Canada

October 1, 2013
Philbert Shih

Rogers acquiring Pivot Data Centers and Granite Networks was the latest in a wave of transactions in...

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Asia-pacific SI, MSP, VAR, traditional IT provider

October 1, 2013
Philbert Shih

This was perhaps one of the most interesting data points we came across: traditional IT providers in...

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Details about Indonesia market

October 1, 2013
Philbert Shih

Like India, Indonesia has been an intriguing market and the recent entry by Equinix bears out this p...

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