In Recommended Reading on July 29, 2010 by Nate Rosenberg
On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee approved a bill that would effectively legalize online poker and other nonsports betting, overturning a 2006 federal ban that critics say merely drove Web-based casinos offshore. The bill would direct the Treasury Department to license and regulate Internet gambling operations, while a companion measure, pending before another committee, would allow the Internal Revenue Service to tax such businesses.
via Congress Is Rethinking Its Ban on Internet Gambling – NYTimes.com.
In Recommended Reading on July 27, 2010 by Nate Rosenberg Tagged: ethernet, metro ethernet, carrier ethernet
Semantics can be tricky when it comes to technology, too. Take the concept of “carrier Ethernet.” We think we know what it means: Ethernet services provided by carriers. But it’s not that obvious. There are three distinct offerings, all with specific characteristics, under the broad umbrella of carrier Ethernet.
Learn the differences: The many flavors of carrier Ethernet (Network World).
In Recommended Reading on July 26, 2010 by Nate Rosenberg Tagged: cloud, google, government
Google says that this is the first multi-tenant cloud application suite that has received FISMA certification at a FISMA-Moderate level, which gives it the ability to store and serve sensitive (but not classified) information. Google’s Matthew Glotzbach says this encompasses 80-90% of all government information.
Read more: Google Launches Apps for Government, with Servers on US Soil
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In Recommended Reading on July 16, 2010 by Nate Rosenberg
Recently, Twitter began using BitTorrent to speed deployments across its thousands of servers:
“It was time for something completely different, something decentralized, something more like.. BitTorrent.. running inside of our datacenter to quickly copy files around,” Twitter engineer Larry Gadea explains.
The new BitTorrent-powered system “turned a 40 minute deploy process into one that lasted just 12 seconds.”
Read more: BitTorrent Makes Twitter’s Server Deployment 75x Faster | TorrentFreak.
In Uncategorized on July 15, 2010 by Nate Rosenberg
It has been a very difficult year for 1Velocity and our communities. Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada have been number one on many lists of which we are not proud, including the highest rate of foreclosures, unemployment, and bankruptcies in the nation. Many of our largest companies have been on the brink or have filed bankruptcy in the last year.
However, despite all the challenges, 1Velocity has made some very important progress.
As we begin our fourth year, 1Velocity continues to grow.
We just closed out the fiscal year, and despite the recession, 1Velocity had record revenues last year. This year is off to a good start as well. Revenues for the first quarter of this fiscal year are up from the previous year. Remarkably, we have also cut expenses over the last year.
As the economy continues to improve and more organizations learn about 1Velocity’s unique services, we hope to continue to help more organizations improve redundancy, save money, and get more done quickly with Internet and private Ethernet connections over wireless fiber.
