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.
Vertical Systems group today released the latest data on fiber penetration.
Though fiber penetration is up slightly, 77% of U.S. commercial buildings still do not have fiber-optic connectivity.
From the report:
Detailed findings show that while most large enterprise locations in the U.S. and Europe are fiber-connected, small and medium business (SMB) sites are underserved with fiber from any service provider (i.e., incumbent carrier, competitive provider, Cable MSO, PTT, etc.)…
“The challenge ahead is to extend fiber connectivity to remote business locations. For the U.S. plus countries throughout Europe, this fiber gap exceeds more than one million sites,” said Rosemary Cochran, principal at Vertical Systems Group.
Posted February 23, 2010 by Nate Rosenberg
