The past week marks a significant milestone in our industry. Cloud service provider Rackspace Hosting (RAX) market capitalization exceeded $5B. This represents financial market’s recognition of Rackspace as a leader in cloud computing. At Cloud.com we are...
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This weekend I setup our new 40-node test lab in our Fremont data center. Even with help from a couple of our top engineers, it was a major undertaking. Each server weighted at least 50 pounds. Thinks about that ... 40 servers are literally a ton! We loaded them one by one onto a pickup truck, drove to the data center, unloaded all of them in 90 degree heat, and then wheeled them into the data...