Most companies understand the value of a successful press release. Quantifiable results can be seen in the number of press outlets that published the news, ran the release in its entirety, interviewed the contact to learn more, or incorporated its key points into a larger story. Crafting an informative release is one of the fundamental duties of a PR firm, but often minimized or forgotten is the next crucially important step: pitching. Pitching a press […]
North American Data Centers this week released its exclusive report of data center real estate activity from the previous year. According to the report and their own analysis, Data Center Knowledge discusses Microsoft’s role in data center leasing activity during 2016. From the article: COLOCATION, FEATURED, MICROSOFT Who Leased the Most Data Center Space in 2016? BY YEVGENIY SVERDLIK ON JANUARY 18, 2017 The short answer is Microsoft. The second-largest cloud service provider signed six of last year’s […]
Telecom’s leading news digest recently featured Hurricane Electric for the company’s recent Point of Presence in Southfield, a suburb of Detroit, MI. From the article: Wednesday Bytes: Level 3, NJFX, Hurricane ectric, Masergy, INOC January 18th, 2017 by Rob Powell · Here’s another quick roundup of some more of the rapidfire news we’ve seen go out this week: Level 3’s DDoS mitigation services won an adherent this morning. The UK-based domain name registrar Safenames is […]
The 2016 Data Center Real Estate Report, by North American Data Centers, reviews primary data center leasing activity from the previous year. From the article by Data Center Frontier: Microsoft Deals Drive Blockbuster Year for Data nter Leasing BY RICH MILLER – JANUARY 17, 2017 LEAVE A COMMENT Microsoft leased as much as 125 megawatts of third-party data center space in 2016, accounting for the top six deals in the wholesale data center market during […]
Global Internet backbone provider, Hurricane Electric, continues releasing new Points of Presence around the world and recently announced its presence in Michigan, just outside Detroit. From the article: Home » Hurricane Electric Expands Global IP Transit Network To Michigan Data Center News Hurricane Electric Expands Global IP Transit Network To Michigan Growth in demand for high-speed Internet bandwidth in the Greater Detroit market facilitates global Internet backbone’s latest Midwestern move. January 17, 2017 KEYWORDS data […]
Latest issue of the Data Center Real Estate Review includes information on the largest turnkey leases for 2016, analysis of the data center real estate space, and highlights within specific markets January 18, 2017 08:30 AM Eastern Standard Time CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–North American Data Centers (NADC), the leading national brokerage firm focused exclusively on the data center market, announced today the release of its much anticipated annual report on data center real estate activity in 2016. […]
Growth in demand for high-speed Internet bandwidth in the Greater Detroit market facilitates global Internet backbone’s latest Midwestern move January 17, 2017 09:42 AM Eastern Standard Time SOUTHFIELD, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, announced today that it has established a core network Point of Presence (PoP) at 123Net’s premier DC1 data center. Located at 24700 Northwestern Highway, Suite 700, in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan. This is Hurricane Electric’s first […]
Leading engineer at Upsite Technologies, Lars Strong, has published a piece on the ownership of airflow management in a data center to Data Center Knowledge’s Industry Perspectives section. From the article: INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES Who’s Responsible for Airflow Management in Colocation Data Centers? BY INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES ON JANUARY 12, 2017 Lars Strong Upsite Technologies Lars Strong is Senior Engineer and Company Science Officer for Upsite Technologies. Who is responsible for airflow management in colocation data centers? It wasn’t that long ago […]
Everyone’s goals for sending out a press release can vary. Depending on the news being announced, you may be interested in catching the attention of a particular group of stakeholders, raising the profile of your work in a specific industry, or positioning your company for an acquisition. Regardless, there are a couple of benchmarks you should be monitoring to determine a base-level of success for each press release that you issue. Some initial indicators of […]
If you’re going to take the time and effort to write a company blog, the posts should resonate with your target audience. In keeping with this goal, the Milldam Minute posts in 2016 shared PR insights, tips, ideas, and strategies that we thought helpful or interesting to our readers. As we think about the topics that we’ll be writing about in 2017, we reviewed our own analytics to identify the top 3 most read blogs […]
