Data Centers Key to Lehman Sale to Barclays

October 26, 2009

What assets remain solid when the value of nearly all other financial assets are called into question? Data centers. Lehman Brothers’ real estate, including two data centers, proved central to a deal yesterday in which Barclays agreed to pay $1.75 billion to acquire most of Lehman’s North American operations. The data centers and Lehman’s headquarters [...]

Peering Disputes Migrate to IPv6

October 26, 2009

IPv6 is the next generation of the Internet Protocol, and will dramatically expand the number of addresses available for web sites, as well as millions of mobile devices with Internet access. Although the transition will address some of the network’s challenges, others will clearly persist. That includes disputes over peering, which have quickly made the [...]