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Are Data Centers Harming the Environment?

Since The New York Times’s explosive piece on data centers and their apparent harmful effects on the environment came out, members of the tech media and industry have voiced their concerns about what the article got wrong.

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Jonathan Vanian
Can Amazon Be a Viable Cloud Standard?

Cloud users are asking when cloud computing standards will be mature enough so that more companies will feel comfortable implementing cloud architectures and using cloud services without feeling vendor lock-in. Beth Cohen ponders whether or not Amazon is a viable cloud standard.

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Beth Cohen
Amazon Embarking on a Developer Hiring Spree

In an effort to go toe-to-toe with the competition, Amazon is boosting its development staff and could potentially build a software center in Detroit.

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Jonathan Vanian
Every Second Counts: Leap Second Wreaks Havoc with Software

Time stood still for a second on Saturday, June 30, 2012, as the official global clock was adjusted to better align time with the Earth’s rotation. This “leap second” wreaked havoc on many big-name websites and even some software platforms as they struggled to adjust to the time change.

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Heather Shanholtzer