Magento Hosting Provider, MageMojo Expands to New Datacenter

The fastest magento hosting provider in the US, MageMojo (http://magemojo.com) announced today that is has completed it's expansion into a new Equinix datacenter in Pittsburgh, PA. This move has greatly expanded MageMojo's network and has quadrupled it's power and rack capacity to make room for their rapid growth.

The Equinix datacenter is a carrier neutral facility and has direct connections to many of the Tier 1 internet providers around the world. This move brings together MageMojo's own IP space with the network blend of Tier 1 internet carriers including; Level3, Global Crossing, Qwest, Cogent, Verizon and Sprint.

Co-founder Eric Hileman says "Colocating inside a carrier neutral facility like Equinix allows us to put our equipment less than 50 feet from the Tier 1 internet carriers. This provides a unique advantage of lower latency network connectivity over our competitors who chose to colocate their equipment in a manner that requires them to backhaul long distances into carrier neutral facilities. We've combined that lower latency with route optimization software from Cisco, to always find the best route from all our carriers. The end result is that we're able to provide some of the lowest latency routes around the world which means faster page load times for our customers. Our expansion into this new datacenter and the many optimization techniques that we use on our servers, make us the fastest Magento hosting provider."

Eric Hileman's claim that MageMojo is the "fastest Magento hosting provider" have recently been confirmed by independent tests at http://www.magespeedtest.com. Magento commerce sites that are hosting with MageMojo are showing transaction speeds of .09 seconds per transaction, truly making MageMojo the fastest Magento web host in the US.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/11/prweb8948317.htm

Rackspace/Equinix Partnership A Win-Win Move

Read the whole article at Seeking Alpha:

>>On Monday, Rackspace (RAX) reported Q3 numbers that exceeded analyst consensus.

Before its conference call, the company also announced Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition, an OpenStack-powered cloud backed by its managed services and operational support. The service targets customers looking to build medium-to-large scale private clouds, who can so rely on Rackspace's Reference Architecture and take advantage of the company's experience about the logical and physical architecture of a reproducible OpenStack deployment. The initial design is based on tested OpenStack configurations and hardware from Dell (DELL) and Cisco (CSCO), and obviously on Rackspace's Fanatical Support.

RAX and EQIX

from the RAX c.c. (Seeking Alpha transcripts):

>>James Breen – William Blair

Okay, thanks and just one follow up Equinix actually, especially saying that they’re providing you Rackspace Cloud, the private edition services, can you talk about just that overall environment for infrastructure and how you guys are thinking about going forward in terms of leasing space or owning your own space and how the environment may have changed in the last couple of quarters, thanks.

A. Lanham Napier

Yeah, sure. Well, there is a couple of different nuances in your questionnaire. Let’s start I guess, which is the infrastructure environment in general. Our intention consistent with the prepared remarks is that we will be leasing space, but the reason we want to do that is it just better aligns the timing of the expense with the investment with the revenue we have received that from a basically it turns into a variable nature instead of a fixed nature that is all up front for us. Nothing has changed in the market place to make us deviate from that plan that is core to our strategy going forward, if you look at the infrastructure expansion, we’ve had over the last call it year and a half, vast majority it has been within this recent model.

We believe it’s very effective, we’ve been able to deliver great results to our customers in it specifically with what’s happening with the Equinix, in our press release we are pretty excited about the Rackspace Cloud private edition, for us this is a first step for us to take Fanatical support outside of our data centers, which is consistent with our long-term vision of managing and running open stacked powered clouds anywhere, basically if a customer wants to deploy an environment just for themselves inside an Equinix data center, we want to be able to provide Fanatical Support for them.

So we see it real simply is that there are two primary layers in our business, the infrastructure layer and a service layer in this Rackspace cloud private edition based on the open stack technology, the customer would be purchasing the infrastructure, paying Equinix rent for that data center infrastructure, and then they would be paying us the service fee to manage it remotely on top of that infrastructure.

So this is a business model innovation for us, which has minimal capital involved in all of the profit margin of our service layer. So we like this innovation, we are just getting started with it, there will be a lot more work to do, but we believe this is a good solid first step.

Ford Improves MyFord Touch LCD

From www.technobuffalo.com:

>>Ford had an old version of MyFord Touch setup next to the new version and I got a chance to compare the two. The new version is far superior in every way. It’s much faster, especially in navigation, which featured an enhanced framerate. Aesthetically, the new version is much more intuitive. Ford managed to whittle down unnecessary controls for the sake of simplicity and safety, and they did a fantastic job. However, when asked if the company will employ haptic feedback technology in future versions of MyFord Touch user interface, Ford deemed it “gimmicky” and not necessary for the average user. The Cadillac Cue system is rife with haptic feedback.

Immersion Earnings: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

Read the whole article at Seeking Alpha:

>>Last week, Immersion Corporation (IMMR) reported Q3 2011 earnings.

Total revenues for Q3 2011 were $6.5 million, unchanged from Q3 2010, and less than the consensus estimate of $7.52 million. Net loss for the quarter was $(1.4) million, or $(0.05) per share, less than analysts' expectations of a ($0.02) loss. The company also lowered yearly guidance, and now expects 2011 revenues to be in the range of $29.5 to $30.5 million, with a net loss of $(1.0) to $(2.0) million.

Longsight ready to expand into Equinix CH3 data center

The Longsight Group is proud to announce the addition of a new data center to support growth, performance, and high reliability of services for our hosted clients. As service and storage use continued to expand, we explored new space in top-tier data centers. Equinix has long had a top reputation in the data center industry. Our conversations with Equinix all pointed to the CH3 facility in Chicago as their premier facility, a building that has never suffered power downtime in its existence.

Servers don’t like to lose power, and we’ve made substantial investments to date to ensure that our systems would never lose power via separate A and B power feeds. Our investment at Equinix CH3 includes four 208v power feeds to each rack in an A/B configuration. Equinix CH3 provides N+1 redundancy with full UPS systems and backup generators if utility power fails.

Two additional points made our decision to choose Equinix straightforward: 1) A 24x7 security team, every door leading to our cage secured with biometric hand readers, interlocking doors (“mantraps”), and scanning of all equipment entering and leaving the building, and 2) The ability to purchase bandwidth from a huge array of providers instead of being forced to purchase bandwidth from the data center owner. Equinix is a carrier-neutral data center, and we have chosen Internap, a provider of aggregated bandwidth services for our connectivity.

http://www.longsight.com/news/longsight-ready-expand-equinix-ch3-data-center

Visteon Products Shine on Fisker Karma Hybrid Electric Vehicle

from Visteon's P/R:

>>The Karma incorporates Visteon's advanced infotainment platform that allows technologies to be quickly added and customized for any market. The system provides state-of-the-art onboard navigation, AM/FM/satellite radio, USB/iPod® connectivity, and Bluetooth® wireless technology audio streaming and hands-free phone functionality. Visteon designed the user interface for all major vehicle infotainment and climate controls, accessed through a 10.2-inch haptic touch screen display that eliminates the need for mechanical dials and buttons, reducing materials and production tooling.

Equinix Awarded 2011 Frost & Sullivan Australia Excellence Award

Datacentre Service Provider of the Year Award acknowledges market leading growth and innovation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA— October 28, 2011 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data centre services, today announced that it has been awarded the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Australia Excellence Award for datacenter services provider of the year. The Frost & Sullivan Awards are presented to companies that, based on Frost & Sullivan’s research, have demonstrated market-leading revenue growth and business innovation.

The award follows the opening of Equinix’s third Sydney International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centre, known as SY3. Built at a cost of US$65M, and located in south Sydney, SY3 provides 1,000 cabinet equivalents of capacity, expanding to 3,000 with subsequent phases. The new IBX has significantly increased the company’s Sydney capacity and ability to meet high demand for premium colocation and interconnection data centre services.

“Equinix is thrilled to be the recipient of this significant accolade from Frost & Sullivan,” commented Equinix’s Todd Handcock, chief marketing officer and VP for marketing and strategy in APAC. “This award validates our Platform Equinix strategy to provide industry-leading global infrastructure to help businesses accelerate their growth.”

“The fact this award also recognizes innovation is timely given Equinix has just launched the Marketplace, an initiative that allows customers to easily buy and sell digital services. The Marketplace is an online directory of service providers that allows the 4,000 companies on Platform Equinix to identify suppliers, partners and customers. Never before has a datacenter provider made it so simple for its customers to do business together,” added Handcock.

Arun Chandrasekaran, Research Director, ICT Practice at Frost & Sullivan commented: “Equinix has differentiated itself in the data centre industry by providing industry leading availability combined with stringent security and low latency. Equinix data centres offer direct access to multiple carrier backbones, thereby delivering high performance to customers.”

“Equinix’s strong commitment to high availability, security and low latency, makes it an attractive partner for customers such as financial services organisations, cloud computing service providers, content providers and telecommunications services providers, offering the stringent performance parameters they require to host their mission critical infrastructure. Equinix is therefore very well positioned to benefit from the growth of content delivery and cloud computing in Australia in the years to come.”

Jamba debuts at The Fort in just five days

from http://lifestyle.inquirer.net:

>>The good news is that this renowned smoothie debuts at The Fort on 11-11-11, in just five days. Brought in by one of the largest food chains in the country, The Max’s Group of Companies, Jamba Juice has made our country its first site in Southeast Asia. Sharon Fuentebella, managing director of Jumba Juice Philippines, personally toured our group and introduced us to the super-delicious drink. She is a real team leader, applauding loudest when a half-Pinoy staffer, Kimmie Molino, who has worked with Jamba Juice for 17 years, was given a special employee award by Jamba Juice CEO James White.

Equinix Opens Second Hong Kong Datacenter

from www.waterstechnology.com:

>>Datacenter and hosting provider Equinix will this week unveil its second datacenter in Hong Kong, a US$63 million facility that will ultimately deliver space for 1450 server cabinets, in response to increasing demand for hosted services...

HTC takes the lead in the US smart phone market

from www.canalys.com:

>>With phenomenal year-on-year and sequential growth of 252% and 60% respectively, Samsung shipped 27.3 million smart phones under its own brand to capture a 23% share, becoming the number one vendor in APAC, Western Europe and Latin America, ahead of Nokia, Apple and RIM respectively. With well-regarded products, such as the Galaxy S II, and significant marketing campaigns, the vendor registered the second highest quarterly shipment total in the market’s history, behind only Nokia’s Q4 2010 performance. In addition, Samsung shipped an estimated 500,000 units worldwide under the Google and T-Mobile brands.

Data Center Related Stocks Rebound In October

Read the whole article at Seeking Alpha:

>>In spite of its reputation as a famously bad month for stocks (mostly linked with the 1929 crash), October 2011 saw most stocks rebound nicely, although it ended on a negative tone.

Both the Dow Jones industrial and the Standard & Poor's 500 index reported some of their strongest performances recently (best month since October 2002 and since December 1991, respectively).

Data center related stocks are also mostly positive in the month, with the only exception of 21Vianet Group (VNET), the Chinese colocation player that has recently been in a negative trend following a much hyped IPO at $15.

Equinix Delivers A Solid Q3 And Fixes Ambitious But Achievable Targets

Read the whole article at Seeking Alpha:

>>Last week Equinix reported solid Q3 results, slightly increased full year revenue guidance and hinted at ambitious long term targets, with revenues expected to be greater than $3 billion by 2015.

Let's go through some of the highlights:

The London Internet Exchange Announces Further Investment in New PoPs

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) today revealed that its successful network expansion to three new PoPs, in a shared-risk agreement with Equinix, Interxion and TelecityGroup, has resulted in further investment into these PoPs.

LINX made the significant investment in the new PoPs in 2008 and all three sites have now achieved a break-even run rate. As a result LINX is making further investment into these PoPs as it rolls out its new primary LAN based on Juniper routers.

“The last few years have been difficult for many companies and the economy as a whole. Achieving a break-even run rate proves that we made the right investment back in 2008 and it means we can continue to develop the network,” said John Souter, CEO of LINX. “I would like to thank our data centre partners, Equinix, Interxion and TeleCity Group for their help and support in this success story.”

“By partnering with LINX we have built successful sites and this means we are able to deliver even greater value to our clients,” said Greg McCulloch, UK Managing Director of Interxion, the European leaders in colocation, data centres, connectivity and managed services.

LINX's partner Equinix connects businesses globally through its platform of high performance data centres, containing dynamic ecosystems and the broadest choice of networks. John Souter said “I am confident that Equinix are also pleased they entered into this agreement, and agree that the risk sharing has paid off”.

The rapid growth of the LINX network, at a time when others were scaling back their infrastructure investments now means that further investment in these PoPs is assured. Adriaan Oosthoek, Managing Director of TeleCity Group, one of Europe's industry-leading provider of premium carrier-neutral data centres said “we are delighted that the 2008 LINX PoP is now so successful that they are bringing the new network to us in Powergate”.

http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/100531/The_London_Internet_Exchange_Announces_Further_Investment_in_New_PoPs/

Happy Halloween

eye-surgery robot

from Engadget:

>>High precision movements

The surgeon's movements are scaled-down, for example so that each centimeter of motion on the joystick is translated into a movement of only one millimeter at the tip of the instrument. "This greatly increases the precision of the movements", says Meenink.
Haptic feedback The master also provides haptic feedback. Ophthalmologists currently work entirely by sight – the forces used in the operation are usually too small to be felt. However Meenink's robot can 'measure' these tiny forces, which are then amplified and transmitted to the joysticks. This allows surgeons to feel the effects of their actions, which also contributes to the precision of the procedure.

Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Experiences Slower Growth as Smartphone Purchases Soften in the Third Quarter, According to IDC

from Engadget:

>> The worldwide mobile phone market grew 12.8% year over year in the third quarter of 2011 (3Q11), as smartphone growth declined in key mature markets. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 393.7 million units in 3Q11 compared to 348.9 million units in the third quarter of 2010. However, the 12.8% growth was higher than IDC's forecast of 9.3% for the quarter and stronger than the 9.8% growth in 2Q11.

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"Smartphone centricity continues to be the hallmark of the mobile phone market," says Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Phone Technology and Trends team. "Two years ago, smartphones comprised just a small portion of overall shipments among the leading vendors. Today, that proportion has grown considerably, thanks in large part to LG, Motorola, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson making Android smartphones a priority. At the same time, the growing presence of companies focused exclusively on the smartphone market - Apple, HTC, and RIM - also demonstrate the impact that smartphones have had on the mobile phone market as a whole."

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Nokia reversed a global market share on a sequential basis last quarter thanks to stronger feature phone sales in key regions as well as the clearing of inventory backlogs in traditional strongholds, namely China and Europe, which led to a sharp year-over-year shipment and share decline last quarter. Nokia's smartphone fortunes could improve in quarters to come now that it has introduced the Nokia Lumia devices, powered by Windows Phone 7, to markets where its brand is still relatively strong and in areas where the company has lost share over the past two years.

Samsung registered double-digit growth compared to the third quarter a year ago and also outpaced the market. The company's growth was again driven by smartphone sales, such as the Galaxy S2. Smartphone sales were notably higher in emerging markets including China. Samsung outpaced the feature phone market as well in terms of growth. The vendor didn't close the market share gap on Nokia for the top mobile phone position, but it remains within striking distance.

LG Electronics maintained its position as the number 3 mobile vendor worldwide for the twelfth quarter in a row, but continued soft demand for both its feature phones and smartphones led to volume levels not seen since 2Q 2007. With only a few new devices launched and an aging feature phone portfolio, LG's warnings of lower year-over-year shipment volume appears to have come to fruition. By the end of the year, LG's grasp on the number 3 position may be loosened as Apple's aggressive smartphone campaign takes hold in 4Q 2011.

BATS Europe Completes Successful Data Centre Migration to Equinix

LONDON & KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct 28, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BATS Europe today announced it has successfully completed the migration of its matching engine and infrastructure to Equinix's London LD4 International Business Exchange(TM) (IBX(R)) data centre campus and will launch a new Binary Order Entry protocol from the LD4 campus on the 4th of November.

Binary Order Entry offers a new optional order entry method for participants to interact with the BATS Europe platform that further reduces latency. The full suite of BATS Europe order types will be available using Binary Order Entry, as well as the standard FIX protocol format.

"We are very pleased that the data centre migration was quite seamless and many customers are taking advantage of the LD4 campus's significant scale to optimise their infrastructure," said Mark Hemsley, CEO of BATS Europe. "With the migration now complete, we aim to provide premier one-stop access to liquidity with the highest levels of resilience and the lowest possible latency through continuous technological upgrades and new offerings such as Binary Order Entry."

"With the successful migration of its innovative trading platform to Equinix's LD4 data centre campus, BATS Europe can continue to grow its market share within the world's leading multi-asset financial services ecosystem," said Russell Poole, General Manager, Equinix UK. "Equinix understands the challenges that modern day exchanges face in launching competitive platforms. With more than 20 percent of the total European equities trade count originating from the LD4 campus, Equinix is uniquely positioned to support the rapid liquidity growth of BATS Europe's trading platform and maximise opportunities for trading participants across crowded financial markets."

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bats-europe-completes-successful-data-centre-migration-to-equinix-2011-10-28

Samsung Beats Apple as No. 1 Smartphone Vendor

from Blooomberg:

>>Samsung Electronics Co. overtook Apple Inc. (AAPL) in the last quarter to become the world’s largest smartphone vendor amid a widening technology and legal battle between the two companies.

Samsung shipped 27.8 million smartphones in the last quarter, taking 23.8 percent of the market, Milton Keynes, U.K.- based Strategy Analytics said in an e-mailed statement today. Apple’s 17.1 million shipments, comprising 14.6 percent of the market, pushed the Cupertino, California-based company to second place. Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) maintained its third position, according to the statement.

Internap Earnings Preview

Read the whole article at Seeking Alpha:

>>Internap (INAP) will be reporting Q3 2011 results on Thursday, October 27, after the market close.

Historically, the company doesn't issue guidance, and analysts' consensus is for revenues of about $61.7 million, a small increase from Q2, with EPS forecasts ranging from a loss of $0.01 to a profit of $0.01.

Piper Jaffray raised their price target on shares of Equinix

from http://localizedusa.com:

>>Equities research analysts at Piper Jaffray (NYSE: PJC) raised their price target on shares of Equinix (NASDAQ: EQIX) to $131.00 in a research issued note to investors on Thursday.

Coffee & Snack Shops Will Add High-Margin and Healthy Items to Their Menus to Aid Growth

from www.prweb.com:

>>The Coffee and Snack Shops industry will resume its long-term growth trend beginning in 2012, when revenue is anticipated to jump 4.9% to $27.8 billion, according to IBISWorld, the nation’s largest publisher of industry research. Major operators like Jamba Juice, Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts Coffee will benefit as the economy improves, unemployment rates decline and consumers begin to spend money again on luxuries like eating out.

6 New Stores, 3 New Food Options at Mall of America Read more: 6 New Stores, 3 New Food Options at Mall of America http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp

from www.myfoxtwincities.com:

>>BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Mall of America on Wednesday announced the future openings of six new stores, two restaurants and a Jamba Juice. Most of the new tenants will open for business in early to mid-November.

SIX Swiss Exchange to Offer Co-Location Services for New X-stream INET Trading Platform with Equinix

from www.highfrequencytraders.com:


>>SIX Swiss Exchange will offer co-location services for its new equities trading platform X-stream INET together with Equinix, a provider of global data center services. Connection to the new platform, scheduled for launch in the first half of 2012, will be provided in Equinix’s Zurich International Business Exchange (IBX) data center, and will offer market participants significantly enhanced trading capacity and reduced latency.

Digital Realty Trust Earnings Preview

Read the whole article at Seeking Alpha:

>>Digital Realty Trust (DLR) will be reporting Q3 2011 earnings next Thursday, October 27, before market open.

In Q2 2011 the company reported FFO of $1.02 per diluted share and unit, an increase of 34.2% from $0.76 per diluted share and unit in Q2 2010, and total operating revenues of $267.9 million.

Digital Realty has a history of increasing FFO since its IPO, with a 19,9% compounded annual growth reached from 2005 to 2010, as shown in the attached spreadsheet. For 2011, the company recently guided for FFO to range between $3.99 and $4.05 per diluted share and unit, an increase of $0.02 at the mid point from the previous forecast.

Semtech Expands the 4D-Touch™ Platform With Multi-Touch Support to Enhance the User Experience

CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Semtech Corp. (Nasdaq:SMTC - News), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced the, the SX8674/75/76/77/78 multi-touch resistive touchscreen controllers which bring pinch and stretch gesture recognition to the Semtech 4D-Touch™ platform. Semtech is the first to provide standard resistive panels with proximity sensing and Multi-touch support giving manufactures the opportunity to upgrade their existing platforms with the popular zoom-in/zoom-out gesture in picture viewer, internet browsing, and gaming applications.

The SX867X family is part of Semtech’s 4D-Touch platform of ultra low power controllers that are packed with innovative features such as long-distance proximity detection and advanced haptics driver support in an extremely tiny footprint. They also feature robust ±15kV ESD protection making them ideal for a wide variety of applications such as mobile phone, tablet, DSC, handheld GPS, IP phones, printers, automotive center consoles and POS terminals.

4D-Touch devices also feature a highly accurate 12-bit analog-to-digital converter for coordinates and touch pressure measurement with current consumption as little as 0.4uA at standby. They can enter a low power state between conversions to reduce power consumption, making them ideal for portable applications. Unlike other touchscreen controllers the SX867X devices do not require expensive matrix type resistive panel for multi-touch operation. The proprietary touch-sensing circuitry in the SX867X devices is capable of supporting various common multi-touch gestures such as pinch, stretch and rotation on any 4-wire analog resistive touch screen.

SX867X devices also support a proximity detection distance of more than 5 cm using any standard 4/5-wire resistive panel, enabling various power-saving features such as automatic backlight dimming or system wake-up when the hand approaches the panel. Unlike traditional IR solutions that require additional, costly components for proximity detection, this new generation of resistive touch screen controllers enables proximity detection with zero external components.

A haptics motor driver is incorporated on-chip for controlling linear resonant actuator (LRA) and eccentric rotating mass (ERM) micro motors (up to 250mA) while providing acknowledgement to touch events, thus emulating the tactile feedback similar to mechanical keys which enhances the overall user experience. Immersion Corp. has certified the SX8677 and SX8678 as optimal motor drivers for its TouchSense 3000^® software suite of haptic waveforms available to all customers via an Immersion license. Semtech’s pin-compatible SX865X controllers have the same features except multi-touch gesture recognition allowing manufacturers to develop multiple versions of a product using the same board design.

“Multi-touch gesture support is a very popular way to improve the user experience of many consumer electronic devices, and the SX867X devices allow manufacturers to deliver that functionality along with proximity detection and haptics control in a single tiny footprint,” said Sam Massih, Product Line Director, Consumer Analog Products for Semtech. “Coupled that with the ultra low power consumption and robust on-chip ESD protection, these complete touch sensing devices will enable OEMs to enhance the user experience in their next generation consumer products without adding any significant cost to the enabling electronics or panels.”

The SX8674/75/76/77/78 which are all offered in space-saving 2.07mm x 2.07mm 19-WLCSP as well as 4mm x 4mm 20-QFN packages while the touch only version SX8651 and SX8653 come in a small 1.46mm x 1.96mm 12- WLCSP and 3mm x 3mmm 12-DFN (4mm x 3mm 14-DFN for SX8653). Semtech guarantees all of these devices to operate over the extended (-40°C to +85°C) temperature range.

Applications

Automotive: A/V Module

MP3 Player: Touchscreen Controller

Cell Phone/Smart Phone: Touchscreen Controller

Digital Camera: Touchscreen Controller

Notebook PC, Tablet PC, Netbook PC: Touchscreen Controller

Laser Printer: Touchscreen Controller

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Semtech-Expands-the-4DTouch-bw-3336694369.html?x=0&.v=1

Morgan Stanley Lowered Its 2011, 2012 EPS Estimates For Equinix

from www.fnno.com:

>Morgan Stanley lowered its 2011 and 2012 EPS estimates for Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) and maintained its equal-weight rating on the stock.

The bank sees 2011 EPS of $1.85, down from $1.92 per share, and 2012 EPS of $2.50, down from $2.62 per share.

Eurex migrates to new data centre

from www.finextra.com:

>>The international derivatives exchange Eurex has completed the re-location of its active matching engines into a new single data centre.

With this step, Eurex achieved a further milestone of its technology roadmap. The active Eurex trading and clearing infrastructure is now located in the International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre of the international IT company Equinix Inc., a global provider of data centre services. Eurex and Equinix have already been offering the co-location solution Proximity Services since 2006.

As part of the migration, Eurex upgraded and replaced all of the matching engines with the latest high-performance hardware. As consequence, all Eurex members benefit from an increased throughput of the Eurex system.

Since Deutsche Börse had already moved the Xetra cash market in July 2011 the migration of the Eurex system enables Deutsche Börse Group to offer its clients co-location services for derivatives and cash markets from a single location. Clients also benefit from the fact that as one of the largest global providers of data centre services, Equinix bundles a large number of exchange-related service providers, including data vendors, under one roof. Moreover, through the linkage of many telecommunication providers, Eurex participants can choose the access to the Equinix data centre that is the most cost-effective for them.

Equinix Marketplace Seeks to Connect Customers

From Data Center Knowledge:

>>Equinix says its marketplace will allow its tenants to offer new services, and enlarge their digital supply chain to improve application performance, reduce cost and generate revenue.

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“For many companies and industries, data centers are not just warehouses for storing large amounts of information – they have become high performance business-exchanges where organizations connect with their ecosystem of partners, suppliers and customers in the digital supply chain,” said Jarrett Appleby, chief marketing officer for Equinix.

Equinix business exchange plays proximity card

from GigaOM:

>>It may seem counterintuitive, but in the cloud computing era, location does matter, at least when it comes to where data is stored and processed.

...

That’s the thinking behind the new Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX). Equinix, the big data center services provider, built the online marketplace to help its data center customers–which include SaaS companies, managed service providers and financial services outfits–expand into new markets and tap into an existing battery of potential partners that already use those data centers, according to Jarrett Appleby, chief marketing officer.

Global tablet PC shipments reach 18.7 million units

from http://www.digitimes.com:

>>Global tablet PC shipments, affected by the weakening worldwide economy after August and high inventory levels from some tablet PC brand vendors, reached 18.7 million units in the third quarter, an increase of only 27.5% sequentially, far less than the strong sequential growth of 60.9% they achieved in the second quarter, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst James Wong.

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As a result, shipments of non-iPad tablet PCs only grew 10.1% sequentially in the quarter.

Nokia N9 review

from Engadget:

>We'd be foolish not to mention the delightful virtual keyboard at this point -- it offers unobtrusive (and defeatable) audible and tactile feedback, plus automatic word completion, when enabled.

Samsung smartphone sales beat Apple in Q3 tip insiders

from www.slashgear.com:

>>Samsung has reportedly overtaken Apple in smartphone shipments this past quarter, with inside sources claiming the Korean firm pushed out more than 20m of the devices in Q3 2011.

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According to Strategy Analytics’ numbers, however, Samsung hit the 12m smartphones point in Q1 2011, and then exceeded 19m in Q2.

AlgoSpan Speeds Up London to Frankfurt-Stockholm Trade Routes

from www.wallstreetandtech.com:

>>The upgrade, which improves the low-latency routes on its market access platform (AlgoNet, provides faster access to Equinix FR2 International Business Exchange data center in Frankfurt and Nasdaq OMX’s data center in Stockholm from its network hub at Interxion LON1 in London. Nasdaq OMX Nordic markets include Copenhagen, Helsinki, Iceland, Riga, Stockholm, Tallin and Vilnius. The decision to improve connectivity to Frankfurt and Stockholm allows AlgoSpan to continue to meet the demands of customers needing to access venues such as NASDAQ OMX, Deutsche Borse’s cash equity market Xetra and the German derivatives market Eurex, in addition to other AlgoNet markets across Europe.

Cadillac Unveils 'Intuitive' Vehicle Infotainment

from www.designnews.com:

>>GM engineers at the rollout said that CUE was in development for three years, in part because it broke ground by using technologies that were previously not employed in autos. Capacitive touch, in particular, has not been used in vehicles until now because of questions over its ability to serve in "automotive grade" units.

"We had to develop a touch screen that would work in Michigan in winter and Phoenix in summer," Bly told Design News. "Others have not pursued the technology in the past, but we decided to take on the challenge." Bly added that GM's success with automotive-grade capacitive touchscreens was largely due to a cooperative effort with an unnamed supplier. Bly said that GM would reveal the name of the supplier next spring.

30 million Galaxy S devices sold

from http://androidandme.com:

>>Announced in a press release today, Samsung has outed just how many Galaxy S devices have been sold around the globe. Samsung already sold some 20 million original Galaxy S phones. Numbers for the Galaxy S II are equally impressive at 10 million, or one phone a second since launch. That’s a grand total of 30 million Galaxy S devices sold. With full US availability and the holiday season right around the corner, that number will rise very quickly.

(this device alone might mean about $3 million in royalties for Immersion so far).

Reduce latency by avoiding the Internet, urges CDN provider

from www.totaltele.com:

>Limelight Networks takes advantage of Equinix's data centres to drive traffic away from congested Internet; claims live streaming is 'necessary evil'.

In an environment when milliseconds can directly affect revenue streams, it's important that content providers reduce their latency. And avoiding the public Internet is key to that, Chris Townsley, director of European sales at content delivery network provider Limelight told Total Telecom on Monday.

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Limelight focuses on getting the data as close to the end user as possible, carrying it along its own dedicated infrastructure to its data centre partner Equinix's servers.

There's "almost no Internet," Townsley said, aside from the final link between the user and the nearest Equinix data centre.

Cadillac's CUE Brings Haptics Under The Spotlight

Read the whole article at Seeking Alpha:

>>General Motor's (GM) luxury brand, Cadillac, recently participated at the CTIA Enterprise and Applications conference where it introduced its new Cadillac CUE navigation, information and multimedia car system.

According to GM engineers CUE, which stands for Cadillac User Experience, will represent a game changer in the automotive industry, as this new in-vehicle hub is meant to simplify drivers' usability while allowing a single control source for all information and entertainment tools used in (or connected to) a car.

Sony Ericsson - Q3

Bert Nordberg, President and CEO of Sony Ericsson commented, “We delivered a solid 73 million Euro improvement in income before taxes as we rebounded from the previous quarter with a 33 percent increase in sales. Android-based Xperia™ smartphone sales now account for more than 80 percent of sales and we have shipped 22 million Xperia smartphones to date. We will continue to invest in the smartphone market, shifting the entire portfolio to smartphones during 2012.”

Units shipped during the quarter were 9.5 million, a 9% decrease year-on-year due to a decline in feature phone shipments, partially offset by an increase in smartphone shipments. The 25% quarter-on-quarter increase was due to the higher volume of smartphones shipped.

Sales for the quarter were approximately Euro 1.6 billion and essentially flat year-on-year.

Sony Ericsson estimates that its share of the global Android-based smartphone market during the quarter was approximately 12% in volume and 11% in value.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/corporate/press/pressreleases/pressreleasedetails/q3financialpressrelease2011-20111014

Starbucks eyes juice-bar business

from msn.com:

>>Starbucks (SBUX) as a juice bar? According to news reports, the coffee giant may soon add smoothies, wheatgrass and acai to its menu.

The New York Post reports that Starbucks has just hired Yohana Bencosme, the former manager of the trendy Manhattan juice bar Liquiteria. Bencosme's new job is to train staffers in Starbucks' Seattle headquarters.

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Would juice bars make sense at Starbucks? The very idea triggered a 3.5% drop in the stock price of Jamba Juice owner Jamba (JMBA) on Thursday.

Starbucks is desperate to bring in more afternoon traffic and even offers an afternoon discount to morning customers in many areas. Smoothies and other juice items would help draw the lunch and afternoon crowds. They would also appeal to children.

Jamba Juice comes to Manila

from http://business.inquirer.net:

>>The latest craze in the US is opening its Philippine flagship store in Bonifacio Global City on November 11.

Jamba Juice hopes to establish its position as a healthy yet tasty option to the growing active lifestyle of Filipinos.

Jamba Inc. tied up with Max’s Group of Companies to develop 40 Jamba Juice locations in the Philippines over the next 10 years.

“The Philippine market is a market that we feel we could be strong here,” answers Sharon Fuentebella, EVP for Max’s Group of Companies and managing director of Jamba Juice Philippines on why they’re choosing the country.

She adds that since tropical fruits are endemic here, the creation of their famous juices will be enjoyed by most Filipinos.

Jamba Juice will sit on a 130-square-meter area with 50 seats and over 100 juices and smoothies to choose from. This will be the first store for the Southeast Asia region.

Jamba Juice of Bakersfield Quickly Boosts Traffic and Sales by Ten Percent

Bakersfield-based Jamba Juice Franchise owner with four stores uses Trumpia's SMS Marketing and Facebook postings to build its mobile marketing database, boost in-store traffic and increase sales.

Baskersfield, CA (PRWEB) October 11, 2011

Jamba Juice of Bakersfield, which owns and operates four local franchises of the popular better-for-you beverage and food company, is using Trumpia's bulk SMS and QR Code Marketing combined with Facebook marketing to increase its in-store traffic by around ten percent. As a result of the increased traffic, Jamba Juice of Bakersfield has realized a significant boost in its sales.

Trumpia is the leading solution provider for Multi-Channel Marketing and Messaging, offering mobile text, email, voice broadcast, IM and social media in a single, unified web-based platform.

The Bakersfield-based business attributes some of its success to creating and placing signs at each store, inviting prospective customers to connect for special daily deals by texting its mobile keyword, Jamba, to its premium short code, 99000, or scanning a Quick Response (QR) Code.

The business also promotes its daily deals on its Marketplace Jamba Facebook fan page, encouraging people to opt-in to its mobile marketing database to receive special coupons that are usable at this particular outlet, which is just one of its four locations in the north-westernmost part of the city.

For example, the Jamba Juice franchisee routinely posts messages on its Marketplace Jamba Facebook fan page that call upon visitors to text its mobile keyword to receive a “buy one get one free (16oz) smoothie deal.” In doing so, the business is growing its Facebook following and, at the same time, using Trumpia's mobile text marketing feature to get more customers to come into the store.

Using both Trumpia's SMS text marketing and QR Code marketing features in this way, Jamba Juice has grown its opt-in mobile database to around 1000 customers in just two months across all of its four stores.

Jamba Juice of Bakersfield typically sends out mobile coupons and deals to this SMS marketing database at least once a week. Customers can redeem the coupon simply by showing the coupon message stored on their phones.

“While we considered many marketing options, we decided to exclusively use Trumpia's mobile text and multi-channel marketing platform,” said Brett Thomas, owner of Jamba Juice of Bakersfield. “We're glad that we did and we were right about our hunch that Trumpia would provide us with the most direct, immediate and affordable way to connect with local residents and quickly build a loyal following. The return on investment that we've enjoyed since we began using Trumpia's platform has been tremendous.”

“Jamba Juice of Bakersfield's use of our SMS text marketing and cross-channel messaging capabilities is a perfect example of how small businesses can harness the power of Trumpia to quickly build their market presence, establish their brand and gain results – more quickly than any other marketing strategy or tactic,” said Derek Rhie, co-founder and director of sales and support for Trumpia. “We're honored to help Jamba Juice of Bakersfield and other small business owners build vibrant, successful businesses in a tenth of the time it would take them to do so with a single channel or more traditional media.”

Read more: http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/11/10/p1978020/jamba-juice-of-bakersfield-quickly-boosts-traffic-and-sales-by-ten-perc#ixzz1ajcBUOD8

InfoRelay Expands Data Center Footprint in Dallas

Additional Network Capacity Addresses Recent Growth and Redundancy Needs

InfoRelay Online Systems, Inc., a leading IT solutions and connectivity provider, expanded its Equinix data center footprint in the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas areas to accommodate a significant increase in demand for colocation and high availability data center solutions in the face of a growing cloud services market.

The Dallas Equinix data center is located within one of the key telecommunications hubs within Dallas: the InfoMart building. This facility serves as a key Internet and peering exchange point for many networks. The 61,573 square foot data center features industry-leading security and interconnection options. InfoMart will continue to play a major role in InfoRelay's portfolio as it continues to adopt to the shifting industry landscape and increasing adoption of cloud technologies.

Besides Dallas, InfoRelay maintains primary network Points of Presence (PoPs) within multiple markets nationwide, including Los Angeles and Southern California, San Jose and the Silicon Valley area, Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, and New York City. Within each market, InfoRelay provides high availability server colocation—the ability for clients to host their servers in secure server cabinets owned by InfoRelay. Each cabinet includes power from redundant UPS and generator-backed power systems, and is cooled by a redundant cooling infrastructure. In addition to highly redundant colocation, InfoRelay also provides bandwidth, disaster recovery, and network security solutions to over 150,000 Internet users through its main product line.

By supporting a growing number of shared hosting providers, cloud providers, and content and dedicated server hosts, InfoRelay has gained insight into providing high availability IP services over a self-healing network architecture.

“Our expanding footprint in Dallas is a direct result of our commitment to having the highest quality service for our customers. With the recent blooming interest in cloud services, geographic diversity as well as scalability are a must for any top-end hosting provider,” commented Mr. Joseph Vajda, Director of Network Operations for InfoRelay.

The expansion will take effect November 1, 2011.

Cadillac CUE: GM's luxury brand ups the infotainment game

from www.autoblog.com:

>>Capacitive Screens Finally Come to Cars

Although resistive touchscreens are the norm for most vehicles, in part to their durability, availability and low cost, Cadillac is finally bringing a fully capacitive touchscreen (think iPhone screen) to market. The engineers we spoke with admitted that the barrier to entry was much higher, requiring more time and expertise to get the screen up to automotive grade, but the results – both graphically and interactively – are a clear indication that what's succeeded in the consumer electronics space is on its way to vehicles.

But where Cadillac has upped the game is with its industry-first, proximity-sensing, haptic feedback and multi-touch interface.

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The same goes for the haptic feedback setup, which integrates with the capacitive screen to give the user a subtle pulse when selecting a function or what engineers described as a "sandpaper" sensation when scrubbing through a list.

Cadillac’s Connected Car System Arrives in Style

from Wired:

>Cadillac strips down the typical cluttered dashboard electronic interface, reducing radio and entertainment controls to four physical buttons. All of the buttons are haptic-feedback enabled, which means you’ll feel a pulse of vibration to let you know that you’ve activated a button. The idea is that the driver spends less time fumbling with the dashboard controls, and more time paying attention to the road.

“We’ve seen things from competitors that are almost like you’ve got a typewriter in your car,” said executive director of interior design Dave Lyon in an interview. “It’s way too distracting.”

Cadillac CUE Infotainment System Test Drive

from http://blog.laptopmag.com:

>Including haptic feedback with a touchscreen display would seem like a no brainer at this point, but Cadillac is the first to include it as part of an in-dash infotainment system. During our hands on we tried scrolling through a list of XM Radio stations and found that the haptic feedback was quick and responsive without feeling overwhelming. It made scrolling through lists and selecting various settings feel much more natural.

Cadillac unveils CUE infotainment system for connected driving excitement in 2012

from Engadget:

>>Cadillac may be an unlikely exhibitor for a mobile conference, but it is using CTIA as an opportunity to unveil the Cadillac User Experience (CUE). CUE is its new car infotainment system that will debut next year, first in the XTS and later in the ATS, before spreading to the company's entire line. It combines an eight-inch capacitative multitouch LCD and haptic feedback with proximity sensors for a more rewarding user experience.

video - minute 1.40: haptic

SAY HELLO TO SIRIUS XM LYNX

from the IV MB, by jedi767:

>>It looks like the first new SiriusXM 2.0 Radio has been outed by the FCC. According to a test reportand Label information from the FCC website the first new radio from Sirius XM will be the Sirius XM Lynx.
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Not mentioned in this list and thanks to the Immersion Logo inside the unit, this new radio will most likely feature Haptic Touchscreen Technology by Immersion.

Fire Damages NYSE Data Center In New Jersey

from WSJ:

>>The parent of the New York Stock Exchange reported late Sunday that an electrical fire had damaged its New Jersey data center, though exchange trading systems housed there were unaffected.

The blaze was contained to one room that housed connections linking firms to other New York communications hubs, according to a notice sent Sunday night to clients. There were no injuries as a result of the fire, the notice said.

Merged RTS-Micex Preps Data Integration Strategy

from www.waterstechnology.com:

>>Officials from the integrated exchange—which has yet to be named—are currently reviewing facilities operated by datacenter providers Equinix and Interxion to determine the preferred location

Kyocera Makes Haptics Happen

from http://hothardware.com:

>>According to a report by Tech-On!, Kyocera Corp. demoed a new touchscreen panel for mobile devices at CEATEC Japan that simulates the feeling of touching a physical button.

Bearing the moniker “New Sensation Touch Panel”, the new touchscreen apparently uses piezoelectric elements embedded between the LCD and touch panels. When the user’s finger touches a given spot on the screen, the piezo elements sense the pressure and vibrate, which gives the user the sense that they’re touching a physical button.

Wedbush Analysts Reiterate a “Outperform” Rating on Jamba (JMBA)

from http://localizedusa.com:

>>Jamba (NASDAQ: JMBA)‘s stock had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at Wedbush in a research note issued to investors on Thursday. The analysts currently have a $2.50 price target on the stock.

Samsung Q3 Profit Beats Estimates on Smartphones

from Bloomberg:

>>Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest maker of mobile phones, reported profit that beat analysts’ estimates as demand for Galaxy smartphones outweighed slumping sales of displays and semiconductors.

“I’m quite amazed,” said Lee Seung Woo, a Seoul-based analyst at Shinyoung Securities Co. “It seems like there was a big surprise on the smartphone side.”

The company, which aims to sell more than 60 million smartphones this year, probably shipped half of that in the third quarter, Shinyoung’s Lee said.

Samsung will likely meet its target to sell more than 300 million handsets this year, including basic models, J.K. Shin, head of Samsung’s mobile-phone division, said Sept. 26.

The South Korean company’s sales accelerated from the second quarter after it began selling the Galaxy S II, a successor to its best-selling Android device introduced last year to counter Apple’s iPhone.

KDDI haptic touch screen pushes your buttons

from http://news.cnet.com:

>>If you're always pressing the wrong icon on your smartphone touch screen, Japan's KDDI is working on a haptic screen that makes it feel like you're pushing a button instead of just a flat surface.

Prototypes shown off here at Ceatec 2011 respond to pressure and provide a sensation of clicking a keyboard button. The cellphone giant demoed potential applications including easier Web browsing and more interactive game playing.

The tech was developed for industrial applications by Kyocera, which was exhibiting a small tactile screen for industrial use at the trade show outside Tokyo. It consists of a touch panel sitting on an LCD with piezoelectric elements.

Video Tour of SY3 – Equinix’s Third IBX Data Center in Sydney

Earlier this year, Equinix announced the phase one opening of its third International Business Exchange™ (IBX) data centre in Sydney, known as SY3.

SY3 provides 1,000 cabinet equivalents of capacity, expanding to 3,000 with subsequent phases. The new IBX significantly increases the company’s Sydney capacity and ability to meet high demand for premium colocation and interconnection data centre services.

http://blog.equinix.com/2011/10/video-tour-of-sy3-equinixs-third-ibx-data-center-in-sydney/

Tier 3 to Bring Enterprise-grade Virtual Private Cloud to New York with New Data Center

Tier 3's Multi-Region Architecture Provides Highly Available, Secure Hybrid Cloud for Business Continuity, Business Agility. Enhancements to Tier 3 Enteprise Cloud Platform Announced at Interop NY.

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 05, 2011

Today at Interop NY, enterprise cloud platform provider Tier 3 announced that it will add a data center in the New York metro area to complete the multi-region architecture of its enterprise-grade infrastructure as a service solution. New York joins Seattle and Chicago for a three-region model that enhances the high availability and built-in business continuity of the Tier 3 enterprise cloud. With its intuitive management controls, high performing, highly availability infrastructure and platform-agnostic orchestration and automation layer, Tier 3 meets the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) requirements of companies wishing to deploy public or virtual private (hybrid) clouds for increased business agility.

"Enterprises across the country are actively identifying apps they can move to a virtual private cloud, but to do so they are demanding a true enterprise-grade cloud platform that provides control, transparency, security, performance and a high availability five 9 SLA," said Adam Wray, CEO, Tier 3. "These customers also want to benefit from the peace of mind of built-in, multi-zone business continuity features and the value that advanced operation automation or auto-ops capabilities bring to significantly reducing operational complexity and costs. Tier 3 meets all of those customer requirements."

Tier 3 chose to locate in New York based on frequent requests from customers, prospects and partners for a regional solution that offers high performance and low latency with the best combination of cloud-based utility and enterprise-grade availability and security. Tier 3 elected to collocate in Equinix's New York IBX® (International Business Exchange™) for its enterprise-grade connectivity and carrier-neutral environment. This allows the company to offer Tier 3 Direct Connect for secure, performance-optimized connectivity - including Cross Connects and Equinix's Carrier Ethernet Exchange as well as private VLAN and VPN.

Benefits of Bringing the Tier 3 Cloud to New York:

• Filling Gap in Region's Public Cloud Market: Tier 3 provides a virtual private cloud IaaS solution fully managed thru the operating system, which eliminates the complexity of managing bare metal while still empowering enterprises with the control and transparency they require in a hybrid or virtual private cloud. With Tier 3 Direct Connect, New York metro customers can leverage private, secure, and performance-optimized connectivity.
• Enhances Robust Built-In Business Continuity: Today, with every enterprise server deployment, Tier 3 keeps multiple copies mirrored locally and replicated automatically to an alternate data center, thus preserving a rolling 14-day backup. The new multi-region architecture now also ensures risk mitigation for single point of failure issues while allowing for complex deployments to be "rolled" across geographic regions. These new features compliment Tier 3's other enterprise-grade cloud features, including 99.999% SLA across entire system; high availability via provisioning across clusters with separate ESX hosts; secure multi-tenancy architecture, compliance and audit-ready policies and monitoring; and built-in business continuity/disaster recovery.

Availability: Tier 3 expects to be operational in New York by the end of the quarter. Visit Tier 3 to demo this solution, including the Autoscaler 2.0 features announced at this show, this week at Interop NY booth 804.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/10/05/prweb8852934.DTL#ixzz1ZvDPrEZH

KDDI haptic smartphone prototype

From Engadget:

>>Surprisingly, the feedback was effective to the point that we could even feel the ridges on the virtual keypad -- KDDI's ambition with this is to allow the partially-sighted to touch-type (presumably alongside some UI visual aid as well), while everyone else can also benefit from preemptive hyperlink selection in the web browser with the help of fine haptic feedback, thus reducing the chances of hitting the wrong links (see the video below). We were also impressed by the pressure sensor on the touch layer that enabled a "soft punch" input and a "hard punch" input in the demo game, so you can imagine the possibilities with even more layers implemented; except the prototype we saw was already bulky enough. Regardless, as far as availability is concerned there's no info just yet, though this technology is currently patent pending.

BATS Europe data centre migration

Following two successful dress rehearsals, the BATS Europe data centre migration is on schedule to launch live trading at its new facility in Equinix Slough (LD4) on Monday, October 10.

Data Center-Related Stocks End Rough Quarter

Read the whole article at Seeking Alpha:

>>The worst quarter for the stock market since the financial crisis in 2008 ended on Friday, and data center related stocks were no exception to the trend.

To put some performances within the surrounding environment, the S&P 500 has lost 14.3% since July 1, and the DOW dropped 12.1% in the same time frame.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1: better than the iPad?

from www.techcentral.co.za:

>>Samsung’s decision to include the option of haptic feedback when using onscreen keyboards on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is great. Haptic feedback — those subtle vibrations that provide tactile confirmation of a “button” press — is something that’s common on smartphones but far less used on tablets despite being no less useful.

Toshiba announces 7-inch Thrive tablet

from Engadget:

>>It looks like the AT200 isn't the only Toshiba tablet poised to land in time for the holidays. The company just announced the Thrive 7", a (surprise!) 7-inch version of the original.

Semtech – Ground-breaking touchscreen technology goes beyond X, Y, Z – to pressure

Analog and mixed-signal semiconductor specialist, Semtech, has announced a new ground-breaking 4D-Touch touchscreen controller platform designed to bring out the best user experiences by enabling the capability to sense in the X, Y, Z+ (proximity), and Z- (pressure) directions in many touch-interface applications including smart phones, tablets, handheld GPS, automotive consoles, and POS terminals.

The innovative touch devices integrate a proximity detection feature that gives OEMs the ability to introduce a new type of sensing experience to their products well before a user even touches the device. This high resolution capacitive proximity sensing is implemented with Semtech’s proprietary analog front-end design, which enables detection from a long distance as well as sensing through thick overlays and materials with low permittivity. This key differentiator in touch sensing will enhance the user experiences across a wide variety of applications.

http://www.electropages.com/2011/09/semtech-4d-touch-touchscreen-controller/

Immersion Corporation has certified the SX8657/58 as optimal motor drivers for its TouchSense® 3000 haptic control software suite of haptic waveforms available to all customers via an Immersion license.

"The SX8654 family is a ground-breaking platform for resistive touchscreen applications. By enabling built-in proximity sensing using any resistive panel, Semtech has added especially expensive high-end features at the fraction of the cost of traditional IR proximity sensing," said Sam Massih, Product Line Director, Consumer Analog Products for Semtech. "Combining that with direct drive haptics feedback, the SX8654 platform provides OEMs an opportunity to revolutionize and upgrade almost all their resistive touchscreen applications with value added features."

http://investors.semtech.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=594679

Further expansion for Equinix Slough facility

from http://eandt.theiet.org/:

>>Data centre services provider Equinix has opened its 50th International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Slough, UK. The expansion of the second phase of the company’s Platform Equinix offering, LD5 IBX adds 4,000 square metres of customer space and capacity for 1,400 cabinet equivalents.

LD5 IBX first opened in April 2010, and was built on the same site as Equinix’s existing LD4 IBX data centre.

Create High-Definition Designs with Haptic Driver

from www.designworldonline.com:

>>Tactile feedback for research and consumer use is growing. The latest device comes from Texas Instruments. The DRV8662 is an integrated piezo haptic driver for mobile consumer and industrial designs.

Six crucial tech companies you've never heard of

from www.infoworld.com:

>>Behind the headlines, these firms help form the foundation of the IT industry -- and the modern world wouldn't work without them

Samsung GALAXY S II continues success reaching 10 Million in global sales

Global popularity with customers drives momentum for Samsung's flagship smartphone

SEOUL, Korea – September 25th, 2011 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced that the Samsung GALAXY S II (Model: GT-I9100) has achieved 10 million global channel sales, doubling from five million in just eight weeks.

The GALAXY S II is Samsung's flagship smartphone device - a beautifully thin (8.49mm) and lightweight dual-core smartphone that combines an unmatched Super AMOLED Plus viewing experience with powerful performance, all on Android, the world's fastest-growing mobile operating system. The next generation smartphone also includes Samsung's four content and entertainment hubs, seamlessly integrated to provide instant access to music, games, e-reading and social networking services.

"Since its launch in late April 2011, the GALAXY S II has seen continued sales success, demonstrating Samsung's industry-leading capabilities in - and commitment to - the smartphone market" said JK Shin, President and Head of Samsung's Mobile Communications Business.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/25/samsung-moves-10-million-galaxy-s-iis-pats-itself-on-the-back/

Savtira Corp. Selects Equinix for Data Center Services in the U.S. and Europe

Today Savtira announced it has selected Equinix as its primary data center provider throughout the U.S. and Europe.

Tampa, FL (PRWEB) September 22, 2011

Major global businesses rely on the vitality of an information-driven world. With a pressing need to expand geographic reach and establish data centers for web-based information-sharing, securely exchanging critical information is a must, yet at the same time, growing startups like Savtira Corporation , a new provider of B2B eCommerce solutions, are recognizing the benefits of colocating critical equipment as a time and cost savings measure. Today Savtira announced it has selected Equinix as its primary data center provider throughout the U.S. and Europe. Savtira will move its operations into 10 Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX®) data centers and will leverage Platform Equinix as it expands globally. Savtira selected Equinix because of its extensive global reach into key geographic markets and the direct connection opportunity it provides Savtira to potential partners and customers.

“Equinix is a global leader connecting, protecting and powering the digital economy. With our rapidly advancing Cloud Commerce platform, we needed to ensure a reliable system for our global deployment. The 10 colocation facilities located in the U.S. and Europe, will serve our high-availability, enterprise-class infrastructure that will support Fortune 500 brands,” said Timothy Roberts, Savtira CEO.

Savtira’s Software-as-a-Service Cloud Commerce platform uses eCommerce to sell everything from downloadable entertainment to consumer goods. Savtira eStores are branded and custom-tailored for Savtira clients so that no two eStores are alike. All Savtira clients have the option to distribute millions of digital titles and thousands of physical goods from the Savtira catalog to their customers from their own branded eStore. The platform includes Savtira’s carrier-class “Entertainment Distribution Network” (EDN), which streams all digital media from the cloud to any device. All types of software and digital media (business applications, games, music, movies, audio/e-books) are available to consumers on a rental or subscription basis. No download or installation is necessary. Consumers have the ability to pause media on one device and resume it on another. All data, state and configuration is stored within the cloud.

“As Savtira expands globally, Equinix provides the scalability, geographic diversity and performance to support the demands of the company’s Cloud Commerce platform. Savtira can leverage Platform Equinix to access Equinix’s global footprint of data centers, and to connect directly to our thriving business ecosystem of customers and partners,” said Chris Sharp, general manager of content and digital media at Equinix.

About Savtira Corporation
Based in Tampa, Florida, Savtira is in the business of Digital Distribution with a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eCommerce platform that is a turnkey system for the distribution, marketing, merchandising, and selling of both digital media and physical goods in a single store and a single, unified shopping cart. Savtira-powered stores are designed to meet the specific needs of retail partners so no two eStores are alike. All Savtira eStores are custom-branded for our partners. Extra features and services are offered on an à la carte basis. Savtira’s next carrier-class “Entertainment Distribution Network” (EDN) streams all digital media from the cloud with a feature-set that eclipses anything on the market. For more information on Savtira, visit: http://www.Savtira.com or call 813.402.0123. Follow us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/savtira.

Savtira is a registered trademark. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.

Equinix “buy” rating reiterated by Benchmark Co.

from http://localizedusa.com

>>Equinix (NASDAQ: EQIX) had their “buy” rating reiterated by equities research analysts at Benchmark Co. in a research note issued to investors on Friday.

Jamba Juice Foreign Expansion And Licensing Strategy Seems On Track

Read the whole article at Seeking Alpha:

>>Jamba Juice (JMBA) turn around story may probably be resumed in a relatively simple way: in 2009, the management team decided to reduce the number of company owned locations, and concentrate its growth efforts on franchise-operated stores and licensed consumer products – with both strategies potentially representing very high margin contributors to the company's bottom line.

SoftLayer(R) Launches Asia-Pacific Operations Extends Footprint with Singapore Data Center and Network PoPs in Tokyo and Hong Kong

DALLAS, Sep 20, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SoftLayer(R) Technologies, the innovation leader in Cloud, Dedicated, and Managed hosting, today announced the upcoming opening of the company's new data center in Singapore and network Points of Presence (PoPs) in Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Beginning Sept. 23, customers can pre-order services in the new data center, to be deployed when the data center and PoPs officially "go live" on Oct. 3.

"We are excited to bring our unique solutions to hosting to the Asia-Pacific region," said Lance Crosby, Chief Executive Officer for SoftLayer. "We've had an international customer base for quite some time, with almost half of our 23,000 customers coming from more than 140 countries besides the U.S. But we couldn't be happier to now have a truly international presence, putting our industry-leading solutions so much closer to our customers and their countless end users."

Designated SNG01, the new data center features the following:

-- Capacity for more than 16,000 servers

-- Redundant network infrastructure

-- Fully-automated platform

-- Unique pod design concept

SNG01 and the Tokyo and Hong Kong PoPs feature connectivity from multiple Tier-1 network carriers, including NTT, Tata, and Equinix, with direct network connections to SoftLayer facilities in San Jose and Los Angeles.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/softlayerr-launches-asia-pacific-operations-2011-09-20

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from peeringdb:

Equinix Singapore	36351	Singapore	SG
Equinix Tokyo (TY2)	36351	Tokyo	JP
MEGA iAdvantage Hong Kong	36351	Hong Kong	HK

Equinix is delivering an additional 20,000 square feet in Elk Grove Village

from datacenterpractice.com:

>>Equinix is delivering an additional 20,000 square feet in Elk Grove Village in January 2012,its third and final phase. They will continue to see competition from newly delivered space at Latisys and CoreLink.

Equinix is our top pick overall.

from www.twst.com:

>>TWST: What are your top picks right now and why?

Mr. Weller: We're pretty long the sector. Equinix is our top pick overall. We felt, and still feel, that valuation is very attractive. If you look at the multiples or valuation on an enterprise value to EBITDA basis - and that's the way we look at it, and I say it that way because from a REIT perspective, the typical valuation metric that REIT analysts will focus on is price to FFO or AFFO or net asset value, but we look at EV/EBITDA - Equinix at approximately seven times forward EBITDA is, we think, pretty attractive. Again, we felt like the last three quarters have all been around restoring confidence that the issues Equinix experienced were company specific as opposed to it being some big negative inflection point for Equinix and for the data center market. I think mission accomplished so far.

Unfortunately, the last few weeks have been devastating to Equinix's share prices, as well as any other stock on my screen because they reported very solid results as I mentioned, and you saw the stock up to $105, and now we're sitting here in the low $80s. We still think that's a good story.

Market Tries To Decipher Internap CEO's Comments

Read the whole article at Seeking Alpha:

>>Last Friday, at about 3 pm, shares of Internap (INAP) started experiencing an uptrend move, on good volume, that left most investors wondering “what's happening?".

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The stock closed at $5.72, or almost 10% higher – while small caps may be very volatile, especially in this market environment, it may be worth looking for some fundamental reasons that could explain this sudden move, apart from the usual suspects, short covering, or “someone in the know.”

ViviTouch haptic technology hands-on: electroactive polymer giving a 'high definition feel'

from Engadget:

>>Our very own Myriam was impressed by this $100 peripheral (which is now available on Amazon), and so were some of us here at TGS on certain applications. We were most impressed by the pinball game demonstration using the Pulse, and even more so with a similar demo on a modified first-gen iPad that house two ViviTouch actuators -- there was certainly a more natural feel to the game, especially when the pinball hit the bumpers.