Who to blame when WoW is down and out

The secret is out. The “World of Warcraft” literally exists in Irvine, in Piscataway, N.J., in Singapore and in Bangalore, India. It pays rent. Its landlord is AT&T. Blizzard Entertainment recently renewed its contract with AT&T to house hundreds of WoW servers at some of the telecom company’s 38 data centers around the world, including one in Irvine. How important is WoW to AT&T? Very, says Chris Costello, Vice President of AT&T Hosting and Application Services (and pict

The Linux Advantage in Web Hosting

While companies may be drawn to the stability, savings, flexibility and other advantages of Linux in a Web hosting setting, they are still committing to a platform and road map that is far less defined when they choose Linux, according to Rackspace Vice President of Research and Development Paul Frouton.