Tag: facebook
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FaceBook open sources building an energy efficient data center
Back in 2006 I was the co-founder of a Data Centre in Cork called Cork Internet eXchange. We decided, when building it out, that we would design and build it as a hyper energy-efficient data centre. At the time, I was also heavily involved in social media, so I had the crazy idea, well, […]
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Can corporate social responsibility affect your company’s bottom line?
Your company’s share price can be negatively affected if you fail to behave responsibly in your business practices. I have written here a couple of times about environmental risks companies could potentially face. This first time I wrote about this it was in reference to FaceBook’s decision to source the power for their new data…
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Should FaceBook’s investors be worried that the site is sourcing energy for its new data center from coal?
Should FaceBook’s investors be worried that the site is sourcing energy for its new data center from primarily coal-fired power? FaceBook is fourth largest web property (by unique visitor count) and well on its way to becoming third. It is valued in excess of $10 billion and its investors include Russian investment company DST, Accel…
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Funny FaceBook spam!
I received this FaceBook invite to a webinar from Chris Abraham of AbrahamHarrison and Jay Jaffe of Jaffe Associates. This invite was sent to over 2,200 people on FaceBook. Seems like kind of spammy behaviour to me! Ironically the webinar is on “how to look after your online reputation and why it is important to…