The founder of the UpTime Institute, Kenneth G. Brill, 69, died Tuesday, the institute's parent company announced. Brill, an electrical engineer by training, is credited with playing an enormous role in shaping the modern data center ...
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West Chester, Ohio-based flat rolled steelmaker AK Steel reported Tuesday a net loss of $40.4 million for Q2 2013, ended June 30, 2013, compared to a net loss of $724.2 million for Q2 of 2012. Net sales for Q2 2013 were $1.4 billion on ...
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Manhattan is one of the best locations in the U.S. for data center network connectivity, but in the era of climate change it is also an increasingly risky location. Even so, major data center provider Telx thinks the benefits of NYC ...
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The front-month Brent/WTI spread narrowed Thursday to its lowest level in more than 20 months, dropping under $1/barrel as NYMEX crude broke above resistance levels on recent stock drops and an equities euphoria. The September Brent/WTI ...
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The Australian share market fell today as Japan's share market succumbed to profit taking, reports from Orica and Santos disappointed the market, and some traders predicted a sharp fall in the US share market. Investors were sidelined ...
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Sprint on Monday experienced network outages affecting voice communications for several hours in various regions nationwide, the wireless carrier confirmed. The problem stemmed from a software maintenance procedure started early Monday on ...
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The price spread in Asia between styrene monomer and its main feedstock benzene soared to an all-time high of $501.50/mt Monday, Platts data showed, as the SM market surged on news that South Korea's Lotte Chemical had delayed the restart ...
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Crude oil futures settled slightly higher Tuesday as a pipeline shutdown in Alberta, Canada, and escalating tensions in the Middle East lent the complex a bullish note, amid rising equities markets. NYMEX August crude settled 14 cents ...
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A Little Wax Can Be a Big Safety Cushion It may be tempting to burn your candle all the way down, but leaving just ½ inch of wax can protect you from accidental glass breakage or a candle fire. Why? As a jar candle nears the ...
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LinkedIn's domain name was temporarily redirected to a third-party server Thursday, which resulted in a service outage and potentially put user accounts at risk of compromise. Uptime monitoring service Pingdom recorded that LinkedIn was ...
One of the least expensive, most reliable distributed generation (DG) technologies available today, Navigant Research says diesel gensets have expanding opportunities ($41.2 billion by 2018 globally) among homeowners and commercial ...
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Improving the reliability of power supplies to fuel terminals and retail service stations, and the need for fuel providers to strengthen relationships with government agencies are two key lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy, a Hess Corp. ...
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Sony's gaming division pulled its latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 Wednesday, after widespread reports that installing it could render the console useless. Gamers took to Twitter and online forums such as Reddit to spread word ...
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Oman Cement Company has announced that one of its mills with a capacity to grind 150 metric tons per hour has developed a major technical fault and has had to be closed down. In a statement to the Muscat Securities Market, the firm said ...
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Hydro One crews across Ontario are replacing 11,000 poles this year across the utility’s 120,000-km distribution system. “This [$82-million] investment is part of an ongoing program to continually assess the condition of our ...
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