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How to move machines between racks without interruptionHow to move machines between racks without interruption
August 11, 2011

How to move machines between racks without interruption

Six Feet Up has been heavily involved in a major hosting infrastructure upgrade that includes moving machines between racks...

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Gain 7% More Space in a Hosting RackGain 7% More Space in a Hosting Rack
August 10, 2011

Gain 7% More Space in a Hosting Rack

Our state-of-the-art colocation facility, Lifeline Data Center, charges us by the rack, which means we have a strong incentive to use the space in our racks as efficiently as possible.

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A Simple Tool To Protect Expensive Server RoomsA Simple Tool To Protect Expensive Server Rooms
August 9, 2011

A Simple Tool To Protect Expensive Server Rooms

If you are running your own server room, read this as it could prevent you from losing hundreds of thousands of dollars...

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Dell’s Crowbar Looking Very PromisingDell’s Crowbar Looking Very Promising
July 29, 2011

Dell’s Crowbar Looking Very Promising

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Jono Bacon’s take on the New Era of Community Management at OSCONJono Bacon’s take on the New Era of Community Management at OSCON
July 27, 2011

Jono Bacon’s take on the New Era of Community Management at OSCON

Jono Bacon is the Community Manager for Ubuntu and gave a talk this morning at OSCON. Community management is important one to me because of my involvement in the Plone community. We could use a formal community manager, but individuals in our community seem to fill many of the roles he discussed.

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Why Open Source Makes SenseWhy Open Source Makes Sense
May 11, 2011

Why Open Source Makes Sense

An interesting reality of working for a company rooted in Open Source software is that while most people have heard of Open Source, many of still unaware of what that actually means and how it differs from proprietary commercial software.

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How Wikileaks Sets the Bar for a New Age of Knowledge DisseminationHow Wikileaks Sets the Bar for a New Age of Knowledge Dissemination
December 7, 2010

How Wikileaks Sets the Bar for a New Age of Knowledge Dissemination

We have definitely entered a new age and the opportunities are amazing. I can easily see how a technology, well applied, has the ability to start to change the world and how we can quite literally publish and share with any audience - whether around the office or around the world.

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KMWorld 2010 Day Two Wrap UpKMWorld 2010 Day Two Wrap Up
November 24, 2010

KMWorld 2010 Day Two Wrap Up

Day two kicked off with a keynote from Peter Morville the author of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web.

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KMWorld 2010 Day One Wrap UpKMWorld 2010 Day One Wrap Up
November 17, 2010

KMWorld 2010 Day One Wrap Up

The conference kicked off with a dynamic introductory keynote by Tom Stewart. Tom gave a very insightful one slide strategy session and ...

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