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Category Archives: Teraco
How to start a business
Figure out what service you are currently buying from somebody where.. something pisses you off and you figure you can do it better, a niche, something you are passionate about, a new focus (value layer abstraction), a new category, where … Continue reading
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Moving Hosting Back to SA
In the last weeks I’ve talked to a few people who were looking at moving their hosting back to South Africa. Their traffic costs in the US are usually about 20 times cheaper than in SA. I watched this Summit … Continue reading
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Teraco Launch Function
Last night Teraco hosted a launch event for its first data centre at Great Westerford for about 200 people. About 100 people went for a data centre tour and about 50 travelled all the way from Joburg for the event. … Continue reading
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The 80/20 Teraco Sales Pitch
Why Teraco? Well, in short.. Let’s say you are hosting in a (non-vendor-neutral) data centre. About 20% of your spending goes towards hosting – 80% goes towards connectivity. Now, spend the same 20% with Teraco and see how you get … Continue reading
Teraco on ITWeb
From ITWeb: Teraco begins operations. Nice article. Hmm.. not so sure Teraco is a “Data storage operator”, more like a vendor neutral data centre provider.
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Teraco Update
I went for a tour of Teraco‘s Cape Town data centre today. It’s looking really good. Should be fully completed early next week. They were busy with some finishing touches today, like mounting the plasma screens in the reception area.. … Continue reading
Quick Update
Weekly bullet-news.. Monday, gym, uber-juice, ISPA PR working group, Lions Head walk, Glen Beach sunset, “red olives” at the Daily Deli, bumped into Janine, watched Hancock again.. it was better the 2nd time. Tuesday, FICA admin (what a waste of … Continue reading
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Quick Update
This weeks’ update seems to have been delayed.. I blame the awesome weather. Monday, gym, swim, ISPA mancom meeting, watched Perfume.. good movie. Tuesday, gym, swim, uber-juice, Tamboerskloof steps run, beer and pizza at Carlisles in Vredehoek. Wednesday, Lions Head … Continue reading
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Vendor Neutrality
Background A while ago I had to keep explaining the ideas behind “Vendor Neutral Data Centres” over and over, mostly when talking about peering. I believe vendor neutral DC’s are a good environment for hosting peering points. To me the … Continue reading
Posted in Cape Town, Rants, Teraco, The Hub Project
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Quick Update
The weekly dose of me, me me… Monday, dropped Mia off at school, tea with her mom, since I always drive by the place and wonder what’s inside I stopped and visited Lady Chatterley’s Chamber on Kloofnek ..most interesting, burger … Continue reading
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Quick Update
Ola, summer is here.. what an awesome week.. now is the winter of our discontent.. Monday, Caprice in Camps Bay, pizza and drinks on the deck at home with friends, bit of a rowdy evening. Tuesday, Lion’s Head walk, car … Continue reading
iWeek 2008
Once a year the South African ISP industry gathers at iWeek for 3 days. We listen to presentations, exchange ideas, network and socialise. The event is organised by the ISPA. Have a look at the program and listen to the … Continue reading