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How to Get a Job at Google

Posted by Stephen on July 9, 2012 in IT

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Bean bag chairs, nap pods, free meals, high pay and an atmosphere encouraging innovation are just a few of the many reasons one would wish to work at one of Google’s many locations around the world. But unfortunately, most of us don’t have Ph.Ds from Ivy-league universities under our belts. However, fear not for there [...]

Facebook’s Infrastructure Flaws

Posted by Anthony on July 1, 2012 in IT

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Facebook just released pictures of some of its technical infrastructure from its datacenters, and within them they reveal several inherent flaws in their hardware immediately visible. Spot what they are yet? Read on and find out.

Water in the Datacenter

Posted by Mark on June 19, 2012 in IT

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Think water cooling is just for gaming rigs due to all that heat put off by overclocking CPUs and memory? Think again: Google, Facebook and other big names are using state-of-the-art water cooling inside their datacenters to keep all that heat put off from user data and ad revenue at a manageable level, and at [...]

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