IT Manager's Journal

If you were able to get out of the office and enjoy a relaxing weekend, here are three stories you might have missed.

The Computer Measurement Group (CMG), an IT think tank announced awards and fellowships for several industry leaders in recognition of "their contributions to the field of computer performance and capacity management." Winners include Adrian Cockroft of Netflix and Dr. Michael Salsburg of Unisys. Awards were also given to the authors of several papers on topics ranging from data visualization to server consolidation.

If you're planning on expanding -- and outsourcing -- your data center, have a look at FindADataCenter.com(FADC). Though it only launched this week, it's already populated with information on more than 800 facilities and includes information about security and connectivity, location, and amenities. FADC has a number of partners, including telecommunications consulting firm NEF, Inc. and FiberLocator, which "provides in-depth fiber network maps for 50+ U.S. carriers."

And in perhaps the oddest news of the week, an IT worker in Poland has calculated the exact speed of snail mail and discovered (surprise!) it's really slow.