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When we picture computing technology in the 70’s and 80’s, we think of nerdy, ambitious, young visionaries, burning the midnight oil in some suburban garage, striving to revolutionize the world by perfecting the motherboard. And the material that would eventually ignite that revolution? Silicon.In episode 2, we take a closer look at the material that changed the world. From the earliest discoveries at Bell Labs to the cutting-edge processors that run the Cloud, silicon has become the material that democratized access to information and gave rise to the technology we know and rely on today.Let us know your thoughts below!

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October 4th, 1957. The Soviet Union launches Sputnik into orbit, and with it, a perilous escalation in the Cold War. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is formed with a mandate to keep our military and technological assets ahead of the Soviets. From his tiny office in a corner of the Pentagon, one engineer not only recognizes the need to rely on more powerful computers to win this conflict, but that these computers must somehow find a way to “talk” to one another. In the first episode of Traceroute, we look at how the need for interconnection shaped the fundamental building blocks of what would become the internet. From ARPANET to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, what started as a military exercise grew to reflect society’s basic need to feel and stay connected. And with that growth came an unprecedented need for hardware solutions that had never been thought of before. With insights from Jay Adelson, Sarah Weinberger, John Morris, and Peter Van Camp, we’ll look at the so

Can I get historical data about the new assets after the BMS upgrade? 

Can I get historical data about the old assets after the BMS upgrade? 

Will there be additional impact to the assets monitored by IBX SmartView during the BMS upgrade? 

How will upgrading the BMS impact IBX SmartView?

Will the upgrade impact operations of the data center or availability of any services? 

Why is Equinix upgrading the BMS in their data centers?

What is the BMS upgrade project? 

What is a building management system (BMS)?

Why are my custom alerts not functioning? 

Why do all of the assets have different names?

Do the maintenance scripts refer to a planned maintenance number?

How do I know that a maintenance script I retrieved is used for a particular maintenance event?

What is scheduled maintenance? 

How are maintenance scripts updated?