Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Apple hires Yahoo’s data center chief — Updated: Scott Noteboom, the man who led Yahoo’s data center operations since 2005, has now joined Apple as the iconic consumer electronics maker expands into the cloud. According to LinkedIn, Noteboom is now a “distinguished gentleman” …
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
It’s No Joke. IPOs Are Back, Baby — Fourteen venture-backed companies went public in the first quarter of 2011, raising $1.4 billion in the process, according to the National Venture Capital Association. That’s the highest number to go public in a quarter since 2007.
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
With Bandwidth Demand Booming, a New Kind of Optical Network Is Born — Allied Fiber said today it’s begun construction of a nationwide wholesale fiber network that will span 11,548 miles. The New York-based company will build out the network in six phases, linking undersea cable landing points …