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Despite A Victory on IP, the TPP’s Resurgence Hasn’t Cured Its Ills Ever since the United States withdrew from the  Trans-Pacific Partnership  (TPP)  back in January , the remaining eleven countries have been quietly attempting to bring a version of the agreement into force.  Following some initial confusion , it was  finally announced today  that they have reached an “agreement in principle” on “core elements” of a deal.  Even so Canada’s trade minister, Francois-Philippe Champagne has  confirmed  that the agreement is far from being finalized, recognizing that more work was needed on some key issues. Meanwhile the TPP has been renamed as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and an official statement is due to be released on Saturday November 11.  However what we already know is that almost the entire Intellectual Property (IP) chapter that had been the source of some of the most c...

Another Court Overreaches With Site-Blocking Order Targeting Sci-Hub Nearly six years ago, Internet user communities rose up and said no to the disastrous SOPA copyright bill. This bill proposed creating a new, quick court order process to compel various Internet services—free speech’s weak links—to help make websites disappear. Today, despite the failure of SOPA, a federal court in Virginia issued just such an order , potentially reaching many different kinds of Internet services. The website in the crosshairs this time was Sci-Hub, a site that provides free access to research papers that are otherwise locked behind paywalls. Sci-Hub and sites like it are a symptom of a serious problem: people who can’t afford expensive journal subscriptions, and who don’t have institutional access to academic databases, are unable to use cutting-edge scientific research. Sci-Hub’s continued popularity both in the U.S. and in economically disadvantaged countries demonstrates the unfair imbala...

At the recent DCD>Edge Summit, an overarching discussion was the true definition of edge. Most view edge as an emerging concept and classify an edge data center by its size and/or location. But what I said, during a panel discussion , made attendees realize that edge is not entirely new and might not be what they think it is. Compute power close to a core group of users has long been implemented — from enterprise to education, retail and more. Wiring closets, for example, are a form of edge. What has changed is the importance and capabilities of these mini data centers, which have grown as technology has advanced to more a hybrid environment. Businesses are now figuring out how to better leverage the mix, but, in essence, the end goal of these environments and edge is the same. Imagine a scenario where a large bank runs a multi-megawatt facility outside of its headquarters but not quite in the middle of nowhere. Typically, that would be considered an enterprise data center. Then ...