Stackscale started to support the student association STAR of the Carlos III University in Madrid (UC3M) some months ago. We provide them with the technical infrastructure they need to be able to carry out their intensive studies and simulations without limits in terms of computing capability. From the moment they presented their project to us,
Data center management is always essential; especially when severe weather conditions — such as the heavy snowfall Filomena provoked in Madrid almost two weeks ago — increase the level of risk of suffering a disruption. Why? Because a lot of businesses rely on them to host their mission-critical applications. Data centers are a key part
It has been 25 years since AltaVista, one of the first major Internet search engines, was made public. AltaVista was launched on September 15, 1995, by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). DEC’s search engine aimed to show how powerful their new line of computers was. DEC was the leading supplier of computer hardware, software and services
The last version of the PHP language, PHP 8, was released on November 26, 2020. This last major update includes many new features and significant optimizations, compared with previous versions. The development of the 8th version of PHP has been focused on creating new functionalities. Named arguments, attributes, constructor properties and JIT are some of
SD-WAN is short for software-defined Wide Area Network, a cloud-oriented approach to manage Wide Area Networks (WANs). As bandwidth demand grows due to cloud traffic, video streaming rise, mobile connectivity, etc., traditional WANs have become more limiting and less efficient. That is why SD-WAN is becoming more and more popular. SD-WAN is a virtual Wide
The Tarugoconf 2020 will be a 100% online event, due to the current situation, but there are some things that won’t change: it will be an event full of interesting content, networking and inspiring experiences. Stackscale sponsors the event once more, as we have done for previous editions. Despite being an online event, the conference
Among the news planned for 2020, we have launched a new line of compute nodes which go up to 768 GiB RAM. This new line of compute nodes is based on the latest microarchitecture from Intel®, Cascade Lake, and powered by second generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. CPU and memory optimized nodes Our new line
Stackscale is one of the sponsors of the CTO Summit 2020; an edition that will be online in order to adapt to the current situation. This online tech event will take place from November 17th to November 21st on the online events platform Brella. During those five days, more than fifteen national and international speakers
Stackscale is one of the sponsors of the first cybersecurity documentary made in Spain: “El enemigo anónimo” (“The anonymous enemy”, in English). Diverse experts in fields related to cybersecurity have participated in this documentary, which has been created and directed by the journalist Carlos Otto. Our co-founder and VP Sales, David Carrero Fernández-Baillo, participated in
This year we participate as sponsor in the CISO Day 2020 event that will take place on September 17, in a hybrid format. CISO Day is a yearly cyber security congress, focused on the role of Chief Information Security Officers, organized by CyberSecurity News. This event is targeted to all kinds of cyber security professionals
