IO splits itself in two

First it sells off their buildings, and today IO, the second-largest private data center company in the world, announced plans to chop itself into two independent companies. The new company BASELAYER, born out of IO, will headquarter in Chandler, AZ. Their focus will be IO’s modular data center hardware and data center infrastructure management software. IO will … Read more

Phoenix’s IO receives patent approval in a big win for IP in Arizona

IO, a global leader in software-defined data centers, announced recently that it has received patent approval for ­its modular data center, a major achievement for intellectual property in Arizona. After initially filing the patent back in 2008, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has officially certified IO’s proprietary software-defined modular data center model. This model … Read more