Based in Arizona, i/o Data Centers designs, builds and operates highly reliable and efficient data centers for some of the world’s largest corporations and web properties. The data center solutions provider offers a variety of innovative and flexible colocation options including colocation cabinets, colocation cages, data center suites and containerized data centers.

The ThermoCabinet™ is an innovative high-density colocation cabinet that provides power capacity up to 2,500 watts per square foot. The sealed cabinet design optimizes thermal management and provides an additional layer of physical protection.

According to the company’s president and founder Anthony Wanger, “the ThermoCabinet was designed to increase server and power capacity while reducing both the physical and carbon footprint.” “We listened to our customers and developed a solution that would address their economic and environmental concerns – the ThermoCabinet is the Swiss army knife for colocation.”

bluemedia prints awarding winning tradeshow graphics!

The toys were out at the 2009 Big Boys & their Toys show. bluemedia was in full force representing our awesome abilities with live demos & numerous wrapped vehicles throughout the show. A great turnout came to see the newest cars, quads, and boats. There was also a state-of-the-art golf simulator with “nearest to pin” and “longest drive” competitions, a sport racing simulator, four speed-dating events and a video game tournament called Devastation. Everyone had a great time and bluemedia made many new friends as well as some great new clients. Thanks to all that helped make this the best Big Boys show yet!! See you next year.

bluemedia booth at Big Boys

bluemedia Lambo

bluemedia escaped the heat for a few hours and hosted some clients & friends on Saturday June 13^th in the Ridenow Pool  @ Chase Field. The D backs played host to the Houston Astros – and we enjoyed some D Backs hot dogs !

We all cheered loud for a 9^th inning rally – but in the end the D Backs fell short of a win.

Thanks to the D Backs staff and everybody on the blue crew that helped make this an awesome event.

bluemedia is honored to be an official partner of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Chase Field has really become a magical place this season with all of the new branding and sponsorship signage that has been  incorporated into the ballpark.

With a team that pushes their limits everyday, The employees over at Chase Field, along side bluemedia, work very hard to make the ballpark the most remarkable fan experience for everyone. This year it paid off for the Diamondbacks! They were  awarded the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

“We are thrilled and honored to be hosting this amazing event,” said Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. “Even if you were here for the 2001 World Series, you’ll hardly recognize the place. We’ve got a brand new Convention Center, a new downtown hotel, 20-miles of light rail, and a sea of Sedona Red. It’s a very special time to be in Phoenix, and MLB is adding the exclamation point to everything that’s going on.”

“This is an exciting day for the Arizona Diamondbacks,” said D-backs’ President and CEO Derrick Hall. “This franchise, its great fans and wonderful state deserve the honor and recognition. We pride ourselves in being the most fan-friendly team in sports and for providing a wholesome and memorable game experience, and now the entire world will have the opportunity to witness it from this grand stage. We thank the Commissioner and all of Major League Baseball for the selection, and for allowing us to showcase our beautiful ballpark, our welcoming city and our first-class fans.”

The 82nd All-Star Game will be held at Chase Field in Phoenix on July 12, 2011.

The winner of the Valley’s 9th annual Bus Wrap contest was unveiled on Wednesday in Tempe.

16-year-old Max Ellinger had his submission plastered across a 40 foot bus.

The unveiling took place at Tempe’s New School for the Arts & Academics, where Ellinger is a sophomore.

Ellinger’s artwork was chosen out of 64 entries submitted by public and charter schools across the Valley. Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman was in attendance to congratulate Max on a job well done.

“Max’s entry was chosen because his artwork is creative, exciting and dramatic,” said Dolores Nolan, Valley Metro Transit Education Manager. “In addition to its visual merits, Max’s entry provided a timely environmental message.”

14-year-old Andrew Tamayo and 15 year-old Karla Rubio, freshmen from Central High School in Phoenix came in second and third.

Ellinger’s design will remain on the Valley Metro bus for one year.  On top of doing the printing and installation bluemedia has been a proud sponsor of this event for the last several years. Congratulations to all the contestants from the bluemedia crew, keep up the amazing designs!!

On April 16th - 18th, 2009 Mike Tovar, bluemedia Install Manager, along with Ingram Johnson, our senior bluemedia Installer, travelled to Las Vegas to compete in the 1st Annual Lowen Certified Wrap Off. Mike and Ingram competed against 46 other installers from all over the world in a 3-day, 5 round event judging the installers speed, technique and quality of install. Ford provided six 2009 Mustangs to be used in the event. Sweet! And so it began…

Rounds 1 through 4 consisted of wrapping the drivers side front fender and door. The 5th and final round consisted of 3 finalists wrapping the entire driver’s side and competing for all the marbles. First place took home a 2009 Ford F-250 XL, an HP Touchsmart tx2-1020us Notebook PC, a truck tool box and wrapper’s tool set from Mac Tools, Cyrious Control OOB Gold system and a free Lowen Certification for the Installer.™  Second place winner took home a cool $5,000 cash (not chump change by any stretch), with 3rd place receiving a complimentary custom wrap for their vehicle designed by the guys at West Coast Custom.

The Results:Dustin Shelley of Atlanta took 1st place and the sweet truck. Nicely done Dustin. We heard you did an amazing job. Here’s where the story gets good though!… Our very own Mike Tovar came in just behind him in 2nd place and pocketed the $5,000!!!! Way to represent Mike! bluemedia could not be more proud of your performance in this event. We also need to give a big shout-out to the 3rd place winner Rob Miller of Laid Vision, a Phoenix based install crew. Rob is a great friend of bluemedia and has wrapped many vehicles for us in the past. Congratulations Rob! Well what about Ingram, you say? While he didn’t make it to the final round, he made it all the way to the final 12 so kudos to you as well. We had a feeling our guys would go out there and make some noise. You can bet we’ll be there again next year. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

bluemedia™ was recently commissioned by US Racetronics to create, produce and install the graphics for the Stargate Worlds trailer and hauler. Stargate Worlds, the title sponsor, is an online PC video game based off of the popular film and TV series.

Team Stargate Worlds consists of two Atlantic Series drivers, Simona De Silvestro and Frankie Muniz. If that names sounds familiar, it should. Frankie Muniz is the former child star of the popular Fox sit-com, Malcolm In The Middle! This series is considered a “ladder or feeder” series for top level racing in North America.

Team Stargate Worlds cars already boasted a slick, black and yellow-gold striping/paint scheme. Our services were needed to create trailer graphics that not only matched the cars, but also conveyed the bold imagery of the video-game. High resolution graphic elements were provided to bluemedia™ from the game developer, Cheyenne Mountain Games and Firesky.

This project called for 1,832 Sq. Ft. of 3M Controltac Vinyl w/comply printed on our HP Turbojet 8300. We used our Seal laminator and gloss 8519 for the lamination process. All of the sponsor logos were done in cut vinyl as a second surface application. There was also a small amount of perforated window film. The bluemedia™ team spent a total of  over 90 man hours hours on this project with the majority of that time spent on installation. The entire rig, tractor and trailer, was red which meant that almost every surface needed to be wrapped. The tractor alone had about 50 man hours of installation.

“The team tested in Sebring, Florida a couple of weeks before the season started, and was questioned by many teams about who produced the wrap,” said Andy Salcido, the bluemedia rep for this account. “Race teams are very competive by nature, not only do they want to go faster than their opponents, they also try want to represent their sponsors in the best light by having bold and impactful graphics on the cars and the haulers. This project will generate many leads and other projects for bluemedia.”

This project will be featured in the July issue of Signs of the Times magazine and we will post the link here when it’s available. Special thanks to US Racetronics and Stargate Worlds for involving us in this awesome project! Go Malcolm,…er I mean Frankie!

Here’s a quick write up from SignWeb about the  graphics we printed for the 2009 NBA All-Star Game here in Phoenix.

After working at bluemedia for over two years; I have always wondered why our clients respond to us the way they do…. A recent study broadcast on NPR helped me fill in a few of those blanks.

The study explains why previous research has produced conflicting results about how red and blue affect thinking, Mehta says. Either color can provide an advantage, he says, but only if it’s matched to the right kind of task.

read more here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100301582