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5 in 5, Episode 3: Juniper's Anjan Venkatramani Talks QFabric
27 Jan 2012
Juniper Network's "5 in 5" video series features guests from the technology space answering five viewer-submitted questions in five minutes.
Our third episode featured Juniper Networks' Vice President, Product Line Management, Data Center Business Unit Anjan Venkatramani answering questions about QFabric.
Wyse Technology's President and CEO Tarkan Maner speaks with Edie Lush
27 Jan 2012
Wyse Technology's device dramatically lowers the cost of computing by connecting users directly to the internet. There is no Software or Operating Systems on the device - everything comes from the cloud. The technology is much cheaper and much greener - they have no fans, create no heat and use much less power.
View video detailsInfiniserv Launches, Providing Cloud Computing Without Limits
27 Jan 2012
Company Launches Three New Cloud Services To Grant Any Organisation The IT Infrastructure It Needs
Infiniserv, a C4L Company, has announced the launch of its three new cloud services, designed to give organisations the exact IT infrastructure they need under a price plan that suits them. Infiniserv provides virtual infrastructures ranging from single private servers to a whole data centre’s worth of machines, together with pricing plans ranging from per-minute to annual billing and in-house management of resources. This grants customers the flexibility to take on the precise service needed: from a single website server to an entire IT infrastructure to an elastic IT environment designed to deal with huge peaks in demand. As part of the C4L group, Infiniserv can also back up its services with total transparency, strict security policies, guaranteed CPU capacity and 100% guaranteed dedicated leased line connectivity.
Thailand’s Thai News Agency (MCOT Public Company Limited) sets new standard for remote news gathering with Aspera Mobile
27 Jan 2012
fasp-AIR™ significantly increases transfer speed and reliability for worldwide news content contribution over wireless networks
Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s digital assets at maximum speed, has announced that MCOT’s Thai News Agency has selected and implemented Aspera’s leading mobile data transfer solution for Apple iOS and Google Android. Headquartered in Bangkok, Thai News Agency is owned by the MCOT Public Company Limited, which was originally the first television station on-air in Thailand in 1955, broadcasting news and entertainment programs to 89 percent of the population, 24 hours a day through 35 local network stations nationwide.
Read news postData centre SOS: save our servers!
27 Jan 2012
A 2011 report into data centre energy use highlighted that worldwide consumption grew by 56% between 2005 and 2010.1 In fact, in 2010, data centres accounted for between 1.1% and 1.5% of the world's total energy consumption. Combine this increasing usage with rising energy costs, and you can see why a growing number of organisations are choosing to make economies of scale by cutting overheads or consolidating their data centres.
Read articleCloud service saves accountants 30 per cent on their IT costs - Case Study
27 Jan 2012
A case study for Rise and George Hay Chartered Accountants
Overview
Chartered accountant George Hay wanted to reduce its IT costs and implement an IT infrastructure that would grow with its business. The company worked with Softwerx, an IT services and software development firm, to deploy a Cloud infrastructure based on DataCenter on Demand technology. With the help of Softwerx, George Hay reduced its IT costs by 30 per cent and gained peace of mind from a new disaster-recovery service.
Read articleThe Native App: Still a Firm Favourite with the Consumer
23 Jan 2012
Tony Speakman, Director of Filemaker, Northern Region writes:
The best way to build an app has been the subject of fierce and intriguing debate. Professional and popular opinion is split into two main camps: those who favour ‘native’ and those who advocate ‘web based’ apps. The difference is relatively simple: the native app is built for a mobile platform, whereas a web application can be used on a variety of different machines and hardware via an internet browser.
Read articleVint Cerf is Too Modest; Internet Access is a Human Right
16 Jan 2012
Nathaniel Borenstein, Chief Scientist at Mimecast writes: In his January 4 op-ed piece, Vint Cerf argued that Internet access is not a human right. While I consider Vint a friend and have tremendous respect for his achievements, I think he’s wrong in this case. Perhaps out of modesty, the man often called the “father of the Internet” is undervaluing the global network he played such an important role in developing. I fear his underestimation may be as fundamental and consequential as his belief, 30 years ago, that 4 billion Internet addresses would be sufficient — another of the rare times I disagreed with him. I believe that in the future, the Internet will be nearly as fundmental to civilized human life as food, clothing, and shelter.
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