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ServerTech - Jewelry Wholesaler in Southwestern USA

25 Jan 2010

A chain of six jewelry wholesale stores across Nevada and Utah had three servers at each store, running that site's point-of-sale, security camera, and business applications. With Raritan's Dominion KX101 for remote administrative access, the chain was able to relocate all its servers to a single site, resulting in fewer on-site troubleshooting trips (across a range of 700 miles), and fewer cabling, HVAC, security and management issues.

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Significant Productivity Increase and Enhancement of Service Level Agreements: Publisher DER SPIEGEL

25 Jan 2010

With a weekly print run of over one million and 6.5 million readers, DER SPIEGEL is the leading news magazine in Germany. The highly traditional publishing company also distributes a wide range of print, online and TV products.

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UK's Largest Credit Rating Agency: Experian

25 Jan 2010

Experian's £30-million development project, headlined by a new state-of-the-art data center, featured Raritan's Dominion KX KVM-over-IP and Dominion SX Serial Console switches to manage its Wintel and UNIX infrastructure. Raritan's CommandCenter Secure Gateway allowed Experian to centrally control hundreds of devices, with a single sign-on and customized views.

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Morgan Keegan: A premier regional investment firm offering full-service investment banking, wealth management and more

25 Jan 2010

With more than 3,200 employees, Investment Firm Morgan Keegan serves the diverse financial needs of individual investors, corporate and institutional clients. The company needed a more responsive way to manage its more than 400 branch offices in the U.S. The IT department wanted a solution that would provide reliable and secure access to branch office servers anytime.

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Omnicom Group's Unit 7 Data Center Goes Lean and Green with Raritan's Server and Power Management Solutions

25 Jan 2010

Unit 7, a relationship marketing agency based in New York City, needed to better manage the space and power in its server room. The agency also wanted to move towards energy-saving virtualization and other green computing technologies while continuing to ensure performance and security. Raritan was able to meet these challenges with an impressive array of server and power management solutions.

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Duane Morris LLP: A full-service international law firm helping clients address the legal and business challenges of evolving global markets

25 Jan 2010

International law firm Duane Morris required secure, lights-out management capabilities in their data center and branch offices. Raritan responded with multiple IT management products - including our new, intelligent rack PDUs - to give them the information, access and control they needed.

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Synetrix enables key public sector initiatives through Telehouse Europe

25 Jan 2010

Synetrix began its partnership with Telehouse Europe in 1998 with a minimal set-up of one server. Since these humble beginnings, Synetrix has grown to become a leading managed services provider and has secured major contracts with numerous central and local government authorities, notable for being the core provider for the London Grid for Learning (LGfL) educational network since 2001. This network comprises of 33 Local Education Authorities, providing services through a high-speed broadband infrastructure, giving 2,582 schools across the capital with over million users a shared online learning platform.

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ioko increases connectivity with Telehouse Europe

25 Jan 2010

ioko is a specialist in digital and on-demand media, providing and maintaining digital media technology systems. Since ioko was founded in 1996, the company has grown dramatically. The advent of Web 2.0 has generated consumer and business interest in new web based media technologies such as streamed video, online advertising and online gaming. With businesses evolving to accommodate these developments, the demand for bespoke digital media delivery platforms and hosting facilities increases exponentionally. Recent wins and expanding infrastructure requests from existing customers had resulted in ioko nearing hosting capacity, which in turn prompted the company to review and extend its ten year relationship with Telehouse Europe.

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C4L

25 Jan 2010

C4L’s wholesale platform enables any business to easily choose their services over one simple port at wholesale rate, effectively eliminating the headache of managing multiple providers and worrying about redundancy.

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Ultraspeed

25 Jan 2010

In summer 2006 Ultraspeed decided to relocate its equipment to a different colocation facility in the UK, to improve its service offering with better equipped, more secure facilities. As continuity of service is paramount to a hosting provider, Ultraspeed needed to find a colocation provider that could guarantee the high levels of connectivity. In order to identify the best colocation provider, Ultraspeed carried out a stringent assessment of potential facilities, visiting over ten data centres in London.

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Mapesbury

25 Jan 2010

MCom established its business on the back of government legislation in 2002 that permitted the commercial use of the Wi-Fi spectrum for wireless internet access. The company formed a unique partnership with petrol station Texaco to develop a service offering wireless connectivity to motorists based around petrol station forecourts. These wireless hot spots were useful for business professionals such as sales representatives and engineers that needed to stay in touch with the office while on the move.

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Catalyst2

25 Jan 2010

In recent years, Catalyst2 has grown from strength to strength resulting in the need for regular expansion of infrastructure, servers and associated network equipment to accommodate new business. With this growth, Catalyst2 recognised the importance of having a "premium" data centre provider in place and prompted an in-depth review in 2006. Executives at Catalyst2 carefully evaluated key requirements and considered every provider in the London metropolitan area.

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