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2011 - the year IT security enables Cloud adoption

23 Dec 2010

Every year CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) polls its security experts for their predictions on what to look for in the coming year with respect to prevailing threats and industry shifts.

Victorian government selects monitoring and management platform

23 Dec 2010

CenITex, the Victorian government’s shared-services IT agency, has selected BMC Software for its operations monitoring and management platform.

Software for detecting Cloud environment failures

22 Dec 2010

Fujitsu has launched a software package for managing network monitoring services available only in Japan.

BP Signs $400 Million Global Hosting Services Agreement with HP

21 Dec 2010

HP to simplify, standardize server infrastructure; enable cloud computing services

HP Enterprise Services UK Limited today announced BP International Limited has signed a five-year outsourcing services agreement valued in excess of $400 million.  

Siemon launches secure LC fibre optic adapter lock

21 Dec 2010

Siemon has launched the LockIT™ LC optical fibre adapter lock.  Joining Siemon’s LockIT line of secure network connectivity, this new, tamper-proof adapter lock protects against unauthorised access to unused LC ports.  

Server Technology Launches New High Density ‘Smart Power Monitor’ for Adding Intelligent Power Monitoring to Any Existing Server Cabinet Using 50 or 60 Amps

20 Dec 2010

A Cost Effective Upgrade for Power Distribution Units with No Load Monitoring

Server Technology Inc. has announced the new Smart Power Monitor product for deployment into 50/60Amp, 3-Phase Delta, 208-240V power systems.

Siemon’s Z-MAX cabling verified for ISO/IEC 11801 category 6A component and channel compliance

17 Dec 2010

Independent, third party ETL testing verifies that Siemon’s shielded and UTP Z-MAX™ 6A connecting hardware and cable achieve both component compliance and full channel compliance with the published version of ISO/IEC 11801, performing with headroom on all parameters.

Leading security organisations join forces to launch first set of principles for information security

16 Dec 2010

ISF, (ISC)²® and ISACA jointly promote positive behaviour, personal practice in information security

Three of the leading global security organisations have launched the first information security principles designed to promote good practice in information security. The Information Security Forum (ISF), (ISC)² and ISACA have joined forces to develop a set of 12 independent, non-proprietary principles that will help security practitioners respond more effectively to the changing needs of organisations in today’s complex, interconnected world.

Cloud Computing Survey Points to Arrival of “Cloud Thinking”

16 Dec 2010

CA Technologies-sponsored Study Shows Large Firms Embracing Both Public and Private Cloud

Cloud computing is coming of age in large enterprises, according to a new study of North American and European IT professionals conducted by Management Insight on behalf of CA Technologies.  The group surveyed IT professionals in organisations with 1,000 to 10,000-plus employees, revealing that enterprises are active in the cloud, and their virtualisation efforts are contributing to broader interest in cloud computing.  The results also indicate a shift toward approaching IT using “cloud thinking,” accelerating the uses of cloud computing and helping to align IT decision makers and implementers around common goals of efficiency, flexibility and scalability. 

Node4 to be key source of economic growth in Northampton for 2011

16 Dec 2010

Today, Paul Bryce, Business Development Director of Node4 who are a data centres specialist, was a key speaker on the Northamptonshire Economic Forum. The panel discussed their views on the future. Paul discussed Node4’s reasons for choosing Northampton as a location for the fourth data centre including the proximity to good transport links and the fact that the area is connected with major financial services companies which are set to be one of the industries to be making the most out of the increased efficiencies and reduced costs offered by the new data centre. Next year is set to be the year of the cloud, with a high percentage of businesses  from a number of sectors expected to be outsourcing data to secure data centres, according to Gartner.

News alert: Firms get the tools to assess data centres’ sustainability – and force better CSR reporting

16 Dec 2010

New standards for assessing environmental impacts will give companies a more practical framework for reporting data centres’ sustainability ahead of tougher company reporting due next year, according to on365, a specialist in the planning, installing, management and optimisation of physical IT infrastructure and utility services. 

Back-ups an essential chore which companies ignore at their peril

16 Dec 2010

One in four companies risk going out of business by never backing up

According to recent research, 42% of businesses said they only back up their business data once a year, 31% reported monthly back-ups and 15% performed daily back-ups. According to Computer World it costs over £500 to recover lost data from one laptop alone which could result in hundreds of millions of pounds in lost information annually, as 60% of business data resides on PC desktops and laptops

Raritan's Intelligent Power Technologies Interoperate with Cisco EnergyWise Platform to Help Organizations Be More “Green”

15 Dec 2010

Monitor and control IT energy consumption throughout the Data Center Rack Space 

Raritan announced today that its intelligent device-level power management solutions are interoperable with Cisco® EnergyWise client technology.  Through this interoperable solution, customers can gain a more comprehensive, complete picture of power consumption within the data center rack space.

NIIT Technologies deep Travel domain knowledge achieves 75% growth for Low Cost Travel Group

15 Dec 2010

The travel industry has undoubtedly faced some serious financial difficulties over the past few months with global tourism arrivals falling by 42% in 2009 to 880 million. Tourism receipts of $852bn were 5.7% below the levels of 2008, indicating that people were spending less per trip if they did travel. Consequently, one of the industries to have benefited hugely from the recession as people attempt to escape the stresses of work without breaking the bank has been the low budget travel industry. With the demand for low cost budget holiday packages rising during these turbulent economic times, the pressure is on travel companies to come up with the most competitively priced packages for customers looking to travel abroad to enjoy a well deserved break on a budget.

Brocade Advanced Accelerator for FICON Delivers Industry’s Highest-Performance Mainframe Extension Solution

15 Dec 2010

IBM FICON Qualification of Brocade Extension Platforms Helps Ensure Optimised Application Performance across Long-Distance Networks 

Brocade® today announced that IBM has qualified Brocade Advanced Accelerator for FICON® on the latest generation of Brocade storage area networking (SAN) extension solutions used to connect geographically dispersed data centres.

F5 Simplifies and Centralizes Access Management for Citrix Applications

14 Dec 2010

BIG-IP solutions help customers running virtual desktop applications lower IT costs and unify access capabilities for remote and mobile users

F5 Networks, Inc. today announced enhanced support for organizations that run Citrix and other virtual desktop applications. Using the BIG-IP^® Access Policy Manager^™ (APM^™) or BIG-IP Edge Gateway^™ solution, customers can consolidate and centralize authentication and access control for simpler and more predictable access management across all virtual desktop environments, including Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware based deployments.

StoneGate IPS Attains ICSA Labs Certification Across All Models

13 Dec 2010

StoneSoft today announced that the entire StoneGate Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) suite of appliances has successfully attained ICSA Labs Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Certification.

PMC-Sierra Announces Industry’s First 6Gb/s Unified Serial RAID Controller Channel Storage Solution with Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection

13 Dec 2010

Adaptec by PMC Series 6 Controllers Deliver Superior Bandwidth and Reliabilitywith SAS 2.0 and PCI Express® Technology

PMC-Sierra, Inc. today announced the Adaptec byPMC family of Series 6 RAID controllers designed to excel in high I/O transaction andhigh bandwidth processing applications.

SAS earns privacy certification for SAS Solutions OnDemand

13 Dec 2010

TRUSTe audit of SAS cloud infrastructure is preparation for US-EU Safe Harbor filing

A successful audit of the SAS Solutions OnDemand infrastructure by TRUSTe, the leading online privacy seal and services provider, validates the commitment of SAS, the leader in business analytics, to protecting customer data in the cloud.

CommScope and Cisco Prove 40 Gb/s Ecosystem Ready for Data Center Deployment at Supercomputing 2010

10 Dec 2010

CommScope’s SYSTIMAX LazrSPEED fiber solutions and Cisco’s Catalyst 6500 Series Switch demonstrate interoperability for 10 and 40 Gb/s Ethernet technology

As member organizations participating in the Ethernet Alliance booth, CommScope, Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc. recently showcased the industry’s first-ever public demonstration of interoperability between 10, 40 and 100 gigabits per second (Gb/s) higher speed Ethernet (HSE) sub-systems at last month’s Supercomputing 2010 in New Orleans, LA. 

Food Standards Agency embraces Attenda Cloud Services for its business critical websites

09 Dec 2010

Delivering rapid scalability and improved service levels to its customers

Attenda Limited today announced that the Food Standards Agency had completed the switch of its external hosting to Attenda RTI Cloud computing platform, to manage its business critical websites.

Organisations warned to review security as WikiLeaks DDoS attacks intensify

09 Dec 2010

Amidst reports that a number of financial Web portals have been effectively downed by a series of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks from WikiLeaks' supporters should not come as any surprise, say the organisers of the Infosecurity Europe show which  will be held at Earls Court, London 19-21 April 2011

IBM injects predictive analytics into global technology services

08 Dec 2010

Unique innovation from IBM Research to enable businesses to save up to 40 percent
of information technology infrastructure expenses

IBM has announced that powerful new predictive analytical capabilities, constructed using intellectual property from 21 inventions, have been incorporated into its global technology services portfolio – including information technology and strategic outsourcing services. This is the latest example of IBM using analytics capabilities to transform the nature of high-value business and technology services, which includes everything from identifying fraud in tax or health care systems, to predicting consumer buying behaviours for retail clients.

Siemon launches new 40+Gb/s copper cabling assemblies

08 Dec 2010

Siemon announces the release of its 40 Gb/s 40+Gb/s QSFP+ (Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus) passive copper cabling products.  These shielded 4-lane copper cable assemblies were developed as a cost-effective, low-power option for high-speed data centre interconnects up to 10 metres, ideal for applications such as high-performance computing (HPC), enterprise networking, video networking and network storage systems

IPC Systems Expands European Infrastructure with TelecityGroup

08 Dec 2010

Presence in highly-connected London Docklands facility expands IPC’s global financial services network to meet customer demand

IPC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of trading communications solutions to the world’s top financial services firms and global enterprises, has expanded its core financial networking infrastructure to TelecityGroup’s Sovereign House facility in Docklands, London. The expansion, in one of London’s most highly-connected data centres, will support IPC’s growing customer demand for its portfolio of Electronic Connectivity Services (“ECS”).

Bank of Cyprus UK secures its customers with Trusteer Rapport

08 Dec 2010

Bank of Cyprus UK announces it is working with Trusteer to launch an additional security service to its customers as of today Wednesday 8^th December 2010. 

Available as a free download, Trusteer’s Rapport secure browsing service can be installed on a customer’s personal PC to lock down the browser and create a safe tunnel for communication between the customer and Bank of Cyprus UK, preventing fraud.  

Silver Peak launches first data centre class virtual appliance for WAN optimisation

08 Dec 2010

New 4.0 release includes support for Microsoft Hyper-V server; extends company’s performance leadership with 50 percent more WAN deduplication; adds customisable application dashboards

Silver Peak Systems announces the availability of version 4.0 software including the new Silver Peak VRX-8 virtual WAN optimisation appliance.  The Silver Peak VRX-8 delivers over twenty times more throughput than any other WAN optimisation virtual appliance on the market, making it the first true data centre class virtual appliance for WAN optimisation.  When coupled with other features of Silver Peak’s latest software release, including new optimisation features, customisable application dashboards, and support for Microsoft’s Hyper-V Server virtualisation product, Silver Peak delivers a robust solution for embracing and enabling virtualisation across the entire enterprise.

F5 BIG-IP Solution Enables Rackspace Customers to Integrate Dedicated and Cloud Hosting with Cloud Connect

08 Dec 2010

Innovative solution enables bi-directional provisioning of dedicated servers and cloud resources at wire speed

F5 Networks, Inc. today announced thatRackspace (NYSE: RAX), a leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, chose F5^® BIG-IP^®products as the foundation for its innovative Cloud Connect service. Cloud Connect is a hybrid architecture that allows customers to mix dedicated and cloud based hosting platforms for scalability, flexibility, and efficiency. With an F5 BIG-IP solution, Rackspace customers can provision resources, secure and manage network traffic, and balance workloads in real time among the two environments.

Cloud computing adoption could give EU top 5 €763bn boost over five years

07 Dec 2010

2011 the year of  Cloud and a ‘third industrial revolution’

Research by the Centre of Economics and Business Research (CEBR) reports that widespread adoption of cloud computing could give the top five EU economies a 763bn euro boost over five years and create 2.4m jobs. The report suggests that the rapid uptake of Cloud computing service offerings (will make them) progressively cheaper as economies of scale take hold and service offerings mature. The findings are backed up by analysts such as Gartner which predicts that by 2012, 20% of companies will not own their own IT assets.

Isilon helps West Nottinghamshire College simplify storage management for 26,000 staff and students

07 Dec 2010

Isilon Channel Partner Khipu Networks Limited Deploys Isilon Scale-Out Storage to Consolidate Data Management for Leading United Kingdom College, Reducing IT Costs and Complexity

Isilon today announced that West Nottinghamshire College, one of the largest providers of post-16 education in the United Kingdom, has deployed Isilon scale-out storage to consolidate its data storage environment, simplifying data management for 26,000 staff and students. 

CommVault and Dell to extend intelligent data management solutions across Dell DX Object Storage and PowerVault DL platforms

07 Dec 2010

Ideally Suited for Dell’s Purpose-Built Solutions, Simpana 9 Software Delivers Retention Lifecycle Management with Snapshot Integration & Universal Deduplication

CommVault and Dell continue to build on a long-standing partnership and strong integration between their respective software and hardware platforms to deliver integrated, intelligent data management solutions that can help reduce costs, lower risk, improve operational efficiencies and streamline management of mission-critical corporate data.

Red Hat Launches Next Generation Business Rules Management System

07 Dec 2010

Enterprise Middleware portfolio adds business automation capabilities with JBoss Enterprise BRMS 5.1 to help save businesses critical time, money and resources

RedHat today announced the next generation Business Rules Management System, JBoss Enterprise BRMS 5.1, as part of its comprehensive open source middleware portfolio, JBoss Enterprise Middleware. JBoss Enterprise BRMS is an open source business rules management system that enables active decisions with easy business rules development, access and change management. This functionality allows businesses to quickly change the rules and active decisions that underpin enterprise applications to respond to market dynamics and competitive positioning.

CFN Selects Interxion for Its Continued Expansion into Europe

06 Dec 2010

Interxion today announced an agreement with CFN Services managed telecom platform company, who owns and operates the CFN Low Latency Global Financial Exchange Platform, to expand its platform at Interxion’s City of London Financial Hub. Customers colocating at Interxion’s facilities will now be able to connect to a wide range of Global markets from a single location through CFN’s shared infrastructure.

nlyte Software launches Version 6.0 for integrated analytics & intelligent capacity planning in the data centre

06 Dec 2010

nlyte Software today launched nlyte 6.0, a major new advancement of its award-winning data centre performance management suite. (Watch a video here)

Cisco announces intent to acquire LineSider

03 Dec 2010

Cisco has announced its intent to acquire privately held LineSider Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of network management software that helps customers build the network services necessary to securely create and deploy cloud computing infrastructure. Based in Danvers, Mass., LineSider will enhance Cisco's ability to rapidly provision network services.

EMC and VMware put Northern Hospital on course to Private Cloud

03 Dec 2010

Northern Hospital of Surry County, a community hospital in Mount Airy, N.C. with more than 850 healthcare professionals including physicians on staff, has implemented EMC and VMware solutions to virtualize and consolidate its IT infrastructure for increased efficiency, agility and data protection.

Oracle delivers refresh of SPARC Enterprise Server product line

03 Dec 2010

Demonstrating its commitment to the SPARC platform, Oracle has expanded the SPARC platform by announcing a SPARC Solaris-based Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud T3-1B engineered system and a complete refresh of the SPARC server product line.

TelecityGroup Amstel Business Park awarded the AMS-IX accreditation

03 Dec 2010

TelecityGroup has been awarded the ‘AMS-IX certified' accreditation by the Amsterdam Internet Exchange for its Amstel Business Park data centre.

Generali France puts Equinix at the heart of its business continuity plan

03 Dec 2010

Operational excellence and dense connectivity ensure optimum availability and performance for France’s second largest general insurance company.

Interxion and Otkritie to provide DMA connectivity to Russian markets

03 Dec 2010

Otkritie, one of the largest financial groups in Russia, has elected to locate its servers in Interxion’s City of London data centre. Buy- and sell-side firms also located within Interxion’s Financial Hub can now benefit from direct market access (DMA) connectivity to the Russian markets.

The Lippis Report and Ixia Stage Open Networking Performance and Power Tests for Public and Private Data Centre Clouds

03 Dec 2010

Ixia’s iSimCity hosts Lippis Report series of 10 GE tests to provide first comparative data on 10 GE switch performance and power consumption

Ixia today announced that it has teamed with Nick Lippis of the Lippis Report to sponsor a series of open industry data centre network performance and power consumption tests. The goal of the tests is to provide the industry with comparative performance and power consumption data across several 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) switch providers using Ixia’s breakthrough Xcellon-Flex™ load modules.

NextiraOne Expands Cisco Data Centre Capabilities Across Europe

02 Dec 2010

Cisco solutions and NextiraOne’s proven international service expertise create powerful data centre offering

NextiraOne today announced an expansion of its relationship with Cisco to accelerate the adoption of virtualised data centre solutions in Europe. Together, Cisco and NextiraOne will focus on delivering advanced communications applications, including Cisco Unified Communications and Cisco Contact Centre hosted in virtualised data centre environments, which bring real value to customers.

CERN Selects Brocade to Bolster Network Performance and Support its Growth Plans

02 Dec 2010

Brocade MLXe Core Routers to help CERN share 15 petabytes of critical scientific data per year with 10,000 physicists across the globe.

Brocade yesterday announced that CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research, has selected Brocade MLXe Core Routers as part of a network infrastructure upgrade to support its high throughput computing (HTC) requirements and a data environment that exceeds 15 petabytes (15 million gigabytes) per year. According to the Web site, Whatsabyte.com, a single petabyte is equivalent to “20 million 4-door filing cabinets full of text.”

PEER 1 Hosting partners with bluegfx to bring GPU cloud to media and entertainment

02 Dec 2010

3D and video businesses get super-powered graphics on pay-as-you-process basis

PEER 1 Hosting today announces bluegfx, who offer leading edge technologies in the fast-paced industry of 3D and video, as the newest partner for its graphics processing unit (GPU) Cloud technology.

Tupperware readies for Christmas rush with IBM POWER7 technology

01 Dec 2010

IBM Power 750 servers provide platform for future increased IT infrastructure needs.

Value Driving Data Centres As A New Asset Class

01 Dec 2010

Launch of new report at 4^th Finance and Investment Forum for Data Centres

 A new research paper by consulting firm BroadGroup proposes that data centres now represent a new asset class in their own right. The findings will be highlighted at the 4^th Finance and Investment Forum for data centres which takes place in London 9^th December.

Dell PowerEdge server platforms deliver maximum performance For Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)

30 Nov 2010

PowerEdge servers help the largest U.S. options exchange improve performance and lower latency while handling mission-critical applications.

Capital Tool Company partners with The Bunker to provide secure hosting for award winning receivable management and finance platform TREFI

30 Nov 2010

The Bunker has announced that Capital Tool Company has chosen The Bunker to provide secure hosting for the web based receivable management and finance platform TREFI.

Interxion Announces Expansion of Its Second Dublin Data Centre

30 Nov 2010

Interxion today announced the expansion of its recently opened Dublin 2 data centre. The expansion of the facility is in response to consistently rising demand from colocation customers, in particular customers in the fast-growing digital media, carrier and cloud service sectors. Including the investment made to build and equip the new data centre, this latest expansion brings Interxion’s total investment in the new facility to EUR 13 million in the last 18 months.

Raritan Introduces Virtual Appliance Version of CommandCenter Secure Gateway for Centralized, Secure Access and Control of IT Equipment

30 Nov 2010

New Virtual Appliance includes all management features in CommandCenter Secure Gateway 5.0

Raritan announced today a virtual version of its CommandCenter® Secure Gateway (CC-SG) appliance that provides centralized, secure access to IT equipment to help data centers remotely diagnose and resolve IT equipment issues quickly and reduce server management costs. 

Data Centre Cabling Warnings from Siemon

26 Nov 2010

Siemon launched two warnings yesterday: 1) Category 6 may well fail to deliver 10 Gb/s in data centre. 2) Beware of using non-Standards compliant 26AWG conductor cabling.  To ensure 10GBASE-T capability, Siemon recommends standards compliant category 6A or higher for data centre environments.

Mimecast Ranked Fifth Fastest Growing Technology Company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2010

26 Nov 2010

Mimecast attributes its 7,579% percent revenue growth to the huge potential of delivering smarter, more secure email services through the cloud.

Mimecast today announced that it ranked number five on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2010, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years. Mimecast grew 7,579% percent during this period.

Jewelry maker Stuller readies for growth with Converged Infrastructure from HP

25 Nov 2010

Stuller Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of jewelry in North America, has implemented an HP Converged Infrastructure to maximize availability of critical applications for sales, manufacturing and distribution processes, enabling the company to better respond to customer demand. 

Samlink turns to IBM for new services agreement

25 Nov 2010

IBM to manage the IT infrastructure of over 400 bank branch offices and deploy a cloud learning environment.

Fujitsu launches Private Cloud service

25 Nov 2010

Fujitsu has announced the immediate availability of its new Private Cloud Service, offering private clouds as an outsourcing service that includes server/storage virtualization and automation, as well as a dedicated cloud-computing environment, only in Japan.

Meeting aggressive growth requirements and accelerating time to market

25 Nov 2010

NBN Co, the company set up by the Federal Government to design, build and operate Australia's wholesale-only, high-speed broadband network, has selected Cisco to lead the implementation of its data centre infrastructure.  The solution will be deployed by Cisco and will be built upon Vblock technology from the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition, a collaboration of Cisco, EMC and VMware, for its next generation data centre.

Yunnan Copper picks Juniper for data center upgrade

25 Nov 2010

Yunnan Copper Industry (Group) Co Ltd has migrated data center network to switches, routers and security devices running the Junos® operating system. Deployment of Juniper Networks® EX4200 Ethernet Switches, SRX3600 Service Gateways and M10i Multiservice Edge Routers enables Yunnan Copper to scale its data center operations and provide improved services to its branch offices and subsidiaries.

Outsourcery collaborates with BBC, BAFTA and Microsoft to host carbon calculator for the television industry

25 Nov 2010

Microsoft’s worldwide Hosting Partner of the Year 2010, and leading Cloud services and unified communications company Outsourcery is pleased to announce that it will be working in collaboration with the BBC, BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts) and Microsoft and host the UK’s first carbon calculator for the television industry. The calculator (known as Project Albert) is being used by the BBC as part of its sustainability drive to cut carbon emissions and reduce energy consumption by 2013, was launched yesterday.

Leader in financial crime and compliance solutions widens partner portfolio to serve demand for open source solutions

25 Nov 2010

Norkom Technologies certifies solutions to Red Hat platforms, achieves Red Hat Premier ISV Partner status with middleware specialty

RedHat today announced that Norkom Technologies, a leading supplier of financial crime and compliance software solutions to the global financial services industry, has achieved Red Hat Premier ISV Partner status, leveraging JBoss Enterprise Middleware as one of its preferred partner platforms.

Terremark Selects Interxion to Host Infinistructure® Platform

24 Nov 2010

Interxion today announced that Terremark has chosen to deploy its Infinistructure® platform in Interxion’s Cloud Hub Community at its Brussels data centre.

nlyte Software Closes USD 12 Million Series C Funding

24 Nov 2010

Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Leader to Use Investment to Meet Rapidly Increasing Global Demand

nlyte Software has announced that it has received USD 12 million in Series C funding.  Led by NGEN Partners, the new capital will be used for expansion of operations, acceleration of product development, strengthening of the partner ecosystem and the continued attraction of world class talent.

The Bunker recognised with Technology Innovation Award

23 Nov 2010

The Bunker is pleased to announce it has won the prestigious Technology Innovation Award, at the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 annual dinner.

Raritan Power IQ® iPhone App for Managing Data Centers Now Available on iTunes® App Store

23 Nov 2010

View energy metrics and power cycle servers when on the go -- 'there's an app for that' 

Raritan today introduced Power IQ^® iPhone app -- the first application available at the Apple iTunes Store that helps data center and lab managers "on the go" quickly view real-time power load (watts and amps) and perform secure remote power control on any server or rack power distribution unit.

Red Bull Racing Wins F1 Drivers' Championship, Powered by Platform Computing

23 Nov 2010

Platform Computin today congratulates Innovation Partner Red Bull Racing on its Formula One Drivers' Championship win, following Sebastian Vettel’s victory for the Red Bull Racing team at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. This follows Red Bull Racing winning the 2010 Constructors’ Championship earlier in November.

Outsourcery sees Cloud Code of Practice essential to the future of the industry

23 Nov 2010

Founding CIF member Outsourcery helps drive governance

The European Union decision to fund a three-year research project that intends to allay security concerns about the Cloud industry was announced today. Despite growing adoption there are still concerns, and the project will develop a variety of technical components and policies designed to make Cloud computing more secure. This morning the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) launched aCloud industry code of practice.

Mann Made Group selects PC Mann to deliver enterprise class business continuity on an SMB budget

23 Nov 2010

StorageCraft based solution offers file restoration in minutes and rapid server recovery for leading Corporate and Trust services to professional advisors and high net worth individuals.

StorageCraft has announced details of a successful project at Mann Made Group that delivers enterprise class business continuity features at a highly competitive price point. 

Scale Computing Lands $17.0 Million in Series C Funding

23 Nov 2010

Investment from Scale Venture Partners, Northgate and Existing Investors to Support Increase in Market Share, Drive Company Growth and Global Expansion

Scale Computing today announced it has secured $17.0 million in Series C funding.  This latest round of funding brings the total raised for the company to $31 million.  Led by Scale Venture Partners with participation from Northgate Capital and existing investors (including Benchmark Capital), the funding will be used to increase Scale Computing’s market share within the SME space, drive international expansion and product development, and fund job growth as the company expects to triple the number of staff in its Indianapolis headquarters over the next 36 months.

Bernard Geoghegan appointed as Executive Vice President of Colt Data Centre Services

22 Nov 2010

Colt will appoint Bernard Geoghegan as Executive Vice President of Colt Data Centre Services in January 2011. In this role Geoghegan will be responsible for managing Colt’s newly formed Data Centre Services business.

Eighth data centre for Silicon Valley

22 Nov 2010

$103 million investment for Phase 1 supports customer growth initiatives.

Scolocate selects Keysource to double Edinburgh Data Centre

22 Nov 2010

ScoLocate has teamed up with Keysource to double the size of Scotland’s largest purpose-built co-location facility as part of an £8 million investment. Under the agreement, the data centre solutions provider has been tasked with designing and building the latest phase of development at the South Gyle site in Edinburgh, which will create one of the most energy efficient facilities of its kind in the UK.

2011 - the year IT security enables Cloud adoption

22 Nov 2010

Every year CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) polls its security experts for their predictions on what to look for in the coming year with respect to prevailing threats and industry shifts.

Enter the Spanish Markets from London at Interxion

18 Nov 2010

Interxion today announced that Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME), through its IT subsidiary Visual Trader Systems, has opened an access point at Interxion’s City of London data centre.

Roto Frank AG switches to QRadar to help it combat security information overload

18 Nov 2010

Integralis helps leading manufacturer switch from legacy security monitoring device to protect critical infrastructure by quickly identifying real threats while providing a platform for future expansion

Q1 Labs today announced details of a successful project at Roto Frank AG carried out by its partner Integralis that has reduced the time spent managing security events by 80% while helping the firm create a secure and scalable platform for the future.

Dell selected by U.S. Coast Guard to continue providing mission-critical IT Field Support Services

17 Nov 2010

Perot Systems Government Services (PSGS), a unit of Dell Services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell, was selected by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to provide IT field support services for critical mission and rescue systems.

StarBev taps IBM

17 Nov 2010

StarBev, one of Central Europe's leading breweries, has awarded IBM a five-year, multi-million euro information Technology (IT) services contract.  

Fujitsu upgrades Broadcast Management System for Shizuoka Telecasting

17 Nov 2010

Shizuoka Telecasting has upgraded its broadcast management system, which handles all television programming and advertising content, as well as broadcast scheduling, using Fujitsu's cutting-edge platform products. The new system delivers both the high reliability and quality essential in mission-critical systems, and includes early-warning indicators for operational problems, enhancing the system's ability to offer 24x7 stability.

High efficiency UPS solution

17 Nov 2010

High efficiency UPS solution for data & IT applications. 250KVA standalone UPS with AEG PS building block capability up to 1000KVA.

Juniper Networks introduces the next-generation core router for the new network

17 Nov 2010

Juniper Networks has introduced its next-generation and the industry's fastest core routing platform that delivers breakthrough levels of performance with the new network economics necessary to support service provider business models into the next decade. Juniper Networks® T4000 Core Router, powered by the Junos® operating system, provides the scalability and flexibility required to meet rapidly expanding bandwidth requirements, while extending the unprecedented investment protection of the T Series platform, the most widely deployed core routing platform in the world.

Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4 Offers Support for Managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

17 Nov 2010

New version of systems management solution enables organisations to more easily manage the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 operating platform; Offers improvements in subscription management, compliance and content management.

RedHat has announced the availability of Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4, the latest version of Red Hat's on-premises systems management solution that provides software updates, configuration management, provisioning and monitoring across both physical and virtual Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers.  Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4 delivers compliance improvements, greater flexibility in content management and improved subscription management.  It also provides support for managing the newly released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 operating platform.

Boston Limited announces the launch of their next-generation SuperFlex Blade™

16 Nov 2010

Boston Limited, now in its 18th year as a distribution partner for Silicon Valley-based Super Micro Computer, Inc. today has formally announced the launch of their next generation of blade server solutions, the groundbreaking new Boston SuperFlex Blade™

EMC to acquire Isilon

16 Nov 2010

EMC Corporation has announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which it will acquire Isilon Systems, Inc. a fast-growing “Scale-out NAS” (network attached storage) systems company, based in Seattle, Washington.  Under terms of the agreement, EMC will pay $33.85 per share in cash in exchange for each share of Isilon for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.25 billion, net of Isilon’s existing cash balance.   

Brocade First to Market with Ethernet Fabric Solutions to Enable Virtualised Data Centres and Cloud-Optimised Networks

16 Nov 2010

Brocade VDX 6720 Data Centre Switches Deliver Virtual Cluster Switching Technology
that Revolutionises the Way Networks are Built 

Brocade today announced the industry’s first true Ethernet fabric switching solutions that are purpose-built for highly virtualised and cloud-optimised data centres. As the global leader in data centre fabric innovation and deployment, Brocade now leads the industry in the development and delivery of Ethernet fabrics.

Mimecast Launches Support for Microsoft BPOS, Extending the Business Benefits and Reducing the Risks of Migration

15 Nov 2010

Integrated service offers support for BPOS migration, granular eDiscovery and long-term email archiving, and a 100% service availability SLA

Mimecast has today announced support for Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS), easing migration headaches and extending the business benefits of Microsoft’s latest messaging and collaboration tools. 

Security preparations for IPv6 migration must start now

15 Nov 2010

New IPv6 enabled operating systems, smart devices and applications could increase risks

The arrival of a slew of new and upgraded operating systems, smart phones and tablets that are enabled for IPv6 has the potential to open new and unrecognised security weaknesses in otherwise secure environments.

Boston Limited Launch their latest SmartCluster M Series based on Windows HPC Server 2008 R2

15 Nov 2010

Boston Limited, now in its 18th year as a distribution partner for silicon valley based Super Micro Computer, Inc, today has formally announced the launch of their latest generation of Microsoft HPC Server 2008 R2-based SmartCluster M Series portable blade solutions.

Interxion Launches Cloud Hubs Across Europe

12 Nov 2010

Interxion has launched 13 dedicated Cloud Hubs in strategically located data centres in 11 countries across Europe. The move provides cloud service providers and enterprise customers with a turnkey infrastructure solution for cloud service development and launch, and leverages Interxion’s position as the most geographically widespread, best-connected data centre operator in Europe. Interxion operates 28 data centres in 11 European countries, and houses a large community of cloud-related hosting and service providers, as well as 350 carriers and ISPs and 18 leading European Internet Exchanges.  

Equinix Helps Businesses Succeed in Growing Digital Economy

12 Nov 2010

New Customer Deployments Leverage Value of Platform Equinix

Equinix has highlighted new customer implementations that illustrate the company’s central role in the digital economy, including global deployments from AboveNet, ACTIV Financial, OnLive and VeriSign.

Internap scales out content delivery network with Isilon

10 Nov 2010

Leading Internet Products and Services Company Deploys Isilon Scale-Out Storage to Simplify Data Management for Content Delivery Network, Improving Service Quality and Operational Efficiency

Isilon today announced that Internap Network Services Corporation® (Internap) has deployed Isilon scale-out storage to power Internap’s content delivery network (CDN) services. Using Isilon’s NL-Series, powered by the OneFS® operating system, Internap has consolidated its CDN storage needs onto a single, shared storage platform, simplifying data management to improve operational efficiency. With Isilon clusters in multiple data centers around the world, Internap can distribute high-bandwidth, digitally-rich content without downtime, interruption or risk of data loss, improving service quality and expanding its bandwidth to accommodate new customers.    

Force10 Launches New Open Automation Products for Virtualised Data Centres to Boost Productivity and Lower Costs

10 Nov 2010

Force10 Pioneers An Alternative to Proprietary Approaches to Network Automation

Force10Networks today announced new functionality for its innovative network automation solutions designed to provide additional flexibility, availability and manageability as well as lower operational costs in today’s data centre environments.  Force10’s new SmartScripts software enhances network reliability and improves management by providing a scripting environment for Force10 switching platforms.  Also, Force10 announced that its HyperLink software now supports automated VM/VLAN migration in VMware and Citrix environments to help ensure improved network connectivity and security.

“Private Cloud” takes centre Ssage at Microsoft Tech•Ed Europe 2010

09 Nov 2010

Hyper-V Cloud programs will help customers and partners accelerate private cloud deployment.

Dell Services and Symantec expand strategic partnership to deliver cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions

09 Nov 2010

Dell Services and Symantec have announced an expanded strategic partnership under which Dell Services will utilize Symantec’s e-mail security platform as the security engine for its Email Management Services (EMS) portfolio of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions. The partnership will utilize Symantec Hosted Services’ state-of-the-art, cloud-based security services to bring new e-mail security features and improved functionality to Dell’s EMS customers and channel partners, providing them with increased e-mail protection and availability.

Millennium Stadium and Cisco to transform the fan experience with Europe's first StadiumVision deployment

09 Nov 2010

Cardiff-based stadium is first in Europe to deploy Cisco StadiumVision to deliver new experiences in sports and entertainment.

Carefx And Cerner Bring Experience Around Building Integrated Clinical Information Solutions To The UK

08 Nov 2010

Linking clinical portal solutions with electronic patient records and applications provides access to patient data faster and more efficiently for clinical staff

CareFX Corp. today announced it is extending its work with Cerner Corporation to provide clinical organisations with integrated solutions for delivering patient data to clinical staff. Cerner’s Clinical Exchange Platform^SM (CEP) a secure, standards based Health Information Exchange (HIE), can operate in conjunction with Carefx Fusionfx to electronically bring together data from disparate systems into a single, real time view of patient data.  

EU Code of Conduct failing to engage data centre industry

08 Nov 2010

Sentrum today released further research findings which show that the voluntary Code of Conduct for Data Centres on Energy Efficiency; introduced by the European Union (EU); is failing to secure any significant level of support in the UK.

Unisys debuts web-based solution enabling clients to standardize delivery of IT services to their users

04 Nov 2010

Hosted software-as-a-service offering helps clients provide uniform levels of IT support to their end users while lowering costs of multiple platforms.

Microsoft hosts leaders from across Europe to discuss European competitiveness

04 Nov 2010

Speaking to leading figures from government, industry and academia from across Europe at the Government Leaders Forum Europe (GLF) in London, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer called for a new level of collaboration across industry and with government to advance progress on critical economic and social challenges in Europe. He focused his remarks on the role of technology, and cloud computing in particular, in driving transformation, especially in public sector, and underlined Microsoft’s commitment in Europe towards this goal.

Dell to acquire Boomi

04 Nov 2010

Dell has agreed to acquire Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) integration leader Boomi to help businesses reap the full value of cloud computing. Powered by its revolutionary AtomSphere technology, Boomi offers the industry’s only pure SaaS application integration platform that takes the cost and complexity out of integrating applications by allowing easy transfer of data between cloud-based and on-premise applications with no appliances, no software and no coding required.

IBM launches Federal Community Cloud for government organizations

04 Nov 2010

IBM has launched a new Federal Community Cloud specifically designed to help federal government organizations respond to technology requirements more quickly.  The secure, private cloud environment is part of IBM's established and dedicated Federal Data Centers (FDC) that provide secure and comprehensive certified computing capabilities to federal government clients.

Dutch IT Service Provider deploys Cisco's Unified Computing system

04 Nov 2010

Previder (formerly Introweb BV), a provider of virtual services to the IT specialist, software vendor and Internet service provider (ISP) sectors, has deployed the Cisco Unified Computing System in its data centers. By adopting the Cisco technology, Previder can now offer its partners new and competitive IT solutions such as Web hosting, streaming media servers, DNS and mail servers, faster than ever before while reducing its physical server count by 94 per cent (from 30 racks down to just 2).

SGI announces availability of software suites to enhance manageability and performance for all SGI hardware

04 Nov 2010

SGI has announced the availability of SGI Performance Suite and SGI Management Suite, providing enhanced manageability, load management, scalability and improved performance across all SGI product lines. Integrating best-of-breed software solutions built on open standards, the SGI Management Suite and Performance Suite complete the company’s premier software environment for technical computing.

Force10 announces industry first 40 Gigabit Ethernet for converged, high performance & automated data centres

03 Nov 2010

New S-Series 10/40 GbE top-of-rack switch and 40 GbE line card for the ExaScale core switch/router increases bandwidth from the data centre edge to the core by 4x and simplifies the network

Force10 Networks has announced an end-to-end 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40 GbE) solution designed to bring increased performance while delivering network simplicity to converged data centres.  For the data centre edge, Force10 is launching the S-Series S4810 10/40 GbE top-of-rack (ToR) switch, while for the network core, it is announcing the new 40 GbE line card for its ExaScale virtualised core switch/router.

Fedora 14 Evolves Leading-Edge Open Source Technologies in Free Distribution

03 Nov 2010

The Future of Open Source Emerges in Fedora With Compelling Features for Developers, System Administrators and Open Source Enthusiasts

The Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc. sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration, has announced the availability of Fedora 14, the latest version of its free open source operating system distribution.  The Fedora Project leads the advancement of free and open source software with a new distribution released approximately every six months.

Accellion Announces General Availability of the Industry’s First Secure File Transfer Solution for Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft OCS R2

03 Nov 2010

Improves Workflow Efficiency while Protecting Confidential Information

 Accellion today announced general availability of the Accellion Secure File Transfer Solution for the Microsoft Business Productivity Infrastructure Platform.  By extending secure file transfer capabilities to Microsoft Outlook 2010, Microsoft SharePoint 2010, and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (OCS), Accellion makes it easier for enterprises to protect their intellectual property, achieve compliance and improve workflow efficiency. 

Interxion Forms Strategic Transatlantic Alliance with Telx

03 Nov 2010

Interxion has announced that it has entered a strategic alliance with Telx, a leading provider of interconnection, colocation and business exchange services in strategic, high-demand North American markets. The non exclusive alliance will provide a smooth transatlantic migration path into industry-leading, connectivity-rich colocation facilities for both Telx and Interxion customers, with particular strategic benefits for customers in the Financial Services sector. 

Cerner Partners Equinix to Offer Remote Hosting Option to NHS Trusts

01 Nov 2010

Secure hosting service reduces cost of IT implementations while improving system availability and performance

Cerner Corporation today announced an agreement with Equinix Inc., a provider of global data centre services, to utilise Equinix’s London 5 (LD5) International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centre to offer a Remote Hosting Option (RHO) for its healthcare solutions. The RHO service will include secure hosting, hardware and connectivity, and will be immediately available to NHS Trusts and private organisations in the UK. This service allows healthcare providers to take advantage of Cerner’s administrative, clinical and patient care solutions, and coupled with Equinix’s data centre services, allows NHS trusts and other organisations to cost-effectively build, maintain and secure an HIT infrastructure, without the usual upfront capital and resource investment needed. 

Wavenet selects Discus Systems and StorageCraft to protect critical data with innovative business continuity solution

01 Nov 2010

StorageCraft based solution offering 15 minute recovery selected following accidental record deletion causes significant operational issues

StorageCraft has announced details of a successful project at Wavenet, a voice and data communications specialist that is helping to protect critical data with a 15 minute recovery window.

ADC KRONE Launches TrueNet Plug-and-Play Fibre Solution

29 Oct 2010

ADC Krone has announced its new TrueNet Plug-and-Play Fibre Solution.  Designed to accommodate the optimum number of managed fibre connections on a frame without affecting the potential for future growth, ADC KRONE’s Fibre Plug-and-Play Solution offers flexibility without disruption. 

Brocade and Partner Ecosystem To Take London by Storm

29 Oct 2010

Dell, EMC, HP, Fujitsu and IBM join Brocade’s CMO and VP product marketing in discussing how to embrace the virtual data centre 

Brocade has announced more information on the Brocade Conference, which will take place on 1-2 December at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, Kensington, London.  Join over 1,500 other delegates across EMEA to hear Brocade outline its vision for the virtualised data centre and innovations that will transform the networking landscape.

Corporate Express selects Cisco, EMC and VMware to virtualise for increased business agility and energy efficiency

28 Oct 2010

Corporate Express, a $1.16 billion supplier of products for the office with 40 locations across Australia and New Zealand, is extending its commitment to virtualisation in the data centre with its selection of technology from Cisco, EMC and VMware.

Fujitsu to Provide Cloud Services to Chiba Prefecture

28 Oct 2010

Shared e-procurement system reduces prefectural and municipal costs by approximately 50%.

Oracle invests in Mellanox

28 Oct 2010

Oracle has made a strategic investment in Mellanox Technologies, a leading supplier of end-to-end connectivity solutions for servers and storage systems, to further align product vision and maximize partnership efforts.

Data centre cooling direct to the server

28 Oct 2010

Emerson Network Power has introduced the Liebert XDS server cooling system, a breakthrough direct server cooling technology that can provide a flexible, reliable and energy-efficient cooling solution for high-density IT systems.

Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange attracts leading network and cloud services companies

28 Oct 2010

Equinix has added 16 new customers to its Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange, a global, network-neutral service that improves quality and removes the cost and complexity of facilitating commercial transactions between Layer 2 Ethernet networks. Equinix has also extended the service to three new European markets—Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Paris—and launched a new online portal, called Marketplace for Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange, that connects buyers and sellers of Ethernet-based services globally.

Brocade Empowers the Channel to Increase Expertise in Convergence and Cloud Technologies

28 Oct 2010

Updated Program Elements to Reward Partners Who Invest in Acquiring New Skills and to Help Partners Capitalise on Emerging Market Opportunities  

Brocade has announced that it has optimised the Brocade Alliance Partner Network (APN) to prepare and reward partners who invest in developing knowledge-rich practices to address new technology trends such as virtualisation, network convergence and cloud computing. Along with these new updates, Brocade has also introduced a full set of intelligent, customisable tools that enhance the “quality in partnership” to enable the channel to fully maximise its potential as a Brocade business partner.

Atrium Network Adds Stockholm as Second Interxion POP

27 Oct 2010

Interxion has announced that Atrium Network, provider of smarter connectivity for the financial community, has extended the footprint of its services by locating a Point of Presence (POP) in Interxion’s Stockholm data centre. Atrium Network’s POP offers the trading community ultra-low-latency connectivity to all the Stockholm-based exchanges: Nasdaq OMX, Burgundy and NGM, as well as between the London and Stockholm financial centres.

Siemon high-speed interconnects pass 40 and 100 Gb/s interoperability testing

27 Oct 2010

Siemon today announced that its high speed interconnect products have passed key 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet testing at the Ethernet Alliance’s (EA) recent Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) subcommittee interoperability plugfest for IEEE Std. 802.3baTM-2010 40 and 100 Gb/s Ethernet.

Interoute provides Europe’s enterprises secure cloud hosting solutions

26 Oct 2010

Interoute’s Geneva Security and Hosting Operations Centre attains ISO 27001

Interoute today announced it has received ISO 27001 certification for its Hosting and Security Operations Centre (SHOC) in Geneva.  The internationally recognised 'best practice' security management standard assures enterprises of Interoute’s continuous commitment to securing their critical data.

Scality Partners with CommVault to Offer Complete Data Management Based on Cloud Storage Software

26 Oct 2010

Scality RING object storage platform enables private and public cloud storage deployments and now supports backup from CommVault Simpana

Scality and CommVault announced today a technology partnership. Enterprises throughout Europe are now in a position to set up a full, in-house backup and data management solution benefiting from CommVault’s groundbreaking Simpana software and Scality’s massively scalable, always available object storage platform, Scality RING. Web hosts already using Scality RING to facilitate public cloud storage can now offer a strong backup product offering with CommVault.

The CRC now stands for ‘Corporate Restraining Charge’

26 Oct 2010

Budget spending cuts have turned CRC environmental carrots into financial sticks, claims on365

Following the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review last week, several cuts and reductions are being put into place and the effects are already being felt across the UK. on365, a specialist in the planning, installing, management and optimisation of physical IT infrastructure and utility services calls for a review of the proposed restructuring of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC).

Force10 announces support for Oracle virtualisation solutions based on Open Automation Framework

25 Oct 2010

Oracle-supported software illustrates continued delivery of solutions based on Force10’s Open Automation Framework

Force10 Networks today announced plans to build network automation solutions that support Oracle VM server for x86 virtualisation software and Oracle Linux.  Force10 will help ensure interoperability and complementary virtualisation of network resources as they develop virtualisation solutions based on their Open Automation Framework while utilising the functionality of Oracle VM and Oracle Linux.

British Workers Feel The Need For Speed: Network Speed

25 Oct 2010

Network Performance and Reliability are Keys to Productivity, according to new Brocade research conducted at London’s IP Expo

Almost two thirds of British workers claim that network speed and reliability is a critical factor in productivity and competitiveness, according to latest research by Brocade.  Whether it’s network performance in the office, or the reliability of remote access to applications, the findings illustrate that the modern British worker wants near instant access to information and will not settle for anything less. 

New virtual hosting services from Claranet represent the next stage in cloud evolution

25 Oct 2010

Unique three-tier combination of cloud services gives businesses unprecedented flexibility, reliability and cost control

Award-winning managed services provider, Claranet, has announced the launch of a three-tier virtual hosting service offering that will meet the complex, varied and rapidly changing hosting requirements of UK and EU businesses.

Gartner identifies seven major CEO concerns CIOs should address

22 Oct 2010

With the increased reliance on IT from business leaders, it’s important for CIOs to understand the concerns of CEOs and the implications they may have on IT, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner analysts have outlined the seven major concerns from CEOs that CIOs should address.

Interxion achieves highly credited BS 25999 Certification

22 Oct 2010

Interxion has achieved the highly regarded certification of BS 25999, the British Standards Institution (BSI) standard for Business Continuity Management. This has been integrated with Interxion’s existing Information Security Management System certification, ISO 27001.

Modular cooling for Telehouse

22 Oct 2010

Hitachi Europe has completed delivery of its Refrigerant Natural Circulation (NC) Cooling system as part of its Modular High Density Cooling Solution for Telehouse’s recently opened facility Telehouse LONDON Docklands West, in London, UK.

Brocade Provides First Integrated Converged Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

22 Oct 2010

IBM BladeCenter Customers Benefit from Unified Switch and Adapter for End-to-End SAN/LAN Connectivity

Brocade today announced that it will be offering the first fully converged embedded 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch module and Converged Network Adapter (CNA) designed specifically for IBM BladeCenter server environments. The new converged switch module and CNA provide IBM BladeCenter customers with increased bandwidth through higher-density 8 Gbps Fibre Channel and 10 GbE port count, investment protection of their existing servers, and reduced hardware costs, along with unmatched flexibility and the scalability to grow.

IBM takes action to improve Cloud security

21 Oct 2010

New services and IBM Research innovations reduce barriers to cloud adoption.

Fujitsu develops inter-Cloud data security technology

21 Oct 2010

New data leakage prevention technology in cloud computing environments.

Buckeye Telesystem relies On Force10 Networks

21 Oct 2010

Telecommunications provider selects ExaScale E-Series® core switch/router to ensure the scalable delivery of wireless backhaul and next-generation data services.

Richard Clark joins Geist Europe

21 Oct 2010

Nebraska-based data centre power and environmental specialists Geist today announced that Richard Clark has joined the company as Head of Geist Europe.

Richard joins Geist from Raritan, where he previously held the role of Head of UK, Ireland & Scandinavia, and spearheaded the introduction of intelligent power products.

ADC KRONE Launches TrueNet Plug-and-Play Fibre Solution

21 Oct 2010

ADC Krone has announced its new TrueNet Plug-and-Play Fibre Solution.  Designed to accommodate the optimum number of managed fibre connections on a frame without affecting the potential for future growth, ADC KRONE’s Fibre Plug-and-Play Solution offers flexibility without disruption. 

New Points of Presence in Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia

20 Oct 2010

Global Crossing has expanded its premier IP-based global network to datacenter facilities in Sofia, Bulgaria; Bucharest, Romania; and Bratislava, Slovakia.  The expansion will enable each data center’s tenants to easily access Global Crossing's network services to support their IP and data networking requirements.

Training program for building the data center of the future

20 Oct 2010

HP has introduced what is believed to be the first Converged Infrastructure training and certification program to span the entire enterprise landscape -- from networking, storage, servers and software to printing and personal computing.

GigaSpaces integrates with Citrix OpenCloud Platform to ease creation of elastic data center environments

20 Oct 2010

GigaSpaces has partnered with Citrix to provide an open and elastic cloud-enabled platform. Integrating GigaSpaces eXtreme Application Platform (XAP) with Citrix OpenCloud virtualization and networking infrastructure provides enterprise IT a fully integrated, optimized, and elastic application platform.

Pillar Data Systems challenges market after research showed half of all UK storage capacity was idle

19 Oct 2010

Pillar Data Systems has today released statistics which suggest that the storage industry wasn’t able to meet the requirements of its customers last year, and is therefore now questioning whether any improvements have been made in the past 12 months.  Information* gathered by the company has revealed that against a background of rising costs, exploding data storage requirements and shrinking IT budgets, nearly all storage managers and IT directors (84%) were utilising less than half of their existing storage capacity this time last year.

The Bunker extends its ISO27001 accreditation to cover Newbury data centre

19 Oct 2010

The Bunker has announced that its ISO/IEC 27001:2005 accreditation has been extended to cover its Newbury based data centre, thereby increasing the level of service and choice it can offer clients.

Buckeye Telesystem Relies On Force10 Networks Switch/Routers For High Performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet Core Network

19 Oct 2010

Telecommunications provider selects ExaScale E-Series® core switch/router to ensure the scalable delivery of wireless backhaul and next-generation data services

Force10 Networks has announced that Buckeye TeleSystem has selected its ExaScale™ E-Series® core switch/router and S-Series™ access switches to power the 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) core of its telecommunications infrastructure, which delivers voice and data services to more than 7,500 businesses in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.

Sentrum enhances portfolio with Scalable Data Suites

18 Oct 2010

Harmonised power and cooling provides resilient, flexible and scalable data centre suites with lower capital costs and can potentially reduce operational costs by as much as 20%

Sentrum today announced it has added Sentrum Scalable Data Suites (SDS) to its portfolio of data centre solutions.

Burgundy locates Matching Engines at Stockholm data centre

15 Oct 2010

Interxion has announced an agreement with the Nordic multilateral trading facility (MTF) Burgundy to move its matching engines to Interxion’s Nordic Financial Hub in Stockholm. This agreement allows investment and trading firms to connect at ultra-low latency to Burgundy’s platform.

Fujitsu seals server and storage deal with China Mobile

15 Oct 2010

China Mobile Communications Corporation, the country's largest mobile phone carrier with 550 million subscribers, has purchased over 500 units of Fujitsu SPARC Enterprise UNIX servers and ETERNUS disk storage systems, worth up to US$50 million. This is the largest-ever platform products-related contract for Fujitsu in China.

VMware strengthens Cloud infrastructure strategy

15 Oct 2010

VMware has continued to expand its strategy for modern IT infrastructures, announcing new and enhanced products and programs to help enterprises and service providers achieve the benefits of cloud computing while maintaining the control and freedom of choice they require.

Platform Computing and Excelian partner to deliver high performance analytics for financial services

14 Oct 2010

On-demand trading and risk applications for organisations seeking to avoid traditional cost and scalability constraints

Platform Computing today reinforced its strategic partnership with Excelian, a leading Murex, OpenLink, Grid and High Performance Computing (HPC) consulting company, to deliver high performance analytics as a new service.  Based on Platform Symphony, the world’s leading SOA grid middleware, Excelian’s service offering enables Financial Services customers to securely and seamlessly scale compute capabilities for risk and trading analytics without the cost and time required to acquire servers, network bandwidth or administrative staff.

CA Technologies Support for VMware vCloud™ API to Enable Process and Workload Automation in Private, Public and Hybrid Clouds

14 Oct 2010

Today at VMworld 2010 Europe, CA Technologies announced plans to integrate CA IT Process Automation Manager with the VMware vCloud™ API. The integration, which is under development using the VMware vCloud API in BlueLock’s VMware-based public cloud, is intended to enable process automation and orchestration for providing and consuming virtual resources in the cloud. It also will empower customers to deploy and manage virtualised workloads in VMware vCloud-based private, public and hybrid clouds.  

UK Cloud Vendors Call for Unity on Standards

13 Oct 2010

Growth in cloud adoption relies on consistent standards, best practices and certifications, says industry forum EuroCloud UK

 Newly emerging standards and certification schemes for cloud computing best practices must dovetail together to avoid confusing customers, says EuroCloud UK (http://www.eurocloud.org.uk), the fast-growing industry body for SaaS and Cloud vendors. The organisation will meet to discuss collective actions with other industry bodies next Wednesday, 20th October in London. 

StorageCraft grows channel community by 23% in 2010

13 Oct 2010

Channel looks to services with 17% of partners now offering managed data backup and disaster recovery; unique ‘VirtualBoot’ technology cited as compelling reason for adoption

 StorageCraft has announced strong growth in its European channel with a 23% increase in the number of partners across the region in the last year. StorageCraft now has several hundred EMEA partners with the UK one of the fastest growing countries.  

ABCOM partners with The Bunker to provide Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery to its clients throughout the UK

13 Oct 2010

The Bunker has announced that ABCOM has chosen The Bunker to help provide business continuity and disaster recovery solutions to its clients.

ABCOM was originally approached by one of its major insurance clients requesting a highly secure disaster recovery solution for its network infrastructure. ABCOM needed to supply a data storage service with exceptionally high data protection levels and high availability to minimise downtime.

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts selects Fujin Systems to deploy UK first Arista 7500 series switch

13 Oct 2010

Centre reduces latency and power consumption with improved performance and upgradability

Fujin Systems has successfully completed the first UK sale of an Arista Networks 7500 switch to  the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).

Raritan’s Power IQ 2.0 Energy Management Software Helps Data Center Managers Conserve Energy with New Thermal Analytics

13 Oct 2010

New version of Power IQ introduces advanced energy saving technologies for data center managers; enabling them to safely meet new industry-recommended temperature settings and remotely shut down underutilized servers

Raritan today introduced a major release of its award-winning Power IQ^® Energy Management software that helps data center and lab managers better understand environmental conditions at the rack in order to use power and cooling resources optimally without compromising performance.  

Al-Nahdi Medical Company ‘Switches’ to Brocade’s High-Performance Network Infrastructure to Support Aggressive Expansion Plan

12 Oct 2010

Leading Saudi Arabia Based Pharmacy Chain Seeks to Drive Business Efficiency and Application Performance.

L7 Solutions Deploys Nimsoft Monitoring Solution to Support Cloud Computing and Vblock Deployments

12 Oct 2010

Infrastructure-as-a-Service Provider Delivers Added Value with 24/7 Monitoring And Customized Reporting to Key Clients.

RSA Research Readies Global Enterprises for New Era of Compliance

12 Oct 2010

Sweeping Changes in Compliance Landscape Mark End of Business as Usual; Top Security Officers Share Strategies for an Age of Escalating Scrutiny.

Cisco and Slumberland Inc. to Showcase Use of Cisco Data Center Solutions for Retail Industry

12 Oct 2010

Live IPTV Broadcast to Highlight Slumberland Inc.'s Deployment of Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco MDS Storage Director and Microsoft Virtualization.

Force10 Networks Broadens Reseller Agreement With IBM

12 Oct 2010

S-Series™ S60 top-of-rack Gigabit Ethernet access switch now certified on IBM iDataPlex solutions

Force10 Networks today announced that its S-Series™ S60 access switch has been certified to interoperate with IBM's iDataPlex servers and clusters. By certifying the S60 top-of-rack (ToR) GbE switch for integration with iDataPlex technology, IT managers can now leverage Force10’s open network automation functionality to gain greater data center efficiency and agility. IBM plans to provide support for the S60 and the Force10 ExaScale™ virtualized core switch/routers.

UNFI Teams with EMC to Enhance Sustainability and Data Availability While Supporting Business Growth

11 Oct 2010

Largest Distributor of Organic and Natural Foods Drives Data Center Efficiency with New Virtualization and Data Protection Strategy.

LogRhythm Helps Commidea Streamline Log Data Operations And Improve PCI DSS Operations

11 Oct 2010

Card Payments Specialist Sees Rapid Return on Investment and Enhanced Service thanks to Award-Winning Automated Log Management Solution

LogRhythm, the company that makes log data useful, has helped Commidea, a market leading card payment solutions provider, to enhance its operations thanks to a swift and seamless integration of LogRhythm technology into its new data centre.  

Metro Bank Reveals its Recipe for IT Innovation: niu Solutions

11 Oct 2010

New Generation of High Street Banking Demands niu Know How

 niu Solutions today unveils its marquee customer, Metro Bank, the UK’s first High Street bank to launch in over 100 years.  Based on a multi million pound ‘pay-as-you-grow’ managed services contract, niu Solutions designed, built, and manages the retail bank’s entire ICT infrastructure, including on-site and hosted voice, data, virtual desktop, mobility, connectivity, website, user helpdesk, and data centre services. 

Colt partners with InfoGuard to deliver first European 'carrier grade' managed encryption network service

11 Oct 2010

Low latency layer-2-encryption helps customer ensure security of data-in-transit and meet new European Commission e-Privacy Directive

InfoGuard AG, the Swiss expert in high-performance encryption solutions, has announced a formal partnership with Colt who will use InfoGuard layer-2-encryption as part of a new managed service across its entire European Ethernet and high speed networks. Colt will offer InfoGuard Encryption as an integrated part of their HSS (High Speed Service) service although each client will retain control over encryption keys to ensure the highest level of security.

Interxion Extends Zurich Data Centre, Upgrades Power

08 Oct 2010

Interxion has announced that the first phase of a major expansion and upgrade of its ZUR1 data centre in Zurich-Glattbrugg is now complete, meeting growing customer demand for high-power-density colocation infrastructure.

IBM Announces New Storage Systems Designed to Increase Efficiency

08 Oct 2010

Optimised for Workloads such as Transaction Processing & Analytics Continues to Invest in Storage Innovation to Help Clients Speed Delivery of Data for New Workloads.

BT benefits Norfolk schools

08 Oct 2010

BT has signed a contract with Norfolk County Council Children’s Services to provide a Virtual Data Centre (VDC) service which will help them manage their ICT (Information and communication technologies) overheads by moving applications, storage and security into the cloud. The VDC service removes the need for physical hardware and will free up resources, enabling learning services to be provided to over 100,000 pupils and students in more than 400 schools across Norfolk.

Emerson Network Power Unveils Next Generation Data Centre Infrastructure Management Solution

08 Oct 2010

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, has introduced Avocent Data Center Planner, a visual infrastructure planning and management software solution within Emerson Network Power’s strategic framework for data centre optimization.

Siemon introduces new low power QSFP+ 40Gb/s active optical cabling for high performance data centre applications

08 Oct 2010

Siemon has introduced its new line of four lane QSFP+ 40Gb/s active optical cabling assemblies, designed to support interconnect applications such as high-performance computing (HPC), enterprise networking and network storage systems.  These high-speed interconnects are a part of Siemon’s Moray™ Active Optical Cabling (AOC) product family and expand Siemon’s extensive portfolio of copper and fibre data centre cabling solutions.   

IGEL integrates Citrix Access Gateway client to manage access control and enable users to work securely from any location

07 Oct 2010

Integration provides IGEL Linux customers access to the full range of functionality in Citrix Access Gateway Standard Edition

IGEL Technology has announced that it has integrated the Citrix Access Gateway™ client into its Linux thin client firmware to allow IT administrators to better manage access control and enable users to work more securely from any location. Available immediately, the client allows IGEL devices to be used in conjunction with Citrix Access Gateway Standard Edition and all the management and user functionality it offers. The announcement will be made at Citrix Synergy Berlin (Oct. 6-8), the technology conference focused on virtualization, cloud computing and networking information to help customers build a simpler and more cost-effective IT environment.

New solutions simplify deployment, improve security and accelerate performance of applications

06 Oct 2010

HP has announced new Converged Infrastructure solutions in networking, security and scalable computing that significantly enhance the delivery of application services to business.

Survey reveals widespread and accelerating enterprise adoption of private clouds

06 Oct 2010

Novell  has announced the results of a new Harris Interactive survey of more than 200 IT leaders at large enterprise organisations. The survey, sponsored by Novell, reveals much broader adoption of cloud computing than has been suggested by previous research, and shows accelerating momentum behind developing private cloud infrastructures. The research strongly suggests cloud computing -- both public and private -- will be an increasing part of the mix of resources deployed by enterprise IT organisations, and that companies are particularly interested in simplifying management across their integrated physical, virtual and cloud environments.

Scality to develop Cloud Storage services for Tiscali

06 Oct 2010

Tiscali, one of the main independent Telecommunication companies in Italy, has selected Scality and its object-based RING storage platform to develop its own public cloud service platform in Italy.

Force10 Introduces High Performance 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet Top-of-Rack Switch

06 Oct 2010

S55 switch offers non-blocking performance, energy efficient design and advanced network automation features for dynamic data center environments

Force10 Networks today announced the extension of its S-Series™ family with the new S55 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) top-of-rack (ToR) access switch. Optimized for data center environments, the new S55 provides a resilient and energy-efficient hardware design that delivers non-blocking, line-rate switching performance as well as support for the Force10 Open Automation Framework to make virtualized data center environments more responsive and manageable.

The most energy efficient colocation facility in Europe

06 Oct 2010

Custodian Data Centre, based at The Maidstone TV Studios in Kent, are regularly returning PUE figures under 1.2, with figures during some weeks as low as 1.149. As holder of The Data Centre Leaders ‘Green Data Centre’ award, they are a fine example of how most facilities could achieve greater efficiencies with a fresh approach to cooling. The impressive thing is that these figures are achieved in a colocation environment where a variety of clients needs have to be met, as opposed to a single client site. The system has been designed to cope with the high power density (64+ Amps per rack) that is available within the facility.

IBM to acquire BLADE Network Technologies

05 Oct 2010

Technology to further optimize IBM servers for cloud computing, analytics and other new workloads.

Emerson Network Power unveils next generation data center infrastructure management solution

05 Oct 2010

Avocent Data Center Planner (formerly Avocent Mergepoint Infrastructure Explorer) enables companies to more efficiently manage their data centers.

EMC delivers integrated backup products

05 Oct 2010

EMC has announced the availability of new EMC® NetWorker® backup software integrated with EMC Data Domain® Boost software.  The integration of these products dramatically increases backup speeds and simplifies configuration and management.  The NetWorker Management Console now offers control for the full range of Data Domain system functionality, including Data Domain replication for scheduling and monitoring of backups at all sites.  EMC also announced new productivity enhancements for NetWorker users, such as checkpoint restart, simplified cloning and new disk load balancing and space management capabilities.

Mimecast Makes Email Easy for Macmillan Cancer Support

04 Oct 2010

Mimecast today announced that it has been selected by leading charity Macmillan Cancer Support to provide  email services to the organisation’s 950 users.  

8el & Redstor Partnership Offers New Data Back-up Service

04 Oct 2010

8el partners with Redstor to expand its service offering to include online data backup

Redstor has today announced its partnership with 8el. partnership will allow 8el to resell Redstor’s online backup service to UK based customers in order to meet their specific business communication needs.

CSC selects Interxion to support Managed Services

01 Oct 2010

Interxion says that CSC, the world's third-largest IT outsourcing specialist, has selected its Austrian facility to support CSC's Managed Services operations.

Bloomberg-Equinix partnership boosts customer speed and efficiency

01 Oct 2010

Colocation and Interconnectivity benefits Bloomberg data services and Bloomberg Tradebook customers.

TelecityGroup hosts Milan Internet Exchange

01 Oct 2010

Growing Italian digital economy to be supported by Italy’s biggest Internet Exchange.

Fujitsu launches On-Demand IaaS Public Cloud service

01 Oct 2010

Fujitsu has announced the availability of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in Japan, starting October 1, 2010. This new IaaS public cloud service will enable customers to utilize servers and other ICT infrastructure across a network on an on-demand basis.

i/o Data Centers maintains always-on availability

01 Oct 2010

Leading provider of colocation and data center services, i/o Data Centers (“i/o”) is using BMC Software’s (NASDAQ: BMC) Service Desk Express Suite to help maintain its commitment of being always-on during a time of phenomenal growth and heavy demand.

Dell launches Virtual Integrated System Architecture

01 Oct 2010

New capabilities continue to support heterogeneous server, storage, networking and multi-hypervisor environments to help customers extend legacy investments and deploy best-of-breed technologies.

ISF announces 10 future threat scenarios in Threat Horizon 2012 report

01 Oct 2010

Globalisation, cultural change and infrastructure weaknesses all underlying drivers

The Information Security Forum (ISF) has announced its predictions for the 10 most likely threat scenarios that organisations face in the future.  According to its new Threat Horizon 2012 report, the rapid adoption of cloud computing, increasing use of mobile devices, growth of cybercrime and online espionage, and the merging of home and work life, all have a role to play in future risk management and contingency planning.

GreenQloud taps Scality's technology to launch world's first truly green cloud service

30 Sep 2010

GreenQloud's service powered solely by Icelandic geothermal- and hydropower

GreenQloud has announced a technology partnership with Scality, the pioneer of object-based cloud storage. The move will allow the Icelandic cloud service provider to launch its range of groundbreaking services later this year to users around the world.

New research report shows financial firms lack sufficient infrastructure for growing data and analytics demand

30 Sep 2010

More than half of firms plan to add cluster, grid and cloud resources to immediately improve analytical processing needs

Two-thirds of financial services firms fear their analytics programmes and infrastructures will not be able to handle increasing analytical complexity and data volume, according to a just-released Research Report, featuring a survey of financial services professionals and conducted by Wall Street & Technology in conjunction with Platform Computing, SAS and The TABB Group. 

CISO of eBay to Share Cloud Computing Tips at ISACA’s Information Security and Risk Management Conference in Vienna

30 Sep 2010

Cloud computing and virtualization offer incredible opportunities to today's business, and the risks and benefits are being hotly debated worldwide. To help IT and business leaders determine the best choice for their organization, ISACA will feature in-depth cloud computing guidance at its Information Security and Risk Management (ISRM) Conference in Vienna, Austria, from 3-5 November 2010.

Siemon products support new IEEE 802.3ba Ethernet standard

30 Sep 2010

The recently ratified IEEE 802.3ba Standard specifies 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Ethernet applications for deployment over optical fibre cabling and high speed interconnect assemblies.

nlyte Software continues European expansion with new partnership

29 Sep 2010

nlyte signs blue-infinity as Regional Implementation Partner and Launches Partnership at Geneva Event with Dutch Police Spokesperson

Following the appointment of Grant Bilbow as Vice President of France and Southern Europe in July 2010, nlyte Software has signed blue-infinity (b-i) as the region’s main implementation partner.  blue-infinity will work alongside nlyte and BMC, nlyte’s global reseller partner to implement and integrate nlyte’s software across the region.

Optimising global online trading

28 Sep 2010

Capital Fund Management (CFM), a Paris-based global financial investment management company, has deployed a "new network" data center running the Junos® operating system to optimize its global trading infrastructure.

Simplification and consolidation

28 Sep 2010

HP has announced integrated solutions that simplify operations and accelerate IT resource consolidation, enabling clients to streamline their delivery of mission-critical application services.

Enabling data centre transformation

28 Sep 2010

Hitachi Data Systems says that it has further solidified its position as the leader in storage virtualisation with a series of announcements that represents a major milestone in the company’s vision of data centre transformation.

PLug and play data centres

28 Sep 2010

Panduit is partnering with IBM to bring large modular, plug and play data centres to market.

Magirus opens up European SME data centre market with launch of vBundles

28 Sep 2010

Lower price point allows resellers to address wider section of the data centre and cloud-based computing market.

Magirus has launched across Europe its vBundle unified data centre offers, aimed specifically at the Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) data centre market. The competitively-priced vBundles comprise a series of industry-leading computing, network, storage and data management technologies from VMware, Cisco and EMC, all integrated and pre-configured for resellers.

Raritan Introduces Economical Intelligent Rack PDU with True kWh Energy Metering

28 Sep 2010

New PX-1000 Series delivers cost-effective energy intelligence to data centers

Raritan today added a new family of intelligent rack power distribution units (PDU), the Raritan PX-1000 Series, to its power management portfolio.   Setting a new performance standard, the high-quality, metered-PDU PX-1000 comes with built-in intelligence, integrated support for optional environment sensors, Web-based energy performance tracking capabilities and a multitude of security features.  

RackSpace API compatibility added by CloudSigma

27 Sep 2010

CloudSigma AG today announced the launch of a new RackSpace API emulator for its customers. The API emulator is designed to extend compatibility of its cloud to the RackSpace API which also forms the basis of the new OpenStack initiative.

Q1 Labs Introduces Real-Time Social Media Monitoring and Correlation in Latest Version of Security Intelligence Platform

27 Sep 2010

QRadar Security Intelligence Platform 7.0 Utilizes Native Content-Aware DPI and Anomaly Detection to Provide Pinpoint Visibility of Social Media Activity at the Application and User Levels

Q1 Labs today announced it has introduced the next version of its security information and event management (SIEM) product, QRadar 7.0, complete with the ability to monitor activity on social media platforms and multimedia applications such as Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, LinkedIn and Skype, among others. 

IT Managers’ Migration Fears are Slowing Adoption of Exchange 2010

27 Sep 2010

New research finds the majority of organisations are planning to migrate to Microsoft Exchange 2010 but uncertainty remains over the need to upgrade existing hardware and software

Mimecast today announced the results of The Exchange Report, an exclusive study examining the IT department’s attitude to Microsoft Exchange and plans for future email strategies. The Exchange Report, sponsored by Mimecast, is based upon a survey of 250 IT decision makers at large UK organisations.  

Interxion Appointed Co-Chair of the Green Grid’s European Communications Committee

24 Sep 2010

Interxion has announced that Director of Corporate Communications, Ali Moinuddin has been appointed by the Green Grid as co-chair of its European Communications Committee. Moinuddin’s new role will encompass creating awareness of advanced energy efficiency in data centres and the broader ecosystem of business computing amongst the pan-European community.

YRC Worldwide scales out supply chain operations with Isilon

24 Sep 2010

Leading Transportation Service Provider Deploys Isilon Scale-Out Storage to Simplify Virtualized Environment, Improving Data Availability while Reducing Capital and Operating Costs

Isilon has deployed Isilon scale-out storage to help power its supply chain management operations. Using Isilon’s X-Series, powered by the OneFS® operating system, YRC Worldwide has consolidated its VMware-based servers and file-based user shares onto a single file system, simplifying both data and virtual server management. By using Isilon to eliminate the data fragmentation and complex LUN management common with traditional SAN systems in virtualized environments, YRC Worldwide has improved data availability and application performance, while reducing capital and operating costs.    

Oracle unveils Exalogic Elastic Cloud

23 Sep 2010

The world’s only integrated middleware machine delivers unprecedented Java application performance.

HP delivers Private Cloud solutions for Oracle Applications

23 Sep 2010

HP has announced integrated private cloud solutions customized for Oracle applications that significantly shorten and simplify the deployment process.

Oracle outlines next major release of Oracle Solaris

23 Sep 2010

Oracle Solaris 11 Express to include advanced technology features and new Partner Program – paving the way for Oracle Solaris 11 in 2011.

Cloud-Computing Services represents 10 per cent of spending on external IT Services in 2010

23 Sep 2010

Cloud-computing services consumed from external service providers (ESPs) are estimated to be 10.2 per cent of the spending on external IT services, according to a worldwide survey by Gartner, Inc.

AccelOps Advances Integrated Data Center And Cloud Monitoring For Service Providers And Large Enterprises

22 Sep 2010

AccelOps has announced expansion into the service provider and large enterprise markets with the release of AccelOps SP (Service Provider) edition. The platform provides extensive visibility, proactive alerting, analytics flexibility and service insight for managing multiple customers/divisions across on-premise, off-premise and cloud environments. AccelOps delivers an intelligent and cost-effective means to meet service levels, increase efficiency and capitalize on new service delivery opportunities for service providers and large enterprises.

Scality Launches Open Source Cloud Program with $100,000 Incentive Fund for Software Developers

22 Sep 2010

Scality has announced plans to open-source the Software Development Kit (SDK) of its patented RING technology. As a kickoff incentive, Scality is offering contributing developers bounties from a $100,000 USD fund.

SGI announces new high performance storage platform

21 Sep 2010

SGI InfiniteStorage 16000 Accelerates Applications with Extreme IOPS and Throughput; Excels in Transactional and Unstructured Data Environments

SGI today announced the release of the SGI InfiniteStorage 16000, the next generation of high performance storage platforms aimed at mixed workload environments.

The Bunker ranks highly in Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100

21 Sep 2010

The Bunker has been named as one of Britain’s most successful technology businesses in the 2010 Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100. The Tech Track 100 ranks Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies.

Interoute extends presence to Russia as demand for next-generation connectivity grows

21 Sep 2010

Interoute opens new Moscow office to deliver network solutions to domestic and international markets

Interoute today announced it has extended its presence into Russia in response to increasing demand for next generation connectivity and telecommunication services in the region. The opening of a new office in Russia and the appointment of a Russia and CIS Country Manager, Elena Chernykh, will enable Interoute to meet the demand of both international companies looking for connectivity in the region and carriers looking for a high speed connection between the East and West.

AboveNet Expands to Key European Markets

20 Sep 2010

AboveNet today announced it is expanding its international network to key European markets with growing demand for dedicated, high performance and high-bandwidth services. Customers will be able to connect seamlessly between the U.S., London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Paris.

New technology to cut storage costs by up to 70 per cent

20 Sep 2010

City of London shows SMEs the way, choosing Intelligent Clustered Storage™ for the London Metropolitan Archive

The cost of data storage for UK SMEs drops dramatically this week as Scale Computing makes its third-generation storage solutions available in the UK and Europe.

Missouri lease agreement

17 Sep 2010

Digital Realty Trust has signed a Powered Base Building lease agreement totalling approximately totaling14,000 square feet with Hosting Solutions International HHHHat Digital Realty Trust’s property in St. Louis, Missouri.

Internet Exchange doubles network capacity

17 Sep 2010

To cope with the surging appetite for bandwidth and today’s 24/7 Internet culture, the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX), one of the world’s largest Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), has doubled its network capacity by deploying new Brocade MLXe Core Routers as part of a core infrastructure upgrade.

High density router

17 Sep 2010

The new Brocade MLXe router and IEEE standards-based 100 GbE blade deliver on the four value propositions of the Brocade One™ unified network vision: non-stop networking, investment protection, unmatched simplicity and application optimization. These value propositions align to today’s customer imperatives and help them remain ahead of the innovation curve by providing a clear growth path for next-generation networks.

Brocade introduces Unified Network Management Platform

17 Sep 2010

The Brocade Network Advisor is a new platform that provides a single, easy-to-use management solution across Brocade Fibre Channel SANs, IP networks, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) networks, wireless networks and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks.

The Bunker adds an Ultra Secure lining with its Secure Hybrid Cloud proposition

16 Sep 2010

The Bunker is pleased to announce its Secure Hybrid Cloud proposition, delivering all the benefits of a scalable and flexible hosting environment, but with the ultra secure peace of mind afforded by a solid SLA (Service Level Agreement) and years of experience delivering security and business continuity.

Montagu Private Equity acquires leading hosting provider - Webfusion

16 Sep 2010

Webfusion has today announced that it is to be acquired by leading European private equity investor Montagu Private Equity. The acquisition will help Webfusion to expand internationally and supports its company vision of bringing the world’s ideas online.

Teradata-DataFlux Collaboration Helps Companies Better Manage Rising Data Volumes

16 Sep 2010

New initiative combines Teradata enterprise intelligence systems with DataFlux data quality technologies for master data management

DataFlux and Teradata today announced a partnership agreement for the Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) region which will integrate DataFlux data quality technology in Teradata data warehousing and master data management (MDM) environments. The solution is a joint offering that will enable organisations to more effectively manage growing volumes of detailed enterprise data accurately, reliably and consistently.

Cisco expands data centre portfolio

15 Sep 2010

Cisco has introduced Unified Network Services, which are designed to deliver any network service in any environment and in any form factor, and Unified Fabric and Unified Computing enhancements to deliver increased deployment flexibility, simplicity and cost-effectiveness. Cisco also unveiled new professional services that help partners and customers realize the full value of their Cisco Data Center Business Advantage investments.

“Hybrid cloud model will help the channel grow as IT evolves” says Influential entrepreneur

15 Sep 2010

Kristof De Spiegeleer, Chairman of the Board, Zenith Infotech Europe to present the case for innovative channel focused technology at upcoming cloud computing forum

Serial entrepreneur and high-tech visionary Kristof De Spiegeleer will give his first UK presentation in many years at the upcoming Cloud Computing Forum 2010 this September. De Spiegeleer will outline a counterpoint to the hype over cloud computing that suggests that a hybrid model using an innovative new class of customer premises “appliance” is vital for the adoption by small and medium business in partnership with the channel.

Qualcomm Selects Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization as its Strategic Virtualization Platform

15 Sep 2010

Wireless leader builds on its use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Red Hat's virtualization portfolio

RedHat today announced that Qualcomm Incorporated has adopted Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization as a key virtualization platform for its production workloads.

AMS-IX Doubles Network Capacity and Paves Way to 100 GbE with Brocade

15 Sep 2010

New Brocade MLXe Core Router helps leading Internet Exchange Point cope with close to a Terabit per second (Tbps) of Internet traffic, providing a seamless upgrade path to 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and future-proofing the network

To cope with the surging appetite for bandwidth and today’s 24/7 Internet culture, the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX), one of the world’s largest Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), has doubled its network capacity by deploying new Brocade® MLXe Core Routers (see separate press release) as part of a core infrastructure upgrade. This effort future-proofs the network while enhancing operational stability and providing a seamless, cost-effective path for high-density deployment of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) technology.

Glowpoint aligns with Equinix

14 Sep 2010

Glowpoint, a provider of managed services for telepresence and video conferencing, has signed an alliance agreement with Equinix to offer carriers direct access to Glowpoint’s managed video services through the Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange, the only private Layer 2 Carrier Ethernet Exchange that offers Ethernet-based services across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

AVAST Software crosses the 130 million user threshold

14 Sep 2010

AVAST Software gained its 130 millionth user at 7:52:52 (Central European Time) on September 7, when Francisco F. completed his registration for avast! Free Antivirus.

“We crossed the 130 million user threshold for three simple reasons: avast! is certifiably effective, our users like how avast! protects them from malware, and then they recommend that their friends try us,” said Vince Steckler, CEO of AVAST Software.

Trovus Signs Partnership with Lucid Solutions to deliver a first in web and business intelligence for the Legal and PS marketplace

14 Sep 2010

Trovis today announced a Business Partnership with Lucid Solutions, providers of Business Intelligence analysis and measurement solutions to Legal and Professional Services sectors. The Partnership has been formed to deliver a new innovative solution to Legal and Professional Services organisations enabling them to easily identify valued clients, while significantly decreasing client churn and increasing profitability. The solution will include monitoring and statistical capabilities to measure success rates.

Survey Reveals Concern About Storage Costs

14 Sep 2010

A survey conducted by BlueSquare Data has revealed that almost two thirds of data centre clients believe that the cost of storing increasing amounts of data will pose a major challenge over the next two years. With data growth and its associated costs causing such concern, it's no surprise that affordability remains an important factor when it comes to data centre selection for an astounding 97 per cent of respondents.

Integrated business approach key to data centre measurement and optimisation

14 Sep 2010

Businesses need to take an integrated approach if they are to truly understand the environmental and financial impact of their IT infrastructure according to Mike West, Managing Director of Keysource. Speaking at the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme – What You Need to Know seminar – held at the HQ of Hammonds solicitors in the City of London – he explained that organisations needed to work together across all areas of the business to measure the actual cost of their data centre usage and potentially reduce their entire energy consumption by as much as 25 per cent.

IPC Collaborates with Interxion to Accelerate European Expansion of its Global Financial Connectivity Infrastructure

14 Sep 2010

Interxion to host IPC Electronic Connectivity Services infrastructure in London and Vienna to continue to position IPC customers at the heart of European financial markets

Interxion have announced that IPC will locate its core Electronic Connectivity Services (ECS) infrastructure at Interxion’s Financial Hubs located in London and Vienna. IPC’s expanded presence in Europe will strengthen the company’s capability to support growing demand for its portfolio of Electronic Connectivity Services, and will help position its customers at the heart of Europe’s financial markets.

BMC Software Helps Harness the Cloud with Dynamic Workload Management

14 Sep 2010

BMC Control-M automates the management of dynamic and static workloads, assuring business needs are met in physical, virtual and cloud environments and new solution enables and manages workloads running in the cloud through the use of virtualization technologies.

BMC today announced BMC Control-M 7, a new version of the industry-leading solution that automates the management of dynamic and static workloads across applications as well as physical, virtual and cloud platforms, making sure business needs are met – regardless of how complex or unpredictable they may be.

Global finance company signs with DRT

13 Sep 2010

Digital Realty Trust has signed a Turn-Key Datacentre^® lease agreement with a global financial services company for a new datacentre in a Digital Realty Trust property in London.

Harte-Hanks Trillium Software Unveils Latest Version Of Trillium Software System To Help Companies Achieve Data Certainty

13 Sep 2010

New user interface enhances business users’ and data stewards’ ability to collaborate on information quality initiatives, and monitor data governance and operational business processes

Trilium Software announced today its latest version of the Trillium Software System®. This newly-released software platform provides an easy-to-navigate interface which supports the data lifecycle methodology that companies engage in to “Discover, Develop, Deploy and Manage” their information quality initiatives.

Isislon accelerates time-to-market for media and broadcast production

10 Sep 2010

ABC, Clear Channel, CTV, Dailymotion, Lightstorm Entertainment, NBC Universal, Orange, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Travel Channel and Turner Studios Among Leading Media and Broadcast Companies Using Isilon Scale-Out Storage to Simplify Content Management and Reduce Costs

From the International Broadcasters Conference (IBC), Isilon today announced that ABC, Clear Channel, CTV, Dailymotion, Lightstorm Entertainment, NBC Universal, Orange, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Travel Channel and Turner Studios are among leading media and broadcast companies using Isilon scale-out storage to simplify content management for media production workflows, reducing costs and accelerating time-to-market.

Interxion Partners with France’s Largest Internet Exchange, France-IX

10 Sep 2010

Interxion announced today that France-IX, the largest Internet exchange in France, is now operational in its Paris data centres.

ControlCircle awarded ISO/IEC 27001:20005 certification for its UK operations

10 Sep 2010

ControlCircle today announced the company has achieved the ISO/IEC 27001:20005 certification for information management and physical security at its UK operations centres. The internationally-recognised standard provides assurance that ControlCircle maintains the highest levels of security for its clients’ information assets. The award is part of an ongoing process to achieve ISO 27001 accreditation at all ControlCircle sites as the firm expands its global footprint deeper into Europe, North America and in the Asia Pacific.

China Mobile Shaanxi selects Juniper Networks for data center network

09 Sep 2010

The Shaanxi provincial arm of China Mobile has upgraded its Internet data center with Juniper's New Network based on the Junos® operating system to ensure the subscriber experience and improve the economics of the rapidly growing network. The deployment of Juniper Networks' routers, switches and security solutions provides China Mobile Shaanxi with a high-performance, low-latency and energy-efficient data center fabric with ample scalability and security to meet the expanding bandwidth and service delivery needs of their subscribers.

Fujitsu America introduces Green IT solutions

09 Sep 2010

Fujitsu has introduced the new QuickStart assessment and Green IT Delivery Solution services that deliver actionable plans for reducing enterprise customers' IT energy costs by 20 percent on average and supporting their corporate sustainability efforts, including reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions.

Force10 unplugs the competition in data centre energy consumption; It's switch/routers consume up to 52% less power than largest competitor

08 Sep 2010

Independent testing by The Tolly Group shows the significant advantage Force10 offers over Cisco and Juniper for data centres looking to earn an Energy Star rating or implementing energy-efficiency measures to lower power and cooling costs.

Force10 today announced that its ExaScale E-Series chassis-based core switch/router consumed significantly less power than comparable Cisco and Juniper switches based on independent tests conducted by The Tolly Group and compared to vendor-published data. This demonstrated power savings advantage in both Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 10 GbE line-rate switching configurations enables data centres to lower energy consumption and related costs, and can contribute toward earning the recently announced data centre Energy Star rating.

ACTIV Financial Continues to Expand its Global Offering with Low Latency Market Data Access and Delivery at Interxion City of London Data Centre

08 Sep 2010

Interxion today announced that ACTIV Financial, a leading global provider of fully managed low-latency market data solutions, is to house its ticker plant and aggregated market data feeds at Interxion’s City of London data centre.

Trans Data Management partners with The Bunker to provide IP-based Alarm Signalling System

07 Sep 2010

The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd has announced that Trans Data Management Ltd (TDM) has chosen The Bunker to host AlarmLink, an integrated alarm signalling and management system.

Zeus makes Cloud Balancing and Bursting a reality

07 Sep 2010

The newly released Zeus Elastic Application Delivery platform enables enterprises to deliver fast, secure and available applications across any combination of Physical, Virtual and Cloud IT infrastructures

Zeus Technology today announces the general availability of the Zeus Elastic Application Delivery (ZEAD) platform. The solution enables organisations to deliver fast, secure and available applications across any combination of Physical, Virtual and Cloud infrastructures.

Higbie forecasts for the future of data centres at DatacenterExpo in Düsseldorf

07 Sep 2010

Infrastructure thought leader and data centre expert, Carrie Higbie of Siemon, is due to speak on the topic of the changing face of the data centre in light of new technologies at the forthcoming DatacenterExpo event in Düsseldorf on 17 September 2010. Her talk will focus on the impact of cloud computing, virtualisation, consolidation and higher bandwidth demand technologies on the data centre environment.

CRC registration red tape could cost UK business up to £1.5 million in fines

06 Sep 2010

More than 3,000 UK businesses face heavy penalties if they miss the September 30th deadline

UK business is failing to grasp the urgency of the impending Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme registration deadline on September 30th 2010. Failure to meet the deadline, due to inaction or the scheme’s application processes could result in a maximum fine of £45,000.

EMC transforms management of the Private Cloud

03 Sep 2010

Further powering its customers' journey to the private cloud, EMC has announced the beta program for EMC Ionix Unified Infrastructure Manager 2.0. This new offering completely transforms infrastructure management by unifying, and making service-driven, the management of network, compute and storage layers. Ionix UIM 2.0 will empower companies to more easily make the transition from physical to virtual to private cloud infrastructures by unifying and automating the management of Vblock™ Infrastructure Packages, an element of the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition formed by Cisco, EMC, and VMware.

California Agency taps IBM and Pancetera Software to support state-wide emergency services

03 Sep 2010

With built-in intelligence to reduce data transfer, a new solution speeds Agency's backup of virtual machines.

Security is a primary business objective

03 Sep 2010

Altor Networks, a leading innovator and provider of security for virtualized data centers and clouds, together with Juniper Networks have announced the results of a jointly conducted survey at the VMworld show floor. The survey, which garnered responses from the representatives of over 200 firms at San Francisco's Moscone-hosted VMworld 2010, found over 77% of respondents have security intensive environments with over 90% of workloads requiring protection.

Symantec solutions give customers the confidence to virtualize

02 Sep 2010

Symantec has announced key technology developments designed to help customers more effectively deploy, protect and manage their essential applications and databases running in virtual environments. Security, availability and data protection challenges have restrained many organizations from realizing the full benefits of virtualization for the applications that are critical to their businesses, including CRM, ERP and email.

EMC reduces TCO for virtual desktops 60 percent

02 Sep 2010

EMC has announced a comprehensive portfolio of services and solutions for VMware View 4.5 to help customers accelerate deployment of virtual desktop environments. By centralizing the management of desktops and deploying those virtually with VMware View 4.5 businesses can avoid much of the cost and expense associated with traditional desktop management. EMC reduces storage costs by 60 percent and decreases physical space and power required by 90 percent while, at the same time, maintaining high desktop performance levels.

Cisco announces intent to acquire Arch Rock

02 Sep 2010

Cisco has announced its intent to acquire privately held Arch Rock Corporation, a pioneer in Internet Protocol-based wireless network technology for smart-grid applications. Based in San Francisco, Arch Rock will accelerate Cisco's ability to facilitate the utility industry's transition to an open and interoperable smart grid by enabling Cisco to offer a comprehensive and highly secure advanced metering infrastructure solution that is fully IP and open-standards based.

TX deploys Juniper Networks end-to-end networking solution

02 Sep 2010

STX Corporation, one of Korea's leading conglomerates, has deployed a complete high-performance networking solution running on the Junos® operating system at a new state-of-the-art office block near key production facilities in Kyungnam region. Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches and SRX Series Services Gateways installed in the STX Institute of Technology enable STX to increase organizational agility and scale operations while maintaining low operational overheads.

CiRBA announces enterprise-class analytics platform for capacity & efficiency management

01 Sep 2010

CiRBA Version 6.0 adds unique cross-functional dashboards to enable executives, capacity managers, and operations to collectively manage efficiency and risk across physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure.

Datalink awarded $8 million project by global consulting and software company

01 Sep 2010

Datalink has been awarded an $8 million project with a Midwestern global IT consulting and software company. Datalink will optimize this client's disaster recovery (DR) capabilities via disk-based, site-to-site replication technologies. In addition, Datalink will consolidate and virtualize this client's data center storage infrastructure, making it more agile and easier to manage. In addition to hardware and software, this award includes Datalink professional services and customer support.

Equinix plans to build $63 million International Business Exchange data center In Hong Kong

01 Sep 2010

The second Hong Kong data center will service strong demand from the banking and financial market participants and the expansion of cloud and IT service providers.

Trust issues apparent despite increasing demand for data centre advice

01 Sep 2010

Sentrum research shows that large UK companies want consultancy, but most will ignore the advice given

Sentrum has today released new research findings which show an increasing use of consultants for the design and specification of data centre facilities. Yet despite this growth, there remains a poor level of trust in the advice given by these consultants. 97% of the UK businesses which took part in the survey admitted that they had in fact ignored some or all of the advice they received.

Core Consultancy experience strong demand for SME focused Business Continuity Managed Service

01 Sep 2010

DataSafe customers grow by 22% in last quarter, 100TB EMC storage added to off-site vaulting, performance improved by move to iomart datacenters and addition of new channel partners highlights business expansion

Core Consultancy has announced its strongest quarter of growth with a 22% increase in customers prompting the firm to expand its offsite storage and switch to a more scalable datacenter environment with iomart.

Citrix expands leadership in Open Cloud Computing

31 Aug 2010

Citrix Systems has announced several key additions to its Citrix OpenCloud™infrastructure platform for cloud providers. The new enhancements raise the bar in cloud interoperability, scalability and self-service – further extending the company’s leadership position as the most widely deployed provider of virtualization and networking solutions for the open cloud. To further accelerate its OpenCloud strategy, Citrix also announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VMLogix, a leading provider of virtualization management for private and public clouds.

Mellanox InfiniBand selected by Goethe University of Frankfurt to accelerate vast range of scientific applications

31 Aug 2010

Mellanox® Technologies' industry-leading end-to-end 40Gb/s InfiniBand connectivity products, including ConnectX®-2 (LoM) adapters, IS5030 and IS5035 switches and cables, provide the high-performance server and storage networking for Goethe University’s Hessian high-performance computer (HHLR-GU) “LOEWE-CSC” supercomputer.

Virtensys adds new I/O virtualization solution

31 Aug 2010

Virtensys has expanded its product offerings with the introduction of the VIO-4004, a high-performance I/O virtualization system that consolidates and virtualizes network connectivity to a rack of servers and provides up to 80 Gbps of sustained Ethernet bandwidth per server.

Tufin Technologies “HACKING HABITS” survey cites misconfigured networks as the main cause of breaches

31 Aug 2010

Survey Taken at DEF CON18 Reveals Overwhelming Majority of IT Security Professionals Think a Badly Configured Network is the Main Cause of Network Breaches Because IT “Don’t Know What to Look For”

Tufin Technologies today announced the results of its annual “Hacking Habits” survey, designed to better understand how trends in the hacking community impact corporate security teams. Responses from security professionals attending the DEF CON18 conference in Las Vegas last month revealed that 73% came across a misconfigured network more than three quarters of the time – which, according to 76% of the sample, was the easiest IT resource to exploit.

Quest Software Delivers Advanced Private Cloud Automation Platform

30 Aug 2010

Quest Cloud Automation Platform 7.5 Delivers Comprehensive Cloud Capacity Management, Self-Service-Enabled VM Migration, and Revamped Reporting with Chargeback

3PAR Utility Storage strengthens Nissho's support

26 Aug 2010

3PAR has joined forces with Nissho Electronics in Japan to address the needs of virtual datacenters and the cloud computing service business in Japan. As part of this enhanced partnership, Nissho has become the first member of the 3PAR Cloud-Agile Program in Japan to offer 3PAR Cloud-Agile: ASSURED disaster recovery services based on 3PAR Remote Copy.

'Direct attach' data centre architecture

26 Aug 2010

Extreme Networks and ecosystem partner Exar introduce ‘Direct Attach’ data centre solution supporting VMware virtualisation environments.

BlueSquare Data gives customers a taste of life in the fast lane

26 Aug 2010

BlueSquare Data is offering its co-location clients a novel way of boosting their profile on national TV, by giving them a co-branding opportunity on its Renault Clio racing cars. Comprised of Matt Munson, BlueSquare Data’s technical director, and Paul Rivett, two-times Clio Cup champion, the BlueSquare Data team is competing in the ELF Renault Clio Cup, part of the British Touring Car Championships.

Vigilante Bespoke strengthens ‘Cyber-Bodyguard’ system by partnering with The Bunker

26 Aug 2010

The Bunker, provider of Ultra* Secure Data Centres and Managed Services, has announced that Vigilante Bespoke has chosen The Bunker to host its ‘Cyber-Bodyguard’ personal digital security system. With a client list including celebrities, Premiership footballers, VIPs, and high net worth individuals, Vigilante Bespoke has selected The Bunker for the added value that its firm commitment to all aspects of security can bring to its own unrivalled digital security products.

Novell announces Cloud Security Service

25 Aug 2010

Novell has announced the general availability of Novell Cloud Security Service. Part of Novell’s WorkloadIQ product portfolio, Novell Cloud Security Service gives cloud providers the ability to deliver secure access and compliance in the cloud for their customers.

New VP sales & marketing for Raritan Europe

25 Aug 2010

Raritan has named Stuart Hopper as its new VP of Sales and Marketing, Europe. He will head up Raritan's European offices in The Netherlands, England, Germany and France, thereby replacing Gerard Heuvel who will be pursuing other interests.

USA.net simplifies compliance and e-Discovery with Isilon

25 Aug 2010

Leading Provider of Hosted Email and Email Compliance Solutions Uses Isilon Scale-Out Storage to Consolidate VMware Environment, Simplifying Virtual Server Management and Reducing Costs

Isilon today announced that USA.NET has deployed Isilon scale-out storage to power its Message Archival solutions. USA.NET’s rapid business growth required a move to a more efficient and flexible virtual environment that could ingest, parse, index and archive hundreds of millions of small files. Leveraging Isilon’s X-Series powered by the OneFS® operating system, USA.NET's Archival Services group consolidated its VMware-based servers and file-based storage onto a single file system, simplifying both data and virtual server management.

Kooperativa Förbundet Signs New Services Agreement with HP

25 Aug 2010

HP Enterprise Services has announced that Kooperativa Förbundet (KF), one of the leading supermarket companies in Sweden, has extended its existing relationship with Hewlett-Packard Sverige AB by signing a new five-year infrastructure services agreement. The new contract is designed to reduce complexity and improve the efficiency of KF’s technology environment.

Platform Computing introduces low cost starter pack for private cloud

25 Aug 2010

Platform ISF Starter Pack provides architects with an immediate private cloud sandbox with minimal risk or investment

Platform Computing today announced the availability of the Platform ISF Starter Pack, an out-of-the-box, end-to-end software product and services offering for companies to quickly set up a private cloud. It provides a low risk, low cost way to evaluate private cloud, enabling architects and IT managers to get a cloud sandbox environment up and running in less than 30 minutes. For only US$4,995, the Platform ISF Starter Pack includes a one-year Platform ISF license for 10 sockets, consulting, training and support.

CommScope Launches Global BusinessPartner Program, Connecting Network Infrastructure Solutions Leaders

25 Aug 2010

CommScope today launched its global BusinessPartner Program for 2011 and introduced its new Solution BusinessPartner accreditation.

CentraStage announces South African and New Zealand re-seller

25 Aug 2010

CentraStage today announced an international reseller agreement with South African based B-Logic and New Zealand based GoWorld. The agreement allows B-Logic and GoWorld to re-sell CentraStage remote device management services in each market.

Growth equity investor Summit Partners invests $100 million in AVAST Software

23 Aug 2010

Leading Antivirus Software Developer Positioned for Continued Growth

AVAST Software today announced that growth equity investor Summit Partners has invested $100 million for a minority stake in the company.

Stanford University accelerates research on solar variability

19 Aug 2010

The Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory Solar Observatories Group at Stanford University has selected SGI server and storage infrastructure to support the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) group's critical research on the origin of solar variability. The SDO strives to understand the characteristics of the Sun's interior and the components of its magnetic activity to help forecast space weather, and relies on SGI's technology to receive, process and archive massive amounts of data.

Zenith Infotech Europe signs first partners for "On-Premise Cloud" Appliance with integrated off-site managed services

19 Aug 2010

Leading Edge and Cloud.nl begin evaluation and customer trials for innovative turnkey solution to dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of buying, installing and managing an entire server, desktop, storage and networking architecture for small and medium business.

Zenith Infotech Europe has shipped the first production models of its revolutionary Smart Style Office product, the first “On-Premise Cloud” solution to provide a completely scalable IT environment from within a single device. SmartStyle Computing® is a private cloud solution, which replaces conventional hardware and infrastructure with virtual desktops, servers and networking. It includes advanced features that provide more reliability and flexibility than traditional IT systems: auto provisioning of servers/desktops, a built in dispersed storage SAN, 15 minute snapshotting, golden image technology, automatic failover, and much more! Following its tradition of creating Service Provider Enabling solutions, Zenith Infotech also bundles its full 24/7 monitoring & NOC.

Force10 Networks powers two of the world’s fastest supercomputers

18 Aug 2010

Force10 Networks' Ethernet switch/router solutions contribute significantly to the network performance of two of the world’s top five most powerful supercomputers, according to the most recent Top500.org list. The third-ranked supercomputer worldwide, Roadrunner, at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Germany’s Forschungszentrum Juelich, ranked fifth, both deploy the Force10 E-Series switch/router to provide dynamic connectivity to the supercomputer’s high-speed Ethernet networks.

Interxion opens sixth Frankfurt site

18 Aug 2010

Interxion has opened its sixth Frankfurt data centre. The new site will take Interxion’s total data centre footprint to 28 and reinforces the position of its Frankfurt facilities as Germany’s central data hub, connecting 200 of the 350 customers of DE-CIX, the Frankfurt-based German Internet exchange.

Synopsys selects Virtensys I/O

17 Aug 2010

Synopsys, a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, has successfully deployed the Virtensys I/O virtualization (IOV) solution in the company’s data center. The VIO-4001 IOV appliance met the performance requirements and delivered the full network connectivity bandwidth at 10 Gbps to standard server environment while reducing costs and complexity

IBM to deliver new POWER7 Systems

17 Aug 2010

IBM has announced new POWER7® systems designed to manage the most demanding workloads and emerging applications, including a high-end system that offers markedly better energy efficiency than competitive systems from HP and Oracle.

VMware unveils Zimbra appliance

16 Aug 2010

VMware has launched the Zimbra® Collaboration Suite Appliance, an enterprise-class email and collaboration solution delivered as a virtual appliance. Designed to run on the VMware vSphere™ platform, the Zimbra Appliance helps reduce the cost and complexity of infrastructure management.

Entel chooses Cisco, NetApp and VMware

16 Aug 2010

Entel's Data Center Ciudad de los Valles will be able to reach unprecedented scalability levels and offer flexible services with simplified integration and efficient use of energy and physical space.

APC Announces Next Generation Rack Power Distribution Platform to Maximize Energy Efficiency and Improve Power Management

13 Aug 2010

Next Generation Metered and Switched Rack PDUs focus on accessibility and efficiency for effective real-time and remote data center management .

APC by Schneider Electric has introduced the Next Generation Rack Power Distribution (PDU) units. APC’s new Next Generation Metered and Switched Rack PDUs will help IT and facilities managers more effectively and productively manage power capacity and functionality for critical network, server and data center equipment. APC’s new Rack PDUs solve rack-level power needs while incorporating new intelligent features like real power measurement and environmental monitoring all in a space-efficient zero-U form factor – the most shallow depth form factor in the industry.

Wipro launches FluidState Data Centers

13 Aug 2010

New design framework offers accelerated deployment, increased flexibility and efficiency.

Wipro Infotech, the India, Middle East and Africa, IT Business of Wipro Ltd and a leading provider of IT and business transformation services, has announced the launch of its FluidState^TM Data Centers targeted at small, medium and enterprise businesses. Based on its model-driven engineering framework for next-generation Data Centers called FluidState, the FluidState^TM Data Center from Wipro is essentially a predesigned, prefabricated Data Center which can be setup in less than a week - almost 10 times faster than a conventional Data Center.

Verari renames and moves forward as Cirrascale

13 Aug 2010

Cirrascale has announced the launch of its new business providing industry-leading independent blade-based cloud computing and cloud storage platforms for conventional and containerized data centers. Cirrascale, originally organized under the name “Verari Technologies”, acquired the intellectual property and other assets of Verari Systems in January 2010.

ADC KRONE Category 6A Patch Panels Improve Data Centre Performance at Links Less Than 15m

12 Aug 2010

ADC Krone today announced its new range of TrueNet Category 6A 24 and high density 48 Port 1U patch panels. The new product line, available as UTP and STP, addresses the high performance requirements of today’s most demanding data centre environments.

Equnix supports expansion of cloud services

11 Aug 2010

Voxel, a leader in highly scalable, hybrid Internet infrastructure, has selected Equinix to support the expansion of its VoxCLOUD service. Voxel deployed its new cloud offering within Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data centres due to the superior performance Equinix has provided in the 10 years that Voxel has been a customer. With Equinix, Voxel was able to quickly and efficiently build out its cloud platform, enabling them to successfully tap into the growing market for cloud services across eight strategic metropolitan areas: Chicago, Dallas, Washington, D.C., New York, Silicon Valley, Amsterdam, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Sony Imageworks Scales out visual effects pipeline with Isilon

11 Aug 2010

Academy Award-Winning Studio Deploys Isilon Scale-Out Storage to Help Power Massive VFX Environment, Simplifying Data Management and Accelerating Time-to-Market

Isilon today announced that Sony Imageworks, the Academy Award®-winning visual effects (VFX) company behind Alice in Wonderland and the Spider-Man trilogy, has deployed Isilon scale-out storage to help power its leading-edge post-production pipeline. Using Isilon’s X-Series, Imageworks has consolidated a wide-range of file-based applications onto a single file system, simplifying data management and accelerating productivity. With Isilon scale-out storage, featuring its OneFS® operating system, Imageworks can easily align storage performance and capacity with workflow demand, increasing IT efficiency.

Turkcell deploys Andrew’s InSite Connect remote cell site management system

11 Aug 2010

Turkcell can now remotely monitor and control its base station site operations—with the aim of decreasing operating expenses and optimising performance—thanks to its deployment of OneBase InSite® Connect, the site management solution from Andrew Solutions.

Cisco and Hong Ngoc launch Vietnam's first Connected Hospital

10 Aug 2010

Cisco and Hong Ngoc Hospital, the health care division of Hong Ngoc Ltd., have announced a collaboration that makes Hong Ngoc Hospital the first private hospital in Vietnam to commit to a technologically advanced health care system. With the implementation of Cisco® Unified IP Phones over the foundation of a Cisco Medical-Grade Network, this collaboration allows a range of complex, mission-critical information to flow within the hospital with anytime, anywhere access while maximizing resource use and increasing business agility.

Supercomputer for anticancer Drug development simulations

10 Aug 2010

Fujitsu and the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) at the University of Tokyo have jointly built a supercomputer system for use in the development of drugs to treat cancer relapse and metastasis. The new system began operations on August 1, 2010.

TM Forum Sees Sunny Future for Cloud Services at Management World Americas

10 Aug 2010

Boeing, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deutsche Bank, Washington Post and Schumacher amongst global leaders at TM Forum’s Cloud Summit

With the Cloud Services promise meant to transform the way enterprises operate today, TM Forum is at the forefront, announcing their Cloud Summit at Management World Americas 2010, (November 9-11, Orlando, FL.).

Connect Internet Solutions partners with The Bunker to host disaster recovery option for the National Audit Office

10 Aug 2010

The Bunker has announced a new customer relationship with Connect Internet Solutions, providing the company with an environment to host the disaster recovery option for the website and underlying content management system (CMS) of the National Audit Office.

LeaseWeb increases bandwidth capacity to manage explosive growth in data traffic

10 Aug 2010

Network bandwidth capacity is now more than 1 terabit

LeaseWeb today announced it has increased bandwidth capacity on the LeaseWeb network to more than one terabit per second.

AppDirector achieves Oracle Validated Integration with Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 12.1

10 Aug 2010

Radware says that its intelligent application delivery controller (ADC), AppDirector version 2.11, has achieved Oracle Validated Integration with the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 provides global organisations with a business foundation that reduces costs and increases productivity by leveraging a portfolio of rapid value solutions, integrated business processes and industry-focused solutions. Radware's AppDirector provides availability, scalability, performance and security of traffic management for Oracle E-Business Suite business transactions, providing long-term investment protection and business continuity as well as facilitating incremental growth demanded by businesses today.

Imperva Partners with ActiveBase to Provide first-ever Joint Data Activity Monitoring and Data Masking Solution

06 Aug 2010

Imperva announced today it has partnered with ActiveBase, a pioneer in Dynamic Data Masking, to provide the broadest protection for sensitive data available today. Imperva and ActiveBase will jointly sell and implement the full solution.

Hype cycle shows two generations of EA

05 Aug 2010

Gartner, Inc.'s 2010 Hype Cycle for enterprise architecture (EA) reveals that two generations of EA, one currently focusing on IT-oriented practices and the other rising to focus on integrating and engaging with the business. The Hype Cycle also shows how EA will further evolve and how enterprise architects will utilise and govern EA within the business in the next 10 years.

Dell powers visual effects

05 Aug 2010

Double Negative, Europe's largest provider of visual effects for film, has selected Dell to provide an x86 standards-based blade server solution to drive the computing power behind render farm operations at its London headquarters.

Active Power launches in China

04 Aug 2010

To address China’s growing need for power quality, critical backup power systems manufacturer Active Power has created a formal legal entity in China and opened an office in Beijing. Huan Wang, a seasoned technology veteran will serve as Active Power’s sales director in China.

Belgium National Internet eXchange selects Force10 Networks

04 Aug 2010

European Internet exchange deploys ExaScale E-Series switch/routers to power high-speed, congestion-free peering services for broad range of organisations.

Business continuity firm makes Core decision to use iomart Hosting data centres

04 Aug 2010

Award-winning disaster recovery and business continuity specialist Core Consultancy has consolidated its data storage operations by moving to iomart Hosting data centres

Brocade proves that the entire network is your data

03 Aug 2010

Brocade has announced dates for the Brocade Conference series that will take place during November and December in the UK, France, Germany and the UAE. The Brocade Conference will allow delegates to learn more about Brocade One™, the unifying network architecture and strategy that enables customers to simplify the complexity of virtualising their applications. In addition to this, attendees will discover how to harness the power of industry-leading networking technologies and to better understand how to simplify the management and protect their existing technology investments.

BlueSquare Data provides consolidated co-location services to WIN plc

03 Aug 2010

BlueSquare Data has been selected by WIN plc, a leading provider of interactive information and entertainment to mobile phones, to consolidate information and reduce the number of data centres WIN uses. The deal supports the company’s new messaging platform - WIN Engage - the subject of a £3.5 million investment.

Siemens orchestrates the cloud

03 Aug 2010

Bespoke options for customers to be enhanced with VMware vCloud partnership

Siemens IT Solutions and Services has signed a global virtualisation deal to become a VMware vCloud^™ service provider partner. This will complement the options available to its customers via Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) environments from the VMware vSphere^™ platform.

UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging Simplifies Data Management with Isilon

03 Aug 2010

Leading University Deploys Isilon Scale-out Storage to Power Research into Alzheimer’s Disease, Schizophrenia and Other Brain Disorders, Improving IT Efficiency and Accelerating Workflow Performance

Isilon today announced that the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI), home of the world’s largest collection of research neuroimages, has deployed Isilon scale-out storage to power its research into Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and other brain disorders.

Red Hat Leads Corporate Contributions to GNOME Desktop Project

02 Aug 2010

Company ranks first out of 106 companies with approximately 17% of total 10-year contributions

RedHat today highlights its leadership in open source desktop development with its ranking as the top corporate contributor to the GNOME project. In a census study published by Neary Consulting at GUADEC, held last week in The Hague, Netherlands, Red Hat placed first among the total 106 companies that have contributed to GNOME development over the past 10 years with nearly 17 percent of the total code commits. The study also showed that nine out of the top 20 contributors are Red Hat employees.

TelecityGroup becomes first data centre provider to achieve Carbon Trust Standard

30 Jul 2010

• Delivers improvement in carbon efficiency
• Environmental leadership further highlighted through ISO 14001 certification

TeleCityGroup has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard across their operations in the UK and achieved ISO 14001 certification for environmental management, highlighting its commitment to maximising the energy efficiency of its operations.

End-to-end FCoE solution with VMware

29 Jul 2010

As part of their ongoing collaboration, Cisco, NetApp and VMware have announced the industry's first certified end-to-end Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) solution for VMware-virtual environments.

Cardiff University expands deployment of Brocade

29 Jul 2010

University has spent £5 million on Brocade technology since 2003, deploying Brocade BigIron, FastIron and NetIron platforms to deliver a high-performance campus-wide solution.

Datamatics opts for Ingres Worldwide

29 Jul 2010

Datamatics Leverages Open Source Technology and Ingres Database to Expand Business Support Systems (BSS) Portfolio and Underpin Core Business

Ingres Corporation announced today that it has agreed to a strategic worldwide partnership with Datamatics Global Technologies GmbH, a globally active provider of innovative and sound technologies and business IT solutions. In preparation of leveraging the powerful Ingres VectorWise technology, Datamatics will expand its BSS portfolio and migrate its core applications to Ingres Database.

Platform Computing survey: Private clouds high on IT execs agenda in 2010

29 Jul 2010

Increased awareness of private cloud benefits influence drivers for adoption

Demand for private clouds remains undiminished in 2010, with 28% of organisations planning a deployment in 2010, according to the third annual benchmark survey of delegates by Platform Computing at the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC'10) in June. While the level of intent to deploy is the same as in 2009 (also 28%), the main drivers have changed dramatically, reflecting improved awareness and understanding of the benefits of private clouds. As the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software, Platform Computing has been tracking adoption of private clouds and the drivers for uptake.

Mimecast Launches Support for Microsoft Exchange 2010, Easing Migration Concerns for Administrators

29 Jul 2010

Innovations include greater policy control, load reduction on Microsoft Exchange and automated message management controls

Mimecast today announced support for Microsoft Exchange 2010, easing migration headaches and controlling costs while unlocking the immediate benefits of Microsoft’s newest 64-bit architecture. Avoiding expensive on-premise management overheads and removing the need for .PST files, Mimecast’s Unified Email Management (UEM) suite of services now fully supports Microsoft Exchange 2010 and provides a single-platform approach to archiving, security, continuity and policy control; integrating seamlessly into customers’ existing – or newly planned – IT infrastructures.

Equinix opens new Washington DC data centre and expands in Singapore

29 Jul 2010

Sixth D.C. Area Data Centre Will Help Meet Global Demand for Peering and Traffic Exchange Services, and the Expansion of Cloud and IT Provider Services

Equinix has announced the opening of DC6, its sixth International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The new IBX data centre offers 1,750 cabinets to the telecommunications, enterprise, cloud and IT, and content companies that are either headquartered or have a significant presence in the area. Adding the DC6 IBX data centre to the existing campus of data centres will enable Equinix to strengthen its peering, cross connect and traffic exchange services, and help its customers extend their market reach.

Trusteer Adds Free Financial Malware Removal to Rapport Secure Browsing Service

28 Jul 2010

New Capability Addresses Low Detection Rates by Anti Malware Tools; No Additional Cost for Customers and End Users

Trusteer today announced that it has added financial malware disinfection to its Rapport service. In addition to preventing Trojans like Zeus, Silon, Bugat, DBJP and zero day malware from tampering with website communications and transactions, Rapport now removes malicious code that attempts to attack browser sessions. This new capability is being provided at no additional cost to all Rapport customers and end users. Trusteer will also submit any new (zero day) malware it discovers to all anti malware vendors in an effort improve notoriously low detection rates for crime ware.

Telstra International selected by Aspire Media Group for managed virtualised hosting

28 Jul 2010

Telstra International has been selected by Aspire Media Group, the online recruitment solution provider, which includes the world’s first internet recruitment service, JobServe and web development company HotLizard, to manage its hosting infrastructure at its state-of-the-art London Hosting Centre.

BlueSquare Data signs £2million contract with C4L to provide co-location services

28 Jul 2010

BlueSquare Data has signed a £2million contract with C4L, a major data centre aggregator and internet backbone provider, to supply interconnected co-location services across the company’s Maidenhead and Milton Keynes sites. The deal, which comprises more than 100 racks over the two locations, allows C4L to take advantage of the dark fibre between the two sites to offer disaster recovery services to its customers.

RF Code and Future Facilities integrate monitoring and modelling

27 Jul 2010

RF Code and Future Facilities have integrated RF Code's wire-free environmental sensor-based monitoring solution into the Future Facilities "Virtual Facility" data center modeling environment. Available in July upon the release of 6SigmaDC V6, the integrated solution will be the first to combine real-time monitoring and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation tools.

Saginaw school learns about virtualization

27 Jul 2010

Saginaw Intermediate School District (ISD) has replaced a legacy storage area network (SAN) and fully embraced virtualization in its centralized data center built on DataCore, VMware and Xiotech. Saginaw ISD’s VMware- DataCore-based cloud for servers and storage serves as both a centralized data center and a hosting service for the majority of school districts in the county.

Redstor data protection service RBUSS reaches over half of UK Schools

27 Jul 2010

Continued Success for Reading based Cloud Services Provider within Education Services Market

Redstor has revealed that over half of all UK Schools have access to RBUSS, a fully automated, online backup and recovery service which simplifies the management of backups.

Entity FX Accelerates Visual Effects Workflow with Isilon

27 Jul 2010

Emmy-Winning Studio Uses Isilon Scale-Out Storage to Manage Data in Fast, Reliable 2D and 3D Post-Production Pipeline

Isilon today announced that Entity FX is using Isilon scale-out storage to enhance and speed content management for its 2D and 3D post-production pipeline, producing visual effects (VFX) for television programs such as Breaking Bad, Entourage, The Vampire Diaries and Smallville, as well as motion pictures including This Is It, Law Abiding Citizen and The Final Destination: 3D, and upcoming films including Yogi Bear and Conviction. Using Isilon, Entity FX has unified its data-intensive VFX applications onto a single file system, increasing data access and productivity for its range of projects. With Isilon scale-out storage, Entity FX can easily scale and manage storage resources and requirements in-line with application demands, while expanding bandwidth to accommodate new business.

Nexans completes Creekside Cancer Care project

26 Jul 2010

Nexans provided Cat 7A cabling to support CyberKnife system

Nexans has completed a project providing infrastructure cabling for the Creekside Cancer Care Outpatient Centre in Lafayette, Colorado. The centre is home to CyberKnife VSI, a new version of the CyberKnife, the world’s only robotic radiosurgery system which offers patients a non-invasive alternative to surgery for the treatment of tumours anywhere in the body.

Vizioncore Launches First Free Management Pack for VMware to Extend Microsoft System Centre Operations Manager

26 Jul 2010

Centralised Monitoring Solution Fills Gap Between the Major Players in Virtualisation

Vizioncore Inc. today announced the release of Quest® Management Pack for VMware, the first free management pack on the market to extend Microsoft System Centre Operations Manager to monitor VMware virtual infrastructure. The solution offers free community support with paid product support as an option.

Lupus alpha optimises performance with Interxion

23 Jul 2010

Frankfurt-based asset management firm optimises its mission-critical IT applications at Interxion.

IBM expands Cloud Computing capabilities

23 Jul 2010

IBM has announced a new IBM Cloud Computing Competence Center in Ehningen, Germany, which will provide a broad range of cloud solutions and services to clients locally and internationally. Located in Ehningen, Germany, home to IBM's largest data center in Europe, the new facility will host a range of technology platforms and optimized service delivery processes, enabling its clients to harness the immense potential offered by cloud computing.

IBM unveils zEnterprise system

23 Jul 2010

IBM has announced the zEnterprise mainframe server and a new systems design that allows workloads on mainframe, POWER7 and System x servers to share resources and be managed as a single, virtualized system. The new mainframe is also the most powerful and energy-efficient mainframe ever.

A ClearPath into the Cloud?

23 Jul 2010

Unisys-hosted solutions give ClearPath clients new, cost-efficient options to source IT infrastructure for application development and modernization.

DPS and Geist Forge New Partnership

23 Jul 2010

Data and Power Solutions, a leading manufacturer of power distribution and environmental monitoring solutions, has announced a new partnership with US firm Geist Manufacturing.

DataCentre Expo’s Visitor Marketing reaches over 1 million internationally

23 Jul 2010

DataCentre Expo’s visitor marketing plan is extremely high-profile, with a ‘global reach’ of over 1 million recipients.

Email broadcasts, off-the-page advertisements, online advertising and press coverage will really take off throughout July and August. The marketing campaign has already produced impressive results with appearances in: IT Mittelstand, eWeek and Network Computing, DV Dialogue, Manage IT and of course TheDataChain.

Cloud Computing confidence expected to drive economic growth

22 Jul 2010

The flexibility of cloud computing could help organizations recover from the current global economic downturn, according to 68 percent of IT and businesses decision makers who participated in an annual study commissioned by Savvis.

Cloud computing delivering on its promise but doubts still hold back adoption

22 Jul 2010

The majority of IT departments now use cloud-based applications, with users reporting better security and lower costs.

Colt offers low latency connectivity to NYSE Euronext’s SFTI® Access Centres for Colocation Customers

21 Jul 2010

Helping connect customers to NYSE Euronext’s new European Liquidity Centre

Colt today announced it has been selected by NYSE Technologies to provide customer connectivity to NYSE Euronext’s SFTI® Access Centres via the low latency SFTI® Optic service. Once connected, customers will be provided with low latency access to their colocation racks at the new NYSE Euronext European Liquidity Centre located outside of London.

Station Casinos bets on Cisco

20 Jul 2010

Station Casinos Inc., a large casino and resort operator in Las Vegas, has implemented one of the gaming industry's most sophisticated data center infrastructures using the Cisco Unified Computing System. The network-based infrastructure serves as a platform for virtualizing a number of operations and gaming applications, from mobile Internet Protocol phone and safety systems to account-based sports betting.

CIOs vote for The Cloud

20 Jul 2010

Colt has published the results of a European CIO survey that demonstrates that awareness of cloud services among CIOs and senior IT decision makers has increased by over 20 per cent in just seven months. Over 68 per cent of CIOs and their peers are now saying that they are familiar with cloud technology. The UK has the highest levels of awareness (77%) followed by Germany (75%), France (71%) and Italy (66%). Spain has the lowest levels of familiarity with cloud services, with 58 per cent of CIOs and their peers saying they are familiar with the technology.

Interxion increases power capacity in Germany

20 Jul 2010

With a capacity of 14 megawatts of additional electricity the privately financed energy infrastructure will increase the power availability to Germany's leading data hub, which Interxion has been operating for more than 11 years. The new power supply will not only benefit Interxion, but potentially other key industries in the region.

Atempo Joins the Active Archive Alliance

20 Jul 2010

Industry Association Dedicated to Education and Awareness of Active Archiving

Atempo today announced that it has joined the Active Archive Alliance, a non-profit storage industry association dedicated to market education on the evolving use of active archives for simplified, online access to all unstructured file data.

Dimension Data boosts Global Talent processes with Taleo

20 Jul 2010

Specialist IT services and solutions provider expands use of Taleo on-demand talent management

Taleo Corporation today announced that global IT specialist Dimension Data has selected the company to help employees reach full productivity more quickly by speeding the induction process for new hires.

Rosslyn Analytics launches world's first - and fastest - fully automated cloud-based spend data integration service for IT managers

19 Jul 2010

Rosslyn Analytics releases new whitepaper, “A Gift from IT to the Business: Cloud-based spend analytics” Download the whitepaper here.

Rosslyn Analytics today launched the industry’s first fully automated spend data integration service developed specifically to accelerate the speed, ease and scalability in which IT organizations obtain, integrate and deliver spend data across the enterprise. This new cloud-based service, RA.Pid^®, enables CIOs to significantly improve process efficiencies, increase productivity and enhance the business and technology agility of their IT organizations to support the information needs of business users.

New hybrid cloud offered to UK Channel

19 Jul 2010

- Independent data centre’s new hybrid cloud platform focuses strongly on security and compliance offerings -

UKSolutions (UKS), one of the countries largest privately owned data centre specialists, today unveiled a new hybrid cloud platform as a wholesale package for the UK Channel. The solution can be divided and used in conjunction with individual and bespoke requirements, importantly providing the security of the private cloud, while also incorporating the flexibility and cost saving ‘pay as you go’ model of the public cloud.

City of Ettlingen Chooses “Hassle-Free” Virtualised Backup and Restore from Vizioncore

19 Jul 2010

German city deploys vRanger Pro and vReplicator to manage entire virtualised infrastructure; achieves significant cost and efficiency gains

Vizioncore today announced that Ettlingen, a city in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, has chosen Vizioncore vRanger® Pro and Vizioncore vReplicator® to manage backup, restore and server replication of its virtual IT infrastructure. The new technologies will augment disaster recovery initiatives and help simplify administrative complexity for the city.

Single architecture fo SEDCO's traffic

16 Jul 2010

The Saudi Economic and Development Holding Company (SEDCO), a leading private wealth management organization, has selected Brocade to develop a high performance IP network for its new facility in Red Sea Mall, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Featuring Brocade FastIron Super X and Brocade FastIron GS Series switches, the network allows SEDCO to converge voice and data traffic over a single architecture while providing the scalability to grow with the company’s demands.

Daxten signs Vello

16 Jul 2010

Daxten has announced a distribution agreement covering Europe, Middle East, and African (EMEA) markets, with Vello Systems, a leader in next-generation high performance IP+Optical networking systems for carriers and eEnterprise.

Green Grid's PUE metric is ratified

16 Jul 2010

The Power Usage Efficiency (PUE) metric, created and promoted by The Green Grid, has been established by a cross-industry task force as the recommended metric for determining energy efficiency in dedicated data centre facilities.

CentraStage Achieves Record Quarter

16 Jul 2010

- UK based device management and support software provider challenges market leaders -

CentraStage, a leading IT device management and support software provider, has announced a record breaking quarter for 2010. 32 Local Authorities across the UK now support IT in schools with CentraStage, allowing LAs to reduce the cost of IT support to schools and improve efficiency by over 20%.

PGS Data Centre achieves annualised PUE of 1.17 to achieve major reductions in energy usage and emmisions

15 Jul 2010

A data centre designed and built by Keysource for oil exploration surveyor Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has achieved an annualised PUE of just 1.17, making it one of the most energy-efficient facilities of its kind in Europe. As a result, the data centre has achieved first year savings of £650,000 and a 6.7 million KWh drop in power consumption, equating to a 2.9 million kg reduction in CO2 emissions.

Deutsche Börse Systems selects Equinix as strategic data centre provider in Frankfurt

15 Jul 2010

Eurex and Xetra customers to benefit from enhanced capacity and further reduced latency

Deutsche Börse Systems, the IT division of Deutsche Börse Group, and Equinix, Inc., (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data centre services, today announced the completion of a strategic data centre services contract, which will both increase data centre capacity and improve execution times for algorithmic traders located in Frankfurt. From 2011 onwards, Equinix’s FR2 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre, will serve as the new main data centre for Deutsche Börse Group in Frankfurt, where electronic trading platforms will be deployed, and acting as the central colocation site for customers of Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, and Xetra, the cash market within Deutsche Börse Group.

HP Secures Applications Services Contract with 3M

15 Jul 2010

HP Enterprise Services today announced that 3M, which produces thousands of innovative products for dozens of diverse markets, has signed a multimillion dollar, three-year applications services agreement to help improve productivity, enabling the company to get innovative products into the market more quickly.

ControlCircle Meets Demand for Maximum Availability and Security with Interxion

14 Jul 2010

Interxion today announced that it has partnered with ControlCircle, a global provider of design, implementation and outsourced managed services of complex IT infrastructures. The agreement will permit ControlCircle to deliver enhanced colocation data centre packages to customers where security, infrastructure and availability are critical to their business.

Low latency connectivity

13 Jul 2010

Equinix and Transaction Network Services (TNS) say that TNS’ Secure Trading Extranet is now offering low-latency connectivity through Equinix’s International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centres in Australia and Singapore.

BATS takes wing with Interxion

13 Jul 2010

Interxion is now offering low-latency access to BATS Europe, the fast-growing European Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF).

Imperva Introduces File Security Family to Help Mitigate Insider Threats

13 Jul 2010

Expands Data Security Suite Beyond Web Applications and Databases to File Systems

Imperva, the leader in data security, announced today the introduction of a new family of File Security products, the latest addition to the company’s SecureSphere Data Security Suite. Imperva’s File Security products include SecureSphere File Firewall, which prevents unauthorized access to unstructured data residing on file servers, network attached storage (NAS). Additionally, SecureSphere File Activity Monitoring (FAM) allows enterprises to monitor access to sensitive file data, establish audit for compliance and reduce data access rights to a business need-to-know level. With this product expansion, Imperva’s data security suite helps enterprises protect not only web applications and databases but file systems as well.

Vizioncore reduces Virtual Storage Cost and improves Virtual Machine performance

12 Jul 2010

New Version of vOptimizer Pro Extends Platform Support to Include Linux-Based and VMware Thin Provisioned Virtual Machines

Vizioncore Inc., the market leader in virtualisation data protection and management solutions, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT), today announced the availability of a new version of vOptimizer Pro. This market-leading storage optimisation solution provides broader platform support for virtual machine (VM) storage reclamation and optimisation operations, which enable customers to experience greater benefits and additional value from their virtual infrastructure. Additional enhancements include support for both Linux-based and VMware® Thin Provisioned VMs.

NightWatchman Server Edition 2.0 Targets Waste in Physical and Virtual Server Environments

12 Jul 2010

Version Two of 1E’s Innovative Solution Combats Server Sprawl by Measuring and Reporting Server Efficiency, Maximizing the Value of Existing Servers

1E, a software and services company that improves IT efficiency by identifying and reducing costs and waste in hardware, software, energy and time, today announced its release of NightWatchman® Server Edition 2.0. 1E was recently selected by Microsoft as ISV/Software Solutions Innovation Partner of the Year for NightWatchman Server Edition, which also received the “Minister of Energy” award at the 2010 Green IT Awards.

Colt launches innovative approach to Data Centres

12 Jul 2010

Colt delivers high quality, large-scale Modular Data Centre halls within 4 months.

Colt, a leading provider of business communications and IT managed services, today announced the launch of the Colt Modular Data Centre, a radical new approach to data centres which redefines the method of construction and delivery of large data centre halls.

SourceFire offers Cloud-based Security through Amazon Web Services

12 Jul 2010

Open Source Snort with Sourcefire VRT Rules Protects Cloud Deployments from the Latest Threats

Sourcefire, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIRE), the creator of Snort® and a leader in intelligent cybersecurity solutions, today announced that it is delivering cloud-based Intrusion Prevention services, based on its award-winning open source Snort technology. Snort and Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) rules are now available through the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) in the form of an Amazon Machine Image (AMI), enabling customers to proactively monitor network activity for malicious behavior and provide automated responses.

Carbon Trust halves data centre emissions, by design

12 Jul 2010

Low carbon design of Lockerbie ‘Data Fortress’ paves way for new Carbon Trust Design Service

The rise in carbon emissions threatened by the projected exponential growth of data centres could be halved in the UK, thanks to a new design service launched by the Carbon Trust today.

AEG Power Solutions Appoints Mayflex to champion UPS Channel Sales

12 Jul 2010

AEG Power Solutions has announced the appointment of Mayflex UK Ltd. as distribution partner for its growing range of technology leading, energy efficient back-up power and UPS solutions. Mayflex is a well-known distributor of cabling infrastructure, networking and physical security products with operations in the UK and EMEA. Commenting upon the agreement, Stuart Priest, UK Channel Manager for AEG Power Solutions said, “Mayflex is an ideal fit for AEG Power Solutions channel strategy. As a dynamic and growth oriented organisation, Mayflex combines UPS knowledge with the opportunity to add-value through mass-cabling solutions.”

Tuning up Cloud provisioning

09 Jul 2010

In a move focused on enabling customers to build and deploy cloud-like IT platforms faster and more easily than ever before, Fujitsu is introducing the powerful system management software ServerView Resource Orchestrator. The technology is an integral part of Fujitsu’s standardised global cloud platform, announced in April.

Driving green networking

09 Jul 2010

ADVA Optical Networking has been selected to participate in a research project focused on the development of a new generation of photonic components that will reduce power consumption and reduce costs. Named "Colorless and Coolerless Components for Low-Power Optical Networks" (C-3PO), the grant-based project is focused on increasing communications network capacity for the next generation of optical-networking applications.

Isilon chosen by NavTeq to scale out file-based applications

08 Jul 2010

Global Leader in Maps, Traffic and Location Data Deploys Isilon Scale-out Storage to Help Drive Increased Data Availability and Workflow Efficiency

Isilon today announced that NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data, has deployed multiple tiers of Isilon scale-out storage to help support its comprehensive database of digital location content. Working with leading data center solutions provider and Isilon partner Datalink, NAVTEQ has deployed the Isilon IQ X-Series and NL-Series across multiple international data centers to aggregate content, software development and other file-based applications onto a single, shared storage resource, increasing data availability and workflow productivity. Using Isilon scale-out storage, featuring its OneFS® operating system, NAVTEQ can support a wide range of applications simultaneously from a single file system, simplifying management and improving data access, while reducing storage costs and complexity.

TelecityGroup’s innovative Paris facility wins Data Centre Europe Award

08 Jul 2010

Industry leading data centre awarded ‘Best Colocation Facility’ for unrivalled customer satisfaction

TelecityGroup, Europe's industry leading provider of premium network independent data centres, has been awarded ‘Best European Colocation Facility’ for its new Condorcet centre in Paris at the 2010 Data Centre Europe Awards.

Interxion Recognised for ‘Outstanding Contribution’ to the Data Centre Sector at Data Centre Europe

08 Jul 2010

Interxion has announced that its Technology & Engineering Group, has been recognised for their “Outstanding Contribution to the Data Centre Sector” at the sixth-annual Data Centre Europe Awards ceremony held at Espaces Antipolis in Nice, France.

Isilon helps Central and Eastern Europe's largest broadcast over satellite provider meet growing demand

07 Jul 2010

STN gains rock-solid reliability and a huge boost in performance while helping the company reduce number of staff assigned to managing storage by 40%.

Isilon today announced that STN, a leading teleport service provider delivering broadcasts over satellite for Central and Eastern Europe, has successfully implemented an Isilon scale-out Storage platform for its existing environment and to help migrate clients onto its new playout system and meet strong demand for its innovative services.

EMC to acquire data warehouse vendor Greenplum

07 Jul 2010

EMC will continue to offer all current Greenplum products

EMC has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Greenplum Inc., a provider of data warehousing software that is used to build large cloud computing infrastrutures.

Taiyo Life Insurance reduces carbon footprint

06 Jul 2010

Fujitsu Limited, Taiyo Life Insurance Co., and T&D Information System Inc. have collaborated to upgrade and enhance the platform servers installed at 146 of Taiyo Life's branch offices supporting their core business across Japan. Through using its newest ICT virtualization technology, Fujitsu has successfully helped Taiyo Life to cut its annual CO2 emissions by roughly 150 tons, and reducing costs by approximately 500 million yen.

Third IBX data centre for Sydney

06 Jul 2010

Equinix has announced plans to build its third International Business Exchange™ (IBX) in Sydney, Australia. The new IBX data center, called SY3, will significantly increase the company’s Sydney capacity to meet the high demand for premium colocation and interconnection data center services in the Sydney market. The $65 million first phase of the SY3 IBX data center will add 1,000 cabinets and is targeted for opening during the second quarter of 2011.

On-campus private cloud for JAIST

06 Jul 2010

Service launched for 1,500 students, faculty, and administrators with goal of 90% server capacity utilization.

Sentrum warns UK businesses not to ignore space for power

06 Jul 2010

Sentrum has released new research findings which show that space and power issues currently top the data centre agenda. Despite these being the key business concerns that are continuing to drive companies to outsource data centre requirements, Sentrum warns that the over emphasis on power in particular could limits future business agility and growth in this sector - and that space, in fact, should become the priority consideration.

September Roadmap seminar

05 Jul 2010

No-cost, one-day seminar in Interxion’s AMS 5 Amsterdam data centre; Practical focus on mapping out and testing medium-term energy efficiency strategies.

Architectural flexibility for virtualisation and The Cloud

02 Jul 2010

Cisco has introduced new technology that supports its Data Center 3.0 strategy to help customers increase the flexibility of their data centers as they become more virtualized and cloud-based. The new technology advances Cisco's underlying unified fabric capabilities that help customers enhance the efficiency of information delivery in physical and virtualized data center environments, and manage public and private cloud resources more effectively.

Green data centre model for Malaysia

02 Jul 2010

Cisco is working toward a green data center with Teliti Datacenters (Teliti), a locally owned systems integrator, in Malaysia. Under this collaboration, Cisco will share data center best practices and work with Teliti as it develops a business model for data center management and a governance structure that enables Teliti to achieve world-class standards for data centre infrastructure technology in Malaysia.

Emerson partners with Panduit

01 Jul 2010

Emerson Network Power is partnering with Panduit to meet the rising demand for effective enterprise system integration and risk management in the data center.

Ensuring business continuity in a converged Infrastructure

30 Jun 2010

HP has introduced new high-performance security solutions designed to prevent network breaches in a Converged Infrastructure by delivering comprehensive data protection across both physical and virtual environments.

EAP refines cloud roadmap

30 Jun 2010

Available for the first participants in early July, Cable&Wireless Worldwide's Early Adopters Programme (EAP) is intended to refine the roadmap to the adoption of cloud computing for enterprises. The programme will help shape the consultative approach and migration strategies C&W Worldwide will use to help its customers move to its enterprise cloud computing solution.

Isilon Simplifies Data Management for Enterprise IT

30 Jun 2010

New SmartPools™ Software Application Unifies Multiple Storage Tiers into Single File System, Consolidating Applications to Speed Time-to-Market, While Reducing Capital and Operating Costs;

New InsightIQ™ Analytics Platform Provides Granular, Easily Actionable System Information to Optimize Workflow Performance and Maximize Resource Utilization

Isilon today announced the sixth generation of its OneFS^® scale-out storage operating system and two new data management software applications, SmartPools™ and InsightIQ™. With OneFS 6.0, SmartPools and InsightIQ, Isilon delivers a uniquely powerful yet simple approach to solving complex data management challenges, enabling enterprise IT departments to easily manage data, consolidate applications and scale out a single storage resource in lockstep with evolving business needs.

Naptech enables standard servers to build 10Gbps IPS

30 Jun 2010

At the recent Interop Tokyo event, Napatech successfully demonstrated that a standard server with 8 CPU cores can be used to build a full throughput 10 Gbps Intrusion Prevention System (IPS).

Unified service-oriented dashboard

29 Jun 2010

Watch4net has added a new ReportPack for Vblock(TM) Infrastructure Packages to its APG Software(TM) Suite, a leading carrier-class IT performance management solution.

Nexans welcomes the selection of GG45 in new ISO data centre standard

29 Jun 2010

Nexans has welcomed the latest data centre standard from the international standards organisation ISO. The standard, ISO/IEC 24764, was published in April and requires copper cabling to support a minimum frequency of at least 500MHz. This effectively limits data centre copper cabling to Class EA (500MHz), Class F (600MHz) or Class FA 1000MHz) cabling and an RJ45 compatible connector interface.

Red Hat and Cisco expand Relationship

28 Jun 2010

Companies working together to integrate Cisco VN-Link and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization to deliver data center customers reduced total cost of ownership, higher performance and greater return on investment.

Music to clients' ears?

28 Jun 2010

Savvis Symphony, one of the broadest lines of cloud services on the market, officially launches today with the release of Savvis Symphony Virtual Private Data Center (VPDC), a new cloud computing offering from Savvis, Inc. that provides clients with 100 percent enterprise-class cloud.

StorageCraft VirtualBoot™ enables servers to be restored in minutes

28 Jun 2010

Organisations can now remain in business whilst physical machines are repaired

StorageCraft announces the launch of VirtualBoot™ to enable temporary restoration of servers and keep organisations in business whilst repairs to physical machines are made. 

Converged infrastructure innovations

25 Jun 2010

HP says it has created industry firsts in server, storage, network and power management technologies that enable clients to shift millions of dollars in operational costs to activities that drive business innovation. HP Converged Infrastructure provides a blueprint for clients that want to eliminate sprawl, complexity and excess maintenance costs.

New Opteron platform designed for Cloud and Hyperscale data centers

25 Jun 2010

AMD has introdicedthe new AMD Opteron 4000 Series platform. This is the first server platform designed from the beginning to meet the specific requirements of cloud, hyperscale data center, and SMB customers needing highly flexible, reliable, and power-efficient 1 and 2P systems. This platform is also available for high-end embedded systems such as telecom servers, storage, and digital signage.

Over 2000 Attendees Registered for the Cloud Computing World Forum

25 Jun 2010

Over 2000 senior IT decision makers are now registered to attend the Cloud Computing World Forum – www.cloudwf.com – next week, 29 June to 1 July 2010 at Olympia Conference Centre, London.

The leading three day conference and expo will feature the most complete conference agenda around cloud computing and software-as-a-service, with leading suppliers, integrators and end-users all taking part.

Data Centre Expo & Green Data Center Alliance

25 Jun 2010

The Green Data Center Alliance and Data Centre Expo have reached an agreement to promote power saving initiatives in the data center.

Emulex FCoE UCNAs Selected by Fujitsu

24 Jun 2010

Emulex Corporation announced that its single-chip OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapters (UCNAs) have been selected by Fujitsu for 10Gb/s Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity in Fujitsu PRIMERGY rack servers.

Server Technology Launches the Next Version of Sentry Power Manager with New Streamlined Operating System, Interoperability and Improved Security

24 Jun 2010

Sentry Power Manager (SPM) Patch 4.2 Upgrades Reporting Capabilities on Power Consumption, Temperature and Humidity

Server Technology, Inc has introduced the latest version of the Sentry Power Manager (SPM) software, version 4.2.

Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia named Regional Distributor of the Year by Tyco Electronics

24 Jun 2010

The global provider of engineered electronic components, network solutions, specialty products and undersea telecommunication systems, Tyco Electronics, has named Avnet Electronics Marketing Asia as its Regional Distributor of the Year - 2009.

Brocade Continues to Drive Innovation for Next-Generation Data Centers with HP

24 Jun 2010

Companies Achieve Networking Industry Milestone by Shipping Over 7 Million Fibre Channel Ports

Brocade has announced a set of innovative HP-branded Brocade 8 Gbps Fibre Channel data center and server connectivity products and a virtualization solution bundle. The new offerings extend the Brocade storage area network (SAN) and server connectivity portfolio delivered by HP.

Amazon Veterans Launch Company to Deliver Amazon EC2-like Services Behind the Firewall

24 Jun 2010

At the Structure 2010 conference on cloud computing, Chris Pinkham and Willem van Biljon, former Amazon executives who led the development of the Amazon EC2 public cloud service, today announced that they are launching Nimbula. Nimbula's business and technology focus is on blending EC2-like scale, agility and efficiency with private infrastructure customization and control.

Verizon Business Introduces Cloud-based ‘Storage-as-a-Service’

24 Jun 2010

New Offering Answers Enterprise Need for More Flexible, Cost-Effective Corporate Data Storage Solution

Corporate data continues to grow exponentially, and companies are looking for a better way to store and retrieve it. Verizon Business is addressing this pressing IT issue by introducing a new cloud-based offering, Verizon Cloud Storage, and a complementary suite of data-retention IT consulting services.

Simplified infrastructure for London Grid

23 Jun 2010

The London Grid for Learning (LGfL), the world's largest fiber network for education purposes, has upgraded its data center network with a high-performance infrastructure from Juniper, including routing, switching and security solutions. The upgraded network enables LGfL to provide bandwidth-rich multimedia teaching and learning services, including videoconferencing with museums and specialist learning centers; content streaming; and online managed learning resources to all 2,600 primary and secondary schools in greater London.

CFN Services gets connected

23 Jun 2010

CFN Services, a managed telecom infrastructure services company, is now connected to Equinix’s International Business Exchange (IBX) data centres in Chicago, Frankfurt, London, New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle and Toronto as part of the CFN Services global low latency network. By leveraging Equinix’s global data centre footprint and services, CFN Services is able to offer its customers ultra low latency, diverse routes for protected services, and optimised network routes in relation to all of the major global financial exchanges.

Equinix adds 100+ financial services customers

23 Jun 2010

More than 50 exchanges and trading venues, 300 buy-side and sell-side trading firms and 100 financial technology service providers rely on Equinix for secure, highly reliable and low latency connectivity.

Worldwide Cloud Services market to surpass $68 billion in 2010

22 Jun 2010

Worldwide cloud services revenue is forecast to reach $68.3 billion in 2010, a 16.6 per cent increase from 2009 revenue of $58.6 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. The industry is poised for strong growth through 2014, when worldwide cloud services revenue is projected to reach $148.8 billion.

London Grid deploys simplified network

22 Jun 2010

The London Grid for Learning (LGfL), the world's largest fiber network for education purposes, has upgraded its data center network with a high-performance infrastructure from Juniper, including routing, switching and security solutions. The upgraded network enables LGfL to provide bandwidth-rich multimedia teaching and learning services, including videoconferencing with museums and specialist learning centers; content streaming; and online managed learning resources to all 2,600 primary and secondary schools in greater London.

Q1 Labs Announces QRadar Security Intelligence Operating System (SIOS)

22 Jun 2010

Powering the Network Security Industry’s First Security Intelligence Platform

Q1 Labs today announced QRadar SIOS - the Security Intelligence Operating System - which powers the QRadar family of security intelligence products. QRadar SIOS is the foundation of the industry's first total Security Intelligence Platform, a common framework for collecting, warehousing, filtering, analyzing and reporting on all security intelligence telemetry. This integrated solution will be the platform for risk management, SIEM , log management , and network and application activity monitoring, as well as all new products to be delivered by Q1 Labs and partners.

Mimecast Signs Deal with Mumtalakat

21 Jun 2010

Mimecast has announced that it has signed a deal to provide its cloud-based technology to Bahrain Mumtakalat Holding Company (“Mumtalakat”), the investment company for Bahrain.

Lincoln Center Scales Out Digital Signage Project With Isilon

18 Jun 2010

Isilon announced that Lincoln Center, the world's leading performing arts center, has deployed Isilon scale-out NAS as the primary storage repository for its new digital signage and advertising initiative. Using Isilon's NL-Series, Lincoln Center has unified a wide range of digital content and file-based data onto a single, easy-to-use, shared storage resource, streamlining content access and delivery to multiple LED and LCD signage displays throughout New York City.

Pacnet delivers next-generation Internet

17 Jun 2010

Pacnet, Asia's leading independent telecommunications service provider, has completed the deployment of a highly scalable Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) based on the Cisco Carrier Routing System (CRS) platform. Pacnet aims to take advantage of the system's innovative features to help increase business profitability, service scalability and operational efficiency while meeting customers' demands for higher bandwidth capacity and greater service flexibility.

Brocade achieves network simplification

17 Jun 2010

Brocade has introduced unique converged fabric-based innovations designed to radically simplify network architectures. These new innovations will help enable the seamless transition to highly virtualized infrastructures where information and services are available anywhere in the cloud.

StorageCraft makes disaster recovery easier with new IT Edition USB

17 Jun 2010

New Flexible Licensing, Delivery Options for ShadowProtect IT Edition

StorageCraft today announces new flexible pricing, licensing and delivery options for StorageCraft ShadowProtect IT Edition™, part of the award-winning ShadowProtect™ line of disk-based backup, disaster recovery, data protection and system migration solutions.

AboveNet connects to Telehouse

16 Jun 2010

AboveNet Communications UK Ltd, a leading provider of high-bandwidth connectivity solutions for business and carriers, has announced its network connection to the new Telehouse West data centre in London’s Docklands. This collaboration will enable London’s businesses to benefit from AboveNet’s ultra-low latency, highly scalable and secure fibre network. This installation builds upon AboveNet’s existing connections to Telehouse North, Telehouse East and Telehouse Metro – further expanding the AboveNet network to data centres in London.

Australian data centre consolidation

15 Jun 2010

Knight Frank has deployed Juniper application acceleration platforms and enterprise routers to boost operational efficiency and support its data center consolidation in Australia. Juniper Networks WX and WXC Application Acceleration platforms optimize Knight Frank’s WAN infrastructure while J Series routers provide versatile, secure routing with low overhead and high reliability.

Free Workshop Agenda Announced at the Cloud Computing World Forum

15 Jun 2010

The Cloud Computing World Forum (www.cloudwf.com) has announced its Free to attend workshop agenda for the show taking place on the 29^th June to 1^st July at Olympia Conference Centre, London.

Low latency proximity hosting for Swiss Exchange participants

14 Jun 2010

SIX Swiss Exchange – the primary Swiss securities exchange – will offer proximity services to market participants from Interxion’s Zurich data centre.

Eversheds LLP Embraces the Cloud with Mimecast Email Management

14 Jun 2010

Mimecast has announced that it has been selected by Eversheds LLP, one of the world’s largest full service corporate law firms, to provide SaaS-based emailsecurity, continuity, policy control and archiving across all regions.

Agility in The Cloud

11 Jun 2010

Novell and Fujitsu announce a partnership to deliver cloud solutions that provide customers with the flexibility to scale IT infrastructure needs based on business demand. Through the partnership, Fujitsu will run its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) for Server solutions using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell. Additionally, Fujitsu will leverage Intelligent Workload Management (IWM) software from Novell for Fujitsu’s Dynamic Infrastructure services. The cloud resources will be available across Continental Europe, Middle East, Africa and India.

IBM selects top-of-rack switches

11 Jun 2010

BLADE Network Technologies' RackSwitch 1Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches have been selected by IBM for inclusion in the IBM System x option portfolio. BLADE's RackSwitch products provide enterprise data centre networking capabilities for IBM System x, including IBM Virtual Fabric, BLADE's VMready Virtual Machine-aware networking and lossless DCB/CEE networking.

Transmode sets the industry standard for Low Latency Transport at 4 nanoseconds

11 Jun 2010

Transmode has announced latency performance of up to 1000 times better than comparable solutions for applications such as algorithmic trading, cloud computing, data center interconnect and video distribution.

100 per cent renewable claim by NGD

10 Jun 2010

Following a ground-breaking long-term supply agreement NGD Europe, one of the world's largest data centres, has become the first in Europe to purchase renewable energy for 100 per cent of its power usage.

Bright future for European Cloud Providers

10 Jun 2010

The majority of Europe-headquartered public cloud providers are expecting their business to expand this year. 85% of the organizations surveyed for IDC's European Cloud Provider's Technology Investment Survey indicated that they expected their business to expand. The majority (70%) expected growth through demand from their local markets, with 30% looking at new geographic opportunities.

Businesses encouraged to look beyond cost

10 Jun 2010

Sentrum has released brand new research findings which indicate that the economic upheaval of 2009 will continue to drive changes across the data centre industry in the near and medium term.

Piercing the fog of virtualisation?

10 Jun 2010

Vizioncore has introduced vFoglight™ QuickView, the free edition of its market-leading vFoglight virtualisation management offering. vFoglight QuickView is a simple and quick-to-deploy monitoring solution that provides essential alerts and data to enable administrators to quickly detect, diagnose and resolve critical issues within the virtual infrastructure.

New Datacenter Solutions From Dell Deliver Efficiency And Performance Without Compromise

10 Jun 2010

Customers in the ‘Virtual Era’ demand IT solutions that drive efficiency, rapidly deliver business value and drive innovation without locking organizations into proprietary technology. Harnessing more than 25 years of expertise in meeting customers’ requirements, Dell today unveiled new technology, services, management tools and business ready solutions that preserve choice and help customers reduce the time required to build, manage and maintain an efficient datacenter.

Focus on Cloud Business Models and the Current Marketplace at the Cloud Computing World Forum

10 Jun 2010

Cloud computing business models and the current marketplace will come under the spotlight at the 2^nd Cloud Computing World Forum (www.cloudwf.com) taking place June 29 to July 1, 2010 at the Olympia Conference Centre, London.

Converged network boosts US fashion retailer’s business

09 Jun 2010

US retailer, The Limited, supporting 222 stores across more than 40 states, has selected Extreme Networks’ high performance data centre network, converged edge and wireless LAN solutions featuring 802.11n technology to boost the performance and efficiency of its business.

2020 is a key outsourcing date

09 Jun 2010

An annual study commissioned by Savvis predicts the number of companies that outsource their IT infrastructure will increase globally from 17 percent today to 64 percent in 2020.

Better control and reduced energy consumption

09 Jun 2010

nlyte Software has unveiled nlyte 5.3, the next progression of its award-winning data centre performance management suite.

PromonLogicalis Wins Cisco Global Technology Excellence Partner of the Year

08 Jun 2010

PromonLogicalis announced today that it is the recipient of a Cisco Partner Summit global award for Technology Excellence Partner of the Year. Logicalis Group was also presented with a further seven awards spanning Latin America and Europe. Cisco unveiled the winners April 28 at its annual channel partner conference in San Francisco.

AlgoSpan and ALGO Technologies select Interxion

07 Jun 2010

AlgoSpan and ALGO Technologies offer low latency connectivity and market data services from Interxion’s City of London data centre with immediate effect.

Planning permission for Etix DataCenter

07 Jun 2010

Etix DataCenter, Carinae Group's new tier 4, eco-friendly hosting center is announcing that the 2 involved towns have granted it planning permission, and it has rescheduled delivery of the first 4,000m² of Premium hosting space for Q4 2011.

Zurich launch for pan-European infrastructure service

04 Jun 2010

CloudSigma AG, a Swiss cloud computing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider, has launched its pan-European operation in Interxion's Zurich data centre. CloudSigma selected Interxion for its connectivity-rich, highly scalable and flexible data centre space in Zurich.

Hybrid Cloud the 'next big opportunity'

04 Jun 2010

A new report by consulting firm BroadGroup reveals that enterprise adoption of Private Cloud will accelerate over the next five years, and will boost the opportunity for third party data centre outsourcing. But hybrid cloud is seen as the next major opportunity where efficiencies can be gained by using public cloud for non-critical applications.

Cleantech veteran, Marco DeMiroz, joins Racktivity as President & CEO

04 Jun 2010

Marco DeMiroz, an experienced technology and energy industry executive, and cleantech investor, will join Racktivity as president and Chief Executive Officer, based in Silicon Valley, California. DeMiroz will also join the Company’s board of directors. DeMiroz leaves Soliant Energy, where he had served as Chief Operating Officer and was also previously interim Chief Executive Officer.

A Modular, Scalable, Data Centre with a PUE of 1.13

03 Jun 2010

A statement like that is surely worthy of a spot in the next episode of Ripley's Believe It or Not.

Last week I was treated to a revolutionary facility tour. The invitation to see this new facility was nearly ignored, thinking it would be yet another container tour. The PR gambit sent through was a bit vague and in truth, as the old adage goes, if it sounds too good to be true...you know the rest!

StorageCraft gives organisations a head-start on recovery

03 Jun 2010

Automated server recovery eliminates downtime

StorageCraft today announces the launch of HeadStart Restore (HSR), which enables automatic server recovery in a matter of minutes rather than hours.

Switch built for dynamic, virtualised environments

02 Jun 2010

Force10 Networks has extended its S-Series™ access switch line with the introduction of the S60 top-of-rack (ToR) Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch. As the first switch purpose-built for dynamic virtualized data center environments, the S60 answers challenging application needs and lowers operational costs at the rack edge by leveraging new features and functionality, including ultra-deep buffering and “bare metal” auto-configuration, as well as proven Force10 product attributes, such as low power consumption and non-blocking, line-rate switching.

IT Professionals Are Hacking Their Own Enterprises To Keep Intruders Out

02 Jun 2010

Survey also finds 31% of companies have fallen foul of hackers

A survey of IT security professionals has discovered that 83% consider commercial applications, the ones you buy off the shelf, to be riddled with code flaws and vulnerabilities. That’s the discovery of a survey conducted by Fortify Software, a leader in Software Security Assurance (SSA) solutions, who found that 56% believe these flaws could allow hackers to exploit these software vulnerabilities.

VarData deepens partnership with BlueArc to enhance storage solutions offerings to customers

02 Jun 2010

VarData today announced it has achieved Gold Status as a partner in the BlueArc Partner Acceleration Program for authorized resellers. A BlueArc partner since 2004, VarData is now deepening its partnership with BlueArc, gaining access to valuable benefits including early access to new product information, specialized training, priority support and enhanced marketing programs. Together, these benefits help VarData strengthen their storage solutions offerings and grow their business.

Micro-modular partnership

01 Jun 2010

Elliptical Mobile Solutions (EMS), the global leaders in Micro-Modular Data Centres, has formed a strategic distribution partnership with Hammer, the number one European distributor dedicated solely to storage.

Flagship facility opening celebration

01 Jun 2010

Telehouse has celebrated the opening of its new Telehouse West data centre with a prestigious launch event in the heart of the new facility. The evening was hosted by BBC breakfast’s Bill Turnbull, with speeches from: Mr Mitsui, Managing Director, Telehouse Europe; Mr Ishikawa, Vice President, KDDI; Mr. Hiroshi Oka, Minister of the Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom; and Mike Harris, co-founder, Egg plc.

Colleges sign “one-stop shop” IT deal with Calyx

01 Jun 2010

Colleges Northern Ireland (CNI) has signed a £3 million four-year contract with Calyx to provide managed services and a technology refresh across 47 College campuses. The IT specialist was selected by CNI, the representative body of the six regional Colleges, to be the single provider to educational facilities with wide-ranging and complex requirements.

Data centre hosting services for Saudi market

28 May 2010

Cisco, VMware and EMC coalition helps to secure strategic data center win to enable STC to introduce Managed IT Services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Forestar Group chooses Data Foundry

28 May 2010

Forestar Group, an Austin-based company focused on sustainability and growth solutions in real estate, mineral resources and fiber resources, will leverage Data Foundry’s colocation facility infrastructure for its mission-critical server needs, including redundant power, HVAC and network services.

Logicalis opens high density facility

28 May 2010

Logicalis has launched its 10,000sq.ft high density data centre (HDDC). The Tier 3+ facility, located on the M4 corridor, will provide customers with made-to-measure hosted and managed services to support hyper-virtualised computing, storage and networking technologies, as well as Logicalis’ suite of hybrid Cooperative Enterprise Cloud services.

e-shelter develops Zurich facility

27 May 2010

e-shelter is developing a large-scale data centre in Zurich to support the region’s demand for highly secure, efficient and available data storage space.

Universal ICE Cube

27 May 2010

SGI has introduced a new Universal class of ICE Cube, the company's award-winning modular data centre for extreme server and storage densities.

The death of DIY?

26 May 2010

Survey commissioned by Digital Realty Trust shows that a majority of companies that plan to increase their data centre space will do so with a third party.

IBM and Force10 extend agreement

26 May 2010

IBM certifies ExaScale to interoperate with its 'x iDataPlex' clustering solutions for dynamic data centre environments.

DCPM suite drives green data centre programme

26 May 2010

nlyte to help ACS maximise data centre efficiency and performance while driving down carbon emissions and energy consumption.

QuantHouse selects Interxion to complete its London based data centre coverage

25 May 2010

QuantHouse, an independent provider of low-latency trading solutions, is now delivering its services from Interxion’s Financial Hub in its City of London data centre.

IBM agrees to acquire Sterling Commerce

25 May 2010

IBM and AT& have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Sterling Commerce from AT&T for approximately $1.4 billion in cash.

Server Technology and Modius Announce Alliance to Lower Data Center Operational Costs

25 May 2010

Server Technology announces participation in Modius Technical Alliance Program, furthering integration capabilities within the power ecosystem of data center management tools

Server Technology has announced a comprehensive integration of Sentry Power Manager (SPM), Sentry Smart and Switched Power Distribution Units (PDUs) with Modius OpenData®, the comprehensive management software solution for centralized data center monitoring and analysis.

Rackspace Expanding Cloud Services to the UK; Building on Cloud Growth

25 May 2010

Rackspace® Hosting has announced that it plans to bring public cloud services to the UK by the end of the year.

Solid State Drive technology taking off as enterprise users adopt the technology

24 May 2010

Solid State Drive technology taking off as enterprise users adopt the technology says Origin Storage

A report just released says that solid state drives (SSDs) are taking off in the enterprise server sector, largely as a result of the fact that high-performance SSDs can better meet the needs of enterprise and storage area network (SAN) users than magnetic hard drive units

Oracle Launches Sun Netra 6000

21 May 2010

Expanding the industry’s most comprehensive family of carrier-grade servers, Oracle has introduced the Sun Netra 6000 for the communications industry.

Optimising virtualized data center management capabilities

21 May 2010

Solution streamlines management of next-generation data center, including public and private cloud infrastructures.

Vizioncore Takes Mystery Out Of Virtual System Performance For New Movie Studio

20 May 2010

Vizioncore has announced that Australia-based Dr. D Studios has deployed Vizioncore vFoglight™ to monitor the performance of the company's VMware vSphere virtual server environment.

UC4 Software Achieves IBM Advanced Business Partner Status

20 May 2010

UC4 Automation Engine to be Featured at IBM Forum in Vienna on June 8

UC4 Software, a leading provider of Intelligent Service Automation and IT process optimization solutions, has announced it has been certified as an IBM Advanced Business Partner.

Core Consultancy Wins "Specialist Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Company of the Year" at Business Continuity Awards 2010

19 May 2010

Innovative, High-Availability continuous data protection and remote recovery solution for small and medium businesses recognised at leading industry awards

JSE Listed Securities Companies Look to the Cloud For Compliance Silver Bullet

19 May 2010

Johannesburg - The increasing pressure on financial companies to tighten up governance and compliance has created a rapid surge in the uptake of ‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS) technology solutions that quickly and effectively address this. Many JSE-listed stock-broking companies, including Kagiso Securities, Afrifocus, Cadiz Financial Services Group and Barnard Jacob Mallet (BJM), have all adopted the cloud-based email management solution, Mimecast.

Active Power Receives More than $8 Million Order

19 May 2010

Active Power, manufacturer of critical backup power systems and continuous power solutions, received an order for more than $8 million for containerized infrastructure solutions from one of its strategic IT partners. The order represents the largest single order in Active Power’s history.

System Integrator MTI Launches Enterprise Backup as a Service

19 May 2010

New Cloud Backup Service Now Meets Businesses-Level Requirements

MTI has unveiled its Cloud Backup as a Service (BaaS) offering for businesses, one of four new service sets to be launched under the MTI Insight Services banner. The other three groups will be MTI Consult (Consultancy Services), MTI Create (Project Services) and MTI Care (Customer and Managed Services).

Transforming data centre economics and experience

18 May 2010

Juniper Networks has unveiled new software, services, systems and partnerships that will help enterprise IT dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of data center networking while also improving application and business performance.

IBM opens Development Laboratory

18 May 2010

IBM has opened a new systems software development laboratory in Manchester. With a focus on IBM Power Systems, the engineers in the Lab develop optimisation, security, and virtualisation software to help clients manage emerging workloads designed to reduce data centre costs.

Raritan Wins Green Enterprise IT Award from the Uptime Institute

18 May 2010

Presented 'Outstanding IT Product' Award for Data Center Energy Efficiency Solution

Raritan today announced it was selected as a winner of the prestigious 2010 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Awards presented by the Uptime Institute. The GEITAwards showcase organizations that are pioneering energy-efficiency improvements in their IT and data center operations, or that provide technology that can significantly reduce energy consumption.

Energy efficient data center for Puma

18 May 2010

Company headquarters equipped with the latest Liebert MPX power management technology

Knürr AG recently equipped one of the world’s leading sport lifestyle companies, PUMA AG, with energy efficient data center solutions. Ultra-modern systems that meet all energy efficiency requirements will in future be used in the new company headquarters in Herzogenaurach

StrataScale Powers Public Cloud Services with Isilon IQ

18 May 2010

Provider of Next-Generation Hosting Solutions Deploys Isilon Scale-out NAS to Deliver New Virtual IT Offering, Driving Business Growth while Reducing Capital and Operating Costs

SummerHaven Investment Management Selects SunGard for SaaS-based Commodity Trading and Risk Management

17 May 2010

SummerHaven Investment Management, LLC, an investment management company specializing in commodity futures based in Stamford, CT, has selected SunGard’s Kiodex Real Time trade capture, position-keeping, mark-to-market and risk management solution. SummerHaven will also use SunGard’s Kiodex business process outsourcing (BPO) services for middle-office operations.

PMC-Sierra Introduces Industry's First Multi-Core, Multi-Threaded RAID Platform for x86 Servers

17 May 2010

PMC-Sierra, Inc. today announcedits maxRAID(TM) architecture and the first product in the family, the BR5225-80 RAID adapter designed for solid state disk (SSD) storage in x86 servers (see Figure 1). Based on PMC-Sierra's market-leading, multi-core SRC 8x6G RAID-on-Chip (RoC) controller and multi-threaded, performance-optimized RAID stack software, the maxRAID BR5225-80 connects PCI Express(R) (PCIe(R)) 2.0 to eight SAS/SATA ports at up to 6Gb/s and targets data- and transaction-intensive applications requiring highest IOPS and throughput.

Server sales put pressure on power, cooling and space

14 May 2010

A significant increase in server sales during the next two years will lead to a further acceleration of data center power, cooling and space problems, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner said that users need to quantify the effects of new deployments and take action without delay.

University of Lübeck Centralizes IT Operations With Isilon IQ

14 May 2010

Leading German University Deploys Isilon Scale-out NAS to Unify File-Based Applications, Accelerating Data Access while Reducing Operating Costs

Trunk Networks achieves London presence and greater connectivity

13 May 2010

Interxion has announced an agreement with Trunk Networks, a hosted-solutions provider, to deliver equipment housing and connectivity services in Interxion’s London City data centre.

Brocade Encryption Switch Garners Prestigious 2009 EMC Partner Solution Award for Best New Offering for RSA

13 May 2010

Brocade today announced that the Brocade Encryption Switch has won the 2009 EMC Partner Solution Award for Best New Offering for achieving the highest RSA platform utilization. The EMC Partner Solution Awards recognize top offerings from the EMC Solution Gallery and are based upon business impact, commitment to EMC technology, market presence and revenue contribution.

Symantec Hosted Services Launches Symantec Hosted Endpoint Protection

13 May 2010

SaaS portfolio provides complete approach to hosted security for SMBs from the gateway to the endpoint-

Symantec today announced the launch of Symantec Hosted Endpoint Protection, a new cloud-based offering for small and medium sized organizations who wish to deploy comprehensive security for their computer systems without the need for additional hardware or management software. Customers will now be able to protect their Windows-based laptops, desktops, and file servers from the proliferation and growing sophistication of threats with the simplicity and convenience of a cloud-based service.

F5’s Application Delivery Controllers Lead in Comparative Evaluation

13 May 2010

The industry’s most comprehensive, transparent, and repeatable testing shows F5’s BIG-IP solutions outperform products from Cisco and Citrix (see F5 performance report here)

NetApp Crushes Exabyte Barrier with Powerful Storage Efficiency Technologies

12 May 2010

NetApp Leads the Primary Storage Deduplication Market with More Than 12,000 Customers and 87,000 Deduped Storage Systems Deployed

IPC extends global collaboration with Equinix

11 May 2010

Equinix to host core IPC networking infrastructure to ensure close proximity with venues and financial communities located at six key Equinix data centres for financial markets.

Fortify Software Joins Cloud Security Alliance

11 May 2010

Leader in Software Security Assurance Offers Guidance & Expertise for Organizations to
Produce “Cloud-Ready” Software

Compellent moves to 6Gbit/s SAS interfaces

11 May 2010

Compellent is going to give its storage array controllers more power, update its software and move to faster SAS drives.

Green IT Awards Go to Raritan's Intelligent Power Management Solutions

11 May 2010

Raritan has won the 2010 Green IT Award in the ‘Hardware Product of the Year’ category for its Dominion® PX intelligent power distribution unit (PDU), which helps data centers measure power usage accurately. In addition, the company's Power IQ™ energy management software received a runner-up award in the 'Minister of Energy' category.

Leading colocation provider C4L signs £2m deal with TelecityGroup

11 May 2010

C4L, a leading UK colocation provider, has today announced an extended £2 million hosting contract with TelecityGroup. The deal ensures the continuation of C4L’s long-term partnership with the Group, and enables the company to expand its services at one of the UK’s key data centre locations.

Core Consultancy Launches enhanced version of Award winning DataSafe backup and recovery solution

10 May 2010

DataSafe High-Availability offers new onsite virtualisation, continuous data protection and remote recovery technologies to provide a comprehensive disaster recovery service for small and medium businesses across the UK

European market optimistic

07 May 2010

CB Richard Ellis, a leading real estate advisor, has announced that the total take-up for 2009 in the European Data Centre market was 48,660 sq m across the five tier 1 markets. This was a significant reduction on the 2008 total of 147,380 sq m. The most notable decline came in corporate activity, which accounted for 59 per cent of total take up in 2008 but just 18 per cent in 2009.

New York expansion for Equinix

06 May 2010

Equinix has announced the expansion of its NY4 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre. The $80 million third phase provides approximately 1,250 cabinet equivalents, enabling Equinix to better service the largest metropolitan area in the United States — a region that includes leading financial firms and some of the largest media and enterprise companies in the world.

Verizon Business completes SAS 70 Type II examinations of global data centers

06 May 2010

Hosting centers support services that underpin company’s everything-as-a-service delivery model.

Cisco and VMware to accelerate data center virtualization opportunities

06 May 2010

Initiative provides new program benefits for partners delivering Cisco Unified Computing System and VMware vSphere.

Gartner says worldwide IT Services revenue declined 5.3 percent in 2009

06 May 2010

Worldwide IT services revenue totaled $763 billion in 2009, a 5.3 percent decline from 2008 revenue of $805 billion, according to Gartner, Inc.

Bull expands colocation Footprint

06 May 2010

Bull has expanded its equipment housing requirements with Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centres.

Equinix opens fourth data centre in Zurich

05 May 2010

New Equinix ZH4 International Business Exchange data centre to provide 2,300 gross square metres of additional capacity in Switzerland

Centrix Software Announces Release of WorkSpace iQ™

05 May 2010

New solution allows organizations to monitor and meter application delivery and consumption across virtual and physical data center resources; supports IT charge-back policies

Equinix completes Switch and Data acquisition

04 May 2010

Acquisition provides customers broader access to 35 global data centre metropolitan areas throughout North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions for extended market reach and interconnected business ecosystems.

New NetScaler Solutions Bring Cloud Economics and Elasticity to the Virtual Datacenter

04 May 2010

Citrix Systems unveiled its new Citrix® NetScaler® 9.2 release along with three powerful new NetScaler MPX™ hardware appliances and a new high-performance NetScaler VPX™ virtual appliance.

Logicalis Wins Cisco Data Centre and Virtualisation Partner of the Year at 2010 Cisco Partner Summit

30 Apr 2010

Logicalis have announced that it is the recipient of a Cisco Partner Summit regional award for Data Centre and Virtualisation Partner of the Year. Cisco unveiled the winners on April 28 at its annual channel partner conference in San Francisco

New Consumer Survey of 1,000 Respondents Reveals that Consumers Put Responsibility on Web Site Owners to Prevent Malware Infections

30 Apr 2010

Survey Also Underscores Importance of Government Intervention to Fight Cybercrime and Devise Regulations on ISPs and Online Providers

An independent survey amongst 1,000 UK consumers commissioned by Qualys®, Inc the leading provider of on demand IT security risk and compliance management solutions, revealed the need for multiple groups to take proactive measures to keep web sites safe from malware and to protect sensitive customer information.

Continuity Plans Not Extending To BlackBerry Smartphones Despite Growing Importance To Businesses, Research Shows

30 Apr 2010

Mimecast®, a unified email management company offering SaaS-based email security, continuity, policy control and archiving, has today revealed research findings showing that business continuity plans have not extended to cover the BlackBerry® service, despite the mobile email service’s growing importance in UK businesses.

Barracuda Message Archiver Extends Beyond Email to Archive All Microsoft Exchange Items

30 Apr 2010

New Capabilities Improve Storage Efficiency by Archiving Calendar Items, Contacts and Tasks

Barracuda Networks Inc. announced new features for the Barracuda Message Archiver that allow users to archive calendar items, contacts and tasks from Microsoft Exchange making it the first appliance- based solution to offer this capability.

Cineteck France selects Equinix

29 Apr 2010

Resilient operations and access to Tier-1 service providers are key factors in Cineteck’s choice.

Iron Mountain Enhances CloudRecovery Solution for Microsoft DPM

29 Apr 2010

Iron Mountain’s CloudRecovery Solution includes Support for DPM 2010, Increased Scalability, and Added Disaster Protection across Microsoft applications such as Hyper-V, Exchange, SharePoint, and SQL Server

SunGard Achieves Green IT Savings

29 Apr 2010

As part of a green IT initiative to improve the energy efficiency of its data centers, SunGard’s financial systems business is on track to achieve more than $5 million in savings over the next five years. The project, which kicked off in 2009, virtualizes the servers in the twenty-five North America data centers operated by SunGard Financial Systems.

Virtualisation market accelerates out of the recession

28 Apr 2010

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Virtualization Tracker, 18.2% of all new servers shipped in the fourth quarter of 2009 (4Q09) were virtualized, an increase from 15.2% in 4Q08.

Enhanced network and IT operations management

28 Apr 2010

EMC has announced key enhancements to its flagship IT infrastructure monitoring and analysis portfolio, EMC Ionix for IT Operations Intelligence (formerly Smarts). The new technologies provide core network management functionality to help customers transition from a physical to virtual IT infrastructure – and eventually – a private cloud model.

Verizon and Novell unveil cloud-based security solution

28 Apr 2010

New on-demand ‘identity-as-a-service’ offering provides enterprises with more control, strong security when accessing applications in the cloud.

Mellanox's New Gateway System Boosts Application Performance, Reduces Datacenter Complexity

28 Apr 2010

BridgeX BX5020 Gateway enables 40Gb/s converged datacenter fabrics with seamless connectivity to Ethernet LANs, iSCSI and Fibre Channel SANs

F5 Unlocks True Potential of ‘On-Demand IT’

28 Apr 2010

New BIG-IP release helps extend enterprise data centre architecture to the cloud through holistic ecosystem supporting the dynamic nature of applications and data

The world’s first Enterprise Java Cloud?

28 Apr 2010

Salesforce.com and VMware have announced a partnership to jointly deliver, sell and support a new enterprise Java cloud called VMforce™.

Pillar Data Systems Gives Customers More Control over Disaster Recovery, Storage Performance and Efficiency

27 Apr 2010

Pillar Data Systems today delivered several new features that increase the performance, efficiency and ease of management for its award-winning Pillar Axiom storage system. These new additions build on the Axiom’s unique Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities and ensure greater flexibility and reliability for storage administrators.

Cyber-Ark’s New Privileged Identity Management Suite Delivers Complete Security and Audit Control for Organizations’ Most Powerful Users

27 Apr 2010

Addition of On-Demand Privileges Manager Delivers Granular Access Control and Personalized Security for Integrated, Cost-Effective Protection Against Data Breaches and Insider Threats

China Telecom Builds Strategic European Presence at Interxion

27 Apr 2010

Interxion today announced that China Telecom (Europe) Limited, the EMEA division of China Telecom, the world's largest wireline telecommunications and broadband services provider, has chosen Interxion’s PAR 5 data centre in Paris as part of its operation to expand its network across Europe.

Beijing Genomics Institute powers one of the world's largest DNA sequencing environments with Isilon IQ

27 Apr 2010

Asia’s Largest Genomics Institute Deploys Isilon Scale-out NAS to Power More than 100 Illumina Sequencers, Speeding Time-to-Discovery while Reducing Capital and Operating Costs

Paladyne Systems leverages Equinix to extend global reach of its application service provider solution

27 Apr 2010

Equinix’s LD4 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre provides network-rich, optimised and neutral meeting place for technology provider to sell its solution

nlyte Software wins 'One to Watch Product' at annual UK Green IT Awards

26 Apr 2010

Data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) software provider recognised for commitment to sustainable IT initiatives

TelecityGroup announces new capacity plans in London

26 Apr 2010

21MW customer power to be added to flagship Powergate facility, enlarging London data centre hub to meet high customer demand.

Fujitsu launches global Cloud strategy

23 Apr 2010

Fujitsu’s global cloud strategy has been developed through the company’s real experience in working with customers on cloud computing services as well as the trialling and delivery of solutions across the world.

Hi-tech spending to increase

23 Apr 2010

Marketing spending among high-tech and telecom providers (HTTPs) is picking up in 2010, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. The survey found that 44 per cent of 2010 HTTP marketing budgets will be flat compared with 2009, 41 per cent will increase and only 15 per cent are likely to decrease. This compares favorably to 2009 when more than half of providers' marketing organisations took cuts in their budgets compared to 2008.

Equinix expands Dutch operations

23 Apr 2010

Equinix AM2 IBX data centre to provide 96,700 gross square feet (9,000 gross square metres) of capacity for Dutch capital.

Arrow on target for Avocent in the UK

23 Apr 2010

Avocent has appointed Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions as a key distributor in the United Kingdom. With approved distribution rights, Arrow ECS will play a key role in the development of the company’s channel network in the United Kingdom.

Native Fibre Channel added to testing solution

23 Apr 2010

Ixia has introduced a new native fibre channel test solution for network equipment manufacturers (NEMs), enterprise data centres, information and storage service providers, and cloud computing services.

StorageCraft Releases ShadowProtect Desktop 4.0

22 Apr 2010

Backup, disaster recovery and migration software has new features to improve restore rates, virtual integration and centralized management

StorageCraft today released StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop™ 4.0. The newest version in the ShadowProtect™ line of award-winning backup, disaster recovery and system migration technology addresses the need to protect business assets – the data that resides on desktops and laptops throughout an enterprise – and improves virtualization technology while centralizing management of desktop backups throughout an enterprise.

TelecityGroup gains international accreditations for quality management and security

22 Apr 2010

TelecityGroup has achieved compliance for its entire European data centre estate to ISO 27001:2005 and ISO 9001:2008. The international accreditations recognise high standards for security management and business quality management respectively, and have been awarded following rigorous assessments under ISO guidelines.

BT Selects CommVault Simpana Software to Help Transform Data Management and Reduce Operational Costs

22 Apr 2010

Global Leader of Voice, Data, Internet and Managed Services Offerings Adopts Simpana Software Backup and Recovery with Deduplication to Help Deliver Next-Generation Services to Customers

New IBM Storage Products Reduce Cost, Complexity of Managing "Big Data"

22 Apr 2010

Help Clients Prioritize, Classify Data for Workloads Like Real-time Analytics

IBM has announced new storage products -- part of its 2010 lineup of workload-optimized systems -- that are designed to reduce the cost and complexity of storing vast amounts of data while making it easier for clients to apply analytics and gain insight from the data.

Reduced IT costs thanks to unified compute platform

21 Apr 2010

As part of a continued commitment to deliver reliable, robust data centre solutions, Hitachi Data Systems has announced the Hitachi unified compute platform, said to be the industry’s first open and unified compute platform for enterprise data centres, including private and public cloud deployments.

Signs of early recovery in the EMEA server virtualization market

21 Apr 2010

According to IDC's EMEA Quarterly Server Virtualization Tracker, 17.7% of all new servers shipped in EMEA in the fourth quarter of 2009 (4Q09) were virtualized, an increase from 16.31% in 4Q08. Actual shipments increased year over year for the first time since 4Q08, rising 2.8% to 110,000 physical servers.

High-density 10 GB Ethernet fabric solution

21 Apr 2010

Combined solution enables massively scalable low-latency, virtualisation-aware fabrics with more than 3,400 10 Gigabit ports for world's largest data centres.

BLADE Network Technologies and Voltaire have partnered to deliver the industry's highest-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) data centre switch fabrics.

StorageCraft Releases ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise 4.0

21 Apr 2010

Disaster Recovery software includes revolutionary technology to dramatically improve recovery, backup image management

StorageCraft today announced the release of StorageCraft ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise™ 4.0. The newest version in the ShadowProtect™ line of award-winning backup, disaster recovery and system migration technology dramatically decreases the amount of time required to restore Windows systems and improves central management of ShadowProtect backups.

StorageCraft Releases ShadowProtect Server 4.0

21 Apr 2010

Backup, disaster recovery and migration software has new features to improve restore rates, virtual integration and centralized management

Storagecraft today released StorageCraft ShadowProtect Server™ 4.0 and StorageCraft ShadowProtect Small Business Server™ 4.0. The newest version in the ShadowProtect™ line of award-winning backup, disaster recovery and system migration technology addresses the Recovery Time Objective (RTO) for businesses, the need to integrate disaster recovery planning with virtualised systems as well as centralising management of backups.

Edge-to-core portfolio launch

21 Apr 2010

HP has introduced a comprehensive edge-to-core networking portfolio that delivers a superior alternative to the marketplace in terms of technology, energy efficiency and total cost of ownership.

A-Server Signs First Polish Distributor for Innovative ARCA Backup and Data Recovery Appliance and Off-site Business Continuity Services

20 Apr 2010

Appointment of Storage Specialist S4E as second European distributor as part of continuing growth strategy

Warsaw, Poland, April 20th, 2010 - A-Server, a provider of cloud, data backup and recovery products and services, has appointed S4E as its first distributor in Poland for its ARCA line of backup, recovery and virtualisation appliances aimed at small and medium enterprises.

Dynamic virtualisation management

20 Apr 2010

Extreme Networks has introduced a network-based dynamic data centre virtualisation lifecycle management solution that delivers unprecedented visibility, control and automation of Virtual Machines (VM) to the network administrator.

The race for 40 GB Ethernet

20 Apr 2010

Better economics will drive greater adoption of 40 GbE vs 100 GbE to meet growing bandwidth needs in data centre networks.

Cross-platform, Cloud-connected data protection appliance solution

19 Apr 2010

– i365’s EVault for Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager is a collaboration with Microsoft that has resulted in the first and only heterogeneous disk-based data protection solution that allows IT managers to extend Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 across non-Microsoft platforms and into the Cloud, using i365’s EVault data protection software and Cloud-Connected storage solutions infrastructure. EVault for DPM on Dell hardware is scheduled to be available in June and can be ordered today through i365 and Microsoft channel partners.

Doubling the performance of mission-critical medical applications

19 Apr 2010

The Centre Hospitalier de Douai had one major goal with replacing its storage system: supporting continuous, 24/7 hospital operations to tend to more than 37,000 patients a year. By replacing its IBM storage system with the Pillar Axiom, the hospital doubled its application performance, increased its utilisation (usable capacity) to 92% and achieved 99.999% availability, effectively creating the backbone of its business continuity solution.

Arista Networks Redefines Data Center Switching

19 Apr 2010

Arista 7500 - Sets New Standard for 10 Gigabit Ethernet Networking

MENLO PARK, Calif., April 19, 2010 – Arista Networks today introduced the Arista 7500, a revolutionary switching platform for maximizing data center performance, efficiency, and overall network reliability. The Arista 7500 is the highest performance and most power efficient 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) switching platform available. It was specifically designed to address the most demanding customer requirements for cloud computing, virtualization, and mission-critical data centers.

Turnkey facilities for US and London

16 Apr 2010

Digital Realty Trust is to build out the next phase of over 170,000 square feet of new Turn-Key Datacentres in five major metropolitan markets to meet escalating demand for its move-in ready datacentre space.

VI inks agreement with HDS

16 Apr 2010

Virtual Instruments has formed a limited purchase agreement for Hitachi Data Systems to resell Virtual Instruments NetWisdom and VirtualWisdom for deployment with its storage solutions.

DataCentre Expo set for Dusseldorf

16 Apr 2010

Europe’s first fully dedicated, expo led data centre event will take place in Düsseldorf, 16^th – 17^th Sept 2010.

Slow server growth expected

15 Apr 2010

According to IDC's EMEA Quarterly Server Forecast, customer server revenue will pick up slightly in 2010 as the market recovers from the recession in 2009. IDC expects a modest increase of 2.4%, set against the weakest server figures recorded by IDC in 2009.

NGM locates matching engines with Interxion

15 Apr 2010

Nordic Growth Market (NGM) AB, a Stockholm-based operator of securitised derivatives and equities exchanges, is to locate its matching engines at Interxion’s Stockholm data centre.

Achieving the Gold standard

15 Apr 2010

Emerson’s state-of-the-art, energy-efficient Global Data Center in St. Louis has earned two high-profile industry recognitions for environmental responsibility: LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and a 2009 Beyond Green High-Performance Building Award from the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council.

Carrier neutral Ethernet Exchange

13 Apr 2010

Interxion and CENX have formed a partnership to launch a pan-European Carrier Neutral Ethernet Exchange service. The service will be available in Interxion’s London data centre in June 2010 with expansions being planned for other locations including, amongst others, Amsterdam and Paris.

Environmental best practice recognised by EU

13 Apr 2010

First to be awarded ‘Corporate Status’ by European Commission; European data centre portfolio has applied the Code’s guidelines.

Equinix launches Carrier Ethernet Exchange

12 Apr 2010

The Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange is a global service that provides a multi-carrier environment for the exchange of data traffic between providers of Ethernet services.

Taking command of storage growth

12 Apr 2010

Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the world’s leading space technology companies, has deployed the F5 Networks’ ARX solution to control rising data storage costs and increase operational efficiencies.

EMC unveils Data Domain Global Deduplication Array

12 Apr 2010

The EMC Data Domain Global Deduplication Array (GDA) is said to be the industry’s fastest inline deduplication storage system for enterprise backup applications.

Gartner says worldwide IT spending to grow 5.3 per cent in 2010

12 Apr 2010

Worldwide IT spending is forecast to reach $3.4 trillion in 2010, a 5.3 per cent increase from IT spending of $3.2 trillion in 2009, according to Gartner, Inc. The IT industry will continue to show steady growth with IT spending in 2011 projected to surpass $3.5 trillion, a 4.2 per cent increase from 2010.

Energy efficiency agreement

09 Apr 2010

Hitachi Europe (Hitachi),and GREEN DATA SYSTEMS (GDS) have agreed to enter into a strategic partnership for the collaboration and deployment of highly energy efficient data centres.

WAN optimisation performance taken to ‘new heights’

09 Apr 2010

Advanced operating system enables easy deployment, management & monitoring with increased levels of optimization.

More than 400 organisations worldwide adopt EMC SourceOne

09 Apr 2010

In just one year since its introduction, more than 400 organisations worldwide have adopted EMC SourceOne. Customers including Northampton Borough Council, Ogilvy South Africa and TOMRA are deploying EMC SourceOne to help them manage risks, simplify e-discovery and cut storage costs.

Interxion Announces Sponsorship of Trade Tech Europe Summit

09 Apr 2010

Interxion has announced its sponsorship of TradeTech Europe, the 10th Equity Trading and Technology Summit, taking place on the 20th - 22nd April 2010 at the Excel Centre, London.

Equinix continues global expansion programme with third IBX data centre in Paris, France

08 Apr 2010

116,230 gross square foot (10,800 gross square metre) PA3 International Business Exchange data centre doubles Equinix’s capacity in strategic market.

Virtualisation achieves acceptance with manufacturers

08 Apr 2010

Vizioncore has announced the results of its latest Vizioncore Virtualisation Review (VVR) survey. These results indicate that virtualisation has achieved acceptance with manufacturers who are driving cost savings with innovative technology solutions. Moving beyond the basic benefits of virtualisation adoption, manufacturers have shifted their focus, seeking ways to prevent downtime, gain efficiencies and reduce costs at the corporate level. The VVR uncovered these trends in a survey of worldwide manufacturers across multiple industries, where 44 percent of the respondents were process manufacturers and 28 percent were discrete manufacturers.

Human error highlighted as security risk

08 Apr 2010

63% of businesses believe that denial of service attacks are a real and serious problem, whilst all believe that human error is a threat to service availability and data security. The vulnerability of websites also made the top three, with 68% of organisations seeing it as a threat worthy of concern.

Additions to Data Center 3.0 portfolio

08 Apr 2010

Cisco has introduced continued innovation and additions to its Data Center 3.0 portfolio, designed to reduce IT infrastructure cost and complexity, provide better support for data center virtualization, and improve business agility to deliver strategic competitive advantages.

Enterprises under-investing in the protection of corporate secrets

07 Apr 2010

Focus on protecting compliance-related data needs to expand to more valuable intellectual property.

National University of Singapore migrates WAN to Juniper Networks

07 Apr 2010

Juniper MX and M series routers increase capacity and reliability while enabling IPv6 Inter-networking with other academic institutions.

Broadridge and IBM team up

07 Apr 2010

Data center services agreement and business alliance.

Green Grid collaborates on energy efficiency metrics agreement

06 Apr 2010

Organisations worldwide agree on global harmonisation of data centre energy efficiency metrics.

McAfee and Riverbed partner

06 Apr 2010

Joint solutions delivers COMPREHENSIVE wan optimization and multilayer security in a single APPLIANCE.

Interxion opens €12 million second Dublin Data Centre

01 Apr 2010

New 2,455m2 of gross space, increasing Interxion’s overall capacity in Dublin to 4,755m2; Brings number of Interxion European data centres to 27, with over 55,000m2 of equipped space in 11 countries.

eu chooses TelecityGroup for better security

01 Apr 2010

EURid mirrors its technical infrastructure of the .eu top-level domain operation at TelecityGroup's Amstel Business Park data centre.

Consolidation and the Cloud

01 Apr 2010

Leading global manufacturer removes local servers from branch offices while reducing costs and improving employee productivity.

Interxion acquires space for further growth in Frankfurt

31 Mar 2010

• New site in close proximity to Interxion Frankfurt data centre campus;
• Potential for major development following completion of FRA 6 facility, currently on schedule for Q3 2010;
• Accelerated acquisition and expansion programme reflects exceptionally high levels of demand from financial and carrier industry in Frankfurt.
  

Skoda selects SGI

31 Mar 2010

Skoda Auto a.s., one of Europe’s best known car companies and daughter company of the VW Group, has selected SGI Altix ICE to augment its computer-aided engineering (CAE) system.

Telehouse West opens

31 Mar 2010

New London data centre can meet businesses’ high capacity demands.

50th celebrations

31 Mar 2010

Equinix has announced a major company milestone: the opening of its 50th premier International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre.

Powering network infrastructure

31 Mar 2010

New Indonesian office building deploys Force10 Ethernet switch/router solutions to deliver network services to tenants.

Extended intrusion prevention capabilities

31 Mar 2010

Sourcefire has expanded its Sourcefire 3D System to support the Xen 3.3.2 and 3.4.2 virtualisation platforms. Now supporting the two leading virtual environments – Xen and VMware – Sourcefire is enabling customers with diverse virtual platforms to further protect these investments, while also leveraging these resources to increase intrusion prevention capabilities.

Targeting the internal Cloud

31 Mar 2010

3PAR has expanded its alliance activities with Citrix to target internal clouds, including becoming a Citrix Ready Partner, ongoing certification of the 3PAR InServ Storage Server with Citrix XenServer, and collaboration to integrate the 3PAR Utility Storage platform with Citrix StorageLink technology under the Citrix Ready Open Storage Program.

HP expands LTO portfolio

31 Mar 2010

HP is expanding its Linear Tape Open (LTO) technology portfolio with the upgraded HP StorageWorks LTO-5 Ultrium tape drives, which deliver improved data transfer speeds and management capabilities.

Realising the benefits of SAN virtualisation

30 Mar 2010

More performance, greater available capacity, simplified upgrades and scalability - all on-the-fly.

Savvis expands range of Cloud infrastructure solutions in the UK

30 Mar 2010

Savvis Symphony Open public cloud now available from Slough data centre.

Flotation advice

30 Mar 2010

International law firm, Stephenson Harwood, has advised CSF Group plc on its initial public offering on AIM, which went live yesterday. The firm acted on all aspects of the flotation and assisted the client in raising £28m to achieve a market capitalisation of just under £90m on flotation.

HP launches new generation of ProLiant servers

30 Mar 2010

HP ProLiant G7 servers with AMD Opteron 6100 Series processors deliver more value, rapid return on investment.

SGI offers immediate availability of AMD Opteron 6000 series platforms in SGI server lines

30 Mar 2010

SGI has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting AMD Opteron series platform choices, including the AMD Opteron 6000 series, across all SGI scale-out server platforms. SGI server solutions will tackle mission critical server and workstation application workloads with increased performance and energy efficiency.

Sentrum exceeds expectations with the delivery of new data halls at Sentrum 4

29 Mar 2010

Sentrum Construction Management has completed three new data halls at Sentrum 4 in Woking, ahead of schedule.

Cisco, GDSYS and Incheon Metropolitan City collaborate in building next-generation green data center

26 Mar 2010

Cisco networking solutions and technology to be used to build ubiquitous service platform.

BMC Software to drive ‘Lean IT’ at NASDAQ OMX

26 Mar 2010

NASDAQ OMX has selected BMC Software’s Business Service Management (BSM) platform to drive a major global “Lean IT” initiative aimed at increasing system agility while reducing costs and maintaining availability.

Baulderstone slashes IT infrastructure costs

26 Mar 2010

Building and engineering giant cuts WAN bandwidth usage in half and cuts data replication times; expected ROI in 14 months.

Shutting down computers at night saves Ford more than one million dollars

26 Mar 2010

Ford estimates it will save $1.2 million and reduce its carbon footprint by 16,000-25,000 metric tons annually.

HPC Server market declined 11.6% in 2009

26 Mar 2010

Return to growth expected in 2010, according to IDC.

Telenor selects Transmode for Metro Core Networks

25 Mar 2010

Telenor Group, a Norwegian global telecommunications services provider, has signed an agreement for Transmode's WDM equipment to build a new optical DWDM metro core network in Norway. Telenor is deploying Transmode's TM-Series throughout 200 sites in order to meet the increasing demand for capacity from both fixed and mobile broadband traffic.

Converge all data center traffic to a single technology, not a single network

24 Mar 2010

The notion that a single converged data center network makes for fewer switches and ports, resulting in a simpler network consuming less power and cooling, is flawed, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner research shows that a converged data center network requires more switches and ports, is more complex to manage and consumes more power and cooling than two well-designed separate networks.

Interxion plans expansion at its Amsterdam Data Centre, AMS 5

24 Mar 2010

The project, which is due for completion in August 2010, will see a further 1100m2 of high-density power capacity added to the site. The demand for high-quality colocation facilities in Amsterdam has meant that this will be the third time Interxion has expanded in the area in an 18-month period.

Equinix extends operations in China

24 Mar 2010

Equinix selects SDS as its Data Centre Partner to further support Equinix customers' colocation needs in Shanghai, P.R. China.

Accelerating service delivery and supporting online patient data

24 Mar 2010

Data centre upgrade enhances performance, scalability and energy efficiency to improve care to the region’s 600,000 patients.

Telehouse extends South African data centre presence

23 Mar 2010

Telehouse and Teraco Data Environments have extended their strategic alliance to include dedicated data centre space in Teraco’s new carrier neutral facility in Johannesburg.

SaaS Cloud platform for Onboard Retail Solutions

23 Mar 2010

Onboard Retail Solutions has signed a three year contract with Attenda to manage the multi-tenanted infrastructure for its SaaS application delivery.

Force10 unveils Open Automation initiative

22 Mar 2010

Force10’s Open Automation initiative aims to transform data centre infrastructure into a streamlined, efficient and policy-driven cloud computing fabric.

Fujitsu PRIMERGY CX1000 Platform ‘rewrites’ cloud computing price-performance rules

22 Mar 2010

Fujitsu unveils revolutionary scale-out ‘Cloud eXtension’ architecture, does away with need for hot aisle.

World’s fastest single-chip Ethernet switch

19 Mar 2010

Enables mass deployment of 10Gbps in the data Centre.

Equinix opens second Geneva site

18 Mar 2010

Equinix has announced the opening of the first phase of its second International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Geneva, Switzerland.

Expanding the virtual view

18 Mar 2010

Global deployment manager, centralized management and WAN application monitoring system now available as a virtual offering for enterprises and managed service providers.

Interxion Completes pan-European accreditation

18 Mar 2010

Interxion has completed pan-European accreditation for the internationally recognised ISO 27001 (Information Security and Business Continuity) standard for all 11 of its European country operations. In addition, the company’s European Customer Service Centre (ECSC) team has now been trained in ITIL v3, the latest Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standard.

The Green Grid creates Utility Task Force

18 Mar 2010

The Green Grid has formed the Utility Task Force and encourage members to participate in this important new group.

Brocade powers the largest Internet Exchange Point in Italy

17 Mar 2010

Brocade BigIron switches help the Milan Internet Exchange to manage surging Internet traffic volumes, reaching peaks of 54 Gbps.

HP ProLiant G6 servers with new Intel Xeon processor 5600 series

17 Mar 2010

HP is expanding the ProLiant G6 portfolio with 16 servers based on the new Intel Xeon Processor 5600 series.

SGI announces 5600 series availability

17 Mar 2010

SGI refreshes entire scale-out product line; increases performance, density and power efficiency by up to 60 percent.

Intel launches its most secure data center processor

17 Mar 2010

Second-generation High-K Metal Gate 32nm processors blend security, performance, energy efficiency.

Consolidation sees total cost of ownership fall by up to 40%

16 Mar 2010

Tele Sistemi Ferroviari (TSF) S.p.A., Italy's leader in the development and management of ICT services for the transport and logistics sector, has deployed the Cisco Unified Computing System in its data center.

IFL announces ‘Manchester 3’

16 Mar 2010

Internet Facilitators Limited (IFL) says that work has begun on its third Data Centre in Manchester.

Virtual WAN Optimisation Appliances for branch office IT infrastructure

16 Mar 2010

Blue Coat Systems has extended its Application Delivery Network Infrastructure with the introduction of a new family of virtual WAN Optimisation appliances.

A-Server to unveil DAAS.com V2 at world's largest Cloud Computing event

15 Mar 2010

A-Server will launch a new version of its Datacenter-as-a-Service platform at SYS-CON's 5th International Cloud Computing Expo which will take place on April 19-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. A-Server, a silver sponsor for the event, will unveil its fully configured and installed cloud rack solution tailored to the needs for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Cloud Service Providers, offering rapid deployment of reliable, flexible and cost effective cloud computing.

GTS CE selects Ciena to improve service delivery in Romania

15 Mar 2010

GTS Telecom, a Romanian service provider and part of GTS Central Europe (GTS CE), the fast-growing alternative carrier in the Central and Eastern Europe region, is future-proofing its network with Ciena’s CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform family to address rising demand for capacity and new services, including 10 Gbps Ethernet (10 GbE).

The insecurities of a virtual world?

15 Mar 2010

Gartner says 60 per cent of virtualised servers will be less secure than the physical servers they replace through 2012.

SunGard acquires Hosting 365

12 Mar 2010

SunGard has acquired 365 Hosting Limited, a Dublin, Ireland-based cloud computing and data centre services company which trades as ‘Hosting 365’. The acquisition, the terms of which were not disclosed, is not expected to have a material impact on SunGard’s results.

Data centres remain a corporate priority

11 Mar 2010

Research commissioned by Digital Realty Trust shows that in 2010, companies will increase their data centre floor space and expand into new locations as the European economy stabilises.

South Wales now official home of one of world's largest data centres

11 Mar 2010

Giant high security building opened by Welsh Assembly Government.

Cancer Research UK relocates data and applications with Interxion

11 Mar 2010

Cancer Research UK, the world's leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research, is locating its mission-critical data and applications in Interxion’s London data centre.

CIOs still not implementing optimum data centre management practices

10 Mar 2010

Despite the recession, large European organizations still expect their spending on staff working on datacenter management to grow by 10% over the next year, approximately nine-times the expected growth in IT spending in 2010, according to IDC.

The DataChain Survey

10 Mar 2010

We are giving away a number of great gadgets with our surveys! This time it is a Nokia E72 up for grabs! Take 3 minutes to fill out this form and it could be you!

Budapest Internet Exchange deploys E-Series switch/router to provide scalable performance

09 Mar 2010

The Budapest Internet Exchange (BIX) has selected Force10 Networks’ E-Series switch/routers to provide highly reliable performance and unmatched scalability for its growing customer base of internet service providers (ISPs) and telcos in Hungary and Eastern Europe.

Space cut, speed doubled

09 Mar 2010

EMC plans to extend its leadership in storage for VMware environments with new software that increases virtual storage efficiency, automation and management simplicity.

Security, power and price drive UK market

09 Mar 2010

83 per cent of respondents regard data centre expansion business critical or important to businesses development.

Tracking power consumption

09 Mar 2010

Sentilla has introduced Sentilla Energy Manager Version 3.0.

Protecting critical medical research

09 Mar 2010

Switzerland-based Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), a part of the Novartis Research Foundation, is relying on two Spectra® T950 tape libraries to archive and backup critical biomedical research data.

SNIA Europe endorses EU Data Centre Code

09 Mar 2010

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Europe is endorsing the EU Code of Conduct on Data Centre Energy Efficiency.

Bezeq International expands with Interxion

09 Mar 2010

Bezeq International, Israel’s leading Internet and international telecommunications provider, has expanded its colocation requirements, taking space in Interxion’s FRA 5 data centre.

Autonomic storage tiering for high-end arrays

09 Mar 2010

3PAR has introduced Adaptive Optimisation software for autonomic, sub-volume storage tiering with 3PAR InServ^® F-Class and T-Class Storage Servers.

Brocade expands Channel team

09 Mar 2010

Brocade is expanding its EMEA channel team to better serve the needs of its networking partner community.

Equinix earns LEED Certification for Silicon Valley Data Centre

08 Mar 2010

Equinix’s SV2 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre has earned the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Proof of concept for the Cloud

05 Mar 2010

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, has unveiled a shared vision with Intel Corporation and VMware, Inc. for building a more secure, transparent and accountable infrastructure for business-critical cloud services.

High-availability backbone is music to iomart’s hosted customers

04 Mar 2010

iomart hosting, one of the UK’s fastest growing managed services providers, is using DataCore’s SANsymphony solution to provide the high-availability backbone for iomart’s hosted customers.

Near 50% reduction in storage TCO

04 Mar 2010

AudienceScience has reduced its storage total cost of ownership (TCO) by nearly 50% as a result of deploying 3PAR Utility Storage in its VMware vSphere environment.

Cloud solutions for service providers

03 Mar 2010

NetApp helps service providers differentiate their service offerings, accelerate time to market, and reduce costs.

Equinix earns LEED Certification for Silicon Valley Data Centre

03 Mar 2010

Equinix’s SV2 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre has earned the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Abu Dhabi contamination management contract

03 Mar 2010

8 Solutions has been selected to carry out all post construction cleaning and ongoing contamination management at the HP owned Injazat Data Centre – the largest and most advanced tier IV data centre in the Middle East.

Modius and RF Code form data centre efficiency partnership

02 Mar 2010

Modius and RF Code have integrated RF Code’s wire-free environmental sensor-based monitoring solution into the Modius OpenData platform. Available now, the integrated solution is the first initiative stemming from the partnership between the two companies.

6MW data centre capacity for Frankfurt

02 Mar 2010

4000 square metres of new space to be built to meet ongoing demand for premium carrier neutral data centre capacity.

ASPIDER in Interxion's 'web'

02 Mar 2010

Interxion and ASPIDER Solutions, a leading international Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) service provider, have formed partnership agreement that will extend the ASPIDER Solutions applications infrastructure into the Interxion data centre in Amsterdam.

Vendor-neutral Trusted Security Certification programme

02 Mar 2010

Industry’s first cloud security certification, education and outreach programme for cloud providers to spur mainstream adoption of cloud

SSD read and write acceleration ‘first’

02 Mar 2010

New FalconStor NSS SAN Accelerator doubles overall SAN performance at a fraction of the cost of conventional disk storage solutions.

Report identifies top Cloud security threats

01 Mar 2010

The Cloud Security Alliance and HP have released research findings that detail the potential threats surrounding the use of cloud services.

Automatic backup in a virtual environment

01 Mar 2010

The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) has ensured its growing virtual environment can be backed up reliably without significant hands-on time from system administrators by deploying Vizioncore's vRanger Pro Data Protection Platform (DPP).

New organisation to coordinate European scientific computing grids

01 Mar 2010

A new organisation that will support the sustainable future development of leading-edge, collaborative scientific computing has been established following the signing of legal documents in Amsterdam.

BSO Network Solutions selects Telstra International

01 Mar 2010

BSO Network Solutions and Telstra International to offer a low latency route between Europe and Asia Pacific.

Telefónica O2 Ireland partners with Mimecast

01 Mar 2010

Mimecast has formed an alliance with Telefónica O2 Ireland, a leading provider of mobile services in the Irish marketplace.

Emerson Global Data Centre in St. Louis achieves LEED Gold certification

01 Mar 2010

Energy-Efficient facility also wins Beyond Green Award.

Fujitsu and Japan Atomic Energy Agency unveil fastest supercomputer

01 Mar 2010

Top performance in Japan based on LINPACK benchmark.

NII Holdings selects HP for IT Managed Services

01 Mar 2010

Agreement positions NII to standardize processes and enhance customer satisfaction, and to make service delivery faster and more efficient.

Siemon launches VersaPOD ‘high-density’ cabinet

26 Feb 2010

Siemon has launched VersaPOD VP2, an extended-depth version of the super high density data centre cabinet that combines ZERO-U vertical patching capability with additional cable management space for switch, server, SAN and distribution area configurations.

VMware to acquire IT management products and software expertise from EMC

26 Feb 2010

Acquisition expands VMware vCenter Management product.

Interxion selected by Sage Software

26 Feb 2010

Sage Software GmbH, a leading provider of business software solutions for German SMEs, has selected Interxion to host and centralise their expanding data centre infrastructure in the company’s Frankfurt data centre.

Interxion partners with the London Access Point

26 Feb 2010

Interxion is to host a Point of Presence for the London Access Point (LONAP) in its City of London data centre. The move provides Interxion’s 1,100-plus customers with the opportunity to peer directly with LONAP’s extensive member base.

Space shortage predicted for Latin America

26 Feb 2010

A new report by international consulting firm BroadGroup forecasts space growth averaging 61% across 7 key markets by 2014. Yet this is still likely to leave a space shortage following significant enterprise outsourcing.

New level of uptime for critical applications

26 Feb 2010

VMware and DataCore Software deliver an “All Virtualized” IT environment for Dinwiddie County in Virginia.

CA to acquire Cloud Computing solution provider 3Tera

25 Feb 2010

Global IT Management leader enables customers to rapidly deploy new and existing applications to private and public clouds.

Unisys teams with Storage Fusion

25 Feb 2010

Free analytics reveal the environmental and business costs of storage waste and suggest plans to make storage more cost-efficient.

Fluid data storage provides more than virtual savings

25 Feb 2010

Credit information specialist CMA is making annual savings of more than £500,000 after virtualising its storage and server infrastructure using Compellent’s Fluid Data storage and server virtualisation technology from VMware. These money savings have been achieved by avoiding unnecessary disk purchases, reducing management costs and minimizing power costs.

DeviceLock and SentryBay join forces

24 Feb 2010

DeviceLock has formed a partnership with Security software specialist SentryBay. The partnership is set to provide one of the most comprehensive solutions available for companies wanting to secure their data and end-user devices.

Mountain swallows up Mimosa

24 Feb 2010

Iron Mountain has acquired Mimosa Systems, a leader in enterprise-class content archiving solutions, for approximately $112 million in cash, subject to closing adjustments.

UCS improves business operations

23 Feb 2010

Winterflood Securities, one of the leading liquidity providers in London, has deployed the Cisco Unified Computing System to improve the resilience, agility, scalability and flexibility of its high frequency trading platform.

Accelerating cloud adoption

22 Feb 2010

EMC has unveiled improved information management and higher performing, lower cost platform capabilities as part of its EMC Atmos cloud infrastructure solution.

Improved infrastructure agility

22 Feb 2010

New virtual version of BIG-IP LTM increases deployment flexibility, offering customers freedom to combine physical & virtual appliances in an integrated application delivery architecture for optimal efficiency, scalability, and reliability.

Expanded PIPE platform

22 Feb 2010

Options IT, a leading provider of high-performance technology Infrastructure-as-a-Service for the buyside and sellside, has expanded its global Options PIPE platform to Interxion’s City of London Financial Hub.

Woking is third data centre

22 Feb 2010

Telstra International has opened its new state-of-the-art London Hosting Centre – Woking, the company’s third UK data centre.

Fibre Channel over Ethernet will be a key driver of HBA and Network Adapter markets

22 Feb 2010

Value proposition of converged fabric to fuel strong growth.

IQ upgrade

22 Feb 2010

Raritan has announced adding systems integration capabilities to its Power IQ data centre energy management software and support for more data centre equipment. Power IQ helps companies track and analyze energy usage down to the individual IT device level and implement energy-saving actions from a central power console.

Four join final phase

22 Feb 2010

Easynet Global Services, euNetworks, PacketExchange and BroadbandONE have joined the final-phase development programme for the company’s Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange.

16.6 Billion Optical Transport equipment market by 2014

22 Feb 2010

40/100 Gbps DWDM forecast almost $3 billion in five years.

Scale-out storage from IBM

22 Feb 2010

IBM has introduced a new scale-out storage system that creates a virtual storage environment of all data across servers and storage systems, providing access to billions of files, no matter where they reside.

NAS gives broadcaster a bright future

22 Feb 2010

Boxer delivers successful implementation of Isilon Scale-out NAS bringing 30,000 tapes into file based content workflow to reduce wasted workflow tasks by 30% at the worlds largest broadcaster of travel themed editorial.

Gartner announces finalists for inaugural Green Data Centre Award in Asia Pacific

22 Feb 2010

Three energy-efficient data centres to present case studies at Gartner Infrastructure, Operations and Data Centre Summit, 24-25 March 2010.

Dell’Oro Group forecasts data centre products to drive future Ethernet Switch market growth

22 Feb 2010

Widespread substitution of 1000 Mbps to 10 Gigabit Ethernet for server connectivity expected.

Sentrum expands services portfolio and announces Sentrum 6

22 Feb 2010

Sentrum (www.sentrum.com), specialists in the design, build and management of bespoke data centre solutions, today announced the expansion of its data centre services with the launch of its new brand, Sentrum Solutions. Focusing on colocation and disaster recovery business needs, Sentrum Solutions brings with it all the benefits of a large corporate data centre, to clients with smaller requirements.

Telehouse to Address Business Continuity Challenges at Data Centre World Conference, London

19 Feb 2010

23rd -24th February 2010, Stand 48, Barbican, London

Server Tech Announces Integration with Rackwise

18 Feb 2010

Server Technology Announces Integration with Rackwise, A Data Center Management and Intelligence Solution Provider

(Reno, NV), Feb 18, 2010 - Server Technology, the industry leader for Power Distribution Unit and Management Solutions, today announced a comprehensive integration of Sentry Smart and Switched Power Distribution Units (PDUs) with Rackwise Data Center Management and Intelligence solutions. This integration layer enables Rackwise customers to instantly monitor power information, temperature, and humidity at the rack level via Server Technology intelligent PDUs.

TelecityGroup plc announces £200m 5-year senior debt facility

16 Feb 2010

TelecityGroup plc (“TelecityGroup”), Europe’s industry leading provider of premium network independent data centres, announces today that it has entered into a 5 year £200m senior debt facility, which expands and replaces existing funding arrangements.

Savvis Expands Chicago Data Center 

16 Feb 2010

Electronic Trading, Thomson Reuters Collaboration and Hosting Demand Fueling Growth.

Equinix Reports Fourth Quarter And Year End 2009 Results

16 Feb 2010

Reported 2009 annual revenues of $882.5 million, a 25% increase over the previous year; Reported 2009 annual adjusted EBITDA of $408.6 million, a 40% increase over the previous year; Announced 2010 annual revenue guidance of $1,050.0 million to $1,075.0 million; Announced 2010 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $460.0 million to $480.0 million.

Equinix opens new data centers in Frankfurt and Dusseldorf

16 Feb 2010

Equinix has opened new International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers in Frankfurt and Dusseldorf, together with plans to expand its existing Frankfurt-2 (FR2) center. The announcements come as Equinix continues its measured global development plan.

Interxion Awarded New AMS-IX Data Centre Certificate

16 Feb 2010

Interxion says it is the first data centre colocation provider to be awarded the new Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) data centre certificate. The certificate was awarded to Interxion’s recently completed 4,500 m2 AMS 5 data centre in Amsterdam, following an audit of the facility’s standards for technical implementation, operational resilience and business continuity management.

Interxion and euNetworks partner

16 Feb 2010

Turnkey low-latency colocation and connectivity for European trading.

BT and Logica move in ahead of schedule

16 Feb 2010

One of world's largest data centres sets the pace for data hall build out.

New report suggests better critical facility planning needed for improved business continuity

16 Feb 2010

A critical facility, such as a data center, is arguably the most crucial resource within an organization, according to CB Richard Ellis’ (CBRE) latest report, “Evaluating Your Critical Facilities.” The white paper highlights that increased focus and planning around design, construction and management of data centers is critical to corporate success given the relentless demand for data storage, electronic communications and global economic connectivity.

Customers Adopt Cisco Data Center 3.0 Architecture to Optimize Performance, Improve Business Agility and Cut Costs

16 Feb 2010

Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Salem Hospital, ExamWorks and University of Sydney Engage in Advanced Cisco Data Center Deployments.

Optus and Alphawest help Curtin University of Technology get ready for cloud

16 Feb 2010

Curtin University of Technology (Curtin) is the first pilot customer to sign up to a beta cloud-based service from Optus Business. The beta service – which utilises technology from Cisco, EMC and VMware – will provide Curtin with on demand access to a fully virtualised private data centre via the Optus Evolve IP network.

CRC verses CCA

16 Feb 2010

Would it be out of the frying pan and into the fire?

Gartner Identifies Seven Major Guidelines to BPM Project Success

16 Feb 2010

Analysts Share Best Practices for BPM Success at Gartner Business Process Management Summit 2010, 1-2 March in London and 22-24 March in Las Vegas.

Demand for Storage Efficiency Drives Deduplication Adoption, IDC Says

16 Feb 2010

Increasing demand by IT buyers for greater storage efficiencies will drive adoption of deduplication solutions over the next 12 months. According to new survey results from IDC, over 60% of respondents are either in the process of deduplicating or have plans to deduplicate their primary, backup, or archive data in the coming year. Respondents had to be investigating, evaluating, or using some form of deduplication to be included in the survey.

Brocade Enables Advanced Network Capabilities for 80,000 Students at University of São Paulo in Brazil

16 Feb 2010

Largest higher education institution in Brazil uses NetIron MLX routers and wireless LAN solutions as networking foundation.

New IBM Data Center in North Carolina Engineered to Support Cloud Computing

16 Feb 2010

Data Center Reduces Cost, Complexity, Speeds Delivery of Information Technology Services Using 50% Less Energy.

Customers win as Dell’s solutions now span from smallest to largest enterprises

16 Feb 2010

IT administrators in midsized organizations are under constant pressure to do more with less – to ensure security and compliance, to improve the accuracy of IT inventory and to speed help desk responsiveness. That’s why Dell is expanding its systems management offerings with innovative solutions that give these customers simple to use and comprehensive control of their daily operations.

Sustainable solutions

16 Feb 2010

With its new-generation of high performance, eco-efficient Escala servers, Bull affirms its commitment to sustainable development.

Bull Group company Agarik delivers an innovative new solution for cloud computing

15 Feb 2010

At Microsoft Tech Days, Agarik announces Cloud Maker, its high-performance, an enterprise cloud solution services offering.

Symantec Helps Payment Systems Group, Inc. Reduce IT Security Costs

15 Feb 2010

Online payment processor replaces multiple endpoint security products with Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition.

Weta Digital and NetApp Bring Avatar to Life

15 Feb 2010

NetApp helps reduce Weta's data management overhead by 95% and increase storage price-to-performance ratio by 40%.

New release of Raritan's Power IQ Energy Management Software

15 Feb 2010

To improve operational and energy efficiency in data centers, Raritan has added systems integration capabilities to its Power IQ data center energy management software and support for more data center equipment. Power IQ helps companies track and analyze energy usage down to the individual IT device level and implement energy-saving actions from a central power console

SNIA Opens New Colorado Springs Technology Center

15 Feb 2010

Technology Center Operates as the Global Hub for Industry–wide Standards Development, Interoperability Testing and IT Professional Training.

Budget cuts vs. quality of service: biggest IT challenge for 2010

15 Feb 2010

NetApp survey shows asset utilisation is top priority for IT professionals.

Carrenza Powers Mission Critical System on the Cloud for Sport Relief 2010

15 Feb 2010

Technology partner ensures scalability and uptime of charity’s donations platform and websites.

DRT reports leasing activity

15 Feb 2010

Lease signings for 2009 represent approximately $472 million in contract value.

ARM accelerates data replication with new Isilon IQ 10000X-SSD

15 Feb 2010

Leader in microprocessor design deploys Isilon Scale-out NAS with Solid State Drives to reduce replication of millions of files from 17 hours to two hours.

Cisco, NetApp and VMware Collaborate to Deliver New Capabilities for the Dynamic Data Center

12 Feb 2010

New Secure Multi-tenancy Design Architecture Enhances Security When Sharing Data Center Resources Across Virtualized and Enterprise Cloud Environments.

Cisco Unveils the Cisco ASR 5000

12 Feb 2010

End-to-end IP NGN Architecture Supercharges the Mobile Internet for Service Providers.

PEER 1 Hosting's Newest and Largest Data Centre is Open for Business in Canada

12 Feb 2010

New Toronto location offers state-of-the-art facilities to benefit small- and mid-sized businesses.

Saas and Cloud drive data centre use

12 Feb 2010

IT professionals yet to see the real data impact of governance, according to Telehouse survey.

TelecityGroup opens new state-of-the-art data centre in Paris

12 Feb 2010

Facility provides 6.4 megawatts of customer power to meet ongoing demand. Data centre designed to maximise energy efficiency. Waste energy used to heat Climate Change Arboretum for scientific research.

World’s largest internet hub AMS-IX doubles its connection capacity at TelecityGroup

12 Feb 2010

AMS-IX Internet traffic to reach 1200 Gbps (or 1.2 Tbps) at TelecityGroup data centre.

Linode expands into Europe with TelecityGroup

12 Feb 2010

Leading cloud services provider selects state-of-the-art Powergate facility to provide high-density environment for flagship European operation.

Savvis Reports Improvement in Revenue for 2009 

12 Feb 2010

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Adjusted EBITDA* Up 7% Quarterly and 19% Annually.

Lightower Expanding Services to Equinix New York Data Center

12 Feb 2010

Network Expansion Adds More Lit Capacity and Dark Fiber.

ADACOR Establishes Suzuki After-Sales-Solution at Interxion

12 Feb 2010

ADACOR Hosting GmbH has installed a new online after-sales support system for Suzuki International Europe GmbH in one of Interxion’s highly secure data centres in Frankfurt.

IDC Leads Consortium Awarded Contract to Help Develop Supercomputing Strategy for the European Union

08 Feb 2010

IDC, working with supercomputing experts from Teratec, France, Daresbury Laboratory, UK, Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Germany, and Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, has been awarded a contract by the European Commission to develop a strategic agenda for high performance computing (HPC) in Europe.

Brocade Powers ULCC’s New State-of-the-Art Data Centre

08 Feb 2010

Over £1 million Spent on IT Equipment to Support the Shift, with Only One Hour Downtime as Systems Are Relocated.

U.S. Air Force Selects IBM to Design and Demonstrate Mission-Oriented Cloud Architecture for Cyber Security

08 Feb 2010

Cloud model will introduce advanced cyber security and analytics technologies capable of protecting sensitive national data.

Weathering the Storm

08 Feb 2010

IBM Business Continuity Technologies Bring Peace of Mind to Gulf Coast Regional Bank.

Fujitsu and Symantec to Expand Global Strategic Partnership

08 Feb 2010

Delivering integrated solutions to better serve customers.

New level of uptime for critical applications

02 Feb 2010

VMware and DataCore Software deliver an “All Virtualized” IT environment for Dinwiddie County in Virginia.

Logicalis Wins Cisco Data Centre and Virtualisation Partner of the Year at 2010 Cisco Partner Summit

30 Jan 2010

Logicalis have announced that it is the recipient of a Cisco Partner Summit regional award for Data Centre and Virtualisation Partner of the Year. Cisco unveiled the winners on April 28 at its annual channel partner conference in San Francisco

Emerson Network Power Combines Aperture and Avocent Businesses into New Division for Data Center Infrastructure Management

11 Jan 2010

Emerson Vice President and Chief Information Officer Stephen C. Hassell Appointed President of New Unit

St. Louis [January 11, 2009] – Emerson Network Power (NYSE:EMR), a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, today announced it is combining its Aperture and new Avocent businesses as a new division focused on helping data center customers better manage their infrastructure. This announcement follows the December news that Emerson’s completed its Avocent acquisition.

SaaS and Cloud Computing Driving Data Centre Use

05 Jan 2010

IT professionals yet to see the real data impact of governance, according to Telehouse survey.