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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.

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.  

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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)

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.

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.