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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.