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Cannon Technologies helps Wi-Manx become the host with the most

20 Dec 2011

Since it first began operating in 2004, Wi-Manx has become one of the Isle of Man’s leading network, voice and hosting solutions provider. In order to continue its growth, the company decided to establish a state-of-the-art co-location data centre at its Heywood House headquarters using cabinet, racking and cooling solutions from Cannon Technologies.

Emerson Network Power Sizes Up the State of the Data Center in 2011

20 Dec 2011

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, has examined the growth and growing importance of the data center and today released its 2011 State of the Data Center infographic reflecting those observations.

Twenty per cent cost savings achieved through Bring-Your-Own programme says Citrix

15 Dec 2011

Company aims for default BYO policy by 2015

Only three years after launching its Bring-Your-Own (BYO) programme, Citrix has achieved its anticipated twenty per cent cost saving. This is a result of fewer desktop support requests and incident reports, as employees worldwide purchase and maintain their own work devices. Following this success, the company is looking to tailor the programme for different countries to realise its three year vision of offering the BYO programme as a default benefit for all Citrix employees.

Enhancements to Hitachi Data ingestor help organisations reduce costs and simplify cloud adoption

15 Dec 2011

New content sharing, file restore and NAS migration capabilities increase manageability and flexibility for cloud and distributed IT environments

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., today introduced enhancements to Hitachi Data Ingestor (HDI), a bottomless, backup-free cloud on-ramp and filer, to help organisations simplify and accelerate cloud adoption. Featuring new content sharing, file restore and NAS migration capabilities, the new version of HDI gives seamlessly scalable, backup-free storage solutions to distributed consumers of IT, such as remote offices and branch offices (ROBO) or cloud storage users. Working in conjunction with Hitachi Content Platform (HCP), a virtualised object store with advanced storage and data management capabilities, HDI is deployed as a minimal-footprint or virtual appliance that sends data from the edge to the core infrastructure to easily and cost-effectively help customers move data to the cloud at their own pace.

Radware Joins OpenStack Community

15 Dec 2011

Radware joins the effort to develop the standard open cloud operating system and speed innovation in cloud technologies

Radware, a leading provider of application delivery and application security solutions for virtual and cloud data centres, today announced that it has joined OpenStack, a global community of developers collaborating on an open source cloud operating system.

New Borland StarTeam Release from Micro Focus Unifies ALM Environments

15 Dec 2011

Expanded capabilities deliver increased productivity and cross-tool visibility to all software delivery stakeholders

Micro Focus, the leading provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, today announced the launch of Borland StarTeam 12.0.The new suite of change management tools increases and extends interoperability of application lifecycle management (ALM) tools and asset types across software development teams.  This helps to overcome traditional development barriers such as lack of cross-tool visibility and inefficient collaboration.

Emerson Network Power Introduces the Avocent Universal Management Gateway Appliance as part of the TrellisTM Platform

15 Dec 2011

Announced at Gartner Data Center Conference 2011, best-in-class appliance delivers unmatched industry performance in service processor management, monitoring, access & control across IT and facilities systems

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today introduced the Avocent Universal Management Gateway, the first data center appliance that enables true real-time, integrated monitoring, access and control across IT and facilities systems in the data center. 

Melbourne creates office space with a difference

15 Dec 2011

Independent server hosting provider, Melbourne has completed a major office move after investing over £150,000 in a head office with a difference.

CertiVox acquires crypto tools developer Shamus Software Limited

15 Dec 2011

Well known cryptographer Dr. Michael Scott to lead CertiVox Laboratories

CertiVox, an information security company, announced today that it has acquired Shamus Software Limited, creator of the renowned MIRACL cryptographic library.

EMC Isilon and ITV agree storage deal

15 Dec 2011

Scale-out storage to be deployed across production and datacentres as part of ITV’s Transformation Plan

EMC Corporation today announced that ITV has made a purchase of EMC® Isilon® scale-out NAS to provide a storage platform. The deal will enable the television network to transition to a pan-itv HD file based infrastructure in order to store and manage all content digitally and make it available through existing broadcast channels and the online platforms.

ControlCircle offers 2012 IT Health check

15 Dec 2011

Businesses given chance to check infrastructure and resources are in optimal condition in run up to Olympics

UK businesses are able to check the operational running, scalability and efficiencies of their IT infrastructure, following the launch of a 2012 IT health check by ControlCircle, a UK managed service provider.

TORA Deploys SevOne for Network Performance Management of its Trading Applications

15 Dec 2011

SevOne, the leader in network performance management, today announced that its solution has been successfully deployed by TORA, a leading provider of advanced trading technology and financial services. TORA implemented SevOne to systematically monitor TORA Compass™, a multi-broker multi-market trading platform, as part of the company’s quality assurance program and to maintain the highest level of system reliability.

Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 reduces costs while enhancing user productivity

14 Dec 2011

Latest version of enterprise-class solution delivers trusted networking, file and print services on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1

Novell has announced the availability of Novell Open Enterprise Server 11. The latest release is built on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1, providing customers with more flexibility and choice.

Front-safe takes performance to the Cloud with Fusion-io and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

14 Dec 2011

IBM’s Denmark 2010 Cloud Partner of the Year Says “Customers Noticed the Difference” After Integrating Fusion-io Powered IBM High IOPS Adapters to Power Cloud-Based TSM

Fusion-io has announced that backup and archiving solutions provider Front-safe has integrated Fusion ioMemory-based IBM High IOPS Adapters into its Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) cloud solution to power performance improvements while saving time and money.

SecurStore & Royal Ekutir Technology Form Global Partnership to Offer Asigra Cloud Backup to Businesses Across India

14 Dec 2011

SecurStore UK Ltd, one of the world's leading providers of Enterprise Cloud Backup & Recovery Solutions, has announced its new partnership with Royal Ekutir Technology Ltd (RETL), one of the largest IT companies in New Delhi, to sell its Cloud Services to the Indian marketplace. 

Cryptzone warns on potentially major geo-location security risks

14 Dec 2011

Commenting on the ICO’s call for a rethink on location privacy, Cryptzone says that geo-location tagging security issues are likely to be a major issue in 2012 - and that many users of smartphones are unaware of the potentially serious security consequences of their use of the technology.

Comet Selects Quest to Deliver Unrivalled Online Shopping Experience

13 Dec 2011

 Quest Software, Inc. today announced that it is helping leading home electrical retailer, Comet, improve its online customer shopping experience by providing application performance monitoring and management tools.

Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center Selects SGI to Power the Next Generation of Scientific Research

13 Dec 2011

Leading Research Institution in Poland to Deploy 224 Peak Teraflop GPU Cluster

SGI, the trusted leader in technical computing, today announced that thePoznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) headquartered in Poznan, Poland and affiliated with the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences, has purchased an SGI high performance computing (HPC) solution. In total, the system purchased will deliver 224 peak teraflops of performance and will enable advanced academic and scientific research throughout Poland.

City Lifeline provides Planet Numbers with effective international call switching services

13 Dec 2011

City Lifeline, the London-based independent carrier-neutral colocation data centre, has today announced that Planet Numbers will be hosting its international telephone call switching capabilities within Lifeline House to deliver an effective, fast and consistent communication service.

Raynes Park High School Accelerates Learning with Xirrus High-Performance Wireless Arrays

13 Dec 2011

Xirrus Provided Ample Coverage and Bandwidth for Raynes Park’s Mobile Laptop Programme

Xirrus®, the leader in high-performance wireless networks, announced today that it has deployed 802.11n Wireless Arrays across the Raynes Park High School campus in London, United Kingdom. Raynes Park is a comprehensive Secondary School with 1,200 11-19 year-old students attending the facility. As a specialist technology college with a particular focus on science, maths, & design technology, Raynes Park needed a reliable wireless network to serve as the backbone for these programmes. Xirrus was able to provide a high-bandwidth wireless network for Raynes Park that can effortlessly support their laptop carts with fewer devices and cable pulls than any other wireless vendor.

Opengear and Hardware.com agreement extends distribution for innovative, secure console and remote management technology

12 Dec 2011

Cost-effective products give channel more choice for secure remote server and network infrastructure management as part of growing Data Centre Infrastructure Management market set to quadruple over the next 4 years

Opengear, a leading provider of next generation console server and remote management solutions, today announced a new distribution agreement with Hardware.com to extend its market reach across the UK. Opengear will strengthen the Hardware.com portfolio with a range of  secure infrastructure management appliances with a focus on IM4200, CM4000 and ACM5000 models.

Quantum's vmPRO 4000 wins 'Storage Virtualisation Product of the Year' award at 2011 SVC Awards

12 Dec 2011

Award Recognises Quantum’s Innovation in Virtual Data Protection

Quantum Corp., a proven global expert in data protection and big data management, today announced that the company’s vmPRO 4000 integrated solution for protecting data on virtual servers was named “Storage Virtualisation Product of the Year” at the 2011 Storage, Virtualisation and Cloud Computing (SVC) Awards.  The award recognises Quantum’s commitment to building on its data protection expertise by combining innovative technologies and adding unique value to meet customers’ evolving storage needs.

Trusteer says student loan phishing arrests highlight the dangers of targeted attacks

12 Dec 2011

Trusteer has welcomed news that six people have been arrested in connection with a £1 million phishing scam that saw students fooled into revealing their bank details to supposed representatives of the government student loans scheme.

Radware to Deliver Attack Mitigation System Solution to Tier 1 Wireless Carrier in North America

12 Dec 2011

Solution based at the network perimeter will help protect against the new wave of multi-level attacks

Radware, a leading provider of application delivery and application security solutions for virtual and cloud data centers, today announced a $2 million sale of its Attack Mitigation System (AMS) security solution to a leading Tier 1 wireless carrier in North America.

Joymax reaches the next level with Telehouse

12 Dec 2011

Korean gaming developer Joymax chooses Telehouse to provide European PoP

Telehouse, a leading provider of global data centres and managed ICT solutions, today announced an agreement with Korean online games developer and publisher, Joymax to provide a point-of-presence (PoP), within its Telehouse West data centre, located in London Docklands; this will enable the faster delivery of content to its online gaming customers. 

Eaton Delivers Secure Power for Sentrum

09 Dec 2011

Energy-efficient Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs) from Eaton’s Power Quality division have been selected by Sentrum, a leading specialist in data centre solutions, as the secure power source for critical applications in its principal UK data centres. A total of 137 Eaton UPS systems are currently installed within Sentrum’s portfolio of data centres and some idea of the scale of these installations can be gained by noting that, between them, they use 25,000 batteries with a total weight in excess of 830 tonnes.

Adapt scores double victory at the SVC Awards 2011

09 Dec 2011

Wins Enterprise Virtualisation Project of the Year with Wildnet and named Managed Service Provider of the Year

Adapt, the independent IT managed services provider, has announced that it was has won the Managed Service Provider of the Year category at the 2011 SVC Awards.  Adapt was also the joint winner of an award for Enterprise Virtualisation Project of the Year as a result of its ongoing work with Wildnet, a leading supplier of solutions to the global insurance marketplace. The SVC Awards, hosted by Angel Business Communications Ltd., is open to innovative products, projects and companies that operate in the cloud, virtualisation and storage fields.  It also recognises the achievement of end-users, channel partners and vendors in the space.

Invacare Selects DataFlux for End-to-End Master Data Management

09 Dec 2011

Implementation encompasses materials data classification and enrichment along with complex ERP integration capabilities

DataFlux, a leading provider of data management solutions, today announced that Invacare, a global leader in the manufacture and distribution of innovative home and long-term care medical products, has selected the DataFlux qMDM Solution to underpin a global product master data management (MDM) project. The company is taking a phased approach to MDM, initially focusing on the data required to market and sell its products.

FireHost Looks Back on 2011; 50 Million Hacks Blocked and More Than 100 Percent Customer Growth

08 Dec 2011

Secure Cloud Hosting Company Prepares to Double Again in 2012

FireHost, a secure cloud hosting company, is planning substantial expansion in 2012 following a record-breaking year for the company. 2011 for FireHost included protecting customers from over 50 million cyber attacks, launching the industry’s first ever PCI DSS 2.0 compliant public cloud, securing $10 million in funding, and more than doubling its customer base.  New customers include many Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 companies such as Atlas Van Lines, Fossil, and Hamilton Beach.  FireHost continues to see considerable growth with its PCI DSS and HIPAA offerings.

Imation Mobile Security launches dedicated EMEA Partner Programme

08 Dec 2011

Programme designed to accelerate partner businesses through industry’s most comprehensive security solutions portfolio in combination with dedicated, responsive sales, marketing and support teams

Imation Corp. (NYSE: IMN), a leading global technology company dedicated to helping people and organisations store, protect and connect their digital world, today launches the Imation Mobile Security EMEA Partner Programme. The new partner programme underlines Imation’s commitment to the channel, offering partners in the Europe, Middle East and Africa markets attractive prices and recurring revenue streams, competitive advantage, and a high level of customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Micro Focus Delivers Next Generation Performance Testing of Mobile Web Applications

08 Dec 2011

According to Forrester, mobile development has been a top five initiative in 2011 for nearly all enterprises.  A recent survey by the analyst firm showed that more than 50% of enterprises are most interested in using mobile applications or mobile optimized websites to reach out to their customers, and providing mobile support to employees isn’t far behind with 39% mobilizing employee intranets and 29% introducing mobile collaboration solutions.^[i] Companies are challenged with delivering access to business applications 24/7, ensuring those applications continue to perform under peak loads to meet the ever-increasing expectation of users.  Micro Focus (LSE: MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, today announced that SilkPerformer, its world class software application performance testing solution, now fully supports performance testing of mobile web applications. 

ROI tool enables IT managers to estimate ROI from Quantum Data Protection Solutions

08 Dec 2011

Leverages Independent Survey Results Confirming Dramatic Improvements in Storage Efficiency and Business Value from Adopting DXi-Series Data Deduplication

Quantum Corp., a proven global expert in data protection and big data management, today announced availability of a dynamic online tool that offers end users a realistic view of the economic benefits of adding the company’s deduplication technology to their backup process. Leveraging results seen by surveyed Quantum DXi^®-Series customers and industry-specific analytics developed by International Data Corporation (IDC), the Quantum ROI Calculator enables IT managers to easily compute the potential return on investment (ROI) and calculate the potential cost savings from deduplication. A new IDC white paper, sponsored by Quantum, quantifies the significant savings in storage media costs, increases in staff productivity, reduced downtime, and average payback that Quantum DXi-Series deduplication solutions can deliver. For example, over three years, Quantum deduplication customers saw an average return of $4.75 for every $1 invested.

NextiraOne Strengthens Expertise in Quality Contact Centre Solutions

08 Dec 2011

Most widely accredited Genesys Gold Certified Partner in Europe

NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has today announced a further success in its strategy to deliver high quality contact centre solutions for its European and global business customers. NextiraOne is the only contact centre specialist to reach Genesys Gold Certified Partner status in four European regions and has achieved 41 individual certifications across France, Germany, Benelux and CSE. This level of certification equips NextiraOne to deliver advanced contact centre solutions both in-country and for global organisations with complex contact centre needs.

Custom Connect Provides Carrier-Neutral Services to Interxion Clients

08 Dec 2011

Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced that Custom Connect, a carrier-neutral reseller of network solutions, is to  provide bespoke carrier-neutral connectivity services from its London data centre to Interxion’s customers across Europe.

Daxten celebrates becoming EMEA wide distributor of Koldlok® with an extra 10% off promotion

08 Dec 2011

Daxten expands its portfolio of airflow and cooling optimisation products for data centres

Upsite Technologies, Inc. the innovative manufacturer and market leader in data centre airflow efficiency, announced it has signed a sales and distribution agreement with UK-based Daxten for the European markets. This agreement is mutually significant as Upsite Technologies expands its international footprint and Daxten expands its portfolio offering of comprehensive data centre airflow management solutions. With immediate effect, Daxten offers the entire award winning, patented LOK Family including KoldLok® grommets, HotLok® blanking panels and EnergyLok Services. With this cooperation and the allocated resources, Upsite Technologies and its European partner Daxten are in the best position to respond to all customer demands to provide data centres with efficient airflow management. To introduce the EMEA distributor status, Daxten offers an additional 10% discount on new orders for multiples of 10 KoldLok® units received before the 31st of December 2011.

Skanska partners with nlyte Software to optimise data centre management

08 Dec 2011

nlyte to serve as OEM for software included in Skanska’s DCIM suite

nlyte Software and Skanska‘s Mission Critical Centre of Excellence announced a partnership that integrates nlyte’s innovative data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) software into Skanska’s data centre intelligence platform.  The nlyte DCIM solution provides predictive intelligence and management controls in order to reduce operational risks and achieve smarter, more efficient and highly available data centres. 

Information Security Forum predicts ‘perfect storm’ with 2012 security challenges

08 Dec 2011

With 2011 coming to an end, security threats show no sign of slowing down.  This is according to independent information security body, the Information Security Forum (ISF).

Highlighting the main challenges for organisations in 2012, Global VP, Steve Durbin, believes: “Predicting the future of IT threats is always very difficult.  Organisations can usually only deal selectively with individual aspects, but we are seeing a convergence of several major security issues that will have a significant impact in the coming months and beyond.  You could argue that we are heading towards a ‘perfect storm’, where a combination of threats relating to cloud, consumerisation, cyber security and more, will come together at the same time.”

Bi3 Solutions Embeds Talend’s Data Integration Technology to Power Cloud-based Social Media Intelligence Applications

08 Dec 2011

OEM offering “Powered by Talend” allows solving critical Big Data integration challenges for customers’ real-time, high-volume social media data

Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced that Bi3 Solutions, the leading provider of Decision Intelligence Solutions, has embedded Talend Intergration Suite inside its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform to ensure that their applications can process and extract content from high-volumes of social media data.

ISACA Issues COBIT Assessment Programme to Help Enterprises Ensure Consistent and Reliable Processes

08 Dec 2011

For the past 15 years, enterprises around the world have been using COBIT to improve and assess their IT processes. Until now, however, a there has been no consistent approach for internal and external professionals to assess these processes. ISACA’s new COBIT Assessment Programme provides consistency and reliability so business and IT leaders can have confidence in the assessment process and the quality of the results as they maximize the business value of their IT investments.

Empirix Rolls Out Intelligent End-to-End Network Visibility

08 Dec 2011

New Industry-First Capabilities Give Service Providers and Enterprises Unique Insight into Network Performance and Customer Experience across Mobile, IP and Legacy Environments

Empirix Inc. today announced the availability of powerful new data correlation and analytics capabilities delivered through Empirix xCentrix that, for the first time in the industry, gives organisations a complete, unified view of network performance across all technologies. By correlating data from Empirix testing and monitoring solutions with third-party network monitoring systems and external sources, Empirix xCentrix provides a full analysis of how customers experience voice, video and data applications from end-to-end. The result is a solution that empowers service providers and enterprises to understand their business as a whole, make smarter decisions and effectively master the complexities inherent in ensuring a high-quality customer experience.

Forbes Names Scale Computing No. 13 on America’s Most Promising Companies List

08 Dec 2011

Scalable, fault-tolerant storage leader recognized for compelling business model, strong management team

Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of scalable, fault-tolerant storage systems tailored to the virtualization and disaster recovery needs of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), today announced that the company has been named No. 13 on Forbes’ list of America’s Most Promising Companies 2011. Forbes’ list of America’s Most Promising Companies features 100 privately held up-and-comers with compelling business models, strong management teams, notable customers, strategic partners and precious investment capital. The complete list can be found at www.forbes.com/ampc and in the December 19, 2011 issue of Forbes.

State of Resilience 2011 report from Vision Solutions covers changing nature of disaster recovery and business continuity

08 Dec 2011

• Fourth Annual State of IT Systems Resilience Report from Vision Solutions study reveals organisations using a variety of technologies to protect data and innovate
• Number of companies using or adopting cloud in 2012 projected to grow to 45 percent

Vision Solutions, Inc., the world’s leading provider of information availability software and services for the Windows, Linux, IBM Power Systems and Cloud computing markets, has released its “State of Resilience” report for 2011. Findings from the report include how directives for 24/7 data and application availability within companies are affecting technology choices for business continuity, including adoption of virtualisation and cloud computing methods.

Quest Software Survey Reveals Improving Business Agility and Managing the Mobile Workforce Among Top Drivers of Virtualisation Initiatives in 2012

08 Dec 2011

Survey Indicates More Than Half of Organisations Will Allocate at Least 25 Percent of 2012 IT Spend to Managing Virtual Environments  

Improving business agility, delivering cost savings, meeting increasingly demanding user expectations, and managing the growing mobile workforce will be the top drivers of IT spending on virtualisation initiatives in 2012, according to a Quest Software survey of more than 200 organisations. In addition, more than half of the respondents surveyed indicated that at least 25 percent of their 2012 IT budgets will be allocated to virtualisation projects across a broad range of critical initiatives, including backup and recovery, virtual desktops, network management, and performance and capacity management, thus highlighting the clear need among the end-user community for comprehensive virtualisation management solutions.

Varonis says corporates must invest in data protection or face huge EU fines

08 Dec 2011

Commenting on reports that the European Commission is planning to impose fines of up to five per cent of global turnover on errant companies losing private data, Varonis Systems is advising major corporates to invest in the necessary data defences before it is too late.

Red Hat Releases First Integrated Scale-Out Storage Product for Unstructured Data

08 Dec 2011

Red Hat Storage Software Appliance delivers flexibility, performance and quality for enterprise environments

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the availability of Red Hat Storage Software Appliance, which is its first integrated product that provides scale-out storage for unstructured data. 

Tufin unveils its top security predictions for 2012

08 Dec 2011

As December rolls in and 2012 looms on the IT security horizon, Tufin Technologies – the security lifecycle management specialist – has come up with its top five security predictions for the year ahead.

Claranet Joins Prince’s Trust group to change young lives

06 Dec 2011

Three year relationship signed with the charity’s Internet and Media Leadership Group

Claranet, the managed service provider, has joined The Prince’s Trust Internet and Media Leadership Group (IMLG) which brings together broadcasting, publishing, internet and media firms who want to give disadvantaged young people a new start in life.

Platform Computing dramatically simplifies private cloud management for enabling enterprise Platform-as-a-Service

05 Dec 2011

Latest version of award-winning Platform ISF includes cloud application designer and incorporates Intel TXT support for enhanced virtualisation security

Platform Computing the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software, today launched Platform ISF 3.0, the latest release of its award-winning* software for building private and hybrid clouds. Designed to dramatically improve customer productivity when deploying and managing application services, the new version includes the Platform Cloud Application Designer, which allows customers to create reusable templates for deploying business applications in the cloud. The product also includes a completely redesigned user interface (UI), automated capabilities for application and service-level management, Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) support and a self-service portal aimed at easing cloud administration for IT and line of business managers. The new product is being demonstrated this week at the Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas at the Platform Computing Booth #37.

EfficientIP expand its outreach in the UK with Inavate

05 Dec 2011

Inavate, specialist of business development in niche markets now includes EfficientIP’s highly competitive IP, DNS and DHCP management technology in its network solutions offer.

European leader on the DDI market (DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management) - announce the signature of a new partnership with Inavate – innovative provider of data storage, security and network solutions. Inavate adds to its offer the suite of EfficientIP’s appliances, SOLIDserver™, designed to deliver and manage critical IPAM-DNS-DHCP-NTP-TFTP services.

Varonis welcomes PwC economic crime report, but cautions on data awareness issues

05 Dec 2011

Varonis Systems Inc. the leading provider of comprehensive data governance software has welcomed the publication of PricewaterhouseCooper’s global economic crime survey 2011, but cautions that - in order to report economic fraud to the relevant authorities - companies must be aware that a fraud has taken place.

Cable&Wireless Worldwide and Silver Springs Networks Provide Telecommunications Network to Support Growth in Onshore Wind Development

05 Dec 2011

Cable&Wireless Worldwide and Silver Spring Networks today announced that they have been selected by UK Power Networks as telecommunications partners for its forthcoming Flexible Plug and Play (FPP) Low Carbon Networks project.  The £9.7million project has been awarded funding under Ofgem’s Low Carbon Network Fund and is set to form part of Ofgem’s ongoing commitment to making Britain’s electricity grid smarter.

Brand-Rex wins Scotland's VIBES Environmental Management Award

05 Dec 2011

‘The greenest large company in Scotland” might be a fitting description for Brand-Rex the international data network infrastructure and cabling company following its winning of the VIBES (vision in business for the environment of Scotland) Management Awards on 29^th November 2011.

Mimecast Extends Mobile Strategy with Mobile Archive Access for iPhone

30 Nov 2011

Enterprises Can Now Maximise Employee Productivity and Flexibility with Archive Search Capability on the iPhone

Mimecast®, the leading supplier of cloud based email archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365,today announced that it has extended its mobile services to the iPhone. With the Mimecast iPhone App, employees gain a bottomless mobile inbox, and the ability to search and access archived emails from their mobile device. The new Mimecast iPhone App is free and available now for download from the App Store.

Paessler Announces Version 3.0 of Mobile App for iOS Devices, Enabling Real-time Network Monitoring on-the-go

30 Nov 2011

Optimised for iPhone 4S and iPad2, iPRTG v3.0 features series of powerful enhancements inspired by customer feedback

Paessler AG today announced the availability of iPRTG v3.0, the latest version of the mobile monitoring app for its PRTG network monitoring solution. iPRTG enables IT administrators to keep a watchful eye on their networks, and to remotely manage network monitoring tasks, regardless of time or location, by pulling data directly from the PRTG server and displaying it on the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

Ambry Genetics Turns to EMC Isilon for Next-Generation Gene Sequencing

30 Nov 2011

 EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced that Ambry Genetics®, a leading commercial provider of clinical diagnostic and genomic services, has deployed EMC® Isilon® scale-out NAS to power its advanced gene sequencing operations, enabling Ambry to advance a range of scientific pursuits while easily managing 100 percent data growth annually. Using Isilon’s X-Series combined with the EMC Isilon SnapShotIQ™, SmartConnect™, and SmartQuotas™ software applications, Ambry Genetics has significantly reduced Big Data management challenges and storage administration costs, while accelerating data transfer rates and improving reliability for its genetic sequencing project pipeline.

King’s College London revamps IT infrastructure and deploys private cloud solution to support ‘Bring Your Own Device’ scheme for both students and staff

30 Nov 2011

World leading university upgrades networking infrastructure and moves to the cloud to enable roll out of flexible and mobile working solution

King’s College London (King’s), has today announced the completion of a three-year project with ICT services provider, Getronics, which has seen a revamp to its IT infrastructure to support a new mobile working strategy. The IT project, named ‘Access King’s Global Desktop’, involved upgrading the university’s networking capabilities and migrating to a private cloud platform delivered over the JANET network – the latter of which is seen as a first within the higher education sector. This move has enabled staff and students with an unparalleled user experience when it comes to mobile working. Staff and students are now able to access core applications and documents, from many devices, at any of King’s five London campuses. Users are supported by the highest levels of performance, resiliency and availability.

TeleWare ongoing network investment ensures professional service delivery

30 Nov 2011

SIPHON Networks Ltd completes deployment of IPTEGO’s PALLADION to improve network intelligence, security and customer experience monitoring

TeleWare has successfully deployed the IPTEGO PALLADION NGN Optimization Suite within its data centres and across its network to provide real-time network intelligence, troubleshooting, customer experience monitoring and seamless integration of third-party products.

HP Powers Move to Cloud for Enterprises and Service Providers

30 Nov 2011

HP advances clients’ cloud deployment, sourcing, security and learning

HP today announced new Cloud Solutions that advance deployment of private, public and hybrid clouds, enabling enterprises, service providers and governments to capitalize on emerging market opportunities.

Varonis gives its top predictions for Data Governance in 2012

30 Nov 2011

Varonis Systems Inc., the leading provider of comprehensive data governance software announced its top-level predictions for the Data Governance field in 2012. David Gibson, Director of Technical Marketing and Strategic Sales at Varonis said: “We have just been through a turbulent year for data owners and next year will be no different. To try and cut through the data jungle we are concentrating on the four major areas that will be problems in 2012.”

Eurosport doubles the capacity of its network with Interoute

30 Nov 2011

20 sites across Europe and Asia connected

Interoute owner and operator of Europe's largest cloud services platform, has announced that it is supporting international sports broadcaster, Eurosport to meet increased demand for multi-media streaming generated by its business applications. By enhancing its VPN network, Eurosport has doubled its capacity and expanded its Virtual Private Network across 20 sites.

Surf Telecoms selects Geo Networks to support business growth

30 Nov 2011

Five year deal increases network coverage in the South West and delivers secure and scalable connectivity

Geo Networks Ltd (Geo), the leading provider of dedicated fibre networks, today announced its first five year deal with Surf Telecoms, a supplier of wholesale carrier fibre and bandwidth services. The agreement will see the two organisations cement their existing relationship, with Surf Telecoms interconnecting with Geo’s network, enabling it to expand its own fibre route between Bristol and Tewkesbury, to offer fast scalability to support business growth. 

Huawei Symantec strengthen presence in Security market by building partnership with e92plus

30 Nov 2011

Huawei Symantec has signed the leading IT security distributor e92plus as the first Authorised Distributor for its expanding security product range.

The company is keen to develop the Huawei Symantec Partner Programme and will work closely with e92plus to build a network of resellers with expertise in delivering Security solutions. e92plus offer a range of value added services to complement leading edge Security products from Huawei Symantec and are looking to work with resellers to deliver enterprise-class technology with outstanding customer service.

UniCredit Global Information Systems S.p.A. Global Markets & Treasury selects Platform Computing to deliver a private cloud environment

29 Nov 2011

Major financial institution leverages virtualisation to create shared computing platform for cost savings

Platform Computing, the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software, announces that UniCredit Global Information Systems S.p.A. (UGIS), the global information and communication technology (ICT) company of the UniCredit Group, a major European financial institution, selected Platform Computing to create a global, virtualised high-performance shared computing infrastructure for its global markets & investment banking and risk management applications to lower their costs and increase server utilisation.

Micro Focus Announces New Approach to Modernizing IBM Mainframe PL/I Applications

29 Nov 2011

Micro Focus Server Enterprise Edition provides a low-risk, self-funding alternative to re-write or package replacement strategies for PL/I assets

It’s estimated that organizations running PL/I applications on IBM® mainframes are spending in excess of $1 billion per annum in operating costs. As a result, enterprises are looking for alternatives to deliver the same business capabilities for less while retaining the existing intellectual property built into the PL/I applications. To help organizations address this,Micro Focus (LSE: MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, has released Micro Focus Server Enterprise Edition for PL/I, the first complete, cross-platform migration solution that enables mainframe PL/I applications to be moved, with minimal changes, from an IBM® mainframe to Linux®, Unix® or Windows Server® platforms, where they can be operated for a fraction of the cost. 

HP Bridges Human Information and Extreme Data to Drive Insight, Foresight, Action

29 Nov 2011

New HP Information Optimization solutions power Instant-On Enterprises

HP today extended its Information Optimization portfolio with new solutions that help Instant-On Enterprisesturn information, intuition and ideas into insights to drive better decision making.

Infosecurity Europe calls for end-of-life data wiping

29 Nov 2011

Commenting on research that large numbers of UK firms are failing to ensure that confidential data is destroyed when their IT equipment reaches the end of its working life - placing their own staff, customers or partners at risk of fraud, or further serious security breaches - the organisers of the Infosecurity Europe show say that better education on security policies is central to solving the problem.

Racktivity unveils trio of new products at DatacenterDynamics

29 Nov 2011

First public demonstration of EnergyCloud Manager, EnergySensor and new EnergySwitch ES2000 NexGen PDU to take place at DatacenterDynamics

Racktivity will offer its first public showcase for three new products to help IT professionals and facilities managers reduce energy costs while maximizing uptime.  Live demonstrations of the trio of innovative new energy management products will take place during the DatacenterDynamics conference from the 30^th November to 1^st December at ExCel in London.

Tufin Technologies ranks twelfth in the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA

29 Nov 2011

Recently Honored as the Fastest Growing Technology Company in Israel, Tufin’s Phenomenal Revenue Growth Also Lands a Top Spot on Deloitte’s EMEA Ranking

Tufin Technologies, the market-leading provider of Security Lifecycle Management Solutions, today announced that it has ranked twelfth on the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe.  Having already ranked the fasted growing technology company in Israel, Tufin’s phenomenal year-over-year growth – 6343% over five years – also secured its premier ranking on Deloitte’s EMEA list.

Cryptzone believes ICO financial penalties against two councils are unnecessary

29 Nov 2011

Cryptzone understands why the Information Commissioners Office deems it necessary to impose fines against North Somerset Council and Worcestershire County Council after staff at both authorities sent highly sensitive personal information to the wrong recipients. However, says Cryptzone, this action would be unnecessary if councils were putting the right security controls in place and taking action when policy violations take place.

Telehouse enhances green commitment with 100 per cent renewable energy

29 Nov 2011

Telehouse, a leading provider of global data centres and managed ICT solutions, today announced that it’s London Docklands data centre site, which houses the IT infrastructure of almost 500 major international organisations, now purchases 100 per cent renewable energy from UK provider SmartestEnergy.

Investec targets fast-moving UK IT services sector with investment funding

28 Nov 2011

The migration of IT and e-commerce applications to the cloud is creating huge opportunities for UK IT outsourcing companies, according to Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance (Investec).  As a result, Investec believes that 2012 may see an increase in the number of IT outsourcing companies that receive investment from private equity firms and specialist lenders such as Investec.

Claranet appoints new UK Operations Director

28 Nov 2011

Key appointment for the company as it extends its product portfolio 

Claranet, the managed services provider, has appointed a new Operations Director for its UK business. With over 20 years’ experience in the Telecommunications and IT services, Wiebe Nauta has joined the UK management team, following an eight-year period at BT.

nlyte Software makes it easy to manage large scale data center projects with nlyte 6.2

28 Nov 2011

Award-winning DCIM suite now incorporates the industry’s first enterprise-class project lifecycle management capabilities

nlyte Software, the data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solution provider founded by data center professionals for data center professionals, today launched nlyte 6.2, the first DCIM solution to provide large scale data center project lifecycle management.

Cyber attack planning should extend to all business sectors

28 Nov 2011

All industries should follow the example of the finance sector by enhancing their IT business continuity plans, according to Andrew Gilbert, Managing Director of Node4

Businesses across all sectors should consider the measures they employ to protect their data and IT systems against cyber attacks and other risks, says Andrew Gilbert, Managing Director of data centre specialist Node4. His comments follow a large scale simulation that was carried out by the financial sector to test how systems would cope in the event of a malicious attack or disruption.

Mimecast named Security Vendor of the Year at 2011 CRN Channel Awards

28 Nov 2011

Cloud-based email management provider scoops prestigious UK award in recognition of its channel programme and security products

Mimecast®, the leading supplier of cloud-based email archiving,continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, has been named 2011 Security Vendor of the Year at the prestigious CRN Channel Awards.

Lieberman Software says AT&T hacking link to terrorists must shake up IT security professionals

28 Nov 2011

Commenting on reports that AT&T’s accounts system has been hacked - and the data used to make $2 million-worth of calls to premium rate numbers - Lieberman Software says the saga should act as a wake-up call for IT security professionals everywhere.

Violin Memory’s vision for Enterprise class flash Storage sees 10x growth in EMEA

28 Nov 2011

AlwaysOn Company of the year sees massive interest in unlocking performance constraints of enterprise applications, from ERP, CRM, BI, DW to Client Virtualisation (VDI)

Violin Memory, provider of the world’s fastest and most scalable Memory Arrays, has just announced an 10x quarter on quarter growth in EMEA sales.

Doyenz forecasts top disaster recovery predictions for 2012

28 Nov 2011

Leading Provider of Cloud-Based Recovery Services Predicts the Demise of Cloud Storage in the SMB Market and a New Emphasis on Application Availability, Validation, and Web-based Management

Doyenz Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based recovery services for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced its disaster recovery-related predictions for the coming year. Chief revenue officer Eric Webster, an emerging thought leader in business continuity, predicts that the disaster recovery market will experience a flurry of changes as cloud computing technologies mature and automation drives greater cost and operational efficiencies.

Ingram Micro (UK) Ltd joins the Cloud Industry Forum to further its intentions as a Trusted Cloud Broker

28 Nov 2011

Technology distributor becomes first in its class demonstrate its commitment to standards and transparency in the Cloud

Ingram Micro (UK) Ltd, a division of Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the largest global wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services, has formally joined the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) as part of its wider strategy of launching a portfolio of solutions under the brand of Ingram Micro Cloud.

Agilisys Cloud Services signed managed IaaS contract with PDX

24 Nov 2011

Multi-national process technology firm standardises and streamlines IT with Agilisys Cloud Services

Multi-national process technology company PDX, has awarded Agilisys Cloud Services a three-year contract to provide a fully managed IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) worth approximately £1 million. The service will standardise and streamline PDX’s IT infrastructure in an end-to-end managed service covering: hosting, storage, provision of Microsoft technologies, backup and desktop support.

iomart buys Scottish hosting company EQSN

24 Nov 2011

UK cloud computing and managed hosting company iomart expands its premium customer base

iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM), the UK managed hosting and cloud computing services company, today (November 24 2011) announced that it has bought Scottish infrastructure service provider EQSN.

Daxten launches a new Starline Track Busbar at Datacenter Dynamics London - 30th Nov-1st Dec

22 Nov 2011

New 250 and 800Amp power supply via track for mission critical data centre environments

With immediate effect Daxten, a leading supplier of solutions for cooling optimisation and power infrastructure, offers the new track-based 250 and 800 Amp UEC STARLINE power distribution systems for Data Centres, Server Rooms and R&D testing Labs. These environments require a reliable power infrastructure with the ability to make quick reconfigurations to the power supply. 

Raritan Announces Power IQ Software with Smart Rack Views and Quick Charts for Getting and Sharing Key Data Center Energy Information Easily

22 Nov 2011

Power IQ also streamlines energy information sharing with Raritan's DCIM software

As part of Raritan's Smart Rack initiative to help data centers improve operations and energy efficiency by adding intelligence throughout data center racks, the company today introduced Power IQ® 3.1 Energy Management Software with Smart Rack Views and Quick Charts.  These new features provide one-click access to key energy and operations information in a rack  -- including power, cooling, humidity, airflow, and events -- and, the ability to further drill down to detailed information on rack assets, such as PDUs, IT devices, and breakers.

Ipswitch Network Management Division Survey Higlights IT Staffing Issues

22 Nov 2011

System Administrator and Network Manager Positions Prove Most Difficult to Fill

Ipswitch Inc.’s Network Management Division, developer of the WhatsUp Gold suite of innovative IT management solutions, today released the results of a survey of over 300 companies that asked what IT positions are the most difficult to find talent for. The survey found that System Administrators were the most difficult to find (27.9%) with Network Managers in second place (22.7%). Telecommunications Manager was the easiest role to fill, with only 7.1% of respondents citing they were having problem finding applicable talent.

Doyenz signs Blue Solutions as premier UK distributor

21 Nov 2011

100% channel model supported by UK data centre for innovative SMB business continuity solution

Doyenz Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based recovery services for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced Blue Solutions as its flagship UK distributor as it establishes itself in the UK market as a 100% channel centric business.

BT and Cisco fire the starting pistol for Collaborative Working with LOCOG ahead of London 2012

21 Nov 2011

BT MeetMe WebEx online meetings chosen to drive collaborative working, reduce operational costs and improve staff productivity for LOCOG in the run up to London 2012

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is using BT MeetMe WebEx conferencing and collaboration software to provide staff with access to virtual meeting rooms to aid planning and preparations ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

NextiraOne Improves Communications for Lyon Housing Organisation in France

21 Nov 2011

NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has implemented a solution for GRANDLYONHABITAT, the public community office of the City of Lyon for the management of over 24,000 homes, to improve the performance of its communications and provide greater collaboration tools.

TelecityGroup's commitment to environmental best practice recognised in CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme performance league table

21 Nov 2011

TelecityGroup is the highest ranked data centre provider, third place in the ICT sector and in the top 5% overall of over 2000 participant organisations.

TelecityGroup, Europe's industry-leading provider of premium carrier-neutral data centres, is the highest ranked data centre provider and has achieved third place in the ICT sector and 103rd place overall in the 2010/11 CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme performance league table published by the Environment Agency.

Hibernia Atlantic Delivers the Only Direct Submarine Cable Connection between North America and Ireland at Interxion’s Dublin 2 Data Centre

21 Nov 2011

interxion today announced an agreement with Hibernia Atlantic to host a Point of Presence (POP) for its high-capacity fibre optic cable system at Interxion’s Dublin 2 (DUB2) data centre.

Scale Computing shortlisted for SVC Awards and Computer Weekly Social Media Awards

18 Nov 2011

Scale Computing’s innovative S-series and social media “spokesperson” Scale-Out Steve have reached new recognition within the storage market

Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of scalable, fault-tolerant storage solutions tailored to the virtualisation and disaster recovery needs of the small and medium-sized business (SMB), announced today that they have been shortlisted for two UK industry awards.

Federation Against Software Theft welcomes the new Intellectual Property Court process

18 Nov 2011

New small claims service will help protect IP rights’ in the SMB sector

The new small claims service being introduced at the Patents County Court (PCC) in 2012 will help small and medium sized software businesses protect their copyright, trademarks and designs, reports the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST).

Four reasons customers select enhanced SAS Analytics

18 Nov 2011

More than 7,000 customers ordered the new version of SAS since its July release. Health care organisations improving how they diagnose and treat diseases, retailers tailoring and automating campaigns, hoteliers finding ways to boost guest satisfaction, and insurance companies preventing fraud all reacted enthusiastically. Thousands of new features from the leader in business analytics improve how organisations tackle massive volumes of structured and unstructured data, enabling better and faster decisions. As evidence of its popularity, SAS continued to lead the analytics software industry with worldwide analytics revenue growing 13 per cent over the same period last year. 

Marketers’ top concern is data explosion, IBM finds

18 Nov 2011

OpenText launches free guide to managing “Big Data” for CMOs

Marketers can only succeed if they are able to harness the reams of information and content that they use, create and store, OpenText’s head of Customer Engagement Mark Finch said today.

Android TouchDown Exchange mail client in MobiDM

18 Nov 2011

VeliQ incorporates NitroDesk TouchDown suite in mobility ecosystem

Enterprise managed mobility specialist VeliQ has signed an agreement with NitroDesk, makers of TouchDown, the most widely used Exchange mail client for Android devices worldwide.  As part of the agreement TouchDown and its capabilities have been fully integrated in the MobiDM ecosystem. As a result, all Android devices within the enterprise can deploy simultaneously and easily the TouchDown exchange client to access the company’s Exchange server in a secure way and also manage this through the central and self-service MobiDM web portal.

UK tourism needs urgent investment in fast broadband networks, says Brocade

18 Nov 2011

Broadband “notspots” deter visitors from tourist hotspots, says Brocade

Poor broadband provision across much of rural Wales is driving much-needed tourists away, it was revealed today.

Lieberman Software says questions remain on EDF hack of Greenpeace

18 Nov 2011

Commenting on the prison sentences handed down to the former members of EDF’s security staff  - and a 1.5 million euro fine on his employers – Lieberman Software says that the only surprise is not having seen this sort of trojan-assisted industrial espionage reaching the courts before.

BT’s PIA product inhibits a competitive fibre network landscape; Geo withdraws from BDUK and next generation access bids

16 Nov 2011

Notwithstanding today’s announcement by BT about the launch of its Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA), Geo Networks Ltd (Geo), the operator of the FibreSpeed Next Generation Access project in North Wales, has made the reluctant decision to withdraw from BDUK’s Broadband Framework and from future NGA procurements.

Varonis Victorious at UK IT Industry Awards

16 Nov 2011

Varonis was honoured to receive a medal at last night’s prestigious UK IT Industry Awards, held at Battersea Parks Events Arena, in its Technology Excellence category. These annual awards are the benchmark for excellence throughout the computer industry, organised and run by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and Computing, and offer a platform for the entire profession to celebrate best practice, innovation and excellence.

Imperva says staff training is essential when medical records are concerned

16 Nov 2011

Imperva says staff training is essential when medical records are concerned

Commenting on reports that healthcare and IT experts warned the US Congress earlier this month about security concerns surrounding the increasing use of EHRs (electronic health records), Imperva says that media reports and research points to a lack of understanding within healthcare organisations as to why EHRs need protecting.

Thales payShield 9000 achieves PCI HSM compliance

16 Nov 2011

Acquirers and Issuers can meet card scheme requirements with certified HSM

Thales, leader in information systems and communications security, announces that its award-winning payShield 9000 Hardware Security Module (HSM) has achieved PCI HSM compliance.

Tufin research reveals change management leads to security breaches

16 Nov 2011

93% of the Respondents Conduct Firewall Audits Manually; 60% Cited Lack of Time is the Weakest Link in Network Security; Reported Cheating on Audits Has Doubled Since 2010

Tufin Technologies, the market-leading provider of Security Lifecycle Management solutions, has found that 75% of organizations believe their current change management processes could put them at risk of a security breach.  Having sampled 100 network security professionals directly involved in firewall management and auditing, this year’s survey reveals that manual processes - and the time constraints they create - are the biggest challenge facing today’s network security professionals.  

LSI to Demonstrate Industry’s First 12Gb/s SAS Expander IC for Servers and External Storage Systems

15 Nov 2011

Technology demonstration to highlight significant performance benefits of 12Gb/s SAS with existing 6Gb/s drive infrastructure

LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced it is demonstrating the industry’s first 12Gb/s SAS expander IC this week at the LSI Accelerating Innovation Summit and Technology Showcase in Milpitas, Calif. 

Oxford University Clinical Trial Service Unit Reduces Time from Research to Discovery with Actian Vectorwise

15 Nov 2011

Big Data Analytics Reduced from Days to Minutes to Help Prevent Future Death and Disability from Many Conditions

Actian Corporation (formerly Ingres Corp) today announced that CTSU (the MRC/Cancer Research UK/BHF Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit of Oxford University) has selected Vectorwise to extract and analyse data pertaining to the causes, prevention and treatment of premature death and disability worldwide.  Research data extraction and processing that once took days now takes minutes, thanks to Actian’s record-breaking Vectorwise technology.

Doyenz launches rCloud to offer true business continuity to small and medium businesses across the UK

14 Nov 2011

Innovative solution gains local data centre, distribution and regional system integrators

Doyenz Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based recovery services for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has launched its rCloud service in the UK supported by a new distributor, local data centre and a growing community of value added resellers.

IT security research highlights need for IT security safety net

14 Nov 2011

Latest IT security survey highlights the need for an IT security safety net

Commenting on a survey that found barely 39 per cent of workers follow IT security policies in the workplace, Avecto says that this proves the need for privilege identity management technology on company computer systems.

Brocade Selected as the Core for World’s Largest Single Site Deployment of 100 GbE in a Research Institute

14 Nov 2011

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Advances Neuroscience and Imaging Analysis with 100 GbE, Improving Efficiency by 50 Percent

Some high-performance research institutes generate millions of digitised images in the course of a year that require complex algorithms and robust computational horsepower to analyse. Their research demands that the computing environment be ultra-responsive and extremely efficient.  

Alcatel-Lucent OpenTouch suite, now generally available, brings collaborative conversations to any device across the enterprise

10 Nov 2011

Three new packages deliver multi-party, multi-device, multi-media platforms across premise and hosted solutions

Alcatel-Lucent,(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the availability of the first wave of its new OpenTouch™ enterprise communications solutions. The OpenTouch suite is built on Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise’s converged communications architecture that leverages the market-leading OmniPCX™ Enterprise, Genesys™ SIP solutions and Alcatel-Lucent carrier technologies. The OpenTouch architecture uses a SIP-based conversation layer, which is between the applications layer and server layer, to deliver multi-party, multi-device, multi-media collaborative conversations on any network and on any end-point.

CRC league table - nlyte calls for enterprises to consider the data centre

10 Nov 2011

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme league table, a government initiative to improve the sustainability policies of UK organisations, was met with mixed reviews when published by the Environment Agency yesterday.  Based solely on approved Early Action Metrics, as opposed to real energy savings, it is difficult to discern exactly how green the 2,000 enterprises featured really are.  Under the new carbon tax structure, rankings also do not take into account the fact that some organisations may have already started to improve their energy efficiency through major IT investment that has not yet been measured.

Telehouse West sprints ahead with sports broadcasting network

07 Nov 2011

Data centre selected to broadcast major London sports event

Telehouse, a leading provider of global data centres and managed ICT services, today announced it would house the broadcasting network for the Host Broadcaster of a major sports event in London next year. This will allow international media organisations based within the Telehouse data centre to connect to the signal and transmit unbiased live radio and television coverage to viewers across the globe. 

Imation Establish Mobile Data Security Leadership Position in Europe, Middle East and Africa with Broadest Portfolio of Secure Mobile Data and Secure Mobile Workspaces Solutions

07 Nov 2011

Imation Now Offers Leading Security Brands with MXI, IronKey and Defender Products.

Imation Corp. (NYSE: IMN), a leading global technology company dedicated to helping people and organisations store, protect and connect their digital world, now offers the broadest range of Mobile Security products  to organisations across  Europe, Middle East and Africa, highlighting the company’s position as a global leader in the high-security data storage and device management market. Following strategic acquisitions and technology investments, Imation’s mobile security portfolio now consists of the MXI, Defender and IronKey brands, providing  the European market the industry’s broadest portfolio of secure mobile storage offerings. 

All men may have been created equal, but not all clouds are

07 Nov 2011

Cloud computing has dominated the IT agenda of late and is set to continue with the recent introduction of Apple’s iCloud and similar consumer services to the market.  But according to Michel Robert, managing director of Claranet, for business leaders, it can be hard to associate with mass-market clouds, and not enterprise-specific clouds.

Cloud adoption enabling business process innovation

07 Nov 2011

Interest in cloud services continues to increase but terminology still confuses and data sovereignty is key

Over half of UK businesses are seeing the adoption of Cloud based services as being more about business process innovation as opposed to just technical efficiency, according to the findings of survey undertaken by the Cloud Industry Forum in conjunction with The Guardian. 

Global Industry Leaders Tackle Data Explosion with SGI Storage Solutions

07 Nov 2011

Active Archiving and Access Now a Fundamental Component of Managing and Monetizing Big Data

November 3, 2011 — SGI (NASDAQ: SGI), the trusted leader in technical computing, has announced that the company's storage and archiving solutions continue to gain market momentum as more customers recognize the value of implementing multi-tiered storage strategies to deal with explosive data growth. With a range of integrated hardware and SGI® DMF™ software that can create and automatically manage tiered virtual storage environments, customers from media companies to genomics and university researchers are adopting SGI storage and active archiving solutions to significantly reduce equipment and operating costs while managing and monetizing their data-intensive workloads.

Infinity Announces New Slough Data Centre

07 Nov 2011

Specialist data centre operator, Infinity announced another milestone in its rapidly expanding footprint with the acquisition of a new data centre in the heart of the Thames Valley.

Cost of the capital lures companies to consider alternatives

07 Nov 2011

Data centres based outside of London are taking advantage as businesses weigh up the costs of being based in the capital.

Hitachi Data Systems enhances IT Operations Analyser with expanded monitoring capabilities

07 Nov 2011

Adds change monitoring, scheduled monitoring and application monitoring capabilities to further simplify IT infrastructure management

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., today announced a new version of Hitachi IT Operations Analyser, an integrated availability and performance monitoring software solution. The new IT Operations Analyser includes automated root cause analysis, simplified network path view, agentless architecture, an award-winning intuitive web-based interface, proactive alerting, multivendor platform support and an open platform. New features include change monitoring, scheduled monitoring, application monitoring and event forwarding.

60 per cent of UK SMEs hit by IT failures

07 Nov 2011

A worrying 60 per cent of respondents surveyed[i] by City Lifeline at this year’s IP Expo have lost access to the company’s IT system following an unexpected incident. The resulting unplanned downtime lasted for more than six hours for 40 per cent of the firms surveyed, leaving employees struggling to access essential business data, run operations or communicate effectively with customers.

Scale Computing Reports Record Revenue through Q3 2011

03 Nov 2011

Horizontal scale-out storage provider reports record revenue YTD compared to same time in 2010

Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of intelligent, scale-out storage solutions tailored to the virtualisation and archiving needs of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), today announced company results for its third quarter, ending September 30, 2011 (Q3’11).

Raritan Introduces Family of Economical KVM-over-IP Switches with Advanced Features to Help Small and Midsize Businesses Manage Servers

03 Nov 2011

Dominion^® LX provides secure, BIOS-level Access and Control of servers from anywhere; Affordable, high-quality KVM-over-IP switches streamline server management

Raritan has introduced a new line of KVM-over-IP switches for small to midsize businesses (SMBs) looking for a cost-effective way to simplify server maintenance.  Dominion LX is designed to meet the IT management needs and budgets of SMBs.  Depending on the model, the LX controls up to eight or 16 servers, and supports one or two simultaneous remote users and one local user for unblocked server access.  Multiple LX switches can be cascaded to support up to 256 servers from a single console.

LSI Announces Agreement to Acquire SandForce

03 Nov 2011

Acquisition of leading provider of flash storage processors extends LSI's industry-leading position and breadth in storage technology solutions

LSI Corporation has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SandForce, Inc., the leading provider of flash storage processors for enterprise and client flash solutions and solid state drives (SSDs). Under the agreement, LSI will pay approximately $322 million in cash, net of cash assumed, and assume approximately $48 million of unvested stock options and restricted shares held by SandForce employees.

TeleWare partner Business Systems provides cloud-based mobile device recording service

03 Nov 2011

Leading partner focuses on cloud-based call recording delivery to help firms meet FSA deadline for mobile recording regulation

Business Systems (UK) Ltd, specialists in voice and speech technology, have selected the TeleWare Mobile Compliance cloud-based services to deliver to their customers a mobile call recording service for immediate availability to meet the FSA deadline of 14^th November.

Money and Glory – The Motives for Business Owners and Cybercriminals

03 Nov 2011

Hackers and Business Bosses Share Common Traits

A security expert with access to a detailed archive of hack attacks from the last eight years has highlighted the similarities between cybercriminals and business owners and urged bosses to understand the risks they face if they ignore the increasing threat from the underground cybercrime community.

Lieberman Software says chemical company hacker attacks could have been prevented

03 Nov 2011

Commenting on reports from Symantec that hackers targeted nearly 30 companies in the chemical industry this summer with the intent of stealing sensitive IP (intellectual property), Lieberman Software says that this latest cyber crime wave cries out for privileged identity management technology.

Joules Clothing Enables Multi-Channel Communications Strategy with ShoreTel

03 Nov 2011

UK clothing giant boosts customer service with UC deployment and experiences 50 percent cost savings

ShoreTel^® (Nasdaq: SHOR), the leading provider of brilliantly simple IP phone systems with fully integrated unified communications (UC), today announced that Joules Clothing, a British based fashion designer and online retailer, has deployed a ShoreTel UC system with ShoreTel Enterprise Contact Center to reduce costs, enable a multi-channel communications strategy and enhance customer service.

Infinity Continues to Scale at Senior Level with New Operations Director

03 Nov 2011

Rapidly growing data centre operator creates additional role in service team to streamline the growth of corporate customer base

Specialist data centre operator, Infinity, today announced the appointment of Simon Blackburn as its Operations Director. The newly created role follows hot on the heels of other recent senior-level appointments, including Stuart Sutton as COO to whom Blackburn will report.

How to drive down the cost of great service

03 Nov 2011

Cognito launches free white paper and audit

Today’s field service organisations are expected to systematically reduce the cost of their service operations whilst simultaneously responding to an increasingly demanding customer base. In response to this conflicting priority, Cognito has developed a white paper offering businesses advice on how to drive down the cost of service excellence.

Talend Recognised as a Visionary in the Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools

01 Nov 2011

Open source integration company acknowledged by leading analyst firm within data integration market

Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Visionaries” quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools” Unified Integration Platform.

XL Telecom and Teleware join forces to offer network-based mobile device recording service

01 Nov 2011

Network-based solution to ensure financial services companies compliance with FSA mobile voice and SMS recording regulation

XL Telecom and TeleWare today announce a partnership to provide TeleWare’s network-based recording service for mobile devices, designed to ensure that UK financial organisations meet new Financial Services Authority (FSA) call recording regulations, which come into effect on November 14^th, 2011.

Daxten extends its portfolio with an automatic lifting solution for heavy IT components in the data centre

31 Oct 2011

ServerLift SL500: The easiest and safest way to move, lift and install heavy Data Centre equipment.

In the past rack mounting and moving heavy and bulky IT components around the Data Centre was difficult. This back breaking work was performed by the Data Centre technical or facility personnel with only some relief provided by using a trolley or cart to move the equipment to the cabinets. At least two people were needed to lift the heavy IT equipment up to the desired RU space in the cabinet. This procedure presents a high risk of injury for the Data Centre staff as well as a potential danger of damaging sensitive and valuable IT equipment. These difficulties are compounded by the fact that today’s Data Centres are growing dynamically and therefore IT hardware has to be changed, supplemented, relocated and reconfigured ever more frequently. Trolley carts and the muscle power of the IT staff naturally reach their physical limits, so the only way to correspond to the increasing demands is to use an automated, capable transportation and lifting solution. Therefore, Daxten a leading supplier of solutions for optimising the energy and resource efficiency within Data Centres offers the ServerLift SL500 system with immediate effect.

Juniper Networks to Deliver Business-Ready Secure Mobility Solutions with Samsung

31 Oct 2011

Collaboration to create and market secure mobility and device management solutions for select Samsung mobile devices

Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, announced it is expanding its partnership with Samsung to deliver comprehensive mobile security, secure connectivity and device management capabilities for enterprise customers of Samsung high-end smart mobile devices, starting with GALAXY Note, GALAXY SII and GALAXY Tab 10.1. Juniper and Samsung will collaborate to deliver significantly enhanced secure mobility solutions that enable enterprises and service providers to protect mobile devices as well as the network resources and applications they access in today’s mobile enterprise environment.

Keysource gains Carbon Trust data centres strategic design advice (DCSDA) accreditation

31 Oct 2011

Keysource has been formally recognised by the Carbon Trust and awarded the Data Centres Strategic Design Advice (DCSDA) accreditation. This will enable the company to undertake work through the Carbon Trust to help data centre owners and operators to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions as well as reduce energy costs.

Treasury Department Federal Credit Union Chooses Trusteer to Satisfy FFIEC Requirements

31 Oct 2011

Leading Federal Government Credit Union Offers Trusteer to more than 10,000 Members to Prevent Cybercrime

Trusteer, the leading provider of cybercrime prevention solutions, today announced that the Treasury Department Federal Credit Union (TDFCU) has selected Trusteer Rapport to meet the new FFIEC security guidelines for online banking security and protect its members from malware aimed at stealing funds and personal information. TDFCU’s decision to implement Trusteer is a strong indicator of Rapport’s ability to meet and exceed the new requirements mandated by the FFIEC, which is a formal interagency body of the United States government.

Infosecurity Europe says education is the key to defending against automated attacks

31 Oct 2011

Infosecurity Europe says education is the key to defending against automated attacks

Commenting on reports that Facebook is targeted by hackers around 600,000 times every day, the organisers of Infosecurity Europe say that this shows the immense scale of cybercriminality on the Web.

The London Internet Exchange Announces Further Investment in New PoPs

31 Oct 2011

2008 data centre expansion programme sees further investment.

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) today revealed that its successful network expansion to three new PoPs, in a shared-risk agreement with Equinix, Interxion and TelecityGroup, has resulted in further investment into these PoPs.

Red Hat Joins Facebook’s Open Compute Project to Drive Data Centre Efficiency

28 Oct 2011

Open Compute Project to use the open source development model to transform the energy efficiency of global data centres; Red Hat CTO Brian Stevens keynotes at the Open Compute Summit

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that it has joined the Open Compute Project, a project established by Facebook with the goal of building one of the most efficient computing infrastructures at the lowest possible cost.  With this, Red Hat will collaborate with the Open Compute Project and its members on technologies, design and development to redefine the next-generation data centre.

Interxion Launches Second Cloud Testlab at Its City of London Data Centre

28 Oct 2011

Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced the deployment of its second Cloud Testlab, a turnkey cloud hosting test environment enabling service providers and system integrators to test and develop cloud services at high speed and with best-in-class performance guarantees.

Quantum achieves record launch with DXi6701/02 disk backup and deduplication appliances

28 Oct 2011

Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM), a proven global expert in data protection and big data management, today announced that the September quarter launch of its new DXi6700disk backup and deduplication appliances was the most successful branded systems product launch in the company’s history in terms of revenue generated. The DXi6701 and DXi6702 appliances saw wide market acceptance for providing a unique combination of industry-leading performance and value, along with broad scalability spanning midrange and enterprise environments and multi-protocol interfaces. Leveraging the inline data flow of Quantum’s DXi 2.0 software, the new DXi6700 appliances run at more than twice the speed of the comparable offering from EMC Data Domain and work with all leading backup applications.

Violin Memory Arrays Certified with IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller

28 Oct 2011

Best-of-Breed Storage Virtualization Solution Simplifies Migration from Legacy Disk Arrays to Silicon-Based Primary Storage

Violin Memory, Inc., provider of the world’s fastest and most scalable Memory Arrays, today announced that IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC) V6.3.0 supports Violin 3000 Series flash Memory Arrays. With the transition to silicon storage well underway, enterprise customers can take advantage of IBM’s virtualization and storage management to transparently deploy flash Memory Arrays in the data center. SVC provides heterogeneous support for multiple storage vendors and media types with centralized management, enabling Memory Arrays to be used in production environments with seamless migration of applications. Additionally, SVC offers a full range of data management tools such as FlashCopy, Easy Tier, live migration and replication that work seamlessly with Violin arrays.

Accellion Delivers Secure Mobile File Sharing App with Encrypted File Container

26 Oct 2011

Users and IT Have Unprecedented Flexibility and Mobile Security Protection

Accellion, Inc. today announced Accellion Mobile Apps for iPad and iPhone with support for iOS 5 that provide secure mobile file sharing capabilities.  The Accellion Mobile App offers the industry’s first encrypted, protected container for mobile file sharing, including 128-bit AES data encryption for files locally saved on a mobile device, and additional features for enterprise users and IT and security teams. The Accellion Mobile App is currently available for download from the Apple App Store.

Timico selects BT iNet to deliver UK-wide private cloud services

26 Oct 2011

Timico, the independent internet and managed service provider, has selected BT iNet as its strategic partner to develop a new £5 million data centre.

Statement on new Cloud Strategy and IT Implementation Plan

26 Oct 2011

The government continues to take an ambitious approach to reforming public sector IT and the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) welcomes the publication of its Strategic Implementation Plan.

Andy Burton, Chairman of CIF said:

Enterprise leads the way on cloud acceptance

26 Oct 2011

68% of UK enterprises have adopted cloud

68% of enterprise business in the UK have either fully or partly adopted cloud technologies, according to a study commissioned by data storage and management specialist, NetApp.

Citrix accelerates anytime, anywhere access with acquisition of App-DNA

26 Oct 2011

Leader in application migration and management key addition to Citrix desktop transformation model

Today, at Citrix Synergy, the conference where cloud computing, networking and virtualisation meet, Citrix announced it has agreed to acquire App-DNA, a leader in application migration and management, and long-time Citrix partner. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the fourth quarter. App-DNA technology adds a significant component to the Citrix desktop transformation strategy aimed at helping customers speed deployments of desktop virtualisation enterprise-wide. The App-DNA AppTitude product enables organisations to quickly and intelligently assess their application portfolio and migration plans. As part of the Citrix desktop transformation model, this will give customers important information that will help them plan and more rapidly implement a strategy to deliver desktops and applications as a service to all users in the enterprise.

Avecto recommends new strategy to deal with TDL-4 rootkit malware

26 Oct 2011

Commenting on reports that the infamous TDL-4 rootkit malware has been reworked to better withstand antivirus and other IT security software, Avecto says that the removal of admin rights can add an extra layer of defence in the ongoing battle against the malware coders.

IT leaders gather to discuss the major challenges for 2012 with the Software Industry Research Board (SIRB)

26 Oct 2011

Industry networking and roundtable event on 10th November 2011 at EMC Consulting Offices, Notcutt House, 36 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9EU

The Software Industry Research Board (SIRB), which conducts annual research projects to improve corporate management of software, is hosting its latest event on 10th November 2011. Topics addressed will include challenges to virtualisation, the impact of cloud on data asset management; and the implications of ownership of software as a service rather than as an asset. 
For this year’s event, the non-profit organisation, SIRB has brought together some of the most influential organisations and speakers in the industry.

Red Hat Achieves New Top Virtualization Performance Benchmark with HP

26 Oct 2011

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 with Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor on HP ProLiant DL980 G7 establishes new SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark with highest overall performance

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that it has achieved a new record-setting SPECvirt_sc2010 virtualization performance benchmark in collaboration with long-time partner HP based on the powerful Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor and HP ProLiant systems.

SoftLayer® Investing €55 million in New European Operation to Meet Growth Demands

26 Oct 2011

Company Extends Global Footprint with New European Headquarters and Data Centre in Amsterdam and Points of Presence (PoPs) in Amsterdam, London and Frankfurt

Expanding its global reach and IT hosting capabilities, SoftLayer^® Technologies today announced the opening of its new European headquarters and data centre in Amsterdam. Over the next two years the company will invest approximately €55 million in its European operations, which also includes new network PoPs in Amsterdam, London, and Frankfurt.

SafeNet Enables Software Publishers to Quickly and Easily Transition From Hardware Keys to Software-based Licensing Solutio

26 Oct 2011

TechSmith, DIP Tech, Key Traffic Systems, Orbograph, and Tiltan Team with SafeNet to Protect Intellectual Property from Piracy and Improve Licensing Process for Legitimate Users

SafeNet, Inc., a worldwide leader in data protection, today announced the successful expansion of several customer implementations of its award-winning Sentinel HASP licensing solution to include both hardware- and software-based license enforcement keys to enhance the end-user experience. The transition to software keys provides flexible, easy-to-use licensing solutions that still protect software developers from software piracy and IP theft.

SUSE debuts OpenStack-powered cloud infrastructure solution

26 Oct 2011

Alpha version now available on SUSE gallery for customers and community to test

SUSE announced today it has released an early development snapshot of its OpenStack*-powered cloud infrastructure solution.

Hitachi Data Systems unveils roadmap for the Information Cloud and new cloud offerings

26 Oct 2011

Introduces new Hitachi cloud services and solution packages; provides update on BlueArc and ParaScale Integration

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., today unveiled its plans for helping customers transform their data into actionable information and harness its power as a strategic asset for business insight and innovation. To accomplish this, Hitachi Data Systems has aligned its product and solutions portfolio around a 3-tiered strategy of infrastructure cloud, content cloud and information cloud that builds on existing IT investments to provide a single virtualisation platform for all data.

Emerson Network Power Improves System Availability in National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s Data Centers by 20 Percent

26 Oct 2011

Collaboration significantly increases the lifespan of the bank’s data center systems

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR) and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today announced its market-leading Avocent infrastructure management technologies have delivered 20 percent greater system availability to the National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s (NBAD) data centers. NBAD is the number one bank in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

CloudSigma First Public Cloud to Add Support for Oracle Solaris

26 Oct 2011

Follows CloudSigma’s Open Cloud Approach, Giving Customers Unprecedented Flexibility and Control of their Virtual Data Centers in Public Clouds

CloudSigma, the international, pure-play cloud server and virtual data center provider, today announced the addition of Solaris, Oracle’s enterprise operating system, to its cloud platform, making it the first major public cloud to support Solaris. Solaris supports more than 11,000 third-party enterprise applications across a wide range of industries and was engineered specifically for cloud environments. Now, with CloudSigma’s added support, customers can benefit from Solaris’ advanced security, efficiency, scalability and performance in a public cloud with complete control and unprecedented flexibility.

Citrix unveils “follow-me-data” fabric to enable the personal cloud

26 Oct 2011

New ShareFile cloud to become open platform for integrating data into other apps and services; first new Citrix products built on this platform announced

Today, at Citrix Synergy, the conference where cloud computing, networking and virtualisation meet, Citrix announced it is opening up its recently acquired ShareFile data cloud to create an extensible platform for sharing business data across a wide range of apps, devices and services. The company’s new “follow-me-data fabric” will make it easy for third-party developers and vendors to incorporate common data services like search, share, sync, secure and remote wipe into their solutions through a set of open APIs. Taking a platform approach will also make it easier to create dynamic mesh-ups that extend secure data sharing services to both new and existing apps, and ensure that user data can be accessed easily and securely from millions of business and consumer devices. Citrix also announced the first two products in its own portfolio that will be integrated into this open data fabric, Citrix Receiver, the company’s universal software client, and Citrix GoToMeeting, the award-winning collaboration solution.

Quest Software Updates NetVault Solutions to Enhance Enterprise Backup and Recovery

26 Oct 2011

Quest Software, Inc. has announced the availability of Quest NetVault^® Backup 8.6 and NetVault SmartDisk 1.5, the latest updates to the NetVault family of data protection solutions. NetVault Backup 8.6 enhances enterprise backup and recovery by delivering increased speed, scalability and platform support, while NetVault SmartDisk 1.5 takes deduplication a step further by supporting backups from network-attached storage (NAS) appliances.

Venafi says 'Son of Stuxnet' Duqu Trojan should act as an alarm for IT security professionals

26 Oct 2011

Reports that the ‘Son of Stuxnet’ malware – dubbed Duqu – has been spotted in the wild represents yet another significant security threat, says Venafi. The code for this malware appears to be written by an organisation with access to the original Stuxnet source code. Since Stuxnet is estimated to have taken ten man-years to develop, and has an extremely sophisticated code base, this new development should be a major worry for all organisations, big or small.

Atlantis Computing broadens storage optimisation offering with Atlantis ILIO for Citrix XenServer

26 Oct 2011

Citrix, Atlantis and GlassHouse to Publish Desktop Virtualisation Architecture for XenServer and Atlantis ILIO

Atlantis Computing™, the leader in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) storage and performance optimization solutions, today announced the expanded support for Citrix technologies including the ability for Atlantis ILIO to run as a virtual appliance natively on the Citrix XenServer hypervisor. Atlantis ILIO is the first storage optimisation solution to deliver up to 90 per cent storage reduction and better than PC performance for Citrix XenDesktop on XenServer.

Cloudera and SGI Partner to Take High Performance Computing on Apache Hadoop to the Next Level

24 Oct 2011

Under Strategic Distribution Agreement, SGI Will Ship Cloudera's Distribution Including Apache Hadoop and Cloudera Enterprise Management Suite Factory-installed On SGI Hadoop Clusters

Cloudera Inc., the leading provider of Apache Hadoop-based data management software and services, and SGI (NASDAQ: SGI), the trusted leader in technical computing, today jointly announced that their companies have signed an agreement for SGI to distribute Cloudera software pre-installed on SGI® Hadoop Clusters. SGI, which recently set a world record performance benchmark for Terasort data processing and analysis leveraging Cloudera's Distribution Including Apache Hadoop (CDH) and is a member of the Cloudera Connect Partner Program, will resell and offer level one support for Cloudera software and services - including Cloudera University training courses - to its customers. The relationship will also enable the two companies to jointly build, sell and deploy integrated, high performance Apache Hadoop-based commercial solutions.

Mimecast Ranked Seventh Fastest Growing Technology Company in the UK in the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 50

24 Oct 2011

Mimecast attributes its 3102% revenue growth to its unique unified email management platform, and the ongoing shift from on premise to cloud-based email systems

Mimecast has announced that it ranked number seven in the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a list of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years. Mimecast, which supplies cloud-based email archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, grew 3102% during this period. The company also came sixth on the London list.

Quest Acquires ChangeBASE to Speed Adoption of Latest Windows Platforms, Browser Versions and Virtualization Technology

24 Oct 2011

Reflects Next Step in Quest’s Evolving Strategy to Empower IT to Deliver a Productive, Protected, Dynamic User Workspace on Every Device

Quest Software, Inc.  announced today it has acquired ChangeBASE, a privately held software provider based in the UK, which specializes in automated application analysis, remediation and conversion for target platforms including Windows 7 and 8, Internet Explorer 8 and 9, Terminal Server/Remote Desktop Session Host, VDI, and Application Virtualization. The acquisition represents an expansion of Quest’s product portfolio that allows companies to develop a user-centric management focus for their Windows application, desktop, mobile, and cloud environments. With this assembled portfolio of capabilities, Quest becomes a single source for helping organizations take advantage of technology changes to benefit both IT and users alike.

F5 Introduces High-Performance Platforms to Help Organizations Optimize Application Delivery and Reduce Costs

24 Oct 2011

F5’s new BIG-IP solutions enable customers to accelerate applications, ensure FIPS compliance, and increase the efficiency of dynamic data centers

F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced new BIG-IP^® platform offerings. Adding to F5’s broad range of Application Delivery Controller (ADC) solutions, the BIG-IP 11000 platform is specifically designed for high levels of throughput, making it an ideal solution to support application acceleration to improve user experience, and data center-to-data center replication to enhance disaster recovery efforts and overall business continuity.

Email ransom case highlights need for better security education says Infosecurity Europe

20 Oct 2011

Commenting on a weekend report in the Guardian newspaper about a journalist whose email account was held to ransom, the organisers of the Infosecurity Europe show say that the case highlights the need for better education on the IT security front for members of staff in organisations of all sizes.

NextIO Announces the Availability of vNET™ I/O Maestro

20 Oct 2011

vNET I/O Maestro simplifies server management, lowers CAPEX by up to 40 percent, and reduces OPEX costs up to 60 percent

NextIO, the pioneer in I/O consolidation and virtualization solutions, today announced the general availability of vNET I/O Maestro, a rack-level appliance that simplifies the deployment and management of complex server I/O by consolidating and virtualizing I/O resources. Based on industry standard PCI-Express (PCIe) switching technology, vNET I/O Maestro’s innovative IOV architecture enables a single I/O device to appear as multiple virtual adapters so that servers in the rack can share a single PCIe device.

Nexans launch new space saving cable for Data Centres

20 Oct 2011

Thinner cable specifically designed for 10G networks in Data Centres

Nexans has launched a new, thinner cable which has been specifically developed for the high-density, short link environment of data centres.

Ministry of Defence selects BPM/SOA-suite from Cordys

20 Oct 2011

Cordys BPM/SOA-software to achieve efficient, process-oriented and more coherent business operations at the Ministry of Defence

Cordys, a leading provider of software for business process innovation, today announced that the Netherlands Ministry of Defence has selected Cordys as its new business process management (BPM) and SOA provider. The choice of the Cordys Business Operations Platform follows a comprehensive European tender process.

'Hackerazzi' case highlights advantages of secure email - even for non-celebrities

20 Oct 2011

Commenting on the conviction of an alleged hacker who has reportedly cracked into the mailboxes of several celebrities, Lieberman Software says that the ‘hackerazzi' case is interesting as the majority of celebrities concerned were using Apple as their email service provider.

Insurance firm eases IT security and availability concerns with private Cloud

20 Oct 2011

Private Cloud means CCV has the service level the business demands and is in control of its data

Leading insurance intermediary Cullum Capital Ventures (CCV) has turned to Cloud services provider, InTechnology, to adopt the private Cloud to ease concerns over regulatory compliance and security.

Gulf International Bank selects Assuria Log Manager

20 Oct 2011

Assuria Ltd is pleased to announce that Gulf International Bank, B.S.C. based in the Kingdom of Bahrain selected Assuria Log Manager (“ALM”), Assuria’s forensic log management, security intelligence and protective monitoring solution to help meet its internal IT governance requirements.

Exinda Accelerates UK Market Traction at IP Expo 2011 with Virtual WAN Optimisation Appliance

20 Oct 2011

New Product Enhances Cloud, Enterprise WAN Optimisation, Supports Mobile Road Warriors

Exinda, a global provider of WAN optimisation solutions incorporating Unified Performance Management, today announced a fully featured new virtual appliance, which delivers each of the key benefits delivered by Unified Performance Management with its hardware-based WAN optimisation solutions in a virtualised software load. Enterprises and service providers can use the Exinda virtual appliance to deliver WAN optimisation services to users and customers without having to use a dedicated hardware appliance.

Silver Peak teams up with Commtech for WANop distribution

20 Oct 2011

Commtech Distribution, one of Ireland's leading trade only ICT distributors, today announced that it will distribute the entire portfolio of Silver Peak Systems data centre class wide area network (WAN) optimisation appliances to resellers across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

European Court of Human Rights and Web 2.0 Start-up SkyDox Collaborate

20 Oct 2011

SkyDox, a leading provider of cloud-enabled collaboration and productivity tools for cross-functional and distributed teams, today announced that it has been selected by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to develop a new search engine platform for all ECHR legal ruling documentation hosted on its public-facing website. The new system will allow more than 4.6 million visitors a year to search and retrieve an ever-expanding library of more than 90,000 ECHR judgment-related documents in a more efficient and intuitive manner.

Talend Expands OEM Program to Broaden Options for Embedding Integration Technology

20 Oct 2011

To meet increasing demand, the “Powered by Talend” program offers comprehensive features and products—including the industry’s first embeddable Big Data technology—to software vendors and SaaS providers

Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced an expanded OEM Partner Program designed to help software vendors and SaaS providers embed enterprise-grade open source integration technologies in their offerings. With “Powered by Talend,” partners can leverage all components of the Talend Unified Platform, a set of robust and powerful data management and application integration technologies that deliver core functionality at a fraction of the cost of custom development.

Internap Network Services Uses Opengear To Simplify and Secure Remote Access to IT Infrastructure

20 Oct 2011

Opengear, provider of next generation console server and remote management solutions, today announced that Internap Network Services Corporation, a provider of intelligent IT Infrastructure services, has chosen Opengear to provide secure remote management.

Red Hat Expands Cloud Ecosystem through Partnership with Virtustream

20 Oct 2011

Virtustream Named Red Hat Premier Certified Cloud Provider and Announces Multi-Hypervisor Support for its Enterprise Cloud Platform, xStream

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, and Virtustream Inc., a leading provider of cloud software solutions and services, has announced that Virtustream has joined Red Hat's cloud ecosystem as a Premier Certified Cloud Provider.  With this, Virtustream has added support for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization to its xStream cloud platform and now offers Red Hat Enterprise Linux on-demand to customers.  Virtustream can now offer its customers a more scalable and flexible cloud infrastructure through enhanced support within a unified private and multi-tenanted enterprise cloud, and Red Hat customers can also now easily deploy on xStream.

Cisco Network Innovation Enables the Most Scalable Data Center Fabric on the Planet

20 Oct 2011

Cisco scales data center fabrics to more than 12,000 10GbE server ports – double the market’s next-best and at half the cost; Cisco firewall to raise the bar for virtualized security  

As Internet traffic volumes increase at exponential rates (by 2013 it’s predicted that there will be 56 exabytes (about 12.8 billion online movies) crossing the internet per month) the data centers that house and secure applications and data need to scale while remaining highly secure. Today, Cisco® introduced ground-breaking additions to its data center networking portfolio that address these needs and deliver unmatched architectural flexibility and scale for physical, virtual or cloud computing environments.

Real-Status announces partnership with Attova

20 Oct 2011

Real-Status a company focused on IT infrastructure modeling and data visualization, has announced a partnership with Attova, a high performance business technology consultancy.

PKR selects Adapt to deliver critical business continuity infrastructure

20 Oct 2011

Adapt keeps on-line gaming application components protected and controlled

PKR.com the world’s most advanced online poker room, has selected Adapt, a leading provider of IT managed services, to provide critical business continuity systems through hosted colocation cabinets and associated internetworking connectivity.  The agreement with Adapt allows PKR to protect and control the application components for its vast player community by providing colocation, Tier 1 ISP peering connectivity and internetworking services to the main production environment.     

Datrix partners with Siemens Enterprise Communications to deliver Cloud Services

20 Oct 2011

Datrix Cloud Services to be based on Siemens Enterprise Communications leading OpenScape Portfolio

Siemens Enterprise Communications, a premier provider of enterprise communications, has today announced that Datrix will launch its Cloud Services using its industry leading OpenScape portfolio, including OpenScape Voice, OpenScape UC Application and OpenScape Web Collaboration.

RES Workspace Manager Express Introduces Personalised User Workspaces for Everyone

20 Oct 2011

Free Workspace Manager 2011 Express enables IT to replace roaming profiles, eliminate login scripts and introduce context-aware desktops

RES Software, the proven leader in dynamic desktop solutions, announced the availability of RES Workspace Manager Express 2011. The free Express edition includes fundamental features from the full RES Workspace Manager 2011 solution, including the ability to replace login scripts and move away from roaming profiles by managing a user’s application settings, context-aware personalisation and data separate from the underlying device, operating system and delivery platforms. With Express, organisations can build a foundation for managing the composition and personalisation that make up a user workspace.

Magirus & Codestone complete private & hybrid cloud solution for Axis setting a benchmark for the channel

20 Oct 2011

Magirus unveils four cloud-enabling technology demonstrations at IP Expo

Magirus, a leading European supplier and distributor of IT solutions and services, have announced a vBundle implementation with its business partner, Codestone Group that provides a template for how the channel can adapt to offer cloud services for their customers.

iomart Hosting unveils vCloud

20 Oct 2011

iomart Hosting’s Public Cloud Service Attains VMware vCloud® Powered Validation

iomart Hosting one of the UK’s leading providers of cloud computing and managed hosting, today announced that its iomart public cloud service has achieved VMware vCloud Powered status, illustrating to customers that the company’s cloud services are underpinned by VMware’s leading virtualization and cloud computing technology, namely VMware vSphere® and VMware vCloud® Director™.  A member of the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), iomart Hosting provides its VMware vCloud Powered service as a set of cloud computing services across a common platform, supporting the largest set of existing applications and offering distinctive application mobility uniquely available from VMware.

For Second Year in a Row, Verizon Global Wholesale Wins MEF’s ‘Best Wholesale Ethernet Service’ Award for EMEA

20 Oct 2011

Annual Award Recognises Company’s Comprehensive Product Suite And Most Robust Wholesale Service in Region

For the second consecutive year, the Metro Ethernet Forum has bestowed Verizon Global Wholesale with the 2011 Best Wholesale Ethernet Service award for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The award recognises excellence and leadership in the development, marketing and delivery of carrier Ethernet services in the EMEA region.

Doyenz Launches rCloud Disaster Recovery Service for Virtual Environments

20 Oct 2011

rCloud Provides SMBs with the Fastest Speed to Recovery in the Industry

Doyenz Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based recovery services for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced rCloud, a disaster recovery solution for SMBs that offers recovery for virtual environments in minutes instead of days.  Based on a deep level of automation, rCloud is the only cloud recovery solution that restores virtual production server environments in less than fifteen minutes, providing access to critical business applications.

Popular SANS virtualisation security course returns to London

20 Oct 2011

SEC 577  Virtualization Security Fundamentals oversubscribed last year now added to 2011 line-up due to popular demand

The SANS Institute has added Security 577 Virtualization Security Fundamentals to the line-up for SANS 2011 following popular demand. On its European début last year, the course completely sold out in record time and received some of the highest feedback scores across the event.

The Bunker adds Anderson Zaks to growing Financial Services customer roster

20 Oct 2011

Innovative international card payment provider moves to The Bunker for increased security, business continuity and PCI DSS compliance

The Bunker, providers of ultra secure Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Colocation, and Outsourced IT from within Europe’s most secure data centres, is pleased to announce that Anderson Zaks, one of the leading suppliers of international card payment processing software and services has moved its credit card transaction processing to The Bunker. Anderson Zaks has chosen The Bunker for increased security, business continuity and PCI DSS compliance.

Agile Power Management for Everyday Offices to Virtualised Tier 4 Data Centres

18 Oct 2011

Eaton has launched a major update to its intuitive and lightweight power management software, Intelligent Power® Software. Version 1.20 supports both redundant power supplies and parallel uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, making it an excellent tool for comprehensive monitoring and management of power device networks in a variety of today’s IT environments – ranging from everyday offices to the most critical, virtualised Tier 4 data centres.

Survey finds password misuse could be the root cause of hacking spike

18 Oct 2011

48% of IT security professionals surveyed have worked in organisations that have been hacked

Lieberman Software Corporation, the Pioneers of Privileged Identity ManagementSM (PIM) and leading information security specialists, today announced the result of their Password 2011 survey which revealed that 48 percent of IT security professionals surveyed have worked for organisations whose network has been breached by a hacker. The survey paints a vivid picture of password chaos amongst IT staff and apathy about password security amongst their senior management.

ShoreTel appoints Adrian Hipkiss as the new Managing Director for ShoreTel EMEA

18 Oct 2011

Hipkiss to continue leading ShoreTel's rapid growth in the region

ShoreTel®, the leading provider of brilliantly simple IP phone systems with fully integrated Unified Communications(UC), today announced Adrian Hipkiss has been appointed managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In this role, Hipkiss will be responsible for continuing ShoreTel's growth in the region, and for bringing the many benefits of integrated IP communications to companies of all sizes throughout EMEA.

Silver Peak extends virtual WANop technology with HP

18 Oct 2011

Silver Peak VXOA on HP Advanced Services zl Modules simplifies and reduces costs when optimising branch WAN connections

Silver Peak Systems, the leader in data centre class wide area network (WAN) optimisation, today extended its flexible options for deploying ‘WAN optimisation anywhere’ with the availability of Silver Peak VX virtual WAN optimisation appliances on HP 5400zl and 8200zl switches.  Leveraging HP’s recently announced virtualisation support for the 5400zl and 8200zl switches, Silver Peak integration allows enterprises to easily and cost-effectively deploy WAN optimisation in branch offices to ensure fast access to centralised applications, optimised backup of remote data, and the highest quality voice and video services to distributed employees.

IMG Media readies for 3D HDTV and a move to the cloud with Brocade 10 gigabit Ethernet routing solution

18 Oct 2011

Global sports broadcaster turns to Brocade for high-performance, non-blocking networking solution to meet customers’ viewing demands for higher resolution TV

To meet consumer demand for high-bandwidth applications such as high definition (HD) television, global sports broadcaster IMG Media has turned to Brocade to deploy a 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) routing solution. This new solution is designed to provide the performance and scalability IMG needs to deliver media assets electronically, while consolidating its switch and server estate to facilitate a transition to a private cloud-based Media Asset Management System (MAMS) ― the first of its kind in the UK.

UNIT4 Becomes a Member of the Cloud Industry Forum

18 Oct 2011

Global business software company becomes the latest organisation to endorse CIF and its Code of Practice

UNIT4, a leading provider of business software for Businesses Living IN Change (BLINC), today announced it has joined the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF). UNIT4’s accreditation to CIF will provide its customers with additional reassurance that its cloud services meet the requirements of the Code of Practice implemented by the industry body.

ActivIdentity Launches New Fraud Detection and Cloud Security Capabilities

18 Oct 2011

4TRESS Authentication Appliance Enables Enterprise and Banking Customers to Deploy a New Level of Multi-Layered Strong Authentication More Quickly and Affordably

ActivIdentity Corporation, a global leader in secure identity solutions, part of HID Global today introduced 4TRESS Authentication Appliance  that offers a complete multi-layered strong authentication, fraud detection and cloud security capabilities to enterprises, banks and ecommerce sites. The new 4TRESS Authentication Appliance FT2011 model provides more than 15 versatile strong authentication methods that can be used in conjunction with transparent new adaptive authentication and fraud detection techniques to achieve more security, more conveniently for end-users, and more affordably. 

Scale Computing announces partnership with European Electronique

17 Oct 2011

Storage solution experts team up with education specialists to offer enterprise-class storage for schools and academies across the UK

Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of unified, scale-out storage solutions tailored to the virtualisation and archiving needs of the small and medium-sized business (SMB), announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with European Electronique, a leading technology company specialising in ICT solutions for the UK education sector. European Electronique, with its track record in infrastructure services for schools, is an ideal partner for Scale Computing to realise opportunities in the UK education market, which is seeing academies and schools increasingly running 24/7 environments with collaborative and flexible learning environments. European Electronique is a strong partner to deliver Scale Computing’s unified, scale-out storage solutions, as it has projects across a variety of schools, academies and further education colleges throughout the UK.

Raynet Joins Flexera Software’s Application Readiness Alliance Partner Program

17 Oct 2011

Raynet to resell and deliver managed services for AdminStudio in Europe

Flexera Software, the leading provider of Application Usage Management solutions for application producers and enterprises, announced today that Raynet GmbH has joined Flexera Software’s Application Readiness Alliance Partner Program as a reseller and managed service provider.

Citrix accelerates cloud data strategy with acquisition of ShareFile

17 Oct 2011

Market leading provider of secure, cloud-based document sharing to form foundation of Citrix “follow-me-data” platform

Citrix Systems has announced it has completed the acquisition of ShareFile¹, a market leading provider of secure, cloud-based data storage, sharing and collaboration. The ShareFile product line makes it easy for businesses of all sizes to securely store, sync and share business documents and files, both inside and outside the company. ShareFile’s centralised cloud storage capability also allows users to share files across multiple devices and access them fromany location. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

NextiraOne Europe Opens for Business in the Americas

17 Oct 2011

NXO Americas to meet global needs of NextiraOne’s international business customers and local U.S. market demands 

NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has today announced its expansion into the Americas with the establishment of a new subsidiary, NXO Americas.

Amulet Hotkey® announces world’s first 8 head PCoIP blade solution at Dell World

17 Oct 2011

Amulet Hotkey takes the proven data center grade server platform of the Dell PowerEdge® M-Series Blade Servers and repurposes it as a high-performance workstation, building in custom components to provide superior desktop graphics and PC-over-IP® (PCoIP®) hardware. Using the M710 blade, it has designed the first eight-head video solution for its clients in financial services, trading floors and emergency command and control centers.

Half of Data Centre managers now going back to nature, according to new Green Grid research

17 Oct 2011

49 per cent of data centres are now using economisers to achieve cost and energy reductions, according to the Green Grid. Research carried out earlier this year and now released publicly for the first time, show that the use of economisers has reached a tipping point, with half of respondents saying that they already used them and a further 24 per cent considering their use in the near future.

Ipanema Technologies launches its NANO|ENGINE family to guarantee application performance for branch offices

17 Oct 2011

Ipanema breaks the price/performance barrier; dividing the cost of guaranteed business application performance by 10

Ipanema Technologies – a market visionary in WAN Optimisation Controllers (WOC) – announces the immediate availability of the nano|enginefamily of low cost, ultracompact devices tailored for branch offices.

Ipswitch Network Management Division Survey Highlights Importance of Forensic Log Management Witihn a Wider Compliance Initiative

17 Oct 2011

Regulatory Compliance Issues Paramount to Network Administrators

Ipswitch Inc.’s Network Management Division, developer of the WhatsUp Gold suite of innovative IT management solutions, today released the results of a survey of some of its 100,000 customers on how necessary forensic event log management capabilities are to network security initiatives. The survey found that almost two thirds (65.4%) of respondents said that log management is very helpful when it comes to maintaining and managing Event Log and Syslog activity in line with increasingly stringent compliance standards.

IBM Opens World First R&D Lab In Melbourne

17 Oct 2011

IBM has announced the opening of its first ever R&D Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia, representing an investment of over A$100 million. The new facility will combine research and development in a single organisation and will focus on accelerating progress towards a smarter planet.

Melbourne server hosting boosts round the clock support team

17 Oct 2011

Melbourne Server Hosting – the independent datacentre and server hosting provider – has strengthened its team with three new appointments that will enhance the 24/7 technical support it offers to customers.

Citrix adds WAN optimisation to NetScaler SDX platform

17 Oct 2011

Open NetScaler platform adds virtualised Branch Repeater service to help customers build scalable service delivery networks

Citrix Systems today announced a new virtualised service for its NetScaler SDX service delivery networking platform that accelerates applications and desktop traffic delivered from cloud or enterprise data centres to branch office employees. The addition of Citrix Branch Repeater services to the NetScaler SDX platform complements the company’s recent announcement of consolidated core networking services that were once traditionally delivered via separate appliances. This customer-driven innovation helps Citrix customers leverage an open, virtualised platform to build a comprehensive service delivery fabric and enable cloud-ready networks.

Atlantis Computing expands VDI partner programme in Europe

17 Oct 2011

New Partners In UK, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, France And Norway Work With Atlantis ILIO To Accelerate Desktop Virtualisation Opportunities

Atlantis Computing™, the leader in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) storage and performance optimisation solutions, today announced it has appointed a range of new partners to its VDI Solution Partner Programme in Europe. New partners include Kelway, Intercept IT, Centralis and Foundation IT in the UK, along with DataSolutions in Ireland, ActivLan in France and Commaxx in Norway. By joining the Atlantis Computing VDI Solution Partner Programme, resellers and distributors will benefit from a unique opportunity to complement their existing VDI offerings with a solution architected to help them grow their business around desktop virtualisation.  

PEER 1 Hosting opens doors to world-class data centre

17 Oct 2011

Company launches state-of-the-art green data centre in Portsmouth

PEER 1 Hosting, the global IT hosting provider, today opens its new 5,372m² green data centre in Portsmouth. The facility in Langstone Technology Park, Portsmouth offers businesses across London and the South East scalable managed hosting, dedicated hosting and colocation services in one of the greenest data centres in the country.

McAfee and RSA announce joint compliance and risk management solution

17 Oct 2011

New Solution Designed to Correlate Device-level Security Risks with Overall Impacts on Business Performance

McAfee and RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC) today announced a new joint solution based on their existingtechnology partnership.  This joint solution integrates security data from the McAfee® ePolicy Orchestrator® platform (McAfee ePO™) with business infrastructure and compliance data in the RSA^® Archer^TM eGRC Platform and the RSA Archer Enterprise Management solution.  By connecting this data, customers can better leverage business information together with security data to gain a deeper understanding of risk and compliance issues.

Vox Telecom selects Geo Networks’ fibre routes to improve capacity for global transit traffic

17 Oct 2011

South Africa-based voice and data provider continues overseas expansion to meet global customers’ connectivity needs

South Africa based, voice and data services provider Vox Telecom today announced it has selected fibre network provider Geo Networks (Geo) for a diverse route in London. Vox Telecom serves over 16,000 businesses and is seeing a surge in the number of customers requesting connectivity into international offices, notably in London which serves as a global hub for many of its customers.

University of Westminster to explore smart grid scenarios for flexible energy systems of the future

17 Oct 2011

University of Westminster is leading a new £500k project in collaboration with four other universities. The funding from the UK Energy Research Centre is to research the development of smart grids and explore the future of UK energy provision

University of Westminster has been awarded a grant of £507K from the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) to support research into smart grids. The aim of smart grids is to improve the flexibility of today’s electricity networks to manage increasing demand from consumers and industry, to enable increasing amounts of renewable generation to be connected, and to improve the monitoring and operation of the equipment that makes up the networks. Spin-offs for consumers may include more accurate metering and billing. By making the UK’s energy networks fit for the 21^st century, smart grids can help make UK business and industry more competitive internationally.

Agilisys Cloud Services Simplifies Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS)

17 Oct 2011

David Cotterell appointed Managing Director to spearhead private sector growth for Agilisys

Agilisys, one of the UK’s most innovative IT and business services providers, has expanded its cloud services offering by launching Agilisys Cloud Services, a managed IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) providing a suite of scalable, modular and customisable cloud services including infrastructure, co-location and hosting solutions, along with associated consultancy services, in Agilisys’ dedicated, highly secure, data centres across the UK.

Ovum Warns of “Critical Issue” in Storing and Retrieving Mobile and Data Recordings

17 Oct 2011

Predicted regulation changes to prove difficult for the financial services industry

Ovum, a leading independent research company, has today launched a report that highlights the difficulties that the financial services industry faces in managing sheer volumes of data, linked to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) mobile and data recording regulations, coming into force on Monday 14^th November 2011.

Portman Travel Leads the Way with ShoreTel Unified Communications

17 Oct 2011

UK travel management company boosts customer service and implements cost avoidance with ShoreTel Enterprise Contact Center

ShoreTel®), the leading provider of brilliantly simple IP phone systems with fully integrated unified communications (UC), today announced that Portman Travel, one of the UK's largest independent business travel companies, has deployed a ShoreTel UC system along with a ShoreTel Enterprise Contact Center in order to create a single, integrated communications infrastructure. The ShoreTel solution allows Portman Travel to deploy cost avoidance strategies, increase productivity through significant time savings, support sustainable growth within the company and enable more dynamic, interactive customer service.

Leading IT Infrastructure solutions provider C4L Commences Phase Two of Bournemouth data centre

13 Oct 2011

C4L, a UK-based IT infrastructure solutions provider, is pleased to announce it has commenced the build of phase two at its Bournemouth data centre. The facility is being built to a Tier 2+ specification, and once complete will be one of the largest data centres in the South West. The expansion of the Bournemouth data centre will provide an additional 120 racks / 3,000 square feet of space, increasing capacity by two-thirds.

Cisco and Citrix form strategic alliance to deliver rich-media-enabled virtual desktops

13 Oct 2011

Companies collaborate to deliver solutions that help enterprises accelerate mainstream adoption of desktop virtualisation

Cisco and Citrix Systems today announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance to develop and deliver solutions that help customers simplify and accelerate large-scale desktop virtualisation deployments. Through this alliance, Cisco and Citrix will drive innovations that simplify the deployment of high-definition virtual desktops and applications and improve end-user experiences over a highly secure Citrix HDX-enabled Cisco network. The companies will also continue to enhance and build upon their data centre solutions and cloud technologies to help accelerate deployment of cloud services.  

New Red Hat Solutions Enable Customers to become Intelligent, Integrated Enterprises

13 Oct 2011

Updates to JBoss Enterprise Service Bus, data services and business rules platforms drive complex event processing and active decision-making

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the availability of significant enhancements to its JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform, JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform and JBoss Enterprise Business Rules Management System (BRMS) product lines. Together, updates to the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), data and business rules platforms enable a more intelligent, integrated enterprise by connecting applications and complex event processing (CEP) services across the enterprise.

Quest Software Meets the Need for Serious Virtual Data Protection

12 Oct 2011

New Product Integrations Extend Enterprise-class Deduplication and Enhanced Application-level Recovery Capabilities into the Virtual Environment

The virtual world is the norm for most IT departments today, but their data protection strategies often remain stuck in the physical realm. Backup and recovery solutions that excel in physical environments don’t fare as well in their virtual counterparts, however, often resulting in excessive resource usage that starves virtual machines and slows business operations to a crawl. It’s time for organisations to get serious about fully maximising the cost-savings and efficiency that virtualisation delivers, with a data protection plan specifically built for the virtual environment. Quest Software enables customers to meet this need and optimise their virtual data protection strategies by combining market-leading VMware backup, replication and recovery with critical data reduction and granular application recovery capabilities.

Right technology, right place, right time, right cost

12 Oct 2011

New COSVCON and CSG partnership delivers unprecedented insight into financial opportunities for IT estates

WEEE Systems, an innovator in technology lifecycle management, today announces a new partnership between its COSVCON business unit, and CSG, the award-winning managed service and asset finance provider. Together, COSVCON and CSG now provide full asset level visibility of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of an IT estate, from selection to retirement, designed to inform and enable necessary future investment through tailored structured financing on optimal terms.

ICM Joins the Cloud Industry Forum

12 Oct 2011

IT infrastructure and business continuity provider becomes latest member of industry body

ICM, the UK based cloud services business and part of the Phoenix IT Group Plc, has become the latest organisation to join the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), the body established to promote trust, security and transparency within the cloud sector.

DataFort moves to new Guildford-based office

12 Oct 2011

New premises provides growth and expansion to Business Continuity system provider, as well as opportunities for high-tech start up companies

Managed Service Provider (MSP), DataFort, has announced the relocation of its sales and research office to DataFort House, a 5,000 square foot premises located in Guildford town centre. DataFort House will provide the company with ample space to manage recent staff additions and increased growth based on the 2010 launch of a new managed service portfolio, which has increased DataFort’s turnover by 32% in the last 12 months.

Interoute named European Unified Communications Service Provider of the Year in 2011 Frost & Sullivan European ICT Awards

12 Oct 2011

Interoute recognised for outstanding contribution to unified communications market

Interoute, owner operator of Europe's largest cloud services platform, today announced it has been awarded the title of Unified Communications European Service Provider of the Year in the 2011 Frost & Sullivan European ICT awards. Interoute received the award at a London awards banquet, on 29 September, where Interoute was commended for leading the way in making enterprise services available from within the cloud.

Opengear Hires Security Executive as VP of Product Management and CMO

12 Oct 2011

Opengear, provider of next generation console server and remote management solutions today announced the hiring of John Bedrick as chief marketing officer and vice president of product management. 

The Bunker and The ECA Group form Security and Business Assurance partnership

12 Oct 2011

The Bunker, providers of ultra secure Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Colocation, and Outsourced IT from within Europe’s most secure data centres, is pleased to announce a new partnership with The ECA Group, providing an unmatched level of advice and delivery for secure information management solutions.

Green IT specialist Basis Bay opens European office

12 Oct 2011

Asian Green IT specialist Basis Bay is opening its first European office in Amsterdam. With over 15 years of experience in the Asia-Pacific market, Basis Bay will be the first IT solutions provider approaching Green IT from a holistic perspective to enter the European IT market.

McAfee leads new criteria for next generation IPS

12 Oct 2011

Integrated Network Security Framework Delivers New Levels of Protection

McAfee, the global leader in network intrusion prevention systems (IPS), today announced its network security framework which integrates advanced network intrusion prevention with essential next-generation controls.  The solution addresses a need for security tools to prevent increasingly sophisticated attacks, with sufficient intelligence and automation to take the guesswork out of attack prevention and resolution.

Avere Provides Unlimited Application Performance Scaling and Powerful Insight into Storage Networks With Latest NAS Optimization Solutions

12 Oct 2011

New FXT Models and Larger Cluster Size Deliver Up to 150TB of Flash Tiering

Avere Systems today introduced its latest NAS optimization solutions that enable unlimited application performance scaling, provide access to business-critical applications from anywhere and cut storage costs by more than half.

Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange Expands Reach in Europe and Scandinavia

12 Oct 2011

Colt Technology Services, GTS and Broadnet join Equinix’s Carrier Ethernet Exchange (ECEE)

Equinix has announced the addition of three new participants to its Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange (ECEE) platform, taking the total number of carriers and cloud service providers on ECEE to 55 at the time of this release.

Launch of Datapoint Katalyst to turn contact centres into highly prized business assets

12 Oct 2011

Leading light in contact centre and unified communications systems integration announces new product to address contact centre issues

For years, contact centre managers have been under pressure from their Executive Board to demonstrate the contribution of the contact centre to the business, justifying its position as an important strategic asset. With the launch of Katalyst on Tuesday 11th October at Beaufort House, London, this elusive goal is in sight. Backed by Datapoint’s 43 years experience in transforming contact centre operations worldwide, Katalyst enables contact centre managers to optimise contact centre operations to drive efficiencies in the contact centre and align them to the business. To date, Datapoint has been recognised as a leading communications systems integrator.

Verizon’s Innovative Online Portal Gives Business Customers More ‘Command and Control’

10 Oct 2011

New Capabilities, Including Customised Reporting and Improved Billing Features, Empower Customers

In response to the growing demand for online enterprise service applications, Verizon is rolling out new capabilities for its online customer portal, theVerizon Enterprise Center, giving customers more flexibility and control over their reporting, analysis and billing inquiries.

Cloud is not a ‘one size fits all’ solution for SMEs, experts at Northdoor advise

10 Oct 2011

In association with the Cloud Industry Forum, Northdoor, the IT consultancy and solutions provider, hosted a breakfast seminar on 6^th October with a group of senior executives and business owners from around the London area.

Low-cost kit for sale on eBay could hand national infrastructure secrets to terrorists says Lieberman Software

10 Oct 2011

Phillip Lieberman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lieberman Software, explains why the most basic security precautions could help save your bacon – especially when a piece of your firm's old kit surfaces on eBay...

Reports that air traffic control data has been found on network kit sold on the eBay Internet auction site comes as no surprise, says Philip Lieberman.

Ipswitch Marks 20th Anniversary With Twenty4Twenty Program

10 Oct 2011

Program Sets Goal of 20 Hours of Community Service for Every Employee

Ipswitch, Inc.’s Network Management Division, developer of the WhatsUp Gold suite of innovative IT managementsolutions, today announced that it will celebrate the 20^th anniversary of the company with a new community service program, ‘Twenty4Twenty’. The goal of the program is to have every Ipswitch Network Management employee complete 20 hours of community service over the next 12 months.

Vision Solutions Appoints Bob Johnson to Executive Vice President As Part of Sales and Marketing Expansion

10 Oct 2011

New appointments herald increased opportunities for growth around disaster recovery, business continuity and data management

Vision Solutions, Inc., the world’s leading provider of information availability software and services for Windows, Linux, IBM Power Systems and Cloud Computing market today announced that Bob Johnson is now the new Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the company, leading its communications and business development strategies as it moves aggressively into new technology markets.

SANS prepares for London 2011

10 Oct 2011

Early birds offered 250-euro discount as SANS London 2011 gets ready to deliver its most comprehensive information security program

Even with the tough economic conditions last year, over 400 students attended SANS London 2010 and that figure is likely to increase for 2011 as SANS unveils its largest ever education programme. SANS London 2011 offers 16 hands-on technical security courses addressing intrusion detection, penetration testing and ethical hacking, forensics, compliance and many other areas.

NextiraOne appoints Aman Khan to lead Data Centre Business in Europe

06 Oct 2011

Increased Focus on Virtualisation, Fabric Computing and Cloud

NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has announced the appointment of Aman Khan to lead its Data Centre Business for the NextiraOne Group.  The announcement highlights the growing importance of the data centre market for NextiraOne and supports its strategy to further develop its international Data Centre business, focusing on Virtualisation, Fabric Computing and Cloud solutions. The company continues to build on significant customer wins and its growing relationships with key technology and ecosystem partners.

Green Grid to chair EMEA lectures on Energy Efficiency and maturity models within the Data Centre sector

06 Oct 2011

On Thursday 13th October The Green Grid will be hosting the last of its 2011 European technical forums between 9:00AM and 2:15PM at the Fujitsu Offices near Hayes in London.

AVAST Software launches password manager

06 Oct 2011

AVAST Software has launched avast! EasyPass, the password manager designed to make life simpler and more secure.

Modern technology requires passwords for bank accounts, programs, websites and more. While using a single password is a security risk, storing passwords on scraps of paper is an organizational nightmare. That’s why there is avast! EasyPass, the password manager that puts security at the user’s fingertips.

Civica chooses TelecityGroup Manchester to support public sector IT transformations

06 Oct 2011

Civica provides the platforms - ranging from day to day management of IT systems and infrastructure to complete voice and data integration - to help its customers, including over 90 percent of local authorities and police forces in Great Britain, respond to the requirement to improve service delivery despite restricted budgets.

LeftHand Networks Founder Joins Avere Systems Board

06 Oct 2011

Avere Systems has announced that former LeftHand Networks founder Bill Chambers has joined its Board of Directors as an independent board member. Chambers has held key management positions in a number of high tech startups and Fortune 500 companies, including serving as vice president of the LeftHand Networks Division of the HP StorageWorks organization.  He was the founder, president and CEO of LeftHand Networks prior to its acquisition by HP, leading the company through three rounds of successful venture financing and development of the storage industry's first IP SAN solution.

Cisco Helps Businesses Improve Application Performance for Cloud Services, Virtual Desktops and Video with New WAN Optimization Appliances

06 Oct 2011

Cisco Introduces a Set of WAAS WAN Optimization Appliances to Help Organizations Deliver Business Applications with a High-Quality Experience Across Corporate Networks

With the number of Internet-based applications expected to reach 1 million this decade, Cisco is focusing on helping its customers deliver more Web-based software applications and rich media content across networks at scale and with high quality to any user and device. To achieve this goal, the company today introduced the next generation of its Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) appliances - the Cisco family of WAN (wide area network) optimization solutions.

Imation completes acquisition of Ironkey's security hardware business

06 Oct 2011

Offers Industry’s Most Complete Solutions for Secure Mobile Data and Secure Mobile Workspaces; Continuing Strategic Transformation as Technology Leader in Secure and Scalable Storage

Imation Corp. (NYSE: IMN), a leading global technology company dedicated to helping people and organizations store, protect and connect their digital world today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the assets of IronKey’s secure data storage hardware business. Imation and IronKey have also entered a strategic partnership whereby Imation receives an exclusive license from IronKey for its secure storage management software and service, and a license to use the IronKey brand for secure storage products. IronKey will partner with Imation to provide its online cloud-based security services.

Citrix NetScaler delivers massive network consolidation for private and public clouds

06 Oct 2011

New NetScaler solution uses integrated virtualisation to consolidate up to 40 appliances into a single platform

Citrix Systems has unveiled four new additions to its leading Citrix NetScaler MPX and SDX product lines, delivering the unprecedented performance and virtualisation that businesses require in the cloud era.  

Dell joins the Cloud Industry Forum

06 Oct 2011

Cloud infrastructure and services provider recognises the importance of transparency, capability and accountability

Dell has furthered its dedication to cloud computing, announcing today that it has joined the UK Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), the body established to promote trust, security and transparency within the cloud technology marketplace.  The move demonstrates growth around Dell's Cloud Computing Solutions portfolio, offering customisation to meet the needs of hyperscale data centres around the world. 

ITV announces second deal with Geo Networks for national dedicated fibre network

06 Oct 2011

Five year deal will see Geo deliver ITV’s national ‘Content Superhighway’

ITV today announced a second contract with Geo Networks Limited (“Geo”), a provider of dedicated fibre networks, to deploy a new national fibre optic network initially incorporating eight key sites in London, Manchester and Leeds.

Quantum Introduces First Capacity on Demand Deduplication Appliance

06 Oct 2011

New DXi4601 Combines Simple, Non-Disruptive Capacity Growth with Leading Performance and Data Reduction Rates for SMBs and Remote Office Environments

Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM), has announced an innovative approach to expanding in-line deduplication capacity with the latest addition to its DXi4000 family of disk backup systems. The DXi4601 scales from 4 TB up to 12 TB of usable capacity by simply activating a licensing key. This industry-first capability results in fast and easy scalability without requiring hardware changes or service visits, overcoming the limitations and complexity of grid systems that scale by adding nodes. Designed for small data centers or remote offices, the DXi4601 achieves twice the deduplication performance of competitors in its class at half the price, delivering fast data backup and restores as well as a quick return on investment.

Datapipe Partners with Verne Global to Deliver Green Cloud from Iceland

06 Oct 2011

Icelandic Data Centre will enhance Datapipe’s ongoing sustainability initiatives

Verne Global, an innovative, UK-based developer of power conscious data centre campuses, today announced that Datapipe, a leading provider of managed services and infrastructure for mission critical IT and cloud computing, plans to deliver carbon neutral managed IT solutions, including a green cloud and disaster recovery, upon completion of Verne Global’s purpose-built Icelandic data centre facility.

Verne Global Opens World's First Dual-Sourced 100% Renewably Powered Data Centre

06 Oct 2011

Verne Global Opens World’s First Dual-Sourced 100% Renewably Powered Data Centre

Icelandic campus provides a renewable energy-based colocation and build-to-suit data centre option for US and European companies and provides well over 50% cost savings over traditional data centres in Europe or New York.

Hungarian National Information Infrastructure Development (NIIF) Institute Selects SGI to Power Advanced Scientific Research

05 Oct 2011

SGI, a trusted leader in technical computing, today announced that the National Information Infrastructure Development (NIIF) Institute headquartered in Budapest, Hungary has purchased a combined SGI® Altix® UV 1000 and SGI® Altix® ICE 8400 supercomputing solution that will enable advanced academic and scientific research in Hungary.

SharePoint Migration is Simple and Fast with New Quest Software Solutions

05 Oct 2011

New Quest Migration Products Mitigate Risk and Show Value in Less Than Five Minutes

As organizations continue to depend on Microsoft® SharePoint® as a business-critical application, migrating to SharePoint, either on-premises or in the cloud, needs to happen quickly and with certainty. Today, Quest Software introduces new, agentless solutions that provide SharePoint administrators with the ability to complete installation and begin migrating in less than five minutes without changing existing infrastructure or server configuration. These products are the latest additions to the company’s award-winning SharePoint product portfolio, which provides simple, focused and fast solutions for SharePoint administrators.

IT budgets wasted on software that fails to meet users’ expectations

05 Oct 2011

Information workers left frustrated with software in which they’ve had little purchasing influence

Companies are wasting their IT budgets on systems that don’t meet users’ expectations, a recent survey commissioned by FileMaker International has found. 67% of information workers surveyed said their database systems do not fully meet their expectations and 58% said that if an IT system is running slow or is too complicated to use, they will find another way of completing the task.

Accellion Closes the “Dropbox” Security Gap, Securely Extends Microsoft SharePoint to External Business Users

05 Oct 2011

Security Concerns Increase Demand for Accellion SharePoint Plug-in

Accellion®, the award-winning pioneer in enterprise-class, secure collaboration and file sharing solutions, today announced from the Microsoft SharePoint 2011 conference in Anaheim, California (booth # 153) that increasing security concerns over unsecure sharing of SharePoint files is driving demand for the Accellion SharePoint plug-in.  By extending secure file sharing of SharePoint files to external users, Accellion is closing a security hole for organizations with heavy investments in SharePoint.

F5 Networks’ New Professional Services Offering Helps Customers Seamlessly Transition to IPv6

05 Oct 2011

Interop New York 2011 attendees experience F5’s IPv6 capabilities first-hand with BIG-IP solutions deployed in Interop Network Operations Center

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced its new IPv6 Solution Services offering. This Professional Services offering will help organizations address their need to establish a presence on the IPv6 Internet as new IPv6-only devices flood the market and the available supply of IPv4 addresses dwindles. F5 has also announced that its BIG-IP^® solutions are deployed in the Network Operations Center (NOC) at Interop New York, happening October 3‒7 at the Javits Convention Center. These solutions will provide key application and IPv6 connectivity in support of Interop vendors and attendees.

F5 Study Shows 75 Percent of Organizations See IT-as-a-Service Becoming Commonplace

05 Oct 2011

At least 67 percent of enterprises are already implementing Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) models

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced the results of the F5 Networks 2011 Journey to ITaaS Study. This survey summarizes enterprises’ attitudes about and progress toward implementing IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS)—a business model in which stakeholders select and self-provision IT services on demand. With the static data center model of the past lacking sufficient agility to support today’s myriad user types, complex applications, and increasing demands on IT, enterprises are showing support for the idea of ITaaS as they move toward a dynamic data center model.

Exinda Presents Next Generation WAN Optimisation at IP Expo

05 Oct 2011

Discusses latest WAN Optimisation techniques to assist businesses improve network performance in the age of unified communications

Exinda, a global provider of WAN Optimisation solutions incorporating Unified Performance Management, will educate IP Expo 2011 visitors on the network performance challenges associated with running today’s mission critical business applications and how to resolve them. As video, VoIP and other collaborative applications become must-haves, so businesses need to be able to run them without suffering any network performance issues. At IP Expo, Exinda will demonstrate to visitors how to do this through the latest innovations in WAN Optimisation techniques via two key seminars.

Raritan Introduces Smart Data Center Rack Controller for Environment, Security, Energy, and Electronic Asset Management

05 Oct 2011

Raritan today announced the Smart Rack Controller (EMX) that provides, in one place, key information on data center operations collected from many types of sensors -- including temperature, humidity, airflow, air pressure, smoke, water, and contact closure -- from cameras, and from Raritan's just-introduced intelligent, electronic asset tracking solution.

Micro Focus Announces Revolutionary Approach to IBM Mainframe Application Testing

04 Oct 2011

Micro Focus Test Server innovation provides additional test capacity for mainframe applications

Micro Focus® (LSE.MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, today released Micro Focus Test Server^[1]a unique technology that will accelerate testing processes while significantly reducing operating costs. Customers such as the largest listed Portuguese bank, Banco Espirito Santo (BES), are implementing Micro Focus Test Server to enable them to improve software quality by increasing available mainframe test capacity on a Windows platform. Micro Focus Test Server is an IBM z/OS compatible environment where application execution behaves just as it would on the target production mainframe. This makes it possible to perform a broad range of pre-production testing on readily available hardware. Testing capacity can now be easily increased to meet business-critical timeframes without incurring prohibitive costs.

Green Unbreakable Cloud Initiative enters expansion phase

04 Oct 2011

Looking for 40 talented individuals to help build Green IT technologies

The Green Unbreakable Cloud Initiative (GUCI), a group of interlinked technologies that offers a complete, end to end Green IT ecosystem, has launched a second phase of intense expansion.

Acticall organises its operational management using Talend Integration Suite

04 Oct 2011

CRM specialist uses Talend’s open source enterprise data integration solution to simplify data exchanges

Talend, a global leader in open source software, announced today that Acticall, a French leader in customer relationship management, deployed Talend Integration Suite to automate its data exchanges and improve operational steering.

Parsec Systems gives a boost to self employment programme for disabled people

04 Oct 2011

Today Parsec Systems presented a cheque for £5,000 to Enham, a charity that runs independence programmes for disabled people. Enham was chosen by Parsec because of their focus on providing support to enable disabled and disadvantaged people to get into work or start their own businesses.

Symantec Unveils New Platform for Cloud Security at Vision Conference

04 Oct 2011

Symantec Corp., (Nasdaq: SYMC) at its Vision Barcelona event today, provided customers and partners their first look at Symantec O3, a new cloud security platform designed to protect all enterprise cloud applications and cloud infrastructures. Symantec O3 combines access control, information protection and compliance control in a single security solution, allowing enterprise customers to extend their internal security policies to public and private cloud services.

Adding Value to your Mobile Office with Call Recording

04 Oct 2011

Call Recording capability included as standard with TeleWare Private Mobile Extensions

TeleWare, the leading provider of communications solutions for mobile and distributed workers, has announced the immediate availability of call recording on the TeleWare Private Mobile Extensions delivered from its Hosted Communications Platform.

Paessler Launches PRTG v9 with Faster, Easier, More Advanced Network Monitoring Features

04 Oct 2011

Award-winning network monitor upgraded with next generation web interface, IPv6 support and new enterprise console

Paessler AG, the innovative network monitoring solutions specialist, today announced the launch of its new PRTG Network Monitor v9. Version 9 offers a number of powerful new features, including new capabilities aimed at making network monitoringeasier, more efficient and more flexible.

Siemon Launches Category 6 Patch Cords with Reduced Diameter Cable and Ultra-Slim Boot

04 Oct 2011

Siemon, a leading global manufacturer of IT network cabling and infrastructure systems, today announced the next generation of its popular category 6 UTP MC6 patch cord.  Featuring new reduced-diameter cable and low-profile, ultra-slim strain relief boot, the new MC6 cords meet or exceed all category 6 standards.

NL-ix and TelecityGroup Sign Contract for new Amsterdam data centre

04 Oct 2011

Internet expansion in the Netherlands guaranteed

TelecityGroup, a provider of premium carrier-neutral data centres, and NL-ix, one of the world’s leading Internet Exchanges, today signed a contract to expand NL-ix’s capacity in TelecityGroup’s existing data centres and to its new data centre, AMS 5, which is currently under construction.  In response to growing demand for connections and capacity, TelecityGroup is currently building a new 9MW, 9000 m2 data centre in Amsterdam Zuidoost. NL-ix will be offering its services through AMS 5 from its opening.

Over 70% of Market Participants Indicate Their Trading Strategies are Latency Dependent

04 Oct 2011

Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced the first findings from the Interxion-sponsored 2011 Automated Trader Algorithmic Trading Survey, an annual survey of the trends and developments in the trading industry.

UK Managed IT Services firm, Lumison, continues growth strategy with acquisition of DediPower Managed Hosting Ltd

04 Oct 2011

Acquisition brings Lumison’s combined turnover to £27 million, 320% growth since 2008 and EBITDA of £9m.

Lumison has today strengthened its position in the IT Managed Services sector by acquiring DediPower Managed Hosting Ltd, a Reading-based managed hosting and colocation provider. The acquisition brings Lumison’s combined turnover to £27.5million, and continues its business expansion strategy, which has seen the company’s revenues grow from £6.4m to £27.5m over the last three years.

SMEs must cover all bases when adopting Cloud or face downtime, says The Internet Group

04 Oct 2011

Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of Internet users in the UK were left without a connection as BT took the full brunt of a power cut at a major exchange in Birmingham. Although consumers were left with a little more than a hour without the Web, many businesses, primarily SMEs, were badly affected and for longer. 

Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information Implementing Korea’s First 100G Network with Ciena

04 Oct 2011

Industry-leading coherent 100G technology from Ciena to support delivery of high-bandwidth services and enhance Korean institutions’ access to the global research and education community

Ciena^® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information(KISTI), today announced the deployment of the first 100G network in Korea. KISTI will leverage Ciena’s industry-leading coherent optical technology to expand its network capacity to support enhanced collaboration across the nation on science and technology initiatives for the industrial, academic and corporate sectors.

Red Hat to Acquire Gluster

04 Oct 2011

Ushers in New Era of Software-Based Open Storage Platforms to Unify On-Premise and Cloud

Adds Scale-Out Management of Unstructured Data to Red Hat Portfolio with Gluster’s Disruptive Open Source Storage Solutions

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Gluster, Inc., a leading provider of scale-out, open source storage solutions for standardizing the management of unstructured data. With this acquisition, Red Hat will define a new baseline for how enterprise IT manages the explosion of big data, whether deployed on-premise or spanning into the public cloud. Red Hat is expanding into a critical part of enterprise infrastructure, enabling it to deliver open storage solutions that protect customer investments as they approach the new era of computing.

ExaGrid Systems Reports Record Q3 2011 Results

04 Oct 2011

Company Sales Grew By More Than 30 Percent, Award Wins Set High Bar for Disk-Based Backup Companies

ExaGrid Systems, Inc. the leader in cost-effective and scalable disk-based backup solutions with data deduplication, today announced a record quarter for the third fiscal quarter of 2011. Sales grew by more than 30 percent over the same quarter for 2010. During the quarter the company expanded its partner network and grew technology partnerships, announced additional backup appliance support and gained significant award recognition in the process.

South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust immediately saves 22.7 percent power savings with Verdiem IT energy management software

04 Oct 2011

Verdiem's Surveyor software helps leading Foundation Trust optimise its PC power usage and secure immediate energy savings

Verdiem has successfully deployed its Surveyor IT energy management software at South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT) - one of the UK's largest and highest performing NHS Foundation Trusts. Using Surveyor, SEPT has already secured immediate power savings of over 20 percent per PC since deployment - equivalent to an annual unit energy saving of 55.5 kWh.

GPUs Giving Hackers Yet More Ammunition

04 Oct 2011

Most complex passwords cracked by cheap consumer hardware

A £30 high street graphics card is allowing cybercriminals to crack passwords in as little as 12 seconds. 

Telefónica Selects JDSU’s HomePM for Service Assurance of its IPTV Infrastructure

04 Oct 2011

JDSU announced today that Spain’s Telefónica SA has deployed JDSU’s Home Performance Management (PM) solution to proactively monitor and troubleshoot service issues for its Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) content and on-demand services.

SkyDox Upgrades Cloud Enabled Collaboration Platform to Drive Team and Individual Productivity

04 Oct 2011

• Customer-lead collaborative and cross platform functionality enhancements
• New improved user interface and augmented feature set  
• Extended file and folder-based structure improves simplicity and ease of use

SkyDox, a leading provider of cloud enabled content management, file sharing and collaboration platform for cross functional and distributed teams, today announced that it has launched a new version of its platform. The new version builds on two key attributes: ease of use and open cross-platform functionality; ensuring that users can drive efficiencies when collaborating with colleagues, suppliers, business partners and customers.

Imperva Introduces Data Security for Microsoft SharePoint

04 Oct 2011

SecureSphere for SharePoint protects sensitive information from data leaks, security threats

Imperva, a pioneer and leader of a new category of data security solutions for high-value business data in the data center, announced today the availability of SecureSphere for SharePoint, its new data security solution to help businesses protect sensitive data stored in Microsoft SharePoint. As part of Imperva’s cornerstone data security suite, SecureSphere for SharePoint addresses the unique security requirements of SharePoint’s file, web and database infrastructure, giving businesses visibility and analysis of data access and safeguarding that only users with a legitimate business need have access to data.

Brand-Rex keeps Burson-Marsteller on message

04 Oct 2011

Structured cabling specialists Admiral Group win contract to install Brand-Rex 10 Gigabit/s cabling infrastructure for one of the world’s largest international PR company’s prestigious new London offices.

Brand-Rex today announced that its authorised installation partner Admiral Group has been awarded a contract by one of the world’s largest international public relations companies, Burson-Marsteller, to provide the structured cabling infrastructure for its new London Offices.

Vision Solutions Announces Double-Take Share® 5.0

03 Oct 2011

Double-Take Share 5.0 software allows businesses of all sizes to share data easily between databases in real-time

Vision Solutions, Inc., the world’s leading provider of information availability software and services for Windows, Linux, IBM Power Systems and Cloud Computing markets, today announced Double-Take Share 5.0, which allows users to share data easily between databases in real-time.

Huawei Symantec Oceanspace T-Series Achieves Industry’s Highest SPC-1 Test Results

03 Oct 2011

Huawei Symantec announced that its Oceanspace T-series reported excellent SPC Benchmark 1 (SPC-1) performance, as defined by the Storage Performance Council, a vendor-neutral standards body focused on the storage industry.

Node4 brings total flexibility to businesses with new cloud computing service offering

03 Oct 2011

Data centre and communications firm Node4 will broaden its range of services by launching nCloud ˆ a brand new cloud-based infrastructure. nCloud is a high quality, high specification infrastructure that offers organisations ultimate IT flexibility by allowing them to build a bespoke solution that works hand in glove with business requirements.

Citrix optimises XenServer for the cloud era

03 Oct 2011

XenServer 6 delivers innovations for cloud computing, desktop virtualisation and networking

Citrix Systems today announced the availability of XenServer 6, the most recent edition of its server virtualisation product line.  As a key component of the Citrix cloud computing and virtualisation strategy, XenServer 6 brings new optimisations and improved scalability and performance for cloud infrastructure, desktop virtualisation and networking.  XenServer continues to grow market presence and adoption, fueled by the strong leadership of the underlying open sourceXen technology, the virtualisation platform of choice in a majority of the public cloud today.  XenServer was recently positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant of the “2011 Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualisation Infrastructure, and was listed as a “Champion” in Info-Tech Research Group’s Vendor Landscape report on server virtualisation.

Flexible Cloud To Feature At Data Centre Convergence Forum In London

03 Oct 2011

The integration of IT and facilities management of the data centre forms the focus for a one-day forum presented by a range of international experts designed to support enterprise users in identifying key convergence processes and technologies in the emerging Cloud context. Registration to attend is complementary.

New storage class memory beats Fusion ioDrive on all metrics

03 Oct 2011

Next-generation enterprise flash product delivers more capacity, enhanced enterprise reliability, better performance, all at a lower cost: Introducing the new ioDrive2 from Fusion-io

Fusion-io, Inc., (NYSE: FIO) pioneer of shared data decentralisation, today announced the next evolution of its ioMemory platform for powering application acceleration and data centre optimisation. The company that broke performance barriers, brought you the first enterprise MLC products, dramatically enhanced reliability metrics for enterprise flash and redefined server side flash has done it all over again with the new ioDrive2 and ioDrive2 Duo.

TeleWare and Vodat International team up to cut the cost of telephony

03 Oct 2011

Vodat and TeleWare have partnered to offer cloud-based software and telephony to help retailers cut costs and improve customer service.

TeleWare, the foremost UK supplier of communications solutions for mobile and distributed workers, has extended accredited partner status to Vodat International, the leading communications solutions provider to the retail industry. 

Kaseya automates third party software deployment easing burden on IT organisations

03 Oct 2011

Kaseya®, the leading global provider of automated IT systems management software, today announced the new Kaseya Software Deployment and Update module that allows IT organisations to deploy, update, and manage common third party software by policy to remote distributed computers.  The latest module from Kaseya enables service providers and enterprise IT departments to regularly deploy and update popular desktop productivity programs such as Adobe Reader, Firefox, Flash, Java, Skype and internal software applications effortlessly from the Kaseya administrative portal.

Lieberman Software says Betfair data breach sends all the wrong messages

03 Oct 2011

Reports that Betfair has suffered a data breach - losing the details of around 3.15 million customers, including payment and bank details of some of its clients - have been met with astonishment by Lieberman Software.

Core Consultancy targets legal profession with award winning business continuity and disaster recovery solution

03 Oct 2011

ISO 27001 compliant solution uses EMC Unified Storage technology to protect critical data; Core Consultancy signs up leading chambers including 4 New Square and Atkin Chambers; Joint seminar with EMC planned for October

Core Consultancy, a leading disaster recovery and business continuity specialist, has announced it is to target legal firms in the UK with its award-winning disaster recovery and data protection solution powered by enterprise class storage platforms from EMC hosted at dual tier-3 data centres.

Hitachi IT Operations Analyser now certified by Dell

03 Oct 2011

Companies sign software agreement for efficient and cost-effective monitoring of Dell servers and storage products through a single, easy to use interface

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., today announced that Hitachi IT Operations Analyser software, including plug-ins customised for monitoring Dell products, is now certified by the Dell Technology Partner Program. Hitachi IT Operations Analyser is fully integrated with Dell PowerEdge servers via an OMSA plug-in, which allows customers to monitor and report on specific metrics related to the server, including the power supply, battery, temperature, fan, storage controller, and the embedded system management log. Analyser is also integrated via a custom plug-in to Dell EqualLogic storage products, reporting on array components, capacity, performance and other key areas.

Cryptzone calls latest NHS patient data loss shocking

03 Oct 2011

News that East Surrey Hospital has lost the medical details of 800 patients on an unencrypted memory stick is just the latest in a string of NHS data faux pas, says Cryptzone, but that does not lessen its potential impact on the people – and their families – concerned.

Epiq Systems Announces Immediate Availability of Relativity, Expands Options for eDisclosure Review Software

03 Oct 2011

Epiq Systems, a leading provider of managed technology services for the global legal profession, today announced the availability of the web-based eDisclosure review software Relativity in the UK. Epiq is the only Relativity Best in Service Premium Hosting Partner with data centres in both the U.S. and the U.K. The expansion into the UK allows Epiq’s clients to leverage Relativity within the scope of Epiq services to enable efficient, solution-driven document reviews and evidence analysis. 

Telehouse Europe joins the Cloud Industry Forum

30 Sep 2011

Co-location provider commits to transparency in the Cloud

Telehouse, a leading provider of global data centres and managed ICT services,  has joined the Cloud Industry Forum, the body established to promote trust, security and transparency within the sector. In joining Telehouse becomes the latest organisation to commit to achieving a common standard of best practice within the IT industry.

MobileIron and Accellion Partner to Provide Enterprises with Secure Mobile Device and Content Management

30 Sep 2011

Accellion Mobile Apps Available in MobileIron’s Enterprise App Storefront to Help Enable Mobile Security Management of Devices and Data

Accellion®, the award-winning pioneer in enterprise-class, secure collaboration and file sharing solutions, andMobileIron, the innovator in enterprise management and security for mobile devices and apps, today announced a partnership to help enterprises secure, manage and monitor mobile devices and the data shared via these devices. 

Colt and Ciena Partner to Deliver Enterprise Managed Services Across Europe

30 Sep 2011

New services offering features integrated data encryption solutions from Ciena

 Ciena^® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, and Colt, Europe’s leading information delivery platform, today announced a partnership to extend Colt’s portfolio of managed security services. The two companies will enrich the performance, reliability and security of Colt’s managedHigh Speed Services portfolio with sophisticated, integrated wire-speed encryption capabilities from Ciena’s Packet-Optical Transport portfolio, enabling Colt’s enterprise customers to secure and protect their critical business information and intellectual property.

Red Lambda’s new MetaGrid software transforms security for cloud and big data

30 Sep 2011

MetaGrid Leverages Grid Computing and Artificial Intelligence to Dramatically Increase the Scale, Speed and Efficacy of Security and Operational Intelligence for Companies with Big Data IT Challenges

Red Lambda, Inc., a software company transforming security and operational intelligence for “Big Data” IT environments, today announced an Early Release Program for MetaGrid™ – next generation security and operational intelligence software powered by the company’s AppIron™ Grid Platform. MetaGrid is designed to address the Big Data dichotomy faced by providers of IT, network and cloud infrastructures that generate up to petabytes per day of operational data: Big Data can obscure security and operational threats and, at the same time, it can reveal opportunities to increase operational efficiency and unlock enormous business potential.  Red Lambda is the first to combine leading-edge Big Data technologies to create an ultra-scalable, purpose-built software platform designed to keep pace with the increasing volume, variety, and velocity of IT operational data and find the threats and opportunities buried within it.

MDs Warned ‘Don’t Ignore Art of Social Media’

30 Sep 2011

Experts warn social media is not just a number game

Business owners must understand the blend of creativity and science behind social media if their business' campaign is to succeed.

CommScope’s Kolesar Earns Prestigious Award For Work on Fiber Standards

30 Sep 2011

Paul Kolesar, a CommScope fellow, has received the prestigious 2011 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 1906 Award, which recognizes technical experts from around the globe who have contributed significantly to the work of IEC and the electrotechnical industry.

Mimecast Hits The Bloor Research Bullseye for Best Practice Email Archiving

30 Sep 2011

Bloor Research report gives Mimecast’s UEM ‘Champion’ Status for email archiving

Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based email archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, today announced that it has been placed in the Champion segment of a new Bloor Research InComparison Paper. The paper, which features a Bullseye chart that ranks vendors as Champions, Innovators or Challengers, examines the email archiving market, as well as evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of key players in the space.

Server Technology announces total solution for data center power management

30 Sep 2011

The seamless combination of Server Technology's web-based Sentry Power Manager (SPM) 5.0 and Version 6.1 firmware for Server Technology's cabinet power distribution units provides the industry's most complete rack-level data center power monitoring, measurement and control

Server Technology, the global leader for rack-based power distribution for the data center, announced the availability of the industry's first seamless system for data center power management, with the release of SPM v5.0 combined with the latest version 6.1 update to the intelligent cabinet (CDU) family of power distribution units (PDU.)

Ovum Technology Audit Recognises Talend’s Ability to Address Integration Holistically

30 Sep 2011

New research finds that open source vendor is well positioned to take advantage of synergies between data management and application integration projects

Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced the availability of new independent research from Ovum, based on a thorough product review and market positioning analysis of Talend ESB, an enterprise service bus (ESB) product that delivers both data and application integration capabilities. Produced by principal analyst Rob Hailstone, the document titled “Technology Audit: Talend ESB, version 4.2.0,” highlights Talend ESB as a product that “aligns well with Ovum's view that integration should be addressed holistically and not divided arbitrarily between application and data integration.”

PROMISE SANLink Captures Prestigious Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit Award for 2011

30 Sep 2011

International Accolades for Industry’s First Thunderbolt™ to Fibre Channel Adapter

PROMISE Technology, Inc., a leader in providing high performance storage solutions for the rich media market, today announced that its innovative SANLink, the industry’s first Thunderbolt™ enabled FC Adapter captured the Pick Hit 2011 award for outstanding achievement and creative technology innovation. The award was announced by Broadcast Engineering at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam. The prestigious Pick Hit Awards are the industry’s longest-running product technology awards for broadcast and production.

Andrew Gilbert, Managing Director of Node4, named as finalist for Ernst & Young UK Entrepreneur of the year 2011 award

30 Sep 2011

Andrew Gilbert, Managing Director and founder of Britain’s fastest growing data centre company, Node4, has been named as a finalist for the Ernst & Young UK Entrepreneur of the year 2011 award. The national award will be presented to the UK business leader who has shown the most drive and innovation in starting and growing companies in challenging economic conditions. Gilbert reached the finals after winning the Ernst & Young North and Midlands Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in June. The regional award is presented to the most innovative, dynamic and successful young businessman or woman in the region.

Eaton Presents Power For The Cloud Eaton Power Quality

28 Sep 2011

At DatacenterDynamics Eaton Power Quality is putting the emphasis firmly on the provision of efficient, cost-effective and versatile power solutions to meet the rapidly evolving needs of today’s data centres. In support of this, the company is delivering a paper describing how the cloud and virtualization are changing the way data centres are powered, and is also exhibiting a wide range of innovative equipment, including its 9395 UPSs, Wright Line rack-based heat management systems, BladeUPS products and enclosure-based power distribution units (ePDUs).

Venafi Partners with Cohort Technology to Meet Increased Demand for Automated EKCM Solutions through Extensive Channel Reach

28 Sep 2011

Security Expert and Distribution Partner Cohort Technology—with Broad-based Reseller and Technology Partner Network—to Offer Only Enterprise-class Key and Certificate Management Solution

Venafi, the inventor of and market leader in Enterprise Key and Certificate Management (EKCM) solutions, today announced its strategic partnership with Cohort Technology to distribute EKCM solutions in the United Kingdom. Together, the companies will extend Venafi’s market leadership to meet the needs of Cohort Technology’s resellers and customers. Designed specifically for enterprise environments, Venafi solutions provide automated management for the widest range of digital-certificate and encryption-key technologies in use today—including digital certificates, Secure Shell (SSH) keys, and asymmetric and symmetric keys.

Payment Card Security Compliance Remains Problematic, Putting Confidential Consumer Information at Risk, Verizon Report Says

28 Sep 2011

Noncompliance Is Linked to Increased Breach Risk

For the second year in a row, a Verizon report has found that too many businesses are struggling to comply with payment card security standards, putting consumers’ confidential information at risk.

Foregenix partners with Semafone to help call centres reduce PCI scope and risk

28 Sep 2011

Foregenix and Semafone yesterday announced a partnership that will enable call centre clients to significantly reduce their PCI scope, risks and associated costs by removing cardholder data from the call centre environment.

Private Mobile Networks supports Macro GSM for connecting between networks

28 Sep 2011

Supporting mobile macro GSM as an interconnect

Private Mobile Networks Ltd, the UK provider of private GSM network technology, today announced support for GSM operator networks as an interconnect between distributed Private Mobile Network sites.  Private Mobile Network traffic can now be distributed between locations over satellite or IP, or break out and pass over a national Macro GSM network.

Courion’s comprehensive new product suite re-defines identity and access management with 30-day cloud deployment and fast time-to-value

28 Sep 2011

Automated, easy-to-use solution, offered on-premise or in the cloud, delivers core identity, access and compliance functionality at radically lower cost  

Courion Corporation has announced the new Access Risk Management Suite,  which provides a simple and fast time to value alternative to the complexity and high cost of typical identity and access management (IAM) solutions. Automated and pre-configured for rapid implementation based on the best practices of more than 500 customers, the Access Risk Management Suite delivers results within 30 days at a price anywhere from one third to one quarter of traditional solutions.

Micro Focus Launches Silk for Use with SAP® Solutions to Help Organizations Accelerate Software Delivery

28 Sep 2011

Micro Focus® (LSE: MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application modernisation, testing and management solutions has announced the availability of Silk, a set of integrated modules that provide application lifecycle support for SAP® applications, as well as all other industry requirements for testing in a heterogeneous world. The solution optimizes the availability, accuracy, performance and scalability of SAP applications by embedding quality activities throughout the SAP application lifecycle.

BSO Networks delivers lowest latency network from Europe to Asia

28 Sep 2011

Market-leading global network provider givestraders and professional services a vital edge

BSO Network Solutions, the specialist low latency provider for global solutions and infrastructure, has again improved the latency on their land cable system to deliver the lowest latency and highest availability network between London & Hong Kong. The record-breaking speed allows high frequency traders and professional service specialists to gain a competitive advantage, quickly sending and receiving large volumes of data from Europe to Asia. 

Over two-thirds of IT directors worried about cloud sprawl

28 Sep 2011

Study highlights concern over spiralling costs as cloud-based services grow in popularity

Independent research commissioned by Opsview, the open source IT monitoring software provider, has revealed that 67% of UK organisations are concerned about the growing threat of cloud sprawl as cloud-based services become more popular across the enterprise. This is due to the speed and ease of deployment and the fact that staff can purchase services without the involvement of the IT department. With this in mind 57% of IT directors admitted to being concerned that as paid for cloud services start to be more widely used by employees, costs could spiral out of control.

C4L Named as One of Britain’s Fastest-Growing Technology Firms in the 2011 Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100

28 Sep 2011

C4L, a UK-based internet infrastructure solutions provider, today announced that it has been listed in The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 for the first time. C4L has been ranked alongside companies such as price comparison website Gocompare, and music recognition services provider Shazam.

Stonesoft’s a2Cloud solution offers strong authentication with enhanced usability

28 Sep 2011

Network security provider Stonesoft, is today announcing the availability of its new Stonesoft a2Cloud solution. The solution offers secure access to the cloud with unparalleled usability and minimised TCA (Total Cost of Administration)/TCO (Total Cost of Ownership).

Financial institutions should focus on unstructured financial data in the rush for effective risk management, warns Clusterseven

27 Sep 2011

Financial institutions will continue to report high profile instances of data mismanagement and fraud unless they take 100% control of the vulnerable financial data files that move and manipulate information between their business systems. These include files known as CSVs* (comma separated variable), plus spreadsheets and Microsoft Access^®Databases. Systemic failings in the way these files are tracked and monitored remain unresolved; for many businesses this will lead to financial misreporting, leading to financial and reputational losses.

Tufin Technologies ranks first in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 with 6343% growth over the past five years

27 Sep 2011

Firewall Management Leader Attributes Landing Top Spot to an Unwavering Commitment to Innovation, “Fanatical Customer Support” and Top-Notch Employees and Partners

Tufin Technologies today announced that it has ranked number one on the 2011 Deloitte Israel Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Israel. In 2010, Tufin placed second, making this the second year in a row that Tufin has topped Deloitte Israel’s prestigious list.  In a nation known for producing some of the World’s most successful and innovative technology companies, ranking anywhere on Deloitte Israel’s list is a major accomplishment. Tufin’s placement in the top two for two years running combined with almost a 1000% percent increase in growth from Tufin’s 2010 ranking makes this year’s achievement even more noteworthy.

Keynote Speaker Announced for ISACA’s Information Security and Risk Management Conference

27 Sep 2011

Event to be held 14 – 16 November in Barcelona, Spain

Today, global IT association ISACA highlighted a number of key sessions to be held at its annual Information Security and Risk Management (ISRM) Europe conference, including unveiling its keynote speaker. With sessions examining data protection, PCI, cloud computing, auditing, advanced persistent threats and more, the agenda for the 14-16 November event in Barcelona deals with enterprises’ nightmares—and how to protect against them.

IP Infusion Extends Position as the De Facto Standard in Software-based Networking with ZebOS 7.9

27 Sep 2011

Helps OEMs and Service Providers Innovate at Breakneck Speeds; Supports Evolving Data Centre, Mobile Backhaul and Carrier Ethernet Requirements

IP Infusion, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent network software for enhanced Ethernet and IP services, today extended the company’s leadership in software-based networking with the release of ZebOS 7.9 network platform software. The newest technology advancements in ZebOS software help networking OEMs worldwide deliver customised and differentiated solutions to telecom as well as public and private cloud service providers with lower costs and faster time-to-market. Solutions built on IP Infusion’s ZebOS software help customers avoid product commoditisation, improve return on investment and eliminate network bottlenecks.

Interoute announces three year ICT infrastructure and hosting partnership with UEFA

27 Sep 2011

Europe’s largest private cloud services platform to support UEFA’s entire business operations and online presence for next three seasons

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the governing body of football in Europe, has selected Interoute’s pan-European cloud services to support all its business, football competitions and events over the next three seasons. Interoute will host all applications and systems used directly by UEFA including its Football Administration and Management Environment (FAME) and the UEFA.com website.

Mozy Improves Server Backup to the Cloud

27 Sep 2011

Enhancements allow larger file sets and provide dramatically faster backup service for businesses backing up servers to the cloud with MozyPro

Mozy®, the industry-leading online backup service from EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), today announced improved features to its MozyPro® server backup service, making it faster and easier to back up business servers to its world-class data centers. Specifically, Mozy announced today a 100X improvement in file scanning capacity for larger data sets while introducing the Mozy Data Shuttle^TM, a new service that transfers or “shuttles” an encrypted copy of big data sets from customers to Mozy’s data centers. These enhancements are designed to enable SMBs and larger businesses to back up servers to Mozy’s secure, off-site data centers without sacrificing time or performance associated with the initial backup of large file sets over the Internet.

Cold War Facility Provides the Security; Brocade Provides the Path to IPv6

27 Sep 2011

Brocade MLX Series Routers deliver 10 Gigabit Ethernet performance and “dual stack” capabilities to help The Bunker make a seamless migration from IPv4 to IPv6

Customers who have hosted their data centre facilities at The Bunker are set to benefit from a major network upgrade to its existing Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD) environment. The evolution of The Bunker’s Brocade^® MLX™ Series routers is designed to provide future-proofing for clients during the IPv4 to IPv6 transition, deliver 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) performance and enable the company to stay ahead of increasingly bandwidth-intense applications, such as high-definition streaming media.

Verizon Wholesale Cloud Services Speak Volumes With Communications Provider Global Gossip

27 Sep 2011

Computing-as-a-Service Provides Flexibility, Security and Reliability for the Australian-Based Company

Australia-based Global Gossip has turned to Verizon Global Wholesale for a robust cloud computing platform that supports the worldwide communications services provider’s 300 sites across Australia, Europe, Fiji, New Zealand, the UK, and the US.

Colt manufactures and ships 500m2 data centre to Iceland

27 Sep 2011

Verne Global opens for business enabled by Colt’s Modular Data Centre

Colt, Europe’s leading information delivery platform, today announced that Verne Global, a data centre developer and operator, has selected Colt’s Modular Data Centre for its dual-sourced renewable energy facility in Iceland. This is the world's first mission critical data centre with zero-emissions to be manufactured and constructed in less than four months.

Grid-Tools wins Stevie Award in recognition of European growth

27 Sep 2011

Test data creation specialists Grid-Tools has won an International Stevie Award for the Fastest Growing Company in Europe in The 2011 International Business Awards^sm.

Proximity becomes first TeleWare partner to offer complete portfolio with addition of mobile device recording service

27 Sep 2011

Leading partner engages with 30 existing call recording customers to help firms meet FSA mobile recording regulation 

Proximity Communications Plc has become the first TeleWare Partner to certify its skills to deliver the complete TeleWare portfolio with the addition of the new TeleWare Mobile network-based recording service for mobile devices.

BT iNet becomes first UK company to achieve Cisco Advanced Data Centre Architecture Specialisation

27 Sep 2011

BT iNet, the network IT services delivery arm of BT Business, has become the first UK company to achieve the Cisco Advanced Data Centre Architecture Specialisation

Maxeler launches Maximum Performance Cloud Computing with MaxCloud

27 Sep 2011

High-performance dataflow computing now available in the Cloud

Maxeler Technologies, pioneer of Maximum Performance Computing and provider of complete acceleration solutions, today announced the launch of MaxCloud, the industry's first cloud implementation of a high performance dataflow computing system.

Server Technology's Firmware 6.1 Boasts Data Center Power Monitoring, User-Friendly Interface

26 Sep 2011

Data center power monitoring company Server Technology is adding another accomplishment to its resume as the company has unveiled new firmware 6.1, a release that is unlike anything currently out there, according to company officials.

Mimecast’s Unified Email Management Solution Wins Gold in Product Review from Leading Exchange Community Website

26 Sep 2011

In-depth product review by Exchange MVP J. Peter Bruzzese says Mimecast’s UEM has ‘hit it out of the park’

Mimecast®, the leading supplier of cloud-based emailarchiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365,  announces that its Unified Email Management (UEM) product has been confirmed as aMSExchange Gold Award winner following a detailed product review.  The reviewer, Exchange MVP and creator of ExclusivelyExchange.com J. Peter Bruzzese, recognized the platform’s ease of use, and its deep levels of functionality, flexibility and integration.

LSI Adds Ingram Micro to European Distribution Network

26 Sep 2011

New engagement with broadline distributor widens LSI’s reach in DACH region

LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced the appointment of Ingram Micro Distribution GmbH to support its channel business throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland.  The agreement begins with immediate effect and will see Ingram Micro carry LSI’s complete channel portfolio, including MegaRAID® and 3ware® RAID controllers, LSI® Host Bus Adapters, SAS Switches, the WarpDrive™ SLP-300 acceleration card.

NEFCU Selects Trusteer to Meet New FFIEC Security Guidelines

26 Sep 2011

Intuit Financial Services Recommends Trusteer to Help Regional Credit Union Prevent Cybercrime

Trusteer, the leading provider of cybercrime prevention solutions, today announced that NEFCU has selected Trusteer Rapport to protect its retail banking members against cybercrime and meet new FFIEC Guidelines for online banking security. The credit union’s financial management technology provider, Intuit Financial Services, recommended that NEFCU evaluate Trusteer to prevent financial malware fraud.  NEFCU is offering Trusteer Rapport, the leading cybercrime prevention software for PCs and Macs, free to its members as an added security measure.

Lost laptops lead the list for ICO fines

26 Sep 2011

Companies penalised an average of £70,000

The loss of laptops containing confidential or sensitive data has proved to be far more expensive than previously anticipated for some companies, according to Absolute Software. 

Ultraspeed appoint new Director of Sales and Marketing

26 Sep 2011

Managed hosting specialist Ultraspeed have announced the appointment of a new Director of Sales and Marketing, who will play an integral role in their growth plans for the next 12 months.

Fusion-io accelerates Deutsche Bank credit risk calculation and information systems

26 Sep 2011

ioMemory technology reduces latency to boost performance up to 60 per cent and improve TCO for global financial institution’s SAS business analytics software

Fusion-io, Inc., (NYSE: FIO) pioneer of shared data decentralisation, today announced that Deutsche Bank has deployed ioMemory technology to reduce latency and increase performance by up to 60 percent in its Credit Risk Calculation and Information System (dbArtos), according to Deutsche Bank AG Director Dr. Marcus Prätzas. After extensive evaluation of a variety of technologies, Fusion ioMemory was selected to accelerate the SAS business analytics and business intelligence software utilised by the Deutsche Bank dbArtos system.

NextiraOne’s Autumn Seminar Programme to provide Expert Advice to Businesses on Communications Issues

26 Sep 2011

Video, Data Centre Virtualisation, Contact Centre and Unified Communications, events demonstrate breadth of NextiraOne’s expertise

A wide range of business networking themes, from video conferencing to virtualisation, including Data Centres, Unified Communications and Contact Centre topics, will be the subject of a series of seminars, workshops and bootcamps and exhibitions planned by NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, this Autumn.

Brand-Rex ‘Ships’ First Products for Prestigious New Aircraft Carriers

23 Sep 2011

Since winning the contract to supply its Blolite blown fibre solution, Brand-Rex has seen work begin in earnest on the first of the two new aircraft carriers currently under construction at the Rosyth Royal Dockyard

Work is well underway on the new 65,000 tonne Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier that is being built by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA), with the first consignments of the innovative Blolite blown optical fibre solution from Brand-Rex (turt.co/brx0418x) now shipped in readiness for installation.

TelecityGroup acquires UK Grid to fulfil growth requirements

23 Sep 2011

Acquisition enhances TelecityGroup’s growth platform in key UK digital and connectivity hub

TelecityGroup, Europe's industry-leading provider of premium carrier-neutral data centres, has today announced the acquisition of UK Grid, a leading UK data centre operator for £11.7m

Micro-P becomes Flagship Distributor for TeleWare Telephony Portfolio

23 Sep 2011

First Broadline Distributor to offer end-to-end unified communications portfolio

TeleWare and Micro-P have signed an agreement to bring an entire, end-to-end unified communications portfolio to a growing partner community, keen to create reliable, innovative and scalable service

SGI Appoints Jennifer Pileggi as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

22 Sep 2011

Former Con-Way EVP Selected to Lead Global Legal Affairs

SGI (NASDAQ: SGI), a trusted leader in technical computing, today announced that Jennifer Pileggi has joined the company as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, and will be part of the company's executive management team.

F5 Helps Latisys Offer Differentiated Private Cloud and Enhanced Managed Services

22 Sep 2011

Managed services provider relies on F5’s VIPRION Application Delivery Networking solution to ensure its cloud services infrastructure scales rapidly and reliably to meet customer demand

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced thatLatisys is implementing F5^® VIPRION^® Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) as a foundation of its private cloud and managed hosting solutions. Latisys provides IT outsourcing—such as data center colocation services, managed hosting, and cloud solutions—from its secure, high-density, Tier III data centers across the United States. The company is enhancing its high availability enterprise-grade managed services offering, which provides security, backup and recovery, storage, compute resources, and load balancing, to achieve service provider-grade performance levels. Through Latisys cloud services, customers will be able to expand their IT infrastructures dynamically to meet sudden increases in demand for computing resources while benefiting from a highly secure, fully redundant platform.

1E, efficient IT leader, launches in France

22 Sep 2011

Launch could bring nationwide savings of approximately €725 million per year in energy costs alone and reduce carbon emissions by around one million metric tonnes of CO₂

1E, the global leader in Efficient IT solutions, today announced its expansion into France. The company’s presence in the region will help it address the needs of local customers more effectively and efficiently.

Nimsoft Announces Comprehensive Monitoring for SAP Environments

22 Sep 2011

Automated Solution Helps Customers Optimise Service Levels across Physical, Virtual and Cloud Infrastructure while Minimising Technology Ownership Costs

Nimsoft today announced Nimsoft Monitor for SAP, an automated solution that enables customers to optimise service levels across physical, virtual and cloud environments while reducing their technology ownership costs.

Imperva Research Finds SQL Injection Attacks Bypass Web Security

22 Sep 2011

Hackers Execute an Average 71 SQL Injection Attacks per Hour to Steal Data

Imperva’s Hacker Intelligence Initiative (HII) today revealed the prevalence and intensity of SQL injection attacks.  The report details how prevalent SQL injection attacks have become, how attacks are executed and how hackers are innovating SQLi attacks to bypass security controls as well as increase potency. The full report can be viewed here.

DataFlux and Global Data Excellence Commit to Worldwide Partnership

22 Sep 2011

New European partnership will be extended to the US market to help spur adoption of data governance

DataFlux, a leader in data management solutions, today announced it has finalised a global partnership agreement with Global Data Excellence (GDE), a leading provider of data quality and data governance software. Under the terms of the partnership DataFlux and GDE will provide a joint technology and expertise offering that will help organisations improve the commercial, marketing and financial value of their corporate data.

Quest Introduces New Edition of Toad for Data Analysts that Brings Powerful Data Analytics to the Desktop

22 Sep 2011

Quest Teams with Fuzzy Logix to Deliver a Cost-effective Solution for Predictive Modelling and Data Mining

The ability to simulate trends and identify probable business forecasts based on corporate data, using data analytics, is extremely valuable. However, the technology behind this capability is often far too expensive for most organisations and, what’s more, can be very time-consuming for the data analyst tasked with reporting. Today’s analysts need a simplified and cost-effective way to perform fast advanced analytics right on the desktop. Quest Software, the leading provider of database tools that simplify and improve the productivity, efficiency, and accuracy of production for database professionals of all skill and experience levels, has partnered with in-database analytics software vendor Fuzzy Logix to incorporate a rich, analytics library into a new Professional with Analytics Edition of Quest® Toad® for Data Analysts. The new edition delivers a powerful desktop analytics solution for predictive modelling and data mining, and also adds advanced heterogeneous queries, data cleansing, local storage, and visualization enhancements.

Red Hat Reports Second Quarter Results

22 Sep 2011

* Second quarter revenue of $281 million, up 28% year-over-year * Second quarter GAAP EPS of $0.20, up 67% year-over-year; non-GAAP EPS of $0.29, up 53% year-over-year * Second quarter deferred revenue of $813 million, up 25% year-over-year

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced financial results for its fiscal year 2012 second quarter ended August 31, 2011.

Kroll Ontrack develops techniques to recover data from Dell EqualLogic systems

22 Sep 2011

Leading data recovery provider is the first and only company to offer proven recovery capabilities for these systems

Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of information management, data recovery, and legal products and services, today announced new data recovery capabilities for Dell EqualLogic SAN systems. Using proprietary technology it developed to address Dell EqualLogic system data losses, Kroll Ontrack is now able to recover data from both traditional and virtualised file systems on Dell EqualLogic storage products.

Vision Solutions Partner Network Supporting Customers With Cloud Recovery

22 Sep 2011

More than 70 organisations across the UK rely on hosted business continuity and cloud –based disaster recovery solutions powered by Double-Take range of products

Vision Solutions, Inc., the world’s leading provider of information availability software and services for Windows, Linux, IBM Power Systems and Cloud Computing markets today announced that more than 70 organisations in the UK are now relying on its real-time data replication products in order to protect their critical business data in the cloud. Through its Cloud Protection and Recovery Programme, Vision Solutions is working with 24 service providers in the UK to provide customers with simple effective business continuity and cloud recovery services that protect their critical IT systems and applications.

Brocade Strengthens Application Delivery Switching Performance and Security for Cloud-Optimised Data Centres

21 Sep 2011

Compact Application Delivery Switch with the Highest Gigabit Ethernet Fibre Density Provides High Scalability, Efficiency and Flexibility

Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) expands customer control with the introduction of the Brocade® ServerIron® ADX 1000F compact application delivery switches, which includes the benefits of combined copper and fibre connectivity. This extension to the award-winning Brocade ADX 1000 Series is designed to deliver increased customer choice and flexibility for cloud-focused service providers, financial institutions and governmental agencies while also setting the industry benchmark for application delivery switching performance, scalability and investment protection. The result is up to 50 percent power savings and improved data transmission reliability and security while also dramatically consolidating data centre rack footprint.

FAST Welcomes New Communications Bill

21 Sep 2011

"Unlawfully distributing copyrighted material is theft - and a direct assault on the freedoms and rights of creators of content to be rewarded fairly for their efforts," Jeremy Hunt MP, Minister of Culture

The Federation Against Software Theft has cautiously welcomed comments made in a speech on 15th September by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP, who has called on search engines like Google, as well as internet service providers, to bar links to websites offering pirated content in a bid to stem the proliferation of illegal downloads.

nlyte Software extends partner programme with host of new EMEA partners

20 Sep 2011

Growing demand for DCIM solutions across EMEA drives partner recruitment at nlyte Software

nlyte Software, the data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) solution provider founded by data centre professionals for data centre professionals, today announced the rapid expansion of its partner programme in the EMEA region.  Data centre storage, consultancy, services and applications performance management specialists Aplicaziones, EPI, Evanssion, Kedington, MCG Systems, and Shoden Data Systems have all joined nlyte Software’s growing portfolio of EMEA channel partners, to capitalise on the growing demand for DCIM software in the European market.

Mimecast placed in Sunday Times Tech Track 100 for the second consecutive year

19 Sep 2011

Cloud-based email management company achieves average annual growth rate of 97% over three years

Mimecast®, the leading supplier of cloud based email archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, yesterday celebrated the news that the company has been ranked for the second consecutive year in the prestigious Sunday Times Tech Track 100.  Mimecast, which grew at an average of 96.79 percent over the last three years, was placed 16^th, reflecting the company’s rapid growth both within the UK and abroad.

Geo Networks welcomes Andy Tipping as Sales Director for online sector

19 Sep 2011

Geo Networks (Geo), a provider of dedicated fibre networks, has appointed Andy Tipping as Sales Director to head up its new online business sector team. Andy will build on Geo’s recent success in the online space, with customers including toptable. He will be responsible for the evolution of Geo’s online proposition, targeting transaction-heavy, web based sectors such as gaming, gambling and e-Tail.

SIEM from Q1 Labs eases IPv6 migration

19 Sep 2011

Expert recommends that organisations test compatibility across security products and gateways as networks undergo upgrade, or risk breaches

Q1 Labs, the global provider of total security intelligence solutions, has urged organisations to look how Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems as well as IPS and IDS are configured as firms move to IPv6-based networks.

Interxion Achieves Pan-European ISO 27001 Recertification

15 Sep 2011

Recertification recognising Interxion’s continued commitment to delivering highly secure, reliable best-in-class data centres

INTERXION HOLDING NV (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced that it has achieved recertification of the internationally recognised ISO 27001 (Information Security and Business Continuity) standard for all 11 of its European country operations.

nlyte Software Selected by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen Global 200 Winner

15 Sep 2011

nlyte Software, the data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solution provider founded by data center professionals for data center professionals, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Global 200 winners.  Inclusion in the GoingGreen Global 200 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing markets and entrenched players. nlyte Software was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

LSI Announces Support for Continuously Available Systems Clustering on Next-Generation Microsoft Windows Server Platforms

15 Sep 2011

LSI to unveil high-availability direct-attached storage technology on stage at Microsoft BUILD Conference

LSI (NYSE: LSI) today announced it is working with Microsoft on the development of low-cost, Windows-based, high-availability (HA) server clustering solutions for Cloud datacentres and small and medium business (SMB) environments. The solutions will combine Microsoft’s experience in managing clustered server environments through the Windows operating system with LSI’s expertise delivering highly scalable storage and RAID interconnect technology. 

AMD Set to Deliver Next Generation x86 Platforms for Windows 8

14 Sep 2011

AMD and Microsoft collaborate to enrich computing experience across tablets, notebook and desktop PCs, workstations and servers

AMD announced today that it has created drivers to enable support for the upcoming Windows 8 operating system on AMD-based tablets, netbooks, PCs and servers. Continuing a long history of collaboration, AMD is working closely with Microsoft to empower a new generation of innovative PCs and small form factor computing devices.

Assertive Software announces deal with Nokia Siemens Networks

14 Sep 2011

HIPPO will optimise global Informatica environments and recharge accurate costs to the business

Powerful, Browser-Based Performance Tool Available Today on Informatica Marketplace

Assertive Software, the specialist in extending functionality of Informatica PowerCenter, has announced a new deal with Nokia Siemens Networks for HIPPO, its powerful, browser-based performance tool for Informatica PowerCenter.  Informatica PowerCenter allows organisations to access and integrate data from virtually any business system then deliver that data throughout the enterprise.

Tech start-ups given chance to pitch to Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales

13 Sep 2011

Tech Entrepreneurs Week announce Jimmy Wales as Head of Jury.

London’s reputation as Europe’s leading entrepreneurial tech hub was given another boost today with the announcement that Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales will be Head of Jury at a groundbreaking tech start-up funding event.

Daxten becomes value added reseller for mobile micro-data centres from Elliptical Mobile Solutions

13 Sep 2011

Daxten extends its portfolio with mobile micro-modular data centres from Elliptical Mobile Solutions

Elliptical Mobile Solutions (EMS), the innovative vendor and market leader for micro-modular data centres, today announced it has signed a Sales Representation and Reseller agreement with UK-based Daxten for the European, Middle Eastern, and African (EMEA) markets. 

The Open Group releases guide “Cloud Computing for Business”

12 Sep 2011

Leading global IT standards organisation introduces new book providing guidance and best practices for enterprises to maximise ROI fromcloud computing

The Open Group today announced the immediate availability of its new book, Cloud Computing for Business, which takes an in-depth look at cloud computing and how enterprises can derive the greatest business benefit from its potential. The publication is part of the ongoing work of The Open Group Cloud Computing Work Group, which exists to create, among buyers and suppliers, a common understanding of how enterprises of all sizes and scales of operation can use cloud computing technology in a safe and secure way in their architectures to realise its significant cost, scalability and agility benefits.

HP Unveils Expanded Enterprise Solutions for the Instant-On Enterprise

12 Sep 2011

Comprehensive security services and technology portfolio delivers insight and protection against modern cyberthreats

HP today announced its expanded Enterprise Security Solutions portfolio, designed to help enterprises establish and execute a comprehensive security strategy that addresses threats and potential liabilities resulting from the rise of mobility, cloud computing and social media.

iomart Hosting takes the Great Run into the cloud

12 Sep 2011

iomart Hosting, one of the UK’s leading cloud computing and managed hosting companies, has taken Nova International, organiser of the world’s biggest half marathon the Great North Run, into the cloud.

OSIsoft and nlyte Software Partner To Deliver Industry’s Only Comprehensive Real-Time Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Solution

12 Sep 2011

Industry Leaders Come Together to Deliver the Gold Standard for Precision-DCIM

 nlyte Software, the leading independent provider of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions, and OSIsoft, provider of the PI System, the industry standard for the management of real-time data and events, today announced a strategic partnership.

ISACA’s Information Security and Risk Management Conference Features Cloud Computing and PCI DSS Guidance

12 Sep 2011

14 – 16 November in Barcelona, Spain

With security continuing to be one of the top priorities for C-level executives, ISACA has today revealed a number of key sessions at its annual Information Security and Risk Management (ISRM) Conference in Europe. The three day event, to be held in Barcelona from 14-16 November, offers a fresh perspective on today’s challenges and future trends, including PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) compliance, Cloud Computing and Data Loss Prevention. With a mixture of industry professionals and end user case studies, this year’s line will have a variety of speakers—including representatives from the PCI Council, Deloitte and Touche, Emirates General Petroleum Corp, Telefónica and VISA— all sharing their invaluable insight and expertise, but perhaps more crucially their experiences of overcoming these hurdles. Attending delegates will receive the advice and tools needed, complemented by an unrivalled business insight, to design and implement workflows and practices to overcome these concerns, some as soon as they return to the organisation.  

Avecto says Apple co-founders Twitter hack highlights need for strong account security

12 Sep 2011

Reports that the Twitter account of Steve Wozniak – the co-founder of Apple – has been hacked may sound amusing, but the potential for disaster when a high-profile Twitter user's account is hacked is significant, says Avecto, the Windows privilege management specialist.

EMC Isilon to showcase transformational storage technology at IBC

08 Sep 2011

Storage leader to showcase largest file system, fastest Scale-out NAS platform and enhanced flexibility needed for next generation HD, 3D and VFX

EMC Corporation, the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that EMC Isilon will be showcasing its most complete line-up at IBC (Stand 7H10) to help deliver transformational IT systems to support advances in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment and news content.

nlyte Software Launches nlyte Express

08 Sep 2011

Leading independent DCIM provider set to democratise DCIM with new subscription-based solution

nlyte Software, the data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) solution provider founded by data centre professionals for data centre professionals,today announced the availability of nlyte Express Edition, an entry-level, DCIM solution designed to quickly and easily migrate any size of company away from using disaggregated desktop technologies such as Microsoft Excel and Visio towards an integrated DCIM software product that fully manages their physical data centre infrastructure.

RWE Chooses Verizon Managed Network Service Solution to Transform Energy Exchange

07 Sep 2011

RWE IT GmbH, the IT supplier within RWE AG, has joined with Verizon, a global leader in delivering communication, IT security and network solutions, to provide an international network organisation for its customers across the RWE Group. Under a new five year agreement, Verizon will work with RWE IT GmbH to provide a fully managed, end-to-end global communications service, including managed wide area network, local area network, Internet, voice and security solutions.

Cable&wireless Worldwide Signs Government secure intranet convergence framework to enable the public service network

07 Sep 2011

Cable&Wireless Worldwide has signed a two year framework agreement, with an option to extend up to a further two years, to provide the UK Government with a highly secure, dedicated pan-government directory and portal that will transform communications between central government, local government, the NHS and Police. It will play an important role in the modernisation of public services by enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of day-to-day interactions with citizens and businesses. This contract builds on the close partnership the company has established with the UK Government in developing the PSN. The transition to the GSi Convergence Framework is scheduled to complete in February 2012, and includes improved security applications and increased bandwidth for less cost. 

New Trusteer Cybercrime Prevention Architecture Adds Browser Exploit Removal and Fraudster Machine Fingerprinting to Arsenal

07 Sep 2011

Trusteer Intelligence Center warns that Second Non-Financial Malware has Morphed into Online Fraud Platform

 Trusteer, the leading provider of cybercrime prevention solutions, today announced new versions of the four products which make up its Cybercrime Prevention Architecture. The new capabilities remove malicious exploits in web page content, fingerprint fraudster machines attempting to access protected web applications, protect iOS and Android mobile devices from financial malware, and provide real-time data feeds on new malware attacks. Trusteer's Intelligence Center also warned today that a second non-financial malware variant has been retrofitted with fraud capabilities and is abusing its large installed base of infected machines to attack global financial institutions.

Data and Power Solutions becomes Geist Europe

07 Sep 2011

Leading UK 19” rack power manufacturer Data and Power Solutions has announced a change of trading name to Geist Europe.

Geist Manufacturing, which has its headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska, purchased a 50% stake in UK-based Data and Power Solutions in July 2010 and the decision has now been taken to develop the Geist Europe brand in line with global marketing objectives.

Stonesoft and Mycroft Talisen Partner to Provide Secure Access to Restricted Networks

06 Sep 2011

Stonesoft today announced a partnership with Mycroft Talisen, a specialist provider of managed security services, to offer remote access solutions for networks classified as ‘restricted’.

Raritan Introduces First-of-its-Kind Intelligent Asset Tags and Sensors to Keep Track of Data Center Servers and Supporting IT Infrastructure

06 Sep 2011

Accurate, automated, real-time inventory; helps data centers better understand exactly what they have and where it’s located

Raritan (Raritan.co.uk) today announced the general availability of the first intelligent Asset Management Tag and Sensor solution for improving data center asset management by providing accurate, real-time information on all IT assets and their locations.

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service uses Talend Data Quality to fight the hazards of data management

06 Sep 2011

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service selects open source data management solution, Talend Data Quality

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service has announced that it has selected Talend Data Quality an open source data management solution, to integrate and manage over 100 applications within its IT infrastructure.  The implementation of Talend Data Quality will enable the Service to dramatically reduce the time taken to compile reports, whilst ensuring the consistency and accuracy of information contained within them. 

NextiraOne Extends its Relationship with NetApp, becoming Gold Partner in Austria

06 Sep 2011

Communications expert strengthens comprehensive data centre portfolio with expertise in storage and data management from NetApp

NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has achieved NetApp Gold Partner status in Austria, extending the companies relationship with NetApp across Europe.

Imperva introduces new service for cloud-based DDoS protection

06 Sep 2011

New service defends companies from crippling DDoS attacks in real-time

Imperva, a pioneer and leader of a new category of data security solutions for high-value business data in the data center, today announced the availability of Imperva Cloud DDoS Protection, a simple, secure cloud-based service that safeguards businesses from debilitating and protracted Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. By subscribing to this service, organisations can protect against the downtime and brand damage, and potential lost revenue caused by DDoS attacks.

TeleWare Invests in New Partner Demo Suite at London's Harbour Exchange

06 Sep 2011

Fully equipped demonstration and meeting room opened to help partners close more deals

TeleWare, the leading provider of communications solutions for mobile and distributed workers, has announced that they have opened a new demonstration and meeting room in London’s Telecity Harbour Exchange offices which is fully bookable by any accredited UK partner.

Venafi calls on enterprises and government agencies to formulate CA disaster recovery plans in the wake of DigiNotar Hack

06 Sep 2011

With DigiNotar joining the ranks of Comodo, StartSSL and RSA as a trusted third-party security organisation successfully compromised by hackers, enterprises need to move past the shock and begin formulating their own compromise recovery and business continuity plans, states Venafi, enterprise key and certificate management (EKCM) solution experts.

Dimension Data Launches Data Cetnre Networking Assessment Service

06 Sep 2011

Data centres are at the beginning of the most important transition since the move away from mainframes

Traditional network architectures and network technology will not deliver the performance and functionality needed to support the fully evolved and virtualised data centre.  That’s according to specialist IT services and solutions provider, Dimension Data which announced today the availability of its Data Centre Networking (DCN) Assessment service that helps organisations implement a future-state data centre architected to support their future IT strategy and business objectives.

MobiDM 4 manages mobility from the cloud

06 Sep 2011

Mobility ecosystem for Mobile Device Management, Application Management and Security

Enterprise mobility specialist VeliQ introduces the 4th generation 'Mobility as a Service' (MaaS) solution for the platform-independent management of mobile devices and applications in companies. MobiDM 4 goes considerably further than Mobile Device Management solutions, with extensive functionality for application management and security. ICT managers can use it to simply manage the fast-growing penetration of Bring Your Own device by employees and the use of business apps through an enterprise app store in the cloud. MobiDM 4 is also extended with support for role-based user rights, context-aware functionality and a software development kit (SDK) for the addition of complementary functionality by partners.

Brand-Rex Announces the Launch of a New Business Partner Programme

05 Sep 2011

Brand-Rex, a world leading supplier of structured cabling solutions for enterprise and data centre networks, has furthered its commitment to support and development to its partners with the launch of its new Business Partner Program.

Quest Software, Quantum Team to Offer More Intelligent Data Protection for VMware Environments

02 Sep 2011

Quest Software, Inc. has certified vRanger^®, its market-leading VMware backup software, on  Quantum DXi systems. The use of vRanger with Quantum DXi-Series deduplication appliances significantly enhances backup and recovery performance, while dramatically reducing storage requirements.

F5 and VMware Solutions Streamline Live Migration and Desktop Virtualization

02 Sep 2011

F5’s BIG-IP products combine with VMware and EMC solutions to efficiently migrate virtual machines; deliver high availability and optimized performance for VMware View™ deployments

F5 Networks, Inc. has announced enhanced capabilities for data center-to-data center live migration and desktop virtualization deployments. Through F5’s integration efforts with VMware, EMC, and other organizations, customers can maximize the value of technology investments and enable cost savings for virtualization and cloud deployments.

Dell Completes Acquisition of Data Center Networking Leader Force10 Networks

01 Sep 2011

Dell has announced it has finalized its acquisition of Force10 Networks, a leader in high-performance data center networking. The Force10 acquisition is Dell’s latest investment to broaden its networking portfolio to deliver its Virtual Network Services Infrastructure. Dell expects the transaction to be accretive to earnings in the second half of next year.

French Management School ESSCA entrusts Unified Communications to NextiraOne

01 Sep 2011

NextiraOne to refresh school’s entire unified communications infrastructure

NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has been chosen by the business school ESSCA in Angers, one of France’s leading higher education colleges, to renew its unified communications infrastructure for its sites at Angers and Boulogne. The architecture is based around a Microsoft Lync server environment and Exchange 2010.

Interxion’s City of London Data Centre is Powered by 100% Renewable Energy

01 Sep 2011

Interxion today announced that its London data centre has taken another step forward in reducing its carbon footprint by signing up to 100% renewable energy from UK provider SmartestEnergy.

Mimecast launches archive search capability for BlackBerry® to increase mobile workforce productivity

01 Sep 2011

Unified Email Management provider launches first email archiving solution to integrate with the BlackBerry email application, with more mobile platforms to follow

Mimecast®, the leading supplier of cloud based email archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, today announced its new email archiving service for BlackBerry smartphones. The new Mimecast service aims to increase mobile workforce productivity by giving users access to their entire personal archive through their standard BlackBerry email interface. Users will be able to search and view their Mimecast personal archive from a BlackBerry handset, copy email from the archive to their inbox, and reply and forward archived messages.

Data center solution vendor Raritan joins Green IT Amsterdam

01 Sep 2011

Brings unique energy management skills and insights to consortium

Raritan (Raritan.nl) today joined the consortium Green IT Amsterdam Region, which is  focused at creating a "Green Collar Economy". An industry pioneer since 1985, Raritan offers ICT and facility departments innovative solutions to improve energy management efficiency, improve data center productivity and enhance IT infrastructure operations.

Brocade Revolutionises IT Economics with Subscription-Based Pricing for Network Infrastructure

31 Aug 2011

Brocade Network Subscription Enables Customers to Align Network Investments with Actual Usage but without Capital Expenditures 

Brocade today announced the availability of an innovative, subscription-based acquisition option for network infrastructure that allows organisations to align network capacity with fluctuating business demands.Brocade Network Subscription is optimised to address the unique requirements of cloud-based IT environments and represents a viable new procurement alternative that offers customers the most flexible, open-ended network acquisition option available today.

Talend Appoints Peter Gyenes to its Board of Directors Former CEO of Ascential

31 Aug 2011

Brings Wealth of Technology and Business Experience to Open Source Integration Company

Talend today announced that Peter Gyenes has joined its Board of Directors. With more than four decades of enterprise software and systems experience, Gyenes brings to Talend much relevant experience in scaling technology companies successfully.

eBay Asian Exporters Drive Global Trade and Ecommerce Growth

31 Aug 2011

eBay launches first ever Asian Exporters’ Index

eBay’s Asian exporters are experiencing a 26% jump in annual sales across the region, according to a report released by eBay today. The Asian Exporters’ Index found this increase was posted by large Asian exporters with an annual turnover of more than US $100,000. 200 of these exporters – mostly based in China and Hong Kong – recorded annual turnovers in excess of US $1 million.  The Asian exporter with the largest turnover on eBay is based in Hong Kong and had annual sales over US $21.7 million

irst Data Selects Trusteer to Help Financial Institutions Comply with new FFIEC Guidance for Online Banking Security

31 Aug 2011

Trusteer Fraud Prevention Architecture to be Available with First Data Internet Banking Platform

Trusteer, a leading provider of secure web access services, today announced that First Data will make Trusteer Rapport and Trusteer Pinpoint available with the First Data Internet Banking solutions. First Data Corporation is a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing. The company will refer Trusteer to its financial institution clients as a preferred solution provider for risk mitigation and to help enhance financial institution compliance with the new FFIEC guidance on Internet banking security.

KONAMI Selects Radware’s ADC-VX Virtualisation Solution For its Online Entertainment Site

31 Aug 2011

Advanced ADC virtualisation solution enables global developer of electronic entertainment to improve quality of experience for customers

Radware, a leading provider of application delivery and application security solutions for virtual and cloud data centres, today announced that Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. (KONAMI) has purchased Radware’s ADC-VX, the industry's first Application Delivery Controller (ADC) hypervisor that runs multiple virtual ADC instances on Radware’s dedicated OnDemand Switch platform. KONAMI will use the solution to consolidate its system infrastructure, improve the quality of experience for customers, and provide them with new ways of having fun.

Brocade Advances Ethernet Fabric Innovation to Unleash the Power of Virtualisation

31 Aug 2011

New Brocade VDX Switch Models and Zero-Touch Virtual Machine Discovery, Configuration and Mobility Enhance the Industry’s Only Shipping Ethernet Fabric Portfolio to Increase Business Agility and Simplify Operations

Today at VMworld, Brocade today announced it is delivering more choice, flexibility and automation to customers deploying virtualisation and cloud IT infrastructures. Specifically, the company announced enhancements to the Brocade^® Ethernet fabric portfolio that utilises Brocade VCS™ technology. These enhancements are designed to increase scalability, improve virtual machine (VM) awareness, further simplify management and significantly reduce operational overhead.

iomart Hosting and Ecebs power Smart travel in North East England

30 Aug 2011

Managed hosting company’s data centre infrastructure supports growth of Smart technology 

Smart media company Ecebs is to take advantage of the skills and experience of Scottish Digital IT Company of the Year iomart Hosting, to supply Tyne and Wear’s transport authority, Nexus, with the ability to process thousands of smartcard transactions each day. 

Fusion-io unveils ioCache virtualisation solution

30 Aug 2011

Fusion’s ioTurbine software and customised ioMemory accelerator virtualises flash to deliver affordable performance for virtualising data-intensive enterprise applications

Fusion-io, Inc., a provider of a shared data decentralisation platform, today announced its ioCachesolution customised to deliver Fusion Powered performance for the virtualisation of even data-intensive enterprise applications in VMware environments, including environments that use vMotion. The ioCache bundle features a new purpose-built ioMemory product dedicated to accelerating Fusion’s ioTurbine virtualisation caching software.

New StoneGate FW-315 firewall appliance meets the security needs of small networks and branch offices

30 Aug 2011

Stonesoft today introduces the StoneGate FW-315 firewall/VPN appliance with UTM functionality, which has been designed for small networks and branch offices. StoneGate FW-315 provides reliable data security combined with high availability features, which guarantee network continuity at all times.

Cloud Industry Forum joins Third Party Assurance initiative

30 Aug 2011

CIF partners with business assurance initiative to help organisations overcome third party security risks

The Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) today announced it has partnered with the Third Party Assurance Centre (TPAC), a business assurance initiative, formed to help minimise outsourcing risks. Other industry bodies partnering with TPAC include the Information Security Forum, Cloud Security Alliance, Common Assurance Maturity Model, and the Payment Card Industry board of advisers. 

International ATM cyberheist drains Florida pre-paid card bank of $13 million

30 Aug 2011

News that a Florida-based bank has been left holding the baby in a $13 million ATM fraud highlights the increasingly complex world of cybercrime and the multi-faceted layers of security needed to defend against it, says Lieberman Software.

EnterpriseDB Announces Postgres Plus® Cloud Server

26 Aug 2011

First PostgreSQL database-as-a-service Supports Public and Private Clouds including Amazon EC2, Eucalyptus and Bare Metal Deployments with Oracle Compatibility Features

EnterpriseDB, the leading worldwide provider of PostgreSQL and Oracle compatibility products and services, today announced Postgres Plus® Cloud Server, a full-featured, enterprise-class PostgreSQL database-as-a-service (DaaS) for public and private clouds with support for Amazon EC2 and Eucalyptus.  In addition, Postgres Plus® Cloud Server can be used outside the cloud as an easy-to-use scale-out database architecture for bare metal deployment in standard data centers.

Verizon Acquires CloudSwitch

26 Aug 2011

Verizon Communications Inc. announced today that it has acquired CloudSwitch, an innovative provider of cloud software technology, in a deal that will simplify the move to the enterprise cloud and help to boost industry adoption.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Tohoku University Selects SGI to Advance Fluid Science Research

25 Aug 2011

Internationally Recognized Research Institute Begins Large-Scale 3-D Visualization Studies with SGI® Altix® UV 1000

SGI has announced that theInstitute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan has begun operation of an SGI high performance computing (HPC) system. The HPC system consists of an SGI® Altix® UV 1000 operating at over 32 teraflops and delivering up to 4x peak performance over the previous system.

UK hosting leader iomart Hosting helps internet consultancy reduce servers

25 Aug 2011

HBS internet goes virtual with iomart Hosting

Cloud computing and managed hosting leader iomart Hosting has helped UK consultancy HBS Internet to virtualise.

HBS Internet services 150 clients across the UK and Europe, ranging in size from multi-nationals and large organisations right down to the smallest of businesses, providing them with broadband, hosting, SEO services, web maintenance, web design, backup services as well as mail and file transfer management. It also helps clients with their IT and web infrastructure giving valuable commercial advice and support.

Core Network Upgrade Supports The Bunker’s Continued Growth

22 Aug 2011

The Bunker, providers of Ultra Secure Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Colocation, and Outsourced IT from within Europe’s most secure data centres today announced its core network has been upgraded to 10Gb bandwidth capacity.

Lieberman Software Partners with EdgeSeven to provide security management products in the United Kingdom

22 Aug 2011

Lieberman Software Corporation, the Pioneers of Privileged Identity Management^SM (PIM), and EdgeSeven, an organisation  of information security specialists, today announced their channel partner agreement. Effective immediately, EdgeSeven is providing the entire line of Lieberman Software’s PIM and security management products to customers throughout the United Kingdom, helping organisations secure privileged identities, protect sensitive data and achieve regulatory compliance. EdgeSeven specializes in providing security monitoring and event management solutions. The company has deployed advanced solutions to organisations across all market sectors including telecommunications, finance, government and defense.

F5 Acquires Intellectual Property Assets of Crescendo Networks

22 Aug 2011

Crescendo’s core engineering team joins F5, bolsters company’s ADN expertise

F5 Networks, Inc. the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), has announced that it has acquired the intellectual property assets of Crescendo Networks.

Mazda Austria Standardises Online Car Exchange on JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

22 Aug 2011

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Mazda Austria has reduced operating costs, enhanced employee productivity, and increased adaptability and manageability of its online car management systems with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.

SGI Acquires OpenCFD Ltd., the Leader In Open Source Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Software

16 Aug 2011

Leader in Technical Computing Set to Reshape Product Design by Offering
Open and Complete CFD Solution

SGI today announced that it has completed the acquisition of OpenCFD Ltd., the leader in open source computational fluid dynamics.

Norwegian University of Science and Technology Selects SGI to Take Weather Forecasting and National Research Capabilities to the Next Level

15 Aug 2011

SGI System to Deliver Up to 20X Compute Performance Improvement

SGI has announced that the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), along with the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (met.no), have selected SGI to install a next generation SGI® Altix® ICE system built with the future Intel® Xeon® processor series. NTNU and met.no intend to use this new system to accelerate numerical weather predictions and to develop atmospheric and oceanographic models for improved weather forecasting for Norway and the adjacent seas. The high performance computing (HPC) system also will play a vital role in supporting additional departments at NTNU by providing a substantial increase in calculation capability so that these Centers of Excellence may stay competitive on an international level.

34 New Products Join the Server Technology CDU Line; 220 so far in 2011

15 Aug 2011

Customer Driven Innovation is key to innovation in data center power distribution unit marketplace

Server Technology announced today the release of over 200 new data center products this year, reflecting the need for custom and unique data center power innovation and technology.   For over 25 years, Server Technology has been recognized as the global leader of innovative, intelligent power distribution products and solutions for data centers, telecommunications operations and branch offices.

Lebara Mobile becomes first MVNO to own fibre infrastructure with Geo Networks

15 Aug 2011

70km dedicated fibre to link up intra-London data centres

High quality infrastructure will support accelerated growth of Lebara’s global business

Geo Networks Limited (“Geo”), a provider of dedicated  fibre networks, has extended its reach in the mobile space by winning a contract with Lebara Mobile, part of the wider Lebara Group. Lebara has doubled its data usage year-on-year in a fiercely competitive market, recently winning best Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) and Best Customer Service at this year’s Mobile News Awards. And with mobile data traffic set to exceed 14,000 petabytes by 2015[1], it needed a network that would support it through its rapid expansion.

Talend Recognised as Visionary in the Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools

15 Aug 2011

Leading Industry Analyst Firm positioned Talend based on ‘Ability to Execute’ and ‘Completeness of Vision’

Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Visionaries” quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools”[1]report. This recognition comes at a time when Talend continues to drive product innovation and grow its client base with new customers and expansion of existing relationships.

Memset joins the Cloud Industry Forum

12 Aug 2011

UK-based IT hosting company becomes the latest organisation to join CIF and to support its Code of Practice

Memset has announced it has formally joined the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), an industry body established to promote trust, security and transparency within the sector.

Platform Computing recognised for second consecutive year at International Business Awards

12 Aug 2011

Company earned Distinguished Honouree medal for ‘Company of the Year’ in computer software for growth in cloud management and business analytics

Platform Computing, the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software, has earned a Distinguished Honouree medal for accomplishments in computer software in the “Company of the Year” category in the 2011 International Business Awards (IBA).  The International Business Awards are the only global business awards programme honouring great performances in business. As a 2011 honouree, Platform Computing was selected for applying its already solid foundation in grid and distributed computing to address the evolving needs of IT infrastructure, marking the company’s entry into enterprise-ready solutions that support business analytics and private cloud management. This is the second consecutive year Platform Computing has been honoured by the IBA. In 2010, Platform ISF, the company’s dynamic cloud management software, was recognised in the “Best New Product of the Year - Computer Software” category.

Crytek Operates Online Media Platform at Interxion Frankfurt

12 Aug 2011

Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced that Crytek GmbH has chosen Interxion’s Frankfurt data centre to host its online Media platforms.

Iconnyx launches ‘Quick Start Cloud’ package

11 Aug 2011

A comprehensive bundle of IT services for growing SMBs

Iconnyx unveils its Quick Start Cloud solution - a complete outsourced IT managed service powered by cloud-based systems - and wins its first Quick Start Cloud clientParagon Personnel.  The new product wraps together IT services, support, hardware maintenance and internet connectivity into a comprehensive solution that provides businesses with an easy-to-implement IT infrastructure and a reassuring step into cloud-based technologies.

Lieberman Software says go wired-only as new Android attack app appears

11 Aug 2011

As a new wireless network sniffing app for Android – reportedly with attack, man-in-the-middle and remote trojan facilities – is about to be released, Lieberman Software is warning companies that wireless connections should no longer be considered the best option for network deployments.

Force10 Teams With Solarflare to Offer Bundled End-to-End 10GbE Solution

11 Aug 2011

Force10's S4810™ Top-of-Rack Switch and the Solarflare SFN5122F and SFN5162F dual port 10GbE SFP+ Server Adapters Now Offered by Distributors Avnet and Synnex

Force10 Networks, Inc., a leader in high-performance data center networking, today announced that it has entered into a joint marketing agreement with Solarflare, a leader in high-performance, low-latency 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) server adapters and software, to bundle Force10’s S4810 top-of-rack (ToR) data center switch with the Solarflare SFN5122F Enterprise dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) SFP+ server adapter and the Solarflare SFN5162F Midrange dual-port 10GbE SFP+ server adapter providing customers with an end-to-end solution for 10GbE networking. The bundles are available through Force10’s authorized distributors, Avnet and Synnex, in Europe, US, and Canada in configurations that include 12, 24 and 48 server adapters along with S4810 switches.

Q1 Labs and the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) Commit to Developing Advanced Security Intelligence Technology

09 Aug 2011

Leading Security Intelligence provider joins firms including BAE Systems, Thales and Altera on Pan-European Industrial Board

Q1 Labs, the global provider of total security intelligence solutions, today announced that it has become a member and official partner of the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This further demonstrates Q1 Labs’ commitment to European security intelligence markets and builds on the company’s existing European efforts out of its distribution, R&D, sales and support centre, also located in Belfast.

UKFast Helps You Access Apps in the Cloud

09 Aug 2011

As recent figures suggest that mobile working has tripled in the last twelve months, internet hosting specialist UKFast has launched the latest product in its cloud services range – CloudApps.  

Siemon Launches Overhead Patching Solution for Data Centres

09 Aug 2011

Global network infrastructure specialist Siemon, has added a new cable-tray mounted rack for overhead patch panels to its line of data centre cable management solutions.  Designed to mount directly to overhead ladder rack or cable tray, Siemon’s cable tray rack delivers 4U of easily installed and accessible 19” rack mount space above cabinets and racks without consuming floor or cabinet space, making it ideal for use within Zone Distribution Areas (ZDAs) or Equipment Distribution Areas (EDAs) in data centres.

TelecityGroup acquires leading Irish data centre operator Data Electronics

08 Aug 2011

TelecityGroup has today announced it has acquired Data Electronics Group Limited ("Data Electronics"), Ireland’s leading provider of highly connected carrier-neutral data centres, for a total consideration of £87.6 million in cash.

Rackspace Launches Critical Sites In Europe For Crucial Connectivity

08 Aug 2011

Rackspace Strengthens Enterprise Services for EMEA Customers with Launch of Critical Sites for Extreme Mission-Critical Deployments

Rackspace® Hosting has announced the European launch of its Critical Sites service. Designed to serve customers whose online presence is ‘extremely mission-critical’, Critical Sites delivers enterprise-level web hosting solutions and customer-facing applications and web services.

BT and Teleware join forces to provide mobile device recording service

08 Aug 2011

Network based service to facilitate financial services firms to meet FSA mobile recording regulation

BT and TeleWare today announced the immediate availability of a network-based recording service for mobile devices, designed to help UK financial organisations meet new Financial Services Authority (FSA) call recording regulations, which come into effect on November 14, 2011.

Convergence Group selects Geo Networks’ fibre for its customers

08 Aug 2011

Three-year dark fibre deal will underpin company’s scalable data services

Geo Networks Limited (“Geo”), the leading provider of dedicated fibre networks, has today announced a second deal with Internet Protocol (IP) and network provider, Convergence Group. The Midlands based, service provider serves bandwidth intensive sectors such as technology and broadcast. The deal sees a 36km network carry voice, web and video traffic across London via Geo fibre in the city’s sewer network.

Brunel University extends value of telephony with Tiger Communications

01 Aug 2011

Participation in Tiger User Group offers a valuable resource to help gain insights from peers and experts

Tiger Communications, a leading provider of Call Management Solutions, today announced that its successful installation at the Brunel University has reached its 6th year, supported in part by the active participation of the Telecommunication management team within the Tiger User Group.

Telehouse opens new floor with 1000m² of London data centre space

01 Aug 2011

Telehouse, a leading provider of global data centres and managed ICT services, has released an additional floor with almost 1000m² of colocation space at Telehouse West, its state-of-the-art flagship data centre facility in London’s East India Dock adjacent to its existing sites.

The Bunker and CNS announce IT security partnership

28 Jul 2011

Collaboration offers PCI DSS & GSx CoCo (IL3) certified solutions within ultra-secure data centres

The Bunker delivers ultra secure Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Colocation, and Outsourced IT from within Europe’s most secure data centres, and is pleased to announce a partnership to offer CNS’s COMPLIANCEngine and payment card industry (PCI QSA) compliance services alongside The Bunker’s ultra-secure data centres.

Citrix reports second quarter financial results

28 Jul 2011

Quarterly revenue of $531 million up 16% year-over-year

Second quarter GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.43 up 70% year-over-year

Second quarter non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.57 up 38% year-over-year

Citrix Systems, Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 ended 30 June, 2011.

Quantum announces two new additions to DXi6700 family

28 Jul 2011

Additions to DXi6700 Family Provide Leading Performance and Value, Unique Approach to Distributed Deduplication

Quantum Corp. today announced two new additions to its DXi6700 family of disk backup systems, offering a unique combination of industry-leading performance and value and the ability to extend deduplication beyond appliances. With future-proof features and scalability spanning midrange and enterprise environments, the DXi6701 and DXi6702 appliances provide multi-protocol interfaces and the highest performance in their class. Encompassing new DXi Accent™ software that distributes deduplication to backup servers, the new additions to the DXi^®-Series provide unmatched flexibility for where deduplication takes place on the network. With all necessary software licenses included in the price and an easy-to-deploy design, the DXi6700 family delivers best-in-class total cost of ownership (TCO).

Cloud is just as fast as conventional hosting environments

28 Jul 2011

The cloud can be at least as fast as conventional hosting environments, says a new report by cloud performance experts Intechnica.

The report, called How Fast is the Cloud?, also highlighted that when the total cost of ownership is considered, the cloud is a competitive solution that businesses cannot ignore.

DataFlux Adds Data Governance, Workflow Enhancements to Master Data Management Solution

28 Jul 2011

DataFlux® qMDM Solution Leverages Award-Winning DataFlux Data Management Platform to Provide Advanced Capabilities for Master Data Management

Advent Optimises Global Access to Data and Applications with Silver Peak

28 Jul 2011

Silver Peak WAN Optimisation Eclipses Industry with Unmatched Scalability, Ease-of-Use, and more than 10x Performance Improvement of Data Transfers over Shared WANs

Providing mission-critical applications to thousands of companies requires high-performance WAN connectivity across distance.  However, the underlying wide area network (WAN) infrastructure spanning the globe is plagued with bandwidth limitations, latency, and packet loss that can impair application use and delivery.  Advent Software Inc., a leading provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, is addressing this by standardising on the Silver Peak Systems data centre class WAN optimisation appliances.

Work obsessed Brits abroad - 73% of workers check emails whilst on holiday

28 Jul 2011

And a further 62% admit their boss expects to be in touch with them whilst enjoying the summer sun

Bags packed, flights booked and foreign currency in their pockets.  The workforce might be jetting off but they’re definitely not leaving the daily grind behind.  Instead –according to a survey conducted by the secure storage specialist Origin Storage – of 1,000 office workers in the City of London, a whopping 73% of workers will check in with the office, whilst on holiday.  The results also show that over 50% of those planning a summer break abroad will remain in contact with the office every day to ensure things stay on track during their absence, by checking email accounts and text.  Of this group, 32% check their emails more than once a day and if you’re the boss, it seems you never truly rest as 83% admitted that they will be in touch with their offices throughout their entire vacation.

Computacenter supports cloud initiative with nlyte Software's DCIM suite

27 Jul 2011

Leading European IT infrastructure services provider extends use of nlyte Software for C3 cloud offering, data centre integration and improved energy efficiency

nlyte Software, the most technologically advanced provider of Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software, today announced that IT infrastructure services provider Computacenter has extended the use of nlyte Software’s DCIM suite to support its new C3 cloud initiative, which offers organisations the ability to adopt the cloud using an optimal blend of onsite and offsite IT delivery models.

nlyte Software launches the nlyte Partner Network

26 Jul 2011

DCIM vendor responds to overwhelming partner demand

nlyte Software, the most technologically advanced provider of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software, today launches the nlyte Partner Network in response to overwhelming demand by prospective business partners.  The nlyte Software global partner program provides integrators, consultants, resellers, managed service providers and technology providers with the opportunity to team with nlyte Software to capitalize on the explosive growth in the DCIM market.

F5 Delivers on Dynamic Data Center Vision with New Application Control Plane Architecture

26 Jul 2011

BIG-IP^® v11 software speeds provisioning of services, provides application-centric view of the network infrastructure, and offers coordinated protection against complex multilayer security attacks

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced the release of its powerful BIG-IP^® version 11 software. Building on F5’s vision of the dynamic data center, this new version speeds provisioning of services on an application-by-application basis, aligns IT functions and services more closely with business needs, and enables better visibility and reporting of IT resource utilization.

New Report Ranks Quest as One of Top 3 Vendors for Virtual Server Management Software

26 Jul 2011

Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT) has announced that a new report by industry analyst firm IDC ranks it as one of the top three vendors by market share for virtual server management software, for the second consecutive year. The report specifically notes that, “Quest Software continues to build on the base established by the Vizioncore acquisition as well as extending the vFoglight business.”

Mimecast to offer $30m in free Migration Services for companies migrating to Exchange 2010 and Office 365

26 Jul 2011

Mimecast to offer free six-month service to mitigate the risk of email downtime and data loss and provide users with a seamless transition during their migration

Los Angeles: Mimecast®, the leading supplier of cloud-based email archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365,  has announced it will be offering a six-month package of Migration Services to organisations upgrading to Microsoft Exchange 2010 or Office 365, helping to prevent email downtime and data loss during the migration process. These services will be available free of charge to any organisation migrating to Microsoft Exchange 2010 or Office 365 within six months of taking up the offer.  Mimecast is also targeting channel partners looking to accelerate the provision of migration services to their customers.

LSI Launches CacheVault Flash Cache Protection for MegaRAID 6Gb/s SATA+SAS Controllers

26 Jul 2011

CacheVault technology writes data in controller cache to flash memory for greener, lower total cost cache protection from power failures

LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced MegaRAID® CacheVault™ technology, providing flash-based cache protection for LSI® MegaRAID 6Gb/s SATA+SAS RAID controller cards. MegaRAID CacheVault uses solid-state NAND flash memory to protect data stored in RAID controller cache by automatically transferring cached data to flash when a power failure occurs. CacheVault technology eliminates the need for Lithium-ion batteries, and their associated hardware maintenance costs, resulting in a greener, lower total cost cache protection solution. 

Lieberman Software and Yubico partner to deliver stronger security in the wake of RSA token breach

25 Jul 2011

Partnership Provides Improved Countermeasures against Threats like Token Breaches, Key Logging, Social Engineering and Other Attacks

A new generation of regulatory compliance rules mandates the use of multi-factor authentication to ensure that only authorized IT staff are able to access an organization’s powerful privileged accounts.

LSI First to Sample 12Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip, Controller and Expander ICs to Server and External Storage OEMs

25 Jul 2011

Technology demonstrations for OEM customers break the million IOPS performance barrier with a single 8-port RAID-on-Chip IC

LSI Corporation today announced the industry's first sample shipments of 12Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip (ROC), controller and expander ICs to server and external storage OEMs, underscoring LSI leadership in the SAS market segment. By providing customers with early samples of 12Gb/s SAS silicon, LSI is delivering a key technology milestone and laying the foundation for the anticipated SCSI Trade Association 12Gb/s SAS Plugfest in mid-2012.  

ControlCircle earns ISO/IEC 20000:20005 certification

25 Jul 2011

ControlCircle, a leading managed services provider, today announced that it has attained International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO)/IEC 20000:20005 certification for its UK operations centre demonstrating its leadership in IT service management.

Cloud Industry Forum supports new research but calls for more clarity within the cloud sector

22 Jul 2011

A recent survey from independent industry analyst house, IDC, highlighted five deciding factors of respondents purchasing cloud solutions: security, stability, reliability, integration and costs. The findings of the IDC report largely reflect those of CIF’s independent research, which was released earlier this year.

SUSE launches next generation of award-winning SUSE Studio

22 Jul 2011

SUSE Studio 1.2 accelerates application deployment across physical, virtual and cloud environments

SUSE has announced the availability of SUSE Studio Version 1.2. The latest update to the award-winning development platform helps customers more easily build, update and manage application images across x86, public cloud and IBM System z* deployments, significantly reducing the overhead associated with managing a heterogeneous IT environment.

HP Helps Enterprises Advance Development for the Cloud

22 Jul 2011

Service virtualization and application life cycle intelligence solutions accelerate application delivery

HP has announced new software solutions that improve collaboration among application delivery teams, enabling organizations to accelerate business innovation and lower operational costs.

LSI Announces Availability of Family of Network Accelerator Cards for Enterprise, Data Centres and Service Providers

22 Jul 2011

Complete platform built on industry-leading silicon with software protocols to provide high performance and deterministic features for networking OEMs

LSI Corporation has announced the availability of a family of network accelerator cards that offload complex, compute-intensive functions, delivering high performance and reducing time to market. The accelerator cards come in a variety of industry form factors and are highly programmable, allowing OEMs to use existing software investments and reducing development costs. 

Emerson Network Power Unveils Trellis Adoption Strategy

22 Jul 2011

Migration from and integration with existing solutions demonstrates how the Trellis platform will bridge the gap between IT and facility systems

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR) and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, unveiled today its data center infrastructure management (DCIM) adoption strategy to enable users of Avocent, Aperture and Liebert DCIM software solutions to adopt the Trellis™ dynamic infrastructure optimization platform.

Patsystems Locates Its London ASP Hub within Interxion

22 Jul 2011

INTERXION HOLDING NV (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, is pleased to announce that Patsystems, a leading provider of trading and risk management solutions, has selected its City of London data centre to host its recently launched London access point. Market participants can now easily and cost-effectively interconnect to Patsystems XConnect hub at Interxion.

Extended Coverage for FSA Mobile Call Recording through CAMEL Support

22 Jul 2011

TeleWare Mobile Compliance international roaming coverage now available in 5 further countries, including Australia

TeleWare has announced an increase in the number of countries supporting the CAMEL standard, increasing the company’s ability to record mobile phone calls while users are outside of the UK.

Lieberman Software, Hewlett-Packard Integration Controls Privileged Access to Lights-Out Management Devices

22 Jul 2011

Today’s IT administrators rely on remote access devices to manage essential datacenter functions without the need to be in the same physical location as the servers. However, if the privileged account passwords on these devices are not frequently changed, anyone with knowledge of the default passwords can gain unrestricted, anonymous access to these systems.

Cyber Security Challenge gears up for frenzied week of competitions

22 Jul 2011

QinetiQ Network Defence returns to test more than 500 candidates SANS Institute launches brand new competition to test digital forensics skills

Hundreds of budding cyber security professionals will compete over the next few days to prove their credentials as the new programme of Cyber Security Challenge competitions gets into full swing.

Raritan Introduces Mobile KVM Access for SmartPhones and Tablets to Manage Data Centers from Anywhere

21 Jul 2011

New release of Dominion^® KX II delivers a number of industry firsts; First SmartPhone/Tablet KVM-over-IP solution, in-browser KVM client, and end-to-end digital audio over IP

Raritan today introduced the first KVM-over-IP switch that enables the use of SmartPhones and tablets to manage remote servers.  Using Apple iPhones^® and iPads^®, IT administrators on the go can obtain secure BIOS-level access to servers being managed by Raritan's Dominion^® KX II release 2.4 and CommandCenter^® Secure Gateway release 5.2.

Office for National Statistics’ switch to Tiger 2020’s Managed Service gives managers the tools to help reduce telecommunications costs and reduce IT burden

21 Jul 2011

Hosted Call Management solution offers accurate instant reporting through self service web portal and tools to quickly identify any calling anomalies

Tiger Communications, a leading provider of Call Management Solutions, has announced that the Office for National Statistics is using Tiger 2020 as a Managed Service to increase visibility and accountability of its call charging across all its three sites.

Sand, Sea and Smartphones: European Holidaymakers Cannot Leave the Internet at Home

21 Jul 2011

New research shows that 95 percent of holidaymakers jet off with at least one Internet-enabled device in their luggage; half demand daily access to content no matter their location

More than half of all Europeans take at least one holiday each year, which means some 250 million people are well-versed in planning what essential items to squeeze into their luggage. New research from Brocade* (Nasdaq: BRCD) shows that, along with sun cream and swimsuits, 95 percent of European holidaymakers take at least one Internet-enabled device with them and are simply not prepared to "switch off" from e-mail (work or personal), online entertainment or social media sites. 

Logicalis forms Joint Venture in Indonesia with Metrodata

21 Jul 2011

Logicalis Group, the international IT and Communications solutions integrator, has announced it is establishing a joint venture operation in Indonesia. Heads of terms have been agreed with leading Indonesian ICT Group, P.T. Metrodata Electronics, Tbk based in Jakarta.

New survey from Nexans shows Data Centre managers are readying themselves for the Bandwidth Boom

21 Jul 2011

65% of respondents to a recent Nexans’ survey* plan to increase bandwidth within 5 years with 57% believing that a mix of both fibre and copper is  the safest route to future-proof data centres

Moore’s Law is being challenged and independent research shows that by 2017 demand for 40G is expected to exceed 10G as the standard rate of transmission between server and switch in the data centre, with 100G following soon after.

EANTC and Ixia team to deliver industry's first multi-vendor 100 GE benchmarking tests

19 Jul 2011

Multiple Vendors Demonstrate Adherence to Rigorous Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) Standards and Prove Scalability of Services over 100GE

Ixia, the leading global provider of converged IP and wireless network test solutions, and EANTC, a vendor-neutral consultancy and test facility, announced today a cooperative effort to deliver testing criteria, methodology and administration of multiple vendors’ 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) switches. This EANTC-led, industry-first set of benchmark tests provides carriers, data centre managers and application service providers with a detailed insight into various Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) products using a consistent test methodology via Ixia’s 100GE testing solution. The first in this series of tests took place during May and June 2011, and the first two 100GE product test reports for ZTE and Alcatel-Lucent are available on Light Reading’s webpage.

NextiraOne and NICE Tackle New Payment Card Data Security Rules for Contact Centre Operators

19 Jul 2011

Real-time Solutions from NICE plus NextiraOne Contact Centre Expertise Ensures Compliancy with (PCI-DSS) Regulations

NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has today announced that it has put in place the skills required to help customers tackle their payment card data security compliancy issues when operating a contact centre. Working in collaboration with NICE Systems Limited, NextiraOne has integrated NICE’s real-time PCI solution into its customer offering for new contact centres and is also offering upgrades to existing contact centre customers to bring them up to the new data security standards.

Core Consultancy completes datacenter upgrade, opens new office and appoints sales manager

18 Jul 2011

Award winning firm strengthens business platform and achieves ISO 27001 compliance to manage continued demand for business continuity service

Core Consultancy, a leading disaster recovery and business continuity specialist, has announced it has completed a 6 month programme to strengthen and expand its services following the award of 'Specialist Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Company of the Year’ at the Business Continuity Awards 2010.

Q1 Labs to present at RSA Conference Europe in October

18 Jul 2011

Chief Security Officer highlights growing cyber security threats to critical infrastructure

Q1 Labs, the global provider of total security intelligence solutions, today announced that Chris Poulin, CSO of Q1 Labs, will be presenting at the upcoming RSA Conference Europe 2011 outlining the growing threat against critical utility and energy infrastructure, including emerging smart grids.

Ciena and Felix Telecom Bring 100 Gigabit Ethernet to Eastern Europe

18 Jul 2011

Romanian National Research and Education Network RoEduNet leverages Ciena’s coherent technology for science and education projects

Ciena^® Corporation, the network specialist, today announced that the Romanian Educational Network (RoEduNet) has chosen Ciena’s high-capacity coherent optical technology for the first live 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) network in Eastern Europe. The next-generation infrastructure, deployed together with Ciena’s BizConnect partner Felix Telecom, provides scientists and researchers from Romania the highest network capacity available on the commercial market for science and education projects.

Leading ITC suppliers Westcoastcloud and Forensic Software partner to offer complete e-safety solution for schools

18 Jul 2011

Comprehensive cloud e-safety solution praised by childcare expert Professor Tanya Byron

Two of the UK’s leading suppliers of e-safety, Westcoastcloud and Forensic Software, have partnered up to offer the most comprehensive online child protection solution yet to the education sector.

UKFast Helps You Access Apps in the Cloud

15 Jul 2011

As recent figures suggest that mobile working has tripled in the last twelve months, internet hosting specialist UKFast has launched the latest product in its cloud services range – CloudApps.  

Opengear Hires Rick Stevenson As CEO

15 Jul 2011

Opengear, provider of next generation console server and remote management solutions, announced today that Rick Stevenson will be its new CEO. Stevenson has previously worked with Opengear’s founders while at several startups, including Stallion Technologies and SnapGear. He replaces Bob Waldie, who will become Opengear’s Executive Chairman. 

Verizon Tackles Growing Issue of Stolen Credentials

15 Jul 2011

Enhanced Enterprise Identity Services Offer Smartphone, 
Tablet ID ‘Tokens,’ Digital Signing Capabilities

Unauthorised access to corporate networks through stolen user names and passwords topped 45 per cent in 2010, according to the Verizon 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report, making credentials the second most compromised data type. To help address this growing security threat, Verizon is enhancing its cloud-based Enterprise Identity Services to give businesses more ways to authenticate users to corporate networks while offering strong security protection.

Key Organisations Publish Their Views on Business Assurance for the 21st Century

15 Jul 2011

Call for Global Repository of Assessments for Assurance of the IT Supply Chain

Key international information assurance organisations have published a paper on Business Assurance for the 21st Century outlining their plans to create a global repository of assessments for assurance of the IT supply chain (including cloud services).  The paper defines the combined vision of leading professional and industry bodies providing assurance frameworks to deliver greater efficiencies for all organisations regardless of geography, industry or size. 

Raritan Introduces New Family of Intelligent Rack PDUs for Managing Data Center Energy Costs and Server Uptime

14 Jul 2011

Smart Racks, True kWh Energy Metering and Secure Outlet-level Switching with New PX-2000 Series

With the introduction of the PX-2000, Raritan (Raritan.co.uk) today expanded the industry's largest portfolio of intelligent rack power distribution units (iPDUs) that make server racks a lot smarter.  Its built-in intelligence provides real-time monitoring of data center energy and loads, as well as environmental conditions when using optional plug-in sensors.

Silver Peak leverages virtualisation to enable ubiquitous WAN optimisation

14 Jul 2011

New Open Architecture revolutionises the delivery, pricing, and packaging of WAN optimisation

Silver Peak Systems, the leader in data centre class wide area network (WAN) optimisation, today unveiled its Virtual Acceleration Open Architecture (VXOA), a combination of software and flexible pricing options that enable customers, partners, and service providers to deploy WAN optimisation more conveniently than ever.

Scale Computing Reports 102% Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth in the SME Market for Second Fiscal Quarter 2011 and Exceeds 550 customer installations to Date

14 Jul 2011

Partner growth increases 192% Quarter-Over-Quarter

Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of intelligent, scale-out storage solutions tailored to the virtualization and archiving needs of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), today announced record results for its second quarter, ending June 30, 2011 (Q2’11).  Scale Computing’s Q2’11 revenue in the SME market grew102 percent over Q1’10.  In addition, Scale Computing launched a new partner program that resulted in a 192 percent increase in new partners quarter–over–quarter.

CONET Services Enhances Interxion’s Financial Hub

14 Jul 2011

INTERXION today announced that it is hosting the ICT systems of CONET Services AG, a provider specialising in the design, installation and operation of ICT systems and special applications for finance companies, at Interxion’s Frankfurt data centre campus. CONET Services provide solutions to financial organisations that require connectivity and technically advanced infrastructure to liquidity venues to enable optimum trading performance for any given solution.

NASA hacker compensation payment refusal case highlights the high cost of data breach remediation

14 Jul 2011

Reports that a Romanian hacker has refused to compensate the US government for hacking of various government systems comes as no surprise to Andy Kemshall, the chief technology officer of SecurEnvoy, the multi-factor authentication specialist.

Trusteer Online Fraud Intelligence and Risk Analysis Service Provides Real-Time Threat Visibility

14 Jul 2011

Trusteer Situation Room Enables Financial Institutions to Comply with the Risk Assessment Expectations

Trusteer, the leading provider of secure web access services, today announced Trusteer Situation Room (TSR), an intuitive security threat and risk assessment content sharing platform. TSR provides information on fraudsters, their activities, the institutions they target, their methods for bypassing various security controls, and techniques for blocking individual attacks. The service gathers information on malware activity from a worldwide network that spans tens of millions of endpoint devices and thousands of malicious servers, and is supported by a large team of professional security analysts that closely monitors financial fraud activities around the clock. Trusteer is offering a free 60 day trial of TSR to qualified financial institutions.

Node4 seeks the cream of the crop among the unemployed

14 Jul 2011

Despite high numbers of unemployed people, leading companies are still struggling to find the right calibre of staff.

Official statistics out today reveal unemployment at 2.45 million and people claiming unemployment benefits at a two year high of 1.52 million.  However, despite the large numbers of people seeking work across the country, many employers still find it tough to find the best personnel to complement their existing workforce.

BATS Europe Joins Platform Equinix and Its Global Financial Ecosystem

14 Jul 2011

Pan-European Stock Market plans October relocation of its trading book and dark pool trading platform to Equinix’s LD4 data center in London

Equinix, Inc. today announced that BATS Europe, a global operator of securities and derivatives markets, has signed a long-term deal to relocate the BATS Europe trading platform to Equinix’s London LD4 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center. Scheduled for October 2011, the switchover will provide a secure, low-latency, high-performance trading environment for BATS Europe’s integrated and dark electronic trading books. 

Six out of every ten users run vulnerable versions of Adobe Reader

14 Jul 2011

AVAST Software researchers have discovered that six out of every ten users of Adobe Reader are running unpatched versions of the program, leaving them vulnerable to a variety of malware attacks.

Accellion, Inc. Releases Native Accellion Mobile Apps for Android, BlackBerry

14 Jul 2011

Share Files and Collaborate Anytime, Anywhere on Android and BlackBerry Devices

Accellion®, Inc., the award-winning pioneer in providing enterprise-class, secure collaboration and managed file transfer solutions, today announced the general availability of Accellion Mobile Apps™ for Android and BlackBerry devices.  Accellion Mobile Apps allow users to securely collaborate, view, and share files directly from mobile devices and tablets.  Designed to work with Accellion Secure Collaboration™, the Accellion Mobile Apps for Android and BlackBerry devices are now available for download for free from the Android Market and BlackBerry App World. 

Factonomy implements secure VDI to manage regulation concerns

13 Jul 2011

£85,698 worth of staff time re-deployed to concentrate on core business activities

Factonomy, a leading provider in Business Continuity Management Software has implemented a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) from Lumison, the Managed IT Services provider, to host its desktop applications in a controlled environment. The new system will allow Factonomy to meet stringent compliance requirements from customers including heavily regulated global investment banks. The VDI will enable users to run Windows 7 and execute the company’s applications from a range of consumer devices, such as iPads, increasing flexibility, negating the need for hardware standardisation, and reducing associated costs.

Red Hat Recognised with HP AllianceONE Partner of the Year Award for Cloud Computing Leadership

13 Jul 2011

Red Hat wins HP Cloud Computing ISV category in 2011 awards program

Red Hat, Inc., today announced that it has been recognised for the second consecutive year with an HP AllianceONE Partner of the Year award.  In the 2011 awards program, Red Hat was selected as the winner of the HP Cloud Computing ISV category for the Red Hat Cloud, HP Edition solution.

SAS’ ‘big analytics’ tackles big data, speeds problem solving

13 Jul 2011

A powerful new release of SAS^® software helps enable faster, better decision making by improving analysis of vast and growing amounts of data. Whether a retailer optimising pricing for thousands of items, a hospital identifying which treatment plans improve patient health, or a government agency fighting fraud, SAS, the leader in business analytics, helps organisations scour "big data" through "big analytics" and data management to reveal hidden insights and produce better decisions.

NetIQ enhances PlateSpin virtualisation and workload management solutions

13 Jul 2011

PlateSpin improvements help IT improve performance and simplify management of today’s mixed data centres

NetIQ today announced new enhancements to the PlateSpin virtualisation and workload management products – PlateSpin Forge, PlateSpin Protect and PlateSpin Migrate – that enable IT organisations to better respond to growing business demands and reduce risk across the data centre.

Zycko Announces Management Buyout

13 Jul 2011

Zycko, the pan-European value-added distributor of leading edge IT solutions, today announces a management buyout. Group managing director Nick Moglia, sales and marketing director David Galton-Fenzi, and finance director Ken Wood, have acquired the majority share in the business from founder, Rory Sweet.

Idappcom says hacking of Indian National Security Guards sends a security message for all corporates

11 Jul 2011

News that the Web site of the National Security Guards (NSG) - the Indian counter-terror elite operation of the Indian army and police - has been hacked has a security message for any company IT security manager, says Idappcom.

Mobile Industry is Key to Travel Industry Success

11 Jul 2011

Travel firms should tap into the growing market of tablets and android phones if they are to maximise their success on the internet.

A group of travel industry experts highlighted the booming mobile internet market as the most significant factor affecting the future of travel businesses in a round table debate held by hosting specialists UKFast.

Run Autodesk software in a 'Private Cloud Environment'

11 Jul 2011

London based company IMSCAD have taken on the role of supporting over 1000 Autodesk resellers across EMEA. They will be delivering Citrix based solutions to end users to complement the new 2012 ‘Citrix Ready’ versions of Autodesk’s software. 

Sanef Group optimises the processing of several million records using Talend Integration Suite

11 Jul 2011

The highway operator rationalises its data exchanges by replacing two former applications using Talend’s open source data integration solution

Talend, a global leader in open source software, announced today that Sanef, the number one highway network of the Abertis group, the leading European operator of mobility and telecommunications infrastructure management, has deployed Talend Integration Suite to rationalise data exchanges with its partners, which total several hundred megabytes per month and millions of records.

Simplexo joins the Cloud Industry Forum

11 Jul 2011

UK based technology company becomes latest organisation to join CIF and to support its Code of Practice

Simplexo today announced it has formally joined the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), an industry body established to promote trust, security and transparency within the sector.

Ingres Signs Global Partner Agreement with MicroStrategy

11 Jul 2011

Collaboration on 'Performance2'Joint Initiative to Deliver More Decision Making Power to Business Users

Ingres, pioneers of the breakthrough analytic database VectorWise, today announced that they have signed a global partner agreement with MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software. In addition, the VectorWise analytic database has passed MicroStrategy's comprehensive test suite, certifying it as a supported database for the MicroStrategy platform.

New high performance JANET-Connected Shared Research Cloud platform to cut cost of academic research

11 Jul 2011

UK University Research Community and UK Economy to Benefit from Sharing Logicalis HPC Cloud Environment

International solutions provider, Logicalis UK, today unveiled its JANET-Connected Shared Research Cloud platform. A shared high performance computing resource, directly connected to the JANET network, the platform enables Universities to access more real-time research processing than they can afford individually, releasing more budget for academic research and making them more competitive in the world marketplace.

Quest Software Introduces Capacity-based Licensing Alternative for NetVault Backup Customers

07 Jul 2011

Quest Software, Inc. today introduced an alternative capacity-based licensing program for NetVault^® Backup customers. The perpetual licensing model is offered for the NetVault product line along with the company’s standard licensing model, allowing customers to choose the licensing program that best suits their needs.

First secure Cloud search application launched by Simplexo

07 Jul 2011

SearchYourCloud provides users with a unique level of security and accessibility

Simplexo, the UK search specialist, has announced the launch of ‘SearchYourCloud’, an ultra-secure service that enables users to search information stored in the Cloud, all with one click. 

Survey reveals future strikes encourages home working – although 48% can’t resist skiving off!

07 Jul 2011

A survey of 1000 London workers last week revealed just 11 percent of were affected by the teachers strike on Thursday, yet 55 percent believe if there were the threat of future strikes it would encourage their employers to introduce IT measures that would allow them the flexibility to work from home should they be affected in the future.

Nouvelles Frontières moves to Interoute's flexible pan European hosting platform to support boom in online bookings

07 Jul 2011

Interoute provides virtualisation to maintain web performance for more than two million unique visitors per month

Interoute, owner operator of Europe’s largest next generation network, has today announced that tour operator Nouvelles Frontières is using its managed hosting to support growth of its web based business. Rather than relying on four hosting providers, Nouvelles Frontières has upgraded to one hosting platform from Interoute, utilising innovative virtualisation technologies to deliver flexibility.

Nexans awarded Netcomms Cabling Supplier of the Year 2011

07 Jul 2011

Nexans has been voted Cabling Supplier of the Year 2011 by readers of Netcomms Europe magazine.

The Cloud Industry Forum views Star’s messaging for their Cloud Alliance with great scepticism!

05 Jul 2011

Star has re-badged and re-shaped a club of friendly vendors whom they have historically worked with to supposedly meet the needs of British SMEs transparently – NONSENSE say the Cloud Industry Forum, it’s just a commercial partner programme of non-competing businesses!

Andy Burton, Chairman of the Cloud Industry Forum, stated: “Whilst CIF believe the Cloud is a great place for businesses to collaborate and will change the way in which the IT supply chain is structured and operates, recent statements by Star’s employee Grant Tanner (quelle-surprise its Business Development person), seems to infer that its creation of its Cloud Alliance is somehow above reproach and only operates in the end user’s commercial interest.

Origin Storage applauds Intel's upcoming SSD technology

05 Jul 2011

As the first details of Intel's SSD 710 series - code-named Lydonville - start to emerge, Origin Storage has welcomed news that the solid state drives will use AES encryption and have a mean time between failure (MTBF) measured into the millions of hours.

Interxion Reduces CO2 Emissions by 94%

05 Jul 2011

Use of 100% renewable energy reduces Interxion's CO2 emissions from 3,000 tonnes a year to 170

INTERXION HOLDING NV, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced that its Swiss data centre has taken another step forward in reducing its carbon footprint by signing up to 100% green energy.

Logicalis strengthens presence in key U.S. geographies and services offering with acquisition of Netarx

04 Jul 2011

Logicalis Group, the international IT and Communications solutions integrator, has acquired Netarx, an Auburn Hills, Michigan-based solution provider, for a sum of up to $34 million.  Netarx provides IT professional services including managed services, data centre, collaboration, and infrastructure design solutions to customers throughout the Great Lakes and Arizona.

Cybercriminals Ditching Mass Spam for Targeted Attacks

01 Jul 2011

New Cisco Report Shows Traditional Mass Spam Volumes Plummeting as Cybercriminals Turn to More Lucrative, Pinpointed Attacks

In the complex and ever-changing landscape of online crime, cybercriminals have made a fundamental shift in strategy, abandoning traditional mass spam attacks in favor of personalised attacks with a greater financial impact on targeted organisations, according to a new security report from Cisco.Research conducted by Cisco® Security Intelligence Operations shows the trend toward increased targeted attacks featuring highly customised threats containing malwarethat are directed at a specific user or group of users for intellectual property theft.

JANET(UK) Works with Verizon to Power Next-Generation UK Education and Research Network Using 100 Gigabit Solution

01 Jul 2011

Verizon Provides Engineering and Network Expertise to Support a First for Global Education and Research in the UK

JANET(UK), the provider of the UK’s education and research network called JANET, has worked with Verizon to produce a networking solution to support a first for global education and collaboration in the UK – the ability for academic institutions to collaborate online over ultra-fast broadband, running at up to 100G (gigabits per second).

The Bunker achieves ISO 27001 re-certification

30 Jun 2011

The Bunker delivers Ultra Secure Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Colocation, and Outsourced IT services from within Europe’s most secure data centres, and is proud to announce its re-certification to the ISO 27001 Information Security Management System standard for a further three years.

Server Technology Introduces New Product Family, Smart POPS (TM) (Per Outlet Power Sensing) CDUs(TM) , for Data Center Power Management

30 Jun 2011

Customer demand leads to new product family with individual device power monitoring with secure 'always-on' outlet status

Server Technology, Inc. has announced the release of the Smart POPS (Per Outlet Power Sensing) CDU product family.

IT Asset Management Solutions (ITAMS) Adds RF Code’s Physical IT Asset Tracking Solution to its Portfolio

29 Jun 2011

Leading UK Expert to Deliver Innovative Convergence Solution using Active RFID, IT Service Management, Discovery and Software Distribution as part of Specialist Software Asset Management Practice

RF Code, a leading provider of active IT asset management and wire-free environmental monitoring solutions, today announced that  it has partnered with IT Asset Management Solutions (ITAMS), a highly respected consulting and technology provider within the IT and Software Asset and Service Management industry. This alliance aims at providing joint customers with an innovative solution that provides real time tracking of their high-value IT assets such as laptops and servers. Through extensive knowledge of best practice and best of breed software automation and service options that complement its clients’ in-house skills and investments, ITAMS has built a 400+ strong client base, including many FTSE 100 organisations.

Server Technology Launches Next Generation Sentry Power Manager 5.0 Rack-Level Data Center Power Management Solution

29 Jun 2011

New user interface combines with feature-rich functionality to help manage mission critical operations more efficiently and more cost effectively

Server Technology Inc., the global leader for Cabinet Power Distribution Unit and Power Measurement and Monitoring Solutions, today launched a significant update to the Sentry Power Manager (SPM) solution, version 5.0. 

Radware Honoured with a 2011 TMC Labs Innovation Award

29 Jun 2011

Radware’s Alteon 10000 is regarded for breakthrough achievements in advancing network communications

Radware, a leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), a global, integrated media company, has named Radware’s Alteon 10000 a winner of the 2011 INTERNET TELEPHONY TMC Labs Innovation Awards. This is the second straight year Radware has been recognised for this award.

Verizon to Bolster Epsilon’s Data Security With Innovative New Security Technologies

29 Jun 2011

When leading marketing services firm Epsilon wanted to further bolster the security of its global email platform, it tapped Verizon for an innovative cloud-based security solution that will help it stay a step ahead of cybercriminals.

Platform Computing brings MapReduce to the enterprise

29 Jun 2011

Platform MapReduce provides enterprise-class MapReduce distributed runtime engine
across multiple distributed file systems to improve ROI

Platform Computing today announced the availability of Platform MapReduce, the industry’s first enterprise-class, distributed runtime engine for MapReduce applications. Platform MapReduce enables enterprise businesses to focus on moving MapReduce applications into production by providing enterprise-class manageability and scale, high resource utilisation and availability, ease of operation, multiple application support and an open distributed file system architecture, including immediate support for Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) and Appistry Cloud IQ, with additional support coming soon. Platform MapReduce is built on the company’s core technologies, Platform LSF and Platform Symphony, currently powering the most demanding, mission-critical distributed computing workloads at Fortune 500 companies across a variety of industries.

Geo Networks Signs Agreement with euNetworks for Fibre Infrastructure to Ireland

29 Jun 2011

Fibre provider wins second customer on only truly diverse route to Ireland

Geo Networks Limited, has won another customer on its recently announced fibre route to Ireland, signing an agreement with euNetworks. This new agreement will enable euNetworks to link Dublin to its other metropolitan networks across Europe using scalable fibre-based infrastructure. The new fibre link will run from Slough to Dublin via Bristol, Stoke, Manchester and Anglesey. As a bandwidth infrastructure provider with 13 operational fibre based metropolitan networks across Europe, and fibre based connectivity linking up 37 cities in 9 countries, euNetworks is focused on delivering infrastructure based services to its customers.

EMC Isilon Scale-Out NAS Shatters Performance Test Records

29 Jun 2011

World’s Fastest NAS Platform Delivers High Transactional Access And Linear Scalability for Big Data

EMC Corporation has announced that the Isilon S200 scale-out NAS system is the new industry performance leader based on independent benchmark measurement by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC®). According to the latest SPEC testing data – which measures networked file performance and overall response times – the EMC Isilon S200 scale-out NAS platform achieved record performance results, trumping competitors by more than double their closest results.

SSE Telecoms partners with TelecityGroup for new Manchester 3 facility

28 Jun 2011

Point of Presence to ensure premium outsourcing options for burgeoning Manchester business community

Leading network solutions and connectivity provider SSE Telecoms is today announcing they will have a presence at TelecityGroup’s new state-of-the-art Manchester 3 data centre from launch. This will give customers locating infrastructure in the new facility access to a wide range of connectivity and peering options across the UK via SSE Telecoms’ extensive network.

Danish IT Consultancy Selects nlyte Software for Seamless Data Center Migration & Enhanced Performance

28 Jun 2011

NNIT Swaps ‘Old School’ Spreadsheets & Visio for the nlyte DCIM Suite

nlyte Software today announced that NNIT, one of Denmark’s leading IT consultancies, has selected the nlyte DCIM solution to help it migrate its existing equipment to a brand new data center facility, and replace the organization’s current spreadsheet and Visio management tools to ensure increased performance and compliance with green legislation within its data center environment.

Outsourcery launches 'CloudSmart'

27 Jun 2011

Microsoft’s worldwide Hosting Partner of the Year 2010, and leading Cloud Service Provider Outsourcery, is launching CloudSmart, its latest campaign supporting its InPartnership programme designed to help partners take advantage of the rapidly increasing opportunity presented by cloud. The market for cloud is growing exponentially as illustrated by Forrester Research’s revised global cloud market value figure of $241 billion by 2020, compared with the $40.7 bn predicted last year for the same time frame.

BNP Paribas improves customer service with open source data integration

27 Jun 2011

BNP Paribas Real Estate UK, a leading provider of real estate services, has today announced that it has selected the Talend Integration Suite (TIS) to effectively manage its client data. The move is a significant part of the company’s development strategy and aims to improve customer service, by enabling the migration of confidential client data securely and efficiently.

ControlCircle wins NetApp Service Provider of the Year Award 2011 - 27 June 2011

27 Jun 2011

ControlCircle today announced it had been awarded the NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) Service Provider award for 2011.  The NetApp UK & Ireland Partner Awards 2011 recognise the best-performing partners in the NetApp network and reward outstanding sales performance for design and implementation of NetApp storage and data management solutions.

European IT Security Study Reveals How Enterprises Struggle to Contend With Emerging Business Trends

27 Jun 2011

Among key findings: wireless networks identified as most pressing vulnerability; draconian stance adopted on user-owned smart devices; 93% of enterprises involved in security consolidation practices

Fortinet® has today unveiled the findings of a wide ranging, European survey into the IT security strategies of over 300 mid to very large sized enterprises.  The survey, commissioned by Fortinet, queried enterprise IT decision makers in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Benelux and the UK about their approaches to security strategy amid a constantly changing landscape for how businesses use IT.

Data Protection and Business Growth Support for HARIBO

27 Jun 2011

HARIBO, one of the UK’s leading confectionery brands has commissioned CVSI to deploy IBM BladeCenter, System Storage technologies and Tivoli software to protect its growing volume of stored data in the UK. 

Array Networks Appoints Nubeon to Distribute Its Next-Generation Application, Desktop & Cloud Service Delivery Technology in the UK & Ireland

27 Jun 2011

Array Networks today announced that it has appointed distributor, Nubeon LLP, an Ampito Group company, as value added distributor for its next generation application, desktop and cloud service delivery technology.

Demand for education on IPv6 security risks prompts first SANS course for the Gulf Region

24 Jun 2011

IPv4 address exhaustion combined with rise in IPv6 devices means security professionals need to understand and mitigate potential risks from emerging hybrid networks

The rapid switch over from IPv4 to IPv6 has prompted the SANS Institute to run a special one-day class at the end of its upcoming SANS Gulf Region event. 

ICBC Leasing Selects Cordys Business Operations Platform

24 Jun 2011

Leading Chinese Financial Leasing Company Improves Customer Experience and Reduces Operational Costs

Cordys has announced that ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. has successfully deployed the Cordys Business Operations Platform as its preferred solution to support its dynamic business requirements and launch more applications and services within a short period of time.

FalconStor Announces New European Partner Program with Localized Web Portal to Support EMEA Channel Sales

24 Jun 2011

FalconStor Software Inc. has announced the European roll-out of PartnerChoice, the company's profit-rich, three-tiered channel partner program.  A core element of the new partner program is the new PartnerPlace portal, which has been customised and localised for major markets across Europe to ensure the highest possible levels of use by, and usability for, partners working in different markets.

Talend Simplifies Integration with New Talend ESB Studio and Talend ESB Enterprise Edition for Data Services

24 Jun 2011

Open source leader enhances ease-of-use, further solidifying its leadership in theconverging application and data integration market

Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced the availability of Talend ESB Studio Standard Edition (SE) and Talend ESB Enterprise Edition (EE) for Data Services to accelerate the development, deployment and management of enterprise-class production environments with easy-to-use tools for development and operations teams. Talend continues to democratise the integration market by making technologies easier to use by non-specialists. Talend has accomplished this objective by offering an intuitive and powerful graphical environment for developers and application teams alike to design, configure, deploy and manage their integration infrastructure.

iomart named Scottish Digital IT Company of the Year

24 Jun 2011

Cloud computing and managed hosting leader wins top prize at ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards

The Glasgow-based managed hosting and cloud computing services company, which was recently named as one of the top 25 cloud companies in the world, scooped top prize at the Digital Technology Awards 2011 hosted by ScotlandIS, the trade body for the information and communications technologies (ICT) industry.

Raritan's Energy and Data Center Infrastructure Management Solutions Receive Multiple Industry Awards

23 Jun 2011

Raritan today announced that its data center management solutions have received multiple awards recently from industry organizations around the globe.  Raritan's solutions that help data centers better manage and utilize resources were selected for the innovative ways they solve data center energy issues -- such as reducing energy waste, finding capacity, and more-efficient ways to add servers and make changes.

Opengear joins the Internet of Things with Pachube

23 Jun 2011

Pachube support added to Opengear smart management appliances, developer discounts extended to Pachube community.

Opengear has announced integration with Pachube, a web service to store, graph and share real time data from sensors and devices, to help form the fabric of the Internet of Things (IoT). Open source developer David McCullough has demonstrated using Opengear ACM5000 series hardware to connect a weather station to Pachube, and published a tutorial at the Pachube community site.

Krystal strengthens its commitment to The Bunker

23 Jun 2011

The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd, provider of Ultra* Secure Colocation Services, Data Centres and Managed Services is pleased to announce an extension of the services provided to its existing client Krystal Hosting.

iland Europe selects TelecityGroup for European cloud service launch

22 Jun 2011

Powergate facility to house iland’s vCloud ‘virtual data centre’ service

iland, the global cloud infrastructure provider, has chosen TelecityGroup, Europe's leading provider of premium network independent data centres, to launch its latest cloud offering in Europe. iland will use TelecityGroup’s state-of-the-art Powergate facility in London to launch its iland vCloud services, a VMware vCloud Powered solution, and increase its physical presence to meet the demand for high-availability cloud computing infrastructure services in the region

Interxion Joins the Cloud Industry Forum

22 Jun 2011

First colocation data centre to join CIF and help drive best practice in the cloud

Interxion today announced that it has joined the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), the body established to promote trust, security and transparency within the cloud sector. The partnership illustrates Interxion’s dedication to the cloud and support in achieving a common standard of best practice within the IT industry.

Data-Shield helps British Airways to validate its critical SAN infrastructure

22 Jun 2011

Independent SAN testing and assessment helps Airline to validate business continuity and improve operational procedures

Data-Shield Ltd, the legacy networking equipment specialist, has successfully completed a SAN Audit and Test project for British Airways helping the airline to certify its business continuity position and improve operational processes across its critical storage infrastructure.

SGI Announces Fifth-Generation Altix ICE High Performance Compute Solution

21 Jun 2011

Exceptional Compute/Performance Density System Based on FDR InfiniBand and the Latest Intel Xeon Processor Series

SGI today announced the latest generation of SGI Altix ICE, a highly flexible, tightly integrated blade architecture based on the latest Intel Xeon (codenamed "Sandy Bridge EP") processor series. This newest Altix ICE solution represents the fifth generation of the award-winning high performance computing (HPC) solution, offering numerous advancements in performance and density while addressing the ongoing need to consolidate computing "cluster sprawl."

Academy of Contemporary Music Hits the High Notes with Data Backup Support from Barracuda Networks

21 Jun 2011

Barracuda Networks Inc. today announced that the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) has selected the Barracuda Backup Service to house and store its media, audio and video content, as well as provide disaster recovery functionality for all critical data.

National Centre for Supercomputing Applications Selects LSI CacheCade SSD Technology for Large-scale, Multinational Dark Energy Survey Project

21 Jun 2011

Innovative LSI cache tiering software combined with MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS controllers provide NCSA with 20x storage performance improvement for data-intensive research project

LSI Corporation today announced that the National Centre for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has deployed a system utilising LSI® 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers with LSI CacheCadeTM cache tiering software to explore some of the unprecedented data storage challenges that will come with the Dark Energy Survey. The Dark Energy Survey is a large-scale, multinational effort to study the acceleration of the expanding universe. Involving more than 120 scientists from 23 institutions, it will be one of the most data-intensive astronomical research projects ever conceived.

Outsourcery launches own cloud platform with O-Cloud

21 Jun 2011

Outsourcery throws down the gauntlet with latest multi-million pound investment

Cloud Service Provider Outsourcery, has today announced the launch of its cloud platform. Called the ‘O-Cloud’, it has been built using the latest technologies from world leading partners HP and Microsoft and is a result of two years planning; 2,000 hours of engineering and testing; and a multi-million pound investment. 

NaviSite Launches New UK Cloud Node

21 Jun 2011

NaviSite’s Enterprise-Class Managed Cloud Services Now Available Through European Data Centre

NaviSite, Inc.has announced the launch of its first European cloud node, located in Woking, UK. NaviSite has already established a strong reputation as a leading provider of innovative cloud-based solutions for enterprise customers.  The new UK cloud infrastructure will provide European enterprises access to NaviSite’s Managed Cloud Services (MCS) – helping them comply with local regulations while eliminating network performance issues caused by long-distance broadband connections to offshore data centres.

IBM certifies Force10's 40 GbE line card

21 Jun 2011

Line card for the ExaScale E-Series will interoperate with IBM’s new Intelligent Cluster BOM components

Force10 Networks, Inc. today announced that its ExaScale E-Series 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40 GbE) line card has been certified to interoperate with IBM's iDataPlex servers and clusters and its new Intelligent Cluster BOM components.  The certification of the 40 GbE line card will enable IT managers to leverage IBM clustering technology with up to 56 ports of 40 GbE connectivity within one ExaScale chassis-based virtualised core switch/router.  Today’s announcement also represents an extension of interoperability, which also includes IBM’s support of the Force10 S60 top-of-rack (ToR) access switch.

Bradford Networks Upgrades Network Sentry; Provides Greater Flexibility in Network Access Policy Enforcement

21 Jun 2011

Network Sentry 5.2 Improves Automated Discovery of IP Devices; Helps Organizations Strike the Right Balance Between Security and Accessibility 

Bradford Networks today announced a new version of its Network Sentry solution, improving the detection and management of IP devices on a network, while providing organizations with greater flexibility in enforcing network access policies.

SGI Launches InfiniteStorage 5500 for High Performance Data Solutions

21 Jun 2011

Next Generation Storage System Achieves New Levels of Performance, Versatility and Reliability

SGI has announced the introduction of the SGI InfiniteStorage (IS) 5500, a next generation storage platform. Built with an innovative modular design for extreme density and scalability, the IS5500 offers exceptional performance for high-bandwidth and high-IOPS applications with enterprise-class reliability.

EMC ISILON enables industrial color to turn big data into new business opportunity

21 Jun 2011

Pioneer in File Sharing, Digital Photo and Video Workflows Deploys Isilon Scale-Out NAS to Simplify Big Data Management and Expand Client Service Offerings

 EMC Corporation today announced that Industrial Color, which invented the online digital photo workflow and supports clients including Victoria’s Secret, NBC Universal, Kohls, Showtime Networks, Kate Spade, and Warner Bros, has deployed EMC® Isilon® scale-out NAS as the primary storage platform for its wide range of file and media sharing, editing and delivery services, including a range of leading-edge multimedia services. Using EMC’s Isilon S-Series and X-Series, Industrial Color has created a single, shared storage platform for its file transfer, file sharing, and content editing workflows, accelerating media access and distribution for its global client base, while simplifying big data management to less than a fraction of one full-time equivalent (FTE). With Isilon, Industrial Color has consolidated a variety of file-based applications onto a flexible, easy to use storage infrastructure, enabling the media production and software leader to create new client service offerings, while simultaneously expanding its bandwidth for increased customer demand.

Venafi Launches Web Portal to stem epidemic of lost IT security certificates

21 Jun 2011

Proper management processes and effective controls can enable enterprises to manage encryption, avoid costly breaches and the damage to reputation suffered by several Global 1000 corporations

Venafi today launched its EKCM Best Practices Portal. The site contains numerous industry-leading best practices, processes and templates, and is available to Venafi customers and registered participants. Venafi developed the Best Practices Web Portal in response to customers who found that general knowledge of how to securely implement, scale and manage encryption keys and certificates is woefully lacking. Using its nearly a decade of experience helping many of the world’s largest organisations implement EKCM solutions, Venafi worked closely with its customers to compile this set of best practices.

Stonesoft receives HP Arcsight CEF Certification for StoneGate network security solutions

20 Jun 2011

One of the first security vendors to offer full CEF support

Stonesoft today announced that StoneGate network security solutions have received Common Event Format (CEF) Certification from Arcsight, Inc., an HP company and a leading global provider of security and compliance management solutions that protect enterprises and government agencies. Stonesoft is one of the first security vendors worldwide to offer full support for CEF.

Mimecast closes record year with 57 percent revenue growth and more than 1,000 new customers

20 Jun 2011

Growing demand for cloud services helps drive email specialist’s most successful year to date

Mimecast® has today announced a 57 percent rise in revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31^st 2011[1].  During the same period, Mimecast’s global customer base grew from 2,700 to almost 4,000.  The company also saw a surge in user numbers as the company’s average deal size rose, adding 340,000 users to the grid to reach a total of 906,000. The company expects to pass the million user mark in the second quarter of this fiscal year.

41 percent of Breaches Had Evidence in the Logs, Yet Firms Fail to Use Intelligent SIEM

20 Jun 2011

Breach survey highlights problem with 1^st generation SIEM technology says security expert

Q1 Labs highlights data within the recent 2011 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) as an indicator of  the problem of first-generation Security Information Event Management, (SIEM) and its failure to alert administrators to potential security problems.

F5 Optimizes Microsoft Unified Communications for A.T. Kearney

20 Jun 2011

Global management consulting firm uses BIG-IP solutions to maximize reliability and performance of Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync Server 2010 applications

F5 Networks has announced thatA.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm, is using F5^® BIG-IP^® solutions to maximize the value of its IT investments, mitigate expansion costs for branch offices, and provide superior application availability and reliability for users worldwide.

Fenwick & West Selects nlyte Software’s Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Solution

20 Jun 2011

Law Firm Uses nlyte to Support Green IT and Business Initiatives

nlyte Software, the most technologically advanced provider of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software, has announced that Fenwick & West, a leading technology and life sciences law firm, has chosen nlyte Software’s DCIM solution to support its green IT initiatives and improve overall data center business processes.

TelecityGroup recertified for ISO 9001 and 27001 standards

20 Jun 2011

TelecityGroup has announced that it has been recertified with the ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 27001:2005 standards - the globally recognised certifications for information security and quality management.

Altech Technology Concepts partners with Telehouse

20 Jun 2011

Altech Technology Concepts (ATC) has partnered with global data centre and ICT services company Telehouse

ATC recently built a new network to boost the reliability and performance of its services.  In a recent development ATC has partnered with Telehouse which will manage ATC’s data centres.

Interxion Awarded Colocation Provider of the Year by BroadGroup

20 Jun 2011

Interxion has been recognised as Colocation Provider of 2011 by the leading data centre consultancy, BroadGroup, at its annual Data Centres in Europe Awards.

Brocade Distinguished with Multiple Best of Show Grand Prix Awards at Interop Tokyo 2011

20 Jun 2011

Brocade’s Flagship MLXe Core Router and Brocade VDX Data Center Switches Gain Center Stage

With intense competition and more than 130,000 attendees at Interop Tokyo 2011, Brocade won top distinction for its industry leading Brocade MLXe core router and Brocade VDX Data Center Swtich. The Brocade MLXe Series router was selected from more than 300 highly competitive networking solutions for the Special Prize: Infrastructure Building Products and Grand Prix: ShowNet Product Section. Additionally, the Brocade VDX Ethernet fabric switch also won the Grand Prix: People’s Choice for the show.

SGI Altix Supercomputer System at NASA Achieves Petaflop Scale

20 Jun 2011

NASA Pleiades Now the World's Largest Single x86 System

SGI today announced that NASA's Pleiades supercomputer system, built with SGI Altix ICE technology, has achieved more than one petaflop/second in sustained compute performance based on the LINPACK performance benchmark, and has now moved into the #7 spot on the June 2011 Top500 list of supercomputer sites in the world. The Pleiades system is run by the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division at Ames Research Center, and represents NASA's state-of-the-art technology for meeting the agency's supercomputing requirements, enabling scientists and engineers across the nation to conduct modeling and simulation for NASA missions.

SGI to Deliver Breakthrough Exascale Computing Solution

20 Jun 2011

Strategic Partnership with Intel to Drive Adoption of Petaflop Scale Computing

SGI today announced plans to deliver next generation supercomputers with Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture, based on Intel x86 architecture, and announced a strategic development partnership with Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) to deliver such systems.

Opengear Expands Product Line with 32-Port Next Generation Console Server

17 Jun 2011

Opengear, provider of next generation console server and remote management solutions, announced a new line of 32 port units. The ten new 32 port units give Opengear more than 100 different products available, more than any other console server manufacturer. 

Government u-turn symptomatic of the ‘oligopoly of ICT suppliers’

17 Jun 2011

The u-turn announcement by Bill McCluggage, deputy government CIO and Cabinet Office director of ICT policy, that the Government is not imposing a mandate on open standards, shows that the procurement process for government contracts is still a closed system with the welcome mat only laid out for a select few providers.

Verizon’s On-Demand Cloud Computing Solution Achieves PCI Compliance for Second Consecutive Year

17 Jun 2011

For the second consecutive year, Verizon Computing as a Service, the company’s flagship business-class cloud computing solution, has successfully completed a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard audit. Now, retailers and other organisations that process credit card transactions can move critical payment applications to the Verizon cloud with confidence, knowing that the cloud infrastructure they’re using is protected by an industry-recognised set of payment-card security standards.

Touchline Video selects The Bunker to provide secure hosting services

16 Jun 2011

The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd, provider of Ultra* Secure Data Centres and Managed Services, today announced that Touchline Video Ltd., a UK-wide trade only value-added distributor to the audio, video and web conferencing industries has selected The Bunker to provide ultra secure colocation hosting and services.

Nexans’ breakthrough analysis sets benchmark on reach capabilities for 40G/100G Ethernet

16 Jun 2011

Nexans pre-terminated fibre assemblies successfully exceed 600m distance

Nexans’ Data Communications Competence Centre (DCCC) has recently challenged the performance boundaries of Nexans pre-terminated optical fibre assemblies, using a variety of test configurations and platforms. The results demonstrate that Nexans’ OM3 and OM4 cables consistently exceed the IEEE Standard for both 40G and 100G Ethernet by a substantial margin.

V-Private Moves Applications Infrastructure to Interxion

16 Jun 2011

Interxion today announced that V-Private, a leading operator of international MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching) network services, has moved a significant part of  its IT application services to Interxion’s Frankfurt data centre campus.

Venafi says loss of 8.63m NHS patient records unnecessary and avoidable

16 Jun 2011

Biggest data loss in NHS history should never happen to patients again

News that the medical records of 8.63 million patients - including details of abortions, HIV infections, cancer and mental illness treatments - have been lost after an NHS laptop went missing in late May has been met with consternation from Venafi, the data security specialist.

Verizon Expands Global Telepresence Reach Through Agreement With Tata Communications

15 Jun 2011

Virtual Face-to-Face Meeting Facilities Now Available in More Locations Worldwide Across Both Companies’ Networks

Verizon is extending the range of its immersive video, or telepresence, offering to enable virtual face-to-face collaboration in more locations around the world, under a new agreement with Tata Communications.

Zeus Achieves Highest Performance on Cisco UCS Platform

15 Jun 2011

Tests Reveal Zeus Traffic Manager Delivers exceptional web-application performance speeds with Cisco

 Zeus Technology, the pioneers of Application Delivery Controller software, today announced results of joint testing with Cisco that show Zeus Traffic Manager on Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS).

purechannelapps™ launches innovative social content syndication platform

15 Jun 2011

socialondemand™ offers a revolutionary way to streamline social media content delivery from vendors through end-users via their multichannel distribution networks of business partners and resellers

purechannelapps™ has launched socialondemand™, the first web-based tool that enables vendors to seamlessly target and deliver social media content to end-users via their channel partners’ social media presence. With launch support for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, socialondemand uses an intuitive, multi-lingual and customisable interface allowing vendors to input, categorise and target content to their partners.  In turn, partners are able to control what, when and where content is published. A comprehensive reporting system enables vendors to monitor which partners publish their content and when, as well as how many followers and friends are included in their partners’ social ecosystems.

SGI marks supercomputing milestone with over 500 Altix UV systems delivered

15 Jun 2011

Life Sciences, Scientific Research and Industrial Customers Accelerate Results with Leading Technical Computing Solution

SGI has announced that it has surpassed the milestone of having shipped over 500 SGI Altix UV high performance computing (HPC) systems since it began commercial delivery in June 2010. One of the most recent systems was ordered by LRZ: Leibniz Supercomputing Centre in Munich. LRZ is the computer centre for Munich's universities and for the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.  It manages the scientific data network in Munich, offers a variety of data services, and provides high-end computing facilities for the scientific community in and beyond Germany.

Private Cloud strengthens as cyber hacking intensifies

15 Jun 2011

News today indicates a US Senate website has become the latest victim to serious cyber hacking amongst a catalogue of high profile organisations such as the IMF, Amazon and Sony. Last week, the Ministry of Defence reported they had suffered twice as many cyber security incidents in the last 12 months, with the NHS also confirming that it had suffered serious attacks. Prior to that the US defence giant Lockheed also told the White House that they had suffered from serious cyber attacks.

Quantum Acquires Pancetera Software

15 Jun 2011

Combination of Pancetera’s Technology and Quantum DXi^® Disk Backup and Deduplication Appliances Provides More Efficient and Cost-Effective Data Protection

Quantum Corp. has announced that it has acquired Pancetera Software Inc., a privately held company that has significantly reduced the complexity and cost of managing and protecting data in virtual server environments. The $12 million transaction consisted of  $8.4 million in cash and $3.6 million in Quantum common stock (approximately 1.2 million shares), and is expected to be accretive to operating profit by the end of the current fiscal year. The acquisition extends Quantum’s technology leadership by adding key assets for dramatically enhancing data management in virtual environments. Pancetera technology is already compatible with Quantum’s DXi disk backup and deduplication products, and the company plans to further integrate the technology into its longer-term roadmaps for both DXi and its StorNext^® high-performance file sharing and archive offerings.

New security software makes pupils using iPads safer online

14 Jun 2011

Westcoastcloud unveils cloud security solution for Apple tablet at UK Child Internet Safety summit 

Children using iPads at school can be better protected online after UK cloud computing company Westcoastcloud adapted its award-winning esecurity product to work on the Apple tablet.

TeleWare Launches UK’s First Fully-Converged Business Mobile Network

14 Jun 2011

• Simple SIM change offers single number for mobile and landline
• Powerful business applications inside the network improve flexibility of telephony 
• Integration with on-premise telephony systems allows mobiles to function as an extension 
• TeleWare MVNO provides unique call handling services, including VoIP and Call Recording, while reducing ongoing call charges

TeleWare today announced the launch of TeleWare Mobile, a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) that will offer a range of unique, high value services specifically designed for business use.  TeleWare Mobile is the first mobile network to deliver true convergence of fixed and mobile networks with a seamless core for both Fixed and Mobile calls and data.

DTU accelerates metagenomic research with SGI Altix UV

14 Jun 2011

Solution Expected to Become One of Europe’s Largest Supercomputer Systems

SGI today announced that the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has selected an SGI Altix UV 1000 high performance computing (HPC) system to help researchers mine huge amounts of genomic data from microbes and humans to identify novel genes and proteins that give living organisms their distinct properties.

Interxion Belgium Chooses 100% Green Energy

14 Jun 2011

Interxion today announced that its Belgian data centre has taken the strategic decision to be supplied 100% by green energy.

Working in partnership with its energy supplier, Interxion’s Belgium site now sources all of its energy from renewable sources such a solar, wind and hydroelectric power.

GP Bullhound advises 4energy, the leading provider of low energy cooling solutions for base stations, equipment rooms and data centres

14 Jun 2011

GP Bullhound, the technology investment bank, has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to 4energy Ltd on the funding round by Environmental Technologies Fund (‘ETF’). 4energy's existing investors include Carbon Trust Investments Limited and Catapult Growth Fund. The investment is to be used to support the Company in its rapid international expansion.

The commercial framework for cloud services lags behind the innovative solutions emerging across the market

14 Jun 2011

End users seek comfort on reliability, control, integration and security of hosted services

The cloud is creating a greater sense of capability and collaboration, and compelling financial benefits, which can, if not checked, drive contractual and operational ambiguity, according to the latest research issued by the Cloud Industry Forum.

Verizon Upgrades Global Communications for Ariston Thermo Group to Help Company Achieve Its Business Goals

14 Jun 2011

Ariston Thermo Group’s ongoing global expansion left it with disparate platforms and technologies that were not aligned with the company’s goals of growth and integration. To resolve that issue Ariston Thermo has chosen an integrated Verizon communications and networking solution that will enable the manufacturing leader to drive more effective collaboration across its extensive operations and implement a range of advanced services.

Assertive Software launches HIPPO to optimise performance of Informatica installations

13 Jun 2011

Web-based tool designed to reduce costs and downtime by analysing vital system components now available on Informatica Marketplace

Assertive Software, the specialist in extending functionality of the Informatica Platform or products, has announced the immediate availability of HIPPO, a powerful, browser-based performance tool for Informatica PowerCenter. 

Accellion, Inc. Releases Native Accellion Mobile Apps for iPad, iPhone

13 Jun 2011

Share Files and Collaborate Anytime, Anywhere on the iPad and iPhone

Accellion®, Inc. today announced the general availability of Accellion Mobile Apps™ for iPad and iPhone.  Accellion Mobile Apps allow users to securely collaborate, view, and share files directly from mobile devices and tablets.  Designed to work with Accellion Secure Collaboration™, the Accellion Mobile Apps for iPad and iPhone are now available for download for free from the App Store in iTunes. 

NextiraOne joins The Green Grid

13 Jun 2011

Membership adds value to Data Centre design and build solutions and services

NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, today announced its membership in The Green Grid Association. The Green Grid is a global consortium dedicated to advancing resource efficiency in Data Centres. NextiraOne will become a General Member of The Green Grid giving the company access to the organisation’s extensive technical resources and best practice information and sharing.

The Bunker is ready for the transition from IPv4 to IPv6

13 Jun 2011

The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd, providers of Ultra* Secure Data Centres and Managed Services is pleased to announce that is ready for the transition from IPv4 to IPv6.

The Bunker has completed extensive research and testing, including successful participation in the World IPv6 Day test on 8^th June, where its main website was made available via IPv6 for 24 hours.  With testing completed, The Bunker can now roll out IPv6 to its customers when IPv4 addresses have been exhausted. Transition processes have been established that allow The Bunker to help customers accommodate the new technology when they require it.

Raritan dcTrack™ Software Delivers New Intelligent 'Search, Place and Reserve' Tools to Drastically Simplify Data Center Capacity and Change Management

09 Jun 2011

dcTrack Version 2.5 software's change, capacity and asset management tools help maximize data center efficiency and find stranded capacity

Raritan today introduced new data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tools to help managers easily find available space, power and network connectivity within their data centers in order to add or change IT equipment.  The new web-based tools in dcTrack DCIM software Release 2.5, which is available worldwide starting today, help data center managers obtain the most from their existing capacity.

Outsourcery shows Cloud intent following appointment of ‘Hosting Star’

09 Jun 2011

James Griffin joins Outsourcery from Star

Outsourcery has appointed James Griffin as Director of Product Strategy, as it continues to focus on becoming the number one Cloud Service Provider (CSP) in the UK. James will be responsible for driving Outsourcery’s cloud strategy, including hosted applications, cloud infrastructure, unified communications and mobility. 

Zeus Acquires German-based Web Application Firewall Company art of defence

09 Jun 2011

Increasing Demand for Innovative Web Application Security in the Cloud is the Driving Force behind the Acquisition

Zeus Technology, the pioneers of Application Delivery Controller software, today announced it has purchased the assets of art of defence, a German-based distributed web application firewall (dWAF) provider.

Equinix To Build Third Data Center in Amsterdam

09 Jun 2011

Sustainable design meets growing local and global demand

Equinix, Inc. today announced plans to build a third International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Amsterdam (AM3), just six months after the official opening of AM2, the second IBX in the same market, indicating strong demand for Equinix data center services. The first phase of AM3 is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2012. The new IBX will be located in the Amsterdam Science Park, one of the most carrier-dense locations in Europe with more than 150 networks, and when completed will provide approximately 6,400 square meters of customer floor space.

Government must act to ensure open standards are introduced

08 Jun 2011

Bertrand Diard, CEO and co-founder of Talend, an open source data management specialist, has called upon the UK government to ensure that there is a fair and regulated tender process for IT projects; by not going back on their initial plans, which were laid out in the ICT strategy published in March 2011.

NextiraOne Customer Innovation Award Winners Announced

08 Jun 2011

Winners from banking, telecoms and business sectors across Europe demonstrate creative approaches to contact centre implementations

NextiraOne has announced the winners of its Contact Centre Customer Innovation Awards for 2011.  The awards, now in their fifth year, are presented in partnership with Alcatel-Lucent and Genesys at NextiraOne’s Annual VIP Dinner on the eve of the Genesys G-Force event. They present a unique opportunity for NextiraOne to recognise and highlight the creativity and innovation of many of the company’s customers across a wide range of business sectors.

DLM Forum Releases MoReq2010® Core Services Specification

08 Jun 2011

Pan European Collaboration Produces Practical International Specification to help all managers in the Public and Private Sector to meet their Information Compliance and Records Management Requirements

The DLM Forum, a European Commission sponsored community of interested parties in archive, records, document and information lifecycle management throughout Europe, announced today the publication of the Core Services and Plug-in Modules for the Modular Requirements for Record Systems (MoReq2010®) specification for electronic records management systems (ERMS). This follows two successful public consultations that attracted over five hundred comments and contributions from individuals, European Commission Experts’ Review Group, suppliers and industry associations.

EMC lack of investment to blame for RSA disasters says Philip Lieberman

08 Jun 2011

The news that RSA, the security division of EMC, has acknowledged that information stolen from its network was used to carry out a cyber attack against Lockheed Martin and is to replace all of the 40 million SecurID hardware tokens in existence is a big setback for the IT security industry said Philip Lieberman, President and CEO of Lieberman Software.

IPv4 Addresses Dry Up; Brocade Customers Years Ahead with Proven IPv6-Ready Solutions

08 Jun 2011

World IPv6 Day Marks Transition to IPv6; Simplifies Network Management, Enhances Security and Improves Interoperability

Spurred by an estimated 22 billion networked devices in use by 2020, government mandates and rapid cloud adoption driving Internet transformation, Brocade^®(Nasdaq: BRCD) and its customers observed World IPv6 Day with Google, Facebook, Yahoo! and others. Brocade has spent the last decade deriving and sharing best practices by rolling out IPv6-ready cloud-optimised networking solutions to deliver a pragmatic migration path to IPv6 These solutions have been widely adopted by many forward-thinking customers, including Hurricane Electric, Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) and Brocade’s own publicly facing website.

TeliaSonera International Carrier Leverages Platform Equinix to Offer IP Network and Managed Services Globally

08 Jun 2011

Equinix today announced that IP network and managed services provided by TeliaSonera International Carrier, a global provider of cross-border IP and managed services, are now available to customers in 25 of its International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

LSI Announces New High-Density Multiservice Processor for Wireless Networks

08 Jun 2011

LCP5400 device enables migration to IP-based networks; increases bandwidth of OEM transport line cards for wireless backhaul and media gateways

LSI Corporation has today announced a new multiservice processor that enables OEMs to reduce the physical footprint and cost of wireless backhaul, wireless controllers and media gateways. The LCP5400, which is software compatible with the existing link communication processor from LSI, allows networking OEMs to consolidate multiple line cards, reducing inventory and development costs and speeding equipment time to market. 

AMS-IX and Limelight Networks Field-Test Brocade 100 Gigabit Ethernet Technology to Stay Ahead of Internet Growth

08 Jun 2011

Leading IXP and CDN Companies Significantly Expand Network Capacity to Increase Flexibility and Scalability; Field-Testing Indicates that New Service Will Benefit Peering Landscape

Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX), one of the world’s largest Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), and Limelight Networks, the world’s leading content delivery network (CDN) for thousands of entertainment, technology, enterprise and government entities, have field-tested 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) technology from Brocade with live Internet traffic. The field test with Limelight Networks illustrated how AMS-IX’s 100 GbE-based service will deliver a new dimension to the peering model.

SGI Adds GPU Options to Accelerate Altix and Rackable Server Performance

08 Jun 2011

Latest NVIDIA Tesla GPUs Now Available in Select SGI HPC Product Families

SGI has announced availability of the latest NVIDIA Tesla 20-series GPUs in all of its server product lines.  As a leader in acceleration and design-to-order high performance computing (HPC) solutions, SGI is uniquely positioned to bring customers hybrid solutions of industry-standard microprocessors and GPU accelerators that solve critical technical computing problems.

Talend Enables Unified Integration in the Cloud

08 Jun 2011

Open source leader brings first comprehensive unified integration platform to the cloud; Enabling seamless integration in hybrid environments

Talend today announced Talend Cloud, its Cloud-enabled Integration Platform and the first comprehensive unified integration platform for the cloud and hybrid IT environments. An extension of the recently announced Unified Integration Platform, Talend Cloud offers elasticity, ubiquity, extensibility, security and reliability to those organisations looking to ensure the integrity of their integration processes, whether on-premise, in the cloud, via SaaS or in hybrid environments.

Interxion and CoreSite Announce Transatlantic Cloud Computing Data Centre Alliance

08 Jun 2011

Interxion has announced a cloud computing-focused data centre alliance with CoreSite (NYSE: COR), a U.S. provider of powerful, network-rich data centres. The alliance addresses dual-continent demand from cloud companies looking for data centre space in Europe and the U.S. as well as cloud customers of both companies looking to expand internationally. The transatlantic cloud data centre alliance reduces the risk and challenges involved with international data centre sourcing between Europe and the U.S. with Interxion and CoreSite providing a seamless sourcing process and similar cloud-optimised peering/network access and colocation environments.

Clouded Views on Data Security

07 Jun 2011

Many businesses are uneducated on the security of cloud technology and are missing out on its potentially business-changing benefits as a result.

A panel of IT security experts gathered at a round table event, held by hosting specialist UKFast, to inform businesses of the different security issues associated with various cloud platforms. They warned business owners not to rule out a move to an internet-based IT infrastructure because of inaccurate generalisations about the safety of cloud that are hyped by the media.

ControlCircle Partners with Check Point to Deliver High-end Managed UTM Services

07 Jun 2011

ControlCircle joins Check Point MSP program to deliver outsourced, centrally-managed security services to SMBs and Enterprises in the UK

ControlCircle has today announced a partnership with Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. to deliver fully-managed, outsourced Unified Threat Management (UTM) services to UK businesses. 

NextiraOne’s new Unified Building Services Division completes its Comprehensive Data Centre Portfolio

07 Jun 2011

The Communications Experts become The Infrastructure Experts with Turnkey Data Centre Design and Build Solutions

NextiraOne has completed the transformation of its Data Centre business proposition in the UK with the launch of its Unified Building Services division. This brings together all the physical infrastructure aspects needed for the creation of powerful effective Data Centres for NextiraOne’s private and public sector customers in the UK. It represents the final step in NextiraOne’s Data Centre strategy of creating a comprehensive, end-to-end portfolio covering physical infrastructure, network architecture, storage and virtualisation.

nlyte Software extends reach with French language version of its DCIM solution

07 Jun 2011

Leading DCIM provider to launch new French version of its flagship nlyte DCIM suite at Datacenter Dynamics Paris

nlyte Software today announced the availability of its French language DCIM suite – the first comprehensive DCIM solution to be offered in French.

Opengear Teams With Cormant to Increase Security, Visibility, Control and Reporting for Remote Physical Infrastructure

07 Jun 2011

Opengear (www.opengear.com), provider of next generation console server and remote management solutions and Cormant (www.cormant.com), developers of CableSolve a market leading physical layer IT infrastructure management system, today announced integration that gives MSPs, VOIP Service providers and others centralized management, secure access, control and visibility into all physical IT assets behind firewalls.

Kaseya delivers new Directory Services and Policy Management Capabilities

06 Jun 2011

With Automated Active Directory Syncing and Consistent Management of Service Level Policies for IT Professionals

Kaseya® today launched Kaseya Directory Services and Kaseya Policy Management, two new products that will allow IT professionals to further improve the way they view and manage their networks.  Kaseya Directory Services solution allows customers to automate the process of syncing their Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure for complete visibility from the Kaseya IT Automation Framework while also ensuring access and data privileges are uniform to execute efficient IT services.  Kaseya Policy Management streamlines the process of creating, setting and remotely applying IT policies to groups of systems across a distributed organization.

Silver Peak's NX-10K launched to simplify data centre networking for the Cloud & virtualisation

06 Jun 2011

Silver Peak NX-10K simplifies data centre networking and acceleration for cloud computing and virtualisation with multiple 10 Gbps interfaces, small 2U footprint, and support for all applications

Silver Peak Systems today extended its data centre class wide area network (WAN) optimisation leadership with the release of the new NX-10000 (NX-10K) appliance.  The Silver Peak NX-10K is the industry’s first multi-gigabit-per-second (Gbps) WAN optimisation appliance built for next-generation data centres supporting cloud and virtualisation architectures.  The NX-10K is the latest addition to Silver Peak’s full range of physical and virtual WAN optimisation appliances, all of which provide the most-scalable and cost-effective WAN optimisation for data centre and branch office deployments.  The new Silver Peak NX-10K appliance delivers three-times more capacity and throughput performance than its nearest competitor.

Cable&Wireless Worldwide Achieves Unrivalled Resilient Connectivity in Interxion’s Data Centres

06 Jun 2011

Interxion today announced that Cable&Wireless Worldwide, one of the world's leading mission critical communications providers, has extended its Interxion data centre collaboration. Cable&Wireless Worldwide operates Points of Presence (POPs) in Interxion’s data centres alongside its own estate, ensuring resiliency for its next-generation network across Europe.

The Illand Company selects StorageCraft for critical protection and rapid recovery of vital IT systems

03 Jun 2011

OneStop ITS Managed Backup Service using ShadowProtect helps leading off-site document management specialist guarantee high availability of critical databases needed to manage over 370,000 items.

StorageCraft Technology Corporation, a provider of innovative disk-based backup, disaster recovery, system migration, data protection and security solutions, has announced details of a successful project at The Illand Company to protect critical systems used to track hundreds of thousands of documents, tapes and CD's.

Andrew Gilbert, Managing Director of Node4, wins European Data Centre Entrepreneur of the Year Award

03 Jun 2011

Andrew Gilbert, Managing Director and founder of Britain’s fastest growing data centre company, Node4, was pronounced the winner of the European Data Centre Award for Entrepreneur of the Year 2011. The award is presented to the entrepreneur who has demonstrated exemplary world class success in the data centre sector, and recognises a proven track record of recent industry achievements representing marketing flair, commercial success and significant business growth, uniqueness in approach and industry leadership.

61 Percent of UK IT Leaders Believe Employee-Owned Mobile Devices Are Riskiest to the Enterprise

02 Jun 2011

2011 ISACA IT Risk/Reward Barometer also reveals concerns surround cloud computing in UK and projected increase in information security jobs

According to a new member survey by global IT association ISACA, 61 percent of information technology leaders in the UK believe that any employee-owned mobile device poses a greater risk to the enterprise than company-supplied devices do, as opposed to 31 percent who said a mobile device supplied by the company is riskiest*. When asked, ”What is the riskiest behaviour you are aware of an employee doing with a mobile device that has access to the corporate network?”, storing company data in an unsecured manner was reported as the riskiest by 48 percent of the respondents; losing the device was said to be the riskiest by 26 percent. Just 23 percent of respondents believe that the benefits of employees using personal devices for work activities outweigh the risk to the enterprise.

Siemon launches VersaPOD 600mm data centre server cabinet

02 Jun 2011

Siemon today adds a new 600mm (24 inch) wide cabinet to its VersaPOD™ line of data centre cabinets and racks.  The VersaPOD 600mm cabinet is designed as a cost-effective option for server applications that do not require Zero-U vertical patching and cable management solutions offered with Siemon’s fully-featured VersaPOD.  The new 600mm-wide cabinet provides a quickly assembled, stable platform for data centre and telecommunications room applications. 

Melbourne on course to "Double Figures"

02 Jun 2011

Melbourne, the independent server hosting provider, is celebrating its 10^th birthday this week after posting a set of financial results that are up 30 per cent on the previous year’s figures.

HP Unveils Performance Suite for the Instant-On Enterprise

01 Jun 2011

New software products help IT perform at its peak

HP today unveiled a new suite of software to operationalize, measure and improve IT performance across the industry’s broadest set of technology investments and asset classes.

Interxion, Microsoft, KPN International, NL-ix and HP Launch Cloud Testlab

01 Jun 2011

Interxion, together with,Microsoft, KPN International, NL-ix and HP today announced the launch of the Cloud Testlab, a turnkey cloud hosting test environment for service providers, combining industry-leading software, systems, connectivity and colocation capabilities. The collaboration is designed to enable hosting providers to develop cloud services and virtualised environments for their customers at high speed and with best-in-class performance guarantees.

NetSumo helps the online gaming community into Europe and beyond

01 Jun 2011

Low latency and network uptime power i3D to the front of the GSP grid

Over one million gamers in Europe and across the world are set for a transformation in their gaming experience following Interactive 3D’s (i3D) decision to select NetSumo to manage its rapidly expanding network.

Q1 Labs’ EMEA Expansion Accelerates

01 Jun 2011

Partner community triples supported by two new distributors, increased headcount and deal registration; puts Q1 Labs on track for record-breaking 2011

Q1 Labs, the global provider of total security intelligence solutions, today announced details of the progress of its EMEA expansion strategy, which has tripled the number of certified partners and added new regional distribution agreements supported by robust deal registration processes.

Brussels Review of IP laws needs to be handled with care

01 Jun 2011

Any review of the European regime needs to complement and support IP as a driver of growth

The European Union’s announcement that it intends to review and update the intellectual property rights regime could not have come at a more delicate time. This is according to the Federation Against Software Theft.

Raritan's Data Center Energy Management Software Gets a New Dashboard with Forecasting Tools and Gauges to Track and Visualize Key Energy Metrics

31 May 2011

New real-time power gauge finds stranded capacity

Raritan today unveiled a new configurable dashboard with new tools and gauges for Power IQ® energy management software, so that data center managers can easily see information most important to them -- whether it’s energy usage information of a specific server rack, temperature readings from the cold aisle, or a forecast on how much energy is required to support operations in data centers across the world. 

Springer Teams Up With Verizon to Unify Global Communications Infrastructure

31 May 2011

Global scientific publisher Springer today announced it has selected Verizon’s integrated networking solution to help unify Springer’s global network infrastructure. Springer works with some of the world’s best academics and authors, delivering high-quality knowledge and information to customers around the globe through its network of 55 publishing houses in 20 countries.

The World of TeleWare wins “Best in Class” at Interactive Media Awards

31 May 2011

Judges award prize for interactive demo that helps educate enterprise customers on the power of Unified Communications

TeleWare has won ‘The Best in Class’ award for Communication at the Interactive Media Awards (IMA). The judging panel from the Interactive Media Council bestowed its highest honour for ‘World of TeleWare’, an online interactive tool that it stated “represents the very best in planning, execution and overall professionalism.”

CIMtrek Partners With HubOne

31 May 2011

Cloud integrator HubOne has announced that it has signed as a partner of Cloud migration vendor CIMtrek to use and resell CIMtrek to migrate LotusNotes/Domino applications to Microsoft Online Services, Microsoft BPOS, and the forthcoming Microsoft Office 365 cloud platforms. 

GBI and Interoute Announce Two European Agreements

31 May 2011

GBI and Interoute to offer seamless communications between the Gulf and Europe

Gulf Bridge International (GBI), the Middle East’s first privately owned submarine cable operator, and Interoute, owner operator of Europe's most advanced next-generation network, are pleased to announce two new agreements, which will be delivered on the network extension agreement that was signed in Nairobi last year.

Industry veteran joins Silver Peak to head up EMEA channel partnerships

31 May 2011

Silver Peak, the leader in data centre WAN optimisation, has today announced the appointment of Pierre Langlois as channel director of Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EMEA).

Can increasing the environmental temperature in data centres up to 27°C to save energy risk network switch failures and lost packets?

30 May 2011

Daxten presents a passive cooling solution for network equipment with side air intakes.

Since 2008 The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air‐Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) expanded their recommended environmental envelope temperature range for IT equipment intake between 18 and 27 degrees Celsius to save energy and add additional cooling options in data centres. Any additional degree Celsius above the starting temperature reduces cooling unit loads by approximately three percent. This translates directly to the possible energy savings. Improving cooling efficiency of the servers is a source of dramatic energy consumption reduction with relatively little effort. There is a catch – due to increasing supply air temperatures the number of failures and packet losses from network switches and routers is significantly raised. The increased packet loss is caused when best practices like cold aisle containment, blanking panels and rack side baffles are implemented. Servers and other network equipment that pulls air from the front of the rack do not have problems as they pull air from the cold aisle. Network switches and routers that pull air from the side are pulling heated exhaust air from the servers, which is often in excess of 35 to 40 degrees Celsius. These devices have no way to access the cool air from the cold aisle and tend to overhead causing packet loss and communication failures. To solve this problem, Daxten, a leading provider of data centre cooling optimisation solutions, extends its portfolio with the SwitchAirBox.

Citrix Announces GoToManage Monitoring for XenServer

27 May 2011

Cloud-based IT Management Platform Enables SMBs and IT Consultants to Consolidate Monitoring of Physical and Virtual Servers

Today at Citrix Synergy™, the event where virtual computing takes centre stage, Citrix Systemsannounced Citrix® GoToManage® Monitoring for XenServer®. The latest capability of GoToManage solves a key challenge for SMBs and IT consultants in monitoring both physical and virtual servers distributed among dispersed offices and data centres.

Ixia & the Lippis Report Complete 10GE Open Networking Performance & Power Tests for Data Centre Clouds

27 May 2011

Ixia’s iSimCity Hosts Lippis Report 10GE Tests for Industry’s Only Comparative Report on 10GE Switch Performance and Power Consumption

Ixia and The Lippis Report today announced the completion of the second round of a series of open industry data centre network performance and power consumption tests. The tests will provide the industry with comparative performance and power consumption data across several 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) switch devices. These tests are the first of their kind, and provide network stakeholders with real-world data that compares and contrasts different 10GE equipment manufacturer products for data centre fabrics.

Interxion Completes Expansion and Upgrade of Its Düsseldorf Data Centre

26 May 2011

Interxion announced today that it has completed the upgrade and expansion of its DUS1 data centre. The expansion and upgrade of the facility is in response to consistently rising demand from customers in the digital media, carrier and enterprise sectors.

on365 wins Environmental Project of the Year award for innovative data centre energy efficiency project with Telstra International

25 May 2011

on365 awarded for energy efficient data centre monitoring and optimisation

on365, a specialist in the planning, installing, management and optimisation of physical IT infrastructure and utility services, today announced that its monitoring and energy efficient optimisation of Telstra International’s managed service hosting centre has been awarded Environmental Project of the Year at the Data Centre Solutions Awards ceremony. The ceremony took place on 19 May 2011 at the QEII Conference Centre in London.

Accellion Secure Collaboration Wins Microsoft Best of Tech·Ed 2011

25 May 2011

Accellion Secure Collababoration Named Best Security Product

Accellion®, Inc., the award-winning pioneer in providing enterprise-class, secure collaboration and managed file transfer solutions, today announced the Accellion Secure Collaboration™ solution has been named the Best of Tech·Ed 2011 winner in the Security Category.  Accellion Secure Collaboration was selected for its ability to provide business users secure access to valuable files and data inside and outside of the enterprise.  Accellion integrates seamlessly with existing IT environments via plug-ins for Microsoft Outlook, SharePoint, and Office for quick and easy file sharing and collaboration. 

Platform Computing cited positively in industry report on private cloud market

25 May 2011

Independent analysts evaluated 15+ vendors across 10 criteria

Platform Computing announced today it was among the vendors highlighted in a May 2011 report from Forrester Research, Inc. entitled “Market overview: private cloud solutions, Q2 2011.” The report examines vendors using customer references, a compulsory 30 minute demonstration and written responses.  The market overview examines the landscape of vendors providing solutions designed to accelerate the implementation of an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud in a customer’s data centre. Across the 15 vendors that were able to meet the criteria to be considered for the report, Platform Computing received the highest score possible for role based access control (RBAC) and virtualisation support, as well as scores of three or higher out of four possible points in six of the ten categories evaluated in the market overview. 

NextiraOne to Build Police MAN Network in Wroclaw, Poland

25 May 2011

NextiraOne has announced the signing of an agreement with the Provincial Police Headquarters in Wroclaw for the construction of a metropolitan area network (MAN) for the Wroclaw police force. NextiraOne experts will design a solution to deliver, implement and launch the system in 20 police facilities, conduct training for its users and provide a maintenance service.

Scale Computing Launches New Partner Program to Leverage Growth and Benefits of Scale-out Storage for Virtualisation

25 May 2011

Scale’s partner program has grown 95% in the last 12 months

Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of intelligent, scale-out storage solutions tailored to the virtualisation and archiving needs of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), today launched a new partner program. A 100 percent channel organisation, Scale Computing’s Partner Program offers resellers new market opportunities, significant profit margins, strong marketing programs, responsive support and zero conflict with channel partners.

Scale Computing and GEO Foundation partnership wins Storage Virtualisation Project of the Year at the DCS Awards

24 May 2011

Virtualisation solution creates 1:1 computer-to-student ratio reality

Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of intelligent, scale-out storage solutions, and GEO Foundation today announced that its Intelligent Clustered Operating System™ (ICOS) project has been awarded Storage Virtualisation Project of the Year at the DCS Awards ceremony, which took place on 19 May at the QEII Conference Centre in London.

Force10 Networks Receives 2011 Leadership Award from Technology Marketing Corporation’s NGN Magazine

23 May 2011

S4810™ Top-of-Rack Switch Honored for Outstanding Innovation in Network Technology

Force10 Networks, Inc. has announced that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has named  the Force10 S-Series™ ultra-low latency S4810™ top-of-rack (ToR) switch as a recipient of the 2011 NGN Leadership Award presented by TMC’s publication, NGN Magazine. 

As Cloud Computing usage continues to escalate, risk consultancy Protiviti warns organisations to carry out appropriate risk management tests

23 May 2011

Protiviti Inc., a global business consulting and internal audit firm, has today warned organisations to have a clear understanding of the risks associated with the implementation of cloud computing, as the number of UK organisations adopting cloud-based solutions steadily rises.

Full backing for European Commission Consultation on Cloud Computing

23 May 2011

Cloud Industry Forum ready, willing and able to add to the debate at the heart of Europe

The Cloud Industry Forum has warmly welcomed the news that the European Commission has launched a public consultation on the benefits that cloud computing can deliver.

Danish IT consultancy selects nlyte Software for seamless data centre migration & enhanced performance

23 May 2011

NNIT swaps ‘old school’ spreadsheets & Visio for the nlyte DCIM suite

nlyte Software, a leading provider of performance-based solutions for Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM), today announced that NNIT, one of Denmark’s leading IT consultancies, has selected the nlyte DCIM solution to help it migrate its existing equipment to a brand new data centre facility, and replace the organisation’s current spreadsheet and Visio management tools to ensure increased performance and compliance with green legislation within its data centre environment.

New UK carbon emissions targets must enable cost reduction, says on365

23 May 2011

Chris Smith calls for recognition of wider business case for energy efficiency

The announcement to parliament last week by energy and climate secretary Chris Huhne in which he committed the UK to a 50 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2025 compared with 1990 levels, has been met with broad criticism from businesses in the UK.

Iconnyx helps SMBs with bank holiday overload

20 May 2011

 - creates a Web Hosting Hotline & Q&A for out-of-office peace of mind - 

Whist all of us are delighted to have an extra bank holiday to enjoy since the Royal Wedding event, the increase in office downtime has put extra pressure on website managers, according to Iconnyx, the managed IT services/hosting provider.

University of Hertfordshire switch to Tiger 2020 enables accurate 'charge back' while fraud detection “Pays for itself” in the first month

20 May 2011

Modular call management platform helps University reduce communication costs and complexity whilst providing stable platform for move to Voice over IP

Tiger Communications, a leading provider of Call Management Solutions, has announced details of a project at University of Hertfordshire that is helping to deliver charge back and anti-fraud capability for 3,000 extensions across 4 sites.

Cloud Hype Giving Way to Adoption

20 May 2011

No business should ignore the opportunities that cloud technology presents the results from those that have dabbled are compelling!

This was the warning issued by a panel of business IT experts who gathered at a round table event held by hosting firm UKFast this month.

Barracuda backup servers now features "private cloud" capabilities for offsite data redundancy

19 May 2011

New Site-to-Site Replication Features Broaden Data Storage Options for Customers Beyond Local and Cloud Backup

Barracuda Networks today launched site-to-site replication capabilities for the Barracuda Backup Service, a market leading solution that allows companies to efficiently back up their data both locally and offsite without the hassle of tapes or other removable media. This enhancement allows customers to deploy a “private cloud” by enabling one Barracuda Backup Server to replicate data to one or more Barracuda Backup Servers housed locally or deployed at other locations for disaster recovery.

NetIQ adds identity, security and select data centre lines from Novell; announces new executive leadership team

19 May 2011

Powerful combination of solutions, deep expertise and global support delivers greater customer value

NetIQ Corporation, a business unit of The Attachmate Group, today announced it will add the complete portfolio of Novell identity and security solutions and selected Novell data centre solutions to the NetIQ business unit solution portfolio. The combination of these technologies into one business unit further deepens the NetIQ focus on identity, security and compliance management, IT operations management, virtualisation and cloud computing. Under the leadership of Jay Gardner, president and general manager of NetIQ, the management team will spearhead the company’s objectives of reducing IT cost, complexity, and risk for its customers.

Fusion-io delivers high performance for Dell In-Memory solutions

19 May 2011

ioDrive Duo Storage Memory Modules Provide Scalable Enterprise Acceleration to Meet Requirements for Rapid Data Analysis with Dell In-Memory Appliances

Fusion-io has announced that its ioMemory technology is being offered by Dell for integration into its In-Memory solutions to meet performance requirements for scalable, near-real time analytics. Enterprises can customise a powerful Dell In-Memory solution with either 360 GB or 640 GB Dell branded ioDrive Duo modules integrated into a Dell PowerEdge R910 Rack Server for performance intensive data analysis in demanding business environments.

Government review urges intellectual property law reform

18 May 2011

Comment from Intellectual Property specialists Marks & Clerk on the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property Law

The Hargreaves Review of UK Intellectual Property (IP) law has been published today, recommending various reforms to the country’s current copyright and patent regimes. The review – initiated by the Prime Minister in November 2010 – was tasked with examining whether current IP laws are still fit for the purpose of promoting innovation and growth in the UK economy. At the time, the Prime Minister referred to Google’s pronouncement that they could never have started their company in Britain due to the relative inflexibility of UK copyright law.

SpyEye Attack on Verizon Exposes PCI Shortcomings

18 May 2011

Trusteer recently discovered a configuration of the SpyEye Trojan targeting Verizon’s online payment page and attempting to steal payment card information. The attack took place between May 7th and 13th.  

StorageCraft Releases New Virtual Disaster Recovery Software

18 May 2011

ShadowProtect Virtual delivers affordable, flexible backup solutions for hybrid environments

With so many different combinations of physical systems and virtual environments in today’s storage strategy, it is important for IT professionals to use a disaster recovery solution built to handle systems and data backup in any environment in order to ensure business continuity.

Ixian Solutions’ Partnership with RF Code Aims at Providing Innovative Asset Management Solutions to the National Health Service

18 May 2011

Latest System Integrator to use RF Code’s Wire-Free to Strengthen Portfolio

RF Code, a leading provider of active IT asset management and wire-free environmental monitoring solutions, has announced that is has signed its fifth Partner, Ixian Solutions, since launching its European Channel Program in February.  Ixian, a highly respected systems integrator with over 20 years experience in infrastructure and environmental monitoring, will utilise RF Code technology to provide new solutions for asset tracking, with a particular focus in the healthcare sector.

Q1 LABS named a leader in 2011 security information and event management magic quadrant

17 May 2011

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute 

Q1 Labs, the global provider of total security intelligence solutions, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2011 "Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management."[1] Q1 Labs also received an "excellent" product viability rating in the accompanying 2011 Gartner "Critical Capabilities for Security Information and Event Management Technology"[2] report. 

Ideal Industries Networks launches handheld network performance tester and troubleshooting tool

17 May 2011

IDEAL INDUSTRIES NETWORKS has launched LanXPLORER PRO, an inline active and passive network tester with unique capabilities. The easy-to-use, handheld tester is capable of testing active LAN connections over both copper and fibre, and includes a Net Map/Net Verify function to identify all active network devices and compare them against previous device lists.

ChannelCloud UK/Ireland Joins the Cloud Industry Forum

17 May 2011

Recent entrant to UK market joins growing channel presence in industry body

ChannelCloud UK/Ireland has become the latest company to join the Cloud Industry Forum, the body established to promote trust, security and transparency within the sector.

SMEs should avoid social media for recruitment

17 May 2011

Expert panellist suggests that small businesses are highly unlikely to profit from using social media for recruitment. In fact, it would be a complete and utter waste of time!

The use of social media in recruitment is on the rise with many success stories. However, according to a panel of recruitment specialists, small businesses will not be among those who directly profit from this emerging market due to its time intensive nature.

Novell rolls out Novell Operations Centre 5.0

17 May 2011

Industry’s first Business Service Management solution to deliver CMS and cloud services management

Novell today announced the immediate availability of Novell Operations Centre 5.0, the first Business Service Management (BSM) solution to deliver comprehensive management of public and private cloud services, as well as the first Configuration Management System (CMS) that automatically synchronises with external data sources, helping customers to better manage highly complex environments and federated CMDBs. These extensive capabilities present a real-time, comprehensive view of business service health and performance across physical, virtual and cloud environments.

SonicWALL Selects Opengear CM4000 for Global Out-of-Band Management

16 May 2011

Opengear a leading provider of next generation console server and remote management solutions, today announced that SonicWALL is using the Opengear CM4000 as a part of its infrastructure for out-of-band management.

Fasthosts Standardises on ScienceLogic Cloud Management and IT Operations Platform

16 May 2011

ScienceLogic Provides Centralised Management of Dynamic, Hosted Resources and Speeds Delivery of New Service Offerings 

To enhance and optimise service delivery across its large managed hosting infrastructure as well as offer new virtualisation and cloud monitoring services to its customers, Fasthosts Internet Ltd has chosen the ScienceLogic^™ Inc. IT operations and cloud management platform. Using ScienceLogic EM7^™, Fasthosts’ internal IT staff, channel partners and end customers now have access to personalised views into performance and availability across the shared resources that support the Fasthosts Web hosting business, the largest in the UK, as well as its Rise subsidiary, which provides Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing services exclusively through its partner network.

Geo Networks announces partnership with EirGrid to deliver its second Anglo-Irish fibre route

13 May 2011

7 Terabit capacity in conjunction with €600 million EU Interconnector project

Geo Networks (Geo), a provider of high-performance fibre networks, has signed a commercial agreement with Eirgrid, Ireland’s prominent electricity system operator and developer, to provide a second fibre optic subsea cable between the UK and Ireland. This route forms the second half of the diverse fibre connectivity ring between North Wales and Dublin, providing Anglo-Irish businesses with the most secure, reliable and advanced network availability.

Talend Becomes a Sponsor of The Apache Software Foundation

13 May 2011

Provider of Apache CXF and Apache Camel-Powered Software Continues its Dedication to Open Source and the Apache Community

Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced that it has become an Apache Software Foundation (ASF) sponsor, furthering its commitment to open source. Talend’s sponsorship of the non-profit, volunteer-run foundation will help aid organisational, legal and financial support for a broad range of Apache licensed projects. Current sponsors of The Apache Software Foundation include Google, Yahoo! and Facebook.

Cloud Technology solutions inks deal with CIMtrek to augment its IBM Lotus to Google Cloud Migration capability

13 May 2011

A partnership deal has been signed by two of the leading cloud migration solution providers that will enhance the transition process for millions of Lotus Notes users.

The partnership between Cloud Technology Solutions (CTS), the Google Enterprise Partner, and CIMtrek, which provides the tools to migrate legacy applications to Cloud platforms, will deliver an easy and cost effective way of migrating, testing and supporting legacy business processes on a massive, secure, cloud infrastructure. 

HMSHost Locates Mission-Critical Infrastructure with Interxion

12 May 2011

Interxion today announced that it has been selected by the EMEA division of HMSHost, a world leader in travel dining and shopping, to provide data centre colocation for the company’s mission-critical infrastructure. HMSHost now runs data and application infrastructure for its EMEA operations in Interxion’s AMS3 data centre.

TeleWare launches first ‘Clientless’ Mobile Call Recording Solution to help Financial Services meet FSA deadline

12 May 2011

Innovative technology supports every handset including Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows and Symbian across voice and SMS with encryption and auditing to adhere with FSA and MiFID regulations 

Solution tested and certified by a 'Top 3' national carrier, 
currently undergoing first deployment at leading UK FTSE financial services firm

TeleWare, the leading provider of communications solutions for mobile and distributed workers, today announced the launch of the first “clientless” mobile call recording solution for financial services organisations to meet the new FSA call recording rules governing conversations on the mobile phone which come into effect on 14th of November 2011.

UKFast Breaks Through the Cloud

12 May 2011

Hosting solutions specialist, UKFast, has addressed the concerns of growing internet businesses with its new innovation: MyCloudStack. The flexible solution breaks down the elements of dedicated cloud hosting and makes it simple for businesses to advance into private cloud computing.

announced the implementation of cloudgermany.de’s cloud computing infrastructure at Interxion’s data centre campus in Frankfurt.

12 May 2011

Interxion has announced the implementation of cloudgermany.de’s cloud computing infrastructure at Interxion’s data centre campus in Frankfurt.

Silver Peak and EMC accelerate private clouds with integrated WAN optimisation and virtual storage

12 May 2011

EMC VPLEX Geo and Silver Peak data centre class WAN optimisation integration can provide up to 20x improvement in WAN capacity while reducing WAN costs by up to 10x

Silver Peak Systems today announced integration of its data centre class wide area network (WAN) optimisation solutions with the new EMC VPLEX Geo storage federation technology, extending  performance and cost savings for private clouds across geographically distributed data centres.  Working in close collaboration with EMC, the Silver Peak WAN optimisation solution is qualified, optimised, and tightly-integrated with VPLEX Geo to enable the VPLEX features for application mobility, high-availability, and collaboration over lower capacity, less-expensive networks.

TechnologyOne launches OneHousing – The next generation end-to-end housing management platform

12 May 2011

First solution to cover the complete housing management life cycle using innovative role based interface and modular design to reduce costs and improve efficiency

Enterprise software company TechnologyOne has launched OneHousing, an Enterprise Housing Management solution, developed following close collaboration with housing sector customers throughout Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

New Adapt service raises the bar on data centre performance and reliability

12 May 2011

Improved performance combined with second site disaster recovery further reduces cost, complexity and risk for customers

Adapt, the independent IT managed services provider, has announced a new Enterprise Virtual Data Centre (eVDC) service which makes use of Adapt’s comprehensive portfolio of best-of-breed data centres to offer customers a production grade platform for the delivery of virtual servers.  The new service, delivered from two physically distant sites functioning as one logical entity, is unique in offering very high levels of availability with integrated second site resilience within a single solution.

SGI Expands Support for Lustre File System

12 May 2011

SGI has announced that it is expanding its support of the Lustre® file system to include Level 3 support, and now provides complete end-to-end coverage for its customers. Lustre is a massively parallel file system, capable of supporting compute clusters of thousands of nodes and many petabytes of storage. The addition of Level 3 support brings the SGI® Lustre® solution for scale-out computing environments to a support level equivalent to CXFSTM, SGI's own high-performance scale-up clustered file system.

Verizon Helps Ticketmaster Set the Stage for Better Customer Care

12 May 2011

Teams With Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise’s Genesys to Deliver Advanced Contact Center Services to Speed Customer Service and Ticket Sales

Ticketmaster fields millions of calls a year for thousands of events and needed to ensure it could manage call volumes – particularly during peak calling times.  The company, which merged with Live Nation last year to become one of the world’s largest live entertainment and eCommerce companies, turned to Verizon for a contact center solution that meets Ticketmaster’s immediate needs while paving the way for a range of advanced services.

QiComm Opens Doors to New London City Data Centre, Tutis Point

11 May 2011

QiComm, the UK-based provider of carrier-class voice, data services and managed services has officially opened the doors at its new data centre.  The new centre is located in Docklands London, and showcases cutting-edge technologies implemented to deliver enhanced energy efficiency. 

Opengear Launches Smart ACM5000 and IM4200 Cellular Routers and Console Servers at Interop Las Vegas 2011

10 May 2011

Opengear’s Smart ACM5000 and IM4200 Management Appliances Enable Customers to Automate the Discovery, Diagnosis and Resolution of Technical Problems at Remote Sites

Opengear today announced the launch of its Smart ACM5000 and Smart IM4200 line of products at Interop Las Vegas 2011. Opengear products will be demonstrated at Interop in Opengear booth 2271 and will be featured in InteropNet, Interop’s specialized cutting edge network, as well as in the much talked about OpenFlow Lab.

HIT Entertainment Builds on Success with Enterprise Deployment of Accellion

10 May 2011

Accellion Secure File Sharing Solution Fixes It for Bob the Builder Owner, HIT Entertainment

Accellion®, Inc., the award-winning pioneer in providing enterprise-class, secure collaboration and managed file transfer solutions, today announced HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights-owners, has expanded the use of Accellion Secure File Transfer with a virtual deployment of the solution.

LSI Enables Content Delivery Networks for Data Centres and Mobile Service Provider Networks

10 May 2011

Portfolio of advanced networking and storage solutions powers platform for delivering rich media content for data centres and wireless networks

LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced a platform featuring the company’s networking and storage solutions to enable content delivery networks (CDN) that bring rich media services to multi-screen environments. The combination of the LSI® Axxia® Network Accelerator, Axxia Media Accelerator and WarpDrive™ SLP-300 solid-state acceleration card provides a programmable platform that brings significant performance, manageability and scalability enhancements to application and content delivery servers.

EMC Isilon delivers world's largest single file system for big data

10 May 2011

New Scale-out NAS Products Top 15 Petabytes in a Single File System and Single Volume, Providing the Storage Foundation for Maximizing the Big Data Opportunity

EMC Corporation has announced the world’s largest single file system with the introduction ofEMC Isilon’s new IQ 108NL scale-out NAS hardware product. Leveraging three terabyte (TB) enterprise-class Hitachi Ultrastar™ drives in a 4U node, the 108NL scales to more than 15 petabytes (PB) in a single file system and single volume, providing the storage foundation for maximizing the big data opportunity. EMC also today announced Isilon’s new SmartLock data retention software application, delivering immutable protection for big data to ensure the integrity and continuity of big data assets from initial creation to archival. By combining Isilon’s new NL-Series product with the recently announced OneFS® 6.5 operating system, and S200 and X200 scale-out NAS hardware products, enterprise businesses can create a complete, end-to-end storage platform for big data workflows, simplifying management and achieving maximum IT efficiency and flexibility.

London Metal Exchange Opens Access Point at Interxion

09 May 2011

Interxion has announced that London Metal Exchange (LME), the world’s premier non-ferrous metals market, is opening an access point to their electronic trading platform, LMEselect, at Interxion’s City of London data centre. The access point will also allow access to LMElive, the exchange’s real-time price and data application.

Origin Storage welcomes Ponemon report on self-encrypting drives

09 May 2011

A report just released from the Ponemon Institute - which found that self-encrypting drives (SED) are more effective than software-based encryption systems when it comes to preventing data beaches - has been welcomed by Origin Storage.

SAS appoints Bernard Baker to further enhance and develop public sector portfolio

09 May 2011

SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, has appointed Bernard Baker as senior advisor for its UK public sector team. He will be working with Head of Public Sector, Graham Kemp, to promote the value of analytics for public sector organisations as well as supporting existing customers in local and central Government with their SAS implementations.