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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.