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New Product Launch at DCW: Daxten presents its new CoolControl Containment system for data centres

31 Mar 2011

Inexpensive and highly flexible, soft or solid, hot and cold-aisle-containment with caging capabilities

Daxten, a leading provider of data centre cooling optimisation solutions, enhanced its CoolControl Curtain system to be a complete hybrid and modular containment solution - CoolControl Containment. This solution enables data centre and facility managers to contain their cold and/or hot aisles in either a soft or solid structure. The skeletal structure for this is a solid aluminium profile that can be installed as a self-supporting frame either under the ceiling, along walls or over cabinets in server rooms or data centres. The aluminium profiles allow for using soft, inert, antistatic and self-extinguishing curtains or solid synthetic, glass and fibre panels or a combination of the both to contain any rack row in the hot and/or cold aisle.

RF Code Announces Wire-Free Air Pressure Sensor

31 Mar 2011

Eliminating Wires Means Deployment Flexibility to Monitor Air Pressure Anywhere in the Data Center

At Data Center World in Las Vegas, RF Code (Booth #409) announced a new wire-free air pressure sensor that reports differential air pressure readings. Air pressure is a key monitoring metric used to optimize air flow and provide insights into the overall thermal characteristics in a data center.

Platform Computing announces support for MapReduce

30 Mar 2011

Company brings history of enterprise-class distributed computing to “big” data analytics with support for Apache Hadoop MapReduce programming model

Platform Computing has announced the company is now bringing enterprise-class distributed computing to business analytics applications that process “big” data using the Apache Hadoop MapReduce programming model. Based on more than 18 years of industry leadership in workload management for high performance computing (HPC) applications, Platform Computing’s analytics solutions are a natural expansion of the company’s distributed computing experience built on the company’s core technologies, Platform LSF and Platform Symphony.

New Citrix NetScaler DataStream technology addresses explosive growth in cloud, mobile and corporate data

30 Mar 2011

NetScaler is first service delivery networking system to introduce native database protocol and SQL intelligence for cost-effective scalability and security

To address the exponential growth in cloud, mobile and corporate data, Citrix Systems today unveiled a breakthrough new DataStream technology in its popular NetScaler service delivery networking product line. NetScaler is already firmly established as the delivery infrastructure of choice for most of the world’s largest consumer websites and cloud providers, touching an estimated 75 percent of all internet users each day.  Leveraging its expertise in web applications, NetScaler becomes the industry’s first service delivery controller to extend the benefits of scalability, availability and security for the web tier to the data tier for both enterprise IT and cloud and mobile providers.

The Bunker to present at FST Live Conference for Financial Sector IT Professionals

29 Mar 2011

The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd is pleased to announce that it will be presenting its views on Virtualisation and Cloud Computing at the FST Expo 2011, the only event focused on technology for the financial sector in the UK.

Scale Computing Enables Mays Chemical to Successfully Execute Affordable Virtualization Project

29 Mar 2011

Scale’s Intelligent Storage Eliminates SMB’s Virtualization Cost Barrier

Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of intelligent, clustered storage solutions that are tailored to the needs of the small and medium-sized businesses (SMB),  today announced that Mays Chemical, a fully integrated chemical distributor, has deployed Scale’s intelligent storage to complete its virtualization project.  Scale’s S-Series, 4TB cluster has delivered a simple, scaleable, VMware Ready™ storage solution.  In addition, Scale’s cost-effective storage, combined with VMware’s vSphere™ Essentials Kit, made Mays Chemical’s virtualization project an economic reality.

Origin Storage launches Government grade encrypted portable hard drive

29 Mar 2011

Origin Storage has today announced that DataLocker Inc. received FIPS 140-2 validation certificate #1504 for the DataLocker Enterprise v2.0 encrypted portable hard drive. Issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 validation program ensures that cryptographic modules meet all government and military standards for data encryption.

Burgundy Goes Live at Interxion’s Stockholm Data Centre

28 Mar 2011

Interxion today announced that Burgundy, a trading platform for Nordic securities, has gone live at Interxion’s Nordic Financial Hub in Stockholm.

Scale Computing Named to CRN’s 2011 5-Star Partner Programs Guide

28 Mar 2011

Annual guide and 5-Star designation identifies the IT channel’s best vendor partner programs

Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of intelligent, scale-out storage solutions that are tailored to the virtualization and archiving needs of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME),  today announced that the company has been named to CRN’s 2011 Partner Programs Guide.  Scale Computing was also awarded a 5-Star Partner rating. CRN’s Partner Programs Guide and 5-Star Partner ratings serve as the definitive list of vendors who have robust partner programs or products that service solution providers offer directly to the IT channel. The annual list recognizes the vendors who offer solution providers the best possible partnering elements for channel success.

StorageCraft offers enhanced Reseller Partner Programme for 2011

28 Mar 2011

Partners to receive stronger support, more training, better margins and lucrative bonuses tied to quarterly targets.

For over three years StorageCraft® Europe has supported its resellers with a partner programme that improves their profitability and business effectiveness. Today StorageCraft Technology Corporation has announced a new Partner Programme for 2011 that offers Reseller Partners an improved bonus scheme designed to reinforce the direct relationship with each reseller without the need for a regional distributor.

Budget boosts broadband as Government’s ‘Plan for Growth’ fuels business in the West Country

25 Mar 2011

Rise welcomes promise of ‘superfast broadband’ to drive business growth

Following the Budget announced by the Chancellor on 23 March 2011, Rise, a leading Gloucester based cloud computing solutions company, has welcomed the promise of public investment in superfast broadband.

Level 3 expands Scandinavian connectivity with TelecityGroup

24 Mar 2011

New point of presence supports increasing data demands in one of Europe’s most connected regions

Telecity today announced that Level 3 Communications Inc. (NYSE:  LVLT), a leading international provider of fibre-based communications services, has expanded its core networking infrastructure from TelecityGroup’s Stockholm I site to its new state-of-the-art Stockholm II data centre via a new point of presence (PoP). The expansion builds on the existing relationship with TelecityGroup across Europe, and is enabling Level 3 to extend its European network to support increasing business demand for data services across Scandinavia.

Scality Partners with Gladinet to Unleash Mass Adoption of Cloud Storage

24 Mar 2011

Gladinet will seamlessly drive customers’ take-up of cloud storage all over the world, leveraging Scality’s vast and worldwide network of StaaS providers, built upon the software vendor’s innovative object-based storage system.

Cloud storage system pioneer Scality has announced a partnership with Gladinet, a leading cloud gateway software vendor, to provide an end-to-end cloud-based storage solution to help drive cloud adoption for small and medium businesses (SMBs) and enterprises with multiple branch offices.

Brocade Facilitates IPv6 Internet Transformation with Cloud-Optimised Application Delivery Solution

23 Mar 2011

Enables Seamless Adoption of IPv6, Doubles the Performance of Brocade ServerIron ADX Application Delivery Switches, and Optimises Application Visibility Control at No Added Cost

Brocade has announced software release version 12.3 for the Brocade^® ServerIron^® ADX Series of application delivery switches, which enables these platforms to act as a seamless gateway between existing IPv4 networks and new ones built on IPv6. This gateway functionality provides Brocade customers with a pragmatic path to adopt IPv6 technology and support both IPv4 and IPv6 environments simultaneously, offering them a seamless and non-disruptive migration strategy.

Rosslyn Analytics & QlikTech Offer to Assist HM Treasury in Obtaining an Accurate View of UK Government Department Spending Data

23 Mar 2011

Will George Osborne Accept This Unprecedented Offer For Free Spend Visibility in April?

Despite George Osborne’s attempts, HM Treasury’s inability to obtain and analyse all central government spending data has forced the Chancellor of the Exchequer to seek short-term savings such as cutting public sector employees at the expense of setting the foundation for long-term economic growth.

Citrix XenServer certified on IBM System x and BladeCenter Servers

23 Mar 2011

New pre-qualified configurations enable enterprise customers to more rapidly gain benefit from Citrix virtualisation solutions

Citrix Systems, Inc. today announced that IBM has certified Citrix XenServer® on System x and BladeCenter Servers to make deployment faster and easier for customers. The rigorously pre-tested configurations enable customers to more easily leverage Citrix XenServer and IBM servers to automate datacentre management processes and increase efficiency of datacentre infrastructures.

Origin Storage says Canadian health data theft highlights case for multi-layered drive security

22 Mar 2011

Reports from Canada about the theft of a hospital hard drive containing photos and videos of patients shows how easy it is for data drives to go missing in public areas, says Origin Storage.

OnApp’s $25 million “Cloud-In-A-Box” giveaway to dispel cloud hosting cost and complexity myth

22 Mar 2011

Free software and services offer launched at WHD 2011

OnApp has revealed a unique offer for hosting providers at the WorldHostingDays 2011 exhibition today – dispelling myths about the cost and complexity of setting up a cloud hosting operation. OnApp will give away 500 “Cloud-In-A-Box” packages that give recipients the opportunity to get cloud hosting software and services, worth well over $50,000, free of charge. There are 500 boxes available to WHD 2011 attendees on a first come, first served basis. OnApp is a Diamond Sponsor at WHD 2011, and the total value of OnApp’s Cloud-In-A-Box offer is in excess of $25 million.

BAA’s IT overhaul to make Heathrow more resilient

22 Mar 2011

Heathrow is investing over £400m in IT to share real time information, better respond to crises and offer improved services to passengers and airlines.

TelecityGroup customers gain access to Interoute’s Fast Trade financial trading platform

22 Mar 2011

Interoute, the owner operator of Europe’s largest next-generation network, has installed a fibre-based connection between TelecityGroup’s two data centres in Milan providing additional resilient and redundant links between the two facilities.

Nexans launches new Micro-Bundle Fibre Optic Cables

22 Mar 2011

New improved cable designs provide reduced bend radius

Nexans has announced the introduction of cables based on an advanced Micro-Bundle design. This new technology allows for the production of small, light cables that maintain excellent mechanical robustness.

Bott's storage helps boost GKN Driveline's productivity

22 Mar 2011

GKN Driveline has procured and installed new storage products from Bott Ltd, the leading manufacturer of industrial and workplace storage solutions, to improve  workshop facilities for its employees. Set up around three different locations within the plant, an assortment of drawer units, cupboards and workbenches were specified to create an enhanced professional image for staff and visitors.

CommScope Introduces Its Enhanced Shielded Solution to the SYSTIMAX® GigaSPEED® X10D Solution Portfolio

17 Mar 2011

CommScope, Inc. has introduced its enhanced shielded solution to the SYSTIMAX® GigaSPEED® X10D Solution portfolio.

Wall Street Journal names WAN optimisation specialist Silver Peak 'Next Big Thing'

17 Mar 2011

WAN Optimisation leader makes second annual list of venture-backed companies with greatest promise to succeed

For the second consecutive year, Silver Peak Systems, the leader in data centre class wide area network (WAN) optimisation, has been named on the Wall Street Journal’s Next Big Thing list, which ranks the top venture-backed companies across all industries.  Silver Peak is one of only 14 returning companies to the list of 5,740 potential candidates evaluated.

Risk Manager “real-time” scoring and attribute based access control stops compliance breaches before they happen

17 Mar 2011

Innovative software from Pirean simplifies Sox, PCI and business specific compliance processes

Pirean Software has launched a new platform, Risk Manager, that allows organisations to easily implement Attribute Based Access Controls and real-time Risk Scoring to prevent system administrators from creating or modifying user accounts that breach compliance frameworks.

Utilyx selects Adapt to deliver centralised hosting and MPLS network

17 Mar 2011

Energy and climate change specialist selects Adapt’s managed services to support rapid growth and business continuity

Utilyx, a leading energy risk management firm, has selected Adapt to host and manage an MPLS network that will streamline activity between Utilyx’s two offices in the UK and boost its disaster recovery capabilities. Under this agreement, Adapt will provide a flexible VPN service to enable Utilyx to centrally host its critical IT infrastructure at a secure data centre whilst enhancing connectivity between its offices in London and Northampton.

ControlCircle launches Rapid-Deployment Managed Cyber Threat Services

17 Mar 2011

Scalable BotNet infiltration protection and DDoS mitigation services available to SMEs and global organisations

ControlCircle today introduced a rapid deployment Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation service for both SMEs and global organisations.  ControlCircle offers a scalable, fully-managed and integrated DDoS service to protect organisations of all sizes and profiles from malicious cyber-attacks that are designed disrupt or disable Internet-facing services.

Cloud Company iomart Hosting sponsors the 2011 UK Green IT Awards

17 Mar 2011

Major Tech Companies set to be honoured for outstanding environmental performance at UK’s leading Green IT Awards Event

iomart Hosting, one of the UK’s leading managed hosting and cloud computing companies, is proud to announce that it will be involved with this year’s 2011 UK Green IT Awards as a headline sponsor.

Interxion Switzerland Launches Carbon Offsetting Partnership with myclimate

16 Mar 2011

-       ‘Climate neutral’ certification for all customers

-       Offsetting contributions to support a range of climate protection projects

Interxion today became the first data centre operator to launch a comprehensive carbon offsetting partnership with Swiss non-profit foundation myclimate. The new programme provides Interxion Switzerland customers with 100% carbon-neutral colocation services by offsetting any unavoidable CO₂ emissions via a range of climate protection projects in Europe and the developing world.

Seagate raises the bar in enterprise storage: Unveils groundbreaking SSD and HDD solutions

16 Mar 2011

Solutions range from cutting-edge, performance-optimized Pulsar® solid state drives, to performance and capacity-balanced Savvio®, to capacity-optimized Constellation™ 3TB hard drives

Seagate Technology has announced its latest enterprise solutions designed to deliver storage for the widest range of application environments. Joining the industry’s most award-winning enterprise lineup, these solutions include: two new members of the Pulsar® Solid State Drive (SSD) family that deliver the ultimate enterprise performance, endurance and reliability; two next-generation Savvio® 15K and 10K hard disk drives (HDD) optimized for a balance of high performance and capacity; and the latest Constellation™ ES.2 HDD for pure capacity-optimized mass storage needs.

Equinix to open fourth IBX data centre in Paris

16 Mar 2011

New data centre will support continued strong demand and position Equinix as the leader in the French market

Equinix has announced that it is constructing a fourth International Business Exchange™ (IBX) data centre in the Paris metropolitan area. The new data centre (PA4), scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2012, will further extend Platform Equinix in Europe to meet strong demand for premium interconnection and colocation services in Paris and across the region.

New Era, New Brand: CommScope Unveils New Identity

16 Mar 2011

Solutions At Home, At Work and On the Go for Customers around the World

The company that began as a small provider of cabling to the nascent cable TV market in the 1970s has blossomed into a multi-billion dollar, global infrastructure leader with solutions installed in the world’s best wireless, wireline, enterprise and cable television networks.  Beginning today, its new branding will better reflect the energy, capabilities and leadership that CommScope provides every day in serving its vast array of customers across multiple markets.

Racktivity Announces EnergySwitch ES1008 Next Generation Power Distribution Unit for Data Centers

16 Mar 2011

Enables market’s most advanced real-time metering, switching and analysis capabilities

Racktivity has announced the availability of its new next generation EnergySwitch^TM ES1008 Power Distribution Unit (PDU) solution for energy and environmental management within data centers. Racktivity’s ES1008 gives data center professionals real-time, true RMS measurement capability, predictive analysis and individual power-port level switching capability, all at the industry’s lowest energy consumption available in a PDU device.

RF Code Signs ITM Communications as First UK Partner

16 Mar 2011

Specialist in Energy Efficient ICT Infrastructure becomes First UK partner for Innovative Wire-free Environmental Monitoring and Asset Management to Support Green Agenda and Cloud Computing

RF Code, a leading provider of active IT asset management and wire-free environmental monitoring solutions, has announced ITM Communications Ltd as its first certified partner. This announcement follows the February launch of the RF Code European Channel Program. Bringing a depth of industry knowledge to the field of energy efficient ICT design, implementation and support, ITM has completed both sales and technical training on RF Code solutions.

Force10 Networks expands carbon credit programme to include its newly offered top-of-rack switches

15 Mar 2011

Customers purchasing S4810 10/40 GbE top-of-rack switches can offset greenhouse gas emissions by receiving carbon credits based on energy consumption for the life of the product

Force10 Networks today announced the expansion of its carbon credit programme to include those customers purchasing selected models of its S-Series 10/40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) top-of-rack (ToR) access switches.  This programme expansion will enable Force10 customers who buy ExaScale virtualised core switch/routers and now the S4810 top-of-rack switch - the industry’s only core-to-edge 40 GbE solution - to receive carbon credits, which offset greenhouse gas emissions associated with the energy consumption of these solutions.  Carbon credits are provided through TerraPass, a leading third-party provider.

TelecityGroup’s Frankfurt Gutleutstrasse data centre to ensure security and resilience of SaaS services for media and publishing industries

15 Mar 2011

Digital Technology International (DTI™), an integrated solutions provider for digital and print publishing, today announced it has chosen TelecityGroup as its data centre partner in Europe to support its launch of DTI Cloud, the company’s high performance Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) publishing platform.

Luxury retailer Radley + Co deploys FalconStor® Continuous Data Protector for both backup and disaster recovery

15 Mar 2011

FlaconStor Software inc. today announced that London-based luxury retailer Radley + Co has deployed FalconStor^® Continuous Data Protector (CDP) to provide both disaster recovery (DR) and backup services.

F5 Honors Channel Partners of the Year in the Americas

14 Mar 2011

Awards recognize exceptional performance by resellers and distributors in 2010

F5 Networks has announced its 2010 Channel Partners of the Year Awards for the Americas region. The award program commends F5 partners that best demonstrate superior account management through identifying and pursuing sales opportunities, providing technical resources for customers and prospects, and staying current on the latest technologies in the F5^® solution portfolio.

iomart Group completes Maidenhead Data Centre Expansion

14 Mar 2011

New fit out creates fully flexible, powered and resilient space to meet growing cloud hosting demand

iomart Group, one of the UK’s leading managed hosting and cloud computing service companies, has today announced the completion of the second phase of an expansion programme at its Spectrum House, Maidenhead data centre.

Siemon, Cisco, Intel and Aquantia team up to discuss 10GBASE-T adoption in the data centre

14 Mar 2011

At a recent Emerging Technology Forum in Portland USA, experts from leading network infrastructure companies Siemon, Cisco, Intel and Aquantia addressed key advances and considerations in the trend towards increasing market adoption of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-T) technologies in the data centre.

Prosodie selects Q1 Labs to meet strict online gambling security regulations for major French client

14 Mar 2011

Largest independent security intelligence provider helps GENY infos meet regulatory compliance through high-value cloud services

Q1 Labs today announced details of a successful project by Prosodie which is helping its client GENY infos meet tough French government regulations to ensure the security of cloud-based gambling sites.

StorageCraft ShadowProtect 4.1 enhances backup and system migration solution to support leading virtualisation platforms

11 Mar 2011

Free Upgrade adds HeadStart Restore capability for latest versions of VMWare ESX/ESXi

StorageCraft Technology Corporation has announced the launch of new 4.1 versions of its ShadowProtect® family that introduces deep compatibility with VMWare ESX, ESXi and VirtualBox 4.0.2 and 4.0.4 environments.

Raritan Introduces Industry’s Most Secure and Comprehensive Solution for Managing Remote Server Racks and Branch Offices

10 Mar 2011

Enables IT maintenance tasks to be performed securely from anywhere; Management appliance meets stringent industry and government security standards, including FIPS 140-2 encryption and Smart Card/CAC authentication

Raritan today introduced significant enhancements and new security features to the Dominion^® KSX II integrated appliance targeted at companies wanting a single, easy-to-use solution to manage all the IT equipment residing in remote locations in a very secure and responsive way.

Small business calls for super-fast broadband roll-out in rural areas

10 Mar 2011

Cloud Industry Forum backs calls to get Britain working

Despite the fact that the Government has just announced that it is moving ahead with the second wave of funding for super-fast broadband across the UK, the Cloud Industry Forum has warned that unless Britain increases its regional broadband coverage with high speed services, then the economic recovery will be impeded.

LSI to Sell External Storage Systems Business to NetApp for $480 Million

10 Mar 2011

Board Authorises New $750 Million Stock Repurchase Program

LSI Corporation today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its external storage systems business to NetApp, Inc. for $480 million in cash. The company also announced today that its board of directors has authorised a new stock repurchase program of up to $750 million. 

SGI announces ArcFiniti integrated data archive solution

10 Mar 2011

Leading SGI Archive Technology Consolidated Into an Easy-to-Deploy, Fully Integrated Solution

SGI today announced the introduction of SGI ArcFiniti data archive solution, a fully integrated disk-based solution that targets the exploding problem of unstructured, file-based data sprawl.

Oscar Music & Media Selects Interxion’s Content Hub to Host Its Connected Media Platform Services

10 Mar 2011

Interxion today announced that it has been selected to host the connected media platform services of digital music company Oscar Music & Media in the Content Hub of its City of London data centre.

nlyte's partnership with Future Facilities eliminates data centre hot spots; optimises cooling capacity

10 Mar 2011

Integrated solution eliminates data centre ‘hot spots’ and optimises cooling capacity 

nlyte Software announced today that it has expanded its DCIM solution through a partnership with Future Facilities, who are leaders in the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software to data centre design and management.  Accomplished through deep technical integration, as well as through coordinated marketing, sales and services activities, the joint offering is available immediately.

Virtualisation continues to top IT agenda while concern for sustainability plummets, nlyte DCW survey reveals

09 Mar 2011

nlyte Software research gains insight into 2011 data centre development, revealing a concerning ignorance towards the benefits of sustainability and infrastructure management within the data centre

nlyte Software today released the results of its research that surveyed 100 attendees* at Data Centre World (Olympia, London: 2nd – 3rd March 2011) on rising trends in the data centre,  which new technologies are motivating them and the importance of sustainability to organisations.  Findings indicate that virtualisation is the most popular modification for the coming year with almost two thirds (60 percent) of respondents looking to implement the technology, followed closely by cloud computing (40 percent) and intelligent power strips (41 percent).  Adoption appears to be due to mounting costs, but with minimal consideration for IT sustainability, confirmed by the lack of awareness of the CRC Energy Efficiency scheme and apathy towards carbon footprint measurement tools. 

Restrictive email policies creating hidden security risks for business

09 Mar 2011

Second part of the Generation Gmail Report by Mimecast reveals that employers must provide flexibility for email users if they are to protect their corporate IP from leaking outside the organisation

Mimecast today announced the second instalment of its Generation Gmail Report; an international study investigating how attitudes to work email use are evolving and the differing ways in which employers are managing this core communication channel.  The report indicates that IT departments are fighting a losing battle in seeking to constrain employees’ behaviour through policy alone. Findings suggest that a new approach is needed in order to empower employees while protecting corporate intellectual property and ensuring the business complies with the relevant regulations.

iomart Group ranked in Top 10 Global Managed Service Providers by MSPmentor

08 Mar 2011

Fourth-Annual Research Report Lists the World’s Top 100 Managed Service Providers

iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM), a leading UK cloud computing and managed hosting services company, has achieved an overall ranking of 8^th in Nine Lives Media Inc.’s fourth-annual MSPmentor 100, a distinguished list and research report identifying the world’s top 100 managed service providers (MSPs). 

Metro Bank Provide Innovative Approach to Banking and Security with Trusteer

08 Mar 2011

Metro Bank, the first new high street bank in the UK for 100 years, today announced it has enlisted the Trusteer Rapport secure browsing service to ensure its customers are protected and secure in their online transactions with the bank, from the start. Having experienced exponential growth since its launch in July, a key consideration in Metro Bank’s selection of Trusteer is that it is a proven security technology that can scale in a rapid growth environment moving from protecting a several thousand customers one day to millions the next.

ISACA’s EuroCACS Conference Demystifies the Cloud

08 Mar 2011

Global business and information technology (IT) leaders will meet at the European Computer Audit, Control and Security (EuroCACS) Conference in Manchester from 20-23 March to share the latest guidance on key IT security and governance issues facing enterprises today. Hosted by ISACA, a global association of 95,000 IT professionals, EuroCACS will examine topics such as virtualisation, outsourcing, governance, risk and compliance, social computing, social networking and human factors, and cloud computing.

Claranet’s cloud to accommodate De Vere’s ambitious online strategy

08 Mar 2011

De Vere Group selects Claranet’s private cloud to consolidate its hosting platform, support online campaigns and boost revenue

Leading independent hotel and hospitality group, De Vere Group, today announced that it has chosen long-term network provider, Claranet, to implement a flexible, reliable and cost-effective dedicated virtual hosting solution (also known as private cloud). De Vere will rely on Claranet’s private cloud solution to host and manage its range of mission-critical applications and websites. The platform will provide the foundations to support the Group’s recently launched online and e-commerce strategy aimed at driving traffic to its websites and boosting revenue.

CommScope Expands SYSTIMAX® 360 Ultra-High Density Fiber Solution to Maximize Space, Connectivity in Data Centers

07 Mar 2011

With installation and maintenance of structured cabling systems in data center environments rising significantly due to growth in storage area network (SAN) applications and the increased need to maximize floor and shelf space, CommScope has expanded its SYSTIMAX® 360 Ultra-high Density (UHD) Fiber Solution to incorporate multiple LC pass-through panels as well as splicing capabilities.

Telehouse Data Center opens in Istanbul

07 Mar 2011

Telehouse today announced the opening of its new Datacenter in Istanbul/Turkey in partnership with local telecommunications/system integrator company Teknotel Telekomünikasyon.

DataFlux Acquires Baseline Consulting

07 Mar 2011

DataFlux and Baseline customers can now leverage two best-of-breed organisations to deliver end-to-end, full lifecycle data management solutions

DataFlux, a leading provider of data management solutions, today announced it has acquired Baseline Consulting, a leader in data management services and consulting. The move will provide DataFlux customers with the technical and business expertise to achieve more rapid ROI from their data management projects.

Equiduct locate in Interxion’s City of London data centre

04 Mar 2011

Location decision integral to Equiduct’s pan-European growth strategy

Interxion has announced that Equiduct, the fastest growing pan-European trading platform, has moved its matching engines into its City of London data centre to take advantage of Interxion’s leading connectivity and  Financial Hub community.

Loughborough Uni Sports Hybrid Cloud with Logicalis

04 Mar 2011

Logicalis and Loughborough University strike strategic partnership to deliver long-term ICT efficiencies via Cooperative Cloud

Loughborough University is to deploy Logicalis’ Cooperative Cloud to cost-effectively meet the long-term capacity demands of its growing research, teaching and enterprise services.  As part of a strategic IT partnership, Logicalis
will design and build an on-site, bespoke private cloud fully integrated with an off-site, cooperative hosted cloud. This single, scalable architecture will provide unlimited scope for future capacity provisioning and is set to save the University over 640 metric tonnes of CO² per annum and significant cost-savings.

Siemon adds to its OM4 fibre optic cabling family, including new 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s-ready MTP assemblies

04 Mar 2011

Siemon has announced the addition of several new OM4 fibre optic products to its comprehensive line of high-performance cabling solutions.  

GSH completes black building tests for Royal Bank of Scotland

04 Mar 2011

GSH Group has completed black building tests at three critical London office and data centre locations for Royal Bank of Scotland as part of the company’s business continuity and risk avoidance strategy.  The testing process was undertaken during a two-month period, as part of an ongoing maintenance programme and was designed to check essential mechanical and electrical systems and building infrastructure whilst minimising operational downtime.

SmartJog secures, accelerate and ensure the reliability of its worldwide network with Brocade

04 Mar 2011

The leader in global digital media content delivery has adopted a Brocade network solution to enhance file transfer speeds

Brocade has announced that SmartJog, a leading player in digital content delivery over optical fibre and satellite networks, has deployed the Brocade® NetIron® XMR core routers, as part of a major network upgrade to increase network performance and simplify management.

First results of the ‘Frankfurt Cloud’ project presented at CeBIT 2011

02 Mar 2011

• Application ran error free during five-month stress testing period
• Smooth operation of even extremely heterogeneous applications
• High-capacity data centre environment - a key factor for reliability and high availability

Interxion has announced jointly with Deutsche Bank, Goethe University in Frankfurt and GSI Helmholtzzentrum for Heavy Ion Research the first results of the project initiative ‘Frankfurt Cloud’. For this project a cloud computing infrastructure housed in Interxion’s Frankfurt data centre campus, has been exposed to continuous stress tests under controlled scientific observation to evaluate its security, performance and reliability.

StorageCraft Launches ShadowProtect 4.1 and 
ShadowProtect ImageManager 4.1

02 Mar 2011

New HeadStart Restore support for VMWare ESX and ESXi - VirtualBoot support for VirtualBox 4.0.2 & 4.0.4

StorageCraft has announced the launch of StorageCraft® ShadowProtect® 4.1 and ShadowProtect ImageManager™ / ShadowProtect ImageManager Enterprise™ 4.1, the latest version of the award-winning line of disk-based backup and disaster recovery software. ShadowProtect 4.1 introduces compatibility with VMWare ESX, ESXi and VirtualBox 4.0.2 and 4.0.4 environments.

Cloud Storage Systems trend setter Scality secures $7 million in Series B round funding

02 Mar 2011

CEO Jerome Lecat unveils strategy to embrace the full potential of the Cloud

Cloud storage system pioneer Scality has announced a successful Series B round of funding led by IdInvest Partners (formerly AGF Private Equity) to secure an additional US $7 million. Scality will complement its San Francisco headquarters with an East Coast sales and services office in New York. Furthermore, Scality continues enhancing its unique distributed object-based storage platform, adding full multi-tenancy for Service Providers who want to offer Virtual Private Clouds, and new tiering algorithm for the Private clouds environments.

OnApp Certifies DedicatedNOW as a Cloud Service Provider

02 Mar 2011

Managed web host builds D-I-Y clouds for growing hosting companies

OnApp has certified DedicatedNOW as an OnApp Cloud Service Provider, and announced a new partnership with the company to offer cloud hosting infrastructure as a service to web hosting providers. DedicatedNOW’s customized private cloud service includes servers, SAN storage and bandwidth, plus OnApp’s cloud management software, for a monthly fee. It offers web hosts a simple and affordable way to launch their own cloud hosting products without the capital investment and running costs associated with building their own cloud infrastructure.

Cryptosoft launches first encryption service platform

02 Mar 2011

First scalable solution designed for on-premise, virtualised, hosted and cloud deployment reduces cost and complexity of managing cryptography while retaining the value of existing security management tools and processes

Cryptosoft,  ‘Encrypt anything to anywhere’, has announced the launch of its flagship encryption solution as the first dedicated platform built from the ground up to offer scalable encryption for any data type, from any application delivered to any destination.

Racktivity Completes Key Management Team and Joins Climate Savers Computing Initiative

01 Mar 2011

Racktivity today announced the appointment of two senior industry veterans to complete its senior management team build-out. Mark Harris (most recently with Raritan and Avocent) has been appointed VP of Marketing & Product Marketing, and Kris De Peuter (an industry leader in supply chain management) as VP of Operations & Manufacturing. Additionally, the company has joined the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, a key industry body originally founded by Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) in 2007 for the sole purpose of helping to increase the deployment of energy efficient computing, storage and networking equipment and the global adoption of power management strategies and technologies.

LSI Delivers Industry's Highest Server RAID Performance with Launch of Second-Generation MegaRAID 6Gb/s SAS Controllers

01 Mar 2011

Dual-core 6Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip and SSD optimisation software boost performance to 465,000 IOPS, enabling customers to realise full performance benefits of SSD deployments

LSI Corporation today announced immediate channel availability of its second-generation  MegaRAID® SATA+SAS RAID controller cards based on 6Gb/s SAS technology. Powered by the LSI® dual-core 6Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip (ROC) IC, the new line of MegaRAID controllers delivers the industry's highest server RAID performance, extending the performance leadership offered by the existing family of LSI MegaRAID 6Gb/s SATA+SAS controllers.

BlueSquare Data is Acquired by Lumison for £22m

01 Mar 2011

Lumison, the UK provider of connectivity, hosting and managed IT services, that was acquired by Bridgepoint Development Capital in October 2010, has acquired, BlueSquare Data, a data centre based provider of colocation services.