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Industry veteran joins Silver Peak to head up EMEA channel partnerships

31 May 2011

Silver Peak, the leader in data centre WAN optimisation, has today announced the appointment of Pierre Langlois as channel director of Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EMEA).

Raritan's Data Center Energy Management Software Gets a New Dashboard with Forecasting Tools and Gauges to Track and Visualize Key Energy Metrics

31 May 2011

New real-time power gauge finds stranded capacity

Raritan today unveiled a new configurable dashboard with new tools and gauges for Power IQ® energy management software, so that data center managers can easily see information most important to them -- whether it’s energy usage information of a specific server rack, temperature readings from the cold aisle, or a forecast on how much energy is required to support operations in data centers across the world. 

Springer Teams Up With Verizon to Unify Global Communications Infrastructure

31 May 2011

Global scientific publisher Springer today announced it has selected Verizon’s integrated networking solution to help unify Springer’s global network infrastructure. Springer works with some of the world’s best academics and authors, delivering high-quality knowledge and information to customers around the globe through its network of 55 publishing houses in 20 countries.

The World of TeleWare wins “Best in Class” at Interactive Media Awards

31 May 2011

Judges award prize for interactive demo that helps educate enterprise customers on the power of Unified Communications

TeleWare has won ‘The Best in Class’ award for Communication at the Interactive Media Awards (IMA). The judging panel from the Interactive Media Council bestowed its highest honour for ‘World of TeleWare’, an online interactive tool that it stated “represents the very best in planning, execution and overall professionalism.”

CIMtrek Partners With HubOne

31 May 2011

Cloud integrator HubOne has announced that it has signed as a partner of Cloud migration vendor CIMtrek to use and resell CIMtrek to migrate LotusNotes/Domino applications to Microsoft Online Services, Microsoft BPOS, and the forthcoming Microsoft Office 365 cloud platforms. 

GBI and Interoute Announce Two European Agreements

31 May 2011

GBI and Interoute to offer seamless communications between the Gulf and Europe

Gulf Bridge International (GBI), the Middle East’s first privately owned submarine cable operator, and Interoute, owner operator of Europe's most advanced next-generation network, are pleased to announce two new agreements, which will be delivered on the network extension agreement that was signed in Nairobi last year.

Can increasing the environmental temperature in data centres up to 27°C to save energy risk network switch failures and lost packets?

30 May 2011

Daxten presents a passive cooling solution for network equipment with side air intakes.

Since 2008 The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air‐Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) expanded their recommended environmental envelope temperature range for IT equipment intake between 18 and 27 degrees Celsius to save energy and add additional cooling options in data centres. Any additional degree Celsius above the starting temperature reduces cooling unit loads by approximately three percent. This translates directly to the possible energy savings. Improving cooling efficiency of the servers is a source of dramatic energy consumption reduction with relatively little effort. There is a catch – due to increasing supply air temperatures the number of failures and packet losses from network switches and routers is significantly raised. The increased packet loss is caused when best practices like cold aisle containment, blanking panels and rack side baffles are implemented. Servers and other network equipment that pulls air from the front of the rack do not have problems as they pull air from the cold aisle. Network switches and routers that pull air from the side are pulling heated exhaust air from the servers, which is often in excess of 35 to 40 degrees Celsius. These devices have no way to access the cool air from the cold aisle and tend to overhead causing packet loss and communication failures. To solve this problem, Daxten, a leading provider of data centre cooling optimisation solutions, extends its portfolio with the SwitchAirBox.

Ixia & the Lippis Report Complete 10GE Open Networking Performance & Power Tests for Data Centre Clouds

27 May 2011

Ixia’s iSimCity Hosts Lippis Report 10GE Tests for Industry’s Only Comparative Report on 10GE Switch Performance and Power Consumption

Ixia and The Lippis Report today announced the completion of the second round of a series of open industry data centre network performance and power consumption tests. The tests will provide the industry with comparative performance and power consumption data across several 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) switch devices. These tests are the first of their kind, and provide network stakeholders with real-world data that compares and contrasts different 10GE equipment manufacturer products for data centre fabrics.

Citrix Announces GoToManage Monitoring for XenServer

27 May 2011

Cloud-based IT Management Platform Enables SMBs and IT Consultants to Consolidate Monitoring of Physical and Virtual Servers

Today at Citrix Synergy™, the event where virtual computing takes centre stage, Citrix Systemsannounced Citrix® GoToManage® Monitoring for XenServer®. The latest capability of GoToManage solves a key challenge for SMBs and IT consultants in monitoring both physical and virtual servers distributed among dispersed offices and data centres.

Interxion Completes Expansion and Upgrade of Its Düsseldorf Data Centre

26 May 2011

Interxion announced today that it has completed the upgrade and expansion of its DUS1 data centre. The expansion and upgrade of the facility is in response to consistently rising demand from customers in the digital media, carrier and enterprise sectors.

Scale Computing Launches New Partner Program to Leverage Growth and Benefits of Scale-out Storage for Virtualisation

25 May 2011

Scale’s partner program has grown 95% in the last 12 months

Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of intelligent, scale-out storage solutions tailored to the virtualisation and archiving needs of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), today launched a new partner program. A 100 percent channel organisation, Scale Computing’s Partner Program offers resellers new market opportunities, significant profit margins, strong marketing programs, responsive support and zero conflict with channel partners.

Accellion Secure Collaboration Wins Microsoft Best of Tech·Ed 2011

25 May 2011

Accellion Secure Collababoration Named Best Security Product

Accellion®, Inc., the award-winning pioneer in providing enterprise-class, secure collaboration and managed file transfer solutions, today announced the Accellion Secure Collaboration™ solution has been named the Best of Tech·Ed 2011 winner in the Security Category.  Accellion Secure Collaboration was selected for its ability to provide business users secure access to valuable files and data inside and outside of the enterprise.  Accellion integrates seamlessly with existing IT environments via plug-ins for Microsoft Outlook, SharePoint, and Office for quick and easy file sharing and collaboration. 

on365 wins Environmental Project of the Year award for innovative data centre energy efficiency project with Telstra International

25 May 2011

on365 awarded for energy efficient data centre monitoring and optimisation

on365, a specialist in the planning, installing, management and optimisation of physical IT infrastructure and utility services, today announced that its monitoring and energy efficient optimisation of Telstra International’s managed service hosting centre has been awarded Environmental Project of the Year at the Data Centre Solutions Awards ceremony. The ceremony took place on 19 May 2011 at the QEII Conference Centre in London.

NextiraOne to Build Police MAN Network in Wroclaw, Poland

25 May 2011

NextiraOne has announced the signing of an agreement with the Provincial Police Headquarters in Wroclaw for the construction of a metropolitan area network (MAN) for the Wroclaw police force. NextiraOne experts will design a solution to deliver, implement and launch the system in 20 police facilities, conduct training for its users and provide a maintenance service.

Platform Computing cited positively in industry report on private cloud market

25 May 2011

Independent analysts evaluated 15+ vendors across 10 criteria

Platform Computing announced today it was among the vendors highlighted in a May 2011 report from Forrester Research, Inc. entitled “Market overview: private cloud solutions, Q2 2011.” The report examines vendors using customer references, a compulsory 30 minute demonstration and written responses.  The market overview examines the landscape of vendors providing solutions designed to accelerate the implementation of an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud in a customer’s data centre. Across the 15 vendors that were able to meet the criteria to be considered for the report, Platform Computing received the highest score possible for role based access control (RBAC) and virtualisation support, as well as scores of three or higher out of four possible points in six of the ten categories evaluated in the market overview. 

Scale Computing and GEO Foundation partnership wins Storage Virtualisation Project of the Year at the DCS Awards

24 May 2011

Virtualisation solution creates 1:1 computer-to-student ratio reality

Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of intelligent, scale-out storage solutions, and GEO Foundation today announced that its Intelligent Clustered Operating System™ (ICOS) project has been awarded Storage Virtualisation Project of the Year at the DCS Awards ceremony, which took place on 19 May at the QEII Conference Centre in London.

New UK carbon emissions targets must enable cost reduction, says on365

23 May 2011

Chris Smith calls for recognition of wider business case for energy efficiency

The announcement to parliament last week by energy and climate secretary Chris Huhne in which he committed the UK to a 50 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2025 compared with 1990 levels, has been met with broad criticism from businesses in the UK.

Danish IT consultancy selects nlyte Software for seamless data centre migration & enhanced performance

23 May 2011

NNIT swaps ‘old school’ spreadsheets & Visio for the nlyte DCIM suite

nlyte Software, a leading provider of performance-based solutions for Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM), today announced that NNIT, one of Denmark’s leading IT consultancies, has selected the nlyte DCIM solution to help it migrate its existing equipment to a brand new data centre facility, and replace the organisation’s current spreadsheet and Visio management tools to ensure increased performance and compliance with green legislation within its data centre environment.

Full backing for European Commission Consultation on Cloud Computing

23 May 2011

Cloud Industry Forum ready, willing and able to add to the debate at the heart of Europe

The Cloud Industry Forum has warmly welcomed the news that the European Commission has launched a public consultation on the benefits that cloud computing can deliver.

As Cloud Computing usage continues to escalate, risk consultancy Protiviti warns organisations to carry out appropriate risk management tests

23 May 2011

Protiviti Inc., a global business consulting and internal audit firm, has today warned organisations to have a clear understanding of the risks associated with the implementation of cloud computing, as the number of UK organisations adopting cloud-based solutions steadily rises.

Force10 Networks Receives 2011 Leadership Award from Technology Marketing Corporation’s NGN Magazine

23 May 2011

S4810™ Top-of-Rack Switch Honored for Outstanding Innovation in Network Technology

Force10 Networks, Inc. has announced that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has named  the Force10 S-Series™ ultra-low latency S4810™ top-of-rack (ToR) switch as a recipient of the 2011 NGN Leadership Award presented by TMC’s publication, NGN Magazine. 

Cloud Hype Giving Way to Adoption

20 May 2011

No business should ignore the opportunities that cloud technology presents the results from those that have dabbled are compelling!

This was the warning issued by a panel of business IT experts who gathered at a round table event held by hosting firm UKFast this month.

Iconnyx helps SMBs with bank holiday overload

20 May 2011

 - creates a Web Hosting Hotline & Q&A for out-of-office peace of mind - 

Whist all of us are delighted to have an extra bank holiday to enjoy since the Royal Wedding event, the increase in office downtime has put extra pressure on website managers, according to Iconnyx, the managed IT services/hosting provider.

University of Hertfordshire switch to Tiger 2020 enables accurate 'charge back' while fraud detection “Pays for itself” in the first month

20 May 2011

Modular call management platform helps University reduce communication costs and complexity whilst providing stable platform for move to Voice over IP

Tiger Communications, a leading provider of Call Management Solutions, has announced details of a project at University of Hertfordshire that is helping to deliver charge back and anti-fraud capability for 3,000 extensions across 4 sites.

Fusion-io delivers high performance for Dell In-Memory solutions

19 May 2011

ioDrive Duo Storage Memory Modules Provide Scalable Enterprise Acceleration to Meet Requirements for Rapid Data Analysis with Dell In-Memory Appliances

Fusion-io has announced that its ioMemory technology is being offered by Dell for integration into its In-Memory solutions to meet performance requirements for scalable, near-real time analytics. Enterprises can customise a powerful Dell In-Memory solution with either 360 GB or 640 GB Dell branded ioDrive Duo modules integrated into a Dell PowerEdge R910 Rack Server for performance intensive data analysis in demanding business environments.

NetIQ adds identity, security and select data centre lines from Novell; announces new executive leadership team

19 May 2011

Powerful combination of solutions, deep expertise and global support delivers greater customer value

NetIQ Corporation, a business unit of The Attachmate Group, today announced it will add the complete portfolio of Novell identity and security solutions and selected Novell data centre solutions to the NetIQ business unit solution portfolio. The combination of these technologies into one business unit further deepens the NetIQ focus on identity, security and compliance management, IT operations management, virtualisation and cloud computing. Under the leadership of Jay Gardner, president and general manager of NetIQ, the management team will spearhead the company’s objectives of reducing IT cost, complexity, and risk for its customers.

Barracuda backup servers now features "private cloud" capabilities for offsite data redundancy

19 May 2011

New Site-to-Site Replication Features Broaden Data Storage Options for Customers Beyond Local and Cloud Backup

Barracuda Networks today launched site-to-site replication capabilities for the Barracuda Backup Service, a market leading solution that allows companies to efficiently back up their data both locally and offsite without the hassle of tapes or other removable media. This enhancement allows customers to deploy a “private cloud” by enabling one Barracuda Backup Server to replicate data to one or more Barracuda Backup Servers housed locally or deployed at other locations for disaster recovery.

Government review urges intellectual property law reform

18 May 2011

Comment from Intellectual Property specialists Marks & Clerk on the Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property Law

The Hargreaves Review of UK Intellectual Property (IP) law has been published today, recommending various reforms to the country’s current copyright and patent regimes. The review – initiated by the Prime Minister in November 2010 – was tasked with examining whether current IP laws are still fit for the purpose of promoting innovation and growth in the UK economy. At the time, the Prime Minister referred to Google’s pronouncement that they could never have started their company in Britain due to the relative inflexibility of UK copyright law.

Ixian Solutions’ Partnership with RF Code Aims at Providing Innovative Asset Management Solutions to the National Health Service

18 May 2011

Latest System Integrator to use RF Code’s Wire-Free to Strengthen Portfolio

RF Code, a leading provider of active IT asset management and wire-free environmental monitoring solutions, has announced that is has signed its fifth Partner, Ixian Solutions, since launching its European Channel Program in February.  Ixian, a highly respected systems integrator with over 20 years experience in infrastructure and environmental monitoring, will utilise RF Code technology to provide new solutions for asset tracking, with a particular focus in the healthcare sector.

StorageCraft Releases New Virtual Disaster Recovery Software

18 May 2011

ShadowProtect Virtual delivers affordable, flexible backup solutions for hybrid environments

With so many different combinations of physical systems and virtual environments in today’s storage strategy, it is important for IT professionals to use a disaster recovery solution built to handle systems and data backup in any environment in order to ensure business continuity.

SpyEye Attack on Verizon Exposes PCI Shortcomings

18 May 2011

Trusteer recently discovered a configuration of the SpyEye Trojan targeting Verizon’s online payment page and attempting to steal payment card information. The attack took place between May 7th and 13th.  

Q1 LABS named a leader in 2011 security information and event management magic quadrant

17 May 2011

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute 

Q1 Labs, the global provider of total security intelligence solutions, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2011 "Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management."[1] Q1 Labs also received an "excellent" product viability rating in the accompanying 2011 Gartner "Critical Capabilities for Security Information and Event Management Technology"[2] report. 

Ideal Industries Networks launches handheld network performance tester and troubleshooting tool

17 May 2011

IDEAL INDUSTRIES NETWORKS has launched LanXPLORER PRO, an inline active and passive network tester with unique capabilities. The easy-to-use, handheld tester is capable of testing active LAN connections over both copper and fibre, and includes a Net Map/Net Verify function to identify all active network devices and compare them against previous device lists.

ChannelCloud UK/Ireland Joins the Cloud Industry Forum

17 May 2011

Recent entrant to UK market joins growing channel presence in industry body

ChannelCloud UK/Ireland has become the latest company to join the Cloud Industry Forum, the body established to promote trust, security and transparency within the sector.

SMEs should avoid social media for recruitment

17 May 2011

Expert panellist suggests that small businesses are highly unlikely to profit from using social media for recruitment. In fact, it would be a complete and utter waste of time!

The use of social media in recruitment is on the rise with many success stories. However, according to a panel of recruitment specialists, small businesses will not be among those who directly profit from this emerging market due to its time intensive nature.

Novell rolls out Novell Operations Centre 5.0

17 May 2011

Industry’s first Business Service Management solution to deliver CMS and cloud services management

Novell today announced the immediate availability of Novell Operations Centre 5.0, the first Business Service Management (BSM) solution to deliver comprehensive management of public and private cloud services, as well as the first Configuration Management System (CMS) that automatically synchronises with external data sources, helping customers to better manage highly complex environments and federated CMDBs. These extensive capabilities present a real-time, comprehensive view of business service health and performance across physical, virtual and cloud environments.

Fasthosts Standardises on ScienceLogic Cloud Management and IT Operations Platform

16 May 2011

ScienceLogic Provides Centralised Management of Dynamic, Hosted Resources and Speeds Delivery of New Service Offerings 

To enhance and optimise service delivery across its large managed hosting infrastructure as well as offer new virtualisation and cloud monitoring services to its customers, Fasthosts Internet Ltd has chosen the ScienceLogic^™ Inc. IT operations and cloud management platform. Using ScienceLogic EM7^™, Fasthosts’ internal IT staff, channel partners and end customers now have access to personalised views into performance and availability across the shared resources that support the Fasthosts Web hosting business, the largest in the UK, as well as its Rise subsidiary, which provides Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing services exclusively through its partner network.

SonicWALL Selects Opengear CM4000 for Global Out-of-Band Management

16 May 2011

Opengear a leading provider of next generation console server and remote management solutions, today announced that SonicWALL is using the Opengear CM4000 as a part of its infrastructure for out-of-band management.

Cloud Technology solutions inks deal with CIMtrek to augment its IBM Lotus to Google Cloud Migration capability

13 May 2011

A partnership deal has been signed by two of the leading cloud migration solution providers that will enhance the transition process for millions of Lotus Notes users.

The partnership between Cloud Technology Solutions (CTS), the Google Enterprise Partner, and CIMtrek, which provides the tools to migrate legacy applications to Cloud platforms, will deliver an easy and cost effective way of migrating, testing and supporting legacy business processes on a massive, secure, cloud infrastructure. 

Talend Becomes a Sponsor of The Apache Software Foundation

13 May 2011

Provider of Apache CXF and Apache Camel-Powered Software Continues its Dedication to Open Source and the Apache Community

Talend, a global open source software leader, today announced that it has become an Apache Software Foundation (ASF) sponsor, furthering its commitment to open source. Talend’s sponsorship of the non-profit, volunteer-run foundation will help aid organisational, legal and financial support for a broad range of Apache licensed projects. Current sponsors of The Apache Software Foundation include Google, Yahoo! and Facebook.

Geo Networks announces partnership with EirGrid to deliver its second Anglo-Irish fibre route

13 May 2011

7 Terabit capacity in conjunction with €600 million EU Interconnector project

Geo Networks (Geo), a provider of high-performance fibre networks, has signed a commercial agreement with Eirgrid, Ireland’s prominent electricity system operator and developer, to provide a second fibre optic subsea cable between the UK and Ireland. This route forms the second half of the diverse fibre connectivity ring between North Wales and Dublin, providing Anglo-Irish businesses with the most secure, reliable and advanced network availability.

Verizon Helps Ticketmaster Set the Stage for Better Customer Care

12 May 2011

Teams With Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise’s Genesys to Deliver Advanced Contact Center Services to Speed Customer Service and Ticket Sales

Ticketmaster fields millions of calls a year for thousands of events and needed to ensure it could manage call volumes – particularly during peak calling times.  The company, which merged with Live Nation last year to become one of the world’s largest live entertainment and eCommerce companies, turned to Verizon for a contact center solution that meets Ticketmaster’s immediate needs while paving the way for a range of advanced services.

TeleWare launches first ‘Clientless’ Mobile Call Recording Solution to help Financial Services meet FSA deadline

12 May 2011

Innovative technology supports every handset including Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows and Symbian across voice and SMS with encryption and auditing to adhere with FSA and MiFID regulations 

Solution tested and certified by a 'Top 3' national carrier, 
currently undergoing first deployment at leading UK FTSE financial services firm

TeleWare, the leading provider of communications solutions for mobile and distributed workers, today announced the launch of the first “clientless” mobile call recording solution for financial services organisations to meet the new FSA call recording rules governing conversations on the mobile phone which come into effect on 14th of November 2011.

HMSHost Locates Mission-Critical Infrastructure with Interxion

12 May 2011

Interxion today announced that it has been selected by the EMEA division of HMSHost, a world leader in travel dining and shopping, to provide data centre colocation for the company’s mission-critical infrastructure. HMSHost now runs data and application infrastructure for its EMEA operations in Interxion’s AMS3 data centre.

UKFast Breaks Through the Cloud

12 May 2011

Hosting solutions specialist, UKFast, has addressed the concerns of growing internet businesses with its new innovation: MyCloudStack. The flexible solution breaks down the elements of dedicated cloud hosting and makes it simple for businesses to advance into private cloud computing.

announced the implementation of cloudgermany.de’s cloud computing infrastructure at Interxion’s data centre campus in Frankfurt.

12 May 2011

Interxion has announced the implementation of cloudgermany.de’s cloud computing infrastructure at Interxion’s data centre campus in Frankfurt.

Silver Peak and EMC accelerate private clouds with integrated WAN optimisation and virtual storage

12 May 2011

EMC VPLEX Geo and Silver Peak data centre class WAN optimisation integration can provide up to 20x improvement in WAN capacity while reducing WAN costs by up to 10x

Silver Peak Systems today announced integration of its data centre class wide area network (WAN) optimisation solutions with the new EMC VPLEX Geo storage federation technology, extending  performance and cost savings for private clouds across geographically distributed data centres.  Working in close collaboration with EMC, the Silver Peak WAN optimisation solution is qualified, optimised, and tightly-integrated with VPLEX Geo to enable the VPLEX features for application mobility, high-availability, and collaboration over lower capacity, less-expensive networks.

TechnologyOne launches OneHousing – The next generation end-to-end housing management platform

12 May 2011

First solution to cover the complete housing management life cycle using innovative role based interface and modular design to reduce costs and improve efficiency

Enterprise software company TechnologyOne has launched OneHousing, an Enterprise Housing Management solution, developed following close collaboration with housing sector customers throughout Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

New Adapt service raises the bar on data centre performance and reliability

12 May 2011

Improved performance combined with second site disaster recovery further reduces cost, complexity and risk for customers

Adapt, the independent IT managed services provider, has announced a new Enterprise Virtual Data Centre (eVDC) service which makes use of Adapt’s comprehensive portfolio of best-of-breed data centres to offer customers a production grade platform for the delivery of virtual servers.  The new service, delivered from two physically distant sites functioning as one logical entity, is unique in offering very high levels of availability with integrated second site resilience within a single solution.

SGI Expands Support for Lustre File System

12 May 2011

SGI has announced that it is expanding its support of the Lustre® file system to include Level 3 support, and now provides complete end-to-end coverage for its customers. Lustre is a massively parallel file system, capable of supporting compute clusters of thousands of nodes and many petabytes of storage. The addition of Level 3 support brings the SGI® Lustre® solution for scale-out computing environments to a support level equivalent to CXFSTM, SGI's own high-performance scale-up clustered file system.

QiComm Opens Doors to New London City Data Centre, Tutis Point

11 May 2011

QiComm, the UK-based provider of carrier-class voice, data services and managed services has officially opened the doors at its new data centre.  The new centre is located in Docklands London, and showcases cutting-edge technologies implemented to deliver enhanced energy efficiency. 

EMC Isilon delivers world's largest single file system for big data

10 May 2011

New Scale-out NAS Products Top 15 Petabytes in a Single File System and Single Volume, Providing the Storage Foundation for Maximizing the Big Data Opportunity

EMC Corporation has announced the world’s largest single file system with the introduction ofEMC Isilon’s new IQ 108NL scale-out NAS hardware product. Leveraging three terabyte (TB) enterprise-class Hitachi Ultrastar™ drives in a 4U node, the 108NL scales to more than 15 petabytes (PB) in a single file system and single volume, providing the storage foundation for maximizing the big data opportunity. EMC also today announced Isilon’s new SmartLock data retention software application, delivering immutable protection for big data to ensure the integrity and continuity of big data assets from initial creation to archival. By combining Isilon’s new NL-Series product with the recently announced OneFS® 6.5 operating system, and S200 and X200 scale-out NAS hardware products, enterprise businesses can create a complete, end-to-end storage platform for big data workflows, simplifying management and achieving maximum IT efficiency and flexibility.

LSI Enables Content Delivery Networks for Data Centres and Mobile Service Provider Networks

10 May 2011

Portfolio of advanced networking and storage solutions powers platform for delivering rich media content for data centres and wireless networks

LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced a platform featuring the company’s networking and storage solutions to enable content delivery networks (CDN) that bring rich media services to multi-screen environments. The combination of the LSI® Axxia® Network Accelerator, Axxia Media Accelerator and WarpDrive™ SLP-300 solid-state acceleration card provides a programmable platform that brings significant performance, manageability and scalability enhancements to application and content delivery servers.

HIT Entertainment Builds on Success with Enterprise Deployment of Accellion

10 May 2011

Accellion Secure File Sharing Solution Fixes It for Bob the Builder Owner, HIT Entertainment

Accellion®, Inc., the award-winning pioneer in providing enterprise-class, secure collaboration and managed file transfer solutions, today announced HIT Entertainment, one of the world's leading independent children's entertainment producers and rights-owners, has expanded the use of Accellion Secure File Transfer with a virtual deployment of the solution.

Opengear Launches Smart ACM5000 and IM4200 Cellular Routers and Console Servers at Interop Las Vegas 2011

10 May 2011

Opengear’s Smart ACM5000 and IM4200 Management Appliances Enable Customers to Automate the Discovery, Diagnosis and Resolution of Technical Problems at Remote Sites

Opengear today announced the launch of its Smart ACM5000 and Smart IM4200 line of products at Interop Las Vegas 2011. Opengear products will be demonstrated at Interop in Opengear booth 2271 and will be featured in InteropNet, Interop’s specialized cutting edge network, as well as in the much talked about OpenFlow Lab.

Origin Storage welcomes Ponemon report on self-encrypting drives

09 May 2011

A report just released from the Ponemon Institute - which found that self-encrypting drives (SED) are more effective than software-based encryption systems when it comes to preventing data beaches - has been welcomed by Origin Storage.

SAS appoints Bernard Baker to further enhance and develop public sector portfolio

09 May 2011

SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services, has appointed Bernard Baker as senior advisor for its UK public sector team. He will be working with Head of Public Sector, Graham Kemp, to promote the value of analytics for public sector organisations as well as supporting existing customers in local and central Government with their SAS implementations.

SANS Security Essentials brings its Bootcamp to Amsterdam

09 May 2011

Institutes most popular course attracts diverse range of students

The SANS Institute will be teaching its highly popular Security 401: SANS Security Essentials Bootcamp Style in Amsterdam this May. “Our Bootcamp attracts the widest and most diverse group of students of any of our courses,” explains SANS Instructor Jim Herbeck, “It makes the 401 an amazing environment for teaching and learning because each session tends to adapt to the make-up of the participating group.”

London Metal Exchange Opens Access Point at Interxion

09 May 2011

Interxion has announced that London Metal Exchange (LME), the world’s premier non-ferrous metals market, is opening an access point to their electronic trading platform, LMEselect, at Interxion’s City of London data centre. The access point will also allow access to LMElive, the exchange’s real-time price and data application.

Paessler Announces PRTG Network Monitor Version 8.4 Featuring Advanced Drag & Drop Maps Editor

09 May 2011

Latest Version of Network Monitoring Software Lets Users Easily Customise Maps of Monitoring Data Right in their Browser

Paessler AG, the innovative network monitoring solutions specialist, today announced the release of version 8.4 of its PRTG Network Monitor. The new version features an enhanced Drag & Drop Maps Editor that makes it easy for network administrators to arrange their monitoring data on a map of their IT network exactly how they want it to be displayed.

Force10 Uses Intel Expressway Cloud Access 360 for Cloud–Bursting and SaaS Application Deployment

05 May 2011

Intel Corporation will help deliver secure “cloud-in-a-rack” by integrating Intel® Expressway Access 360 for Single Sign On and Account Provisioning into Force10’s Open Automation Framework

Force10 Networks, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement designed to integrate cloud single sign-on (SSO) with Force10 top-of-rack (ToR) switches utilizing cloud access control software from Intel Corporation.

Accellion Secure Collaboration Named Finalist in Microsoft Best of Tech·Ed 2011

05 May 2011

Awards are Produced by Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine, DevProConnections and SharePoint Pro

 Accellion®, Inc., the award-winning pioneer in providing enterprise-class, secure collaboration and managed file transfer solutions, today announced that Accellion Secure Collaboration™ was named as a Finalist in the Best of Tech·Ed 2011 awards program in the Security category by Penton Media’sWindows IT Pro^, SQL Server Magazine, DevProConnections and SharePointPro. 

Titan Internet wins double gold

05 May 2011

Titan Internet gains Microsoft Gold Hosting and Server Platform Competency in the Microsoft Partner Network

Cloud hosting specialist Titan Internet has today announced that it has achieved not one but two Gold Competencies for its technological expertise from global software giant Microsoft. 

Gartner names nlyte Software DCIM 'Cool Vendor'

04 May 2011

nlyte Software today announced the company has been included in the list of 'Cool Vendors' in the Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Tools, 2011¹ report by Jay E. Pultz, Jeffrey Hewitt, David J. Cappuccio and Rakesh Kumar of Gartner, Inc.

Logicalis brings IBM Business Analytics to the Cloud

04 May 2011

IBM Power™ Systems Power 795 to Fuel IBM Cognos Business Analytics Cloud Services

International solutions provider, Logicalis, today announced the launch of its IBM Power 795 cloud platform, featuring a range of business analytics hosted services based on IBM Cognos.  The launch will offer customers access to powerful business intelligence and business analytics solutions without the need to acquire, deploy and operate their own hardware infrastructure.  Logicalis also announced its IBM Infrastructure-as-a-Service offering, enabling customers to leverage services such as on-demand disaster recovery, application test and development, or full application hosting.

Ixia Launches Data Centre Solution for the Enterprise

04 May 2011

Next-Gen Software and Hardware Solutions Offer Data Centre Managers Means to Efficiently Test Enterprise Networks

Ixia today announced simplified and flexible testing solutions that meet the needs of evolving enterprise data centres.  Ixia’s latest IxNetwork^TM v6.00 test application introduces a new, intuitive graphical user interface (GUI), productivity tools and automated test suites.  The next generation software, combined with higher-density and more flexible hardware, overcomes enterprise testing barriers such as steep learning curves, insufficient test reproducibility and poor return on investment (ROI). 

Commonwealth and OpenText Announce New Web Initiative

04 May 2011

OpenText™ and the Commonwealth Secretariat today announced an agreement to work together on creating Commonwealth Connects , an innovative Internet gateway or portal designed to connect people, organizations and governments across the Commonwealth. Using the latest OpenText technology, the gateway will allow members of the Commonwealth community to share information, network, and collaborate online. 

As Sony reports more data leaks, Origin Storage asks what other hacks are lurking in the electronic jungle?

04 May 2011

Reports that Sony is in database leak hell - with a further 25 million users of its online entertainment service having had their credentials compromised - is serious blow to the Japanese IT giant's credibility but, says Origin Storage, the bigger question is what other database leaks are lurking in the electronic undergrowth.

Ubuntu 11.04 Cloud Servers with full root access & Free Trial

03 May 2011

CloudSigma AG is pleased to announce the launch of the latest Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) servers for instant deployment in its cloud. CloudSigma customers can now enjoy the new features of Ubuntu's new release in the form of instantly deployable high performing cloud servers.

SGI announces major upgrades to Rackable and CloudRack product families

03 May 2011

Enhancements Include Pre-Configured Hadoop Server Support

SGI has announced that it now offers pre-configured data intensive solutions for its flexible and energy-efficient SGI Rackable and SGI CloudRack C2 family of rackmount and tray-based servers. These solutions support Hadoop as the overlying application layer, and can be designed and built with the customer's choice of processors.

Iranian hack of Aussie university highlight the dangers of political hacktivism, says Lieberman Software

03 May 2011

Reports that one of Australia's main universities, the University of Monash, near Melbourne, has been hacked by Iranian nationalists, highlights the changing face of hacker attacks, says Lieberman Software.

Juniper Networks Introduces its Universal WAN Solution to Drive the Agility, Performance and Cloud-Connected Requirements of the New Enterprise Network

03 May 2011

New and Enhanced Edge and Branch Routers Complement QFabric’s™ Quantum Leap in Data Center Performance with Pay-As-You-Grow Scalability for the Enterprise

Juniper Networks today introduced its Universal WAN solution, enabling new levels of business agility with a flexible and scalable enterprise and branch routing portfolio optimized to support rapidly growing mobile, video and cloud computing applications. Juniper Networks® Universal WAN complements the quantum leap in data center performance, operating cost and business agility driven by Juniper’s new QFabric architecture with exponential improvements in the WAN, including data center-to-data center connectivity.

SFW Ltd partners with The Bunker to provide dedicated dual site hosting services

03 May 2011

The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd has announced that SFW Ltd has chosen The Bunker as its data centre partner of choice for its dedicated, dual-site hosting requirements.

PEER 1 Hosting brings IPv6 enabled network online

03 May 2011

Customers assured of worldwide reach over new protocol following £7.5m network investment

PEER 1 Hosting today announced the arrival of its IPv6 enabled 10GB backbone network, bringing future-ready network reach to customers ahead of the imminent IPv4 address exhaustion. 

Sony PlayStation Network’s security incident and Amazon’s operational outage are not about the Cloud!

03 May 2011

Recent market issues underpin need for standards and transparency in the Cloud

There is a clear temptation for the nay-sayers of Cloud computing to say “I told you so” when high profile events the like we have seen over recent days with Sony and Amazon come to light. However, the issues that impacted these businesses are not heightened because they are online services rather than on-premise, quite the contrary in fact, most credible online services take availability and security incredibly seriously as it underpins the essence of their businesses.  The reason they are high profile is the level of public awareness of their brands, driven by historical growth and successes, and therefore, compounds the potential number of individuals and organisations impacted. But what lessons should we learn.

Major Study Finds Rapid Adoption of Hosted Email Compliance

03 May 2011

Cloud-based archiving meets regulations, reduces risks and costs

Financial institutions are rapidly moving to hosted email compliance and storage services to deal with increasing costs, risks and regulations, according to a study conducted by Forrester Consulting. The study was commissioned by Bloomberg Vault, a service that helps corporations globally meet compliance, regulatory and eDiscovery requirements.

Vision Solutions Announces Availability Appliance Powered by IBM Server Technologies

03 May 2011

Vision Joins With IBM and Arrow OCS to Protect Mid-Market Customers With the "Fastest Way to HA"

Vision Solutions, Inc. today announced the Vision Solutions Availability Appliance. This offering enables businesses to benefit from pre-installed high availability solutions on industry leading IBM Power Systems and System x servers.

Ecl-ips becomes first Entry Control and CCTV Specialist to Add RF Code Wire-Free Monitoring and Asset Management

03 May 2011

Integration to provide hybrid solutions that integrate door access control and decentralised CCTV into a unified energy, environmental and asset monitoring network

RF Code has announced Ecl-ips as its first certified partner to integrate CCTV with RF Code technology. This announcement follows the February launch of the RF Code Program, with Ecl-ips becoming the latest partner to enhance its portfolio of environmentaland security threat management with RF Code.