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Army CIO Says Data Center Consolidation a Priority
Published on 19 Dec, 2011 at 13:22 in Industry News | Viewed 17 times | No Comments
The Army plans to close at least 185 data centers by fiscal year 2014 and is making center consolidation a top priority, the Army’s chief information officer said Friday.
Lt. Gen. Susan S. Lawrence told attendees of an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association conference that the military’s future is…
Terremark Expands Silicon Valley Data Center Campus
Terremark, a Verizon Company, today announced the completion of the expansion of its data center campus, the Network Access Point West, located in Santa Clara, Calif.
The firm says the expansion of their center in the technology hub of Silicon Valley, Calif. is part of a global strategy to deliver…
Neustar Brings In Symantec Data Center CTO to Head Neustar Labs
Published on 30 Nov, 2011 at 15:42 in Industry News | Viewed 29 times | No Comments
Neustar has hired a former Symantec executive, Joe Pasqua, to head its Lab’s efforts to expand portfolio and service offerings. Pasqua will be the vice president for Neustar Labs, a newly created position, and manage research and development.
Pasqua headed Symantec‘s data center business as chief technology officer and also led the company’s global research.
In response to his…
VCE IT Infrastructure Platform Chosen by UAE to Increase Biz Agility
The Executive Affairs Authority in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates has chosen VCE’s Vblock Infrastructure Platform to increase business agility through greater IT infrastructure flexibility and lower IT, energy and real estate costs through pervasive data center virtualization and transitioning to private cloud infrastructures.
The contract is the first Vblock Infrastructure deployment in the UAE, involving a strategic collaboration…
IBM Boasts 55 Enhanced Solutions for Infrastructure, Data and Cloud
IBM has announced 55 new and updated server and storage technologies, making it the largest portfolio update this year. The updated portfolio help clients gain better insights from data, increase IT capacity and deliver new services more quickly, creating profitable business opportunities. New offerings highlight the smarter computing challenge.
In order to assist businesses in better analyzing and utilizing…
Cisco and HP Put Nexus Fabric Extenders With HP BladeSystem to Simplify Integration
Published on 17 Oct, 2011 at 11:30 in Industry News | Viewed 19 times | No Comments
Cisco and HP are combining resources to ensure the availability of choice and interoperability for their joint customers.
The Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for HP extends the Cisco unified fabric into the HP c-Class BladeSystem and offers tighter integration for customers investing in HP BladeSystem and Cisco Nexus switch environments.
“By offering the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for HP, our…
Cisco and Citrix Expand Virtualization Alliance to Grow in Key Markets
Published on 12 Oct, 2011 at 14:50 in Industry News | Viewed 11 times | No Comments
Cisco and Citrix Systems have entered into a strategic alliance to develop and deliver simplified solutions to customers in an effort to accelerate large-scale desktop virtualization deployments.
The alliance will drive deployment of high-definiteion virtual desktop and applications over a highly secure Citrix HDX-enabled Cisco network to improve end-user experience . The companies will enhance their data center solutions…
HP Builds on its FlexNetwork for Enterprise Virtualization and Mobility
Enterprises are in need of simpler networking infrastructure to keep pace with the ever-changing industry and business environment, said Bethany Mayer, senior vice president and general manager, Networking, HP.
HP announced an offering of such solutions based on its HP FlexNetwork architecture offerings that bring simplified migration to new Internet Protocols, the 10 Gigabit Ethernet networking standard and the…
SAP Applications to be Deployed Through HP’s Cloud
Published on 5 Oct, 2011 at 11:52 in Cloud | Viewed 13 times | No Comments
SAP AG and HP have agreed for HP Enterprise Services to provide cloud-based delivery of SAP applications enabling enterprises to deploy applications in a more scalable and affordable way.
“SAP is committed to providing customers flexibility in software deployment options and innovations in cloud computing,” said Kevin Ichhpurani, senior vice president, Ecosystem and Channels, SAP. “Through expanded cloud delivery…
HP to Build Cloud Data Center for China’s Range Technology
Published on 4 Oct, 2011 at 12:30 in Cloud | Viewed 33 times | No Comments
China’s Range Technology Development Co. Ltd. has partnered with the Technology Services division of HP to build an energy-efficient, cloud-based data center. The data center is set to span over 7,500 square meters in Langfang, Hebei province.
“To meet our customers’ pressing needs for cloud services, we need to create a data center in line with the government’s carbon emission…
