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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…
Cisco Report: Cloud, Data Center Traffic to Keep Going Up
Published on 29 Nov, 2011 at 16:33 in Cloud | Viewed 24 times | No Comments
Cisco released an index where it examined the data center and cloud traffic, through which it found all regions included in the study, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and North America, to be fully ready for basic cloud applications.
With most being cloud ready, the company found that the transition to cloud…
CSC Now Cisco-Certified and Official Cloud Partner
As part of a strategy to provide effective as-a-service models, Computer Sciences Corp. has built on its 10 year partnership with Cisco by achieving compliance certifications and becoming a cloud partner with Cisco on a global scale.
“These audits and certifications provide independent validation of not only CSC’s strategy, but of our legacy of superior…
VCE Talks About Data Center Technologies at Conference
Published on 15 Nov, 2011 at 14:07 in Industry News | Viewed 21 times | No Comments
VCE Chairman Michael Capellas recently spoke at CA World 2011 in Las Vegas on the latest technology trends that are transforming data centers and enabling greater business agility.
His keynote session featured CA Technologies CEO Bill McCracken, former first Federal CIO and current Harvard fellow Vivek Kundra, and…
Millennium bcp Putting Cisco’s Cloud to Work Aiding in Application Development
Cisco cloud computing technology is helping Millennium bcp optimize its data center resources required to support application development, simplify data center management and reduce total ownership cost with increased business agility and productivity.
Millennium bcp is one of the first customers to adapt a cloud-based model, based on Portugal Telecom’s cloud infrastructure, and will incorporate an architecture for a virtualized…
HP Solutions Help Deliver Cloud Services
Published on 18 Oct, 2011 at 10:55 in Cloud | Viewed 10 times | No Comments
HP has announced new services and solutions based on HP Converged Infrastructure that empower service providers and enterprises to rapidly deliver cloud services while leveraging existing investments, minimizing risk and lowering costs.
HP Technology Consulting Services is being offered for data center strategy, operations and continuity accelerate planning, design and building of cloud data centers.
HP CloudSystem portfolio includes financing, services, developer resources…
HP Transforms Airbus’ Data Centers with HP PODs
Published on 27 Sep, 2011 at 13:11 in Industry News | Viewed 10 times | No Comments
HP’s Performance Optimized Datacenters enabled Airbus, one of the largest aircraft manufacturers, to double its usable supercomputing power by boosting computing performance for aircraft development while saving both energy and space.
This is the final phase of a four-year high-performance computing deployment. Airbus has deployed two HP PODs, comprising the world’s largest industrial HPC system and one of the first confirmed…
Intel, NetApp and Extreme Networks Feature Speakers in iSCSI Webinar
Published on 26 Sep, 2011 at 11:50 in Industry News | Viewed 13 times | No Comments
Intel, NetApp and Extreme Networks will be participating with feature speakers in Network World Data Center’s Webinar entitled: “Delivering Predictable iSCSI Storage Performance in Congested Network Environments” on Sept. 27.
Internet Small Computer System Interface benefits businesses economically and makes management more simplistic. The changes being made to data centers and the increase of shared network resources necessitates…
CIBER and Savvis Partner to Provide Cloud Based Data Center and Network
CIBER, Inc. signed an agreement with Savvis allowing CIBER to extend its worldwide data center and networking capacity to meet current client demand and future demand.
”CIBER was searching for a global partner who specialized in cloud computing infrastructure and data center management with many facilities around the world,” said Cynthia Boucher, senior vice president and general manager…
VMware and Cisco Accelerate Customers’ Journey to the Cloud
Earlier this week at VMworld 2011, VMware and Cisco announced new technology innovations and enhancements to their combined virtualization solutions that will help customers accelerate their journey to the cloud.
The companies unveiled a breakthrough in network virtualization, VXLAN, which will broaden the mobility range of virtual machines across multiple data centers and cloud environments. A…
