Website Hosting – ALEXANDRIA, VA - Federal agencies could save $18.8 billion1 from their data center consolidation efforts, according to a new study from MeriTalk, the government information technology (IT) network. That amount could pay the entire combined IT bill for the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Veterans Affairs, Social Security Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Interior for a year2.

The “Federal Data Center Consolidation: Measure to Manage Report,” underwritten by NetApp, provides a status update on Federal data center consolidation progress, an outline of the challenges Federal agencies face, and recommendations on the optimal path forward. Continue reading “Report Uncovers $18.8 Billion Federal Data Center Consolidation Savings Opportunity” »

Website Hosting – Chantilly, VA – The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) announced that Microsoft and ARIN have reached agreement that certain Internet Protocol (IP) number resources being transferred to Microsoft from the Nortel bankruptcy in US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware will be placed under a registration services agreement between ARIN and Microsoft.

ARIN President and CEO John Curran stated he was pleased that Microsoft has followed the Internet community’s adopted policies for such transfers: “Microsoft has demonstrated important leadership in this matter, and ARIN is pleased to be working with them for the good of the Internet community.” Continue reading “ARIN and Microsoft Recognize Transfer of IP Addresses Per Community Policy” »

Website Hosting – Denver, CO - Hosting.com, the leading provider of cloud hosting and recovery services, today announced the availability of Network Attached Storage (NAS) to its Managed Storage solution.  Hosting.com’s Managed Storage solution features both NAS and SAN to meet the data storage and protection requirements of its enterprise customers.

The need for data storage continues to escalate as businesses replace outdated applications with sophisticated high throughput technologies, such as data archival and rich media storage. These companies are retaining data longer in response to government and industry regulations, and they are backing up even larger quantities of mission-critical data to guard against network outages and clinical disasters.  As companies struggle to handle an explosion of data, they often spread their infrastructure across unconnected, self-managed datacenters or reserve hosting providers for partial solutions. Continue reading “Hosting.com Launches Cloud Storage Solutions” »

Website Hosting – CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Peak 10 Inc., a managed services company with world-class data centers, is proud to announce that its CTO, Jeff Biggs, will be speaking at the national Data Center Users’ Group conference, held Apr. 27-29 at the Phoenix Hyatt Regency in Phoenix, Ariz. Biggs will be speaking on the topic “Operations and Data Center Operations: Subtle Similarities” in which he will address how seemingly small changes in data center operations can greatly benefit business operations.

“I am honored to be speaking at the DCUG conference on how little nuances and subtle changes in data center operations can make an enormous difference in operational excellence,” said Biggs. “I also look forward to hearing from other industry experts about ways to improve data center functionality. At Peak 10 we strive to provide the best in customer support and technical solutions. From this conference we expect gain insight to become even better equipped to deliver exceptional results to our clients.” Continue reading “Peak 10 CTO to Speak at Data Center Users’ Group Conference” »

Web Hosting - SANTA CLARA, CA - Vantage Data Centers, an innovative wholesale data center operator backed by the largest U.S. technology-based private equity firm, today announced the start of construction on V2 Santa Clara. V2 is the second building housed within the Vantage Santa Clara Campus and will provide data center modules designed to scale the facility from 9 to 18 MWs, allowing customers to immediately request more power without any additional construction, moving of equipment or service disruption. Vantage also announced the Apollo Innovation Initiative, a data center development framework integrating comprehensive design, project development and program management processes led by data center domain-area experts.

The Apollo Initiative allows Vantage to build highly efficient, next-generation data centers at a fraction of the risk and time normally associated with current practices in the data center industry, that deliver quantifiable benefits to business customers. The first Santa Clara data center (V3) commissioned 6MW in less than six months from the start of construction and is a LEED® Platinum candidate. V2, now under construction, leverages design philosophies similar to the recently announced Open Compute Project specifications for mechanical (cooling) delivery, showing a like-minded approach to identifying the most effective means to build with high efficiency components and systems. Continue reading “Vantage Data Centers Begins Construction on Second Santa Clara Data Center” »

Web Hosting – Denver, CO – ViaWest, a leading provider of colocation, hosting, and managed services, announced the grand opening of its twenty-first enterprise-class data center located in Portland, Oregon. Hillsboro II is the company’s second data center investment in the region. Grand opening ceremonies are scheduled for May 12 and will feature tours of the new facility, product overviews, and local celebrity appearances.

ViaWest is the largest privately held data center service provider in North America. With the addition of Hillsboro II, ViaWest owns and operates 21 data centers, offering nearly 450,000 square feet of raised floor space, 35,000 of that in Portland. The complex features fully redundant high-density power and chiller configurations, 24×7 on-site support, and access to top network providers. Additionally, ViaWest offers a 100% customer satisfaction SLA. Continue reading “ViaWest Announces Grand Opening of New Portland Data Center” »

Web Hosting – Livingston, UK - Flexiant, an independent cloud platform provider and software and services company, today announced a major upgrade release with the launch of its production ready cloud platform Extility 1.3. Today’s release includes the launch of IPv6 support marking Flexiant as the first cloud software provider in Europe to announce full commercial support for IPv6.

Extility 1.3’s small foot-print install feature means data centre operators can pilot a cloud offering with relatively little investment in time or capital before developing this deployment into a fully-fledged cloud platform for their customers. Continue reading “Flexiant Releases IPv6 Ready Cloud Platform” »

Web Hosting – SAN JOSE, CA - Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced a new green data center in Allen, Texas, with an architecture deploying Cisco’s entire data center technology portfolio spanning computing, switching, and data storage access to support Cisco’s internal private cloud and deliver Information Technology (IT) as a service. The new data center demonstrates the value of a network-based approach through improved resilience, performance and use of resources, while delivering IT services such as video, mobility, security, and collaboration to Cisco employees, customers, partners, and other constituents.

In 2007 Cisco created a vision to deliver IT as a service and developed a long-range plan to deliver that vision through data center consolidation, virtualization, and cloud computing. Cisco’s newest data center combines the best in environment-friendly facility design, green approaches to power and cooling, and an architectural approach optimized for virtualization and cloud computing, with the aim of delivering “everything as a service.” Continue reading “Cisco New Texas Green Data Center Showcases Private Cloud Deployment” »

Web Hosting – AUSTIN, TX - InQuinox announces SanXfer release 3.0 which simplifies the process of moving into (or out of) Cloud Computing environments by supporting a virtualized environment more rapidly than any other enterprise solution. SanXfer 3.0 now supports Cloud and Virtualized environments, especially VMware and VMDK files. In four (4) simple, automated, wizard-driven steps, SanXfer 3.0 moves Windows clients from Physical to Virtual (P2V) within minutes, saving days of project time.

“Our customers asked InQuinox to simplify the move from physical to virtual environments for VMware users, and today, SanXfer meets their needs,” said Brad Hargett, InQuinox’s CEO. “SanXfer 3.0 is the most robust product to support server and data migration needs today and offers easy ‘Drag and Drop DataCenter Migration’ features for fast implementation.” Continue reading “VMware Users Get Faster Migrations From SanXfer 3.0” »

Web Hosting – NUREMBERG, Germany – Open-Xchange, the supplier of business-class email and groupware for cloud providers, today announced that it continues to build momentum with Parallels, a worldwide leader in hosting and cloud service enablement, via their cooperative technology development and sales initiatives. The two companies have partnered since 2008 delivering integrated products that work in hosting and cloud computing.

“Our work with Parallels has propelled our business and will help us increase from 24 million to 40 million users this year,” said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. “When we committed our company to transition from developing on-premises software to provide software optimized for cloud providers, we started working with Parallels and now we’re moving forward with our second generation agreement.” Continue reading “Open-Xchange Accelerates Partnership with Parallels to Deploy Cloud-Based Email and Groupware” »