EU Code of Conduct adopted by 12% of U.K. companies
Over half (55%) of senior U.K. professionals believe the new European
Union's Code of Conduct on Data
Centre Energy Efficiency will finally reveal the inefficiencies of data centres, according to a
survey by data centre solutions vendor Sentrum. The survey revealed that only 12% of the companies
questioned have adopted the Code of Conduct. Seventy-seven percent said they are likely to adopt
the Code in the future. Nearly all (95%) respondents had heard of the European Code of Conduct,
which was introduced nearly a year ago, but only 71% admitted to being up to speed on the details.
Fifty-four percent claimed to be aware of some of the details. According to Sentrum, businesses
that outsource some or all of their data centre space seem to be better informed about the Code of
Conduct overall.
Sun releases Sun VirtualBox 3.1
Sun Microsystems has released a new version of its cross-platform virtualisation software, Sun
VirtualBox. Version 3.1 includes a "teleportation" capability, which allows running virtual
machines to be moved uninterrupted between disparate hosts. This also includes hosts on different
operating systems, different classes of computers (such as server to client) and different CPUs.
The open source software is free of charge for personal use. For wider organisation deployments,
licenses or subscriptions start at $30 per user per year, including round-the-clock support from
the vendor's technical team.
CI-Net to offer IRIS Practice Hosting as accountancy managed service
WAN reseller and Internet service provider CI-Net has added Open IRIS 10 software from accountancy
practice solutions vendor IRIS to its portfolio. Designed for accountancy firms as a hosted,
managed service over the Internet, the software is available under the IRIS Practice Hosting brand.
The IRIS Practice Hosting is part of Open IRIS10, as an expansion of the vendor's flagship
accountancy product. Within the offering, CI-Net also hosts the Microsoft Office suite and
Microsoft Exchange for email, in addition to other desktop applications. The Internet service
provider takes care of customers' security, maintenance, upgrades, and backup and licence
management tasks for both software and data.
Supermarket group signs seven-year agreement with HP Enterprise Services
International supermarket group Ahold has signed a seven-year infrastructure and applications
service agreement with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services. An extension of an existing contract
with HP, the agreement is designed to reduce complexity and improve efficiency of the company's
technology environment. Under the terms of the agreement, HP will continue to provide management
and support services for the company's data centre environment, which includes mainframes, servers
and storage. The vendor will also implement HP Business Service Automation. Ahold will use HP
ProLiant rack servers and HP StorageWorks XP Disk Arrays, in addition to HP ProCurve 2610 and 5412
switches.
Kayleigh Bateman is the Site Editor for SearchVirtualDataCentre.co.uk
