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Managed services and hosting services
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July 26, 2010
26
Jul'10
Savvis' net loss widens for Q2
Cloud services provider Savvis has announced a net loss of $13.9 million for its second quarter results, widening from $6.17 million when compared to Q2 2009; plus more daily news.
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July 23, 2010
23
Jul'10
IBM unveils zEnterprise mainframe
IBM has announced the availability of its zEnterprise mainframe system, which is said to be 40% to 60% faster than its previous system; plus more daily news.
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July 20, 2010
20
Jul'10
Equaterra pulse survey shows weakening outsourcing growth in Europe
The growth in the demand for IT outsourcing in Europe has declined by 5% in the second quarter of this year compared with the first, the latest survey carried out by sourcing consultancy Equaterra has found.
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July 19, 2010
19
Jul'10
Rackspace unveils open source cloud platform
Rackspace has announced an open source cloud platform called OpenStack which uses code that powers its public cloud offerings; plus more daily news.
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July 16, 2010
16
Jul'10
IBM cuts ribbon on cloud computing centre in Germany
IBM has unveiled a Cloud Computing Competence Centre in Ehningen, Germany, which is designed to provide services to customers locally and internationally; plus more daily news.
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July 14, 2010
14
Jul'10
IBM joins forces with European Union on e-services research
IBM has announced that it is collaborating with the European Union, industry and academia, to launch an e-services research consortium; plus more daily news.
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July 13, 2010
13
Jul'10
Citrix announces advanced virtualisation certifications for engineers
Citrix Systems has announced its advanced certifications are now available to engineers and architects; plus more daily news.
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July 12, 2010
12
Jul'10
Microsoft lets businesses run Windows Azure in their own data centres
Microsoft has announced plans for businesses and partners to run the cloud-based operating system Windows Azure in their own servers through purchasing its Appliance package; plus more daily news.
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July 08, 2010
08
Jul'10
CIOs should plan for a second economic downturn, Gartner says
If a second recession unfolds in the next 12 to 18 months, no CIO should be forgiven for being unprepared, according to analysts at Gartner; plus more daily news.
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June 29, 2010
29
Jun'10
SAP certifies Verizon cloud platform
German software giant SAP AG has certified Verizon Business' Computing as a Service platform, allowing Verizon to offer a broad service portfolio; plus more daily news.
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June 24, 2010
24
Jun'10
HP and VMware collaborate to enable cloud computing
HP joins forces with VMware to produce virtualisation solutions for customers using a converged infrastructure framework ready for cloud computing; plus more daily news.
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June 23, 2010
23
Jun'10
Microsoft brings HealthVault to the UK
By launching the cloud-based organiser HealthVault in the UK, Microsoft will provide a monitoring platform for such data as blood pressure and heart rate; plus more daily news.
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June 21, 2010
21
Jun'10
World Cup player's downtime inspires free VMware uptime
The injuries keeping Greek defender Vangelis Moras off the World Cup field spur hosting company StratoGen to give away VMware services; plus more daily news.
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June 17, 2010
17
Jun'10
Brazil IT struts the world stage
The Brazilian IT industry aspires to claim a substantial slice of the outsourcing pie that India and China currently enjoy over the next few years. It is a tall order, but the country has some ambitious plans to reach that goal.
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May 21, 2010
21
May'10
Nottingham Building Society boosts efficiency with data analytics
The financial services firm has improved productivity and customer service levels after rolling out a business intelligence suite as part of a £10m IT revamp.
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May 21, 2010
21
May'10
Rackspace brings Xen-based cloud to the UK: News roundup
VMware and Google integrate cloud computing and GoogleApps; Citrix and Amazon team up for software in the cloud; and other news of the week.
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May 14, 2010
14
May'10
Hosting provider Savvis puts £20 million into Slough data centre expansion
Hosting provider Savvis has expanded its Slough facility by 20,000 feet to keep up with the growing demand for outsourced IT services in the U.K.
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April 30, 2010
30
Apr'10
Cloud computing models: Which one is best for your business?
With so many different cloud computing models and cloud definitions, how do you know which one is best for your business? Industry experts explain each aspect of the cloud.
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April 26, 2010
26
Apr'10
Virtual cloud computing is not a panacea
Get our expert's thoughts on why the type of cloud you choose and its location are important.
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April 16, 2010
16
Apr'10
Community cloud computing benefits and drawbacks
Non-competing companies sharing cloud computing infrastructures sounds like a great idea for saving money, so why is the public sector proceeding with caution?
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April 01, 2010
01
Apr'10
Fujitsu rethinks data centre cooling with cloud rack design
Fujitsu unveils its new Cool-Central architecture to save on floor space and eliminate hot and cold aisle setups.
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December 15, 2009
15
Dec'09
Government to create and sell giant business service providers
The government is planning to create service providers that will support government departments with IT and other services.
According to reports former...
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December 04, 2009
04
Dec'09
Cloud providers service: Cloud Industry Forum aims to stop cowboys
As the cloud provider service market grows, so does the need to implement standards for hosting provider services. A FASTIiS exec discusses the Cloud Industry Forum, which aims to develop ethical standards for cloud computing providers.
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December 04, 2009
04
Dec'09
EU Code of Conduct adoption slow in U.K: News roundup
A survey shows 12% of U.K. companies have adopted EU Code of Conduct on Data Centre Energy Efficiency; Sun releases VirtualBox 3.1; and other news.
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November 27, 2009
27
Nov'09
How to find an honest data centre hosting provider
When choosing a data centre hosting provider, make sure you ask the right questions and investigate thoroughly. A U.K hosting provider shares the info you need to know and what can happen if don't do the proper research.
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November 13, 2009
13
Nov'09
Can cloud computing survive an economic upturn?
Cloud computing's recent popularity is due in part to the economic downturn and pressure to cut IT costs. But will the benefits of cloud computing and hosted service providers be enough to sustain the technology post-recession?
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November 05, 2009
05
Nov'09
Astrazeneca trust pays off
Offshoring business critical work was once a no-go area for big businesses. But a deal signed by pharmaceuticals company Astrazeneca shows that businesses...
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November 05, 2009
05
Nov'09
Colocation data centre ensures data recovery for sports agency
By implementing a colocation data centre as part of its disaster recovery strategy, sports marketing agency Fast Track has ensured business continuity and protected itself against data loss and downtime.
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October 20, 2009
20
Oct'09
TDM Group builds virtual infrastructure from scratch for Symbian Foundation
The Symbian Foundation has saved on hardware, storage and licensing since implementing a VMware virtual infrastructure with the help of services provider TDM Group.
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October 06, 2009
06
Oct'09
CSC seeks new $2.bn deal with Zurich Financial Services
Zurich Financial Services Group has entered exclusive negotiations with IT outsourcer CSC 10-year contract valued at $2.4bn.
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September 29, 2009
29
Sep'09
CIOs are followers, not leaders
Fujitsu Technology Solutions has warned that excessive caution amongst CIOs and IT directors could be hampering innovation as research showed that just one...
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September 28, 2009
28
Sep'09
Logistics firm adds disaster recovery in the cloud
U.K. logistics firm Bibby Distribution signs a three-year contract with Getronics for disaster recovery management, adding an alternative route into cloud.
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September 24, 2009
24
Sep'09
Cloud Infrastructure as a Service worth the higher costs, experts say
Cloud Infrastructure as a Service may be more expensive than an in-house data centre infrastructure, but industry players agree that the advantages of freeing up an IT department's time outweigh the larger bill.
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August 27, 2009
27
Aug'09
Amazon connects EC2 into corporate networks
Amazon has extended its Elastic Cloud Computing service (EC2) to enable IT departments to link their own datacentres with virtual servers running in the...
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August 04, 2009
04
Aug'09
2020Media offers 'green' hosting-- including servers
Hosting provider 2020Media promises customers green data centre options -- low-power servers, Hyper-V virtual servers and colocation -- at low cost.
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July 24, 2009
24
Jul'09
Give me e-shelter for datacentres
Despite everything demand exists for the creation of enlarged datacentre premises in the UK.
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March 09, 2009
09
Mar'09
Straw scraps data sharing clauses in Bill
The Justice ministry confirmed today that Jack Straw has asked cabinet colleagues to scrap controversial clauses in a bill that permitted wholesale sharing of personal data between government departments
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March 02, 2009
02
Mar'09
Lockerbie could have Europe's biggest datacentre
Lockerbie in Scotland could get Europe's biggest datacentre.
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January 23, 2009
23
Jan'09
Satyam close to sealing funding
Satyam will have enough money to pay staff and suppliers at least until the end of March.
The Indian IT service provider is finalising...
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September 08, 2008
08
Sep'08
Nearly half of UK firms ignoring key criteria for datacentre purchase
Geography figuring highly with UK firms as they assess datacentre options
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November 15, 2007
15
Nov'07
IBM unveils web-like datacentre initiative
IBM has unveiled plans for "Blue Cloud," a series of cloud computing offerings that will allow corporate datacentres to operate more like the internet.
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August 31, 2007
31
Aug'07
Lack of reliable information increasing datacentre outage risk
A survey by the Aperture Research Institute has revealed that almost half of organisations (49%) are not able to track changes across physical aspects of their datacentre.