Digital Realty Trust has entered into a new lease agreement for Turn-Key DatacentreSM with Capgemini outsourcing, consulting, and technology company. As part of the agreement Capgemini will open a new datacentre in France on a Digital Realty Trust property this summer. Senior Vice President of International Operations of Digital Realty Trust, Bernard Geoghegan, said that [...]
Tech firms interested in cloud computing have continued to grow in strength and acquisitions despite the recession. In fact, many companies that are now household names have invested in cloud services to allow for computing capacity as an Internet service instead of providing it from a data centre. Companies that have launched cloud services include [...]
IT workers who are out of a job in South Wales, may be interested to hear that the global group, Logicalis, is creating thirty more ICT jobs as it nears the completion of its new regional headquarters near Cardiff in Nantgarw. The new location will support a UK centre that can provide broadband networking from [...]
In the face of IBM breaking ground for a 6,000 square foot, energy-efficient data centre near Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY, valued at $12.4 million, a new data centre was announced by IBM’s competitors. Reports from industry insiders bring news that Cisco, MIT, the University of Massachusetts, and EMC are considering partnering to build a [...]
Hackers attacked Vaserv.com, a UK web hosting provider, late on Sunday evening deleting data from as many as 100,000 websites. According to the website of the ISP, the company is trying to restore as much data as possible and the webpage shows the continuing index log of updates to allow affected customers to see if [...]
Freenet AG reportedly is going to sell Statro, its webhosting subsidiary, for anywhere from 320 to 420 million Euros, according to various sources. Freenet spokesmen refused to comment but according to analysts at the Landesbank Baden-Wuerttembeg, it should fetch at least EUR240 million, if not more. The analysts also guessed that United Internet AG would [...]
Fasthost’s customers were left in a virtual blackout, as they were unable to access email to save or receive new messages, a fact that the hosting firm apologized for, stating it was a technical issue. Email was inaccessible for only about 45 minutes for most clients, but an additional 100 customers faced problems accessing their [...]
Microsoft has recently commissioned a new trial period of its new platform, with the option of hosting projects without any charge if a certain set of technologies from the software creator are utilized including: Microsoft Web Deployment Tool Release 1, ASP.NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1, and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1. Joshi R Vishal a [...]
After reporting a 45% increase in revenue from datacentres, LOMAT, a webhosting service based in Glasgow that focuses on remote hosting and online information for businesses, issued a statement that predicts the economy from online businesses will continue to grow despite the recession. LOMAT sold its business directory unit to BT last, allowing it to [...]
SAFI Technologies recently bought 24/7 Hosting, its fourth webhosting acquisition in just two years. Tim Johnson, the managing director of SAFI, stated that the client base of 24/7 Hosting is similar to SAFI Technologies making it easy for them to transfer clients into the current infrastructure. SAFI intends to comfortably support about 200 medium to [...]
The world’s largest datacenter, Digital Reality Trust, has just announced the completion of a lease agreement for ServeCentric in Ireland to use its Turn-Key Datacentre. This will allow ServeCentric to make use of the Digital Reality Trust property in Dublin thus allowing for its expansion. According to the Vice President of Digital Reality Trust, the [...]
