Security, Power and Price Drive UK Data Centre Market
March 11, 2010
A national survey of over 100 senior IT professionals found that there are three factors driving demand in the UK data centre market sector – security, power and price.
The survey, conducted by Telehouse, also showed that most organisations questioned were looking to expand their data centre requirements adding to the current capacity crunch and [...]
Data Centre Leaders to Set Agenda on Green Technologies
March 8, 2010
Major industry leaders in the European data centre sector will meet at the sixth annual conference taking place April 22-23 at Sophia Antipolis near Nice, France.
The high level content and debate will set the agenda on exploiting Green technologies over the coming year (www.datacentres.com/dce).
A high calibre line up of top speakers and experts [...]
FibreSpan Connects to Interxion Data Centre
March 4, 2010
Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, today announced that FibreSpan, a network carrier specialising in dark fibre and ultra-high-bandwidth services, has successfully connected its network to Interxion’s London City data centre.
The addition of FibreSpan’s dedicated dark fibre network to Interxion’s London City data centre brings its total portfolio of carriers to [...]
Interxion secures Sage Software business
February 26, 2010
Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, today announced that Sage Software GmbH, a leading provider of business software solutions for German SMEs, has selected Interxion to host and centralise their expanding data centre infrastructure in the company’s Frankfurt data centre.
The five-year colocation agreement will provide ample space, power and connectivity to [...]
3Com delivers security solutions for next-generation data centers
February 23, 2010
3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) today announced four new products and solutions from its H3C and TippingPoint portfolios to extend the Secure Network Fabric to next-generation data centers and virtual networks.
The Secure Network Fabric integrates 3Com’s industry-leading H3C® enterprise network and security solutions and TippingPoint® intrusion prevention system (IPS) technology to reduce network security risks, [...]
Interxion secures deal with Nimbuzz
February 17, 2010
Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, has been selected by Nimbuzz, the mobile social VoIP and instant messaging application provider, to house its mission-critical application infrastructure.
With over 20,000 users a day worldwide signing up to use their application, Nimbuzz had an urgent requirement for a best-in-class, highly connected facility which [...]
Interxion announces sponsorship of TradeTech architecture summit
February 8, 2010
Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, today announced its sponsorship of the third TradeTech Architecture Conference, taking place from the 9th to 11th of February 2010 at the America Square Conference Centre in London.
This year’s conference will bring Europe’s largest meeting of CIOs and CTOs from the capital markets together to take [...]
Green Grid announces new tools for data centre efficiency
February 5, 2010
The Green Grid, the IT industry’s leading voice for advancing energy efficiency in data centres and business computing ecosystems, today introduced new tools and announced new industry alliances at its Third Annual Green Grid Technical Forum and Members’ Meeting.
Attendees of the Forum will learn first-hand how these new tools and alliances are designed to [...]
ADACOR installs Suzuki after-sales-solution at Interxion data centre
February 3, 2010
Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, today announced that ADACOR Hosting GmbH has installed a new online after-sales support system for Suzuki International Europe GmbH in one of Interxion’s highly secure data centres in Frankfurt.
The newly developed online portal ensures the efficient management of European warranties for Suzuki dealers and distributors.
Hosting [...]
Microsoft To Keynote At Data Centres Europe Event
February 1, 2010
The organizers and researchers of 6th Data Centres Europe 2010 (www.datacentres.com/dce) have announced today that Christian Belady, Principal Infrastructure Architect at Microsoft, will keynote at the event.
Data Centres Europe is the premier regional networking hub for service companies engaged in the sector, and enterprise IT leadership.
The event will take place at the Espaces [...]
The Bunker raises £1m for further upgrade and expansion
January 29, 2010
The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd, the Ultra Secure Data Centre and Managed Services provider announces the successful completion of its fourth round of financing.
The £1m of new funds was once again raised entirely from existing shareholders at double the value of the last issue.
The funds will be used to continue the company’s infrastructure [...]
PEER 1 Hosting’s Data Centre Opens
January 28, 2010
PEER 1 Hosting, Inc. (TSX:PIX), a global online IT hosting provider, today announced the opening of its US$40 million data centre, located in Toronto, Ontario.
At more than 40,000 square feet, this new data centre is more than twice the size of a professional hockey rink and marks the first time PEER 1 Hosting is [...]
Nuovi Investimenti colocates trading platform at Interxion’s London hub
January 21, 2010
Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, today announced an agreement with leading Italian brokerage and trading firm Nuovi Investimenti to colocate its trading platform at Interxion’s City of London data centre.
The agreement, which follows the migration of the Borsa Italiana matching engines from Milan to London earlier in 2009, enables Nuovi [...]
APC by Schneider Electric to be Patron Of 6th Data Centres Europe 2010
January 19, 2010
The organizers and researchers of 6th Data Centres Europe 2010 (www.datacentres.com/dce) have announced today that APC by Schneider Electric is Patron of the event.
Data Centres Europe is the premier regional networking hub for service companies engaged in the sector, and enterprise IT leadership. The event will take place at the Espaces Antipolis, near Nice, France [...]
Data Centres Europe Awards: Nominations Open
January 14, 2010
Nominations for ten Awards categories for the 6th Data Centres Europe 2010 (www.datacentres.com/dce) have been released today.
The final shortlist and Awards winners will be announced at the official ceremony and Gala Dinner which will take place at the Espaces Antipolis near Nice, in France on the evening of 22nd April 2010.
The Awards categories [...]
NextiraOne wins James Paget NHS Trust contract
January 6, 2010
NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has won a second major contract with the James Paget NHS Trust to build additional dedicated Data Centre facilities and provide a resilient communications platform.
The new contract will help the Trust to achieve its objectives of delivering better patient services and of reducing its power consumption and [...]
SaaS and Cloud Computing Driving Data Centre Use
January 5, 2010
UK businesses are primarily concerned with SaaS and cloud computing with 31 per cent saying it is driving increased use of data centre capacity, according to a national survey commissioned by Telehouse of over 100 senior IT professionals.
With Gartner forecasting that the cloud computing market could reach a global value of $150 billion by [...]
Interxion Supports Neutral France-IX Internet Exchange Initiative
December 16, 2009
Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, has announced its support for France-IX, a new, independent, Internet exchange initiative.
The first core switches for the exchange have been installed in Interxion’s recently opened data centre, PAR 5, with interconnects to switches in Interxion’s PAR 1 and PAR 2 data centres.
The Force 10 [...]
€12 Million Construction of Interxion Data Centre employs 90
December 14, 2009
Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, today announced that StructureTone has been appointed and has commenced the construction of Interxion’s new €12 million data centre in Dublin.
Employing 90 construction workers over the initial construction phase, the data centre is due for completion and will be ready for customer installations in early [...]
New software simplifies data centre networks
August 19, 2009
University of California San Diego students and professors have developed software that may allow data centres to function as a single network with a two layer data centre network fabric instead of the typical three layer fabric system.
The new software is titled Portland and will work with any hardware that is currently in [...]