Wood chips power Rackspace ‘Green’ Data Centre
May 21, 2008
Rackspace Hosting, provider of IT hosting services, has announced that it has begun installing equipment in its new ‘green’ data centre, which will be powered by renewable energy sources.
The data centre, in Slough, Berkshire, will draw power from a local combined heat and power plant that uses wood chips, waste paper and fibre fuel to […]
Data Center Head Departing Cisco
May 16, 2008
The world’s principal networking hardware builder, Cisco (cisco.net), reported on Monday that the leader of its data center division was leaving after 15 years with the company.
Jayshree Ullal, who initially joined the company with its purchase of Crescendo Communications in 1993, said in a posting to the company’s blog that she would be leaving.
Ullal is […]
The new Avid VideoRAID SR and ST
May 7, 2008
Avid Technology is launching its high-performance, next-generation storage disk arrays.
The Avid VideoRAID SR and the Avid® VideoRAID® ST systems, are intended to provide a combination of cost-effective Serial Advanced Technology Attachment, aka SATA, drive technology, and confidence boosting, fail-safe data protection to provide a viable back up against a disk drive failure, as well […]
Hitachi Enlarges Japan Facility
April 20, 2008
Hitachi Group announced on Thursday it is commemorating next week’s Earth Day by expanding its green data center in Yokohama, Japan.
The new wing will present technological enhancements that are part of the company’s general CoolCenter50 project, which aims to decrease power consumption in Hitachi’s Yokohama and Okayama facility by 50 percent in five years.
The […]
PEER 1 ATL Center Survives Storms
March 22, 2008
Web hosting provider PEER 1 Networks announced on Thursday that its customer service at its Atlanta, Georgia facility remained unaffected during last weekend’s tornado and severe storms.
The company says it preserved its 100 percent uptime pledge to customers during the terrible Atlanta weather, as its data center staff put into practice the company’s strategic crisis […]
IFL Hosts Cogent at Manchester Data Centre
March 13, 2008
Colocation service provider Internet Facilitators Limited announced on Tuesday it has agreed a multi-year deal to host vital network infrastructure for Internet service provider Cogent Communications inside its IFL2 Manchester, UK data center.
IFL is hosting Cogent’s equipment inside its most recent 15,000 square feet IFL2 data center, which comprises rack space within a protected caged […]
SoftLayer Opens 2nd Dallas Data Center
March 13, 2008
Web hosting provider SoftLayer announced on Monday it has opened its second data center facility in Dallas, Texas. The company has furthermore upgraded its core networking infrastructure in Dallas, spending more than $5 million in renovations.
The latest facility more than doubles the company’s server capacity in Dallas with 220 new racks. The facility features its […]
ServInt Supplements VPS Services
March 13, 2008
Web hosting provider ServInt announced on Monday it has added its new SuperVPS service. The cost-effective VPS service is intended for small and medium-sized businesses, providing increased redundancy at the same time as providing the equivalent computing performance of a traditional dedicated server, says the company.
The new SuperVPS service allows companies to operate their businesses […]
Microsoft Data Centers Contemplated
March 4, 2008
Microsoft is thought to be building out two-dozen data centers, each spanning approximately 500,000 square feet, in an attempt to hasten its cloud computing program.
According to business and IT blog RoughType, Microsoft is looking to forcefully speed up its investment in its data center network and the initial stage of the build out will comprise […]
Host Dept. Improves Facility Switches
March 4, 2008
Web hosting provider Host Department announced on Monday it has upgraded its entire Hurricane Electric data center switches to augment its overall network dependability.
After the company established slight network performance disparity in five of the Hurricane Electric cabinets, it determined to change the previous DELL 5324 switches with two Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series counterparts. All […]
FWHN Offers 24 Hour Server Build
March 2, 2008
Managed hosting provider Frontpages Web Hosting Network announced on Friday it is offering dedicated server build starts in under 24 hours.
The company tackled customer requirements for a rapid turnaround on their dedicated server by offering dedicated server builds within 24 hours of contract signing. Founded on new technologies and efficiencies, Frontpages is capable of reduced […]
Smartbunker Facility Earthquake Resistant
March 2, 2008
UK managed hosting and carbon data center supplier Smartbunker announced on Wednesday that its facility has demonstrated itself to be earthquake proof, following an earthquake that hit the east coast of the UK on Wednesday morning.
The earthquake, whose epicenter measured 5.3 on the Richter scale, struck in the early hours of Wednesday under 30 miles […]
WebFusion Offers Dedicated Servers
March 1, 2008
UK Web hosting provider WebFusion announced on Monday it is offering a new choice of advanced dedicated servers from £59.99 per month. The new dedicated server plans include the most up-to-date server hardware and processor specifications, continuous support and a service level agreement.
WebFusion’s dedicated servers make use of the latest Intel Quad Core Xeon processors […]
Peak 10 accommodates Innovative Hosting
February 26, 2008
Data center operator Peak 10 announced on Monday it took on Web development and Internet consulting firm Innovative Hosting as a customer at its Atlanta data center.
Innovative Hosting Solutions will be given world-class data center services out of Peak 10’s data center in Atlanta, Georgia. The company provides IT consulting, Web design and hosting and […]
Aplus.Net Transfers to Phoenix Facility
February 23, 2008
Web hosting provider Aplus.Net announced on Thursday it has successfully transferred a major division of its dedicated server hardware to a new high-tech data center in Phoenix, Arizona. The data center is Aplus.Net’s second, along with its original San Diego-based facility.
The migration involved the shipping of 2,600 servers including firewalls, load balancers, KVM switches and […]
Gaming Servers Offered by AIT
February 11, 2008
Web hosting provider Advanced Internet Technologies announced on Friday that it is offering $100 per month reductions off of its enterprise hosting solutions in an attempt to maximise on the game hosting marketplace.
With AIT’s new class of game servers, gamers, gaming administrators and entrepreneurs can take subsequent measures to developing their business without the […]
Zeus Allies with Infidis
February 11, 2008
Application technology software provider Zeus Technology has signed a partnership with French systems integrator, Infidis, it announced on Thursday.
With significant implementation experience and affiliations with key hardware and software vendors, systems integrator Infidis will currently add the ZXTM solution to its portfolio. Its capability with VMware will allow the company to offer ZXTM VA, the […]
Expedient to Increase Facility
February 6, 2008
Managed data network services provider Expedient announced on Monday that it is spending in excess of $1 million in an expansion scheme, scheduled for completion by April, inside its Cleveland, Ohio area data center, located in the suburb of Garfield Heights.
Expedient says the investment supports its expansion plans, which has been in development since early […]
ResellersPanel Puts in New Servers
February 4, 2008
Free reseller hosting provider ResellersPanel has supplemented its latest line of dedicated, semi-dedicated and virtual private servers, it announced on Friday.
ResellersPanel has five dedicated server plans with superior hardware together with processors from Intel and AMD. More sophisticated users can construct their new personal server configuration from the ground up.
Total root access permits users […]
NFL Media Portal Powered by IBM
February 4, 2008
IBM announced on Wednesday that the National Football League has been in conjunction with IBM to develop the NFL Media portal to assist world-wide media to access news and updates concerning the organization.
Reporters will be capable of acquiring a wealth of critical game day information for example injury reports, interview transcripts and statistics as […]