Cloud Computing
Study Finds Enterprise Reliance On ‘Always On’ Systems Necessary To Ensure Continual Business Operations
May 7, 2013 4:31 pm | News | CommentsSunGard Availability Services released survey results published in an IDC White Paper, sponsored by SunGard Availability Services, Lack of Operational Resilience Will Undermine Enterprise Competitiveness: A Strategy for Availability (April 2013) that identify the competitive advantages of establishing sophisticated systems for maintaining uninterrupted business operations.
EVault Launches Industry-Pioneering Cloud Disaster Recovery Service In EMEA
April 17, 2013 3:24 pm | News | CommentsEVault, Inc., a Seagate Company, has announced that its market-leading EVault® Cloud Disaster Recovery Service with a guaranteed Service Level Agreement (SLA) is now available from EVault and its partners in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Mail-Gard Partners With DMI To Expand Service Offering
April 12, 2013 5:36 pm | News | CommentsMail-Gard®, a division of IWCO Direct and one of the nation’s leading providers of critical communication recovery solutions, announced it has partnered with Data Management International (DMI) to offer cloud-based document management recovery services including document capture recovery and document management system archiving.
Silver Peak Releases Do-It-Yourself Software For Accelerating Offsite Replication
March 29, 2013 3:14 pm | News | CommentsSilver Peak Systems has introduced a new family of downloadable software products that are purpose-built for storage professionals to accelerate offsite data replication workloads. The new Silver Peak VRX-2, VRX-4 and VRX-8 software products combine data acceleration technology with flexible pricing.
ExaGrid & ATScloud Partner To Offer Secure Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery
March 10, 2013 3:44 pm | by BUSINESS WIRE | News | CommentsExaGrid Systems, Inc., the leader in scalable and cost-effective disk-based backup solutions with data deduplication, and ATScloud, the premiere hybrid-cloud solution provider, have announced a partnership to offer cloud-based Disaster Recovery as a Service. New and existing customers can replicate their backup data.
Symantec Announces New Corporate Strategy
January 29, 2013 10:19 am | News | CommentsSymantec is focusing on 10 key areas that combine existing products and services into new, innovative and comprehensive solutions that meet multiple customer needs with integrated and higher value offerings. The overall development process is estimated to take six to 24 months depending on the specific offering.
Continuum Announces New BDR Revive Solution
January 14, 2013 10:48 am | News | CommentsContinuum Vault is a complete end-to-end business continuity solution that features enterprise-class protection, instant virtualization, cloud-based replication and recovery, full monitoring and management support, and optional unlimited cloud storage.
Top 10 Transformational Impacts Of The Cloud In 2013
December 26, 2012 1:26 pm | News | CommentsIn 2013 the cloud will continue to forge a massive convergence of technologies -- similar to the evolution of the cell phone to the smart phone. "The lines between platform as a service (PaaS) and cloud services brokerages will blur into a conceptual operating system for the 'Web as a platform'."
NaviSite Announces Newest NaviCloud Node
November 26, 2012 3:22 pm | News | CommentsNaviSite's NaviCloud Platform has been designed to address the critical IT issues confronting organizations, such as cost, agility, reliability and business continuity. The new cloud node is designed to expand the company's cloud capabilities and fulfill the growth and needs of their customers.
Flooded Data Center Takes Down Websites
October 30, 2012 2:00 pm | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsFlooded data centers in downtown Manhattan brought down Gawker, Huffington Post and many popular New York-based blogs Tuesday while phone and cable companies were scrambling to assess damage and restore service in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
IO Announces Data Center-As-A-Service Contract With Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners
October 26, 2012 10:51 am | News | CommentsIO will provide BSSP with Data Center as a Service (DCaaST) delivered out of the IO Phoenix data center. Organizations can use IO DCaaS to support cloud computing, big data, high-availability applications, business continuity/disaster recovery, data center consolidation and other strategic technology initiatives.
Carbonite To Acquire Zmanda
October 19, 2012 10:12 am | News | CommentsThis acquisition will enhance Carbonite's SMB offering with the ability to backup databases and file systems to the cloud, and will enable SMBs to obtain all the backup solutions they need from one vendor. Zmanda customers will now also have access to the industry-leading Carbonite Business cloud backup solution for their computers.
American Enterprise Bank Implements Multiple Hosted Solutions From Safe Systems
October 19, 2012 9:26 am | News | CommentsAmerican Enterprise Bank operates a total of two branches with approximately $199 million in assets. The bank made the strategic decision to outsource critical components of its IT infrastructure and began gradually moving systems into a hosted environment.
iQ Solutions Group Announces Acquisition Of Fidelis Communications
October 15, 2012 2:43 pm | News | CommentsiQ Solutions Group, a leader in converged communications, data center solutions, managed services and cloud based solutions, announced today that it has acquired Fidelis Communications, Inc., a provider of solutions including Avaya, ShoreTel, Samsung and Polycom.
FiberMedia Group Launches 'Market Storm' Colocation & Cloud Solutions
September 28, 2012 10:49 am | News | CommentsMarket Storm service bundles are an effective option for enterprise customers looking for an easy on-ramp into the Cloud as well as an efficient way to improve redundancy, reliability and security across its compute infrastructure.
Logicalis Selects Nirvanix For Enterprise Cloud Storage Services
September 24, 2012 5:42 pm | News | CommentsLogicalis can now offer its clients cloud storage solutions designed from the ground up for five nines of data availability with built-in data consistency and self-healing software for continuous data integrity. Nirvanix's secure, highly granular multi-tenancy capabilities enable Logicalis' customers to create a subaccount for each branch office.
IT-Lifeline Launches Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Solution
September 21, 2012 10:58 am | News | CommentsIT-Lifeline, a provider of comprehensive disaster recovery and testing solutions for the financial services industry, today announced the addition of its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to its comprehensive disaster recovery solution for organizations that need to speed up their ability to recover workstations in the event of a natural disaster or power outage.
MegaPath Introduces Business-Class 'Secure To The Core' Cloud Hosting Solutions
September 17, 2012 5:10 pm | News | CommentsMegaPath Corporation announces new enterprise, private and hybrid cloud hosting solutions that provide customers with a cost-effective virtualization environment for hosting applications, data and storage. Powered by VMware's vCloud platform, MegaPath's behind-the-firewall Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering provides enterprises and SMBs reliable and redundant cloud solution.
Are The Cloud Vendors Winning You Over?
September 6, 2012 3:18 pm | by Luke Simpson, Editor | Blogs | CommentsIn a recent briefing my question about the ongoing security concerns surrounding cloud was answered with a pretty convincing analogy that compared the security of a house to that of an apartment building. I’m curious if we as an industry are starting to accept this technology as inevitable, fall for the charms of the cloud vendor’s sales pitch, and/or feel the benefits (far) outweigh the risks.
When Is A Backup Not A Backup?
September 4, 2012 11:29 am | by Ron LaPedis, SunGard Availability Services | Blogs | CommentsBy accessing Gizmodo reporter Matt Honan's iCloud account, hackers wiped his iPhone, iPad and MacBook, deleted a Gmail account, and posted messages on personal and professional Twitter accounts. If you have a web presence, blog, or use social media, go change your passwords and evaluate how those accounts can be locked down before your reputation is tarnished by a hacker.
IBM Unveils zEnterprise EC12 Mainframe Server
August 28, 2012 9:39 am | News | CommentsThe new zEC12 offers industry-leading security and robust support for operational analytics that can help clients efficiently sift through large volumes of raw data and transform it to gain knowledge that can be used for competitive advantage.
Dell Continues To Expand Cloud Services
August 24, 2012 9:00 am | News | CommentsDell is unveiling new and expanded cloud services to enable customers to select solutions that will help drive business results, whether they need strict security and compliance, large or small workload capabilities, real-time storage and retrieval, or quick and easy online access for configuring their cloud services.
Hitachi Data Systems & VMware Help Customers Further Scale IT Infrastructures & Accelerate Cloud Deployments
August 21, 2012 9:37 am | News | CommentsWith the expanded partnership, Hitachi Data Systems will bundle VMware cloud infrastructure software and sell individual software licenses to provide organizations with complete, converged infrastructure solutions, services and support.
HP Delivers Innovations To Power Cloud Computing
August 16, 2012 2:55 pm | News | CommentsHP recently announced new virtualization software solutions that simplify, automate and secure the movement of virtual machines and data in cloud environments, providing clients with increased agility for addressing dynamic market opportunities.
AFORE Announces CloudLink 2.0 With Secure Virtual Storage Appliance
August 9, 2012 5:19 pm | News | CommentsCloudLink 2.0 allows enterprises to take advantage of the scalability and cost effectiveness of a cloud environment without exposing mission-critical and security-sensitive applications and workloads to potential third-party vulnerabilities.
