September 27, 2011 — European data center services provider Colt announced on Tuesday that wholesale data center developer Verne Global has selected Colt’s modular data center for its dual-sourced renewable energy facility in Iceland.
Updates from September, 2011
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Colt to Build Ship Modular Green Data Center to Iceland for Verne Global
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Vantage Data Centers to Develop Washington Data Center Campus
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September 27, 2011 — Wholesale data center operator Vantage Data Centers announced on Tuesday that it is under contract to purchase 63 acres of land for the development of a data center campus in Quincy, Washington. According to the press release, the Vantage Washington Campus will develop in several phases and the first phase will include a 133,000 square foot data center.
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Cloud Adoption in the Enterprise with William Fellows of 451 Group
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September 27, 2011 — The opening keynote Tuesday morning at HCTS 2011 was delivered by William Fellows of 451 group, who offered a presentation that followed up on Monday’s talk by Antonio Piraino, delivering more insight into the enterprise cloud market.
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Open-Xchange to Host Third Annual Summit in November
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September 27, 2011 — Open source email and groupware provider Open-Xchange announced on Tuesday details of its third annual Summit, November 4, in Cologne, Germany. The event will take place at KölnSky, which is located next to the famous Cologne cathedral on the Rhine river.
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Security Provider StillSecure Launches Cloud Security Monitoring Service
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September 27, 2011 — Security provider StillSecure announced on Monday that it has launched a new cloud security solution called Cloud Security Monitoring Service. According to the announcement made at the Hosting & Cloud Transformation Summit, Cloud SMS is a free security solution for StillSecure customers and through SoftLayer’s Technology Partners Marketplace portal.
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Building Clouds Wheres the Money At with Hexagrids Joseph Seibel
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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — One of the final presentations Monday at the HCTS event was delivered by Joseph Seibel of Hexagrid, who set out to offer some insight about how the money works in the cloud service provider business.
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The Variable Requirements of Data Center Vendor Selection Andrew Schaap of Digital Realty Trust
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September 27, 2011 — One of the afternoon keynotes at HCTS was delivered by Andrew Schaap of Digital Realty trust, who sought to illustrate some of the variable requirements involved in data center selection.
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Cloud Hosting Provider Voxel to Open Singapore Data Center
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September 27, 2011 — Cloud and hybrid hosting provider Voxel announced on Tuesday it will expand its Asian hosting capacity with the acquisition of an 1,800 square foot private data center suite from global telecommunications provider KDDI, located near Singapore’s Changi Airport.
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Telx Hexagrid Computing Partner to Offer Private Hosted Cloud Solutions
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September 27, 2011 — Data center provider Telx announced on Tuesday that it has formed a strategic alliance with cloud computing solution provider Hexagrid Computing. According to the press release, the relationship will enable Telx’s managed service provider and enterprise colocation customers in its 15 “cloud connection” centers to build customized cloud environments with Telx interconnection services and Hexagrid’s cloud computing platform.
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Cloud Computing Firm CloudBees Names Former Oracle Executive to SVP of Products
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September 27, 2011 — Cloud application developer CloudBees announced on Tuesday it has named former Oracle senior vice president Steven Harris the company’s senior vice president of products. In his new role, Harris will oversee all product strategy, product management and product development activities.