data centers

Addition of Object Storage Extends NetApp's Leadership in Unified Storage

Sunnyvale, CA, June 1, 2010 -- NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced the availability of NetApp® StorageGRID®, a solution designed to manage petabyte-scale globally distributed repositories of images, video, and records for enterprises and service providers.

Data center complexity, numerous applications, and disaster recovery plan issues are top concerns

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 11, 2010 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today released the findings of its 2010 State of the Data Center study. Now in its third year, the study found that mid-sized enterprises (2,000 to 9,999 employees) are more likely to adopt cutting-edge technologies such as cloud computing, deduplication, replication, storage virtualization, and continuous data protection than small or large enterprises to reduce IT costs and manage increasing complexity.

Sun Ray Software 5 Debuts New Software Client Enabling Centralized Desktop Access From Windows PCs

SANTA CLARA, Calif. November 10, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the availability of Sun Ray Software 5, which brings remarkable enhancements to the virtual desktop experience and helps to increase data center efficiency. Sun Ray Software 5 is a secure, cost effective solution that delivers a rich, virtual Windows, Linux or Solaris Operating System desktop to nearly any client device including Windows PCs and Sun Ray thin clients.

AWS also announces Amazon EC2 pricing decreases and a new family of High-Memory compute instances

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 2009-- Amazon Web Services LLC, an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today introduced Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), a new web service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale relational databases in the cloud. Amazon RDS provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while automating time-consuming database administration tasks, freeing users to focus on their application and their business.

Analysts Examine Latest Industry Trends During Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, October 18-22, in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla., October 20, 2009 -- Gartner, Inc. analysts today highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2010. The analysts presented their findings during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, being held here through October 22.

ARMONK, NY - 20 Oct 2009: IBM (NYSE:IBM) today introduced ground-breaking new software for managing data centers. The new technology has the potential to dramatically cut the cost of operations while speeding the deployment of new applications from weeks to minutes.

The introduction of IBM’s new VMControl product for enterprises, combined with IBM Tivoli software, gives businesses for the first time a single point of control across multiple types of IT systems and virtualization technologies. It spans UNIX/Linux, mainframe, x86 and storage systems and networks.

Joins Forces with Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. and Southern California Edison ; World’s Largest Automaker Reduces Energy Consumption and Costs Using Advanced Energy Management Technique

ARMONK, NY - 13 Oct 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the results of a collaborative effort with Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

Black Book report ranks Acxiom number 6 for data center management and number 8 for overall ITO infrastructure

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — September 30, 2009 — Acxiom Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM) ranked number six for data center management and number eight for overall ITO infrastructure vendors serving mid-tier companies in the 2009 Black Book of Outsourcing. Top ranked companies posted strong marks in innovation, trust, reliability and deployment.

Entire Line of VeriSign SSL Solutions, Including EV SSL and GeoTrust SSL, Now Available to Thousands of SoftLayer Customers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, August 17, 2009 -- A new security partnership between SoftLayer Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of global, on-demand data center and hosting services, and VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, will bring the entire line of VeriSign® Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates to thousands of SoftLayer customers.

PALO ALTO, CA, August 10, 2009 -- HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced the second in a series of webcasts that provide an in-depth customer view into the inner workings of the technology used in today’s data centers and the business benefits they deliver. This week’s webcast, titled “Delivering a Next Generation Data Center,” is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 13.