Google Builds ‘Infrastructure as a Service Platform’ for the Cloud

June 25, 2012 By

Recent industry reports are suggesting that internet mogul Google is planning to build an Infrastructure as a service cloud computing platform in the near future. It is possible that this service could be launched as early as the next week.

GigaOM which is a news site reported that the industry is buzzing about Google’s plans and that they will also offer the infamous search engine and storage facility along with the service. This platform is all set to compete with Amazon’s EC2 cloud service, but it could also be at loggerheads with a similar service offered by Microsoft.

It is no secret that both Microsoft and Google have their respective Software suites in the cloud, but according to sources, moving into the infrastructure as a service territory will provide a significant financial boost to the companies.

According to GigaOM, Google’s main target is actually Microsoft and its developer community. “The enterprise developer community is also one of Microsoft’s biggest strengths, and Google wants to go after them,” GigaOM writes. “In order to lure these enterprise developers, the company has focused heavily on making it easier to write, deploy and manage applications on its platform.”

Presently, Google has not released a statement regarding this news and its spokesperson said the company is not commenting on rumor or speculation.

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Amazon Opens its Edge Center in Sydney, Australia to Offer S3& CloudFront Services

June 21, 2012 By

As per the latest industry reports, Amazon is all set to expand its data center network all the way in Australia. The company recently announced that they have opened their new data center in Sydney and it is designed to speed the use of its S3 and CloudFront services inside the country. “Based on customer requests, internal logging, and the response to our recent survey, we believe that this location will prove to be of great benefit to our customers, providing them with increased performance and reduced latency,” read a blog post from Amazon’s Jeff Barr.

S3 is a way for businesses and developers to storage massive amounts of data online, while CloudFront is an Akamai-like “content delivery network,” specifically designed to help web applications speed the delivery of oft-accessed content, including graphics and videos.

Amazon is known for its superior quality in online retailing but of late it has created a giant cloud operation service which is aptly named as Amazon Web Services. This service sells access to virtual servers, storage, and other computing resource which enables different businesses develop their own online applications without having to install hardware in their own data centers.

Currently, Amazon runs full data centers near Washington DC, San Francisco, Portland, São Paulo, Dublin, Singapore, and Tokyo.

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Advisory Report for the Telecommunication Industry Examines the Data Center Market

June 7, 2012 By

 

Current Analysis, a leading tactical competitive intelligence for the telecommunication industry recently announced that they are releasing their advisory report on data center and cloud services market for the second quarter of 2012.

 

This report will evaluate the current data center trends and also the cloud service sector and how these services are becoming flexible towards offering services to its clients. The report will also talk about the challenges that this sector faces in terms of changing market dynamics.

 

Advances in virtualization technology have helped optimize the data center operations radically. Optimization efforts through projects such as server consolidation that reduce data center footprints and support increased energy efficiency. Virtualization also offers a basic platform for cloud computing and has made it available to various SMEs and enterprises

 

“Streamlining data center operations is not a new concept, but with the advent of cloud computing, virtualization and the myriad of security issues, timely, new intelligence is invaluable to organizations,” commented Tim Dowd, CEO of Current Analysis. “Current Analysis will continuously analyze the changing marketplace and provide guidance on where and how companies should focus their efforts.”

 

In this Advisory Report, Amy DeCarlo, Principal Analyst for Security and Data Center Services, features solutions from a number of providers, including Amazon Web Services, AT&T, BT Global Services, CSC, HP, IBM, Rackspace, Savvis, T-Systems, and Terremark.

 

Ms. DeCarlo stated, “IBM Global Services earns its leadership status by demonstrating consistent strength across a range of functional areas in the data center, including both physical and virtual server hosting, on-demand computing, and managed application services. The provider reinforces the stability of its solutions with a resilient data center infrastructure and the security protections to reassure some of the world’s most exacting customers.”

 

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Intermedia Becomes a Member of CSA to Enhance their Cloud Security Services

June 1, 2012 By

 

Intermedia, Microsoft specialist and hosted service provider recently announced that it has joined the cloud security alliance (CSA) as a corporate member. Intermedia responded by stating that this allegiance will help ease all customer concerns regarding the security of its cloud computing services.

 

The CSA is nonprofit organization which aims to promote the use of best practices to provide security within cloud computing. It also strives to create awareness regarding the safe usage of cloud computing

 

The alliance is led by a broad coalition of industry practitioners, corporations, associations and other key stakeholders.

 

“As our customers move to the cloud and as end users access corporate and private data from a range of mobile and desktop devices, ensuring data privacy and security is of paramount importance,” said Michael Gold, president of Intermedia. “Intermedia has been providing secure, business-grade cloud-based services for over a decade. We look forward to working with the CSA to contribute deep knowledge in cloud security, while also learning from the many other experts in this fast growing space.”

 

Intermedia provides comprehensive cloud services suite of various SMEs which includes secure cloud, encryption and intrusion and malware detection systems to address all concerns of customer’s safety and privacy.

 

The company develops and delivers many proprietary security services including Outlook Backup, Message Mirror, SpamStopper, VirusStopper and Mobile Device Management.

 

Intermedia says it has a strong privacy policy governing the protection of customer data, having passed Safe Harbor compliance standards set forth by the US Department of Commerce.

 

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OnX Enterprise Solutions Announces $20 Million Data Center

May 2, 2012 By

Leading global provider of enterprise data center solutions, OnX Enterprise Solutions has announced a brand new $20 million data center for the company’s cloud and data center infrastructure. Clients seeking a high availability solution with multiple facility failover need not look beyond the borders of North America as OnX is expanding rapidly in the region.

The investment is to be utilized to build OnX’s cloud infrastructure and to increase data center capacity levels tremendously. This move is also aimed at building the best of breed technology solutions and solidifying partnerships with leading companies such as Cisco, EMC and VMware. This new investment is a follow up of its Federated Cloud Centers of Excellence (FCCE) where clients can test drive enterprise cloud solutions at data centers using real world applications and scenarios.

“This investment will help us significantly expand our cloud technology solutions and services for clients across the globe,” said OnX President and CEO, Ed Vos. “We are executing on our strategy to be a leader in the cloud, and today’s announcement not only demonstrates our commitment to this vision but also our ability to execute on it. With this capital infusion, we are extending our ability to offer IT services and solutions in the most optimal way our clients want to consume it.”

“This investment in OnX’s cloud infrastructure and data centers puts OnX’s offering on par with any leading cloud and data center provider,” said Bart Foster, OnX chairman and operating partner at Marlin Equity. “With its leading solutions, global clients across various industries, and strong leadership team, OnX is well positioned to accelerate deployments of its Federated Cloud platform.”

OnX’s portfolio of cloud and managed services is designed to simplify and accelerate the design and deployment of cloud-based enterprise computing solutions, either on client premises or in an OnX hosted data center. OnX’s cloud offerings are all-encompassing and are part of the OnX Federated Cloud framework, which builds and manages a cohesive and adaptable mix of private and shared cloud computing platforms.

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Harris Corporation Exits the ‘Cloud’ Business

March 5, 2012 By

Harris corporation – an outfit that provides computing infrastructure for government agencies decided to close the doors of their super secure data center in Harrisonburg, Virginia and leaving the business for good saying that the government and commercial consumers prefer hosting “mission-critical information” on their own premises and not on some proverbial cloud.

harrisThey cited that while cloud computing services still holds a strong market, their facility in Washington DC just didn’t suit the bottom line. Jim Burke, Harris vice president of corporate communications also noted that the data center wasn’t at par by stating “This is strictly a case where owning and operating a data center simply wasn’t efficient.” Harris says that the reason behind opening its 100,000-square-foot facility in May of last year was the number of commercial customers in the area and Harrisonburg’s proximity to major government agencies. After closing the data center, Harris plans to continue to focus on building dedicated infrastructure for its customers.

“The closure will allow us to refocus our capital and efforts on the secure, cost-effective communications and IT solutions that our customers are demanding.” read a statement from Harris CEO William M. Brown.

Harris isn’t the only corporation that has built a data center in the DC area to bring  cloud services; Amazon operates in the area and last September, Microsoft announced it would build a facility in Boydton, Virginia to support its Azure cloud Services.

 

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Microsoft Builds New Data Center in Dublin

February 24, 2012 By

Microsoft is planning to build another data center in Dublin to accommodate its growing need and rising demand for cloud services. It is expected to spend around $130 million for this purpose. Since the burst of cloud services such as Windows Live, Office 365, Windows Azure etc in Europe, there is a need to expand.

microsoftThe new data center will act as the next-door neighbour to Microsoft ‘s existing data center in Dublin. The construction of the data center has begun but there is no official news as to when the data center will be operative.

The new data center will be 10,400 sq.m. in size and will be capable of receiving 13MW power, which is slightly smaller in capacity compared to its neighbour. The power density of the server is increased to allow the company to increase the number of servers per rack.

Microsoft is finalizing on its cooling model to cater to the increased heat due to additional servers. It plans to extensively use outside air to cool the room to bring down power costs and encourage free-cooling. In addition to air cooling, it also plans to implement water based cooling. This is done in order to lower the PUE of the data center and be at-par with other state-of-the-art data centers owned by Facebook, and Oregon.

Microsoft ‘s new data center also has its own power infrastructure so that it can be self-sufficient and does not have to shut down the data center in case of a prolonged outage.

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