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ASG helps DirectNetworks build SMB services

Published in Cloud + MS Infrastructure

Here is an example of how partnering in the cloud can provide a ready-made solution for SMBs that just want to get on with their own business

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Digital Realty Trust, Inc. has announced that Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD broke ground on Digital Realty’s 10 acre data centre site at Profile Park, West Dublin. The ground-breaking ceremony marked the start of the construction of the first of up to eight 10,000 square foot Turn-Key Flex? data centre suites across four building on the campus site that will support up to 2 MW of IT load each. The global provider of data centre solutions also announced...

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United Utilities has tasked Fujitsu with transforming its IT estate. This new partnership highlights a move by United Utilities to invest in a modern IT environment and will see Fujitsu implement a high capacity, scalable and secure data centre environment. This supports its vision of becoming a leading service provider in the North West of England and one of the best UK water and wastewater companies. United Utilities is looking to increase its overall agility and encourage business growth,...

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Disability insurer Movir recently signed a 3-year contract with Proact for the supply, implementation and management of a converged data center infrastructure solution based on the FlexPod reference architecture. FlexPod is a validated solution from Cisco and NetApp that combines networking, computing and storage in one shared IT infrastructure. The environment as a whole will serve as the basis for increasing the availability, scalability, performance and associated IT infrastructure services.

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The final report from ETSI’s Cloud Standards Coordination initiative was made public on December 11 in Brussels. The report was delivered at an event jointly organized between ETSI and the European Commission attended by over 100 experts from the cloud community.