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Over a third of IT managers are only “reasonably confident” their disaster recovery plan will deliver

Published in BC/DR Cloud + MS Infrastructure Storage + Servers

New survey reveals scale of mistrust in disaster recovery plans within organisations.

Published in Cloud + MS Infrastructure Security Storage

SolarWinds has announced the acquisition of Librato, a San Francisco-based Cloud monitoring company, for a cash purchase price of $40 million. This addition to the SolarWinds(R) family, on the heels of the Pingdom(R) acquisition in 2014, represents the latest step in the company's efforts to offer solutions to monitor and manage Cloud-based applications and infrastructure. This new technology platform will enable the Company, in the future, to extend and connect performance management...

Published in Cloud + MS Infrastructure Security Storage

Fast IT is a transformational new model that Cisco is using to help customers and partners simplify IT operations and make the most of the digital economy. The model evolves and unifies infrastructure, platform, and applications to reduce complexity, accelerate service deployment, and increase security. At Cisco Live Milan Cisco is looking at software suites and cloud managed services – from the cloud to the data centre to the device – to drive the advancement of digital business.

Published in Carriers + Service Providers Cloud + MS Infrastructure Networks + Telecoms

Capitalising on industry-wide changes in data centre architectures, Gigamon Inc. will expand its portfolio to offer its market-leading GigaVUE-OS software on select third party ‘white box’ hardware. The new offering will allow Web-scale data centre operators to optimise their procurement process, and expand the scope and scale of monitoring while retaining the functionality, agility and scale of visibility they have come to expect from a Gigamon fabric.

Published in Cloud + MS DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Infrastructure Security Storage Storage + Servers Virtualisation

VCE says that Colt has deployed a Workspace-as-a-Service offering based on VCE Vblock™ Systems. Drawing from Colt’s experience with VCE converged infrastructure within its state-of-the-art data centers, Colt is now offering an on-premises solution that replicates the same secure and highly reliable experience directly on customers’ own sites.The on-premises solution is aimed at IT departments serving a large community of users who want to keep their virtual desktop...

Published in Cloud + MS Compliance/Governance/Risk Management Datacentre + Network Security Identity/Access Management Security Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service

MicroStrategy® Incorporated has announced the availability of MicroStrategy 9s, bringing enterprise-grade cybersecurity to the world’s leading analytics platform through integration with MicroStrategy Usher™, a powerful new security technology.