UK Government breathes life back into data centre industry

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GVA Connect
Datasource
Issue 119
The news that
drives the data
centre economy
News
Key news from
around the world
Results
Events
Global Conferences
February 2014
UK Government
breathes life
back into data
centre industry
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Contents
03World
06EMEA
12Americas
17Asia/Pacific
20 Company Results
22 Forthcoming Events
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GVA Connect – Datasource, Issue 119 – February 2014
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World
CloudFlare
planning data
centre expansion
CloudFlare, the US security company that
protects against online threats, has revealed
that that it secured a US$50 million in funding
in December of 2012, which allowed it to
quadruple its network capacity across 23
data centres around the world and establish
its London engineering office, reported
Datacentres.com.
The funding round was led by Union Square
Ventures and Greenspring Associates, with
existing investors NEA, Pelion Venture Partners,
and Venrock participating.
CloudFlare plans to add new data centre
locations in Latin America, the Middle East,
Africa and China next year, which will help
its extend its network to new and emerging
markets.
Dec 19th
IBM provides Allianz
with data centres
operation support
The German headquartered Allianz, one
of the World’s largest financial services and
Insurance groups and IBM have concluded
an agreement in Munich regarding support
for the operation of Allianz's data centres,
reported a Company press release.
IBM will be acting as the global provider of
IT operation services for Allianz in effect from
April 1, 2014, supporting the transformation of
the company's global IT infrastructure.
Allianz currently has 140 data centres
worldwide and plans to consolidate and
reduce these to six data centres. The
global partnership with IBM covers ITrelated infrastructure processes relating to
technical operations.
The aim is to create a global IT infrastructure
that is robust in its ability to withstand natural
catastrophes and disasters and that meets
the very highest requirements in terms of
quality and ease of use.
The program also aims to further increase
data security levels. Allianz expects to
have completed the transfer to the new IT
infrastructure and its operation in full by the
end of 2017.
Security a top data centre concern As increasing number of firms house critical systems with data centres, security will be their
top concern during 2014, according to global IT security firm, McAfee. “Data centres are
the nerve centre of an organisation making data centre security a top priority for most
companies today,” US-based McAfee said in a report depicting mega trends that will
dominate the security industry in India next year, reported Racers Republic.
With the blurring of boundaries between physical, virtual and public/private cloud,
organisations are on an evolutionary curve towards next-generation data centres, the
report added. “Resultantly, they will face the reality of securing data that moves between
server, storage, and networking resources (physical and virtual) of next-generation data
centres,” it said.
Jan 2nd
Major applications will move to the
cloud in 2014
Expect to see leading brand-name enterprise apps become more cloud-based in 2014 as
cloud services do a better job of securely supporting hybrid cloud environments, according to
Verizon Terremark in an interview with Light Reading.
John Considine, CTO, Verizon Terremark, says the consumerisation of IT is gathering steam and
putting greater pressure on IT departments to deliver more functionality and do so at lower
cost, thus increasing the attractiveness of pay-as-you-go cloud-based solutions. At the same
time, Considine says, cloud service providers such as Verizon are getting better at providing
secure cloud connections and easier transitions to cloud services, as well as supporting hybrid
cloud environments.
These factors will combine to make 2014 a big year for cloud adoption, Considine says. He is
among those telecom execs who have admitted that cloud adoption thus far has been slow,
but believes it will still pick up steam, because the underlying trends will continue.
The consumerisation of IT, for example, is not new, but it continues to exert an impact as more
enterprise employees gain access to sophisticated tools, and expect to be able to use their
smartphones and tablets at work. They expect to have the broader access to apps and data
that they enjoy as consumers.
Jan 2nd
Dec 23rd
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World
IBM to invest US$1 billion in new Watson
Group
IBM has announced it will establish the IBM Watson Group, a new business unit dedicated to
the development and commercialisation of cloud-delivered cognitive innovations. The move
signifies a strategic shift by IBM to accelerate into the marketplace a new class of software,
services and apps that think, improve by learning, and discover answers and insights to complex
questions from massive amounts of Big Data, reported a Company press release.
IBM will invest more than US$1 billion into the Watson Group, focusing on development and
research and bringing cloud-delivered cognitive applications and services to market. This will
include $IS100 million available for venture investments to support IBM’s recently launched
ecosystem of start-ups and businesses that are building a new class of cognitive apps
powered by Watson, in the IBM Watson Developers Cloud.
According to technology research firm Gartner, Inc., smart machines will be the most disruptive
change ever brought about by information technology, and can make people more effective,
empowering them to do "the impossible."
The IBM Watson Group will be led by Michael Rhodin, who most recently served as Senior Vice
President, IBM Software Solutions Group, responsible for delivering industry-specific solutions in highgrowth areas such as Business Analytics, Smarter Commerce, Smarter Cities and Social Business.
A major initiative for the IBM Watson Group will be to continue advancing its research and
development to accelerate the delivery of cognitive innovations to organisations via the
cloud. As part of this initiative IBM will engineer Watson to be deployed on Softlayer, the cloud
computing infrastructure business recently acquired by IBM.
Jan 10th
IT spending to
grow 3.1% in 2014
Data centre
outage down 20%
Global information technology spending
is expected grow 3.1% in 2014 compared
to 2013 to total US$3.8 trillion, according to
research house Gartner. IT spending globally
was flat in 2013, up just 0.4% from 2012,
reported Data centres.com.
A new report from Emerson Network Power 2013 State of the Data Centre – suggest that
the number of complete outages are down
20% since 2011 but the financial cost of
those outages rose by33% over the period,
Data centre systems spending are
expected to grow 2.6%in 2014, but that tally
is down from Gartner's previous forecast
of 2.9%. This is because Storage and
enterprise communications spending is
expected to come in lower than expected.
Gartner added that data centre build out
plans are being reconsidered as CIOs look
to cloud computing.
The report found businesses average one
outage per year.
Sending on enterprise software is set to grow
at 6.8% in 2014 with Customer relationship
management applications and supply chain
software at the forefront of this spending.
Spending on devices (PCs, mobile phones
and tablets) will grow 4.3% in 2014 following
a 1.2% fall in 2013.
Jan 6th
Director of marketing and solutions, Russell
Perry said the data centre was playing an
increasingly critical role as we move into a
digital world. “Technologies have pushed
the world to move at a faster pace, and
businesses must keep up to meet servicelevel agreements with their customers.”
In addition, the report reveals one in every
nine people in the world uses Facebook,
nearly 28,000 photos are uploaded onto
Instagram every minute, 25% of viewers drop
off when the video they are watching buffers
for more than five seconds and if the video
buffers for more than 10 seconds, nearly
50% of viewers will be gone.
Jan 8th
Goodbye Savvis,
hello CenturyLink
Technology
Solutions
CenturyLink has announced that
Savvis, its data hosting segment, will
deliver its services under the name
CenturyLink Technology Solutions
effective immediately. The alignment
between the business unit and parent
company represents the combined
value that CenturyLink delivers to
businesses through its broad set of
colocation, managed services, cloud
and network offerings, reported Data
centres.com.
"We are pleased to become
CenturyLink Technology Solutions, as
aligning our brand with CenturyLink
demonstrates the deeper ties to
the broad portfolio of IT solutions
that we collectively deliver for
businesses," said Jeff Von Deylen,
president of CenturyLink Technology
Solutions. "While we are extremely
proud of our nearly 20-year legacy
operating as Savvis within the industry,
we value CenturyLink's extensive
market leadership and look forward
to operating under one brand to
continue helping businesses become
more agile, secure and sustainable
with integrated solutions that deliver
bottom-line results."
CenturyLink Technology Solutions
will remain the distinct data hosting
operating segment within CenturyLink.
Von Deylen added, "Though our name is
changing, our customers will continue to
be served by the same account teams
providing the same excellent levels of
service and experience that enterprises
have come to expect from us."
Jan 22nd
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World
Increased dependency on data centres
for mission-critical applications sustains
global data centre UPS market
Increasing dependency on data centres for mission-critical applications, is lending impetus to
the global data centre uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) market. The improved investment
landscape is further expanding the scope of the UPS market as organizations that withhold
spending over the last few years and seeking solutions to increase energy efficiency, reported
PR Newswire.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of the Global Data centre Uninterruptible Power
Supplies Market, finds that the market earned revenues of US$1.61 billion in 2013 and estimates
this to reach US$2.34 billion in 2019 as a result of the demand for well-equipped data centres
with fully functioning backup power.
"The trend towards virtualization and cloud computing as well as the need for data availability
on the go, is boosting the number of UPS installations," said Frost & Sullivan Energy &
Environmental Research Analyst Anu Elizabeth Cherian. "Organizations are veering towards a
new generation of UPS systems that complement the virtual server design and significantly
raise the total power usage effectiveness of data centres."
Jan 22nd
Study predicts
strong SMB data
centre spending in
2014
IBM to open 15 data centres Global computing giant, IBM has announced plan to invest some US$1.2 billion to boost
and expand its cloud footprint in the international market through a number of new data
centres all across the globe, reported Data centres.com.
The company announced that it expects to open 15 new “cloud centres” in London,
Washington D.C., Hong Kong, Toronto, Japan, India, China, Canada, Mexico and Dallas,
which will see its global portfolio of data centres rise 40 across 13 countries.
The company stressed that it wants to ensure via this cloud centre expansion plan, that
it has at least at least four data centres in what it considers major geographies – Europe,
Latin America, Asia and the Americas. The company said it is also keen to expand and
boost its presence into the Middle East and Africa by 2015.
IBM believes that the global cloud market will grow to US$200 billion by 2020, so to deal
with the continued rise in demand for cloud computing, these data centres will be
home to the SoftLayer cloud platform in order to allow firms in numerous markets – from
gaming to financial institutions – to host their tools, data and services in the cloud and to
experience the benefits this offers.
Dennis Quan, vice president of cloud services at IBM, told V3 that the financial backing
for its cloud plans underlined the importance for Big Blue of carving out a strong space
in this market. “This investment is about increasing our investment in cloud in response to
demands from customers. By expanding our global cloud footprint we can do what it
takes to provide enterprise-class cloud,” he said.
Jan 17th
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Worldwide spending on data centre
services by small and medium businesses
is expected to grow by over 18% in 2014,
according to a study released by analyst
firm Research and Markets, although solution
providers and distributors say that figure is
less than what they're actually seeing, as
a growing number of SMBs are opting to
offload data centre management tasks to
third party service providers, reported CRN.
Research and Markets said it based its
growth prediction on the rapidly growing
demand for infrastructure and facilities.
Autotask CEO Mark Cattini told CRN he
thinks Research and Markets' prediction
isn't accurate given the rapid expansion
of SMB cloud opportunities. "To be honest,
I'm surprised the growth numbers were as
low as they were," Cattini said in response
to the survey numbers. "Nobody wants to
own anything anymore. [That's] the whole
managed services concept."
Cattini thinks 50% growth next year would
be a more accurate figure. He expects the
growth to really take off in the next three to
five years, as physical servers reach their
end-of-life and organisations choose to
replace them with cloud-based alternatives.
Jan 2nd
EMEA
Microsoft invests in
Dutch data centre
Following yesterday’s news that the US IT giant,
Microsoft has bought land for a new data
centre in the town of Quincy in the US North
West, media reports in Holland are suggesting
that the company is set to invest some US$2
billion in a new facility in the Netherlands.
According to local media sources including
Automatisering Gids, the new facility will be
located in Middenmeer in Northern Holland.
Although an exact location has not been
disclosed, Microsoft is said to have bought a
40 acre site and will build a 17.5 Megawatt
facility which is expected to support between
150 and 200 jobs.
UK Government breathes life back into
UK’s essential data centre industry
The UK Government has finally recognised the economic importance of the Data
Centre sector – one of the few industries where UK plc has a world lead - by their
inclusion for the first time ever in a Government announcement.
Said Data Centre Alliance President and former Minister of Transport Steven Norris, “The
Chancellor of the Exchequer finally recognised Data Centres in his Autumn Statement
as the major industry and economic wealth creator that they are, by removing the
punitive tax regime that had been making the UK non-competitive in this business and
forcing companies to off-shore their data centres.
“Britain is a world leader in the Data Centre industry and the Climate Change Levy
had been wrongly applied to it because the Government, and indeed the public,
were totally unaware of its existence! Something we at industry body the Data Centre
Alliance (DCA) have been working hard this year to change. The Chancellor’s Autumn
statement plus the winning of the first ever European Strategic Research funding for
Data Centres now demonstrates that DCA has succeeded in bringing this previously
unseen industry onto the Political agenda.”
Norris went on to explain that the Data Centres are buildings full of computer servers
that power things like Facebook, Twitter, E-mail, the Banks all big businesses. Airline
booking systems, Air Traffic Control, the NHS, city traffic lights and in fact just about
every part of our lives are controlled by these massive data centres.
“The UK was one of the very first countries to develop Data Centres out of our worldclass telecommunications and mainframe computing industries,” Norris said, “and we
were in serious risk of loosing what are effectively the UK’s only remaining ‘factories’.”
We refer to them as ‘factories’ because they store and make information out of raw
data. They are massive - often the size of five or six football pitches – and can consume
as much electricity as a small city. “What the Government is now starting to understand
is that it is essential to protect and grow one of the few industries where UK plc still has
a world lead,” said Norris, “and we are delighted that DCA’s efforts in representing the
industry to them have, in such a short period of time had such significant results.”
Concluded the DCA’s Executive Director Simon Campbell-Whyte, , “We are delighted
that the UK Government has now recognised the imperative to grow and support this
sector. And, although as an organisation we represent the industry globally we believe
that this is a major milestone in the success of UK plc and are proud that we were able
to achieve this on behalf of our members.”
“It is of course only a first step, and we are standing by to assist UK Government and
Governments worldwide as they come to terms with understanding and supporting the
digital factories that now power the global information economy.”
Dec 17th
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The plant will be located in the middle of
the province’s horticulture industry and
will be powered by energy created in the
greenhouses. In addition, Microsoft has
reportedly hired Mace Group from London
as contractor on the project.
Dec 24th
Aegis Data opens
Godalming data
centre
Aegis Data have unveiled its new data
centres in the UK. Officially opened by the Rt.
Honourable Jeremy Hunt MP for South West
Surrey and Secretary of State for Health, Aegis
One is a purpose built 30,000 sq ft, enterprise
class Tier III data centre located near to the
M25, reported Data centres.com.
Jeremy Hunt, MP for South West Surrey said,
“I was delighted to open the Aegis One
Data Centre and support such an innovative
business located within my constituency.
Aegis Data has built a superb facility that is
setting the standard for Data Centres all over
the UK and Europe. Not only does the centre
offer the latest in technology and colocation
infrastructure but also new employment
opportunities within the area and I wish them
every success with their plans for opening
Aegis Two in 2015.’
“Working with Rockpool LLP Ltd our investment
partners, we have built Aegis One from the
ground up with a clear focus of providing
our clients with the most cost effect,
technologically advanced, efficient and
scalable solution for their mission critical IT,”
said Gerald Pawsey, CEO of Aegis Data. “It is
very exciting for us to see Aegis One come to
fruition, with a number of customers lined up for
when we go live in April, together with planning
permission for Aegis Two already gained.”
Aegis One will start operating as a secure
data centre facility in April 2014.
Jan 15th
EMEA
Optimum predicts 2014 shift in
data centre buying patterns
The UK data centre owner and operator Optimum, has suggested that
there will be a fundamental shift in data centre procurement processes
in 2014. Based on a recent research report that the company
commissioned, Optimum now expects “people” to become a priority
when it comes to selecting a suitable data centre operator.
‘Panic Planning – Chaos in the Data Centre’ highlights the findings
of interviews held with senior IT professionals representing large
organisations (250+ employees) in the UK with direct responsibility
for their company’s data centres. The results made for interesting
reading. “There is most certainly a theme of frustration when we look
at the perceived value that the operators claim they are adding,”
said Terry Dempsey, Executive Director at Optimum. “Too many
respondents (68%) said that operators were failing to deal effectively
with day to day issues; for some in particular this happened a
staggering 13 times in 12 months. As a result, we believe that this will
drive forward a change in attitudes with regards to what are deemed
to be the most important criteria during the procurement process
- quality of staff based on their expertise in the sector will start to
appear much higher up the agenda.”
Apple to go Dutch? Local media sources are reporting that consumer electronics
and software giant, Apple is set to build a new data centre in
Eemshaven, seaport in the Groningen area of Holland reported
Data centres.com.
The area already boasts a large 10,000 sq m data centre, built in
2007, managed by TCN Data Hotels, and occupied by Google.
This existing data centre gained planning consent in 2012 for
another data centre on a 40 acre site and the Media sources
including Dagblad van het Noorden, link Apple to this new site.
Eemshaven is seen a favourable location for a number of
reasons, including the fact that a major transatlantic fibre optic
cable (between Europe and the U.S) comes ashore at this point
and the availability of reliable energy sources.
Dec 24th
Optimum also referred back to research statistics recorded since
spring 2011 which show that proactive consultancy levels have
only improved marginally and that there is still substantial room
for improvement. Just 37% of respondents in 2013 cited that their
operator was proactive, for example, when it came to advising on
PUE. Comparatively, this figure was 36% in spring 2011, but interestingly
had gone down to 29% in autumn 2011.
“Data centre outsourcing contracts might be signed with a longerterm vision in mind but it seems that frustrations with the standards
of consultancy on offer often arise in the short term,” continued
Dempsey. “The savvy data centre buyer is no longer just looking
at price points. Today it is more about the bigger picture and the
business benefits of the whole package - building a partnership
based on a willingness to share knowledge. As an operator, if you
can’t put highly experienced team members forward in order to plan
strategically - and then regularly review - with your clients, you just
won’t be able to compete effectively anymore.”
Dec 17th
London Data Exchange merges with Ping Networks
Fast growing London-based data centre and network operator London Data Exchange– whose 500 plus rack facility is based in North West
London - has announced the merger of London Data Exchange Limited and Ping Networks Limited to form the LDeX Group Limited, reported
Datacentres.com.
LDeX Group have acquired 100% of the share capital of both LDeX and Ping Networks to create a new brand that will focus on developing the
core strengths of both entities in the areas of high quality colocation services and intelligent networks.
Commenting on the merger, Rob Garbutt, CEO & Co-Founder of LDeX Group, said: “I am very excited about the creation of the LDeX Group and
combining our product sets under one consistent brand. By combining our in-house talent, we are better placed to serve our growing customers’
needs going forward. Our ability to link people, places and clouds has been boosted significantly with the flexible service creation capability that
the combined group can now offer to the market.”
LDeX group welcomes Simon Chamberlain onto the board of directors as new CTO. Patrick Doyle (Co-founder of LDeX) will become COO of
the new Group.
The creation of the group gives further financial strength going forward and will enable LDeX group to better serve its’ existing customer base, onboard new clients and expand its’ data centre foot print and IP network across multiple regions.
Jan 9th
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EMEA
UKFast expanding to Scotland
Web Hosting and colocation provider, UKFast has confirmed that it is set to expand its presence to Scotland by opening an office and
revealing plans to build data centres in the country, reported Data centres.com.
The company has opened an office in the centre of Glasgow and has already employed five team members and is now embarking
upon further recruitment to accommodate growth.
UKFast CEO, Lawrence Jones said "People have questioned such a move with the referendum less than a year away but, whether Scotland
becomes independent or not, it will always be a huge part of global and British business. This is why we have chosen to expand North
before even considering going South to London - we're moving up!"
The technology firm's northern growth comes soon after the launch of Scotland's dedicated internet exchange point, IX Scotland -which
will see connectivity in the country greatly boosted - and as plans to develop Scotland into a digital nation by 2020 continue to progress.
Jones added: "As Scotland focuses more on its digital future and future-proofing its infrastructure, there is a clear gap in the market for us
to help businesses in the country to grow. We want to join the market in Scotland to provide our enterprise-grade solutions for all levels of
business.
"We're levelling the playing field with products like our eCloud which gives businesses access to a £20m cloud infrastructure, including the
highest level of hardware, software and support without the huge cost normally associated with hosting solutions of this calibre. We want to
be at the forefront of Scotland's digital revolution."
Jones also revealed plans to build data centres and contribute to the infrastructure in Scotland to make it a more viable location for
financial and legal firms.
The opening of UKFast's Scottish office comes as the firm continues the £5m development of UKFast Campus - the firm's new HQ on the
edge of Manchester's Science Park. The 50,000 sq ft office space is equipped with a gym, creche, steam room, chill out area with pool
tables and games consoles, and kennels.
Dec 24th
Portsmouth University gets £2.25 million energy efficient data
centre
The University of Portsmouth has built a new energy efficient data centre worth £2.25 million. Opened at the end of 2013, the centre’s “cuttingedge design” gives the university full control of its data centre cooling plant, reported Energy Live New.
Portsmouth’s new centre is projected to hit 1.14. That compares with a recent study by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory of data centres
showing on average they have a PUE rating of 2.18.
Air conditioning firm Airedale which helped design the cooling system said it saves energy because of “indirect” cooling air circulating in the
room. It said this will deliver free cooling up to 95% of the year depending on air temperatures.
James Holland, Network & Security Services Manager (Information Services) at the University of Portsmouth said: “This is an excellent facility that
the University can rely upon to deliver world class academic support and research development”.
Jan 21st
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EMEA
Node4 suggests that IT tops list of
worries amongst SMEs in 2014
Small to medium sized organisations in the UK are optimistic about business prospects in 2014,
according to independent research by data centre and communications company, Node4.
The survey of 250 decision makers in companies between 50-500 employees, found that 1 in
5 have no concerns at all about 2014 and expect this year to be prosperous and successful,
Interestingly, worries about IT topped the list amongst those that have concerns about this
year, ahead of generating enough business and workforce retention. 34% of those interviewed
agreed that their existing IT infrastructure would not support business growth and that a lack
of IT innovation would hold back success. The ability to generate enough orders to maintain
survival in 2014 was cited by a third of SMEs and concerns about staff was mentioned by 18%
as an issue for this year.
“We are, at last, coming out of one of the worst recessions in living history. Over the past five
years, SMEs have struggled to keep their head above water, fighting to keep their business
afloat and profitable. But the tide is turning, the economy is looking up, businesses and
consumers are buying again and as a result, SMEs are in a positive mood about 2014,”
commented Paul Bryce, Business Development Director, Node4.
“It did come as a surprise to find that IT concerns topped the list as the biggest hurdle that
SMEs will face this year. To our mind, this underlines the important role that IT will play in helping
SMEs prosper in a buoyant economy. IT has gone from being a static cost-centre to a dynamic
business enabler that must support the organisation at every stage of the sales cycle, overall
empowering the business to grow and succeed.”
Jan 3rd
Gulf Data Hub
set to open new
UAE data centre
The UAE’s first carrier- and vendor-neutral
data centre facility, Gulf Data Hub has
said it will open a new data centre in
January 2014. The purpose-built facility
currently consists of two buildings, each
of which will have with 3,000 sq m of
data space when construction work is
completed, reported Telecom Paper.
UAE operators Etisalat and Du both have
points of presence at the facility.
The founder and CEO of Gulf Data
Hub, Tarek Al-Ashram has said that
the company will have 1000 sq m of
data space ready to host customers
from January. GDH currently has 5 MW
of electricity confirmed from DEWA to
power the first of the development's
1000 sq m halls.
Dec 19th
NI health trust leads the way with
data centre PODs
The Northern Irish based South Eastern Health Sand Social Care Trust, along with,
Hewlett Packard and BT have launched new HP Performance Optimised Data
centres known as ‘PODs’ which will provide reliable cost effective IT services across
the Trust’s 120 facilities and the five hospital sites<,reported Data centres.com.
The ‘PODs’ are located on the Ulster Hospital site and are the first to be installed
in Northern Ireland and have been implemented in partnership with Hewlett
Packard and BT.
The HP POD is the latest in efficient data centre design which provides a single
virtual data centre environment for all the Trust’s operations. It will allow the Trust
to implement a virtual desktop infrastructure which will enable clinicians to
access patient information securely from any location, using any device. The
Trust intends rolling out a ‘Bring Your Own Device’ and mobility strategy across the
Trust over the coming months.
Stephen Stewart, Assistant Director of Technology & Telecommunications, South
Eastern HSC Trust said “Demand for IT services in the healthcare sector has grown
exponentially in the past few years, but the simple fact is that clinical areas
in hospitals are not designed to house data centres. We have centralised all
server support for the Trust at the Ulster Hospital, which is undergoing a rebuild.
Originally this included the provision of two new bricks-and mortar data centres
but, instead of putting an expensive data centre in each of the new buildings,
we have located two HP PODs next to them. From day one, we know that the HP
PODs will deliver scalable capacity to meet our compute requirement for the
next seven to ten years.”
Jan 20th
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EMEA
Phoenix NAP expands European
footprint with Evoswitch
European data centre service provider, EvoSwitch, has announced that
it has signed a multi-year contract with Phoenix NAP, a full service data
centre, infrastructure-as-a-Service provider and primary network access
point from Phoenix, Arizona, for the provision of colocation space in its
Amsterdam data centre, a Company press release reported.
“This expansion of our European operations is a major step in our
ongoing initiatives to provide global services and we are thrilled to
be working with EvoSwitch,” said Ian McClarty, President of Phoenix
NAP. “The ample space and power of the facility enables us to keep
growing in the coming years as our customers’ demand for hosting
solutions within Europe expands. The Amsterdam facility will play a
pivotal role as a hub from which we can interconnect our cloud and
our colocation customers. Additionally, EvoSwitch has provided an
incredibly flexible and creative tailor-made solution for us, which
makes us feel very much supported.”
Swedish wind energy for
Google’s Finnish data
centre The Swedish wind power developer, Eolus Vind AB and search
engine giant Google have signed a ten year agreement in
which Google will buy all electricity generated by 29 wind
turbines that Eolus establishes in four wind farms in southern
Sweden, reported Globe Newswire.
The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), means that Google
during ten years starting in early 2015 will buy all renewable
electricity produced by the 29 turbines of the models Vestas
V90, V100 and V112. Along with the wind turbine supply
agreement, Eolus and Vestas have signed a ten-year full
service agreement. Eolus will after commissioning operate and
manage the facilities. Total installed capacity is 59 MW.
Eolus financial strength is an important component of the deal
since the contract is signed directly with Google as the buyer
of the electricity. The long-term contract ensures that Eolus
can offer investors an interesting investment opportunity in the
Swedish market.
“Our agreement with Google is a further endorsement of the
potential of wind power in the Nordic countries said HansChristian Schulze, deputy CEO of Eolus. -We're looking forward to
building our new wind farms over the year and helping Google
stay ahead of its commitment to carbon neutrality.”
The four wind farms are Skalleberg in Hjo municipality,
Mungserod in Tanum municipality, Ramsnas in Laxa
municipality and Alered in Falkenberg municipality. By bundling
wind farms in different locations together into one deal, risk
diversification and greater production reliability over time can
be achieved.
“We're always looking for ways to increase the amount of
renewable energy we use said Francois Sterin, Director of
Global Infrastructure at Google. -Long term power purchase
agreements enable wind farm developers to add new
generation capacity to the grid - which is good for the
environment - but they also make great financial sense for
companies like Google.
Jan 23rd
Under the terms of the agreement, Phoenix NAP will have access to
sufficient space and power to continue its growth as a provider of
premier IaaS services in Europe. The move will also give Phoenix NAP
access to 45+ network service providers as well as the Amsterdam
Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) to ensure low-latency delivery of its hosted
services across Europe.
Jan 8th
Infinity Slough launched with
first two customers
Infinity SDC, the UK data centre operator, has launched the first
phase of its flagship data centre at Slough. The data centre is Infinity’s
first purpose built facility, located in the heart of the UK’s High Tech
corridor. The site was made fully operational in December with the first
two contracted customers already installing their equipment, reported
Data centres.com.
The facility is also Infinity’s first modular design that employs scalable
building blocks. It is the first time Infinity has deployed pre-built
facilities for immediate customer occupation and the facility can
accommodate a broad range of requirements from individual racks
to fully dedicated data halls.
Slough will act as the physical launch-pad for Infinity’s new product
offer, the ‘Infinite Data Centre’. Infinity’s new offer comprises three
new product propositions, providing greatly increased flexibility to
transform the way customer’s contract for data centre services. The
Infinite Data Centre creates multiple choices for customers, including
paying only for the power consumed and an option for no minimum
power commitment, and is designed to respond to the constantly
shifting requirements of the modern day CIO.
Commenting, Stuart Sutton, CEO of Infinity SDC, said “This is a major
milestone for Infinity and I am extremely proud of the data centre we
have designed, built and delivered here in Slough. Everything about
this data centre is truly world-class.”
“We see the data centre as a fully integrated part of the overall IT
solution, not just the building where it resides and Infinity Slough is our
launch-pad for achieving that. It enables us to deliver commercial
innovation through our commitment to deliver more flexibility and
greater value for customers.” “I am delighted that we have already
secured two customers that are in the process of locating at Infinity
Slough, which clearly demonstrates the attractiveness of both the
location and facility.”
Jan 23rd
10
EMEA
Colt powers Source’s growth to over
US$500 billion worth of transactions
Colt has announced that it has designed and deployed a managed IT infrastructure
and networking service for Source UK Services Ltd, enabling one of Europe’s leading
exchange traded product providers to focus on generating financial returns for
customers and shareholders. By partnering with Colt, Source’s investment team has been
able to deliver on its ambitious expansion plans, and is now processing transactions with
a combined value of over US$500 billion, reported Data centres.com.
Launched in 2009, Source specialises in exchange-traded products, a rapidly growing
area of financial services. The firm has grown aggressively to manage $15 billion of
assets, becoming the fifth largest provider of these services. The core of Source’s
business is in the European equity markets.
“If our system went down even for a small amount of time, it could have a huge impact
on the pricing of our products, and adversely impact customer retention,” confirms
Michael John Lytle, Chief Development Officer for Source.
In a highly competitive trading environment, Source’s success is dependent on the
resilience and flexibility of its systems and website, which increasingly houses more
complex content, including numerous live market feeds alongside extensive product
information. The firm’s agile business model meant that partnering with a trusted
managed service provider was the natural choice. However, with business critical
functions on the line, choosing the right provider was crucial.
Lytle continues: “We asked our financial peers “Who would you put into a process if
you were considering getting these services from an external organisation?” Colt was
recommended as an organisation that can scale in line with the business to support
increasing volumes of transactions.”
Colt’s Optimum services underpin Source’s systems and website. Following a nine month
due diligence process and an extensive consultation, an integrated IT and networking
service was implemented in two UK Colt data centres for business continuity. Two years
on, the resilient and scalable solution continues to support Source’s core systems while
ensuring uninterrupted availability of their content rich website.
Colt Optimum is the name of the direct-to-enterprise portfolio across IT, Network and
Communication Services. These services are differentiated by their unique combination of
network reach, integrated technology, service management and commercial flexibility.
They complement Colt Ceano, which is designed specifically for Colt’s indirect channel.
Jan 17th
Eircom plans
€200m Dublin
data centre
The Irish telecommunication company.
Eircom is reportedly set to spend up to
€200 million on building a new data centre
complex in West Dublin.
A company spokesman has confirmed that
a planning application had been made to
develop the site at Clondalkin to provide
473,000 sq ft of data centre over at least two
phases. When built the facility would be one
of the largest data centres in Ireland.
Hundreds of construction jobs would
be supported during the development
of the site, where Eircom plans to
demolish an existing logistics centre and
ancillary buildings, according to the Irish
Independent.
In addition the company will also construct
an additional two-storey office building with
46,000 sq ft of gross floor space, as well as
a large energy centre, housing a combined
heat and power plant.
Jan 6th
Equinix to open sixth Slough data centre
Global data centre company Equinix, has announced it will build a new data centre called LD6 in its London Slough campus in response to
consistent demand from customers in the financial services, content, cloud and enterprise segments, reported Data centres.com.
The new LD6 data centre will provide total capacity of approximately 8,000 sq m (86,000 sq ft; 2,770 cabinet equivalents). With US $79 million of
capital expenditures invested, the first phase is scheduled to open in in the first half of 2015 and will provide initial capacity of 1,385 cabinets.
Additionally, Equinix has invested US$37 million in the acquisition of its existing LD4 and LD5 campus buildings and concurrently entered into longterm ground leases for the entire LD4, LD5 and LD6 campus with SEGRO plc. This acquisition gives Equinix effective 50-year control of one of the
UK’s largest, fastest-growing and most network-dense data centre campuses, supporting customer continuity and future expansion.
Once LD6 is complete, the Equinix London Slough campus will provide over 36,000 sq m (388,000 sq ft) of net premium colocation space
interconnected by more than 1,000 diverse dark fibber links – increasing scale and resilience.
With over 90 network service providers and access to a range of transatlantic cables, the London Slough campus is one of the busiest network
nodes in the UK, and offers latency in the region of 30 milliseconds to New York and 4 milliseconds to Frankfurt, making it an ideal highperformance hub for cloud and content service provision.
A key growth driver for the launch of LD6 has been a major shift of financial services firms from high-risk, power-challenged data centres in the
City of London and Docklands to the Equinix London Slough data centre campus. The campus currently houses over 170 financial services
businesses – and has the largest array of trading venues across multiple asset classes in Europe – which collectively account for 25 percent of
the total European equities trade count.
Russel Poole, managing director, Equinix UK said “LD6 is a hugely exciting project; the facility will be the most advanced data centre in the UK.
We are committed to providing not just continuity but also continuous improvement for our current and future customers; this latest addition to
our thriving campus will also set new standards in efficiency and sustainability”.
Jan 24th
11
Americas
Colombian bank
chooses BT for
data centre
BT has announced that it will provide the
Colombian government-owned bank Banco
Agrario de Colombia, with colocation
services in its data centre in Bogota. BT’s bid
was selected in a public call for tenders,
These key services, which are part of BT
Compute’s traditional and hybrid cloud
based services portfolio, will provide Banco
Agrario with technological solutions that will
allow the bank to maximise its performance
and security while also improving its workflow
in the next five years.
The BT data centre in Bogota's Free
Zone conforms to the highest efficiency,
availability and security standards, making it
a highly competitive facility in Latin America.
This agreement represents a major
innovation for Banco Agrario and illustrates
BT's commitment to Colombia, a key market
for BT in Latin America.
Dec 20th
CyrusOne boasts 31Mw at Houston
data centre campus Global colocation solutions provider CyrusOne has announced that it now offers 31
megawatts (MW) of critical power load at its Houston West data centre campus. The
recent addition of 3 MW of power capacity enables ultra-high-density infrastructure in
the 300,000-sq ft Houston West 1 data centre building. CyrusOne believes this is the
largest known concentration of high-performance compute (HPC) and high-density
data centre space available in the global colocation market today, a Company press
release reported.
“What we’ve created at CyrusOne’s Houston data centre campus is a geophysical
computing centre of excellence with 31 megawatts of critical power load available
for customers and an HPC area that can deliver up to 900 watts per sq ft,” said
Gary Wojtaszek, president and chief executive officer of CyrusOne. “This means that
companies involved in oil and gas exploration research and development can deploy
the latest high-performance technology they need to manage the extreme levels of
computing required in processing seismic data. We also see HPC demand growing
across other industries as companies seek to more efficiently collect, process, store, and
report data.”
CyrusOne’s Houston West campus features what it believes is the largest known
concentration of HPC and high-density data centre space in the colocation market,
with ultra-high-density infrastructure across more than 24,000 sq ft supporting up to
900 watts per sq ft. The Houston West campus also houses the first-ever enterprise HPC
cloud solution for the oil and gas industry. The solution enables companies to align
performance computing directly to project periods and refresh cycles—optimizing
budgets, time commitments, and technology for oil and gas customers managing
seismic processing demands.
Dec 18th
Quincy selling land
for Microsoft data
centre
The Port of Quincy in Central Washington
State has revealed that is set to sell 200 acres
of former industrial land for US$11 million. The
purchaser is Microsoft and the IT giant will
use the land as a site for a new data centre,
The newest data centre is the second in
Quincy for Microsoft, which built its first one
there on port property in 2007. The port says
the deal is expected to close in late January.
In addition to Microsoft, a number of other
companies have a data centre presence in
the town including Yahoo, Dell, Sabey and
Intuit. Most recently data centre operator
Vantage Data centres has announced
construction completion, commissioning
and delivery of its first data centre on its
Quincy campus for an enterprise customer.
The Vantage Quincy campus features 68
acres of land with access to abundant, low
cost hydro-power. The campus features a
highly scalable design, master planned
for four data centre buildings totalling
approximately 529,000 sq ft and 55 MW of
critical IT load.
Dec 23rd
12
Americas
Server Farm Realty adds to its data centre portfolio with a
second facility in Chicago Server Farm Realty, a data centre developer, has expanded its reach in the Chicago land market by adding a second data centre facility
located at 800 and 810 Jorie Boulevard in Oak Brook, IL - a Southwest suburb of Chicago, reported Data centres.com.
Formally known as the Oak Brook Technology Center, the property sits on 13.49 acres of land and consists of two mid-rise office buildings
totalling 193,688 sq ft of rentable space. Located just 19 miles West of downtown Chicago, the complex is easily accessible from nearby
airports and local and interstate highways.
This is Server Farm Realty's second Chicago land data centre project; the company unveiled its 450,000 sq ft data centre at 840 S. Canal
St., Chicago in June 2013. Server Farm owns and operates an expanding portfolio of data centre properties, now spanning eight facilities
with more than 1.5 million sq ft of space throughout North America.
Jan 3rd
CyrusOne continues Texas
expansion
Compass Data centres
expands to Ohio
Global colocation solutions provider CyrusOne has announced the
purchase of 22 acres in the MetCenter business park in Austin, Texas. It
intends to use the acreage to increase data centre capacity in Austin
where it currently has 54,000 sq ft of colocation space. The Austin
transaction is in addition to 54 acres purchased earlier in 2013 in San
Antonio and Houston as well as 24 acres the company owns in Dallas
(Carrollton), reported Data centres.com.
Compass Data centres has acquired a property in suburban
Columbus, Ohio that will serve as a campus for the company's first
data centre facilities in Ohio. The 9.2 acre parcel of land, which
closed for US$1.93 million, is located within the 3,000 acre New Albany
Business Park that is designed as a hub for corporate headquarters,
technology firms and other companies in the fast-growing Columbus
region. The property will be developed into a Compass Data centres
campus that will house up to five dedicated, Tier III and LEED Gold
certified 1.2 MW data centre facilities for enterprise customers
and service providers. Upon completion of the build out, private
investment in the campus is expected to exceed US$60 million.
“CyrusOne currently has approximately 920,000 gross sq ft of space
in Texas with 560,000 sq ft of data centre capacity,” said Gary
Wojtaszek, president and chief executive officer of CyrusOne. “We
estimate that the property we now own in Dallas, Houston, San
Antonio and Austin is capable of yielding an additional 2.5 million
gross sq ft and 1.6 million sq ft of data centre capacity, effectively
tripling what we currently offer at our Texas facilities.”
“Securing the ownership of 100 acres in Texas markets where we already
have a strong presence allows for construction of what we believe is
the largest multi-facility interconnected data centre platform in the
country,” explained Wojtaszek. “Our Texas data centres are connected
to the CyrusOne National Internet Exchange (National IX), which enables
customers to efficiently replicate their existing IT infrastructure using our
solution in one or more of our data centres. For example, the CyrusOne
platform connects our high-performance computing Houston data
centre, which can handle 900 watts per square foot densities for super
computer applications, to our other facilities in cities such as San Antonio
and Austin for backup and replication.”
Jan 7th
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"We chose the Columbus market as the location for our next data
centre development because multiple firms have expressed an
interest in having a facility in this area, indicating that there is strong
demand for data centre space in Columbus. We are investing in New
Albany to provide companies with the ability to obtain data centre
facilities they traditionally could only get by developing in a larger
market such as Chicago and New York or through a lengthy and
costly process of building a facility themselves," said Chris Crosby,
CEO of Compass Data centres. "Our feature-rich product includes all
of the must-haves that enterprise customers and services providers
look for in a mission critical facility."
Jan 8th
Americas
Compass Data
centres expands to
Ohio
Compass Data centres has acquired a
property in suburban Columbus, Ohio that
will serve as a campus for the company's
first data centre facilities in Ohio. The 9.2
acre parcel of land, which closed for US$1.93
million, is located within the 3,000 acre New
Albany Business Park that is designed as a
hub for corporate headquarters, technology
firms and other companies in the fastgrowing Columbus region. The property will
be developed into a Compass Data centres
campus that will house up to five dedicated,
Tier III and LEED Gold certified 1.2 MW data
centre facilities for enterprise customers and
service providers. Upon completion of the
build out, private investment in the campus is
expected to exceed US$60 million.
"We don't have any of the details," said Steven Forrester, Prineville city manager. But
when Apple asked recently that its enterprise zone be expanded, the company
indicated it planned solar power generation on the site.
"We chose the Columbus market as
the location for our next data centre
development because multiple firms
have expressed an interest in having a
facility in this area, indicating that there is
strong demand for data centre space in
Columbus. We are investing in New Albany to
provide companies with the ability to obtain
data centre facilities they traditionally could
only get by developing in a larger market
such as Chicago and New York or through
a lengthy and costly process of building a
facility themselves," said Chris Crosby, CEO
of Compass Data centres. "Our feature-rich
product includes all of the must-haves that
enterprise customers and services providers
look for in a mission critical facility."
Jan 17th
Jan 8th
Apple going solar in Oregon
Apple, the California tech company, has begun taking steps to build a massive solar
array on 200 acres adjacent to the its new data centre, now nearing completion in
Prineville, winning approval earlier this month from the city and Crook County to extend
the data centre’s tax exemptions to cover a solar farm too. According to The Oregonian,
Apple doesn't yet own the county acreage in question, though it apparently has an
option to buy it.
A year ago, Apple said it planned to use "renewable" power in Prineville - as it does at
data centres it operates elsewhere. At the time, Apple said it was working with local
utilities to buy renewable power and to "create Apple-owned renewable energy sources."
T5 Data centres launches Westchester
data centre
Data centre owner and operator, T5 Data centres, has announced the launch of T5@NY in
Westchester County, the company's seventh US data centre location and the first T5 facility in
the Northeast, reported a Company press release.
Developed in conjunction with Lincoln Rackhouse, the data centre division for Lincoln Property
Company, the new powered-shell, purpose-built data centre is a completely renovated
facility located 30 miles north of Manhattan. The 38,000-sq ft building is located on 9.4 acres
and the site was chosen because of its proximity to New York City, making it ideal for disaster
recovery or use as a "mirror" data centre location for enterprise, financial services, trading,
and technology firms. It has an existing 2 MW capacity expandable to 4.25 MW, with fibre
telecommunication connections available from multiple providers.
"When we decided to open our T5@NY facility, we applied what we learned from Hurricane
Sandy," said Aaron Wangenheim, Chief Marketing Officer for T5 Data centres. "We chose
Briarcliff Manor because we believe it to be one of the safest data centre locations in the New
York metro, as evidenced by the fact that the area was largely unaffected by Sandy and never
lost power. It's also in the heart of a booming technology region. T5@NY is a great addition to
our portfolio, expanding our presence into the Northeast and giving us access to new clients
seeking data centre resiliency and customisation."
Jan 8th
14
Americas
Unisys part of consortium
selected as IT provider for
2014 World Cup
Unisys Brazil has been selected as a member of a consortium to provide
mission-critical infrastructure solutions for the 12 Brazilian cities that will
host the 2014 World Cup, Business Wire reported.
Unisys along with Agora Telecom, Comtex and Modulo are members
of Brazil Seguro Consortium, which received the contract from the
Extraordinary Security Department for Large scale Events, part of the
Brazilian Ministry of Justice.
Signed in the third quarter of 2013, the agreement has a total estimated
value to the consortium of US$110 million. For its role in the project, Unisys
will provide all infrastructure components to ensure the performance and
availability of mission-critical applications running at the data centre’s.
The consortium will be responsible for providing IT systems, services
and infrastructure for 13 integrated command and control centres that
will be set up in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte,
Brasilia, Cuiaba, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife
and Salvador. The federal capital, Brasilia, will have an additional data
centre that will serve as a backup.
Logicalis US expands
cloud and data centre
offerings
As part of the public security architecture being developed for the
event, the CICCs will manage and monitor communications among
public security agencies in Brazil, such as the military, civil and federal
police departments, the fire brigade and civil defense. Consortium
members will also be responsible for event-related applications,
information processing, storage, and desktop updates.
Logicalis US, an international IT solutions and managed
services provider, has announced an agreement with IO, a
global leader in software-defined data centres, to build a
Logicalis data centre presence in IO's Dayton, Ohio, data
centre operations facility, reported Data centres.com.
Jan 15th
Logicalis already had existing deployments in the IO Phoenix
and IO New Jersey data centres, extending the cost, agility,
security and efficiency benefits of the IO Intelligent Control™
platform to Logicalis' clients on both the east and west coasts.
This announcement expands these offerings with additional
compute resources strategically located in the central United
States, an important expansion for Logicalis' clients.
The way enterprise organizations are purchasing technology
is undergoing a dramatic change today, with many moving
toward an on-demand model for fulfilling their information
technology needs. As a result, providers of high-end
computing services must prepare for the continued growth of
the as-a-service market and build appropriate infrastructure
to meet the demands of their clients, something Logicalis is
doing by creating additional compute resources within the
strategically located, world-class and highly certified IO data
centre facility.
The agreement with IO will expand the services available
to Logicalis' dedicated cloud customers and offers a
new failover location to customers served by the Logicalis
Enterprise Cloud East and West operations. In the coming
months, the Logicalis On-Demand Cloud Infrastructure as a
Service (IaaS), a self-managed, multi-tenant public cloud
infrastructure, will also be housed in the IO facility. The new
central location with an on-site Logicalis presence completes
Logicalis' nationwide data centre strategy, allowing Logicalis
to expand its data centre and cloud services, including
private cloud and data centre as a service.
Jan 17th
NSA scandal to impact US
hosting
A new independent survey of 300 UK and Canadian businesses,
commissioned by web infrastructure and cloud hosting provider Peer 1
Hosting, reveals that 25% will move their company data outside of the U.S.
due to NSA-related privacy and security concerns. Canadian companies
are even more likely to relocate data than UK companies, with one in three
saying they will move away from U.S. data centres. Despite this trend, the
U.S. remains the most popular place for these companies to host data (5%)
outside of their home countries, reported Data centres.com.
Privacy concerns are growing after the NSA scandals and the “summer
of Snowden,” with 82% of companies indicating that privacy laws are a
top concern when choosing where to host their data. Further, 8% want to
know exactly where their data is being hosted.
The survey revealed that the top three concerns for UK and Canadian
businesses when choosing a hosting provider are now security (96%),
performance (94%) and reputation (87%). Nearly 70% of respondents
agree they would sacrifice performance to ensure data sovereignty.
Despite these new attitudes, organizations admit they are struggling to
fully understand current data laws, with 60% agreeing they don’t know as
much as they should about data security laws. Additionally, 44% feel that
privacy and security laws confuse them.
“With data privacy and security concerns top of mind after NSA, PRISM and
other revelations around the world, businesses in the UK and Canada are
taking real action,” said Robert Miggins, SVP business development, PEER
1 Hosting. “Many are moving data outside of the U.S., and even more are
making security and privacy their top concerns when choosing where to
host their company data. It’s clear that hosting and cloud providers need
to take note and offer their customers true choice in terms of the locations
and environments where they store their data, ensuring they can maintain
security, compliance and privacy to the best extent possible.”
Jan 13th
15
Americas
DFT planning 358,000 sq ft
Loudoun data centre
Carter Validus and AT&T do
another data centre deal
DuPont Fabros Technology, the US based wholesale data centre REIT,
plans to expand its data centre offering in the Northern Virginia area
by adding an eighth facility in the area. DuPont Fabros currently has
six data centre facilities in Ashburn and one in Reston, reported Data
centres.com.
Following two earlier deals with AT&T on its US data centres, the week
before Christmas saw US REIT, Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT, Inc.
complete a third. The company announced that it has acquired AT&T’s
California Data centre, for a purchase price of US$134.5 million plus
closing costs, reported Data centres.com.
The company is build another data centre on Waxpool Road in
Ashburn and to that end it filed a site plan application with the county
just after Christmas, outlining its plans for a new 358,000-sq ft facility
on the site which is currently a vacant lot.
Earlier in the fourth quarter of 2013, Carter Validus announced that it
has acquired the AT&T data centre property in Waukesha, Wisconsin for
approximately US$52 million which it leased back to AT&T Services for
a period of 10 years. In November, the company has announced that
it has purchased the Brentwood, Tennessee AT&T data centre property
via a sale-leaseback transaction for approximately US$110 million.
In May last year, DuPont announced plans for expansion at the
Ashburn Corporate Center Complex, which is currently in the finishing
stages. Later in the year, in November, the distribution facilities owner
and developer, Prologis sold 15 acres of land in Elk Grove Village to
Dupont, for a reported US$14.2 million, on which the REIT intends to
build a new 26 megawatt data centre. When developed this site will
be the company’s second in the area.
The latest transaction has seen another sale and leaseback
transaction between the two firms. The facility located in Miramar, San
Diego, totals some 499,402 sq ft and was originally built in 1983. Since
2009, AT&T has invested US$13 million to improve and expand the
building’s data centre infrastructure.
Along with its sites in Virginia and Chicago, DuPont Fabros operates
data centres in Piscataway, New Jersey and Santa Clara, California.
AT&T will lease the facility for a ten year period with rent for the first year
set at just over US$9.9 million, according to the REIT’s filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Jan 22nd
Jan 14th
The US SSA wants private cloud The United States Social Security Administration has issued an RFI is which it has asked interested
vendors to respond with products that meet its requirements to build an on-premises private
cloud, and it is searching for software packages that would help the agency do a better job
of using its existing infrastructure and automate processes that are currently done manually,
The SSA said the responses provided by vendors would help the agency determine current
market capabilities for building a private cloud, according to an a report in Information Week.
The "desired software" would be integrated into the SSA's VMware server virtualization
infrastructure to "create a self-service virtual machine (VM) provisioning portal, automate
common administrative tasks like VM creation, recoup unused resources, and infrastructure
maintenance tasks," the agency said in the RFI.
The self-service portal would let users request and provision virtual resources, such as virtual CPU,
RAM, and storage, without assistance from infrastructure administrators. According to the SSA,
the portal would have to be customizable to allow features to be added to it, in addition to
being able to limit functions based on user, group, or role permissions.
Jan 23rd
City of Newark gives The Data centres project approval
A controversial plan to build a data centre and adjoining power plant in Newark, Delaware is one step closer to becoming reality following the City of
Newark decision late last week to issue a conditional zoning verification to The Data centres, LLC to build the plant, which be used to power the 900,000 sq
ft data storage facility on the University of Delaware’s new STAR campus, reported WODE.
Newark’s Director of Planning and Development Maureen Feeney Roser says the company’s interest in selling extra power produced at plant complicated
the permitting process. She said “If The Data centres was not interested in selling its excess power, which it’s going to have for redundancy, it would have
been very straightforward and we would have not had to debate it as long as we had,”
Among the conditions placed on the project limits excess power sales to 30% of the project’s needs. The Data centres hopes to sell excess power to the
Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation.
Gene Kern, President of The Data centres, L.L.C., issued a statement saying he appreciates the hard work put in by Newark city officials during the process.
“The Data centres, L.L.C., is excited to be part of a community with great civic involvement and a very active public. We look forward to continuing our work
with the City, the University of Delaware, the State of Delaware, and the public to build a state-of-the-art data centre, create new jobs, and attract more
high-quality companies and high-paying jobs to the area,” said Kern in the statement.
Jan 20th
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Asia/Pacific
Equinix invests US$60 million in
Melbourne data centre
Global data centre company, Equinix, has announced it plans to invest approximately
US$60 million to build a new data centre in Melbourne. The new data centre—called
ME1—is being built to “address strong demand from customers for premium data centre
services in Melbourne, as data consumption and cloud services experience continued
growth in the Australian and global IT markets,” reported Data centres.com.
Facebook
reportedly looking
to build a data
centre in Asia
Facebook is reportedly looking to build
a new data centre in Asia. According to
reports, an executive from Facebook visited
Korea in December as part of a review of
sites for a data centre in Asia and checked
out cities such as Busan, South Korea,
according to an unnamed official in the
Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning,
reported Venture Beat.
Facebook’s growth in Asia outpaces the rest
of the world, recording around 351 million
monthly active users 27% more than there
were in 2012. It would make sense to have an
Asia “local” data centre facility to keep the
site as responsive as possible to its users there.
Jan 2nd
Amazon Web
Services launches
Cloud business in
China
Amazon Web Services has moved to
introduce its cloud-based services in
China in an effort to help address market
demands. AWS will kick off its cloudcomputing services in the country with a
limited preview early in 2014, a company
press release has reported.
AWS will partner with Chinese companies
ChinaNetCenter and Beijing Sinnet
Technology in order to start operations
in China using the firms’ respective data
centres and Internet services.
AWS reportedly also recently inked a
memorandum of understanding with the Beijing
and the Ningxia Hui governments to jointly
build cloud computing services for Chinese
customers to grow current and new businesses.
Jan 3rd
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The facility is located in Port Melbourne, and will provide a capacity of 1,500 cabinets,
with the first phase of 375 cabinets scheduled for completion in Q4 2014. Equinix will
construct a specially built 105,000 sq ft building shell to house the new ME1 data centre
and allow for future development.
Melbourne is a hub for software companies with Victoria accounting for almost a quarter
of Australia's economic activity. The ME1 International Business Exchange data centre will
enable existing Equinix customers to expand into the second largest market in Australia
providing opportunities for business connectivity in APAC and across Equinix's global footprint.
The expansion of Equinix's footprint in Australia is the latest in a series of expansions
across Asia-Pacific markets, enabling Equinix to assist multi-national customers looking
to expand into local and regional markets. ME1 will be the company's fourth data centre
to be built in Australia and allows businesses to connect to leading companies inside its
dynamic business ecosystems to accelerate their digital supply chain, particularly within
the networks, financial services, cloud, and digital content markets.
Tony Simonsen, managing director, Equinix Australia said “We continue to see a surge in
demand for data centre and interconnection services in the Asia-Pacific region and the
addition of ME1 will aid enterprises looking to gain proximity to customers and partners
and to improve application performance for employees and end-users in Australia”.
Jan 23rd
FireHost expands in Asia Pacific
Dallas-based cloud hosting provider FireHost has gone live with its expansion into the Asia
Pacific region with the launch of a secure data centre in Singapore. This facility primarily
services global customers based in North America, Europe and the Middle East, giving
companies further opportunity to do business in the fast-growing Asian market. The expansion
also increases access to FireHost’s award-winning secure managed cloud services for
customers worldwide, reported Data centres.com.
“The market for our managed, secure infrastructure continues to grow rapidly, as evidenced
by our successful expansion into Europe over the past two years,” said Chris Drake, CEO of
FireHost. “Our customers have market opportunity in the Asia Pac region and our infrastructure
will help them meet those opportunities. We view this move into Asia as a vital progression both
for our business and for our customers’ businesses.”
FireHost chose Singapore for its dense network availability, power resilience, and connectivity
into the Middle East and Australia. The new facility maintains an MPLS connection with the
company’s other data centre locations in Dallas, Phoenix, London and Amsterdam. This
connection facilitates the disaster recovery, business continuity and geographically redundant
secure compute and storage required for most multi-national companies.
Jan 22nd
Samsung to establish Shanghai data centre
The South Korean electronics company, Samsung Electronics plans to establish a data centre
at its Media Solution Center in Shanghai, China, reported Digitimes.
Reports have speculated that the company is planning to utilise the move tp the data centre
to push software and service businesses. Further speculation suggest that Samsung as it does
not have experience in manufacturing servers, is seeking partnerships with Hewlett-Packard
and Quanta Computer for its data centre.
Dec 19th
Asia/Pacific
Amazon will open Chinese data centre
Amazon Web Services has announced that is set to launch its AWS cloud computing
platform in China in early 2014, reported Data centres.com.
The company has announced the upcoming limited preview of its China Region for the
AWS cloud computing platform. The company will open a new data centre in Beijing to
help facilitate this.
This will be the fourth AWS Region in Asia Pacific and the tenth Region globally. In the
limited preview, which will be deployed in early 2014, a select group of China-based
and multinational companies with customers in China will be invited to begin using
AWS Cloud services in the AWS China Region to build their businesses and run their
applications in the cloud.
To comply with China’s legal and regulatory requirements, AWS China has taken a multipartner approach for delivering cloud services. AWS is partnering with multiple local
Chinese providers, including ChinaNetCenter and SINNET, who will provide the necessary
data centre and Internet Service Provider services, such as infrastructure, bandwidth, and
network capabilities, to support the delivery of AWS software technology services in China.
Dec 19th
SuneVision moving
forward on Hong
Kong data centre
Google recently announced that it had
abandoned its plans for a data centre in
Hong Kong and would instead concentrate
its Asian data centres in Taiwan and
Singapore. That decision has not deterred
SuneVision, the technology arm of Sun Hung
Kai Properties, from pursuing its own data
centre project at a potential cost of about
HK$4 billion.
“We are very positive on the market outlook
for data centres,” Peter Yan King-shun, the
executive director and chief executive at
SuneVision told the South China Morning Post.
The company also has data centres in Chai
Wan, Kwun Tong, Sha Tin and Tsuen Wan.
In October, the company won the first
tendered data centre site,- Tseung Kwan O
Town Lot No. 122 at Wan Po Road, Tseung
Kwan O, New Territories. The company has
been awarded the site on a 50-year land
grant at a premium of HK$428 million.
Yan said the first phase, or at least 60% of
the gross floor area, would come on stream
by the end of 2018.
Dec 18th
New Indonesian
data centres
planned
Pacnet opens US$90 million Singapore
data centre
Asia Pacific telecommunications service provider, Pacnet, has officially opened CloudSpace
II (SGCS2), the first data centre design in Singapore to be recognized with Uptime Institute’s Tier
Certification of Design Documents. The US$90 million facility is one of Pacnet’s flagship data
centres built to help meet the rapidly growing demand for interconnected, advanced data
and managed services in the Asia-Pacific region. Leading multinational companies and local
enterprises such as Acclivis Technologies and Solutions (Acclivis) have already committed to
deploying in SGCS2 to expand their business, reported Data centres.com.
The eight-storey, 155,000-sq ft standalone facility, strategically located in Paya Lebar, was built
to Tier III criteria. The facility is also designed in accordance with the BCA Green Mark scheme
– the equivalent to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by
the US Green Building Council.
“With Singapore firmly entrenched as a dynamic financial hub, the Infocomm Development
Authority’s recent push to develop into a big data hub translates into a rising need for data
centre services,” said Mr Giles Proctor, Vice President of Data centre Construction and
Operations at Pacnet. “We are excited about launching Singapore’s first data centre with Tier III
Design Certification from the Uptime Institute, and continuing to grow along with the Lion City
in the years ahead.”
Jan 14th
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The Indonesian ICT Solutions provider,
Telkomsigm, is set to add to its data centre
portfolio on the country, reported Data
centres.com.
The company are to build two new data
centres to be located in Balikpapan, East
Kalimantan and Cikarang industrial area
located in West Java. When completed, the
facilities will represent the company’s fourth
and fifth such facilities in the Country.
Since becoming part dariTelkom Group
padatahun in 2010, Telkomsigma existing
facilities include a 5,500 sq m data centre in
Surabaya, a 8,000 sq m centre in Sentul, and
a data centre in Serpong, which has an area
of 20,000 sq m.
Telkomsigma are looking to a strategic
partnership with IBM to build the new data
centre according to Judi Achmadi, Director
UtamaTelkomsigma.
Jan 14th
Asia/Pacific
Tata Communications to set up Guajarat data centre
The Indian telecommunication services provider, Tata Communications, in a consortium with Newgen Holdings, Newgen ITeS and Centios,
will invest Rs 150 crore to set up a data centre at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT), a financial hub in Guajarat, reported Hindu
Business Online.
GIFT, which is India's first globally benchmarked International Financial Services Centre, will see the consortium set up and manage one of
the country's largest green data centres.
The consortium have set up a special Purpose Vehicle, the concessionaire 'Smart ICT Services', which will undertake the establishment,
management, and operation of ICT infrastructure, services and platforms within GIFT on a Build, Own and Operate (BOO) basis, GIFT said .
Built over 4,147 sq m, it will be one of India’s largest Tier IV facilities and will accommodate 900 racks at the time of expected launch in
June 2015.
Jan 24th
Chinese cloud data Skytap extends footprint with new
centre project go
Singapore data centre
Skytap, a provider of self-service application development environments in the cloud, has
ahead
introduced its first international data centre; located in Singapore and serving customers across
A major new data centre project in China
- the Zhongshang Cloud Valley Data centre
Project – is set to see ground broken this
spring. When completed the project is set to
see some 80,000 sq m of total floor space
delivered , of which approximately 23,000 sq
m white space, reported Data centres.com.
According to local media sources – including
Xinhuanet, the project , a joint exercise
between Horinger County of Inner Magnolia
and data centre company y, CIDS, will see an
investment of around 800m CNY.
The first of two planned phases is set to
see ground broken later this spring and will
involve the construction of two stand-alone
data centres totalling some 10,000 sq m of
technical space.
the Asia Pacific region - including those in Australia, Hong Kong and China. In addition to two
existing US-based data centres (US-East and US-West), Skytap's global footprint now reaches the
APAC region, reported Globe Newswire.
Singapore is quickly becoming one of the hottest data centre hubs in the APAC market, with
tech giants including Amazon Web Services, IBM and Salesforce.com adding data centres to
the region over the last few years. As a result of this recent growth, the country now accounts for
roughly half of South East Asia's data centre capacity, according to the Singapore Economic
Development Board.
"Our newest data centre location will help Skytap support the rapid growth we're experiencing
within the global enterprise technology market, while at the same time meeting the specific
demands of our customers looking to develop and test their critical business applications
in the APAC region," said Brian White, vice president of products at Skytap. "International
expansion into the Singapore market supports software development teams with the speed
and latency they need to fast-track delivery within the region, as well as optimize collaboration
amongst their globally dispersed teams."
Jan 24th
Jan 24th
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Company
Results
Europe: SAP operating profit
grows on cloud
World: Intel sees 13% profit
fall
The German business-software company SAP has recorded a rose
in fourth-quarter operating profit, as its shift into more innovative
products such as cloud-based services and analytics started paying
off, reported the Wall Street Journal.
Intel, the California based chip giant has reported that its net profit
last year sank 13% but that the troubled personal computer market
appeared to be stabilising, reported RTE.
The company said operating profit rose 13% from a year earlier to
€1.80 billion), while revenue increased 1.6% to €5.10 billion.
“SAP invested significantly in innovation and successfully scaled its
cloud business while maintaining operational discipline and reaching
our 2013 operating profit outlook,” said Werner Brandt, SAP’s chief
financial officer.
Jan 13th
Asia Pac: Infosys announces
results for the quarter ended
December 31, 2013
Infosys a consulting, technology and outsourcing solutions provider
has announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2013,
reported PR Newswire.
Highlights included: revenues grew by 1.7% quarter-on-quarter; 9.9%
year-on-year: Net profit grew by 20.9% quarter-on-quarter; 6.7%
year-on-year; Revenues were US$2,100 million for the quarter ended
December 31, 2013: QoQ growth was 1.7%: YoY growth was 9.9% and
Net profit was US$463 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2013.
Jan 13th
Americas: COGECO reports
first quarter 2014 financial
results
The Canadian media and communications company. COGECO
has announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2014,
ended November 30, 2013, Wall Street Online reported.
For the first quarter of fiscal 2014: Revenue increased by 41.0% to
reach $517.0 million compared to the same period of the prior year;
Operating income before depreciation and amortization increased
by 42.8% compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2013, reaching $224.0
million. The rapid progression for the period is mainly attributable to
the acquisitions of Atlantic Broadband and Peer 1 Network Enterprises,
Inc. (“PEER 1”), which occurred at the end of the first quarter and
during the second quarter of fiscal 2013, respectively, as well as the
improvement from all our operating units;
In the first quarter, profit for the period amounted to $56.8 million of
which $23.1 million, or $1.38 per share is attributable to owners of the
Corporation. In fiscal 2013, profit for the period amounted to $47.1
million of which $18.5 million, or $1.11 per share was attributable to
owners of the Corporation.
Jan 15th
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Intel said that it made a net profit of US$9.6 billion on revenue of
US$52.7 billion as compared with US$11 billion in net profit on US$53.3
billion in revenue in 2012.
“We had a solid fourth quarter with signs of stabilisation in the PC
segment and financial growth from a year ago,” said Intel chief
executive Brian Krzanich.
In the final quarter of the year, Intel posted profit of US$2.6 billion on
revenue of US$13.8 billion as compared with US$2.5 billion net income
of US$13.5 billion in revenue during the same period in 2012.
Jan 17th
Asia Pac: TCS sees rising Q3
profit
Tata Consultancy Services, an Indian multinational information
technology services, business solutions and consulting company, has
reported third-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as customers
in the U.S. and Europe increase spending on information technology
services, reported Bloomberg.
Net income rose 50% to US$862 million in the three months ended
Dec. 31, the fastest pace since the quarter ended March 2010,
Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy said.
Jan 17th
Asia Pac: Wipro Q3 profit up
27%
The Indian software services provider, Wipro, has beaten expectations
with a 27% rise in fiscal third quarter profit, reported the Economic Times.
Profit for the three months ended December 31, rose to Rs 2,014.7
crore from Rs 1,589.5 crore for the year-earlier period, Wipro said in a
statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange on Friday.
Jan 20th
Company
Results
World: IBM suffers Q4
revenues drop
IBM missed revenue expectations for the fourth consecutive quarter
as the world’s biggest technology services company grappled
with weakening demand for its servers and storage equipment,
particularly in growth markets like China, reported Business World.
As a result of the disappointing results, Chief Executive Officer Ginni
Rometty and her team will forego their annual incentive payments for
2013 as IBM’s total revenues fell 2% to US$99.8 billion for the year.
Total revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 fell 5% to US$27.7 billion,.
Hardware revenue plunged 26%, leading to a US$750 million collapse
in profit for that segment.
“As we look forward to 2014, we will continue our transformation,”
Martin Schroeter, IBM’s chief financial officer, told analysts. “We
will acquire key capabilities, we will divest businesses and we
will rebalance our workforce as we continue to return value to
shareholders.”
Jan 22nd
Asia Pac: Sify reports Q3
results
Sify Technologies, the Indian IT services company has announced its
consolidated results under International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS) for the third quarter of fiscal year 2013-14, a Company press
release reported.
• Revenue for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2013 was INR 2698 million,
an increase of 21% over the same quarter last year.
• EBITDA for the quarter was INR 413 million, an increase of over 100%
over the same quarter last year.
• Net Profit for the quarter was INR 63 million as against a net loss of
INR 56 million for the same quarter last year.
• CAPEX during the quarter was INR 400 million. Cash balance at the
end of the quarter was INR 1304 million.
Mr. Raju Vegesna, Chairman and Managing Director, said,
“Customers continue to appreciate our maturing portfolio of
services and the expertise of our technical team, demonstrated
through consistent renewal and expansion of their services with
us. We have been able to grow consistently in spite of the trying
economic environment, and against stronger competition. This is an
endorsement of our strategy to move from being another serviceprovider to becoming a partner-of-choice, and also reflects the trend
of clients consolidating their services with fewer service providers
who can provide a wider gamut of services. We are seeing a trend
of smaller enterprises willing to invest in new technologies. In such a
scenario, our flexible solutions portfolio and accumulated knowledge
base will be an asset as these companies seek to achieve the best
ROI in the quickest possible time.”
Jan 22nd
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Forthcoming
Events
Europe, Middle East and Africa
13th March 2013 – IDC IT Security
Roadshow 2014, Prague
26th - 27th February 2014 – Data
Centre World, London
IT security is changing visibly in response to threats arising from the
latest technological developments, including the rapid growth of
Web-based technologies in business (e.g., cloud computing, social
networks, mobile apps), more complex IT infrastructure, the expansion
of wireless technologies, the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend,
expanding government regulations, and increasingly sophisticated
cyber-attacks.
Data Centre World is the UK’s largest and leading data centre event.
The data centre market is expanding massively as more powerful
computers, more connections to the internet, an explosion of data,
new cloud computing models, the mobile revolution and regulatory
issues are driving growth.
Data Centre World covers all the major technical issues from software
defined networking through to security and energy efficiency. It’s the
biggest single gathering of data centre decision makers and the data
centre industry.
Through to further info
http://idc-cema.com/eng/events/56335-idc-it-security-roadshow-2014
http://www.data centreworld.com/
12th - 13th March 2013 - Gartner
Master Data Management Summit,
London
26th - 27th February 2014 – Cloud
Expo Europe, London
Designed to address all maturity levels, this conference examines the
data management tools and technologies that can dramatically
improve the visibility, accuracy and usefulness of an organization’s
critical data.
Cloud Expo Europe 2014 is EMEA’s leading event for senior IT decision
makers in client side organisations and the cloud industry.
The world-class conference programme includes 10 dedicated
theatres and a total of 250 speakers taking part across the two day
event. The event also incorporates a leading international exhibition,
including over 150 suppliers. All of this is free of charge.
http://www.cloudexpoeurope.com/
Roadshow 2014, Istanbul
cyber-attacks.
http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/emea/datamanagement/register.jsp
29th April – 1st May 2014 – Internet
World, London
As Europe’s longest running, best attended and biggest annual event
for digital marketing and online business, Internet World cannot be
missed by anyone looking to maximise their business online.
With 21 years of experience in offering a wealth of practical advice in
the most comprehensive free education programme across Europe,
Internet World has hosted the world’s digital agenda setters in its halls
since 1992. Including case-study led seminars, the opportunity to
hear about the latest technologies plus thought-leading keynote
presentations from inspirational speakers, registration for this
programme of thought-leadership is free for visitors to attend.
http://www.internetworld.co.uk/
Roadshow 2014, Moscow
cyber-attacks.
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20th March 2014 – IDC’s IT Security
and Data centre Transformation
Roadshow 2014, Sofia
Data value and security — the management of internal and external
information security risks and company data as a competitive
asset — play increasingly important roles in decisions about data
centre development and placement. As such, the management of
company data as a core asset is emerging as a strategic IT process.
http://idc-cema.com/eng/events/56346-idc-it-security-and-data
centre-transformation-roadshow-2014
Forthcoming
Events
29th April 2014 – IDC’s IT Security and
Data centre Transformation Roadshow
2014, Bratislava
21st h May 2014 – IDC’s Data centre
Transformation Roadshow 2014,
Prague
IDC’s Data centre Transformation Roadshow 2014 explores the present
and future of data centres. It sheds light on core management and
technical issues, such as:
• Financial: CAPEX optimization vs. OPEX optimization in data centre
development
May 2014 – IDC’s Cloud Computing
and Data centre Roadshow 2014
Recent IDC cloud research shows that Worldwide spending on public
IT cloud services will be more than $40 billion in 2012 and is expected
to approach $100 billion in 2016, according to a new forecast from
International Data Corporation (IDC). Over the 2012–2016 forecast
period, public IT cloud services will enjoy a compound annual growth
rate (CAGR) of 26.4%, five times that of the IT industry overall, as
companies accelerate their shift to the cloud services model for IT
consumption.
Dates and Locations:
May 6th – Istanbul
May 15th – Ankara
Through to further info:
http://idc-cema.com/eng/events/54621-idc-s-cloud-computing-anddata centre-roadshow-2014/7-overview
• Development: colocation, virtualization, and the road to cloudbased solutions
• Corporate: alignment with general and specific business goals and
needs
• Value and management: the move from dedicated servers to
complex application portfolios
• Efficiency: convergence, capacity, energy, and server-to-server
communications
• Security and compliance: malware and firewalls to physical
protection and location of infrastructure
http://idc-cema.com/eng/events/56790-idc-data centretransformation-roadshow-2014
27th May 2014 – IDC’s IT Security and
Data centre Transformation Roadshow
2014, Sarajevo
15th May 2014 – IDC’s Data centre
Transformation Roadshow 2014,
Warsaw
IDC’s Data centre Transformation Roadshow 2014 explores the present
and future of data centres. It sheds light on core management and
technical issues, such as:
27th-29th May 2014 – Data centres
Europe 2014, Monaco
• Development: colocation, virtualization, and the road to cloudbased solutions
• Financial: CAPEX optimization vs. OPEX optimization in data centre
development
• Corporate: alignment with general and specific business goals and
needs
• Value and management: the move from dedicated servers to
complex application portfolios
• Efficiency: convergence, capacity, energy, and server-to-server
communications
• Security and compliance: malware and firewalls to physical
protection and location of infrastructure
http://idc-cema.com/eng/events/56789-idc-data centretransformation-roadshow-2014
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2014 will sustain its edge for the most exciting speakers, experts
and enterprise infrastructure leaders who will complement insights
from world class organizations and join forces to present a powerful
agenda dedicated to the transformative process that lies ahead
towards a flexible computing environment.
Over the past ten years, DCE has evolved as a recognized beacon of
high quality content offering thought leadership across Energy Cloud,
Markets and Technologies, and has performed a critical role as an
international networking and business opportunity for old and new
contacts alike.
http://www.data centreseurope.com/
Forthcoming
Events
May 2014 – Data centres Dynamics,
Milan
Dubai
Data centreDynamics Converged Milan pulls together the people,
processes and technology necessary to execute a world class data
centre strategy under one roof.
Data centreDynamics Converged Dubai pulls together the people,
No matter what your role is in the data centre value chain, you will
benefit from the insight from industry-leading practitioners presenting
case studies or technical papers on how to optimise internal and
external IT requirements from a facility, IT, and business perspective.
This conference in Mumbai follows our hallmark multi-track
conference agenda so that you can take part in the right conference
sessions directly relevant to your role.
This conference is supported by a unique expo environment where
vendors are encouraged to exhibit often sizeable infrastructure
products and make software demonstrations.
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/milan-2014
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/dubai-2014
Stockholm
2nd – 3rd June 2014 – Gartner
IT Infrastructure & Operations
Management Summit, Berlin
Data centreDynamics Converged Stockholm pulls together the
people, processes and technology necessary to execute a world
class data centre strategy under one roof.
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/
stockholm-2014
I&O decision-makers will learn how to strategically align their resources
and investments with business expectations and goals, stretching IT
parameters to allow for processes that help create & sustain growth
and innovation.
The Summit offers the deep insight and objective guidance I&O
leaders need to deliver new high levels of agility, innovation and ITdriven business value.
http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/emea/it-operations/
Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships
Summit, London
The premier outsourcing event for 2013 provides actionable advice, the
latest thought leadership and best practices to guide CIOS, sourcing
executives and leaders in making the best informed decisions while
enabling a new balance between value, cost and risk.
The 2013 agenda focuses on how to effectively align sourcing
with the business and with strategic partners, convert innovative
approaches into successful outcomes, and execute on new thinking
amid economic turbulence and disruptive, fast-evolving technology
change.
http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/emea/outsourcing/
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GVA Connect – Datasource, Issue 118 – January 2014
Forthcoming
Events
Management Summit, Berlin
and innovation. The Summit offers the deep insight and objective
guidance I&O leaders need to deliver new high levels of agility,
innovation and IT-driven business value.
http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/emea/it-operations/
4th June 2014 – Data centres
Dynamics, Warsaw
Data centreDynamics Converged Warsaw pulls together the people,
Dynamics, Madrid
Data centreDynamics Converged Madrid pulls together the people,
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/madrid-2014
17th - 19th June 2014 – Internet World,
London
The agenda focuses on how to effectively align sourcing with the
business and with strategic partners, convert innovative approaches
into successful outcomes, and execute on new thinking amid
economic turbulence and disruptive, fast-evolving technology
change.
http://www.internetworld.co.uk/
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/warsaw-2014
Dynamics, Paris
Through to further info (in French)
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/paris-2014
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Forthcoming
Events
Americas
25th March 2014 – Data centres
Dynamics, San Jose
18th February 2014 - Technology
Convergence Conference, Santa
Clara
Data centreDynamics Converged San Jose pulls together the people,
The TCC is a one-day educational conference where IT, Facilities,
and Data centre professionals and executives come together to learn
from each other in a unique collaborative setting. It is held in the
Santa Clara Convention Center Mission City Ballroom in Santa Clara,
CA every February.
http://teladatatcc.com/
Dynamics, New York
Last year the 10th annual Data centreDynamics Converged New York
conference became the biggest yet with over 1,500 data centre
professionals gathering from the New York region on Tuesday 12th
March. Topics included the lessons learned from Superstorm Sandy,
cooling guidelines from ASHRAE, the latest industry research findings,
and risk management planning for data centres
Colonel Jack Jacobs, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor
and a Vietnam War veteran, who is currently a military analyst for
MSNBC, kicked off the event with a presentation on lessons the data
centre industry can learn from the military about mission-criticality
and preparedness for unexpected crises.
Jacobs’ keynote was followed by a panel on critical-incident response
and preparation, where he was joined by Ron Shindel, managing
director and chief security officer at L&L Holdings, owner and operator
of some of the most prestigious real estate in Manhattan. Also on
the panel were Rich Rotanz, with the Applied Science Foundation
for Homeland Security, and Peter Curtis, president and CEO of Power
Management Concept
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/newyork-2014
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/sanjose-2014
1st - 2nd April 2013 - Gartner IT
Infrastructure, Operations & Data
centre Summit, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Data centre professionals have a clear goal to deliver cost-effective
services for business benefit. However, cloud computing, mobile
devices, and increasing budget pressures are confounding the
already long list of issues that Infrastructure and Operation managers
must face. Getting the most out of investments in data centres,
virtualization, storage, servers, networking and client computing is
paramount in order to ensure business value.
Through to further info (in Portuguese)
http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/la/data-center-brasil/
2nd - 4th April 2013 - Gartner Master
Data Management Summit, Las Vegas
Designed to address all MDM maturity levels, Gartner Master
Data Management Summit delivers the tools, technologies and
best practices to help you take control of your masterdata and
dramatically improve business performance.
http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/master-datamanagement/
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Forthcoming
Events
28th April – 4th May AFCOM Data
centre World – Global Conference
and Expo, Las Vegas
The Data centre World-Global Conference is the premier educational
conference and Expo for data centre and facilities management
professionals providing real-world solutions for critical data centre
infrastructure through comprehensive, vendor-neutral education,
peer-to-peer networking and unparalleled access to technology
service providers.
Data centre World offers the most extensive, end-user driven
educational program. Attendees choose between either a broad
overview of topics or a dive deep into a specific areas of interest with
topics covering data centre management, facilities management,
emerging technology, disaster recovery, and colocation. Each
educational session is designed to have an immediate impact in
the data centre and is carefully screened to ensure a vendor-neutral
environment. No other conference provides the Data centre World
level of educational quality
April 2014 – Data centres Dynamics,
Buenos Aires
Data centreDynamics Converged San Jose pulls together the people,
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/buenosaires-2014
http://www.data centreworld.com/spring/
April 2014 – Data centres Dynamics,
Montreal
Data centreDynamics Converged Montreal pulls together the people,
montr%C3%A9al-2014
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Brasilia
Data centreDynamics Converged Brasilia pulls together the people,
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/buenosaires-2014
Forthcoming
Events
Atlanta
Data centreDynamics Converged Atlanta pulls together the people,
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/atlanta-2014
1st-3rd June 2014 – IT Leadership
Symposium, Naples
The IT Leadership Symposium is definitely a must attend for all CIO’s
and IT leaders to hear from some of the seasoned thought leaders in
the field. It is also a great opportunity to share some of your expertise
and to gain some insight into proven strategies that you can leverage
for your own organization.
http://www.itleadershipsymposium.com/
9th - 11th June 2014 – Gartner
Management Summit, Orlando
and innovation.
The Summit offers the deep insight and objective guidance I&O
leaders need to deliver new high levels of agility, innovation and ITdriven business value.
http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/it-operations/
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23rd - 26th June 2014 – Gartner
Security & Risk Management Summit,
National Harbour
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit is the premier
gathering for senior IT and business executives across security and
risk management, including privacy, compliance, BCM, IT disaster
recovery and business resiliency.
The summit offers five role-based programs that delve into the entire
spectrum of role evolution in IT security and risk, including: network
and infrastructure security, IAM, compliance, privacy, fraud, BCM and
resilience.
http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/security/
June 2014 – Data centres Dynamics,
San Francisco
Data centreDynamics Converged San Francisco pulls together the
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/sanfrancisco-2014
Forthcoming
Events
Asia Pac
Mumbai
26th - 27th March 2014 – South East
Asia Data centre Congress, Johor
Data centreDynamics Converged Mumbai pulls together the people,
Just across the Straits of Singapore lies Johor, a new meeting place
for South East Asia. The focus too of new data centre investment, it
typifies regional development not only in capital cities, but in new
zones and digital parks.
Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam are the key
South East Asia markets represented at this new annual congress
which highlights the unique value of data centre and IT infrastructure
across this important region. With more than 200 non-enterprise data
centre facilities representing close to 650k m2 in technical space by
2015* South East Asia is experiencing rapid growth in deployment
and offers significant business, outsourcing, investment, hosting,
colocation and cloud opportunities.
mumbai-2014
http://www.data centresasia.com/
Dynamics, Shenzen
Data centreDynamics Converged Shenzhen pulls together the
This conference in Shenzhen follows our hallmark multi-track
shenzhen-2014
Kuala Lumpur
Data centreDynamics Converged Kuala Lumpur pulls together the
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/kualalumpur-2014
12th - 13th May 2014 - Gartner IT
Infrastructure Operations & Data
centre Summit, Mumbai
The Data centre of today and the future continues to evolve.
This Summit offers guidance on turning today’s improvements in
IT infrastructure and process efficiency into tomorrow’s business
advantage.
http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/apac/data-center-india/
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Forthcoming
Events
21st - 22nd May 2014 - Gartner IT
Infrastructure Operations & Data
centre Summit, Sydney
The Data centre of today and the future continues to evolve.
This Summit offers guidance on turning today’s improvements in
IT infrastructure and process efficiency into tomorrow’s business
advantage.
http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/apac/data-center/
Dynamics, Jakarta
Data centreDynamics Converged Jakarta pulls together the people,
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/jakarta-2014
Dynamics, Sydney
Data centreDynamics Converged Sydney pulls together the people,
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/sydney-2014
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11th July 2014 – Data centres
Dynamics, Hong Kong
Data centreDynamics Converged Hong Kong pulls together the
http://www.data centredynamics.com/conferences/2014/hongkong-2014
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partners over 12 million sq ft
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