Archive for the 'colocation' Category

Colocation Firm Telx Names SVP of Cloud Services and Strategy, VP of Marketing

February 14, 2012 — Colocation provider Telx announced on Monday it has named industry veteran Joe Weinman as its senior vice president of cloud services and strategy, where he will spearhead the company’s cloud services business development and strategy.

Verne Global Officially Opens Green Data Center in Iceland

February 10, 2012 — – IT services firm Verne Global announced this week it has officially opened its first data center in Reykjanesbær, formerly a US Naval Air Station, just west of Reykjavik, Iceland.

Colocation Firm Telx Releases New Details About Flagship Data Center in Clifton, NJ

February 10, 2012 — Data center operator Telx announced has announced new details about its upcoming flagship 215,000-square-foot, three-story data center at 2 Peekay Drive in Clifton, New Jersey, which is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2012.

Cincinnati Bell Explores Restructuring, Investment Options for Data Center Business CyrusOne

February 10, 2012 — Telecommunications provider Cincinnati Bell announced on Friday its plans to restructure or acquire financing for its data center division, operated by colocation firm CyrusOne. Cincinnati Bell acquired CyrusOne in June 2010 for $525 million to bolster its data center and colocation business. In 2011, CyrusOne generated revenues of approximately $185 million

Cincinnati Bell Explores Restructuring, Investment Options for Data Center Business CyrusOne

February 10, 2012 — Telecommunications provider Cincinnati Bell announced on Friday its plans to restructure or acquire financing for its data center division, operated by colocation firm CyrusOne. Cincinnati Bell acquired CyrusOne in June 2010 for $525 million to bolster its data center and colocation business

Cloud Hosting Provider ScaleMatrix Launches Partner Program

February 9, 2012 — Cloud hosting provider ScaleMatrix announced on Tuesday it has launched the ScaleMatrix Channel Partner Program. As a provider of cloud hosting, colocation, and data security solutions, the partner program should allow the company to reach a greater market through its channel partners that it did not have access to before.

Web Host Hostway Launches Networking Tool for Hybrid Cloud Hosting

February 7, 2012 — – Web hosting provider Hostway announced on Tuesday it has launched FlexLink, which offers an individual, private VLAN connection to enable users to deploy hybrid cloud solutions for increased security. The hybrid cloud solutions will allow a company to combine Hostway’s managed public cloud infrastructure solution, FlexCloud, with managed hosting, colocation and private cloud services to achieve the optimal compute environment for their needs

Colocation Firm Online Tech Hosts Online Backup Provider Cogitate

February 6, 2012 — Colocation firm Online Tech announced on Monday that it will provide colocation services for online backup services provider Cogitate. This news comes a month after Online Tech completed a fiber optic build-out between its Ann Arbor and mid-Michigan data centers.

Internet Backbone Firm Hurricane Electric Launches Portuguese IPv6 Certification

February 6, 2012 — Colocation hosting and Internet backbone provider Hurricane Electric announced on Monday that it has partnered with the Brazilian Network Information Center to provide its IPv6 certification program in Portuguese.

Q9 Houses NYSE’s Financial Transaction Infrastructure at Toronto Data Center

February 3, 2012 — Data center operator Q9 Networks announced on Thursday it has been selected by NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology unit of NYSE Euronext, to host a secure financial transaction infrastructure access center. The agreement will extend the SFTI backbone into Q9′s Toronto data center, enabling Canadian customers to directly access services over the global capital markets network.