Data Centers

Kaseya 6: Blending On-premise with SaaS

• May 27, 2009

Euro Carrier Taps NEF as U.S. Channel Partner

• May 19, 2009

NEF Inc., a telecom agency selling dark fiber and high-cap lit services, has partnered with euNetworks, a European provider of network solutions, to create and design communications networks for corporations, carriers and service providers. Through the relationship, NEF will source euNetworks’ low-latency optical connections between key interconnection and data center locations for U.S.-based companies wanting […]

iland, Vizioncore Team for SMB Virtualization

• May 12, 2009

iland Internet Solutions and Vizioncore Inc have entered into a partnership to leverage each company’s products and services to provide complete virtualization solutions for the small and medium-sized businesses. Vizioncore’s vReplicator, a solution designed specifically for virtualization, will be deployed in iland’s virtual data centers, providing replication solutions for iland, iland’s customers and for external […]

Web Hosting List Adds Green Ranking

• April 28, 2009

Web Hosting Report has added a green category to its best Web hosting companies ranking. Categories include Best Cheap Hosting, Best Email Hosting and Best Blog Hosting, among others. The new category, “Green Web Hosting,” ranks the best green companies. Web Hosting Report said several Web hosting companies are buying carbon credits to offset their […]

Azaleos Expands to Managed SharePoint Services

• April 23, 2009

Azaleos made its name managing Microsoft Exchange environments. Now, the managed service provider is taking a similar path with Microsoft SharePoint. Here are the details. The company’s newly available SharePoint Services offering keeps tabs on SharePoint Server, Internet Information Server, and SQL Server along with associated storage and network infrastructure. Azaleos collects more than 2,000 […]

Asigra Launches Hybrid Storage Partner Program

• April 15, 2009

What’s the best model for managed storage: On premise solutions or in the cloud/software as a service (SaaS)? Instead of forcing managed service providers and customers to choose one model or the other, many technology companies are offering up both options or hybrid options. The latest example comes from Asigra. According to a release issued […]

iland Taps AboveNet to Connect Data Centers

• March 31, 2009

iland Internet Solutions Corp. announced Tuesday it has selected AboveNet Communications Inc. as one of its top two tier 1 IP providers to connect the iland Virtual Data Centers, located in Los Angeles; Boston; Reston, Va.; and Dallas. The additional 4gbps IP network connectivity for each of iland’s Virtual Data Centers provide iland and its […]

Autotask Conference Preview: 5 Anticipated Discussion Points

• March 27, 2009

Level 3 Signs Single Largest Capacity Agreement Ever

• March 26, 2009

Level 3 Communications has signed the largest single capacity commitment in Level 3 history. The transport provider will support voice, data and Internet traffic for more than 250 million Telefonica customers in Europe and Latin America. The deal is an expansion of its existing relationship with Telefonica International Wholesale Services, and it establishes a dedicated […]

IBM to Outsource Thousands of U.S. Jobs to India

• March 25, 2009

IBM will slash 5,000 U.S. employees, outsourcing many of their job positions to India. The new cuts will hit the global business-services unit. Outsourcing is nothing new for Big Blue: already about 71 percent of its workforce lies outside the United States. The news, reported by the Wall Street Journal, comes amid talk of an […]

SaaS Won’t Kill On-Premise Software

• March 24, 2009

Software as a service. Cloud services. If you believed the hype, you’d think all managed service providers (MSPs) need to completely shift their customers from on-premise solutions to online solutions. But many of the strongest SaaS proponents still launch on-premise solutions for MSPs. Why? Because 80 percent of the software market will involve on-premise IT for years to come.

3FN Starts Hosting Resale Program

• March 9, 2009

Triple Fiber Network or 3FN Inc., a San Jose, Calif.-based Web hosting company, announced a new Web hosting partner program. Each partner who signs up will get a unique link with his own unique ID, which will be used to assign commission for purchases made by visitors, who followed that link. The Webmaster will continue […]

Telx Channel Signs 100+ Partners in 3 Quarters

• March 5, 2009

It takes nine months to gestate a baby and that’s about how long the Telx channel program has been incubating. Launched in June, the program now is seeing some momentum with more than 100 partners on board, said channel chief Kirk Horton, speaking at the at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo this week in […]

AT&T Pushes Deeper Into Managed Services

• March 5, 2009

Generally speaking, the only time I think about AT&T is when I’m paying my iPhone cellular service bill. But I’m keeping a close eye on the company’s new AT&T Remote Infrastructure Management service — which represents a massive managed services initiative.

Avistar, DataMart Team for Video UC

• March 3, 2009

Integrator DataMart Inc. will add Avistar Communications Corp.’s desktop videoconferencing to its unified communications portfolio, with the goal of tapping into the travel reduction trend. Wainhouse Research found in a recent study that one-third of those polled see the use of videoconferencing accelerating given today’s economy, as it reduces the need and cost for travel […]