Verizon Teams with NetApp for Software-Defined Storage in Verizon Cloud

Verizon has agreed to deliver NetApp's Data ONTAP as a virtual storage appliance (VSA) for Verizon Cloud clients. The software will deliver on the promise of software-defined storage, adding additional deployment and management flexibility for clients implementing Verizon Cloud Compute and Verizon Cloud Storage. Under the collaboration alliance announced by the firms, Data ONTAP becomes part of a software-defined infrastructure management layer...

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IBM Wins Patent for Cloud Service Cost-Optimal Data Center Assignment

IBM was awarded U.S. Patent #8,370,490 for its "Cloud Service Cost-Optimal Data Center Assignment" invention. IBM said its technique can dynamically allocate cloud computing data center resources based on an automated analysis of the most effective use of assets, leading to improved performance and cost-savings. "Our patented invention will help service providers increase performance, improve customer service and realize cost benefits," said...

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Xtera Supplies 100G for TIM Brasil in Amazonas

Xtera Communications supplied its 100G optical transport platform to TIM Brasil for a new infrastructure deployment connecting three cities in the Amazon: Manaus, Macapá and Belém. Xtera’s Nu-Wave Optima 100G optical networking platform was used for a new optical backbone network that was built using the tower transmission lines and power substations of the LT Amazon consortium.  The TIM Brasil cables connect 27 cities in the states of Amazonas,...

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Calxeda Adds Chairman of the Open Compute Foundation to its Board

Calxeda, a start-up developing ARM-based “EnergyCore” Server-on-a-Chip designed for a new generation of high-density servers, announce today that Frank Frankovsky, chairman and president of the Open Compute Foundation, has joined its board of directors.  Frankovsky is also a vice president of infrastructure at Facebook, where he joined in 2009 after previously working at Dell and Compaq. Calxeda said it has worked closely with the Open Compute...

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Cable & Wireless Communications Names CEO

Cable & Wireless Communications named Phil Bentley as its new CEO, replacing Tony Rice, with effect from 1 January 2014. Bentley was previously Managing Director at British Gas, the UK’s leading energy and services provider between 2007 and 2013. Rice decided to step down as CEO, ahead of the establishment of CWC’s new executive office in Miami, Florida, and will leave the Board at the end of 2013. Cable & Wireless Communications has...

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