Data center operator Online Tech will provide co-location Web hosting for Cogitate's online backup services.
Cogitate's launch of its 9G BACKUP solution prompted the search for a cost-effective data center.
George Loescher, President of Cogitate, Inc. said: "We looked for a data center partner that could easily grow with our business, that we could easily add new machines and add new services as time goes on. Online Tech provided a very flexible plan for our colocation solution."
Online Tech's Web hosting and data center services means Cogitate does not have IT capital costs of managing high availability servers, or running a secure data center. Online Tech’s uninterruptible power, network and AC infrastructure with full redundancy and certified compliance (SAS 70 Type II, SSAE 16 Type II, SOC 2, HIPAA and PCI) ensures security, privacy, and data availability.
Xerox Corporation just introduced cloud services for SMBs, which it intends to sell through channel partners.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for midrange and Intel systems is being offered along with Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery.
The document management giant with annual sales nearing $23 billion, says it's marketing the new cloud services to SMBs generating revenues between $10 million to $250 million yearly.
Ken Stephens, senior vice president of Xerox Cloud Services said: "Cloud technology is often presented as a complex, 'big company' infrastructure solution. But, in fact, managing IT operations in the 'cloud' is just as relevant and affordable for smaller companies and can be even more impactful. Expanding Xerox's IaaS and Backup and Recovery services to SMBs is the next step toward offering a full suite of business cloud services that SMBs can access on a 'pay-as-you-go' model."
Canadian IT solutions integrator, Scalar Decisions recently launched its RenderCloud project, which puts several B.C. digital media studios on equal footing with other global competitors.
Basically, RenderCloud is a data centre facility providing high-performance servers manufactured by SGI and supported by ultra-fast 10GB Ethernet built on Brocade networking technology.
The cloud computing model allows studios to pay for server technology on-demand or even on a cost-per-day basis making it more affordable to support projects with extensive technology requirements such as animation or 3D.
Catherine Winder, President and Executive Producer of Rainmaker Entertainment said: "RenderCloud will help all of us to keep Vancouver firmly positioned as the epicentre for production whether that's feature films' special effects, animation, or gaming. The opening of RenderCloud makes us competitive with such cities as London and New Zealand, and puts Vancouver into consideration for the next generation of Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings productions."
More value-added and high-capacity infrastructure services tailored to the digital media community will be forthcoming as RenderCloud is set to scale to over 1,500 servers by the middle of the year.
RenderCloud is supported by B.C. studios Rainmaker, Image Engine and Digital Domain and these firms will be able to sub-lease their resources to other studios as required. The facility is located at the Centre for Digital Media on Great Northern Way Campus in Vancouver.
Source: http://www.digitalhome.ca/
Japanese telco, NTT Communications plans to buy a 74 percent stake in Mumbai-based Web hosting provider, Netmagic Solutions for $128 million USD /10 billion yen.
Sharad Sanghi, Founder & CEO of Netmagic Solutions said: "It is a huge upside for us and NTT. The partnership will also help us strengthen our growth plans in the Indian sub-continent and globally, while NTT Com’s global customers in India can benefit from Netmagic’s expertise and leadership position in the managed IT hosting and cloud services market. I will continue to hold 26 per cent stake in the company."
Netmagic, which employs 500, operates seven data centers in major Indian cities such as Mumbai, Chennai, Noida (Delhi-NCR) and Bangalore. The company provides colocation and managed Web hosting to more than 1,000 customers, in addition to ISP and cloud services.
