Tag Archives: Information Technology
Armadillo Selects Voltage Security to Bring Data-centric Information Protection to Enterprise Customers
By protecting the sensitive data itself, even if determined cybercriminals successfully gain access, they are only stealing data that has been rendered useless
London, UK – March 21, 2012 - Armadillo, the UK’s leading security solutions integrator and one of the world’s most experienced eGRC providers, today announced that it has entered into partnership with Voltage Security in order to bring data-centric security and simplified stateless key management to customers, many of which are very large, complex and heterogeneous enterprises. Voltage solutions enable the protection of structured and unstructured sensitive data from end-to-end, as it’s used across data centres, public and private clouds and mobile devices. Data-centric security is one of the most powerful ways to protect against the impact of data breaches while effectively addressing current and future compliance requirements. Voltage leverages breakthrough technologies to enable solutions that work seamlessly, are highly scalable, and reduce costs and complexity.
HGI Taipei Open Forum to Encourage Service Provider and Manufacturer Discussion
Home Gateway Initiative to host open summit on technology for the digital home
19 March 2012. The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI), the world’s leading organisation for setting service provider requirements for the digital home, will host an open forum with the Taiwan technology community on next directions for home networks and services on Tuesday 27 March.
The open forum, which will be part of HGI’s quarterly meeting and will take place from 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm in the Taipei International Convention Centre, will encourage an exchange of views between service providers and manufacturers on leading edge broadband technology for the digital home. The forum will be followed by a cocktail reception for registered attendees.
Dimension Data Extends Cloud Footprint To Amsterdam And Sydney
The Group adds new Managed Cloud Platforms for roll-out of enterprise-class cloud services
Johannesburg, South Africa – 19 March 2012 - Dimension Data plc, the USD 5.8 billion ICT services and solutions provider today announced the availability of new Public Managed Cloud Platforms™ (MCPs), its integrated platform for the delivery of cloud services, in Amsterdam, and Sydney in Australia. These, together with the Group’s two Public MCPs in the US, provide organisations global access to secure and highly-automated enterprise-class public cloud and hosted private cloud services. Dimension Data plans to also deploy MCPs in the Middle East and Africa by April and Asia region by June this year. Through this global expansion, Dimension Data has solidified its cloud presence globally, making it easier for global businesses to leverage the cost and agility benefits of a self-service cloud model.
MT Hojgaard Signs IT Services Agreement with IBM to Enhance Worldwide Operations
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, – 03 May 2011: In a move to support business scalability and agility for worldwide growth, and optimize its technology infrastructure to meet business demands, MT Hojgaard announced today that it has signed a six-year information technology (IT) services agreement with IBM (NYSE: IBM).
The agreement will provide MT Hojgaard, an international construction and civil engineering company, with a global service model supporting its business growth and globalization ambitions including an optimized IT Infrastructure and extended support levels. Under the agreement signed in the second quarter of 2011, IBM will support MT Hojgaard with 24×7 international help desk support, server operations, and maintenance services, as well as provide a flexible solution to managing future needs in an on-demand hosting setup.
Audi Selects IBM to Migrate SAP Infrastructure to Cloud
Optimization of SAP Infrastructure to result in better performance, low costs and high energy efficiency
EHNINGEN, Germany, – 20 Apr 2011: Today IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that Audi selected IBM to build a cloud environment for Audi’s SAP infrastructure to deliver higher performance, fast and flexible provisioning of SAP applications and capacities, lower infrastructure costs, and to deliver above-average energy efficiency with the ability to enlarge future SAP applications to an almost unlimited extent.
Audi was facing challenges to scale its IT systems by the increased use of business-critical applications in areas such as production and logistics, supplier relationship management and human resources which challenged their IT infrastructure regarding reliability and flexibility.
HP Helps Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities Provide Community Services
Adoption of private cloud delivers dramatic operational efficiencies
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 21, 2011
HP today announced the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD) has implemented an HP Converged Infrastructure to support a new, agile cloud solution to boost productivity and automate processes.
A state-wide recommendation led the DODD, which oversees a system of support services for 80,000 people with developmental disabilities, to create a private cloud based on a fully virtualized infrastructure. The goal of implementing cloud computing was to further the organization’s mission of creating a statewide system of support and services for people with developmental disabilities and their families.
