NEW YORK, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Dimension Data, the global specialist IT solutions and services provider, today announced it will offer Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Microsoft Lync 2010 cloud services hosted in its managed private cloud environment. Part of its Cloud Services portfolio, and based upon Dimension Data's Managed Cloud Platform (MCP), enterprises will realize the benefits of Microsoft Corp.'s business productivity capabilities while reducing the cost and risk of managing the underlying infrastructure and applications. Dimension Data's approach provides a customizable and secure managed private cloud solution that maintains data sovereignty and control. Initially available in South Africa in calendar Q3 2012, Dimension Data intends to offer the service in an additional 10 countries and expand availability based on client demand.

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"Dimension Data has more than 10 years of experience deploying on-premise Exchange, SharePoint and Lync solutions for clients globally, and has migrated more than one million end users to public cloud business productivity solutions," said Steve Nola, CEO of Dimension Data's Cloud Business Unit. "Our strong expertise in tailoring Microsoft solutions to our clients' needs provides the assurance that their operations are in good hands."

The economics and efficiency benefits of moving messaging, collaboration and unified communication technologies to the cloud are appealing to many enterprises; however, existing public cloud environments can fail to satisfy key business requirements. Dimension Data's new offering is part of its Cloud Services strategy announced earlier in the year. Based upon Microsoft productivity solutions, it provides a private, single-tenant cloud environment hosted in Dimension Data's data centers throughout the world, or on the client's premises. The managed offering provides enterprises with the level of customization, flexibility and control needed to address unique business requirements.

"By offering our clients managed productivity solutions in a private cloud environment, Dimension Data is helping remove the barriers that have previously inhibited some organizations from placing key business services in the cloud," said Peter Menadue, general manager of Microsoft solutions at Dimension Data. "By basing this offering on our Managed Cloud Platform, Dimension Data is enabling enterprises around the globe to take a key step in their journey to the cloud with the security, compliance and customization assurances they require."

"Enterprises and government organizations will benefit from Dimension Data-hosted productivity solutions," said Mark Hill, vice president, enterprise partner group, Microsoft Corp. "As one of our most innovative alliances, Dimension Data has the depth of experience to offer customers flexible cloud solutions based on Microsoft technologies that best meet their organizational needs."

Maximizing existing investments in technology is a key consideration for enterprises as they transition to the cloud. Organizations with Microsoft's Enterprise Agreements can take advantage of License Mobility through the Software Assurance option to repurpose their SharePoint 2010, Exchange Server 2010 and Lync 2010 licenses. Dimension Data will take advantage of this licensing option so that their clients can move to the cloud on their own schedule, without waiting for existing agreements to expire or purchasing duplicate licenses.

Dimension Data's cloud services platform, built on Windows Server and Microsoft System Center, is fully managed and allows for organizations to maintain the control they need to perform routine tasks through a self-service portal for client administration. Long-standing vendor relationships and multi-vendor management capabilities position Dimension Data to support and manage complex systems integration obstacles that arise.

Dimension Data Managed Cloud Platform (MCP)

Dimension Data's Cloud Services are delivered on the company's Managed Cloud Platform (MCP), a fully-managed cloud delivery platform. Hosted within a Dimension Data or client data center, the MCP is comprised of cloud infrastructure (servers, storage, networking, virtualization and operating system software) and Dimension Data CloudControl, a cloud management system that provides operational control and automation of cloud resource provisioning, orchestration, administration, and billing. The MCP can be accessed via a web-based user interface or REST-based application interface (API), enabling integration of the platform with third-party cloud or enterprise system management software. Private MCPs can be deployed in client data centers across more than 100 countries. Dimension Data's public cloud services can be accessed globally via Dimension Data Public MCPs in San Jose, CA and Ashburn, VA, United States; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Sydney, Australia and Johannesburg, South Africa. For more information on the services, please visit: http://www.dimensiondata.com/cloud.

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ATLANTA, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --VeriStor Systems, the Southeast region's leading enterprise data storage and virtualization solution provider, today announced that it has now opened the newest HP Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) in the country. VeriStor is among a select group of HP partners to now offer live demonstrations of HP servers, storage and networking products, services and software functioning seamlessly in a cloud environment.

"Cloud computing reduces the cost and complexity of today's IT infrastructure while speeding innovation and improving return on IT investments," said Ashby Lincoln, CEO, VeriStor. "Yet, many businesses today are challenged with implementing private cloud solutions at the rapid pace their business is demanding. HP is delivering a superior solution for those customers considering an integrated cloud solution that supports the requirements of public, private and hybrid cloud environments. HP's CloudSystem, demonstrated in our state-of-the-art CCoE environment, is a complete, integrated cloud solution with turn-key availability for an immediate investment return."

The VeriStor CCoE features HP CloudSystem, the industry's most complete integrated solution for deploying and managing physical and virtual workloads across private, public and hybrid cloud environments. Live demonstrations of HP CloudSystem can be seen in the VeriStor CCoE featuring HP servers, HP Storage and HP Networking and Security solutions, as well as other third-party applications.

As a part of the HP CCoE program, VeriStor is considered a pioneer of cloud solutions and is helping to make cloud computing more accessible through HP Cloud Discovery Workshops, which help organizations evaluate business needs as well as determine strategies for transforming their infrastructure and applications. Using the program methodology, VeriStor enables clients to create "Instant-On Enterprises" with the power to protect data, defend resources, manage risk and drive innovation.

For more information about the VeriStor CCoE program or to schedule a live demonstration, please visit: http://www.veristor.com.

About VeriStor Systems, Inc.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., VeriStor Systems is a Solutions Architecture firm specializing in enterprise data storage, virtual infrastructure, cloud-based disaster recovery and technology financing. VeriStor's integrated solutions include Storage, Server and Desktop Virtualization, Virtual IO & Consolidated Fabric, Fibre Channel and iSCSI Storage Area Networks (SANs), Network Attached Storage (NAS), De-Duplication, Backup and Recovery, Data Replication, Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Compliance Archiving. With more than 600 customers, VeriStor specializes in enterprise and mid-market companies in all industries throughout the Southeast including financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, education and federal, state and local government. More information can be found at http://www.veristor.com.

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ATLANTA, June 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the upcoming Cloud Expo, Racemi will demonstrate its online migration service Cloud Path that now makes migrating existing Windows servers to public clouds point-and-click easy.

The company will demonstrate for the first time how to quickly onboard existing Windows applications to cloud computing providers, like Amazon EC2, GoGrid, Rackspace and Terremark without costly professional services or rebuilding servers from scratch. The support for Windows servers is being added to the current beta of Cloud Path which already provides support for Linux servers.

Racemi is a Silver sponsor of Cloud Expo, which takes place in New York City from June 11-14. Attendees can visit Racemi's booth #337 and sign up for limited time, free online migrations as part of its beta program.

"We're getting great feedback from Linux users of Cloud Path," said James Strayer, vice president of product management, Racemi. "There is simply no faster, easier, or low-risk way to migrate existing applications to cloud computing."

The company's head of services, Adiascar Cisneros, who has spoken at packed, standing-room sessions before at Cloud Expo - will be talking on "Reducing the Cost and Complexity of Cloud Migrations" where he'll cover managing the migration process with minimal cost and risk. His session is on Wednesday (June 13) at 5:30 p.m.

Racemi CEO, Lawrence Guillory, will participate in a "CEO Power Panel: Cloud & Big Data Strategy Viewed through the Lens of Business Value" on Tuesday (June 12) at 7:10 p.m.

Racemi migrates workloads to the cloud by comparing the configurations of the source and destination servers, and then configuring the necessary cloud tools, virtual machine components, disk and network layout "in-flight" to ensure that the image can be run on the target cloud platform. Unlike other technologies, Racemi's image-based provisioning software does not require modifications to the application.

About Racemi

Racemi has been named a "Cool Vendor" and has received other industry awards.

The company builds server provisioning and cloud migration technology that allows businesses to quickly migrate their existing physical and virtual servers to, from and between cloud providers and across data centers. For CSPs (cloud service providers), Racemi is the fastest and best method for on-boarding customers to their cloud.

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LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire -06/05/12)- dinCloud, a cloud transformation company that provides business provisioning of IT infrastructure to the cloud, today announced its hosted virtual desktop (HVD) is now available to channel partners in the United States via the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace, an online marketplace where solution providers and MSPs can shop, procure, provision and obtain invoices for their cloud services directly from Ingram Micro.

The new distribution agreement was announced by Ingram Micro North America's vice president of managed services and cloud computing Renee Bergeron earlier this morning at the distributor's third annual Cloud Summit (#IMCloud2012) in Scottsdale, Ariz. Under the terms of the agreement, Ingram Micro's cloud team will actively market, sell and support dinCloud's Hosted Virtual Desktop to its growing base of cloud-focused channel partners.

"dinCloud is transforming the way companies use the cloud. We are thrilled to be selected by Ingram Micro as a hosted virtual desktop provider of choice. Through this new alliance, we're offering the security, redundancy, connectivity, and cloud licensing expertise our customers have come to depend upon to an even more diverse business population," said Kevin Schatzle, president of dinCloud.

"Ingram Micro has a proven track record for successfully enabling our channel partners to sell and support cloud-based services and solutions, and we're pleased to now offer dinCloud's hosted virtual desktops," says Bergeron. "The 2012 Cloud Summit is a business-minded event that empowers channel organizations to define and refine their cloud strategy while accessing proven business practices that drive advanced sales and marketing efforts and increased profitability."

"Desktop virtualization is an enabler for people-centric application and data delivery, and it offers improved security, operational efficiency and business continuity. Small and medium businesses are looking to their trusted advisors to help them transition to more efficient approaches of delivering applications and data to people instead of devices," said Tiffani Bova, vice president, Gartner.

dinCloud's HVD, sometimes referred to as desktop as a service (DaaS), is a channel-facing service now available to Ingram Micro's channel including MSPs, solution providers and IT cloud integrators.

About dinClouddinCloud is a cloud transformation company that helps organizations migrate to the cloud. dinCloud's virtual datacenter provides hosted virtual desktops, hosted virtual servers and cloud backup and recovery services, which are controlled by the customer through a web-based application. dinCloud provides subscription-based, business provisioning services resulting in reduced cost, enhanced security, control, and productivity. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles. Visit http://www.dinCloud.com.

About the Ingram Micro Cloud Ingram Micro Cloud (www.ingrammicrocloud.com) provides channel partners access to hundreds of business, strategy, marketing, technical and sales resources including the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace, a transactional, online marketplace where solution providers can shop, procure, provision and obtain invoices for their cloud services directly from Ingram Micro.

About Ingram Micro Inc. As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics, technical and financial support, managed and cloud-based services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company is the only global broad-based IT distributor, serving more than 145 countries on six continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT products and services. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com.

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