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BATON ROUGE, LA and MARLBOROUGH, MA--(Marketwire -05/29/12)- Venyu announced today that its recently-launched VenyuCloud virtualization platform, a low-cost, easily-deployed alternative to physical servers, is now available through its trusted channel partners. VenyuCloud, a VMware vCloud Powered Service, provides a controlled, secure platform where IT managers can quickly provision cloud servers and virtual cloud data centers on demand that are compatible with their on-premise VMware based infrastructure. Venyu's channel partner program helps IT solutions resellers and systems integration professionals develop, grow and support their business. Channel partners can expand their portfolio of enterprise-grade cloud computing, virtualization, disaster recovery and data protection solutions with a cost-effective, end-to-end IT infrastructure solution that is part of the VMware vCloud initiative.
"The addition of VenyuCloud to our channel portfolio enables our agents and value-added resellers (VARs) to expand revenue streams by offering a comprehensive, competitively-priced IaaS solution built on VMware cloud infrastructure," said Shawn Brazeau, Director of Channel Sales, Venyu. "Venyu is committed to supporting the continued success of our partners by providing premium sales and technology training support as well as delivering a scalable, highly-available virtualization platform for their end-users."
Venyu offers partners a variety of participation levels, aimed at companies of all sizes. As a channel partner, members receive customized programs and support from Venyu to develop revenue opportunities and secure new business. Venyu's engagement levels include:
"Venyu's depth of experience in cloud and virtualization, outstanding sales and tech support, and overall breadth of end-to-end solutions make the company an ideal channel partner," said Dean Wittig, President of Wittig Associates, Inc. "The three stages of partnership offered in Venyu's channel partner program give companies like ours flexibility to participate at the level of commitment that best meets our needs. With VenyuCloud added to the mix of services, we can now offer a robust, easy-to-use IaaS platform powered by industry-leading VMware virtualization and cloud computing technology, namely VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud Director."
"There is a growing ecosystem of skilled and trusted service and solution provider partners that work in concert to serve the industry with turnkey solutions to deploy and manage VMware vCloud Powered Services on demand," said Joe Andrews, director, Cloud Product Marketing, VMware. "We are pleased to be working with Venyu to bring their channel partners an innovative offering that continues to transform the way IT services are constructed and utilized today."
For more information on Venyu's fast-growing channel partnership program, please visit http://www.venyu.com/partner-us.
About VenyuVenyu is a premier provider of off-site data center services, cloud-based virtualization and battle-tested data recovery solutions that maximize business continuity. By leveraging Venyu's portfolio of ROI-focused solutions within secure, highly-available data centers, organizations can reduce IT costs while increasing security and scalability. For more information about Venyu and its industry-leading solutions for cloud hosting, physical and virtualized recovery, managed hosting, online data backup and co-location, please visit http://www.venyu.com. Your Data Made Invincible.
VMware, VMware vSphere, VMware vCloud Director and VMware vCloud are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. The use of the word "partner" or "partnership" does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.
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LONDON, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Cloud hosting provider, Virtual Internet, has had its fantastic work and dedication recognised this month as the company has been nominated for two awards in July's Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA) Awards.
The ISPA Awards commemorate the achievements and ongoing work of internet service providers in a variety of categories. Virtual Internet has been nominated in the 'Best SME Business Hosting' and 'Managed Service Innovation' categories.
Virtual Internet's Managing Director, Patrick McCarthy, is thrilled to have been nominated for two awards: "To have been nominated for such awards is very satisfying for us as a company as it's clearly an indication of our brilliant and ongoing work. It's wonderful to have been recognised as one of the leading hosting and managed services companies in the UK. To go on and win the awards really would be the icing on the cake."
The ISPA Awards bring together the UK's finest companies within the industry and this year is the 14th annual awards. Over 40 companies have been nominated across 12 different categories. This year's award ceremony will take place on July 3rd at the Park Lane Sheraton Hotel. An independent panel of ISPA Awards judges will decide on the category winners. Virtual Internet will most certainly be feeling optimistic in the build up to the awards.
Virtual Internet has established itself as a market leader in cloud services and exceptional managed services with tailored SLAs whilst also offering website hosting and applications without the need to manage the infrastructure that goes with it.
Virtual Internet is also a provider of high availability hosting solutions for corporations of all sizes. Virtual Internet can offer cloud servers, private cloud and hybrid cloud amongst others.
For further details about the services provided by Virtual Internet please do not hesitate to visit their website.
Contact: Yana Kryuchkova yana.kryuchkova@vi.net +44(0)207-854-6678
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ANDOVER, MA--(Marketwire -05/30/12)- NaviSite, Inc., a premier provider of enterprise-class hosting, managed application, managed messaging and managed cloud services, today announced that Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC), the leading independent global wholesale, reinsurance and specialist retail insurance broker, has selected NaviSite Europe Limited for Cloud Hosting, MS Exchange Managed Messaging Service and managed MPLS network services.
"We looked at a number of large technology service providers and chose NaviSite because of its innovative approach to the cloud and comprehensive managed services, together with its flexibility and professionalism in getting the job done," said Brent Kruger, Group CIO at Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford. "With managed services, NaviSite removes some of the daily IT operational and management headaches from us, allowing us to focus on our core business and the growth of our company."
"NaviSite prides itself on the partnerships we create with our customers to develop and deliver innovative cloud based solutions. We are extremely pleased to be working with CGSC on their new global broking platform for Cooper Gay, 'Eclipse for Broking,'" said Brooks Borcherding, NaviSite President. "CGSC's new platform will enable their worldwide offices to collaborate more effectively on international client business to achieve more efficient and cohesive service offers to its clients and markets. We are looking forward to being an integral part of their strategic direction to grow their business more cost-effectively and efficiently."
About Cooper Gay Swett & CrawfordCooper Gay Swett & Crawford is one of the world's leading independent insurance and reinsurance intermediaries. The Group has a global network with over 1,400 professionals operating from more than 60 offices across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australasia.
About NaviSiteNaviSite, Inc., a Time Warner Cable Company, is a leading international provider of enterprise-class, cloud-enabled hosting, managed applications and services. NaviSite provides a full suite of reliable and scalable managed services, including Application Services, industry-leading Enterprise Hosting, and Managed Cloud Services for organizations looking to outsource IT infrastructures and lower their capital and operational costs. Enterprise customers depend on NaviSite for customized solutions, delivered through a global footprint of state-of-the-art data centers. For more information about NaviSite's services, please visit http://www.navisite.com. All logos, company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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BOULDER, Colo., May 29, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Today Open Automation Software is proud to announce the release of its Live Data Cloud application which harnesses the power of open standards to enable secure real-time, and historical, data hosting utilizing a standard Internet connection.
The addition of Live Data Cloud to OPCSystems.NET the Complete SCADA product eliminates the need for dedicated IP addresses and expensive hardware additions at the data source to achieve the same level of secure data access. Live Data Cloud leverages exclusive Open Automation Software technology to enable the utilization of any standard Internet / Intranet connection to provide complete enterprise access to data. This data access is available from both remote and local sites with no additional licensing fees 24 hours a day. Data security is maintained at all levels by implementing binary encryption of the communication packets and then transported over Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) technology, which provides additional encryption, and X509 certification validation. Now every company can afford to provide live accurate data to all levels of the enterprise and incorporate that data into its most critical decision making processes.
"At Open Automation Software we are continually developing new solutions which will enable our customers to share their data openly and easily. The development of Live Data Cloud is our most innovative communications feature to date since the original release of OPCSystems.NET in 2004. Live Data Cloud provides our customers with the ability to share real-time and historical data from OPC Servers, OPC Clients, databases, Microsoft Excel, and .NET applications from any Windows PC that has a standard Internet connection. Customers can host data directly from their own PCs easily and securely," said Ken Eldridge, President of Open Automation Software.
Existing users of OPCSystems.NET can update to receive the application by contacting Open Automation Software. New customers can download a demo application by following the steps in the video at the following link: http://tinyurl.com/726sm3z
For more information about Live Data Cloud, please navigate to: http://www.livedatacloud.com.
About Open Automation Software:
Open Automation Software was formed in 1993 with the vision of empowering end-users and OEMs with the freedom to create the applications they needed to truly build "best of breed" systems. Open Automation Software achieved this by providing the tools to quickly and easily develop SCADA products using Microsoft Visual Studio. The culmination of this vision was the creation of OPCSystems.NET the Complete SCADA solution. OPCSystems.NET is the flagship product for Open Automation Software and leverages OPC standards from the OPC Foundation to enable secure communications and support for Smart Clients, Web-based Clients and Server, Mobile Clients, and Mobile Devices. http://www.completescada.com
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UK cloud and managed hosting provider reports 68% rise in profits & 33% revenue growth
iomart Group plc (IOM), the UK cloud computing and managed hosting services provider, has today (29 May 2012) announced strong annual results for the year ended 31 March 2012, with profits up by 68% to 11.2m (2011: 6.6m).
Revenue grew by 33% to 33.5m (2011: 25.3m), while pre-tax profits grew by 91% to 6.9m (2011: 3.6m) - all ahead of the record amounts achieved in the last financial year. For full details click here.
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Angus MacSween, CEO of iomart Group plc, said: "This is another great set of results and shows that we continue to consolidate our position within the large, highly fragmented and growing UK cloud hosting market. We are investing in both storage infrastructure and in our network connectivity to maintain our leading position and offer premium levels of service to customers."
Revenues from the hosting division grew by 38% to 24.3m (2011: 17.7m), mostly due to iomart Hosting which, in the last four financial years, has experienced a five-fold increase in revenues from 4.6m in the year to March 2009.
Over 600 new orders were won, including a substantial amount of additional orders from existing customers - recurring revenue levels are around 95%.
The Group also bought three hosting companies in the last financial year- Switch Media, EQSN and Global Gold.
Angus MacSween added: "Since the end of the financial year, trading has been encouraging. All three acquisitions have been fully integrated and we have the financial firepower to do more. We would expect to make at least another two or three acquisitions in the next 12 months."
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ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Delltoday announced it has completed its acquisition of Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing. The combination of Wyses capabilities with Dells existing desktop virtualization offerings position the company as the leader in the desktop virtualization, enabling it to offer true end-to-end IT solutions for customers and partners.
Dell has made significant strategic investments over the past three years to expand its enterprise technology and services capabilities. The Dell Wyse portfolio with current Dell desktop virtualization offerings, leading data center products such as servers and storage, and Dells services division, provides customers and partners with a single vendor that can match the full range of their cloud computing and desktop virtualization needs.
The Dell Wyse solution portfolio includes industry-leading thin, zero and cloud client computing solutions with advanced management, desktop virtualization and cloud software supporting desktops, laptops and next generation mobile devices. Dell Wyse has more than 180 patents, both issued and pending, covering its solutions, software and differentiated intellectual property. Dells existing offerings include Desktop Virtualization Solution Simplified and Desktop Virtualization Solution Enterprise.
Dell recognizes its critical for the desktop virtualization solutions strategy to embrace simple device management, enhance security, scale, and boost user productivity, while providing the flexibility to support anytime, anywhere access on any device.
Dell plans to preserve Wyses channel offerings and all existing Wyse channel partners will be eligible for our PartnerDirect Program. Dell will combine the best of both companies channel deal registration programs, extend this new deal registration program to all partners, and introduce a program in which partners can grow and nurture a customer relationship.
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Were excited to officially welcome Wyse to Dell and help extend its industry-leading efforts to a broader range of customers and partners, said Jeff Clarke, Dell vice chairman and president, Global Operations and End User Computing Solutions. We believe the Dell Wyse capabilities, combined with our previous desktop virtualization offerings and the strength of the Dell enterprise portfolio, provides the most comprehensive and competitive DVS solution available today.
Wyse and Dell share the vision and passion in helping our customers and partners create a frictionless user experience via the cloud, said Tarkan Maner, Vice President and General Manager Dell Wyse, Cloud Client Computing.. Combining our relentless IP innovation and tight operational skills, and most importantly our laser focus on customer and partner advocacy, Dell cloud client computing will develop and deliver the most advanced solutions globally, from the data center to the end user. We are and will be completely focused on the best user experience for any user, for any content, using any app, on any device, anytime, anywhere; without any conflict, compromise and constraint.
As a current customer who has deployed Wyse cloud client computing solutions with Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell EqualLogic storage, Western Wayne School District is excited about the combination of Dell and Wyse, said Brian Seaman, Network Administrator at Western Wayne School District in Pennsylvania. Like most school districts, Western Wayne operates in a budget constrained environment and our move to desktop virtualization technologies supported with strong enterprise infrastructure has enabled us to do more with less in service of our students and community. In working with Dell and Wyse to scope and deploy our computing environment, Western Wayne now has the right technology to help us achieve our vision of educating our students of today to become the productive citizens of tomorrow.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Cloudcor announces RiverMeadow Software, technology leader in virtualization and cloud onboarding software, as a Premier Partner for the fourth Annual Cloud Slam12 Conference and expo, taking place Wednesday May 30 - June 1, 2012 in San Francisco and broadcast virtually globally.
RiverMeadow will showcase enCloud a virtualization and onboarding software, which is the key to cloud self-service onboarding, enabling the migration of enterprise servers and live workloads, as is, from physical, virtual and cloud environments to-and-between clouds.
The enCloud software, delivered via licensed software or SaaS model, provides a platform for rapid customer onboarding to the cloud and dramatically reduces the cost and complexity associated with traditional cloud migrations. In support of hybrid public-private clouds, enCloud supports round-trip moves back to any cloud stack.
"We are delighted to have RiverMeadow join global cloud leaders at Cloud Slam12 conference as a Premier Partner," said Khazret Sapenov, chairman of Cloudcor, Inc. "We look forward to their contribution to this year's CS12 proceedings.
We are excited to partner with Cloudcor as a Premier Partner for the fourth annual Cloud Slam12 conference, said Mark Shirman, President at RiverMeadow. Shirman added, Cloud strategy is a chain of lifecycle events and enCloud is the key to cloud lifecycle optimization. For the first time, Service providers and their enterprise customers are empowered with an agile and economical solution for migrating servers and live-workloads into-and-between public and private clouds.
How to Register: Please visit http://www.cloudslam.org/register to register today.
About Cloudcor and Cloud Slam'12
Cloud Slam'12, produced by Cloudcor, is one of the world's largest independent cloud computing conferences. The event, now in its fourth year, encompasses a tried and tested hybrid format event, which attracts a global audience in excess of 10,000 senior business decision makers. For more information, visit http://www.cloudslam.org or http://www.twitter.com/cloudslam
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