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Data Center Systems Chair Kevin Ehringer Joins FCIA Board

April 25, 2011 — Data center cabling systems maker Data Center Systems announced on Monday that its chairman and CTO Kevin Ehringer has joined the board of directors for the Fibre Channel Industry Association, an international Fibre Channel industry association comprised of manufacturers, vendors and systems integrators.

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New Report Identifies the Challenges of Cloud Networking

November 12, 2010 — The emergence of cloud-based applications and services has created some very significant networking challenges, making LAN, WAN and management functionality all important factors in enabling cloud computing, according to a new report by Jim Metzler of consultancy Ashton Metzler & Associates.

Infinera and Spread Networks Provide Low-Latency Route Between New York and Chicago

June 22, 2010 — Telecommunications provider Spread Networks  has qualified the low-latency solution from long-haul optical systems provider Infinera for a newly built New York to Chicago dark fiber route.

HP Unveils New Scale-up Servers for Converged Infrastructure Environments

June 22, 2010 — Technology provider HP has announced new additions to its G7 ProLiant server portfolio, including seven blade servers and three rack-mount systems, many of which are optimized for scale-up environments, and capable of meeting the demands of some of the most data-intensive workloads.

Direct One Uses Cisco Technology to Build Next-Generation Network for Delivering Video in Romania

Jun 21, 2010 — Romanian data carrier Direct One has completed its next-generation IP network based on Cisco technology, which is expected to be able to deliver 800,000 simultaneous HD video connections by 2013.

WHIR tv at the Data Center Dilemma Event

December 4, 2009 — WHIR tv had a chance to get to the Data Center Dilemma Event, hosted by WiredRE in the Silicon Valley. Check out who was there and what it was all about in todays web hosting video.

WHIR tv interviews David Wartell, VP at R1Soft

October 9, 2009 — WHIR tv spoke with David Wartell about new software R1Soft has recently released. Check out the video and see what he has to say about it.

Equinix Building Ethernet Exchange Platform

October 6, 2009 — Data center operator Equinix announced this week, along with communication hardware firm Alcatel-Lucent, that it has launched a program to develop enhanced solutions for exchanging data traffic between carriers providing Ethernet services, known as the Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange platform.

WHIR tv asks: What would you be doing if the Internet didn’t exist?

Sept 28, 2009 — While at HostingCon 2009, I had the opportunity to ask some of hosting’s biggest players: What would you be doing if the Internet didn’t exist? Check out some of their answers.

WHIR tv interviews Lawton Cheney of LeaseWeb

September 18,2009 — I had a chance to sit down with Lawton Cheney, business development manager at LeaseWeb. Check out what he has to say about the company and what they’re up to.