Data centre market to undergo ‘dramatic change’ by end of 2016

Four disruptive factors will force dramatic changes in the data centre (DC) market by year-end 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner said that highly disruptive competition, big cloud provider dominance, economic warfare and nationalism will occur with different intensities over different time frames. However, at least two of these factors will drive significant disruption within the next three years, and elements of all four will drive the opportunities and risks in the DC market during the...

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Eaton’s latest Intelligent Power Manager Software strengthens integration with VMware Site Recovery Manager

Eaton has announced the launch of its Intelligent Power Manager™ software version 1.43, which now features even tighter integration with VMWare® vCenter’s Site Recovery Manager (SRM). As a result, the new software allows IT managers to automatically trigger SRM data replication caused by environmental or power alarms. This increases ease of use and reliability of both physical and virtual IT systems, which in turn enhances business continuity.

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Prianto signs with PernixData

PernixData has appointed Prianto GmbH to distribute the company’s award winning FVP™ software throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. As part of the new relationship, Prianto and PernixData will co-invest in market development, sales, and technical support activities in the DACH region to facilitate the adoption of decoupled storage architectures in virtualised data centers.

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Unitrends introduces free backup capacity and storage inventory reporting tools

New tools enable systems admins to identify cost savings by calculating specific backup sizing requirements and eliminating extraneous storage.

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Druva Targets EMEA expansion with Regional VP Rick Powles

Druva has announced the appointment of 20-year technology sales veteran Rick Powles to the new position of Regional Vice President, EMEA. Now heading all regional day-to-day and sales operations, Powles will focus on further accelerating EMEA penetration of Druva’s solutions to bring critical business data housed on employees’ desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones under centralized IT control.

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