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  • DuPont Fabros Leases Space in NJ, Santa Clara
    Wholesale data center developer DuPont Fabros Technology has signed new customer leases at its data centers in New Jersey and Silicon Valley, the company said today.

  • Red Hat Unveils Virtual Storage Appliance for AWS
    The Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services (AWS) will enable enterprises to extend scale-out Network-attached storage (NAS) to the cloud. The new offering, along with Red Hat's Storage Software Appliance, gives users flexibility for on-premise and cloud storage options.

  • Telx Adds Private Clouds for Colo Customers
    Telx wants to make it easier for its colocation customers to run private cloud infrastructure. So today the company announced a strategic alliance with Appcore, which specializes in private cloud services for enterprises.

  • NASDAQ Powers Up Its Colo Offerings
    High-speed trading customers are packing more equipment into their cabinets, and thhe operator of the NASDAQ stock exchange is responding with a new high-density enclosure for companies that colocate their servers in the NASDAQ data center.

  • Consolidating Data Center Support
    Although most enterprises today have multiple IT providers, it is worthwhile for large organizations to consider consolidating data center support processes under just one multinational provider.

  • The Network’s Role in Data Center Efficiency
    Networking components are becoming a larger part of data center energy consumption, writes Kate Brew of Anue Systems. That places a premium on energy and space requirements for network security and network monitoring tools.

  • Neutral Tandem Becomes Inteliquent
    Interconnection specialist Neutral Tandem is rebranding itself as Inteliquent. The company's shares will start trading under its new name and stock ticker symbol (IQNT) today.

  • Griffin Capital Buys AT&T Wireless Data Center
    Griffin Capital has purchased AT&T Wireless' National Network Operations Center in Redmond, Washington, the company said recently. The property also houses AT&T Wireless' next-generation research and development labs.

  • Nicira Targets the Virtual Data Center Network
    Networking startup Nicira today unveiled its Network Virtualization Platform (NVP), along with an impressive lineup of companies using its product. Nicira was founded by key players in the development of the OpenFlow protocol for software-defined networking.

  • The State of the Modular Data Center
    What's the state of the modular market? Five years after the debut of the Blackbox, we look at who is using modular data centers, the potential market, and what the analysts foresee for the future of modular design.