Daily Archives: February 9, 2011

Network EQ, the hosting solutions company, announced the successful migration of both customer and internal virtual servers to their new Citrix XenServer VPS platform at their primary site in London’s Docklands.

The project was implemented not only to keep the performance and reliability of their services at a highly competitive level but also but also to enable the company to service increasing numbers of clients interested in virtualised hosting solutions.

The company selected HP’s latest BL460c G7 blade servers powered by Intel Xeon L5640 CPUs and utilising low-voltage DDR3 RAM. The new XenServer platform not only gives Network EQ more than twice the computing power compared to their old servers but also a significant drop in power consumption; early power measurements are showing a reduction in server power consumption in excess of 50%. Network EQ also took the opportunity to upgrade to version 5.6 of Citix XenServer to take advantage of the latest features.

To be able to save over 4,400kWh a year of energy whilst giving our existing customers server upgrades with no additional monthly cost is a demonstration of our commitment to keep investing in the right technology., said Gavin Thirlwall, Network EQ’s Technical Director. We are already working on further upgrades that will be announced later in 2011, he added.

Ben Organ, Network EQ’s Managing Director said The updated VPS platform means that we can now service almost all of our clients’ hosting requirements using a virtualised solution, which is a great result for the business as it allows us to deliver high-performance, highly available solutions to the customer much faster than we could by deploying physical servers. The additional capacity will allow us to continue growing and expanding our customer-base throughout 2011.

About Network EQ
Founded in 2006, Network EQ Ltd. is a privately-owned UK-based hosting provider specialising in powerful and innovative hosting solutions. They provide services using enterprise grade hardware in London’s Docklands: the hub of the UK’s Internet connectivity. They were one of the first providers in the UK to offer enterprise-grade VPS services based on Citrix XenServer. Network EQ are dedicated to providing an unbeatable quality of service backed up by personal yet professional support.

For more information on Network EQ visit www.networkeq.co.uk

PAETEC Holding Corp. a Fortune 1000 company that provides advanced communication solutions to businesses nationwide, celebrated the grand opening of its newest data center today in Phoenix, Arizona. The Phoenix data center offers businesses in the Southwest highly secure and scalable Colocation Services with capabilities up to one Gbps, supported by a 24×7 Technical Assistance Center (TAC).

PAETEC’s strategy in building data centers throughout its nationwide network is reinforced by a market that is poised for growth in 2011. According to Infonetics Research, data center network equipment has grown by 67 percent in 2010 over the previous year.1 Data service technologies that experienced the most consistent growth included Ethernet switches, application delivery controllers (ADCs), and WAN optimization appliances.1

“We’ve seen the demand for data centers and network-based services increase, and we expect it to continue to pick up momentum over the next decade,” said Arunas Chesonis, chairman and CEO, PAETEC. “This new data center fits our strategy of enabling cloud-based technologies and business continuity options for our customers to safeguard information, decrease management needs, and reduce network latency.”

The statistics in Infonetics’ research show that an increasing number of companies are looking to outsource data storage. Moving data to a hosted cloud at a data center means that businesses won’t have to make room for on-site servers and can experience lower energy bills since the servers will not be on the premises.

PAETEC’s data center solutions are hosted in its highly secure central office and colocation sites around the country. The Phoenix center joins existing facilities in Bethlehem and Conshohocken, Pa., Andover, Mass., Houston, and a Milwaukee center that opened in December 2010. This opening marks PAETEC’s 2011 kick-off in data center expansion, with plans to open several more throughout the year.

“Our overall strategy on data centers includes two significant drivers. First, we’re actively designing and building dedicated infrastructure space based on the rising demands of our customers, and secondly, building a robust suite of cloud-based products built for CIOs within our data centers in 2011,” said John Chapman, chief marketing officer for PAETEC.

The new 4,400 square foot Phoenix data center is supported by a 24×7 Technical Assistance Center (TAC) and backed by a 1.4-megawatt backup generator, UPS scalable to 800kva, and an FM-200 fire suppression system. To keep the center at an optimum temperature for customer equipment, 120 tons of circuit cooling capacity are employed, with the ability to increase to 240 tons.

For more information on PAETEC’s data center solutions, visit http://paetec.com/products-services/data-center/shared-web-hosting/overview.html

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