Issue 7, Dec 09/Jan 10


FOCUS NEWS EMERGING MARKETS & ASIA PACIFIC


FUJITSU TO BUILD DATA CENTER IN CHINA


A two-year discussion with local government results in first foray into Chinese market for Japanese supplier


The government of the Guangdong Province in China will help build a $30m data center in a joint deal with Japanese supplier Fujitsu.


The site totals 10,000 sq meters and operations are expected to begin in 2011.


Under the deal, the parties will work together to build the Fujitsu South China Data Centre in the Guangdong High-Tech Service Zone for Financial Institutions.


The deal has been under development for over two years. In that time, Nanhai and Fujitsu identified areas for co-operation and have gradually achieved a consensus, which was then translated into a series of co-operation agreements, the first of which is the Fujitsu South China Data Center.


Colocation services, data backup services


Colombian satellite network operator Sims Group, whose wide gamut of offerings includes data center services, launched a new satellite network whose reach covers Latin America, the Caribbean, as well as some US markets. Sims said it added the new DVB-S2 broadband service to meet growing demand for high- speed internet access and VoIP connectivity in the region.


Telkom, a South African telecommunications company that has been expanding into the data center services market opened a new data center in Bellville, a suburb of Cape Town. By opening the data center, the company said it would further its effort to capitalise on the convergence of IT and telecommunications.


Tracker Networks, South African provider of vehicle recovery and monitoring systems, expanded its relationship with


Guangdong: Confidence in development


and disaster preparedness services will be delivered from the site.


It will also offer system application management and maintenance, IT support management, bank back-office and data processing services.


“The Nanhai People’s government and Fujitsu have signed the MOU of strategic


IBM. The company said it will use IBM’s IT infrastructure management services to increase efficiency and lower cost of IT operations. Tracker said in a statement benefits it reaped from its relationship with IBM, after a fire at one of its facilities. The company used IBM’s infrastructure and work area recovery services to recover applications and reroute communications.


Data center networking equipment provider Blade Network Technologies opened a new office in Dubai, expanding its sales capacity in the Middle East and Africa. As part of the same announcement, Blade said it had chosen Al Sayegh Brothers Trading as the master distributor for its RaskSwitch family of switches in the UAE.


A UAE system integrator Alpha Data completed a new data center build for the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, the


partnership. With the strong support of government leaders and departments at all levels, both parties have finally made the first step towards concrete co-operation, which is certainly worth celebrating,” said Wang Ling, deputy mayor of Foshan.


“The signing also demonstrates great confidence of both parties in the economic development of Guangdong Province.”


investment agency of the Abu Dhabi government. The council will use the facility as a redundant business continuity site.


Storage vendor EMC announced a plan to triple its investment in India, planning to spend about $1.5bn over the next five years. The company will focus funding in three areas: expanding its research and development infrastructure on the India campus; increasing the campus’ global services reach; and expanding its staff of technologists.


As part of its reasoning for spending $2.7bn on acquisition of the networking equipment provider 3Com, HP said the move would strengthen its position in China, as much of 3Com’s business comes from there. Of course, the acquisition also puts HP in a better position to compete with rival Cisco – the leading networking equipment manufacturer based


in California’s Silicon Valley.


International network operator Global Crossing added a Malaysian telecommunications firm to its Global Partner Programme. Telekom Malaysia’s participation in the programme allowed it to extend its reach beyond the Asia-Pacific region, enabling it to better serve its enterprise clients. The programme’s aim is to give regional providers global reach, expansion of services and reduced time-to-market.


Microsoft and Taiwanese telecommunications company Chungwa Telecom announced a plan to sign an agreement to provide cloud-based services. The joint offerings will include software as a service, platform as a service and infrastructure as a service. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer was quoted in news reports saying the alliance will also deliver data center and hosting services.


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