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Strategy Analytics: Mobile Operators Can Monetize the Cloud with Three Network Services

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Mobile Operator Cloud Services are being upstaged by OTT service platform vendors like Amazon Web Services, Salesforce.com and Microsoft but operators can respond to such challenges and recapture value with real time services, always connected devices and connectivity management. In a new report from the Strategy Analytics Wireless Operator Strategies, Three Ways Mobile Operators Can Monetize Cloud Service Value, Strategy Analytics identifies three key areas where mobile operators can capture value in Cloud networks.

Below are three essential concepts for mobile operators, along with names of leading vendor that can provide requisite solutions for each service.

Mobile operators should seize the opportunity to enhance cloud-based services with open APIs and flexible, scalable platforms in the network to complement as well as compete with innovative, fast moving OTT players, commented Susan Welsh de Grimaldo, Director Mobile Broadband Opportunities.

Sue Rudd Director Service Provider Analysis, added, All three opportunities are differentiated by mobile the operators unique networking knowledge. Cloud phones also lower device component costs and processing requirements, exploit coming HTML5 and deliver superior perceived functionality by making a smart network in place of a smart phone. By virtualizing network resources operators can create a Network as a Service (NaaS) option to attract premier developers. Mobile operators can leverage these new service models to capture value from the cloud.

About Strategy Analytics

Strategy Analytics, Inc. provides timely and actionable market intelligence focused on opportunities and disruptive forces in the areas of Broadband Connected Home and Mobile Broadband services. http://www.strategyanalytics.com

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Dimension Data To Offer Private Cloud Productivity Solutions

NEW YORK, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Dimension Data, the global specialist IT solutions and services provider, today announced it will offer Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Microsoft Lync 2010 cloud services hosted in its managed private cloud environment. Part of its Cloud Services portfolio, and based upon Dimension Data's Managed Cloud Platform (MCP), enterprises will realize the benefits of Microsoft Corp.'s business productivity capabilities while reducing the cost and risk of managing the underlying infrastructure and applications. Dimension Data's approach provides a customizable and secure managed private cloud solution that maintains data sovereignty and control. Initially available in South Africa in calendar Q3 2012, Dimension Data intends to offer the service in an additional 10 countries and expand availability based on client demand.

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"Dimension Data has more than 10 years of experience deploying on-premise Exchange, SharePoint and Lync solutions for clients globally, and has migrated more than one million end users to public cloud business productivity solutions," said Steve Nola, CEO of Dimension Data's Cloud Business Unit. "Our strong expertise in tailoring Microsoft solutions to our clients' needs provides the assurance that their operations are in good hands."

The economics and efficiency benefits of moving messaging, collaboration and unified communication technologies to the cloud are appealing to many enterprises; however, existing public cloud environments can fail to satisfy key business requirements. Dimension Data's new offering is part of its Cloud Services strategy announced earlier in the year. Based upon Microsoft productivity solutions, it provides a private, single-tenant cloud environment hosted in Dimension Data's data centers throughout the world, or on the client's premises. The managed offering provides enterprises with the level of customization, flexibility and control needed to address unique business requirements.

"By offering our clients managed productivity solutions in a private cloud environment, Dimension Data is helping remove the barriers that have previously inhibited some organizations from placing key business services in the cloud," said Peter Menadue, general manager of Microsoft solutions at Dimension Data. "By basing this offering on our Managed Cloud Platform, Dimension Data is enabling enterprises around the globe to take a key step in their journey to the cloud with the security, compliance and customization assurances they require."

"Enterprises and government organizations will benefit from Dimension Data-hosted productivity solutions," said Mark Hill, vice president, enterprise partner group, Microsoft Corp. "As one of our most innovative alliances, Dimension Data has the depth of experience to offer customers flexible cloud solutions based on Microsoft technologies that best meet their organizational needs."

Maximizing existing investments in technology is a key consideration for enterprises as they transition to the cloud. Organizations with Microsoft's Enterprise Agreements can take advantage of License Mobility through the Software Assurance option to repurpose their SharePoint 2010, Exchange Server 2010 and Lync 2010 licenses. Dimension Data will take advantage of this licensing option so that their clients can move to the cloud on their own schedule, without waiting for existing agreements to expire or purchasing duplicate licenses.

Dimension Data's cloud services platform, built on Windows Server and Microsoft System Center, is fully managed and allows for organizations to maintain the control they need to perform routine tasks through a self-service portal for client administration. Long-standing vendor relationships and multi-vendor management capabilities position Dimension Data to support and manage complex systems integration obstacles that arise.

Dimension Data Managed Cloud Platform (MCP)

Dimension Data's Cloud Services are delivered on the company's Managed Cloud Platform (MCP), a fully-managed cloud delivery platform. Hosted within a Dimension Data or client data center, the MCP is comprised of cloud infrastructure (servers, storage, networking, virtualization and operating system software) and Dimension Data CloudControl, a cloud management system that provides operational control and automation of cloud resource provisioning, orchestration, administration, and billing. The MCP can be accessed via a web-based user interface or REST-based application interface (API), enabling integration of the platform with third-party cloud or enterprise system management software. Private MCPs can be deployed in client data centers across more than 100 countries. Dimension Data's public cloud services can be accessed globally via Dimension Data Public MCPs in San Jose, CA and Ashburn, VA, United States; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Sydney, Australia and Johannesburg, South Africa. For more information on the services, please visit: http://www.dimensiondata.com/cloud.

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Online Auction Benefits from Online Tech’s High Availability Cloud Hosting

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Ranger Data Technologies, a software developer offering solutions and online auctions for the newspaper industry, has recently switched to hosting their online auction website, boocoo, on Online Techs managed cloud. Online Techs managed cloud is built around a high availability private cloud architecture, redundancy is built-in with multiple hosts, SAN storage and network security.

Ranger Datas boocoo auction website was experiencing prolonged downtime with their previous hosting provider. George Willard, Jr., Senior Vice President of Operations, knew it was imperative to find a more reliable solution. When dealing with online auction websites and people selling their items, they are not going to do business with you if your site is experiencing downtime, said Willard.

The company decided to partner with Online Tech to host their e-commerce auction website on a managed cloud solution. The cloud platform was more cost-effective and offered the flexibility to grow as their auction website grows. Online Techs managed cloud platform is designed to ensure 100% uptime with enterprise-level VMware and high availability hosts, network andmanaged SAN storage,as opposed to most public clouds which are designed to minimize hardware, storage and virtualization costs.

Online auction businesses live and die by the availability of their services, and we know that keeping online services always available is mission critical. Ranger Data is a great example of how important high availability is to e-commerce customers, and Online Techs cloud hosting offers affordable, high-availability clouds to growing businesses, said Mike Klein, Online Techs President and COO.

About Online Tech

Online Tech (www.OnlineTech.com), the Midwests premier managed data center operator, serves a growing demand for data and computing capacity in small and mid-size businesses. Through its high availability SAS 70 data centers, Online Tech delivers a range of hosting services including Michigan colocation, managed dedicated servers, private cloud hosting, and disaster recovery. Online Techs Michigan data centers operate under SSAE 16 compliance, allowing its clients to meet all of their PCI compliant hosting, HIPAA compliant hosting, and SOX compliant hosting needs. For more information call (877)740-5028.

About Ranger Data Technologies

Ranger Data Technologies has developed a network of nearly 300 local media partners to share in the transactional revenue generated by their auction site boocoo. They also develop software that helps newspapers manage help call center employees and managers and creating additional revenue by ensuring full accountability, organization and reporting of renewal and competitive lead calls.

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Green Cloud Technologies Closes on $2,750,000 of Additional Financing

GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Green Cloud Technologies, a Cloud-based technology solutions provider headquartered in Greenville, SC, has concluded a $2,750,000 round of financing that is a mix of Series B Preferred Units and three-year Convertible Notes. The bulk of the financing comes from Millry Corporation, a 70-year-old Incumbent Local Telephone Carrier serving southwestern Alabama. The additional financing will be used for market expansion and the build-out of the companys second data center facility in Nashville, TN. Green Cloud previously secured $1,250,000 through the sale of Series A units in 2011.

This is another vote of confidence for Green Clouds strategy from a very savvy and experienced investor group, said Shaler P. Houser, CEO of Green Cloud. This financing further enables Green Cloud to help businesses transition to our secure, reliable, and robust Cloud-based infrastructure and increase the efficiency and performance of their businesses.

Green Clouds offerings include VMware-based Virtual Servers, Mirror-Imaged Disaster Recovery, and Hosted Telephone Services.

We are excited about the opportunity to invest in this area of communications, added Paul Brown, president of Millry Corporation. Since 1941, we as a company and family have invested directly in local telephone service, Internet access, cellular telephone service, and wireless digital voice/data services and continue today to search for product offerings that will be required for the marketplace. The platform and services that are being offered by Green Cloud are the latest evolution in the industry and will attract business clients through cost savings and, more specifically, customer service. We look forward to the growth of Green Cloud as its CEO and employees concentrate on providing a best-in-market service offering.

Green Cloud recently announced expansion plans into the Myrtle Beach Charleston Savannah corridor and the Huntsville Nashville Chattanooga area. The company is 100% dedicated to Authorized Partner distribution and uses no direct sales force. By partnering with local consultants, IT managed service providers, and PBX distributors, Green Cloud enables its partners to leverage the benefits of Cloud technologies without making the substantial investments necessary to deploy fully-redundant Cloud services.

ABOUT GREEN CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES, INC

Headquartered in Greenville, SC, Green Cloud Technologies is a Cloud solutions provider for small and medium-sized businesses. Backed by world-class data center facilities and industry-leading platforms such as BroadSoft, VMware, NetApp, and Cisco, Green Cloud delivers managed IT and telecom services that include virtual server, virtual PBX, unified communications, and business continuity solutions. Led by a team of industry veterans that helped found NuVox Communications, Green Cloud helps small and medium-sized businesses use the Cloud to increase productivity, improve performance, and manage technology costs. More information may be found at gogreencloud.com.

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VeriStor Opens the Newest HP Cloud Center of Excellence Site in the Country

ATLANTA, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --VeriStor Systems, the Southeast region's leading enterprise data storage and virtualization solution provider, today announced that it has now opened the newest HP Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) in the country. VeriStor is among a select group of HP partners to now offer live demonstrations of HP servers, storage and networking products, services and software functioning seamlessly in a cloud environment.

"Cloud computing reduces the cost and complexity of today's IT infrastructure while speeding innovation and improving return on IT investments," said Ashby Lincoln, CEO, VeriStor. "Yet, many businesses today are challenged with implementing private cloud solutions at the rapid pace their business is demanding. HP is delivering a superior solution for those customers considering an integrated cloud solution that supports the requirements of public, private and hybrid cloud environments. HP's CloudSystem, demonstrated in our state-of-the-art CCoE environment, is a complete, integrated cloud solution with turn-key availability for an immediate investment return."

The VeriStor CCoE features HP CloudSystem, the industry's most complete integrated solution for deploying and managing physical and virtual workloads across private, public and hybrid cloud environments. Live demonstrations of HP CloudSystem can be seen in the VeriStor CCoE featuring HP servers, HP Storage and HP Networking and Security solutions, as well as other third-party applications.

As a part of the HP CCoE program, VeriStor is considered a pioneer of cloud solutions and is helping to make cloud computing more accessible through HP Cloud Discovery Workshops, which help organizations evaluate business needs as well as determine strategies for transforming their infrastructure and applications. Using the program methodology, VeriStor enables clients to create "Instant-On Enterprises" with the power to protect data, defend resources, manage risk and drive innovation.

For more information about the VeriStor CCoE program or to schedule a live demonstration, please visit: http://www.veristor.com.

About VeriStor Systems, Inc.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., VeriStor Systems is a Solutions Architecture firm specializing in enterprise data storage, virtual infrastructure, cloud-based disaster recovery and technology financing. VeriStor's integrated solutions include Storage, Server and Desktop Virtualization, Virtual IO & Consolidated Fabric, Fibre Channel and iSCSI Storage Area Networks (SANs), Network Attached Storage (NAS), De-Duplication, Backup and Recovery, Data Replication, Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Compliance Archiving. With more than 600 customers, VeriStor specializes in enterprise and mid-market companies in all industries throughout the Southeast including financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, education and federal, state and local government. More information can be found at http://www.veristor.com.

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Cloud Computing Concepts (C3) and 4Voice Announce Strategic Alliance

BOCA RATON, Fla., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Cloud Computing Concepts (C3) and 4Voice today announced they have entered into a Strategic Alliance that will allow each firm to market and sell the services of the other and, furthermore, to deliver them across a single managed network connection. Joint clients will be able to receive reliable, fault tolerant, and disaster resistant virtual desktops, servers, and voice services in a single package. To further enhance the experience and provide continuity for joint clients, the firms have agreed to integrate the help desk and support processes.

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"We are absolutely thrilled to have 4Voice as a partner," said Rick Mancinelli, C3 Managing Partner. "Having worked with many Hosted Voice companies in the past, including the largest carriers, I have not yet encountered a team with the depth of technical knowledge that 4Voice has. They understand what it takes to deliver a quality IP voice product, and they deliver."

"4Voice is excited by the opportunity to work with C3 to bring hosted voice to their clients and hosted desktops and servers to ours, " commented Amruth Laxman, Partner of 4Voice. "Together, the C3 and 4Voice services represent everything a client needs to eliminate large capital expenditures, increase scalability and flexibility, survive a disaster, and most importantly, grow rapidly should the opportunity arise."

C3 currently operates a data center in Boca Raton, FL with additional data centers in New York City, Las Vegas and Madrid all planned to open in 2012. 4Voice currently operates a data center in Boca Raton, with an additional facility planned for later this year.

About C3Cloud Computing Concepts (C3) cost effectively brings enterprise grade cloud computing technologies, services, and support to small and medium sized businesses nationwide. C3's cloud based approach eliminates the need for substantial IT related capital investments. Instead, C3 provides on-demand access to computing resources, flexible pay-as-you-go billing, and expert on site support. The C3 solution immediately drives down IT costs, increases stability, enhances security, provides for employee mobility, is environmentally friendly, and ensures business continuity in the event of a disaster. Further information is available at http://www.c3office.com or by calling 561.939.4035.

About 4Voice 4Voice LLC is a Hosted IP PBX and Unified Communications provider focused on delivering reliable, customized, and cost-effective solutions for organizations of every size. 4Voice was founded on over 75 years of combined experience in engineering carrier grade telecommunications systems. Further information is available at http://www.4voice.net or by calling 888.864.2317.

Media Contact: Staci Garcia Cloud Computing Concepts LLC, 561.939.4024, sgarcia@c3office.com

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Racemi Announces First-time Demonstrations of Windows Server Migrations to Public Clouds

ATLANTA, June 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the upcoming Cloud Expo, Racemi will demonstrate its online migration service Cloud Path that now makes migrating existing Windows servers to public clouds point-and-click easy.

The company will demonstrate for the first time how to quickly onboard existing Windows applications to cloud computing providers, like Amazon EC2, GoGrid, Rackspace and Terremark without costly professional services or rebuilding servers from scratch. The support for Windows servers is being added to the current beta of Cloud Path which already provides support for Linux servers.

Racemi is a Silver sponsor of Cloud Expo, which takes place in New York City from June 11-14. Attendees can visit Racemi's booth #337 and sign up for limited time, free online migrations as part of its beta program.

"We're getting great feedback from Linux users of Cloud Path," said James Strayer, vice president of product management, Racemi. "There is simply no faster, easier, or low-risk way to migrate existing applications to cloud computing."

The company's head of services, Adiascar Cisneros, who has spoken at packed, standing-room sessions before at Cloud Expo - will be talking on "Reducing the Cost and Complexity of Cloud Migrations" where he'll cover managing the migration process with minimal cost and risk. His session is on Wednesday (June 13) at 5:30 p.m.

Racemi CEO, Lawrence Guillory, will participate in a "CEO Power Panel: Cloud & Big Data Strategy Viewed through the Lens of Business Value" on Tuesday (June 12) at 7:10 p.m.

Racemi migrates workloads to the cloud by comparing the configurations of the source and destination servers, and then configuring the necessary cloud tools, virtual machine components, disk and network layout "in-flight" to ensure that the image can be run on the target cloud platform. Unlike other technologies, Racemi's image-based provisioning software does not require modifications to the application.

About Racemi

Racemi has been named a "Cool Vendor" and has received other industry awards.

The company builds server provisioning and cloud migration technology that allows businesses to quickly migrate their existing physical and virtual servers to, from and between cloud providers and across data centers. For CSPs (cloud service providers), Racemi is the fastest and best method for on-boarding customers to their cloud.

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