Red Hat unveils cloud solutions
Open source solutions provider Red Hat has released new ecosystem infrastructure and services offerings designed to provide CIOs with a comprehensive, easy on-ramp to cloud computing, according to Market Watch.
The company says the expansion of these development services, as well as enhancements to the Red Hat Premier Certified Cloud Provider Program, will provide customers with the tools and expertise needed to deploy and manage cloud environments.
"Just as we made Linux a safe place to run mission-critical applications with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, we are focused on making the cloud a safe place for enterprise applications," said Scott Crenshaw, VP and GM, cloud business unit at Red Hat.
London police renews Capgemini contract
The London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has extended its ICT contract with consulting and outsourcing firm Capgemini, reports Management Consultancy.
Capgemini said the move will see the Met bag savings of £43 million over the contract's three-year lifetime - between 2012 and 2015.
The original seven-year contract was signed in 2005, and saw Capgemini subcontract elements of the work out to BT and Unisys. It will continue to partner with these firms. BT will upgrade and rationalise the MPS's voice and data networks, while Unisys will support application management and data centre hosting.
Emissions management tool released
A new UK company has developed a piece of system management software that could help significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the ICT sector, tackling the emissions and energy efficiency of even the smallest of data centres, states Greenwise Business.
Warwick-based Concurrent Thinking's technology integrates the monitoring and managing aspects of everything from large data centres to the smallest machine room, at a price the company says is affordable.
According to Dr Michael Rudgyard, CEO and founder of Concurrent Thinking, the system can easily save 20% of power usage, and in many cases, up to 80%.
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