Nasa postpones enterprise data centre

Nasa says it is re-strategising its plans to acquire an enterprise data centre, says Web Host Industry Review.

Nasa decided to postpone the acquisition after realising its Enterprise Data Centre programme did not adhere to its enterprise needs. This follows the shifting of requirements from the Office of Management and Budget, in relation to cloud computing, greening IT, virtualisation, and federal data centre leadership.

Estimated at $1.5 billion, the programme is one of five components in its planned IT consolidation. The space agency says it will still develop a plan to consolidate data centres, systems and applications, including the full data centre architecture and enterprise assessments.

Wipro Technologies says it has signed a Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) 'Dedicated Advisor' agreement with Microsoft, according to Market Watch.

This agreement allows Wipro to advise and enable its global enterprise customers to migrate to enterprise BPOS cloud services, including Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, Microsoft Office Communications Online and Microsoft Forefront Online Protection for Exchange.

Eron Kelly, senior director of product management at Microsoft, says: "With Business Productivity Online Suite and partners like Wipro, Microsoft is delivering a software-plus-services approach and collaboration solutions for customers in the cloud, focused on reducing costs for businesses while maintaining a great user experience, security and privacy."

Mega has opened a subsidiary in Singapore to meet demand in Asia, marking the eighth international location, states Earth Times.

Mega will bring its enterprise architecture and governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions into the country and surrounding areas. With economic growth in Asia outpacing other areas of the world, Mega plans to provide localised support through the Singapore operations.

“There is rapidly growing demand for software solutions for Asia-based companies,” says Lucio de Risi, CEO, Mega. “There is especially high demand for risk management and GRC solutions right now from the Asian financial services industry.”