NEWS
EcoDataCenter
enters into
six-year
agreement for
HPC colocation
services
coDataCenter has been
E selected as a partner
in a six-year agreement
regarding colocation services for High
Performance Computing (HPC.) The
agreement includes 4MW high-density
colocations which will be delivered from
EcoDataCenters’ facility in Falun.
EcoDataCenter has successfully
operated HPC for the BMW Group in
the data centre in Piteå (formerly Fortlax
Datacenter) for the past four years and
has now gained renewed trust after a
period of fierce competition with other
Nordic data centre players. Important
criteria in the procurement have been
technical credibility, which will ensure the
operation of BMW Group’s HPC, together
with high safety and, above all, a strong
focus on sustainability.
“We are very happy and proud to have
won this contract with BMW. The fact
that BMW chooses us as a partner
proves that we have an offer that attracts
customers with very high demands. It
feels good to be able to support BMW
secure its HPC operations and at the
same time strengthen its sustainability
profile within IT,” said Magnus
Angermund, CMO, EcoDataCenter.
Commvault launches data
management solution,
HyperScale X
ommvault, a recognised
C global enterprise
software leader in the
management of data across cloud
and on-premises environments,
has announced the launch
of Commvault HyperScale
X. HyperScale X is the latest
generation of Commvault’s
fully integrated scale-out data
management solution and is the
first product in the portfolio to
integrate technology from the
recent Hedvig acquisition.
Commvault Hyperscale X is an
intuitive and easy to deploy
scale-out appliance that is fully
integrated with Commvault’s
intelligent data management
platform. Integrated with the
power of Commvault Hedvig,
Hyperscale X provides unmatched
scalability, security and resiliency
to accelerate an organisation’s
Digital Transformation journey
as they move to hybrid cloud,
container and virtualised
environments. Its flexible
architecture allows customers to
get up and running quickly and
grow as their needs demand.
Improvements include enhanced
resiliency by maintaining availability
in the event of concurrent hardware
failures, providing improved SLAs
and minimised operational impact.
HyperScale X also delivers highperformance
backup and recovery
via the Hedvig file system’s scale-out
capabilities that improves performance
as you scale.
Commvault HyperScale X delivers:
• Simple, flexible data protection for
all workloads including containers,
virtual and databases
• Optimised scalability to easily
grow as needed, on-prem and to
the cloud
• Trusted security, including built-in
ransomware protection and AI/ML
anomaly detection
“Hedvig offers modern data
infrastructure for the modern data
centre – and when combined with
Hyperscale X, boosts resiliency,
backup and recovery performance,
and agility when customers need
it most,” said Ranga Rajagopalan,
Vice President, Product Management
for Commvault.
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