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Cloud data center solutions not only provide results for optimized physical infrastructures, but also enable organizations to be more responsive, improve operational efficiency and increase strategic relevance to their business. TMCnet was there this week to report on all the latest cloud data center news. Here are a few highlights:

To meet its customer’s needs, Sify (News - Alert) will be able to broaden its customized enterprise class cloud services as a CloudAgile partner. Among the cost-sensitive and performance-focused customers, Sify’s pay-per-use model for the Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) services will now find greater acceptance. 

By provisioning infrastructure and applications across physical and virtual environments with the least turnaround time, powered by HP CloudSystem Matrix, HP’s converged Infrastructure will allow Sify to reduce the total cost of ownership of customers. To read more about Sify’s new partnership with HP, click here.

The role of the data center for today’s organization has expanded beyond maintaining servers and managing information. The innovative data center is the cloud data center that enables consolidation, risk mitigation and performance maximization. For a number of progressive companies, these benefits are possible with Panduit.

A case study featuring the MMM Group highlights the benefits of Panduit’s approach to the cloud data center. The MMM Group is a firm focused on engineering, consulting, planning, surveying, project management and commissioning services. Due to its success in the market, the firm expanded considerably over the past five years, acquiring eight other companies, while also growing organically. As a result, MMM Group needed to consolidate its operations. To read about the case study, click here.

In other Cloud Data Center news, IceWarp (News - Alert), formerly Merak Mail Server and a provider of comprehensive messaging solutions, signed a partner program agreement with Rackspace (News - Alert) Hosting, the open cloud company, TMCnet reported. This is believed to add mutual value for IceWarp’s current clients and increase targeted exposure and reputation for both companies.

The Rackspace Partner Program provides its partners with a portfolio of compute platforms, ranging from traditional dedicated hosting and cloud hosting, to e-mail and private cloud powered by OpenStack. The program is built to enable all types of businesses to incorporate IT hosting services into their current product and service offerings.

For more cloud data center news, be sure to visit TMCnet again next week for all the latest developments.

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