News Archive 2010
Interview: Florian Sippel, Head of Data Center, noris network AG
Nuremberg, 24.11.2010 – Florian Sippel, Director of data centers in an interview regarding the services and priorities of the noris network AG.
Noris network AG managed IT services provides IT outsourcing services tailored to the needs of medium-sized enterprises. The result is lower costs, greater flexibility and significant performance improvements in IT.
30 November 2010
07.12. Working Group Data Center: How safe is my Data Center?
Frankfurt, 07.12.2010 – IT security becomes more and more questionable within the evolving nature of IT infrastructure. The interaction of more physical, technical and logical security in a data center is of vital importance for all business processes. The eco team will focus on data center security within this working group session.
There will be a professional presentation highlighting deep insights into the current situation of security processes and the environment they operate and will clarify to industry experts the physical, technical and logical issues. The subject fields will extend to the fire protection/fire avoidance of a data center and the visualisation of incident management processes for crisis management.
In this particular working group, the specialty presentations will include talks from leaders at data center Interxion Germany GmbH.
The presentations are available for free download here.
AGENDA »| 13:00 | Registration |
| 13:00 | Welcome Dr. Béla Waldhauser Head of Data Center Working Group |
| 13:45 | Crisis management in the data center Peter Heinemann Interxion Deutschland GmbH |
| 14:30 | Special requests for the fire protection of a data center Peter Clauss Wagner Group GmbH |
| 15:15 | Coffee Break and Networking |
| 15:45 | Proactive visualisation and modern control station technology to the shortening of the reaction times in the IT business and in FM control room Carsten Jungmann Jungmann Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG |
| 16:30 | Guided tour- interxion data center Volker Ludwig |
| 17:30 | End of the Event |
17 November 2010
Interview: Sascha Pollok, IPHH Internet Port Hamburg GmbH
Hamburg, 01.10.2010 – Sascha Pollok, Head of Network Design and Operations - in an interview about the range of services and the focal points of the IPHH Internet Port data center.
Since the establishment of the Internet Port Hamburg in 1996 the IPHH have been permanently busy with implementing the latest developments of the technology so they are able to make available short-term. The company does not understand itself to be a mass-provider, but rather develops jointly with its customers individual solutions that have been completely tailor-made to their requests.
6 October 2010
29.09. Cologne: eco Congress – roads for tomorrow
Cologne, 29.09.2010 – This year’s eco specialty congress offered four exciting expert panels on the trends and subjects of the Internet economy:
The panel “Dater Center” opened with security adviser Rainer A. H. von zur Mühlen with the provocative presentation subject: “the data center is dead – the data center lives”. He currently plans its 565th data center and reports of its long-time experience in the area. In its opinion, the future was and lies in the flexible rubber/balloon DC. Let this be inflatable to the repurposing/increase, but also reduction capable.
more info »Another trend is the “three field economy” for new buildings and renovations of large data centers. An IT rotation would take place: first of all extension potential with usable spaces/reserve areas within the infrastructure, then Rollout/Rollin, and finally the recovery of upgradable surface during operation.
In the subsequent presentation, Prof. Dr. Matthias Kaiserswerth, Director of the Zurich Research Laboratory IBM, reported on Aquasar. In 2007 IBM developed the draft of the hot water-cooled super computer. The plan emerged in 2009 that IBM and ETH jointly wanted to transfer the project, and since May 2010 the prototype has already been in operation. Cooling is achieved with 60 degrees warm water, the waste heat is further utilised. Aquasar saves 40 percent of electricity because cold air is no longer needed. In addition, they reduce energy costs because heat is reused and the CO2 footprint is significantly less.
In the subsequent panel discussion the following people took part: Dietmar Papenfort of Active Power, Jürgen Kockelmann of European Data Hub SA, Roger Bellof Stulz GmbH and Marc Schaefer, Managing Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Association for Renewable Energy in the Innovation Center for Energy at the TU Berlin. The moderator, Dr. Béla Waldhauser of Global Switch FM opened up with the provocative question “Data Center 3.0 – has the data center had its day?” All participants in the panel discussion answered this clearly “no.” The topic of “outsource or self-operate” was then discussed intensely. Bell, explained that companies in Germany wanted to keep the data center more in house, but outsource the backup. There are different categories of customer, a product and solution would each be adapted to their needs.
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Interview: Khaled Chaar, Pironet NDH Datacenter GmbH
Cologne, 20.09.2010 – Khaled Chaar, Managing Director of Pironet NDH Datecenter GmbH in an interview about the range of services and the focus areas of its DCSA certified Datacenter.
Besides Software as a Service, PIRONET NDH offers, for example, Online reference models for IT, that are from the deployment of flexible computing power (Capacity on Demand) and storage capacities (Storage on Demand) over managed network services to extensive Security Solutions for all On-Demand-services. All services will be delivered over high security data center Resources and ITK infrastructures within Germany.
20 September 2010
Interview: Thomas Strohe, Plusserver AG
Strasbourg, 15.09.2010 – The datadock data center came into being by remodeling a former warehouse in the port area of Strasbourg. The planning phase had already begun in 2007 but it wasn’t until 2009 that the operator PlusServer AG started all the necessary rebuilding measures and construction of the infrastructure. The datadock will be finished and in operation by the summer of 2010.
Amongst other things, its excellent connections – resulting from becoming the thoroughfare for all European IT and Telco lines, as well as its central European position, makes Strasbourg the perfect construction site for an operation of this kind. The data center has an optimal location which guarantees the fastest connections to all European regions, thus enabling PlusServer AG to provide all international customers with high quality services.
15 September 2010
Interview: Thomas Strohe, Plusserver AG
Strasbourg, 15.09.2010 – The datadock data center came into being by remodeling a former warehouse in the port area of Strasbourg. The planning phase had already begun in 2007 but it wasn’t until 2009 that the operator PlusServer AG started all the necessary rebuilding measures and construction of the infrastructure. The datadock will be finished and in operation by the summer of 2010.
Amongst other things, its excellent connections – resulting from becoming the thoroughfare for all European IT and Telco lines, as well as its central European position, makes Strasbourg the perfect construction site for an operation of this kind. The data center has an optimal location which guarantees the fastest connections to all European regions, thus enabling PlusServer AG to provide all international customers with high quality services.
15 September 2010
07.09. Working Group Data Center: Energy Efficiency in Data Center Air Conditioning
Frankfurt, 07.09.2010 – the air-conditioning of a data center represents a notable energy expense, one only has to think of the increase in in temperature for an average summer to understand this. And it’s at time like these that a comprehensive improvement of the energy efficiency and resource efficiency becomes more prominent in the minds of every RZ operator. The eco team date center will use this as the focal point within the subject area of IT cooling.
In this professional presentation the newest trends in the area of cooling and air conditioning will be presented and discussed by industry experts within economic contexts. This will include the use of Geothermal power and equipment, as well as thermodynamic clarification, and Rack-cooling. Using a model data center, different scenarios will be demonstrated LIVE.
Discuss the introduced concepts with us and step into the professional exchange with the best advisors. In the connection with the specialty presentations, a senior person will join the talks from the data center of the Equinix (Germany) GmbH.
The presentations are available for free download here.
AGENDA »| 13:00 | Registration |
| 13:30 | Welcome Dr. Béla Waldhauser Head of Working Group Data Center |
| 13:45 | Energy Efficieny and Climate Control Concepts Achim Pfleiderer Stulz Klimatechnik GmbH |
| 14:30 | Fundamentals of data center air-conditioning – from the thermodynamics to the optimal cooling concepts Ulrich Terrahe DC-CE RZ-Beratung |
| 15:15 | Coffee Break and Networking |
| 15:45 | Energy Efficiency, Air-conditioning of data centers through the commitment to Geothermics Stephan Oehlert Gerber Ingenieurgesellschaft Geothermie mbH (GIG) |
| 16:30 | Guided tour – Equinix data center Michael Lubjuhn Equinix (Germany) GmbH |
| 17:30 | End of Event |
7 September 2010
PlusServer AG establishes Europe´s most eco-friendly data center – 66 % energy saving in spite of full tier 3 classification
Hürth, Germany, Sept. 1, 2010 After about three years of planning and construction, and an investment of over 17 million euros, PlusServer´s data center “datadock” has now started operations. With the best energy efficiency and particularly low emission values, it currently holds the top position among Europe´s “green” data centers.
The German Internet business association “eco” even attested datadock´s quality twice: it won the eco Award 2010 as the best data center and received the highest possible rating of five stars at Datacenter Star Audit (DCSA).
The data center datadock was built in the Strasbourg port area by converting a former warehouse. Strasbourg stands out owing to its central European position (approximately 300 meters from the German/French border), and the main route for European fiber glass cables runs through this region. Therefore, a perfect connection to Germany, France, throughout Europe, and to the entire world is guaranteed.
read more »Furthermore, it was only possible at this location to realize the innovative and eco-friendly artesian-well cooling principle, which is based on the area´s broad groundwater supplies. This power saving cooling method is an important factor in the low power consumption of datadock. In addition, only state-of-the-art and eco-friendly devices and appliances are used at datadock, which all helps create a positive influence on the energy balance. This is why datadock requires a huge 66 percent less energy than the average data center. This equals savings of 26 million kWh per year at full load, or about 24 million kilograms less CO2 emission, respectively. In order to remove this amount of harmful gas from the atmosphere it would require over 119,000 trees working at full capcity for a whole year!
Besides power efficiency and environmental protection, further aspects were taken into consideration when planning datadock: “We made every effort to realize a comprehensive security and redundancy concept, which ensures the highest possible availability of all data”, assures PlusServer CTO Jochen Berger.
Independent third party certifications show that this effort was not in vain. datadock received five stars in the acknowledged Datacenter Star Audit as one of only seven data centers in Europe. “Based on extensive expert knowledge, eco has developed an evaluation schedule that completely analyses all demands on modern data centers”, explains Andreas Niehaus, Head of IT Operations at PlusServer. “Hence, the certificate is a very important quality distinction for data centers”, he emphasises.
You can find further information about datadock at www.datadock.eu. Next to an interactive virtual tour, there are also many exciting facts about Europe´s greenest data center waiting to be viewed.
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More than 400 Participants at the Datacenter-Roadshow
Collaboration Event between Seven Partners
The Roadshow was a huge success. The event was brought to life and named “the 5-star plus Datacenter” by Stulz and supported of eco. Altogether the Roadshow visited six cities informing more than 400 participants of the regular planning, conversion and smooth functioning of data centers.
The Roadshow was a collaborative event between seven partners: next to eco itself, the eco members e-shelter and Stulz Klimatechnik, as well as businesses MasterGuard, MVV Energiedienstleistungen, Schäfer IT Systems and Wagner Group made up the seven partners. Each of the partners brought their own unique ‘know how’ with regard to the event content in order to make the experience as valuable as possible for the delegates.
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The organisation was presented by Dr. Andreas Jabs, eco authorised auditor for the Datacenter Star Audit. In his presentation, he clarified the requirements and the performance assessment items of the certification and stressed the themes to the other speakers that formulated the basis for of the requirements criteria. |
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Achim Pfleiderer of Stulz Klimatechnik GmbH discussed closely the thermodynamic elevated factors. He set out, based on a collection of examples: “If I manage to double my ΔT (ie the temperature difference between intake and exhaust temperature before the server behind the server), I halve the required air flow for cooling and save a lot of energy.” |
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Emil Woizenko of Master Guard gave an overview of the basic functionality of uninterrupted power supplies and clarified three operating methods. He emphasised: “The stronger the electric current, smoothed ‘(ie is thus brought into a perfect sine wave), the more loss of energy I have for this expense.” |
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Marcus Köhler of e-shelter discussed, based on his own experiences, what makes the perfect choice of location for a data center. e-shelter projects, constructs and operates its own high security data centers and currently operates the largest data center in Europe from Frankfurt, with a massive 60,000 qm. |
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Peter Wäsch of Schäfer IT set out ongoing current developments of Server-Rack technology. The general trend at the moment is to accommodate the cooling in the Rackrows. A cooling unit can supply up to four adjacent server racks. This eliminates the need for an expensive raised floor. |
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Then the team of Wagner Group demonstrated in an impressive manner a fully functional “Oxy-Reduct” system in the “Wagner Show-Truck”. In this fire protection plant, the idea exists to layer the oxygen content in the air so strongly so that it is no longer possible for a flame to ignite. The air is pressed through a molecular sieve, that extensively separates the nitrogen particles from the oxygen particles. The oxygen reduced air then floats back into the server room. The concentration is selected so that people can still work in the rooms. In the live demonstration in the truck, the participants were given a lighter into the hand. After the oxygen reduction, no flame was able to ignite. |
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And last, but not least, a presentation was included in the Roadshow by Thorsten Ellmann of the MVV. He presented on the subject of Energy Contracting. He highlighted interesting new ways for cooling computers. Finally, Dr. Andreas Jabs brought the speakers again to a final panel discusson on stage. There were some pretty livly discussions. |
Roger Bellof, Marketing Leader Stulz, called for the Roadshow, series of events to take place again in 2011. eco will definitely be continuing the events once again next year
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19.-21.10. Nuremberg: it-sa The IT-security Expo
The it-sa trade fair concept for visitors is an attractive combination of technical competence available at first hand, practical demonstrations and a concentration of IT security solutions. Congresses, workshops, expert presentations and discussions at the forums provide the facts and subject matter that are relevant to your customers and lay the groundwork for progressing directly to customer counseling.
Meet the Datacenter Star Audit-Team in exhibit hall 12 booth 557. For further information see: http://www.it-sa.de/en
25 August 2010
29.09. Cologne: eco Congress – Roads for Tomorrow
eco’s 2010 Annual Congress will be held on 29 September under the name “Roads for Tomorrow” at the Cologne Radisson Blu Hotel. Participants can expect four fascinating panels, focusing on The Internet of Things, Tablet Devices/Apps, Cloud Services, and Data Centres.
Presentations will include Prof. Matthias Kaiserswerth, Director of the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, talking about Aquasar: A first of a kind hot-water cooled supercomputer.
Jörg Kantel, of the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, will explain why devices like the iPad are leading to a dead end. Consultant Dr Wolfgang Martin will present the findings of the “XaaS Check 2010 – Status Quo and Trends in Cloud Computing” survey.
Meet the Datacenter Star Audit-Team at eco Congress! – For further information see: www.eco.de/kongress2010
25 August 2010
16.09. Düsseldorf: Datacenter Expo 2010
DataCenter Expo 2010 is planned to be the largest single event in Europe for this important and burgeoning industry, gathering hundreds of data center professionals in one place for an annual European expo and conference.
DataCenter Expo 2010 is a FREE, two day Exhibition and Conference, designed specifically to appeal to data center and IT management professionals. Exhibitors will display products and services in the exhibition hall, which will center around helping you to run a more effective and efficient data center, and the two-day Conference will feature leading industry speakers from around the world, make sure you don’t miss it!
At DataCenter Expo you will find solutions for all your data center’s issues in a variety of areas such as: power, cooling and airflow, security, backup, automation, cabling, network administration, grid computing, disaster recovery planning, training and much more, from exhibitors as well as proven experts in these fields.
Meet the Datacenter Star Audit-Team in the exhibition hall, booth E2 near the Cloud Theatre. For further information see: www.datacentre-expo.com
5 August 2010
Interview: Roland Broch, eco e.V.
Cologne, 30.06.2010 – Cloud computing and Green IT have raised the standards for ICT outsourcing firms and data center operators. The Internet association eco has responded to this by relaunching its certification program.
Pironet NDH Datacenter is the first company to be awarded the highest quality rating with the new eco Datacenter Star Audit.
The data center of the outsourcing specialist and provider of cloud computing services received five stars and fulfilled all of the criteria with regard to quality, performance, service, efficiency and security.
Higher power spectrum at data centers
“Performance benchmarks for the operation of data centers have raised considerably in the last five years, since we first conducted the eco Datacenter Star Audit“, explains Roland Broch, Certification Program Manager at the Internet association eco. “The common market capacity rates around 50 percent are no longer up to date. Increasing cost pressure, customer request for demand-oriented IT resources and ecological, sustainable operation methods are forcing professional cloud vendors and data center operators to intelligently apply their resources“, comments Broch. The result is more densely structured IT services, so data centers are now producing a lot more waste heat. Operators must invest in better climate control in order to prevent their high-performance computers from overheating.
Cloud computing is a driver of innovation
Customer-oriented reference models like cloud computing are also increasing the expectations of management and service processes. eco auditors seek to discover whether or not operators have implemented processes which conform to ITIL, ensuring consistently high service quality, even at peak times. “Cloud computing is currently the key driver of innovation in the data center market”, concludes Roland Broch, “to provide IT resources and software services according to customer needs via Internet, vendors must utilise substantially more complex technologies and service processes. We have based the highest rating category of five stars on these new requirements.“
The data center infrastructure of Pironet NDH Datacenter has achieved the highest eco Datacenter Star Audit rating for the second time since 2005. According to a current market comparison study by the Experton Group, the provider of ICT services is one of the leading vendors of cloud services for small- and medium-sized companies. Dr. Clemens Plieth, Managing Director Service Delivery, responsible for all Pironet NDH Datacenter operational services, views the eco testing criteria, which is oriented around the practical needs of companies, as a major strength to his company: “Auditors look very closely at how architecture concepts and processes affect actual use and customer processes. The eco Datacenter Star Audit reflects real market demand.“
30 June 2010
08.06. Working Group Data Center: 100% availability – power supply in the data center
Frankfurt, 08.06.2010 – The right power supply, in addition to network connectivity and cooling, is one of the three key elements of operating a data center. Issues of provisioning, availability, scalability and redundancy of power supply must be taken into account during the planning phase.
Power supply has a wide variety of demands between economy and Green IT.
The eco data center working group will address electricity as a main topic at its next meeting. You’re invited to discuss with experts about current trends and developments in the electricity market and power supply.
The presentations are available for free download here.
AGENDA »| 13:00 | Registration |
| 13:30 | Welcome Dr. Béla Waldhauser, Head of data center working group |
| 13:45 | Secure, highly available power supply and high energy efficiency – a contradiction? Klaus Clasen Notstrom-Technik Clasen GmbH |
| 14:30 | Flexible power distribution and measurement in the data center Michael Schumacher APC by Schneider Electric |
| 15:15 | coffee break and networking |
| 15:45 | Procuring electricity in the deregulated market – using all optimisation levers creates competitive advantages Björn Vortisch enexion GmbH |
| 16:30 | Final discussion, Miscellany Dr. Béla Waldhauser, Head of data center working group |
| 17:00 | End of event |
19 May 2010
Knuerr DataCenterForum 2010
Meet the Datacenter Star Audit on the Knuerr DataCenterForum 2010.
The DataCenterForum 2010 is on tour and continues its success from last year – 20 cities in Europe, nine cities in Germany. The series of events will be promoting the non-commercial transfer of knowledge and information from the field. Enjoy top speakers, who will discuss the latest trends in the world of data centers.
Why not be an exhibitor and engage with some really important players in data center operations and establish some useful contacts in the industry.
read more»13.04.2010 – Hamburg
15.04.2010 – Wolfsburg
20.04.2010 – Cologne
22.04.2010 – Essen
27.04.2010 – Karlsruhe
29.04.2010 – Dresden
04.05.2010 – Frankfurt / Main
06.05.2010 – Berlin
12.05.2010 – Munich
For registration and further information see:
www.datacenterforum.de
29 March 2010
22.03.: DCSA @ future thinking – great moments of data center technologies
The event future thinking on 22 March was a great success for eco. As a cooperation partner, the association had invited Planetarium Mannheim to look to the future of data center technologies. About 130 attendees, including many eco members, used the opportunity to learn what to expect, and what could potentially be expected from them, in the future.
The Association also informed delegates about new projects, Datacenter Star Audit and EuroCloud Deutschland_eco. The organisers, dc-ce RZ-Consulting were also thrilled with the event and already have another future thinking planned for the coming year – in conjunction with eco again though, of course!
read more »| AGENDA | |
| 8:30 | Welcome and registration |
| 9:30 | Welcome by the organizers / introduction by Planetarium Mannheim |
| 10:30 | From satellite to data center Peter Czada, Eumetsat |
| 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:45 | Data center air conditioning without extra cooling Prof. Dr. Volker Lindenstruth, Universität Frankfurt, Energy Efficient Computing |
| 12:30 | Optimization of energy with the help of IT monitoring Dr. Georgis Rimis, Hitachi Data Systems |
| 13:15 | Lunch & Networking |
| 14:15 | An innovative cooling concept with 80% free cooling effect per year Mees Lodder, Kyoto Cooling |
| 15:00 | Use of geothermal energy in the data center Holger Kaiser, Gerber Ingenieurgesellschaft Geothermie mbH |
| 15:45 | Coffee break |
| 16:15 | The development of the ACO data center Michael Käcker, Head of data center ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co.KG |
| 17:00 | get together |
For more information see: www.future-thinking.de/
22 March 2010
17.–18.03.: Webhostingday 2010
Bruehl, 17.03.2010 – WebhostingDay is the largest web hosting event worldwide, taking place in Germany. As an event from the industry – for the industry, it delivers information and impulses directly from the source to the right target groups for your business.
It unites the decision makers from the leading web hosting companies in Europe, America and Asia, providing an ideal venue for an exchange of experiences, as well as a great platform for networking amongst equals. Owing to the event’s international focus, English is the conference language.
You can find the booth of the eco Association at the exhibition area hosting.FAIR Don’t miss the opportunity to become a part of the show – register by March 4 to attend!
There are a limited number of free tickets available for eco-members, so if you’re a member make sure to register as soon as possible to guarantee your free place. We’re looking forward to experiencing a successful WebhostingDay 2010 with you.
14 March 2010
02.03. Working Group Data Center: Key Performance Indicator
Frankfurt, 02.03.2010 – The efficiency of a data center in previous years was defined mainly on the PUE (power usage effectiveness). At the last meeting of the data center working group it was identified that a single Key Performance Indicator (KPI), such as the PUE, is not sufficient for the assessment of energy efficiency. For this reason another benchmark should be considered in the first session of the working group in the new year.
The presentations are available for free download here.
AGENDA / Protocol »Dr. Ralph Hintemann, Senior Researcher from Borderstep Institute reported on the challenges for the evaluation of energy and resource efficiency in data centers. Hintemann, on the basis of the process chain of energy production to the processor and the software application, indicated starting points to the improvement of the energy efficiency.
Dr. Georg Riegel, Managing Director of deZem GmbH put the focus in his lecture (“playful search for nobel prize suspicious data center efficiency indicators beyond the PUE”) on increasing efficiency through transparency. Riegel concluded his presentation with a comparative efficiency analysis on the example of a hive.
As the last speaker of the afternoon, Gerhard Leo Buttner from the Design Institute Munich (DIM) presented various KPI’s in comparison. As a good benchmark for the overall efficiency of the evaluation Büttner recommended the CADE (Corporate Average Data Efficiency).
The presentations were followed by a tour through the data center of Databurg GmbH. Managing Director Peter Werner explained the special features of the company with a short presentation.
| 13:00 | Registration |
| 13:30 | Welcome Dr. Béla Waldhauser Head of data center working group |
| 13:45 | Energy rating A++? Challenges for the evaluation of the energy and resource efficiency in data centers Dr. Ralph Hintemann Borderstep Institute |
| 14:30 | Playful Search for Nobel suspicious Data Center Efficiency indicators beyond the PUE Dr. Georg Riegel deZem GmbH |
| 15:15 | Coffee break & Networking |
| 15:45 | PUE – DCIE – CADE: what is defined efficiency – how many indicators are needed? Gerhard Leo Büttner DIM – Design Institut München |
| 16:30 | Guided Tour – Databurg data center Peter Werner Databurg GmbH |
| 17:00 | End of event |
2 March 2010
02.–06.03.: CeBIT Webciety
Hanover, 06.03.2010 – This year’s CeBIT saw multiple roles for eco. At the Webciety, eco’s stall hosted the Datacenter Star Audit, the Internet complaint site, and EuroCloud Germany_eco, as well as two co-exhibitors, brown-iposs and Acronis Germany. “We were happy to have a great number of visitors”, says Harald A. Summa, Managing Director at eco.
The new association, EuroCloud Germany_eco, in particular had a good start. The association held a press conference and its members participated in many stimulating discussions. One highlight was the visit of Kurt Beck, Minister President of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. eco took the opportunity to present him with the results of eco’s and Arthur D. Little’s joint survey on the German Internet industry.
27 January 2010
eco Datacenter Star Audit: Now in English
eco’s Datacenter Star Audit framework is now available in English. The new online material enables international applicants to better understand how they will benefit from the Datacenter certificate, how the audit works, and what criteria applies.
They now also have access to all information on contracts and costs. eco Datacenter Star Audit objectively evaluates the infrastructure and service provision of data centers. The number of stars awarded allows customers to quickly assess the quality and variety of services offered.
3 January 2010
