Kingdom Trigeneration Summit Opens on Sunday at Riyadh Kingdom Trigeneration Summit will see top industry leaders engage in interactive panel discussions on key challenges and opportunities involved with Trigeneration Technologies in the KSA.

Posted on September 28, 2013 by مشرف

Fleming Gulf’s and The Trigeneration Company (NTCC)’s Kingdom Trigeneration Summit will be inaugurated on September 29, 2013 in Riyadh at Four Points by Sheraton Khaldia and the summit promises to be an eye-opener to a region that is openly receiving and implementing technologies that are truly sustainable and implementable.

Along with Cogeneration, Trigeneration is emerging as the next promising thing to invest on. The system, which simultaneously generates Power, Heat and Cooling is slowly and steadily picking up interest amongst stakeholders. With challenges such as fuel availability, health fallouts, capital outlay requirements, the Kingdom Trigeneration Summit will provide a platform to debate and discuss these issues with the key decision makers and solution providers.

The TriGeneration Company (NTCC) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a leading energy services company in the Middle East, is the Official Host along with its subsidiary companies –  Source Energy, Intelligent Energy Solutions and UGL Services. They will be addressing the participants on Trigeneration technology and its applications in KSA.

Technology solution leaders such as SIPOS AKTORIK, LAKOS, Thermax, S.P.I.G, ADC Energy Systems, ACC Team, 3E and Aprovis will present their state-of-the-art solutions that are steering the development of Trigeneration adoption in KSA.

The summit will also see presentations from senior industry leaders of ECRA, DC Pro Engineering, National Power Company, King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu and King Saud University. Aimed at encouraging the propagation of Trigeneration technology in the Kingdom, the summit  will host over 100 participants from GCC authorities and stake holders in the energy, water and power sectors.

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Ferrum Crescent Limited (“Ferrum Crescent”, the “Company” or the “Group”) (ASX: FCR, AIM: FCR, JSE: FCR) US$13.5m Financing Agreement with Anvwar Asian Investment of Oman

Posted on September 28, 2013 by مشرف

Highlights

  • Ferrum Crescent signs legally binding letter of intent with Anvwar Asian Investment (“AAI”) to progress Moonlight BFS Development
  • US$10m to acquire 35% interest in Moonlight project
  • US$3.5 additional funds to contribute to BFS costs
  • First BFS payments scheduled by end of year
  • AAI representative Anvwar Al Balushi will be invited to the Ferrum Iron Ore board and Moonlight Iron Ore Project steering committee

Ferrum Crescent Limited, the ASX, AIM and JSE quoted iron ore developer, today announces it has signed a legally binding letter of intent (“Agreement”) with Anvwar Asian Investment (“AAI”) to facilitate the completion of the Company’s bankable feasibility study (“BFS”) at the Moonlight Iron Ore Project in Northern South Africa. Under the Agreement, AAI will pay US$10m to Ferrum Crescent in return for a 35% interest in the Moonlight Project and will also contribute US$3.5m to the on-going costs of the BFS. The Agreement is subject to certain conditions regarding confirmation due diligence and the receipt of applicable regulatory approvals.

AAI is an Oman based investment Company chaired by Mr Anvwar Al Balushi, who will be invited to join the Ferrum Iron Ore board and Moonlight Project steering committee upon completion of the agreement. The Moonlight Project provides AAI with potential exposure to an iron ore project capable of producing high-grade pellet product, located within 200km of established rail hubs. Ferrum Crescent has already undertaken extensive metallurgical testwork as part of the Moonlight BFS and earlier this year appointed DANIELI C. Officine MeccanicheS. p.A. (“Danieli”), a global leader in engineering services and equipment supply, as the process engineer for the BFS.

Under the Agreement, an initial acquisition payment of US$1 million will be made to Ferrum Crescent by the end of the November 2013, with the remaining US$9 million to be paid to the Company during Q1 2014. Funds received from the sale will be used by the Company to progress the Moonlight BFS and for working capital requirements. The additional US$3.5m AAI contributions to the BFS costs will be made in prearranged tranches as work progresses.

AAI was introduced to the Company by Dubai-based Naru Capital (which is part of the Naseba Group).  Naru Capital is a capital introduction, deal facilitator in the emerging/growth markets, and a Director of that group played a pivotal role in bringing the parties together.

Commenting today Ed Nealon, Chairman, of Ferrum Crescent said: “AAI is an important strategic partner for Ferrum Crescent as we look to move the Moonlight Iron Ore Project towards construction. Moonlight is a very unique project with metallurgy that shows a very high grade iron product can be produced and shipped using existing infrastructure.”

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Employee missteps among top causes of data theft

Posted on September 28, 2013 by مشرف

Employee error is one of the main causes of internal IT security incidents which lead to the leakage of confidential corporate data, according to the findings of the Global Corporate IT Security Risks 2013 survey conducted by B2B International in collaboration with Kaspersky Lab in 2013.

Although vulnerabilities in software used by company staff in their daily duties is one of the top reasons behind internal IT security incidents (with 39% of companies reporting this issue), the volume of different types of incidents taking place due to staff errors is equally high. Four out of five types of internal IT security incidents that took place at companies were closely related to erroneous employee actions.

Approximately 32% of respondents reported leaks that took place as a result of employee mistakes. A slightly lower number of companies — 30% — reported incidents involving the loss or theft of mobile devices at the fault of an employee. Intentional leaks were committed by employees at 19% of the companies participating in the survey. Incidents were caused by incorrect use of mobile devices (via mobile email clients or text messaging) at 18% of the companies surveyed.

At the same time, an average of 7% of respondents reported that employee actions were the cause of leakages of critically confidential information pertaining to company operations. Most often, leakages of critically sensitive data occurred when employees were at fault over the loss or theft of mobile devices — 9% of respondents reported these types of incidents.

A comprehensive approach to a complex problem

These types of incidents can be eliminated – or at least the risk can be minimized – by taking a set of measures, including educating employees about IT threats, and developing, putting into place, and overseeing the enforcement of appropriate security policies within the company. Another key step is the use of specialized security solutions, such as Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business.

As a top-quality security platform, this Kaspersky Lab product includes a component that protects both desktop computers and mobile devices, and also offers the ability to effectively manage them.

The possibilities offered by this platform provide not only a top level of security for a corporation’s IT infrastructure, it will also help enforce a company’s IT security policies, and even compensate for them in the event that no such policies are in place.

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10 Oreo Tips to bring out the Kid inside you!

Posted on September 28, 2013 by مشرف

As hours, days, and years passes; having fun is not an option in people’s calendar anymore. Do you remember what it was like to be a kid, running around without a care in the world? Or the time when all what matters was a football game, or a Barbie tea party, or getting ice cream? Well, stop remembering because Oreo will take you back in time with 10 tips to bring out the kid inside you.

What’s the purpose of bringing out your inner child?  Well, it to help you get to a happier, more relaxed place. Many of our problems are due to the child spirit that lives inside us – our early experiences that shaped our attitudes. The main difference between children and adults is the amount of experience that they’ve had. Children need to live their childhood age in all aspects. And so does the child in us.  People should place worries, doubts, judgments, and egos aside, and live a true moment with themselves.

Here are some Oreo suggestions to help you enjoy simple pleasures of life. So set the child in you free!

  • Take some time each day to do something that makes your heart smile so deeply. Dance in the rain, finger paint, or a football game in the neighborhood.
  • Buy yourself your favorite cartoon character costume, invite your friends for a costume party and be the childhood hero you always wanted to be!
  • Get your favorite cartoon DVD and watch it with your kids, imitate the character as you used to do when you are kid and set yourself free.
  • Share more time with your kids… why not do the Oreo ritual of Lick, Twist and Dunk with them?
  • Disconnect yourself from technology! No phones, no internet, no play station, no computer. Enjoy childhood fun with a game of Lego, monopoly, or hide & seek. Remember at your time, there was no Facebook or iPads.
  • Healthy food and calories obsession? Well, take a day off and have another pack of biscuits, cotton candy or an ice cream and then run like a kid pretending to burn those calories!
  • Convert your daily chores to something fun. Put your rules and disciplined actions aside for a moment, and challenge yourself!
  • Lend a helping hand and give yourself credit- save that kitten from the tree, help that lady cross the road or share a moment with the less fortunate!
  • Treat yourself with a holiday, you can never be too busy for family so grab your bags and get out there!
  • Give tomorrow a chance and allow yourself to dream.

While seeking your inner child again, you will eventually have to return to responsibilities, but come back with new happy childhood memories. Keep in mind that you can always go back in time & live happy moments of the past, in order to be able to live a happier present with yourself and your loved ones!

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The Globe Summit Series Bring World’s Gastronomic Best to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -Seven festivals of fine dining to take place at Al Faisaliah Hotel in the next 14 months-

Posted on September 28, 2013 by مشرف

Savouring the gastronomic creations of a world renowned chef is a privilege that discerning diners will always relish, and this opportunity has now been expanded seven-fold with the announcement of seven series of the most anticipated gastronomic event in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – The Globe Summit.

One of the most popular gourmet events in the Kingdom for the past five years, The Globe Summit was traditionally a one-week event held at Riyadh’s leading luxury hotel, Al Faisaliah Hotel, A Rosewood Hotel.  This year marks the launch of a new The Globe Summit Series, a series of exclusive events that will take place over a 14 month period and hosted by a number of the world’s most celebrated Grand Chefs.

The series will run in two of the property’s premium restaurants:  the international award-winning The Globe restaurant atop of the Al Faisaliah Tower and the contemporary La Cucina restaurant in the Al Faisaliah Suites.

“We are delighted to host such prestigious gastronomic events that not only embody the excellence of Al Faisaliah Hotel’s restaurants, but also affirm Riyadh’s leadership position as the Kingdom’s leading culinary destination,” said Alex Pichel, Managing Director of Riyadh Rosewood Hotels.

The Globe Summit incorporates a series of course gala dinners, intimate studio lunches that are personally prepared and presented by the chefs, and exclusive cooking demonstrations and seminars.

Hailing from the most acclaimed kitchens in Europe and the U.S., the Grand Chefs will create menus influenced by their respective regions, with signature dishes that have earned them international culinary fame.

The first series takes place from 28th September to 3rd October in Riyadh’s ultra-fashionable restaurant, La Cucina. Italian Chef Hans Baumgartner, holder of two Michelin Stars, will inspire discerning diners with his artistic approach to the finest Italian dishes.

Recognising the popularity of The Globe Summit Series, the most renowned brands in the Kingdom have partnered with Al Faisaliah Hotel to support the most anticipated gastronomic event. Partners include: Andalusia Gourmet, Qatar Airways, Sony, Porta, Al Jazirah Newspaper and Eye of Riyadh.

“The Globe Summit is an event that is unprecedented in the Middle East and we look forward to welcoming both our longstanding and loyal patrons as well as the many visitors we expect to attend,” added Pichel.

For more information and reservations guests are invited to contact the Al Faisaliah Hotel Reservations Centre on +966 11 273 2222.

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Catalogue Show in Jazan promotes business ties between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Germany

Posted on September 19, 2013 by مشرف

Once again the German Catalogue Show, organized by the German-Saudi Arabian Liaison Office for Economic Affairs (AHK Saudi Arabia), was a huge success. This year the product portfolio of the 18 German exhibiting companies ranges from construction, engineering, healthcare, paint, industrial automation and food to sewage systems and higher education.

More than 100 high-ranking representatives of Saudi Arabian companies attended the event in Jazan Chamber of Commerce on the 18th of September. It was the third city after the catalogue show was held in Riyadh and the Eastern province on the 27th and 28th of May. The opening ceremony was held by Mr. Andreas Hergenroether, Delegate of German Industry and Commerce for Saudi Arabia and Yemen and Mr. Nasser Abdo Moraie, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in Jazan. Mr. Eng. Ahmed Mohammed Al-Qunfodi, General Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce in Jazan. Volkswagen Saudi Arabia and Zarka Al Yamama were the platinum sponsors of the event.

“At today’s catalogue show, Saudi businessmen have the unique opportunity to see a wide range of high quality products “Made in Germany” that correspond with the growing demand of transfer of technology in KSA”, Andreas Hergenröther stated in his opening speech. He added that the Catalogue Show is not just a presentation of German products and companies but also a proof of the long lasting and sustainable economic partnership between Saudi Arabia and Germany. “German-Saudi business relations are traditionally sustainable and win-win-partnerships”, Andreas Hergenröther expressed his confidence in the quality of German-Saudi business relations.

The Catalogue Show was established in 2006 and turned out to be a great success. It offers an outstanding opportunity for German companies to get in touch with the Saudi market. The Catalogue Show creates and deepens relations between German companies seeking to enter the Saudi market, and Saudi companies looking for new and innovative products and partners.

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Zaatar w Zeit Unveils its Riyadh Branch – the Largest in the Middle East Urban Lebanese baked wrap concept comes to the Saudi capital New investment supports Saudisation programme by creating job opportunities

Posted on September 19, 2013 by مشرف

Wraps Arabia, the leading food and beverage company, has announced the opening of the first branch of Zaatar w Zeit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The urban Lebanese baked wrap outlet is located on Riyadh’s Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Street and is the largest of the brand’s branches in the Middle East.

The opening of Zaatar w Zeit outlet is the result of a partnership between Cravia Arabia and Health Food Company, an affiliate of Al Rajhi Group, one of the Kingdom’s foremost conglomerates. An agreed investment plan of SR 30 million from the entities will finance the opening of several more branches across the Kingdom in the near future and will create job opportunities for Saudi nationals in the country’s food and beverage sector.

“After a long and rewarding experience with Zaatar w Zeit in the UAE through our parent company, Cravia UAE, it was time to take the brand’s renowned name to Saudi Arabia,” said Walid Hajj, CEO of Wraps Arabia. “In addition to giving customers in the country the opportunity to enjoy Zaatar w Zeit’s delicious menu offerings, the expansion plan will contribute to creating more employment opportunities for young Saudis seeking work in the restaurant industry,” he added.

Zaatar w Zeit’s new Riyadh branch is divided into two sections, the first designated for families and the second for individuals. The total floor space of the outlet is 420 square metres, making it the brand’s largest branch in the Middle East.

Zaatar w Zeit has been able to enjoy a strong brand positioning and high profile in the UAE thanks to its high quality assurance approach and its policy of catering for an eclectic array of customers. The company is regarded in the industry for its high standards of food preparation and menu items that cater for the different taste expectations of a customer profile that comprises a multitude of regions and nationalities.

“The decision to open the new Zaatar w Zeit branch was a natural one to take following our great success in the UAE over the past decade and it forms part of our overall expansion strategy for the wider region,” said Hajj. “Saudi Arabia is the largest market in this part of the world and we aim to build on our existing achievements. We expect that our outlet’s strategic location and extensive menu offerings will play an important role in establishing the brand as a favourite for the capital’s residents and visitors,” he added.

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Salman Khan Loves Splash Splash unveils ‘Love Splash’ as the new brand campaign

Posted on September 16, 2013 by مشرف

Riding high on signing Salman Khan as the brand ambassador, Splash has unveiled the first leg of its hotly anticipated Autumn Winter’13 campaign featuring the heart-throb in the season’s key trends. Revealing an entirely new concept and moving forward from ‘Fashion 365’, Splash’s new brand campaign plays on the brand’s long standing affair with fashion and is titled ‘Love Splash’.

The campaign takes inspiration from the 20 years in love with fashion concept that was launched earlier this year as part of the on-going 20 year celebrations at Splash. Building onto this concept, the new campaign will see the heart symbol, a specially designed logo used as a lifeline that runs across all new communication for the brand.

Talking about ‘Love Splash’, Raza Beig, CEO Splash & Iconic, said, “The new campaign reinforces our love affair with fashion and brings the entire brand experience of 20 years in love with fashion to life. With Salman at the forefront of our campaign we aim to connect with the sensibilities of the fashion-savvy Middle Eastern consumer and build a positive response.”

‘Love Splash’ comprises of three executions with the first phase aiming to make the maximum impact. Brand imagery featuring Salman Khan in various moods expressing his love for fashion will appear across the Middle East in various outdoor locations, in magazines, on online and social media platforms, and through direct marketing initiatives. Salman’s persona of style will motivate customers and fans alike to create their own memorable fashion moments and all at affordable prices.

The second phase will include strategic TV tie-ups with carefully selected Pan-Arab and Asians channels and programs where a 30 second fashion film featuring Salman Khan will be played. The video will show Salman in various looks and moods enjoying his fashion choices.

‘Love Splash’ will also feature additional imagery with models wearing the collection and will be launched in the second and third phase of promotions. The entire campaign is built on the concept of simplicity and an essence of style, with each image highlighting key looks for the season and giving customers more room to experience, experiment and explore.

Splash is also creating a variety of interaction points on its social media platforms for Salman fans and Splash consumers to stay updated on every aspect of  ‘Love Splash’ and also participate in exclusive competitions.  www.splashfashions.com, www.facebook.com/splashfashions, www.twitter.com/splashfashions, www.youtube.com/splashfashion.

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HP Saudi reinforces its commitment to the Kingdom at HP World 2013 The latest offerings in Converged Cloud, Big Data, Security and Mobility portfolios to ‘Shape the Future of the Enterprise’ Under the patronage of His Excellency Eng. Abdullah Al-Darrab, Governor of the CITC, HP World event will be opening on 15th of September

Posted on September 15, 2013 by مشرف

HP today announced the opening of HP World 2013,under the patronage of His Excellency Eng. Abdullah Al-Darrab, Governor of the CITC. HP World will focus on bringing together key IT influencers as well as HP’s customers and partners from the Kingdom, taking place at the Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh.

As one of  the largest IT event of its kind in Saudi Arabia, subject matter experts, industry leaders and key high profile CIOs alike are coming together to create a platform for knowledge sharing of IT success stories and challenges. Attendees of HP World 2013 can explore the newest IT technologies, learn about the latest industry trends as well as network with upwards of 2,500 IT professionals.

Under the theme ‘ Shape The Future of the Enterprise’, HP Saudi is showcasing the latest additions to its Converged Cloud, Big Data, Security and Mobility portfolios, designed to enable organizations to enhance business processes, gain better insight into their data and deliver real-time outcomes.

““HP is dedicated to providing innovative solutions that enable enterprises to enhance their overall business processes,” said Ernest Sales, Vice President and Managing Director, HP Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa. “HP World 2013 has been created to further enhance awareness of HP’s offerings in the Kingdom to deliver end-to-end solutions to help shape enterprises of the future.”

To help organizations reap the rewards of big data, HP announced HAVEn, a big data analytics platform, which leverages HP’s analytics software, hardware and services to create the next generation of big data-ready analytics applications and solutions.

 

HP provides unifying big data analytics platform

HAVEn combines proven technologies from HP Autonomy, HP Vertica, HP ArcSight and HP Operations Management, as well as key industry initiatives such as Hadoop, enabling clients and partners to:

  • Avoid vendor lock-in with an open architecture that supports a broad range of analytics tools.
  • Protect investments with support for multiple virtualization technologies.
  • Speed time to value with highly optimized hardware solutions.
  • Gain value from 100 percent of information, including structured, semistructured and unstructured data, via HP’s portfolio of more than 700 connectors into HAVEn.

HP also is expanding its big data portfolio with new capabilities that help clients build and operate their big data solutions.

HP helps clients unlock hidden data to gain actionable insight

The first integrated big data analytics solution built on HAVEn is HP Operations Analytics, which delivers insight into all aspects of IT operations, so organizations can ensure quality service levels. The solution allows organizations to efficiently consume, manage and analyze massive streams of IT operational data from a variety of HP products, including HP ArcSight Logger and the HP Business Service Management portfolio, as well as third-party sources.

To help clients improve customer engagement and speed response to market opportunities, HP Enterprise Services has introduced HP Actionable Analytics Services.  These solutions enable clients to implement analytics and extract insight hidden within big data, as well as streamline key organizational processes, such as customer offers, procurement, supply chain and inventory operations.

HP helps clients start their journey to big data 

To help organizations avoid setbacks and successfully deploy big data solutions, HP Technology Services has expanded its Big Data Consulting Practice to ensure optimal IT infrastructure performance as well as support for increasing big data demands. New offerings include IT Strategy and Architecture, System Infrastructure, and Protection services that enable clients to align their IT infrastructure to organizational goals, while achieving compliance with industry standards and government regulations.

HP is showcasing its Converged Cloud portfolio, aimed at “delivering improved agility, greater innovation and reduced cost for hybrid cloud environments”.

The company has completed the next phase of a common OpenStack-based architecture for its private, managed and public cloud offerings.

HP delivers OpenStack-based common architecture for HP Converged Cloud

HP Cloud OS is an open and extensible cloud technology platform that leverages the power of OpenStack technology to enable workload portability, simplified installation and enhanced life cycle management across hybrid clouds.

HP CloudSystem, HP’s industry-leading private cloud offering, already embeds HP Cloud operating system (OS) technology, offering customers greater choice in deployment options. To help customers get started quickly with an initial private cloud deployment, HP also is offering the HP CloudSystem Enterprise Starter Suite. This solution provides a rapid, cost-effective way for organizations to get started with rich application cloud services, and reduces up-front costs by up to 20 percent with the bundled offering.

HP Moonshot servers also will be offered with HP Cloud OS, providing simplified provisioning and management for specific cloud workloads such as dedicated hosting and large-scale websites. HP Cloud Services, HP’s public cloud offering, also leverages HP Cloud OS technology, providing one of the leading public clouds based on OpenStack technology. Further, for customers to evaluate and understand the benefits of an OpenStack-based architecture for their cloud needs, HP is offering HP Cloud OS Sandbox for experimentation at no cost.

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EMC Announces Availability of ViPR Software-Defined Storage Platform Releases To Market Ahead Of Industry Expectations

Posted on September 11, 2013 by مشرف

 Today EMC® executives, customers and partners kicked off an around-the-world, 24-hour live broadcast from Milan Italy announcing new technologies that give IT infrastructure teams the speed they need to lead their IT transformation (see related news release).

  • EMC is scheduled to deliver the ViPR® Software-Defined Storage Platform later this month—well ahead of industry expectations.
  • ViPR delivers the ability to both manage storage infrastructure (the “Control Plane” through the ViPR Controller) and the data residing within that infrastructure (the “Data Plane” through ViPR Data Services).
  • ViPR’s first data service—Object Data Services—will be supported at general availability. ViPR Object Data Services support Amazon S3, OpenStack Swift and Atmos API’s, in addition to enabling enterprises and service providers to store, access and manipulate objects.

 

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Today, joined by EMC partners and customers, EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) kicked off a 24-hour, around-the-world live launch announcing new technologies that give IT infrastructure teams the speed they need to lead their IT Transformation. At this event EMC announced that the EMC ViPR Software-Defined Storage Platform, a critical enabler to speeding this transformation, will be available later this month.

Using ViPR, customers can manage both their existing storage infrastructure (using the ViPR Controller) and the data residing within it (using ViPR Data Services), enabling them to help drive improvements in automation and lay down a modern storage architecture for future application deployments. ViPR-supported storage includes the new EMC VNX unified storage platform as well existing EMC VNX, EMC VMAX®, EMC VPLEX®, EMC Isilon®, EMC RecoverPoint® and third-party arrays including NetApp storage. ViPR provides the foundation for building Web-scale data centers without the need to hire thousands of technical experts to create a custom environment.

            Upon general availability, ViPR will deliver Object Data Services—a capability that sets ViPR apart from other solutions on the market. ViPR Object Data Services offer support for multiple standard APIs including Amazon S3, OpenStack Swift and Atmos in addition to giving customers the ability to view objects as files, providing near-file access performance without the latency inherent in current object storage models. ViPR Object Data Services are engineered to be deployed on any ViPR-supported file storage including the new EMC VNX unified storage platform as well existing EMC VNX, EMC Isilon® and third-party arrays including NetApp storage.

Future updates will be designed to add support for additional third-party arrays as well as commodity hardware. EMC also plans to provide a broader set of data services as part of the ViPR platform, including an HDFS Data Service which will enable customers to perform in-place Hadoop analytics across their entire heterogeneous storage environment.

This strategy of broad platform support and open extensibility means that customers can benefit from simplified management of their entire storage infrastructure with the freedom to choose the underlying platforms that are most appropriate for their particular workloads.

In addition, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2013, EMC Global Services plans to offer a new Software Defined Storage (SDS) Workshop that is the ideal starting point for EMC customers to implement VIPR for their IT environment. The half-day on-site workshop helps customers to identify their specific storage management, control, and automation needs to best maximize the ViPR platform. The workshop evaluates a customer’s application and storage environment and designs the optimum storage service catalog and service classification.  A detailed roadmap provides a gap analysis between current state and future state using ViPR.

Analyst Quote

Laura DuBois, Program Vice President, Storage at IDC

 “ViPR simplifies a very complex problem—the management of heterogeneous storage environments while extending the functionality of existing storage arrays is truly powerful. There’s a macro trend in IT right now toward self-service, and ViPR is a first important step in making this real—and easy.”

 

EMC Executive Quote

Amitabh Srivastava, President, Advanced Software Division at EMC

“Today is a significant milestone in EMC’s vision to deliver customers—both large enterprises and service providers—the foundation on which to build a Web-scale data center capable of growing to tens and hundreds of petabytes of information. By delivering ViPR ahead of industry expectations, we will provide our customers with a lightweight, software-only approach to storage management that not only solves the problems they face today, but provides a path to the future.”

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