"In May 2023, four customers and four partners were awarded Veeam Innovation Awards (VIAs) to celebrate their great outcomes and their amazing solutions. The VIA process kicks off each November with nominations and culminates at our annual VeeamON event. In the partner category, we had four fantastic solutions that covered a breadth of solution areas.

"Technical leaders turn to third-party experts to take ownership of critical layers of their technology stack as organizations' IT systems become increasingly complex. This is particularly evident when it comes to components such as backups and disaster recovery, which need to be resilient in the face of constant changes like the move to hybrid clouds and SaaS, application modernization, software-defined networking, and the growing risks of ransomware and data theft."

Opti9 Technologies has launched Observer Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ransomware detection and standalone managed services – two new standalone service offerings that cater to organizations leveraging Veeam Software.

NYNOG Appoints Dave Temkin as President and Adds Three Board Members. New York Network Operators Group (NYNOG) refreshes board members and announces June event

Opti9 Technologies LLC (Opti9) of Garden City, NY and Omaha, NE, announces the launch of Observr, its ransomware detection service offering at VeeamON 2022, the Modern Data Protection Conference of the Year. Observr allows businesses to detect when anomalies are occurring within their infrastructure, such as ransomware and other malicious activities.

Network automation: the complexity conundrum. Automation can be a double-edged sword in the network arena. What we need is intelligent automation.

"Opti9 CTO Accepted Into the Veeam Vanguard Program. The Veeam Vanguard Program is Veeam’s top-level influencer community. This group shares points of view, provides feedback and is committed to mutual success. Experts in the Vanguard program are a combination of many different disciplines, contribution types and advocacy mechanisms yet are each the best in space regarding technical thought leadership for the technical communities in which Veeam exist[s].

"Veeam provides automation that allows us to store customer archival data on 2 distinct and diverse platforms, providing the highest levels of assurance for compliance and data protection. Each customer’s backup is stored on Opti9’s resilience storage platform, and their second copy is stored on ejected and encrypted virtual tapes in Glacier Deep Archive. It’s like putting one copy on the moon and one on Mars.

Ahead of DCD>New York, Sagi Brody, CTO, Webair sat down for a Q&A with DCD's Kisandka Moses, who is producing this year's conference, to discuss the evolving demands of data center owners, the rise of the cloud and the shift to hybrid models in the age of data center diaspora.

"Open-IX, a 501(c)(6) non-profit industry association promoting better standards for data center interconnection and internet exchanges, has recently announced a newly ratified standard allowing non-profit organizations and internet exchange community members to achieve Open-IX (OIX) certification at no cost. Approved in December 2018, this new standard is identical to the costed version and has been ratified by the newly elected board.

Adds New Capabilities for Microsoft Azure and Azure Stack as well as Amazon Web Services, IBM Cloud and Thousands of Service Providers

"Open-IX, a non-profit industry association, is pursuing better standards for data center interconnection and internet exchange. The organization has ratified a new standard enabling non-profit organizations and Internet exchange community members to achieve Open-IX (OIX) certification at no cost. Identical to the costed version, the standard was approved in December 2018 and ratified by the newly elected board.

"Webair announced today its chief technology officer Sagi Brody will speak at the 16th Annual DatacenterDynamics Data Center & Cloud Infrastructure Transformation Summit, taking place May 1-2, 2018 in New York City. Brody, who is responsible for all technical infrastructure, design and operations at Webair, will join fellow executives for a panel session titled “Successful Transitions From On-Prem to Colo; What’s Best Practice?” Brody will examine how switching from on-prem to an off-site data center creates a secure and flexible solution that protects against risks associated with companies operating their own facility.

Webair, a high-touch, agile Cloud and fully managed infrastructure service provider, today announces plans to create new jobs and invest $20 million in cloud and critical infrastructure upgrades at its NY1 data center on Long Island over the next four years. The investments are driven by the Company’s recent acceptance into the New York Empire State Development (ESD) program and an allocation of 1 MW of low-cost hydropower from New York Power Authority’s (NYPA’s) ReCharge NY program, as well growing customer demand for low latency compliance cloud and managed hybrid infrastructure.

"Designed to serve the professionals that contribute to the growth of the data center industry, IMN’s 8th Annual Fall Forum on Data Centers & Cloud Services Infrastructure (Midwest) will take place at the JW Marriott Chicago, November 16-17, 2017. This forum brings together hundreds of data center owners, tenants, investors and service providers to discuss business strategy, ROI, and market supply and demand while focusing on the critical business issues that C-level executives regularly face.

"Enterprises collect more data than ever but life at the speed of data presents a number of challenges. Igneous recently delved into the topic of challenges of massive file systems that go beyond what is generally referred to as “big data” by bringing together a group of people on the infrastructure frontlines to get their insights.

Healthcare organizations are still hesitant to migrate to cloud-based HIT infrastructure systems because of security concerns stemming from storing PHI in an off-premises location.

"Medical data is one of the hottest commodities on the black market, typically selling for approximately $14 to $25 per record. Because of this, healthcare providers must take advanced measures to protect electronic personal health information (ePHI), especially when storing data offsite in a hosted cloud facility.

NYNOG (New York Network Operators Group), a New York based organization connecting New York network operators and technology professionals by providing educational events and programs, announced its initial board members and results of its first election for officer positions.

"This spring, the global event for the cloud and service provider ecosystem is coming to the city of sunshine, palm trees and movie stars. For its 13th annual conference, HostingCon Global 2017 will take place April 3-6 in Los Angeles at the L.A. Convention Center. The agenda features in-depth workshops, educational sessions and an exhibit hall targeted at key decision-makers from hosting, cloud and managed services providers, hardware and software vendors, value added resellers, ISPs, domain registrars and others who make the internet work. Symantec, Lenovo and Huawei are among official sponsors for the four-day event, which offers virtually unlimited opportunities to network and develop new business.