After many months of infrastructure re-architecting, KMi Systems have deployed the University’s first hyperconverged platform for its VMware vSphere estate. Hyperconvergence is a type of infrastructure system with a software-centric architecture that tightly integrates compute, storage, networking and virtualization resources and other technologies from scratch in a commodity hardware box supported by a single vendor….
We’re pleased to announce that the MK Data Hub has received two prestigious awards in an event run by a global leader in Virtualisation and Cloud Computing. The MK Data Hub received awards for "Best virtualisation and disaster recovery project" and the top prize of "Best at show" at the VMworld Europe User Awards 2015. The event held…
The OU-led digital initiative MK:Smart was successful at the 22nd annual Storage Awards, held at the prestigious Grand Connaught Rooms in London. The MK Data Hub was nominated (and won!) in the “Best Storage Solution” category for its “Data protection project”, this was built in conjunction with NCE Europe, Arcserve and CMS Distribution. Attending and receiving…
Robbie Bays is attending this year’s "VMworld Europe" conference in Cannes. VMworld, organized by VMware, primary purpose is to share and discuss their advances in virtualization with thousands of industry professionals and experts. KMi runs many virtual servers within our SAN environment, and VMware’s latest developments promises to bring huge benefits to our infrastructure. This…
Stefan Rueger, Paul Alexander and Robbie Bays attended the Green IT Networking Seminar hosted by the London Technology Network (LTN), at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London. The event showcased cutting-edge research and development in technologies which can help reduce energy costs and improve our organizations carbon footprint. KMi were on hand…
