Roundup Dec 12

Here is your Headline Roundup for the week beginning Nov 12, ending Nov 16.

• HP and Microsoft announced a global, four-year initiative to deliver Microsoft’s communications and collaboration applications via global private and public cloud services – more
• Australian data center service provider Red Cloud has signed a multi-module contract with IO, and will deploy 4.5 megawatts of IT capacity in new modular facilities in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth – more
• Data Centers Canada has begun construction on expanding its Toronto North Data Center. The facility, located in the Toronto suburb of Vaughan, will be expanded to approximately 20,000 square feet – more
• Salesforce.com and NTT Communications announced today that salesforce.com’s Tokyo data center has gone live. Housed in a NTT data center, the Tokyo data center will support adoption of salesforce.com’s social enterprise services – more
• Telx announced that Justin.tv has selected Telx as its mission-critical infrastructure colocation provider for the launch of TwitchTV, a new online gaming community – more
• Internap Network Services announced the official opening of its new data center in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, located in Plano, Texas – more
• Peak 10 announced today that it is delivering cloud and managed services to Nashville-based healthcare technology company iPractice Group – more
• Amazon Web Services has expanded its cloud computing platform to South America with the addition of data center infrastructure in Sao Paulo, Brazil – more
• Virtustream has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Enomaly, which makes software for private cloud management – more
• Colocation and managed services provider DataChambers has agreed to be acquired by North State Communications, a leading telecom provider in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina – more
• Verizon (VZ) announced it will upgrade its IP network infrastructure in select U.S. markets, deploying Cisco’s CRS-3 Carrier Routing System platform – more
• HP announcedthat ViaWest has selected HP 3PAR Utility Storage – more
• Power Assure and ABB announced that ABB will integrate Power Assure EM/4 data center energy management software in the ABB Decathlon Data Center Enterprise Management (DCEM) product and services offering – more
• Cloud hosting provider StrataScale, Inc. has begun lining up customers for its new data center in Ashburn, Virginia – more
• CentriLogic has opened a new data center on York Street in downtown Toronto – more
• RightScale and Logicworks announced they have joined forces to deliver a powerful solution to help enterprises simplify and manage both their public and private cloud resources – more
• Salesforce.com (CRM) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rypple, a social performance management company – more