: ServerBeach Brings Customers New Virtual Server Offering

 

 

ServerBeach Brings Customers New Virtual Server Offering

VANCOUVER, Aug. 2, 2011 - ServerBeach, the leading dedicated hosting provider that prides itself on being built by Geeks for Geeks, today announced the launch of its new Virtual Servers. ServerBeach Virtual Servers allow businesses to lower the burden of server administration, create hosting resources that adapt to their business needs, and reduce hosting costs by consolidating multiple servers into a single machine.

"With everything we do at ServerBeach, we're committed to delivering what our customers need. With ServerBeach Virtual Servers, we're appealing to our hands-on customers and offering them choice," said Dax Moreno, General Manager, ServerBeach. "Our Virtual Servers can run off of Citrix and Microsoft, and will soon include Red Hat and KVM. We're able to offer all of this along with round-the-clock, live customer care."

ServerBeach Virtual Servers are ideal for SMB customers who want to self-manage their virtual environments with a single centralized management console-based control center. Each Virtual Server can be provisioned and running in minutes and has its own infrastructure, operating system, application stack, as well as its own access and authorization rules.

All ServerBeach virtualized, physical dedicated servers are backed by ServerBeach's 24x7x365 Live Customer Care and 100 percent Network Uptime Service Level Agreement, and are available on select ServerBeach 32-bit and 64-bit dedicated servers. Virtual Servers will be available at ServerBeach datacenters in Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

ServerBeach clients have a choice of hypervisors, including:

Citrix XenServer (free edition)

  • XenServer Hypervisor, a robust virtual instance manager
  • Centralized management made possible by XenCenter to provision, administer and manage the network from a single console
  • Live migration with XenMotion, so users can flexibly move a virtual instance across the physical server without disruption

Microsoft Server 2008 R2

  • Live backup support allows users to perform live backup for virtual instances without downtime
  • Add and remove virtual storage without having to shut down a hypervisor or pause its workload
  • Increase failover protection by enabling multiple nodes to simultaneously access a single-shared volume

All ServerBeach virtualized dedicated servers are compatible with modern scripting languages, web servers and databases.

ServerBeach Virtual Servers are available through the ServerBeach website and through its network of resellers. For more information and to purchase ServerBeach Virtual Servers, please visit: http://www.serverbeach.com/virtual-servers

About ServerBeach

ServerBeach, a division of PEER 1 Hosting, offers self-managed dedicated servers built "By Geeks, For Geeks™". Built on solid hardware, server automation tools and the PEER 1 SuperNetwork, ServerBeach provides Linux and Microsoft users with a low-cost dedicated server, complete with a full set of developer's tools. The company specializes in self-managed dedicated servers on Linux and Windows platforms. For more information, please visit www.serverbeach.com.

About PEER 1 Hosting

PEER 1 Hosting is one of the world's leading IT hosting providers. The company is built on two obsessions: Ping & People. Ping, represents its commitment to best-in-breed technology, founded on a high performance 10Gb FastFiber Network™ connected by 17 state-of-the-art datacenters, 21 points-of-presence and 10 colocation facilities throughout North America and Europe. People, represents its commitment to delivering outstanding customer service to its more than 10,000 customers worldwide, backed by a 100 percent uptime guarantee and 24x7x365 FirstCall Support™. PEER 1 Hosting's portfolio includes Managed Hosting, Dedicated Servers under the ServerBeach brand, Colocation and Cloud Services. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with European operations headquartered in Southampton, UK. PEER 1 Hosting shares are traded on the TSX under the symbol PIX. For more information visit: www.peer1.com or www.peer1hosting.co.uk.

 

 

Huawei announces new Global Cyber Security Officer

 

John Suffolk Joins Huawei as Global Cyber Security Officer

 

Shenzhen, China, 1 August, 2011: Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced the appointment of John Suffolk as its Global Cyber Security Officer (“GCSO”), effective October 1.

 

Mr. Suffolk will report directly to Huawei’s CEO. He will be in charge of developing Huawei’s cyber security assurance strategy and system, managing and supervising its implementation. The system will be adopted globally by all business groups and across all departments including R&D, supply chain, marketing and sales, project delivery and technical service. As Huawei’s GCSO, Mr. Suffolk will also refine Huawei’s cyber security assurance system through communication with customers, partners, employees, and other stakeholders. The GCSO’s office will be located in Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China.

 

Cyber security is a global challenge. It requires governments, operators, vendors, enterprises, consumers and industry experts to work together in an open, transparent and cooperative manner. This ecosystem includes a regulatory framework and oversight established by governments, robust networks deployed and managed by operators that are able to meet the requirements of comprehensive security assurance and emergency response, as well as the consciousness of both enterprises and consumers on protecting trade secrets and privacy. As an ICT solution provider, Huawei’s cyber security assurance system integrates end-to-end cyber security into solutions covering clouds, pipes and devices, the customer-oriented business processes and the whole ICT supply chain. In addition, Huawei also places great importance on improving employees’ awareness towards cyber security. Establishing and implementing this end-to-end cyber security assurance system is one of Huawei’s development strategies.

 

“We are delighted to welcome John Suffolk to Huawei,” said Ken Hu, Deputy Chairman of the Board and Chairman of Huawei’s Global Cyber Security Committee, “With convergence of the ICT industry, Huawei is expanding its business beyond its traditional operator market to meet the communications need of both enterprises and consumers. Industry convergence will also expand the complexity of cyber security challenges, and Huawei is fully committed to addressing the emerging challenges of tomorrow together with our customers. Mr. Suffolk has a wealth of experience and expertise in dealing with cyber security issues with deep insights into emerging global cyber security trends. This will enhance Huawei’s capabilities in addressing security challenges, and further support our proven track record and reputation among customers in an increasingly complex environment.”

 

Prior to joining Huawei, Mr. Suffolk was the Chief Information Officer of the United Kingdom (UK) Government, responsible for the development and implementation of the UK Government’s Transformational Government Strategies, the Technology Strategy, and the Information Assurance Strategy. He has also been an adviser to the World Bank High-Level Experts group since 2010 advising governments on how ICT can be used to transform the public service sector and generate economic growth.  Previously, Mr. Suffolk was the Director General of the UK Criminal Justice Transformation Programme and before that Managing Director of the Britannia Building Society, a large retail financial services company.

 

He holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from University of Wolverhampton and he is a certified director from the UK Institute of Directors.

 

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About Huawei

Huawei is a leading telecoms solutions provider serving 45 of the world’s top 50 telecom operators. Huawei’s products and solutions have been deployed in over 100 countries and support the communications needs of one third of the world’s population. The company is committed to providing innovative and customized products, services and solutions to create long-term value and growth potential for its customers.

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Avnet Technology Solutions Introduces New Consultative Services to Accelerate Cloud Adoption

July 26, 2011 - Avnet Technology Solutions Introduces New Consultative Services to Accelerate Cloud Adoption

Cloud strategy workshops and assessment services help Avnet partners create migration paths to cloud computing for their customers

Tempe, Ariz. -- Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distribution leader and operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today unveiled the latest services in its cloud computing solutions portfolio - cloud strategy workshops and cloud assessment services. These consultative service engagements are available as resellable services for Avnet's independent software vendors (ISVs) and value-added reseller (VAR) partners. Avnet's partners can build on these engagements to provide their end-user customers with the quantitative and qualitative analysis they need to make informed decisions on how to incorporate cloud computing into their data centers. The services are designed to create an opportunity for partners to work hand-in-hand with their customers to create strategies and migration paths to cloud computing.

"While CIOs and IT teams recognize the benefits of cloud computing, industry analysts consistently find that many IT executives are trying to figure out how to build cloud solutions into their enterprise strategies," said Dan Allaby, director of managed and cloud services, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas. "Our ISV and reseller partners are experiencing this first-hand as they have discussions with their current and prospective customers. Avnet developed the cloud workshop and assessment services to provide our partners with a progressive, data-driven approach to help their customers develop and ultimately implement their cloud computing strategies. This approach positions our partners as trusted advisors by giving them a seat at the table throughout the strategy development process, while ensuring they have revenue-generating opportunities for the consultation they are providing."

The one-day billable cloud workshops bring partners together with their customers' C-level and senior IT management teams to collaborate on cloud strategies, based on in-depth industry knowledge from Avnet. The workshops are facilitated by Avnet's cloud solutions architects, whose expertise helps drive the discussion toward a practical cloud strategy using qualitative and quantitative information and industry best practices. The workshop session includes an executive overview and education on cloud computing, as well as an interactive discovery process to create a shared cloud vision and approach for the organization. During the session, the customer identifies their cloud computing goals and business objectives. This process uncovers gaps between the current state of their technology infrastructure, processes, governance, security and people skills and the desired end state. Following the workshop, the partner will be able to provide their customer with an executive-level summation including scope, approach, high-level findings and recommendations.

In addition, partners can help move their customers' cloud strategy closer to the implementation stage with Avnet's cloud assessment services. This on-site professional services engagement is typically three weeks in duration and includes a business and technical analysis of the customer's organizational readiness for adopting a cloud computing strategy. With assistance from Avnet, partners work with key stakeholders within their customer's organization to determine key drivers and goals. The result is a detailed report documenting the customer's current state of cloud readiness, cloud strategy recommendations with ROI metrics, and changes required to meet business needs and IT goals. The assessment methodology is based on Avnet's Cloud Maturity Model - a framework that outlines the stages and requirements across people, processes and technologies - for cloud adoption.

"We're having very in-depth conversations with our customers about cloud computing, but it's often challenging to help them quickly bridge the gap from discussion to strategy to implementation," said Mike Martin, vice president Cloud Solutions at Logicalis, Inc., a global provider of high-performance technology and server virtualization solutions and an Avnet partner. "Avnet's new cloud workshop and assessment services are the perfect solution to help us move our customers progressively toward cloud computing implementation. It will accelerate our sales cycle for cloud solutions, while ensuring that we are generating revenue through every step of the cloud engagement process."

For more than a year, Avnet has enabled and prepared partners to capitalize on cloud computing growth opportunities through CloudReady™, the cloud-specific component to its SolutionsPath methodology. This initiative includes education, training, financing solutions, professional services, technical resources and integrated cloud computing solutions.

Additionally, partners can leverage Avnet's SolutionsPath practices in conjunction with CloudReady, to further develop specialization in the high-growth vertical markets of energy, finance, government, healthcare and retail, and data center technology areas including mobility, networking, security, storage and virtualization.

Follow Avnet Technology Solutions, North America on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AvnetAdvantage.

About Avnet Technology Solutions
As a global IT solutions distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions collaborates with its customers and suppliers to create and deliver effective solutions that address the business challenges of their end-user customers locally and around the world. For fiscal year 2010, the group served customers in more than 70 countries and generated US $8.19 billion in annual revenue. Avnet Technology Solutions (www.ats.avnet.com) is an operating group of Avnet, Inc.

About Avnet
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology serving customers in more than 70 countries worldwide. Avnet accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers by providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended July 3, 2010, Avnet generated revenue of $19.16 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.

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Survey Finds Organizations Are Realizing Significant Benefits by Adopting "Bring Your Own" Device Policies

 

 


 

Survey Finds Organizations Are Realizing Significant Benefits by Adopting “Bring Your Own”  Device Policies

 

Desktop Virtualization Viewed as a Key Enabler

 

SANTA CLARA, CA, July 26, 2011: Citrix Systems, Inc. today announced the results of the Citrix Bring-Your-Own (BYO) Index revealing that 92 percent of IT organizations are aware that employees are using their own devices in the workplace and 94 percent intend to have a formal BYO policy in place by mid-2013, up from 44 percent today. The research found that attracting and retaining the highest quality talent, increased worker productivity and mobility and greater employee satisfaction, as well as reducing IT costs, are the primary drivers of BYO adoption.

 

“There are two reasons that BYO is being embraced within organizations,” stated Mick Hollison, vice president, Desktop Marketing & Strategy, for Citrix. “There are those that are using BYO to keep up with the rapid consumerization of enterprise IT and then there are forward-thinking CIOs who have embraced BYO as a way to attract the best talent, encourage a flexible working environment and raise productivity levels.”

 

Desktop Virtualization is a Key Enabler

Sixty two percent of surveyed organizations indicated that they have already invested or plan to invest in desktop virtualization, technology that allows organizations to manage Windows-based desktops centrally in the datacenter, then deliver them to all types of users across the enterprise. Eighty percent of those organizations intend to leverage their desktop virtualization investment to support employee-owned devices and BYO.  This trend is driven by the fact that desktop virtualization addresses the two key challenges cited by survey participants – security and device management.  By enabling IT to centrally manage and secure desktops, applications, and data in the datacenter, business information is always secure. Even when data is stored on the end point device, IT has the ability to remotely erase data in the event the device is lost or stolen.  Desktop virtualization makes it possible for IT to deliver desktops and apps straight from the datacenter to any device, making device management radically simpler. 

 

“Desktop virtualization enables IT to fundamentally rethink the way user hardware is provisioned by making a reliance on a limited number of corporate-standard PCs, laptops and smartphones a thing of the past,” stated Hollison. “It also provides a safe way of delivering a desktop to any employee, on any device, wherever they are, with the a consistent high definition user experience.”

 

Evolution of Devices will be a Driver

The survey also revealed that the types of devices used by workers will continue to evolve in the coming years. The most popular devices brought into the workplace today are the laptop and smartphone. However, most companies anticipate that within two years, the use of tablet computers as the primary personal computing device will rise significantly to almost 23 percent from just 8 percent today. IT decision-makers also believe they will need to manage a wide range of tablet platforms by 2013 including Apple iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows.  Desktop virtualization technologies will make it possible for IT to support this growing device diversity with a universal way to deliver desktops and apps from the datacenter.

 

Other Key Findings

  • The primary benefits of BYO are improved employee satisfaction at 57 percent, increased worker productivity at 52 percent, greater mobility for workers at 51 percent, more flexible work environments for employees at 46 percent and reduced IT costs at 36 percent.
  • Forty-four percent of organizations intend to pay employees a stipend roughly equivalent to the cost of its own IT department procuring and managing a comparable device and 31 percent plan to help offset some of the cost.
  • Ninety four percent of IT decision makers indicated that the introduction of a BYO policy has predominantly been led by the IT department.  They also noted that other departments are getting involved in the development of BYO policies with Human Resources participating in 39 percent of organizations, Legal in 35 percent and Finance departments in 29 percent. 

Related Links

· Whitepaper: IT Organizations Embrace Bring-Your-Own Devices

· Webpage: Citrix BYO solutions

· Expert blog: Flying Free: My First 30 Days as a Citrix Remote Employee

· Expert blog: My experience with Desktop as a Service (DaaS) and why I think Desktop as a Device is Dead!

· Expert blog: A Look at Bring Your Own Devices in the Enterprise

· Expert blog: Getting Consumerization Right With Citrix and Microsoft

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· Twitter: @Citrix, @xendesktop

 

 

Sample size

The research for the Citrix BYO Index was conducted independently by Vanson Bourne in May 2011, and is based on 700 IT professionals across seven markets. One hundred IT professionals were surveyed in each of seven markets including: Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. In each country, half of the respondents represented companies of 500-1,000 employees and the other half work for companies of 1,000+ employees.

 

 

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help people work and play from anywhere on any device.  More than 230,000 enterprises rely on Citrix to create better ways for people, IT and business to work through virtual meetings, desktops and datacenters.  Citrix virtualization, networking and cloud solutions deliver over 100 million corporate desktops and touch 75 percent of Internet users each day.  Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2010 was $1.87 billion.

 

 

Symantec Exceeds a Quarter-Billion User and Device Certificates and Enhances Cloud Infrastructure to Support Continued Growth


Symantec Exceeds a Quarter-Billion User and Device Certificates and Enhances Cloud Infrastructure to Support Continued Growth

 

TORONTO, ON. – July 28, 2011 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that it has issued more than a quarter-billion certificates verifying user and device identity. The milestone not only points to certificates as a critical foundation for protecting sensitive customer data today, but also to their growing importance in smart phones, tablets, set-top boxes and other devices.

 

Certificates enable the strong authentication, email encryption and digital signature applications essential to secure sensitive data against increasingly frequent, targeted, and severe cyber attacks. Managing certificates through Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is critically important, especially on the skyrocketing number of mobile devices as well as cloud-based applications requiring authentication. The emergence of nontraditional PKI applications—such as securing machine-to-machine communications as part of delivering smart electrical grids—is among many reasons that certificate-based PKI is more important than ever.

 

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Unmatched Capability
As one of the largest Certificate Authorities (CAs) and PKI providers in the world, with more than a decade of experience, Symantec enables IT security architects to address a wide range of security challenges with scalable, flexible, and reliable enterprise solutions that can meet both current and future needs. The newly rebranded Symantec Managed PKI Service—the third generation of Symantec’s PKI—is built from the ground up as a secure, scalable, multi-tenant cloud-based service that helps protect customer data and preserve customer trust. This platform makes it easier than ever to deploy and scale certificate-powered security applications for the rapidly growing number of organizations leveraging mobile and cloud computing models.

A Legacy of Trust
Symantec has a strong reputation of securing critical Internet infrastructure, with its root certificates ubiquitous among major browsers. Symantec’s many government certifications and approvals prove not only the depth of its expertise, but also its track record of running PKI in the cloud. A broad range of customers includes large enterprises, national governments, hi-tech industry consortiums such as WiMAX, CableLabs, CI+ Forum and Symantec’s own global Affiliate network. As networking capabilities are increasingly embedded into critical infrastructure, such as the electrical grid, Symantec’s PKI solutions will play a critical role in delivering secure, trusted communications to protect this infrastructure from attack.

Symantec Managed PKI Service 
On-premise certificate-based PKI solutions have historically been complex and costly to use, deploy and operate. To specifically address these challenges, Symantec Managed PKI Service, is a cloud-based offering that makes protection of sensitive data easier and more cost-effective. The cloud-based approach dramatically lowers the cost and complexity of establishing PKI-based solutions, while new automation capabilities significantly reduce end-user and IT intervention and preserve business continuity. Symantec Managed PKI Service revolutionizes the focus of PKI from infrastructure to delivering applications that address customers’ real-world problems.

Availability

 

Symantec Managed PKI Service is available now. For more information, please visit:  http://bit.ly/uauthen 

 

Quotes

“Hitting a quarter-billion user and device certificates is a huge milestone that reflects the success we’ve had enabling large commercial and government organizations to improve their security by leveraging certificates for strong authentication, encryption and digital signatures. Symantec’s newly released Managed PKI Service will only accelerate the adoption of cloud-based certificate solutions to power the next generation of security applications and the organizations that will increasingly rely on them.”
-- Adam Geller, senior director, User Authentication, Symantec

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Hitachi Data Systems Honours Canadian Hitachi TrueNorth Partners for FY2010 Successes

 

NEWS RELEASE: Hitachi Data Systems Honours Canadian Hitachi TrueNorthTM Partners for FY2010 Successes

 

HighVail Systems, PureLogic IT Solutions, Scalar Decisions and TeraMach Technologies Take Top Awards from Hitachi TrueNorth Canada

 

TORONTO  — July 28, 2011 — Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), today announced that Canadian Hitachi TrueNorth Partners, HighVail Systems, PureLogic IT Solutions, Scalar Decisions and TeraMach Technologies, have been recognized by Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Canada for their achievements in promoting and selling Hitachi Data Systems products and solutions in Fiscal Year 2010.

 

“What sets these partners apart is their tremendous support of Hitachi Data Systems integrated approach of one platform for all data, and the investments they have made in selling high value solutions that deliver superior ROI and maximize customers' existing IT infrastructure,” says Barry Morrison, regional vice president, Hitachi Data Systems Canada. “As we continue to invest in our partners, they will bring our unique value into an expanded customer base in new markets in Canada.”

 

HighVail Systems: The Toronto-based veteran solutions provider received the Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Program, Canada award for Top Modular Partner of the Year FY10. HighVail Systems has been an HDS partner for more than eight years and embraced tiered storage and virtualization from the very outset. HighVail Systems successfully promoted HDS benefits into the financial services and commercial sectors, leveraging its expertise and certifications as well as its multiple complementary partnerships, achieving consistent growth annually. Aligning directly with the HDS go-to-market strategy, HighVail Systems is focused on providing highly available and reliable solutions for standalone as well as public and private cloud infrastructures.

 

PureLogic IT Solutions: This Ottawa-based IT reseller received the Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Program, Canada award for Top Rookie of the Year for FY10. PureLogic concentrates its sales efforts on the data centre, providing the best technical solutions in server compute technology, multitiered data storage platforms, networking infrastructure and professional services. Leveraging software to enhance technology, PureLogic IT has quickly become an industry leader in the IT VAR sector. Since its start in 2008, PureLogic has grown into a multimillion dollar company with strong leadership and a focused team.

 

Scalar Decisions: An IT solutions integrator headquartered in Toronto with offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa and South Western Ontario, Scalar received two awards: Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Program, Canada Top Growth Partner of the Year for FY10 and Top New Named Accounts Partner of the Year for FY10. Scalar is a Canadian leader in designing, deploying and managing innovative solutions focused on data centre automation and cloud enablement. In 2010, HDS products and solutions delivered exceptional value to Scalar's customers and greatly contributed to its continued growth.

TeraMach Technologies: This Ottawa/Toronto based solution provider received the Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Program, Canada award for Top Revenue Partner of the Year for FY10 for wins at many federal departments and agencies, provincial and municipal governments. TeraMach consistently demonstrates its understanding of the value that HDS solutions bring to organizations and shares the goal of providing industry-leading storage solutions that deliver superior ROI and maximize customers’ existing infrastructure investments. Customers also benefit from TeraMach’s multimillion dollar interoperability solutions lab.

 

The awards were given out at Canada’s annual Hitachi TrueNorth Partner Summit, held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, June 21 and 22, 2011.

 

About Hitachi Data Systems

Hitachi Data Systems provides best-in-class information technologies, services and solutions that deliver compelling customer ROI, unmatched return on assets (ROA) and demonstrable business impact. With a vision that IT must be virtualized, automated, cloud-ready and sustainable, Hitachi Data Systems offers solutions that improve IT costs and agility. With more than 4,700 employees worldwide, Hitachi Data Systems does business in more than 100 countries and regions. Hitachi Data Systems products, services and solutions are trusted by the world’s leading enterprises, including more than 70 percent of the Fortune 100 and more than 80 percent of the Fortune Global 100. Hitachi Data Systems believes that data drives our world – and information is the new currency. To learn more, visit: http://www.hds.com.

 

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2010 (ended March 31, 2011) consolidated revenues totaled 9,315 billion yen ($112.2 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

 

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EMC Accelerates Virtualization of Mission-Critical Oracle Environments on VMware Platform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EMC Accelerates Virtualization of Mission-Critical Oracle Environments
on VMware Platform

EMC Helps Maximize Customer Investment in Oracle Software by Increasing
Performance, Efficiency and Availability of Oracle Environments through
Virtual and Cloud Infrastructure

News Summary:

* New EMC Proven™ Solution accelerates the movement of Oracle
production databases from physical to virtual in less than 30 minutes
without downtime on EMC® Symmetrix® VMAX™ and EMC VNX™ unified storage.

* New EMC Proven Solution accelerates the scaling of virtualized
production system with the ability to deploy four new production
application and database servers in approximately 10 minutes with VMware
VM templates on EMC Symmetrix VMAX and EMC VNX unified storage enabling
zero downtime.
* New EMC Proven Solution dramatically improves performance of Oracle
database and reduces costs through leveraging EMC Symmetrix VMAX and
FAST VP with VMware vSphere.
* New EMC reference architecture using Vblock™ Infrastructure Platforms™
for a significantly-virtualized Oracle application environment improves
IT application performance more than 300 per cent as compared to legacy
SUN/Solaris infrastructure. Enhanced backup and recovery of Oracle with
EMC Data Domain® data deduplication storage systems allow databases
administrators to control Oracle backups using Oracle Recovery Manager
(RMAN) to send data directly to systems that provide 10-30 times data
reduction.
Enhanced replication of Oracle with EMC VNX unified storage and the EMC
Remote Protection Suite enable transaction consistent replication for
point-in-time copies of Oracle Database 11g environments without
downtime or performance impact to production applications.
New EMC Application Virtualization Readiness Assessment for Oracle
helps companies develop a virtualization strategy, system design and
implementation plan for a virtual Oracle system by evaluating
constraints and dependencies across Oracle applications and
infrastructure.

Customer Quotes:

“In a physical server model, cloning our production Oracle database
configuration for test and development was time consuming, complex and
expensive, leading to an inappropriate environment that was
unacceptable. Virtualizing our Oracle database servers with VMware
vSphere® on EMC VMAX and EMC VNX storage systems allows us to quickly
create as many test and development environments as we need using the
same virtual infrastructure in just minutes. In addition, virtualizing
our Oracle servers has allowed us to leverage more Oracle instances per
physical core with the possibility to run different OS and Oracle
software versions on the same host, improving the return on investment
in our Oracle software,” said Andrei Maier, System Architect of
Swedbank.

“Through virtualization of our mission-critical application
environments, including Oracle, we have been able to consolidate from 50
physical servers to four VMware vSphere® servers, a nearly 15 to one
consolidation. I can now deploy an Oracle test database in under an hour
and have it ready to test the latest release of our banking application.
Through the use of EMC DataDomain, we have achieved a de-dupe ratio of
20:1 during backups allowing us to scale our virtual environment cost
effectively,” said Mark A. Smithey, Vice President, technology
services at The Washington Trust Company.

“Before virtualizing, utilization rates were typically in the range
of 15-20 per cent for our Oracle database servers. Since deploying
VMware vSphere® on the EMC Symmetrix VMAX storage platformwe have almost
doubled our server utilization rates through leveraging more Oracle
instances on the same infrastructure, increasing our return on
investment. In addition, migrating our Oracle database servers to the
VMware platform and Linux has led to increased database performance and
we can now leverage the functionality of VMware vSp
here for faster
server failover and high availability,” said, Haim Inger, Chief
Technology Officer, CLAL.

Full Story:

HOPKINTON, Mass. – July 28, 2011 – EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC)
today announces several new EMC Proven Solutions and real-world use
cases from EMC’s IT organization to help customers accelerate their
journey to the cloud and more easily and effectively virtualize their
mission-critical Oracle test and development servers, production
databases, as well as applications. By using EMC and VMware vSphere® as
the cloud infrastructure to virtualize Oracle environments, customers
can achieve significant benefits in performance, total cost of ownership
and efficiency through self adjusting tiered storage, faster replication
and maximum high availability.

Virtualizing all levels of the Oracle ecosystem requires an optimized
infrastructure with virtual servers and storage to unlock the benefits
of Oracle software. EMC maps out a logical approach to deploying VMware
vSphere across Oracle test and development servers, production database
servers as well as application servers to achieve the following
results:

* Deploy Oracle test and development in seconds: Consolidating
infrastructure across shared EMC Symmetrix VMAX and EMC VNX unified
storage systems reduces the time to provision new servers and storage
capacity, while EMC replication products allow movement of production
Oracle databases to virtualized test and development in less than 30
minutes with zero application impact. Once virtualized, VMware
vSphere-based virtual machine (VM) templates can be utilized together
with Oracle’s Clone DB feature to deploy new test/dev environments in
seconds accelerating the speed and efficiency of test and development
for Oracle database and application environments.

* Scale Oracle production databases and applications in minutes:EMC
Symmetrix VMAX and EMC VNX unified storage consolidate application
servers across a shared network, allowing common data for every
application server to be shared avoiding redundancy and excessive cost.
Once virtualized, four new production database and application servers
can be deployed in approximately 10 minutes using VMware VM templates,
allowing applications to scale without downtime.

* Improve performance and reduce cost through automated tiering:
Customers are increasingly exploiting the benefits of automated tiering
with Flash drives (or SSDs). In fact, EMC shipped more flash capacity in
the first half of 2011 than in all of 2010 on VMAX and EMC unified
storage (EMC VNX, EMC CLARiiON®, EMC Celerra® and EMC Centera®).
Technology such as EMC FAST VP for instance reduces the time it takes to
configure and tune storage for Oracle environments by up to 80 per cent.
Deploying EMC Symmetrix VMAX and FAST VP with VMware vSphere in Oracle
database server environments out-performs a physical Oracle database
server environment delivering up to 44 per cent more transactions per
minute and up to 50 per cent more users with up to 33 per cent savings
on power and cooling, using up to 40 per cent less CPU cores through
virtualization. Leveraging EMC FAST VP in physical Oracle environments
delivered over 80 per cent more TPM with up to 37 per cent faster
response times. EMC’s IT organization
(http://www.emc.com/microsites/emc-it-proven/index.htm) has
documented how leveraging Vblock infrastructure platforms from VCE, the
Virtual Computing Environment Company, boosted performance more than 300
per cent for EMC production IT applications running on a
significantly-virtualized Oracle infrastructure, while in one year
saving over US$5M in hardware, software and maintenance as compared to
the legacy SUN/Solaris environment.

* Enhanced Oracle backup and recovery: EMC Data Domain deduplication
storage systems have revolutionized disk-based backup and recovery with
high-speed, inline, deduplication. Database administrators can easily
backup and recover Oracle databases directly to and from Data Domain
systems usin
g Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN). Oracle backups can be
reduced in size by 10-30 times so disk backup storage is cost-effective
for onsite retention and highly efficient for network-based replication
to disaster recovery sites. Data Domain systems are qualified with all
leading enterprise backup software applications including EMC Avamar®
and EMC Networker®.

* Enhanced Oracle replication: EMC VNX Unified storage deployed with
the EMC Remote Protection Suite improves replication of Oracle Database
11g environments by maintaining write order consistency while avoiding
the need to shut down the database or put it in hot backup mode during
replication. Consistent writes represent no impact to database
performance and normal I/O resumes once the replication is complete.

* Create the optimal virtualization approach for Oracle Applications:
EMC Application Virtualization ReadinessAssessment for Oracle
(http://www.emc.com/services/consulting/application/offerings/oracle-virtualization.htm#pcvc)
evaluates the constraints and dependencies across Oracle applications
and infrastructure, providing the information necessary to scope and
plan a virtualized Oracle environment. EMC Global Services professionals
provide consulting and implementation expertise using automated tools
and best practices and work directly with customers’ IT and business
teams to realize the hardware savings, productivity benefits, and
performance increase of a virtual Oracle environment.

VMware Executive Quote:

“Customers on the path to the cloud require a proven, low-risk means
for virtualizing the business-critical applications their businesses
depend on, such as Oracle databases,” said Hatem Naguib, Vice
President, Alliances, VMware. “VMware and EMC today provide supported,
customer-validated solutions for virtualizing Oracle environments that
deliver increased performance and agility, accelerated deployment and
guaranteed service levels while enabling a pragmatic approach for cloud
deployments in the future.”

EMC Executive Quote:

“Many customers have reached the part in their journey to the cloud
where the next step is to virtualize their mission-critical applications
to gain even more OpEx and CapEx savings as well as greater IT
efficiency on all levels. With new EMC Proven solutions and reference
architectures, EMC is making virtualization of Oracle a cost-effective
reality by enabling them to maximize existing Oracle software
investments and create a foundation to optimize the use of the VMware
platform across their Oracle landscape,” said EMC’s Prasad Rampalli,
Senior Vice President, EMC Solutions Group.

About EMC

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service
providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service.
Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through
innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud
computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze
their most valuable asset – information – in a more agile, trusted
and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at
www.EMC.com.

EMC Canada (www.EMC2.ca), headquartered in Toronto with nine offices
from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation.

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Gartner Says Less Than Half of Security Software Market Belongs to Top Five Vendors

Gartner Says Less Than Half of Security Software Market Belongs to Top Five Vendors

Analysts Explore Security Market at Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2011, 19-20 September, London

Egham, UK, July 27, 2011— 

Just 44 percent of the $16.5 billion world wide security software market in 2010 belonged to Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro, IBM and CA, according to Gartner, Inc. The combined market share for the top five vendors has dropped from 60 percent since 2006 (see Table 1).

“The information security market is in a continuous state of consolidation, but even fairly intense merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has not stopped the market from being very fragmented,” said Ruggero Contu, principal research analyst at Gartner. “Market expansion and innovation are driven partly as a result of new start-up players entering the market. New players bring innovative technology solutions to cater for end-user requirements that in turn are created as a result of the new threats, often introduced by cybercriminals taking advantage of new vulnerabilities created by changes to IT ecosystems.”

Gartner said that while M&A activity been a constant factor, the market is far from reaching a consolidated status, i.e. in which more than 60-70 percent of the market is owned by the top five vendors. Currently, any consolidation at the top is contrasted by an expansion of the market at the bottom.

Table1                                                                                                                                                                   
Market Share Trend, Top Five Vendors, 2006 Versus 2010

Vendor

2006 Security Software Market Share (%)

   Vendor

2010 Security Software Market Share (%)

Symantec

29.5

   Symantec

18.9

McAfee

12.3

   McAfee

10.4

Trend Micro

8.1

   Trend Micro

6.3

IBM

5.3

   IBM

4.9

CA

5.0

   CA

3.8

Total

60.0

   Total

44.3

Source: Gartner (July 2011)

Gartner analysts said the main reason for this trend is that established leaders are losing market share to smaller players, many of which were start-ups that developed new offerings to meet newly introduced threats and vulnerabilities, or they implemented a successful go-to-market strategy, built themselves a niche presence and gradually took market share away from incumbent vendors. Similar to other related markets, such as the IT operations management market, security relies a great deal on innovation from start-up companies, which is particularly the case with a continuous influx of new vulnerabilities and threats.

“We expect more consolidation to take place place, along with innovations being introduced by new additions to the market,” said Mr. Contu. “The security market continues to provide good growth opportunities for both established players and start-up companies, and the market landscape remains fairly dynamic with many competitors. While end-user organisations have shown an increasing preference to use a suite of products from fewer suppliers, the complexity of end users' product portfolios will not be solved in the short term because new, stand-alone niche tools will continue to be purchased to solve new rising threats and vulnerabilities that incumbent players haven't been able to address.”

Gartner analysts will discuss the worldwide security market at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2011.

About Gartner Security & Risk Management 2011
The Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2011 provides chief information security officers (CISOs) and security, risk management and business continuity professionals with advice on infrastructure protection, governance, risk management, compliance, business continuity, disaster preparedness, response and recovery. The event features analyst-moderated user roundtables, workshops and end-user case studies, plus new research, trend updates, best practices and long-range scenarios.

The Province of Nova Scotia and Cisco Collaborate to Advance e-Nova Scotia Initiatives

PRESS RELEASE

The Province of Nova Scotia and Cisco Collaborate to Advance e-Nova Scotia Initiatives

HALIFAX, NS. – July 19, 2011

A memorandum of understanding signed today by Premier Darrell Dexter and Cisco Canada President Nitin Kawale will support efforts in improving economic, social and environmental sustainability for all Nova Scotians.

This memorandum of understanding marks the first time Cisco has entered into a collaboration agreement with a province in Canada.

"Change is key to a better future, and this kind of collaboration will develop innovative and effective solutions," said Premier Dexter. "Global companies bring new ideas and new opportunities for Nova Scotians to improve our healthcare, connected communities and higher education. Cisco is currently working with global cities such as London, United Kingdom, Songdo, South Korea, and Vancouver, Canada, on a range of connected solutions."

This non-binding three-year agreement will help strengthen Nova Scotia's efforts in delivering reliable and effective solutions in areas including healthcare, education, and environment.

The relationship will encourage the adoption of new technology and solutions, mentoring and collaboration, entrepreneurship, and commercialization.

"We are delighted to collaborate with the Province of Nova Scotia and to work with them on further utilizing their demonstrated leadership in ICT and broadband deployment," said Mr. Kawale. "Cisco has been involved around the world in helping countries, states, provinces and cities develop Smart+Connected Community strategies to realize economic development, enable environmental sustainability and enhance quality of life. We look forward to helping Nova Scotia investigate the benefits that connected solutions can bring to the province."   

Cisco's Smart+Connected Community solutions provide communities with tools to help generate sustainable economic growth and enhance quality of life.  These solutions include those for utilities, safety and security, real estate, transportation, healthcare, education, sports and entertainment venues, and government services.

About Cisco

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. Cisco Canada Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cisco, has offices across Canada dedicated to customer support, sales and service. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com/canada/.

SAP Reports 35% Growth in Software Revenue at Constant Currencies and 20% Growth in Non-IFRS Software and Software-Related Service Revenue

SAP Reports 35% Growth in Software Revenue at Constant Currencies and 20% Growth in Non-IFRS Software and Software-Related Service Revenue at Constant Currencies for the Second Quarter

Walldorf - July 26, 2011 -

  • 6th Consecutive Quarter of Double-Digit Growth in Non-IFRS Software and Software Related Service Revenue
  • Second Quarter Non-IFRS Operating Profit Increased 26% at Constant Currencies Resulting in a 1.5 Percentage Point Increase in Non-IFRS Operating Margin at Constant Currencies
  • Second Quarter Non-IFRS Earnings Per Share Increased 26%

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011

“We are pleased to report another strong quarter,” said Werner Brandt, CFO of SAP AG.  “The strong customer demand for our industry leading innovations positions us well to achieve our goal of at least €20 billion in total annual revenue and a 35% operating margin by the middle of the decade, as well as for the long term.”

“The team delivered another outstanding quarter as customers in all regions and across every industry embrace the power of SAP’s strategy,” said Bill McDermott, co-CEO of SAP AG.  “Our innovations such as SAP HANA along with our mobility and business analytics solutions are fueling our pipeline as customers want to grow their business and solve their most pressing industry-specific challenges.  Our consistent results and ever-expanding ecosystem demonstrate that SAP is the better choice for customers of all sizes.”

“We are witnessing a structural change in the IT market - customers are shifting more of their investments toward software as it continues to become a larger and more important component of the overall technology stack.  As a result, we are seeing strong demand from customers,” said Jim Hagemann Snabe, Co-CEO of SAP.  “We focused our strategy on innovation at the right time and are now reshaping the industry with our mobility, in-memory and cloud solutions. Innovation is driving growth again at SAP.”

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS – Second Quarter 2011

  Second Quarter 20111)
  IFRS Non-IFRS2)
€ million, unless
otherwise stated
Q2 2011 Q2 2010 % change Q2 2011 Q2 2010 % change % change const. curr.3)
Software revenue  802 637 26% 802 637 26% 35%
Support revenue 1.681 1.526 10% 1.689 1.526 11% 15%
Software and software-related service revenue 2.579 2.258 14% 2.587 2.258 15% 20%
Total revenue 3.300 2.894 14% 3.308 2.894 14% 20%
Total operating expenses -2.443 -2.120 15% -2.289 -2.040 12% 17%
Operating profit 857 774 11% 1.019 854 19% 26%
Operating margin (%) 26,0 26,7 -0,7pp 30,8 29,5 1,3pp 1,5pp
Profit after tax 588 491 20% 703 562 25%  
Basic earnings per share (€) 0,49 0,41 20% 0,59 0,47 26%  
Number of employees (FTE) 54.043 48.021 13% na na na na








1) All figures are unaudited.
2) Adjustments in the revenue line items are for the support revenue that would have been recognized had the acquired entities remained stand-alone entities but that SAP is not permitted to recognize as revenue under IFRS as a result of business combination accounting rules. Adjustments in the operating expense line items are for acquisition-related charges, share-based compensation expenses, restructuring and discontinued activities.
3) Constant currency revenue and operating profit figures are calculated by translating revenue and operating income of the current period using the average exchange rates from the previous year's respective period instead of the current period. Constant currency period-over-period changes are calculated by comparing the current year's non-IFRS constant currency numbers with the non-IFRS number of the previous year's respective period.

Revenue – Second Quarter 2011

  • IFRS software revenue was €802 million (2010: €637 million), an increase of 26% (35% at constant currencies).
  • IFRS software and software-related service revenue was €2.58 billion (2010: €2.26 billion), an increase of 14%. Non-IFRS software and software-related service revenue was €2.59 billion (2010: €2.26 billion), an increase of 15% (20% at constant currencies).
  • IFRS total revenue was €3.30 billion (2010: €2.89 billion), an increase of 14%. Non-IFRS total revenue was €3.31 billion (2010: €2.89 billion), an increase of 14% (20% at constant currencies).

Second quarter 2011 non-IFRS software and software-related service revenue and total revenue exclude a deferred support revenue write-down from acquisitions of €8 million.

Profit – Second Quarter 2011

  • IFRS operating profit was €857 million (2010: €774 million), an increase of 11%. Non-IFRS operating profit was €1.02 billion (2010: €854 million), an increase of 19% (26% at constant currencies).
  • IFRS operating margin was 26.0% (2010: 26.7%), a decrease of 0.7 percentage points. Non-IFRS operating margin was 30.8% (2010: 29.5%), or 31.0% at constant currencies, an increase of 1.3 percentage points (1.5 percentage points at constant currencies).
  • IFRS profit after tax was €588 million (2010: €491 million), an increase of 20%. Non-IFRS profit after tax was €703 million (2010: €562 million), an increase of 25%. IFRS basic earnings per share was €0.49 (2010: €0.41), an increase of 20%. Non-IFRS basic earnings per share was €0.59 (2010: €0.47), an increase of 26%. The IFRS effective tax rate in the second quarter of 2011 was 26.9% (2010: 27.4%).  The non-IFRS effective tax rate in the second quarter of 2011 was 27.2% (2010: 26.7%).

Second quarter 2011 non-IFRS operating profit excludes a deferred support revenue write-down from acquisitions of €8 million, acquisition-related charges of €111 million, expenses from discontinued activities of €10 million, share-based compensation expenses of €32 million and restructuring expenses of €1 million (2010: €0 million, €65 million, €2 million, €12 million and €1 million). Second quarter 2011 non-IFRS profit after tax and non-IFRS basic earnings per share exclude a deferred support revenue write-down from acquisitions of €5 million, acquisition-related charges of €75 million, expenses from discontinued activities of €10 million, share-based compensation expenses of €24 million and restructuring expenses of €1 million (2010: €0 million, €49 million, €12 million, €9 million and €1 million ) net of tax.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS – Six Months 2011

  First Half 20111)
  IFRS Non-IFRS2)
€ million, unless
otherwise stated
1H 2011 1H 2010 % change 1H 2011 1H 2010 % change % change const. curr.3)
Software revenue  1.385 1.101 26% 1.385 1.101 26% 31%
Support revenue 3.336 2.920 14% 3.361 2.920 15% 16%
Software and software-related service revenue 4.906 4.205 17% 4.931 4.205 17% 19%
Total revenue 6.324 5.403 17% 6.349 5.403 18% 19%
Total operating expenses -4.870 -4.072 20% -4.551 -3.933 16% 17%
Operating profit 1.454 1.331 9% 1.798 1.470 22% 24%
Operating margin (%) 23,0 24,6 -1,6pp 28,3 27,2 1,1pp 1,2pp
Profit after tax 991 878 13% 1.231 1.000 23%  
Basic earnings per share (€) 0,83 0,74 12% 1,04 0,84 24%  
Number of employees (FTE) 54.043 48.021 13% na na na na

1) All figures are unaudited.
2) Adjustments in the revenue line items are for the support revenue that would have been recognized had the acquired entities remained stand-alone entities but that SAP is not permitted to recognize as revenue under IFRS as a result of business combination accounting rules. Adjustments in the operating expense line items are for acquisition-related charges, share-based compensation expenses, restructuring and discontinued activities.
3) Constant currency revenue and operating profit figures are calculated by translating revenue and operating income of the current period using the average exchange rates from the previous year's respective period instead of the current period. Constant currency period-over-period changes are calculated by comparing the current year's non-IFRS constant currency numbers with the non-IFRS number of the previous year's respective period.

Revenue – Six Months 2011

  • IFRS software revenue was €1.39 billion (2010: €1.10 billion), an increase of 26% (31% at constant currencies).
  • IFRS software and software-related service revenue was €4.91 billion (2010: €4.21 billion), an increase of 17%. Non-IFRS software and software-related service revenue was €4.93 billion (2010: €4.21 billion), an increase of 17% (19% at constant currencies).
  • IFRS total revenue was €6.32 billion (2010: €5.40 billion), an increase of 17%. Non-IFRS total revenue was €6.35 billion (2010: €5.40 billion), an increase of 18% (19% at constant currencies).

First- half 2011 Non-IFRS software and software-related service revenue as well as total revenue exclude a deferred support revenue write-down from acquisitions of €25 million (2010: €0 million).

Profit – Six Months 2011

  • IFRS operating profit was €1.45 billion (2010: €1.33 billion), an increase of 9%.  Non-IFRS operating profit was €1.80 billion (2010: €1.47 billion), an increase of 22% (24% at constant currencies).
  • IFRS operating margin was 23.0% (2010: 24.6%), a decrease of 1.6 percentage points. Non-IFRS operating margin was 28.3% (2010: 27.2%), or 28.4% at constant currencies, an increase of 1.1 percentage points (1.2 percentage points at constant currencies).
  • IFRS profit after tax was €991 million (2010: €878 million), an increase of 13%. Non-IFRS profit after tax was €1.23 billion (2010: €1.00 billion), an increase of 23%. IFRS basic earnings per share was €0.83 (2010: €0.74), an increase of 12%. Non-IFRS basic earnings per share was €1.04 (2010: €0.84), an increase of 24%. 

First-half 2011 non-IFRS operating profit excludes a deferred support revenue write-down from acquisitions of €25 million, acquisition-related charges of €222 million, expenses from discontinued activities of €12 million, share-based compensation expenses of €84 million and restructuring expenses of €1 million (2010: €0 million, €119 million, €2 million, €17 million and €1 million). First-half 2011 non-IFRS profit after tax and non-IFRS basic earnings per share exclude a deferred support revenue write-down from acquisitions of €16 million, acquisition-related charges of €150 million, expenses from discontinued activities of €12 million, share-based compensation expenses of €61 million and restructuring expenses of €1 million (2010: €0 million, €90 million, €18 million, €13 million and €1 million) net of tax.

Cash Flow – Six Months 2011

Operating cash flow was €2.27 billion (2010: €1.28 billion), an increase of 77%.  Free cash flow was €2.02 billion (2010: €1.16 billion), an increase of 75%. Free cash flow was 32% of total revenue (2010: 21%). At June 30, 2011, SAP had a total group liquidity of €4.40 billion (December 31, 2010: €3.53 billion), which includes cash and cash equivalents and short term investments. Net liquidity at June 30, 2011 was €531 million compared to - €850 at December 31, 2010. This is mainly due the positive development of the operating cash flow in the first six months of 2011.

Business Outlook

The Company is providing the following outlook for the full-year 2011, which has changed from the previous outlook provided on April 28, 2011. The Company has refined the outlook for Non-IFRS software and software-related service revenue at constant currencies and non-IFRS operating profit at constant currencies.

  • The Company reaffirmed that it expects full-year 2011 non-IFRS software and software-related service revenue to increase in a range of 10% – 14% at constant currencies (2010: €9.87 billion), but the Company now expects to reach the high end of the range.
  • The Company reaffirmed that it expects full-year 2011 non-IFRS operating profit to be in a range of €4.45 billion – €4.65 billion at constant currencies (2010: €4.01 billion), but the Company now expects to reach the high end of the range, resulting in 2011 non-IFRS operating margin increasing in a range of 0.5 - 1.0 percentage points at constant currencies (2010: 32.0%).
  • The Company reaffirmed for the full-year 2011 that it projects an IFRS effective tax rate of 27.0% – 28.0% (2010: 22.5%) and a non-IFRS effective tax rate of 27.5% - 28.5% (2010: 27.3%).

Major Customer Wins

In the second quarter of 2011, SAP closed the following major contracts.

EMEA
Nycomed Danmark ApS, GK ALMI, Fressnapf Tiernahrungs GmbH, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Rieter Machine Works Ltd.

Americas
Servicios Liverpool, S.A. de C.V., Hydro One Networks Inc., Medtronic, Inc., Molex Incorporated, Johns Hopkins, Southwest Airlines Company.

Asia Pacific/Japan
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, China National Biotec Group, Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited, Centre For Railway Information Systems (CRIS), Hyundai Logiem Co., Ltd , Central Pattana Public Co., Ltd.

SAP Business ByDesign
Treveri Basketball AG, Ströhmann Steinkult GmbH, Bruno Söhnle GmbH, Agilita, College of Management and Technology, JBM Shelters, Aerospace Engineers, Channel Tech, RTC Industries.

Q2 2011 Interim Report
SAP’s Q2 2011 Interim Report was published today and is available at www.sap.com/investor for download. The interim report includes an update on SAP’s sustainability performance.

Webcast

SAP senior management will host a conference call Wednesday, July 27th at 2:00 PM (CET) / 1:00 PM (GMT) / 8:00 AM (Eastern) / 5:00 AM (Pacific).  The conference call will be web cast live on the Company’s website at www.sap.com/investor and will be available for replay.

About SAP

As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back office to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable more than 172,000 customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more information, visit www.sap.com.

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