A diagram illustrates Flexiant’s Extility cloud platform network (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – UK cloud solutions provider Flexiant ( www.flexiant.com ) announced on Monday that it has upgraded its cloud platform Extility and has launched IPv6 support. According to the press release, this announcement marks Flexiant “as the first cloud software provider in Europe to announce full commercial support for IPv6.” This announcement comes two weeks after Denmark web host Netgroup deployed Flexiant’s Extility cloud virtualization platform.  Flexiant says Extility 1.3 enables data center operators and the end-user to manipulate virtual resources and ensure they are always deployed where needed. “We completely understand that data centers are restricted by their existing investment in software, hardware and other IT infrastructure,” Tony Lucas, founder of Flexiant said in a statement.

An image outlining the makeup of the NetApp partner ecosystem (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Cloud computing company PeakColo ( www.peakcolo.com ) announced on Friday that it has joined the Partner Program for Service Providers operated by storage solutions vendor NetApp ( www.netapp.com ), giving it access to tools and best practices from the company, along with a more direct relationship with that company’s sales and engineering departments. PeakColo says it delivers its infrastructure as a service cloud computing offerings to customers based, in part, on NetApp storage technologies

An image from the FiberMedia website, illustrating some of the company’s infrastructure offerings (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator FiberMedia ( www.fibermedia.net ) announced on Thursday that it has successfully launched its Managed Cloud platform, including the product’s first significant customer deployment in support of a multi-national financial services firm. The company says the new product’s launch comes just after FiberMedia announced major upgrades to its data center facilities in Secaucus, New Jersey and Westchester, New York.

Eric Wenig, vice president of ESSN at HP (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – The second last keynote of day two came from HP ( www.hp.com ) VP of ESSN Eric Wenig, who delivered a presentation called “XaaS in the cloud”, which served as a broad overview of the company’s converged infrastructure architecture and cloud solutions.

Renée Bergeron, VP of managed services and cloud computing at Ingram Micro (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In the last keynote before lunch, Renée Bergeron, VP of managed services and cloud computing at Ingram Micro discussed how providers can lead and supply the IT channel with cloud solutions in her presentation, “Clarity of Vision in a Cloudy World”. She started by listing the reasons to move to the cloud, an argument that anyone who is attending this conference is probably already aware of. These benefits include business agility, cost efficiency, leverage core competencies and IT resources to focus on innovation, disaster and business continuity, and being a part of a green initiative

Part of the Cloud Files screenshot tour on Rackspace’s website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web host Rackspace ( www.rackspace.com ) announced on Wednesday that it has expanded its cloud infrastructure in the UK.

Part of the Cloud Files screenshot tour on Rackspace’s website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Web host Rackspace ( www.rackspace.com ) announced on Wednesday that it has expanded its cloud infrastructure in the UK.