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DIMENSION DATA INTRODUCES WAN OPTIMISATION
ACROSS ITS GLOBAL CLOUD

New capabilities accelerate application delivery and network performance across Dimension Data’s Global Cloud Exchange

Sydney, Australia – 13 February 2013 - Dimension Data, a $5.8 billion ICT solutions and services provider, announced today that it has introduced WAN optimisation capabilities to its cloud globally. By deploying WAN optimisation technology in Dimension Data’s Managed Cloud Platform (MCP) cloud data centres, Dimension Data clients are reporting a significant increase in application performance across the entire cloud. Organisations using the cloud for database replication, file synchronisation, backup and disaster recovery between data centres have realised the greatest improvement in performance. As an enhanced capability, WAN optimisation is provided as part of the company’s standard public cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering at no additional charge.

Dimension Data has implemented WAN optimisation controller (WOC) appliances in its MCPs in San Jose, Ashburn, Amsterdam, Sydney and Johannesburg. Traffic moving between these sites is encrypted over a VPN tunnel and optimised for delivery using de-duplication and application-specific protocol optimisation.

“With the addition of WAN optimisation capabilities, we are helping our clients overcome the latency and bandwidth constraints often associated with public cloud services,” said Steve Nola, CEO of Dimension Data’s Cloud Solutions Business Unit. “No other cloud provider offers a core that is optimised for acceleration. By providing optimal network and cloud performance, in addition to flexibility and ease of use, we provide organisations the ability to speed the process of migrating their data and applications to the cloud.”

“WAN optimisation has had a dramatic impact on application performance in the enterprise,” said Jim Metzler, founder and vice president of IT consulting company, Ashton, Metzler & Associates. “By enabling WAN optimisation between its cloud data centres, Dimension Data is offering organisations the ability to increase the performance of key data centre applications such as database replication and backup and recovery while bringing WAN optimisation into the public cloud as standard feature.”

Additionally, Dimension Data has been working on several other enhancements to increase the overall performance and reliability of its cloud offering. In December, Dimension Data introduced two new capabilities:

• Server Anti-Affinity: increases resiliency by allowing end users to configure a rule ensuring two Cloud Servers do not reside on the same physical host. If a physical host fails, only one of the two Cloud Servers will be affected, increasing resiliency.
• Global Import and Export: allows users to import and export images from the cloud to their own data centre or between MCPs. This makes it easy to move workloads between different cloud data centres through the web-based administrative user interface or the REST-based API.

Dimension Data’s Cloud Services are delivered on Dimension Data’s Managed Cloud Platform™ (MCP), a fully-managed cloud delivery platform. Hosted within a Dimension Data or client data centre, the MCP is comprised of cloud infrastructure (servers, storage, networking, virtualisation and operating system software) and Dimension Data CloudControl™, a cloud management system that provides operational control and automation of cloud resource provisioning, orchestration, administration, and billing. Dimension Data’s public cloud services can be accessed globally via Dimension Data Public MCPs in San Jose, CA and Ashburn, VA, United States; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Sydney, Australia, Johannesburg, South Africa and Hong Kong.

Dimension Data’s WAN optimisation capability is immediately available as part of its cloud offerings.  For more information, please visit www.dimensiondata.com/cloud

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About Dimension Data
Founded in 1983, Dimension Data plc. is an ICT services and solutions provider that uses its technology expertise, global service delivery capability, and entrepreneurial spirit to accelerate the business ambitions of its clients. Dimension Data is a member of the NTT Group. www.dimensiondata.com

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