At the heart of the group’s Cloud Computing strategy, providing hosting for French companies and data for the Lyon Smart Community demonstrator
PUTEAUX, France --
Toshiba Cloud & Solutions Division, a pioneering player in the Toshiba Group’s development of Cloud Computing, today announced the opening of Toshiba’s first datacenter in Europe, located in France.
Toshiba Cloud & Solutions Division is directed at professional markets, public and private-sector companies, and entities within the Toshiba Group. The creation of this datacenter is in line with the Group’s goal of accompanying its clients right from the design of IT products and solutions through to hosting related services tailored to specific needs.
The datacenter’s location illustrates Toshiba’s commitment to the Grand Lyon district. The firm has been chosen to head up the network of private-sector partners in Lyon Smart Community, Europe’s largest eco-renovation project. One of Toshiba’s key roles is the design and development of the energy planning system, as well as hosting all the regional Tier3+ Cloud servers and applications.
The datacenter also hosts firms located in other regions, illustrating Toshiba’s broader ambitions. “Developing this first datacenter in Rhône-Alpes highlights the importance of the Grand Lyon project for Toshiba and embodies the group’s investment in the development of its Cloud offering,” explains Philippe Hartmanshenn, Managing Director of Toshiba Systèmes France’s Cloud & Solutions Division. “This allows us to move both internal and external client resources and services offsite to our high-security servers – located in France. We also plan to use the datacenter to develop and integrate business solutions for our clients from every sector.”
Projects include the design and administration of information systems for virtualization projects, rollout of thin clients, and outsourced data backup. Structured around vertical markets, the Toshiba Cloud & Solutions offering is based on knowhow developed in mobile computing, e-health and education in particular.
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About Toshiba
Toshiba is a world leader and innovator in high technology, spanning a range of electrical and electronic appliances: digital consumer products, electronic devices and components, energy solutions including nuclear power, social and industrial infrastructures, and household appliances.
Established in 1875, today Toshiba has an international network of over 490 companies, with a global workforce of 203,000 and annual revenues in excess of $77 billion.
Website: www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm
Headquartered in Neuss, Germany, Toshiba Europe GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Toshiba Corporation, Tokyo.
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