Press Releases
15 April 2008
HDS hosts an International Press Event at Data ÍslandiaA press conference on the 15th April at the Hilton Nordica Hotel, Reykjavik highlighted Iceland’s capacity for an environmentally-responsible answers to regulatory and governance data management issues. The following major international news organisations were present at this event:
§ Financial Times (UK)
§ The Guardian (UK)
§ The Times (UK)
§ Neue Zuercher Zeitung (Switzerland)
§ El Mundo (Spain)
§ Die Welt Handelszeitung (Germany)
§ De Volkskrant (The Netherlands)
And other journalists from the technical and business publications
Icelandic advantages for 100% all-green archival storage were reviewed by the press, focusing in on the development of business services for global corporations. Data Íslandia and Hitachi Data Systems also presented the Data Scooter™, facilitating the transfer of high volumes of data.
5 December 2007
Hitachi and Data Íslandia Launch the World’s Most Environmentally Friendly Outsourced Data Archiving Service
Stoke Poges, UK and Reykjavík, ICELAND, Dec. 5, 2007 —Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions, today announced it has signed a global partnership with Data Íslandia to offer archival data management services—enabling multinational organisations to address the growing management, compliance and environmental burden of exploding data volumes. The two companies have also pioneered the development of the ‘Data Scooter,’ a mobile storage platform that allows for the physical transfer of data between locations.
For more information:
http://www.hds.com/corporate/press-analyst-center/press-releases/2007/gl120507.html
15 November 2007
Data Íslandia at Broadband Cities 2007 - Amsterdam
Sol Squire was a major speaker at the annual two-day international Broadband Cities conference, which took place on November 14 and 15 respectively. This year's theme centred on a plan for tomorrow's community - and put a stop to discussions about yesterday's infrastructures.
Sol's speach dealt primarily with the storage consequences of increased broadband capacity. With greater integration of government and commercial services and expectations for higher densities in digital output from hardware devices, the rapid scaling of storage management, let alone capacity is a serios part of the broadband impact on infrastructure.
http://www.i-nec.com/activities/broadband_cities
13 August 2007
New Data Scooter Web site released
The Data Scooter provides a secure and cost-effective means of quickly moving large volumes of data between data centres and to archival storage management. It is also a means of transferring specific project data to production facilities and between collaboration points to accelerate time tables and enhance workflow.
22 May 2007
Press Conference, Sandgerdi, Iceland
Data Íslandia announced plans to establish an environmentally friendly data centre for storing digital archives in the town of Sandgerdi on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland.
Press Coverage:
Iceland Review: Green digital data archive to be established in Iceland
10 May 2007
The British Ambassador to Iceland, His Excellency Mr Alp Mehmet, visited the offices of Data Íslandia for discussion on economic and green environmental ties between our country and the United Kingdom. Remote data storage and management in Iceland offers a practical means of offsetting green energy needs of major British corporations as well as creating a bridge for other digital technologies to take advantages of Iceland's resources.
His Excellency was shown models for new all-green data centres to be constructed by Data Íslandia. "Britain offers the most significant market for carbon-free data storage here in Iceland," noted Sol Squire, CEO of Data Íslandia. "Responding positively to UK environmental and business needs is a great advantage for both countries' technical communities."
H.E. Mr Alp Mehmet (L) and Sol Squire (R)
18 April 2007
Data Íslandia received press and business feedback from the Data Centres Europe conference appearance in London on March 22nd and 23rd:
Should the IT Department Take Eco-Responsibility?
Datamonitor Computerwire, 12 April 2007
Quote:
“The virtualization of digital toxic waste, which is what six-month-old information really is, is not a great saving to the corporate interest,” said Sol Squire, managing director of data archiving provider, Data Islandia, at the recent Data Centres Europe event in London, pointing out that processing unnecessary data is still a waste of time and money, not to mention fossil fuels, even if you’re using a 20% more efficient server.
“In the end it is much more energy efficient to apply a policy that reduces the amount of data stored, and ensures that it is stored on the right media,” he added. “Data that is not appropriately stored is now a liability. It is about accountability and taking responsibility. That addresses the issue as far as we’re concerned about how you can get a lot greener quite quickly.”
Full article here
26 March 2007
Data Íslandia at Data Centres Europe, March 22 and 23rd, London
A significant two-day international conference on data centres held in London focusing on the information management concerns of major corporations. Over 350 attendees, with speakers from North America, Asia, and Europe addressed the serious problems facing information management. Sol Squire from Data Íslandia presented Icelandic solutions on both days of the conference along with Intel, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, and other globally recognised companies.
Chief concerns addressed were what to do when cities like London run out of cost-effective data management capacity and how to develop workable green data centres. It was the consensus of both presenters and the audience that outsourcing was now a preferable method to the construction of more locally-based data centres. Iceland was repeatedly noted as the only country offering 100% green data centres along with a stable and reliable location for long-term data storage. Both government regulation and industry standards now require up to 70 years of data storage for company records and personal medical and pension information. The amount of stored data from corporations nearly doubles every year.
Sol noted, "The key to dealing effectively with the massive amounts of corporate data is not storage by itself. The need is for effective management of data resources to meet regulatory compliance and governance requirements. Unmanaged data will quickly become a huge and very costly liability if not managed correctly." New regulations and standards created in the last five years have put considerable costs on multinational companies in retaining records and communications. Management examples include the problem of upgrades and new versions of software making older files unreadable or leading to a loss of data if not managed properly.
Other speakers presented ways for data storage technology to run on less energy and discussed creating new standards for assuring green certification as a means to gain tax credits and other benefits. Representing Iceland as Europe’s offshore data bank, Sol said that “Iceland offers a European business culture and an excellent location for testing green standards. We have the capacity for an environmentally positive industry that aligns with one of the most important business requirements of global industries.” He further noted that Iceland was able to support small specialised businesses in data services for credit card information, financial services, regulatory and legal compliance, and other needs.
Data Íslandia is committed to the effective use of the nation’s energy infrastructure and diversifying the Icelandic economy with a community of internationally-relevant information and communications services.
For more information, please contact our corporate headquarters in Hafnarfjörður at +354 564 0110.
20 June 2006
Data Íslandia to present significant ILM paper at SNIA Storage Networking World Europe conference in Frankfurt (04 to 06 September 2006)
Data Íslandia, in conjunction with its parent companies (Skýrr Corporation and Iceland Telecom) will present a major paper on the implementation of a nation-wide ILM strategy for most major enterprises and government databases for Iceland. The result is an ILM showcase highlighting how complex organisations require different ILM solutions that work in harmony. It is, to our knowledge, the only instance of ILM controlled from a single provider for both government and enterprise as a long-term strategic programme. Iceland is remarkable for having the highest levels of IT use in the world. Icelandic levels of affluence, advanced enterprise-government integration, and sophisticated banking and finance services all contribute in creating an excellent laboratory for scaleable “best-of” ILM practices.
Contact for more information About SNIA at Frankfurt
16 May 2006
Farice and Data Íslandia form marketing partnership
In an agreement made today, Farice, managers of the fibre-optic cable to Europe through the Faeroe Islands, have partnered with Data Íslandia to increase the international competitive position of Iceland in high-volume IT services. Farice operations are a vital component in assuring reliable connectivity from Iceland. Data Íslandia will elevate the awareness of Farice reliability and new solutions for redundant services.
Contact for more information About Farice