Google has opened facilities in Taiwan and Singapore, while Shelving plans in Hong Kong. The company is building up its data center presence in Asia in response to immense internet growth.

ManageEngine has already established itself in IT management. The company has expanded into facilities management for a DCIM product that manages the entire data center infrastructure.

At the HP Discover event this week in Barcelona, HP (HPQ) outlined its vision for the data center of the future, with new hardware in its ConvergedSystem and ConvergedStorage portfolios.

GE Critical Power is providing a range of electrical distribution equipment to ViaWest's data centers in Las Vegas, Denver, Dallas, and Minneapolis

SolidFire makes all-flash storage systems designed for next generation data centers. Nine new customers are leveraging SolidFire’s all-flash architecture.

Verizon has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CDN provider EdgeCast Networks. The combination of complementary capabilities from Verizon, a prior acquisition, upLynk, and EdgeCast, further boosts performance of Verizon Digital Media...

Ciena helps Shentel scale and expand its networks and helps Globalcom upgrade its submarine cable system with 100G, Juniper advances its Junos Pulse solutions, and F5 Networks helps power the Verizon Cloud.

Opscode has rebranded itself as Chef, unveiling its new identity along with $32 million in funding from a Series D venture capital round.

Box gets $100 million to aid global expansion, the University of Florida selects DDN for converged infrastructure, HP helps Norfolk County harness big data, and SAP NetWeaver, a new rapid-deployment for near-line storage.

Intel (INTC) announced its foundation plans for network transformation in software defined networking and network functions virtualization Wednesday, highlighted with the launch of Highland Forest - its new communications platform.