1. ING Taps HP and Colt to Build Cloud-Ready Data Centres

    ING Taps HP and Colt to Build Cloud-Ready Data Centres

    Amsterdam-based ING Group has gone public with a plan to build hybrid cloud data centers with HP and Colt.

    "We've come to the realization that building out our own data centers is a thing of the past, it's a waste of time and energy to build out the brick and mortar of the data center," says Steve Van Wyk, CIO of ING.

    ING CTO Tony Kerrison spoke with Bank Technology News late last year about the bank's hybrid cloud strategy, in which private and public cloud components will intermingle in data centers that are shared with other banks (Kerrison has since moved to Bank of America). This week the bankunveiled its primary partners on the project to date.

    The new data centers will be focused on consuming cloud services. ING will be the anchor tenant and other companies including financial institutions will be invited to ...

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