Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- SANity for the small end
- Data Center Planned in Northern Virginia
- Kinder Morgan-Sempra Energy Secure Shipper Commitments for Over $4…
- Wesley expands: The hospital will add private rooms and larger…

SANity for the small end
Australian IT – Feb 28, 2006
“We wanted quality – we didn’t want to go with a cheap and nasty basic system that was only going to last us 18 months. We wanted a good partner that would support us and a system that was scalable. Pacific Hydro is one of many mid-sized companies that have become a battleground for storage technology companies as plummeting hardware costs make products such as SANs affordable. Technology suppliers such as Sun IBM EMC HDS and Hewlett-Packard have leapt at the opportunity to sell into this new market. Most of these companies have increased their small and medium business sales and marketing programs in the past 12 months. In their race to the bottom suppliers risk missing out on profits that this new market promises. Falling prices may lead to an overall decline in revenue in the storage market for companies with fewer than 500 employees… Heers says the adoption of storage technology in smaller businesses is also helped by the fact that more of them now have employees who understand networking. Srinivasan says Sun has also noted growing interest from small and medium business in the back-up elements of storage systems. Increasingly he says small-medium businesses are moving from individual tape drives to proper backup libraries. Shipments to this sector have doubled in the past 12 months. module-content –>.

Data Center Planned in Northern Virginia
Washington Post – Feb 28, 2006
Development of commercial properties without signed tenant contracts has been fueled largely by the growth of government contracting and the desire for more secure facilities in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. Coakley said he has been approached by several parties because of a new technology the company plans to use that will be more secure for the storage and transportation of information and will be more cost-effective than what has been available in earlier generations of data centers. He said he is emboldened by the growth of high-tech companies and government contracting in the area. "The tenant will likely be in the Washington D. area because it is one of the centers of the telecom industry and because of the ever-demanding needs of the federal government" Coakley said… After a slow start in occupying office space the office park has been buoyed recently by the FBI’s move of 300 employees from Tysons Corner to a new building at Innovation. Local officials said Cokomo’s data center which will create about 60 new jobs is in line with the county’s goals. "We support the project they are moving in" said Jason Grant communications manager for the county’s Department of Economic Development. "For data centers from an infrastructure standpoint Prince William County makes sense.

Kinder Morgan-Sempra Energy Secure Shipper Commitments for Over $4…
Free with registration – PR Newswire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 28, 2006
and Sempra Pipelines & Storage a unit of Sempra Energy today announced that they have secured shipper commitments for the over $4 billion Rockies Express Pipeline project that will transport natural gas from the prolific producing basins in Wyoming and Colorado to eastern Ohio. The companies previously stated they would wait to ensure shipper interest before moving forward with the 1323-mile pipeline. The project will be one of the largest of its kind ever constructed in North America and will have the capability to transport 1. Binding firm commitments have been secured from shippers for all of the capacity and additional agreements have been reached that will enable the Entrega and Overthurst pipelines to connect with and extend the reach of Rockies Express. The project will be brought on line in segments and is expected to be completed by June 2009 subject to regulatory approvals.

Wesley expands: The hospital will add private rooms and larger…
Free with registration – Wichita Eagle – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 28, 2006
It will be the first major capital expense since a $90 million critical care building opened in 2004. The project will add new space on top of the existing emergency department and trauma center. The expansion and renovation was approved last week by Wesley’s parent company HCA. It will create 36 private patient rooms add larger operating rooms and convert.