Defining performance is key to cloud reaching its potential

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers who fail to define SLAs for compute or storage performance risk stunting the cloud computing industry, according to Peter Groucutt, managing director of Databarracks.

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Digital marketing event organiser ad:tech moves to the Cloud

ad:tech, the organiser of the world’s largest digital marketing conferences, has chosen CloudSure from iomart Hosting, a leading UK provider of bespoke cloud and managed hosting, to ensure a scalable and highly available web presence ahead of its annual London event.

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Calligo achieves ISO 9001:2008

Calligo, the offshore cloud service provider, has achieved full ISO 9001:2008 certification in IT and Business Cloud Services, a first for any cloud service provider in the Channel Islands. ISO 9001:2008 looks to ensure that an organisation has demonstrated its commitment to enhancing client satisfaction through the application of the quality management system, with processes in place for continual improvement and the assurance of conformity to client, statutory and regulatory requirements.

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HighQ launches ‘groundbreaking’ version of enterprise collaboration

HighQ today announces general availability of HighQ Collaborate 3, a mobile-optimised version of its cloud-based secure file sharing and enterprise social collaboration platform used by over 25,000 organisations around the world. Designed to be touch-ready out of the box, Collaborate 3 uses a responsive design to automatically optimise itself for mobile, tablet and desktop devices, with no need to download any apps.

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Hidden deep in a mountain, Green Mountain’s data centre is cooled by the cold waters of a Norwegian fjord. Working with nature, Green Mountain is saving energy and protecting the environment — leading the way to cutting data centre energy use by a third.

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