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Interoute’s cloud expansion powers ahead

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With five new Virtual Data Centre zones launched this year alone Interoute claims its place as the fastest-growing enterprise cloud services platform in Europe. Interoute, owner operator of Europe’s largest cloud services platform opens two new Interoute Virtual Data Centre (VDC) locations, one in London’s Canary Wharf and a second site in Slough, bringing its total number of Interoute VDC zones to ten globally. Together with its recent acquisition of one of the largest networks...

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Rackspace® has announced the appointment of Brian Kelly as Chief Security Officer. Kelly will be responsible for overseeing physical and information security efforts for Rackspace and its customers globally and will report to Mark Roenigk, Chief Operating Officer.

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83% of organisations still host business critical data on-premise.

Gartner says in the Digital World CIOs need bimodal IT: rock solid IT with ability for fluidity

CIOs need a rock solid and efficient IT operation that frees up time and resources for innovation, and just as important in digital business, they need to be fluid, according to Gartner, Inc. In digital business, IT leaders must be part solid and part fluid to succeed.

Tight IT budgets to drive efficiency demands in 2015

Increasing efficiency will be the number one priority for IT departments in 2015, as organisations look to get more value out of their IT spend, according to research released today by Brocade. The research, taken from a survey of UK-based IT Decision-Makers (ITDMs), found that increasing efficiency is a top priority for 53 percent of IT leaders in 2015. Budget restrictions are the main driver behind this need for efficiency, with just 31 percent of organisations expecting their IT capital...

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The cloud server provider has also announced global availability for its new auto-scaling, pay-for-use Elastic Containers.

IBM announces $3 billion research initiative to tackle chip challenges

Scientists and engineers to push limits of silicon technology to 7 nanometers and below and create...

Red Hat announces ManageIQ Community

New community based on ManageIQ code aims to drive OpenStack adoption and advance cloud management.

G-Cloud has no silver lining

87% of UK councils have not been involved in any procurement via G-Cloud.

Professionals turn to Cloud-based IT applications

Cloud-based web hosting, backup and security applications see strong adoption levels as IT...

Sri Sathya Sai Institute chooses Bright Technology

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (SSSIHL) in India has chosen Bright infrastructure...

Insight enters into partnership with AirVM

AirVM Software helps cloud service providers resell, manage and provision VMware Cloud Services.

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Security considerations for private Cloud

Cybersecurity today can feel complex, especially if you are moving to or managing cloud security. But it doesn’t have to be. Hear from Rackspace Principal Architect, Luke Huckaba, as he explains some of the major concerns around Private Cloud and Security, and how Rackspace is helping to solve these issues both internally and for customers.

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