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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.

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Huisman, who is active worldwide in the development and production of heavy construction equipment for onshore and offshore companies, has chosen Proact to be the supplier of a new IT infrastructure. Proact delivers and implements the total solution, consisting of servers, storage and back-up for a total of eleven locations worldwide. Huisman has signed a five-year contract.

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...

?100m Data centre investment to generate 400 new jobs

ST2, the start-up sustainable technology company, has exchanged land in the former ICI site in...

Manufacturing leaders are embracing public cloud to cut costs and drive efficiencies

Research reveals collaboration between business functions and IT departments drive competitive...

IBM acquires Red Hat

IBM and Red Hat to provide open approach to cloud, featuring unprecedented security and portability...

Colt Data Centre Services welcomes new Director of Energy and Sustainability

Scott Balloch joins the team as Colt DCS looks to ramp up its commitment to sustainable operations.

HFW deploys digital edge strategy

Global law firm distributes IT infrastructure in key markets to accelerate business performance and...

Equinix engaged with 12 projects planned in current wave of submarine cable construction

Equinix has announced significant momentum in the company’s involvement as a strategic partner...

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