RenewIT, a three-year EU project to investigate how datacentres can be designed and operated to make more efficient use of renewable energy, is now underway.
Read MoreBusiness critical data centre operator, Datum Datacentres, welcomes on board NetPay Solutions Group as their latest client. As a provider of online and in-store card processing and merchant services, where physical and operational security are of paramount importance for both regulatory compliance and customer confidence, NetPay agreed a multi-year contract with Datum for the provision of highly efficient and flexible colocation services, strategically located on the highly secure QinetiQ Cody...
Read MoreNearly 80 percent of users believe that SharePoint needs help to deliver on its ability to make content more findable and accessible, recent research finds. Jeremy Bentley, chief executive of Smartlogic, discusses the gaps in SharePoint's information management and how integrating ‘content intelligence’ applications with SharePoint can help enterprises overcome these challenges.
Read MoreSpiceworks has announced the results of a new survey analyzing the perceptions small-to-medium enterprise (SME) and large organization IT professionals have of the United Kingdom (UK) economy, government policies and the perceived IT skills gap. Despite new technology initiatives and policies aimed at driving growth, most IT professionals feel the UK remains in a recession. However, IT professionals, particularly those in large organizations, are optimistic that revenue, IT budgets, and hiring...
Read MoreOptimum, a leading UK data centre owner and operator, has successfully secured its first 100% renewable electrical energy supply contract. The agreement will cover the entire electricity supply at the Optimum data centre facility in Hayes.
Read MoreThe improving economy heralds a heartening year for UK investment in IT, according to a new survey from American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) and CFO Research, Supporting Growth with New Technologies. Results of the survey show that more than three quarters (76%) of those surveyed plan to increase investments in technology in 2014, with 41% of CFOs planning to increase their spending on IT by 10% or more in 2014.
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