Cloud data backup – is it ready for the data centre?

Over the past 30 years, data backup has been accomplished by using a backup application that makes a copy of the data to tape and, more recently, to disk. A copy of the tape is sent offsite or data is replicated over a WAN to have an offsite copy for disaster recovery. By Bill Andrews, CEO of...

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Public vs. private cloud: The battle is on

By Jeramiah Dooley, Cloud Architect, SolidFire.

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Data Centre Maturity tool helps data centre transformation

Dimension Data has launched a new maturity tool that helps organisations assess their capabilities and prioritise initiatives for building a next-generation data centre. The Data Centre Development Model – the first assessment that covers such a broad spectrum of the data centre – was...

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OCZ Storage Solutions expands Intrepid 3000 Series

OCZ Storage Solutions has introduced a series of SATA III SSDs to add to its Intrepid 3000 enterprise portfolio. The new Intrepid 3700 SSD Series delivers superior performance and I/O latency responses that dramatically improve application performance and I/O efficiencies, and supports higher...

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SSE and SSE merge

SSE Enterprise Telecoms says that sister company SSE Enterprise Datacom will be integrated into the...

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Sunrise responds to market demand

Sunrise Software introduces Risk Management, Project Management and support for other significant...

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Clavister Firewall Gateway secures branch offices and data centres

W30 firewalls deliver unmatched performance and enhanced security features, giving exceptional...

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DDoS attacks pose biggest threat yet to European businesses

Survey shows more than half of companies attacked have critical data stolen as a result of DDoS.

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Flexiant joins €4 million DICE Consortium

H2020 DICE consortium to accelerate development of business-critical, data intensive applications...

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Ingram Micro expands global footprint

Cloud Marketplace launches in France, Netherlands and UK, with Microsoft Office365 and other Cloud...

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IBM and The Weather Company partner

The Weather Company migrates data services platform to IBM Cloud

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IBM connects “Internet of Things” to the enterprise

IBM will invest $3 billion over the next four years to establish a new Internet of Things (IoT)...

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Videos

Ben Pritchard, AVK CEO, discusses the findings of a joint Wartsila and AVK-SEG white paper: Data centre dispatchable capacity: a major opportunity for Europe’s energy transition, which provides new analysis...
Mike Slevin, Senior Director Field Sales EMEA/GM, Fluke Corporation, discusses the launch of the company’s Versiv Data Center Kits that are designed to keep data centres up and running by identifying copper...
Adam Salley, Sr. Director, Solutions Specialists, Kaseya, shares his thoughts on the future direction of BCDR and advice for MSPs to develop an optimised, comprehensive BCDR offering for SMBs.
Adam Salley, Sr. Director, Solutions Specialists, Kaseya, looks at consolidated data protection - endpoints and SaaS.

Expert Opinions

By Matt Tebay, Multi-cloud evangelist, OVHcloud.
By Simon West, General Manager, Network Group.
Many UK businesses are still reeling from last year’s global IT outage that brought systems to a standstill. This was a stark reminder of how reliant businesses have become on third-party systems and the...