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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.

Claranet acquires Dutch Cloud Services Provider NovaData

Deal cements Claranet’s position as the largest provider of cloud services to the mid-market...

Ocado changes the face of online shopping

The Ocado founders were way ahead of their time when, back in 2000, they started the UK’s only...

Business innovators win the race into the cloud

Redcentric research shows cloud IT adoption is for much more than cost cutting and efficiency.

Cloud initiative for London Science Museum Group

Initiative will leverage ServiceNow’s powerful platform to free up Museum staff from manual...

IBM forms Watson Group

IBM will establish the IBM Watson Group, a new business unit dedicated to the development and...

Enduser organisations are increasingly turning to managed services to ease security and non-compliance fears

Fear of cyber attack and new European legislation is prompting customers to increasingly seek...

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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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