Hybrid cloud is the future for 60 per cent of UK and US enterprises

A new study by Rackspace ® Hosting suggests that while the public cloud remains important to IT decision-makers at UK and US enterprises involved in the research, the limitations of using this type of platform as a one-size-fits-all solution are becoming more apparent. According to the survey, these limitations are leading many respondents to turn to a hybrid cloud infrastructure (i.e. public cloud, private cloud and dedicated servers working together in any combination) for certain...

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CloudPhysics raises $10 million in funding

CloudPhysics has closed $10 million in Series B funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Previous investors the Mayfield Fund, Mark Leslie, Peter Wagner, Carl Waldspurger, Nigel Stokes, Matt Ocko and VMware co-founders also participated in this round. CloudPhysics plans to use the funding to continue to fuel its growth and innovation.

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Mehr Flexibilität für Online-Händler durch Cloud-Hosting in Deutschland

Der E-Commerce boomt hierzulande. So stiegen die Umsätze im Online-Handel im vergangenen Jahr auf 33 Milliarden Euro an. Sie lagen damit um 15 Prozent höher als noch 2011

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Nicht nur Website-Hosting: Managed VPS bietet zahlreiche Vorteile - von Christiane Aumeier, Senior Manager Marketing & PR Europe bei Verio Europe

Webhosting-Lösungen gibt es in verschiedenen Varianten für unterschiedliche Anwendungsfälle und Zielgruppen. Die Angebote reichen von Shared Hosting über Managed Virtual Private Server bis hin zu Dedicated-Server-Lösungen. Viele Unternehmen entscheiden sich für eine Dedicated-Server-Variante, dabei ist eine solche Lösung für viele Firmen völlig überdimensioniert und zudem zu teuer. Eine performante Alternative sind gemanagte virtuelle Server,...

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Leading industry organisations to work together to tackle the data centre industry skills shortage

It is a known fact within the Data Centre industry that there is an underlying problem of a skills shortage looming on the horizon that needs to be addressed urgently, yet this is not widely communicated to the outside world. However CNet Training are working with the Data Centre Alliance (DCA) industry body and leading data centre organisations to raise awareness of, and address, this potentially disastrous problem.

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Node4 drives growth for Motorpoint through cloud

Motorpoint, the UK’s leading online car retailer has positioned itself for further growth after enhancing its IT services. Motorpoint called on data centre and communications company Node4 to implement a cloud-based infrastructure to assist them in becoming more agile as they looked to expand their number of branches across the country rapidly.

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Australian fish farm undergoes IT upgrade by investing in edge infrastructure

Australian fism farming company Tassal looked at harnessing IT to make its business of growing salmon more sustainable and cost-effective. It invested in an integrated IT solution powered by Vertiv and Dell EMC for its business in Tasmania.

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