Edge data centre vs inner-city (London) data centre – which is best?
Data centres generally fit into one of two categories: inner-city and edge data centres. Understanding the differences between them will help you pick the best option for your business. Centralised...
Colocation or cloud: options when upgrading from in-office servers
At the time of writing we’re almost two months into the government lockdown and many people anticipate that mass remote working will be standard practice for the foreseeable future. So, businesses...
5 tips to manage hybrid cloud for success
Hybrid cloud is one of the cloud leading approaches, but managing these environments can get very complex. Our tips look at ways of managing hybrid cloud.
Aligning your cloud strategy with your business objectives
Achieve the full potential and value of cloud solutions. We look at different objectives and how your cloud strategy supports them in different scenarios.
Seven (7) things to look for when selecting a data centre partner
A company’s data and computer systems are its life blood, and that’s why determining where and how you store your IT infrastructure is a fundamental business decision. Hosting your IT...
Remote working tips for keeping a connected workforce
It’s fair to say that Covid-19 is probably the biggest stressor to hit business and society in peacetime. But whereas a decade ago the widespread call to work from home would have resulted in...
Relax – Data centres are designed for resilience
We’re entering unprecedented times. Just a few weeks ago, the Coronavirus outbreak was happening somewhere else to someone else. Now Covid-19 is affecting all of us and increasingly we’re being...
High-performance computing: Managing cyber security risk
HPC isn’t new, – just as data isn’t new. Scientists have been using both for a long time. But the amount of data we collect has grown exponentially in the last few decades and it’s no longer...
What are IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, and how do they impact Cloud?
The IT industry loves abbreviations (it’s in the name!), but the experts don’t always take the time to explain them. For instance, you may have heard your IT team talking about various cloud...
The effects of power outages
Industry-leading equipment and the expertise and commitment of our engineers means that we’ve been able to ensure power availability within our UK data centres. In the modern business world,...
Why high-performance computing and AI need one another
High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are fundamentally different from each other, but how they work together is vital to the future of computing. HPC is hardware, and AI...
Public cloud connectivity – securing access to AWS and Azure
We can say that the time for “moving to the cloud” has now passed with 88% of UK businesses using public cloud services in 2018, but yet security still remains as a major worry. With such a large...