SaaS deployments are now mission critical

Global buyers of cloud applications cite cost, innovation and agility as reasons for adoption, according to a recent survey by Gartner, Inc. In May and June 2014, Gartner conducted a survey across 10 countries in four regions to examine organisations' adoption and deployment of cloud services across SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS). The countries included within the 2014 survey were the US, Brazil, Mexico, the UK, Germany, France, China, India, South...

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"Third generation" IT outsourcing contracts are increasing, and there won’t be a need for a "fourth generation"

The emerging trend of large organisations entering into "third generation" IT outsourcing contracts shows that significant lessons have been learnt from the problems associated with the first generation and second generation approaches of the past 20 years.

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76 per cent of UK IT pros rank their security above average

SolarWinds has released the results of its Information Security Confidence Survey, which explored IT professionals' confidence in their organisations' security measures and processes. The survey found that while confidence is notably high, likely the result of several key factors, widespread adherence to security best practices is lacking and significant, damaging attacks continue, potentially indicating this confidence is a false sense of security.

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Verizon identifies key enterprise technology trends for 2015

Strategic network investments will be a major focus point for savvy CIOs in 2015, as companies seek to make sense of big data, transition to the cloud and monetize the Internet of Things (IoT), according to Verizon Enterprise Solutions’ list of top enterprise technology trends for 2015. In the coming year, enterprise organizations will also adopt technologies that drive business innovation and provide a strong platform for future growth.

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New ?135 million data centre will further improve connectivity at London Docklands campus.
Aims to enable developers to write applications once and run them anywhere.
Migration supports continued operations and provides the basis for future innovation.
New serverless Inference-as-a-Service offering available from Vultr across six continents and 32...
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is the only native AWS cloud storage service today to be certified and...
Hydro66, the green cloud infrastructure compan,y has launched what it says is the worlds’ lowest...
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Solve 2015: London - Andy Williams, Rackspace

Solve London - How Great Support Matters in a SaaS World.

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