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Survey reports steady growth in Data Centre outsourcing

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation

Zen Internet, one of the UK’s leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs), has released the findings from an independent survey carried out with North West businesses. 32.9% of those surveyed said they are now hosting the majority or all of their systems in a third-party data centre, up 9% from the response when asked that question last year. They also said that flexibility, lower costs and a pay-as-you-go payment models are pushing them to adopt cloud-based and virtual data centres...

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New consortium will seek to define connectivity requirements to ensure the interoperability of billions of devices projected to come online by 20201 – from PCs, smartphones and tablets to home and industrial appliances and new wearable form factors.

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Service Management software company, Sunrise Software, has announced that leading building materials and retail group, Nicholls & Clarke, has become the latest company to implement its IT Service Management software, Sunrise ITSM. Underpinning the group’s impressive ITIL and ITSM best practice approach, Sunrise ITSM will enable the business to enhance IT and customer service, supporting its 550 strong workforce and gaining business insights at Board level.

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WSP UK Ltd, a region of the global professional services consultancy WSP Global inc, has turned to cloud collaboration technology to enable engineering and design teams worldwide to securely share information and efficiently work together on projects, regardless of geographic location.