Monthly Archives: February 2015

It’s a well known fact that technical things go wrong. So what should businesses think about to ensure reliable and consistent operations with an added layer of complexity? The first step is recognising that things will go wrong. Whether operations are in an in-house data centre, an external commercial colocation data centre, or in a hybrid cloud arrangement, with workload split between in-house and cloud, the principles are the same. Cloud isn’t new No matter what marketing would have us …

After a long period of uncertain market conditions, the world economy is finally on a stable upward trend. The world is starting on a period of sustainable growth and the data centre industry needs to be part of it. Lead-times are shortening: colocation, communications and cloud projects in data centres which were on hold are becoming live again. In the UK, over 370,000 new businesses have been set up this year alone. Over the last thirty years, economic activity has …

Despite the UK economy’s continued growth, almost a quarter of businesses are failing to take advantage, a survey carried out by City Lifeline has shown. The survey of senior IT personnel found 22 per cent stated network scalability is not central to their business growth plans, despite the vital role this plays in accommodating future development. Roger Keenan, managing director of Central London data centre City Lifeline, is warning businesses are risking their future potential by taking a short sighted …