The hidden costs of downtime

Type: News       Published: 12-2017      Views: 1124   
Description: Over a third of organisations unsure what an IT outage would cost their business

IBM's 'fastest Cloud for AI'

Type:       Published: 06-2017      Views: 672   
Description: Aimed at data scientists

Deltion selects NaviSite

Type:       Published: 06-2017      Views: 799   
Description: NaviSite to host multi-tenanted SaaS application environment

Professional services for AWS

Type:       Published: 06-2017      Views: 733   
Description: New Rackspace offering

Choose your partners         

Type: Opinion       Published: 03-2017      Views: 934   
Description: The advantages of the Cloud reach to the core of most businesses - but executives must choose their partners carefully, argues Tim Rushent, Account Manager for industry and commerce at Hyland

Automating the IT production line         

Type: Opinion       Published: 03-2017      Views: 5665   
Description: David Grimes, CTO at Navisite, discusses the growing role of APIs in reducing costs and developing tomorrow's businesses

The main event         

Type: Event       Published: 03-2017      Views: 675   
Description: Cloud Expo, Europe's biggest and best attended cloud and digital transformation show took place recently in London's ExCel: Cloud Hosting magazine was there to report back

Pressure sensitive?         

Type: Opinion       Published: 03-2017      Views: 928   
Description: The growth in cloud services is putting increased pressure on data centre resiliency, suggests Adrian Barker, General Manager EMEA at RF Code

Performance anxiety         

Type: Feature       Published: 03-2017      Views: 949   
Description: Jonathan Arnold, Managing Director at Volta Data Centres, explains how high performance computing can change your business for the better

AMP it up

Type: News       Published: 02-2017      Views: 1172   
Description: Pulsant/Microsoft create hybrid solution

Meeting the mark

Type: News       Published: 02-2017      Views: 1196   
Description: New certification for compliance with GDPR

AWS available from UK data centres

Type: News       Published: 12-2016      Views: 1207   
Description: AWS Europe (London) region launched

New version of Red Hat CloudForms announced

Type: News       Published: 12-2016      Views: 1033   
Description: "Driving open hybrid cloud management"

Digital Embassies: the new data sovereignty paradigm?         

Type: Opinion       Published: 11-2016      Views: 1393   
Description: Daniel Hickmore of Arkivum explains why a 'digital embassy' approach to data sovereignty could be the way ahead for organisations struggling with data sharing and retention issues such as healthcare providers

Trust issues         

Type: Opinion       Published: 11-2016      Views: 1268   
Description: The move to Cloud leaves many businesses with new security concerns, suggests Dave Nicholson, Technical Sales Consultant, Axial Systems: organisations now need to ensure that their standards are mirrored -at least - by that of their Cloud services provider

Heading in the right direction         

Type: Research       Published: 11-2016      Views: 1169   
Description: According to new research from CTERA Networks, enterprise data protection strategies may not be fully aligned with IT modernisation initiatives driven by Cloud computing

DAM goes native         

Type: Technology focus       Published: 11-2016      Views: 1725   
Description: Digital asset management (DAM) powers the processes that run business, argues Eric Barroca, CEO of Nuxeo - but without a Cloud-native approach, the benefits may be limited

GDPR: don't be strung along         

Type: Strategy       Published: 11-2016      Views: 1647   
Description: Lillian Pang of Rackspace addresses some of the most common misunderstandings surrounding the new GDPR legislation; rules that will affect any business that handles personal data, and therefore the majority of organisations in the UK

DR: Test and test again

Type:       Published: 11-2016      Views: 1273   
Description: A recent roundtable gathered business leaders to debate the findings of iland's 'State of IT Disaster Recovery Amongst UK Businesses' survey; Monica Brink, EMEA Marketing Director, summarises the conversation

Don't fall foul of GDPR, says the Bunker

Type: News       Published: 10-2016      Views: 839   
Description: Due diligence and regular supplier audits critical

Forging the right links         

Type: Research       Published: 09-2016      Views: 1554   
Description: Two-thirds of European IT departments do not fully understand the needs of their organisations, and IT leaders must forge closer links across the business

Protecting connected manufacturing         

Type: Industry Focus       Published: 09-2016      Views: 1292   
Description: Martyn Williams, Managing Director of industrial automation software supplier, COPA-DATA UK, discusses three steps manufacturers should take to stay safe in the Cloud

Compliance: the buck stops here         

Type: Opinion       Published: 09-2016      Views: 1132   
Description: Monica Brink of iland looks at why compliance and security are still the main blockers to cloud adoption, and how nine out of ten security professionals worry about cloud security

This year's model         

Type: Event       Published: 09-2016      Views: 926   
Description: Previewing IP EXPO Europe 2016, which takes place on 5-6 October at London's ExCel.

Building a security plan using the Cloud         

Type: Feature       Published: 09-2016      Views: 1535   
Description: Sean McAvan, Managing Director of NaviSite Europe, discusses the considerations for securing a business in an increasingly connected world

Hybrid helps to manage the load         

Type: Feature       Published: 09-2016      Views: 1400   
Description: Managing servers and applications in a hybrid environment brings a number of challenges for the IT professional, says Gerardo Dada, Vice President of Product Marketing, SolarWinds

CIF launches three-tier membership

Type: News       Published: 08-2016      Views: 1008   
Description: Reflects 'broadening cloud ecosystem'

More cloud fails on the way

Type: News       Published: 08-2016      Views: 978   
Description: Digital skill shortage 'could lead to increased security risks and failed cloud migrations'

The French connection

Type: News       Published: 08-2016      Views: 904   
Description: Claranet continues continental growth

NaviSite on the money

Type: News       Published: 08-2016      Views: 925   
Description: Helping Mortgage Brain leverage Cloud for home buying

Brexit: what happens next?         

Type: Feature       Published: 07-2016      Views: 3130   
Description: In the aftermath of the recent EU referendum, we find ourselves in the midst of a historic moment for the UK, with plenty of uncertainty in the air. So what does leaving the European Union mean for the cloud/data centre sector? Cloud Hosting magazine gathers opinion from across the industry

Hybrid to the rescue for SME sector         

Type: Opinion       Published: 07-2016      Views: 1393   
Description: Hybrid Cloud architecture has been a while maturing, but now offers businesses unparalleled flexibility, ROI and scalability. Andrew Stuart, MD for EMEA at Datto, argues that the smaller the business, the more vital these traits are - making hybrid Cloud the number one choice for SMEs in 2016

True or false?         

Type: Research       Published: 07-2016      Views: 1221   
Description: New research from Spiceworks exposes a number of widely held assumptions about Cloud computing as myths - but also highlights some home truths

Risky business         

Type: Feature       Published: 07-2016      Views: 1511   
Description: Priya Kanduri, Head of Risk and Compliance Practice at digital transformation specialist Happiest Minds, asks if governance and risk issues are standing in the way of enterprise cloud adoption

Keeping up the standard         

Type: Opinion       Published: 07-2016      Views: 2351   
Description: Frank Krieger, Director of Compliance at iland, looks at ISO compliance in the Cloud and why it is important for Cloud Service Providers and their clients

Balancing the books         

Type: Case Study       Published: 07-2016      Views: 1275   
Description: CPI, a major European book printing specialist, has chosen to host its customer platform, 'Highway' in Interoute's Cloud. It will also switch the wide area network that supports the Highway platform to Interoute's pan-European network

OpenStack: on the right track         

Type: Technology focus       Published: 07-2016      Views: 1227   
Description: Mirantis' David Ogden compares new cloud data centres to the development from the silent films of yesteryear to those of today

Movies on demand         

Type: Case Study       Published: 07-2016      Views: 978   
Description: Vue Entertainment, one of the top cinema groups in the UK and Ireland, is using the VMware Managed Virtualisation offering from Rackspace to support the unprecedented demand for tickets that's being generated by blockbuster films such as 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' and 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'

Cloud 'not a commodity'

Type: News       Published: 06-2016      Views: 815   
Description: Price doesn't matter, says new research

A new dawn for service delivery         

Type: Feature       Published: 05-2016      Views: 1634   
Description: Martin Hill, Vice President Marketing, Epicor International, presents nine reasons for moving ERP into the cloud

Flare enough?         

Type: Industry Focus       Published: 05-2016      Views: 1335   
Description: By utilising Cloud systems and new technology to make flare gas capture more economical, energy companies can increase revenues and maximise profitability while at the same time significantly reducing their impact on the environment, explains Adam Chapman, Director of Global Marketing, Fluenta

A natural migration         

Type: Feature       Published: 05-2016      Views: 1810   
Description: Bill Strain, CTO at iomart, describes some common sense considerations for any business looking at a data migration exercise.

Growing appetite for hybrid I.T.         

Type: Analysis       Published: 05-2016      Views: 1283   
Description: Demand for Cloud computing is continuing to increase while colocation looks set to decline, according to new research from Pulsant

Storage wars         

Type: Feature       Published: 05-2016      Views: 1872   
Description: How does Cloud storage really compare to more traditional physical storage? Kong Yang of SolarWinds explores the advantages and disadvantages of both, looking at how each can affect business processes and strategy

Private functions         

Type: Opinion       Published: 05-2016      Views: 1346   
Description: Mark Smith, senior marketing manager of cloud solutions at SUSE, looks at some of the key drivers behind the trend toward private cloud

A Symbiotic Relationship         

Type: Opinion       Published: 05-2016      Views: 1396   
Description: Darren Watkins, Managing Director at VIRTUS Data Centres, examines the relationship between Cloud and colocation.

Breaking all records: Cloud Expo Europe 2016         

Type: Event       Published: 03-2016      Views: 6577   
Description: With hundreds of new exhibitors, over 200 brand new products & services and two wholly new complementary events under the same roof, this year's Cloud Expo Europe looks set to outshine all the previous shows. Cloud Hosting magazine finds out more

Keeping track of Cloud services         

Type: Feature       Published: 03-2016      Views: 7255   
Description: It is becoming increasingly critical for organisations to get a handle on the type and number of Cloud services and applications they use, says Chris Rogers, director of Cloud solutions at Silver Peak

The three pillars of CSP success         

Type: Research       Published: 03-2016      Views: 2002   
Description: Doug Rich, VP EMEA at Tintri, discusses the key storage strategies for Cloud Service Providers that have emerged from the company's recent research findings

CIF opens up to individuals

Type: News       Published: 02-2016      Views: 6918   
Description: New benefits for individual members

Cloud is getting cheaper

Type: News       Published: 02-2016      Views: 6924   
Description: New research from TCL says pricing is levelling off

'Most large companies' adopting OpenStack

Type: News       Published: 02-2016      Views: 6788   
Description: SUSE study says lack of skills is an issue

'Cloud first' isn't enough any more         

Type: Analysis       Published: 01-2016      Views: 6922   
Description: We take a closer look at Verizon's recently published 'State of the Market: Enterprise Cloud 2016' report

Leveraging the cloud to target cancer         

Type: Case Study       Published: 01-2016      Views: 8401   
Description: US-based biomedicine pioneers H3 are making vital genomics data more easily accessible via the Cloud - allowing them to explore multiple scientific approaches to developing new drugs

Flirting with disaster?         

Type: Technology Focus       Published: 01-2016      Views: 7068   
Description: Peter Groucutt of Databarracks asks if you might be wasting money on disaster recovery technologies, simply because you don't have the appropriate practices in place around them

Keeping an eye on your cloud data         

Type: Management       Published: 01-2016      Views: 7411   
Description: It is increasingly vital to make sure you are talking about security with your Cloud provider, recommends Monica Brink, Director of Product Marketing, iland

Take your partners

Type: Opinion       Published: 01-2016      Views: 10069   
Description: Innovative use of cloud technology can transform your partner relationships, argues Dave Taylor, CMO of Impartner

Defying Data Gravity         

Type: Technology Focus       Published: 01-2016      Views: 7683   
Description: When embracing the cloud, enterprises need to reassess their data storage platforms to ensure that they do not suffer the effects of "Data Gravity", and instead, work to achieve a Data Fabric that facilitates the handling of data, argues Martin Warren, Cloud Solutions Marketing Manager, NetApp

Futurology: what does 2016 hold for the Cloud sector?         

Type: Analysis       Published: 01-2016      Views: 10364   
Description: An expert panel of industry leaders and technology visionaries offer us their insights on the year ahead for the Cloud

Re-think your approach to Data Management         

Type: Opinion       Published: 01-2016      Views: 8270   
Description: The challenges of Big Data and digital business could be best addressed by a Data-as-a-Service approach, suggests Andrew Griffiths of Q Associates

OpenStack comes of age         

Type: Case Study       Published: 01-2016      Views: 8117   
Description: Knowing the benefits of OpenStack cloud technology - but recognising that few businesses have the in-house skills or knowledge to access these benefits - Finnish-based CSP Datalounges used the SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5 platform to build a managed cloud services environment for companies of all sizes

HP Enterprise tackles 'cloud sprawl'

Type: News       Published: 12-2015      Views: 15337   
Description: New Cloud Service Broker offering

MS grows UK cloud business

Type: News       Published: 12-2015      Views: 16428   
Description: Spending over US$2 billion on cloud infrastructure for Europe

iomart adds United to its kingdom

Type: News       Published: 12-2015      Views: 12336   
Description: Acquisition expands managed hosting services to SMBs

ERP moving to the cloud

Type: News       Published: 12-2015      Views: 14254   
Description: No longer just for SMBs, says new Hitachi research

World in motion

Type: Analysis       Published: 11-2015      Views: 1563   
Description: New research puts UK SMEs ahead of the game when it comes to cloud uptake: Cloud Hosting magazine investigates

Racing ahead         

Type: Analysis       Published: 11-2015      Views: 11468   
Description: The rate of cloud adoption is accelerating faster than anyone expected, says Jennifer Brenner, Senior Vice President Marketing, iland

Elastic fantastic?         

Type: Technology focus       Published: 11-2015      Views: 18034   
Description: Everywhere you look these days cloud vendors are promoting elasticity. Tim Pat Dufficy, Director of Products and Services for iomart, explains exactly what it means and how your business can benefit from it

Flashing the cash         

Type: Technology focus       Published: 11-2015      Views: 18284   
Description: Laurence James, Product Alliances and Solutions Marketing Manager, NetApp, discusses the potential financial benefits of flash technology in cloud environments.

Seeding the public sector cloud         

Type: Opinion       Published: 11-2015      Views: 11446   
Description: Leading IT lawyer Richard Kemp looks at how the public sector is lagging behind with cloud technology adoption and the risks this will create for security in the near future

World in motion         

Type: Analysis       Published: 11-2015      Views: 16625   
Description: New research puts UK SMEs ahead of the game when it comes to cloud uptake: Cloud Hosting magazine investigates

Time to ditch 'old faithful'?

Type:       Published: 10-2015      Views: 942   
Description: Cloud providers choosing the same old faces rather than looking for innovation, says CIF research

Huawei announces UK cloud hosting centre

Type: News       Published: 10-2015      Views: 1405   
Description: Europe-wide launch for Digital InCloud services

Boardroom driving cloud adoption

Type: News       Published: 10-2015      Views: 1285   
Description: Directors behind 60% of migrations, says Rackspace study

MS and Red Hat partner to facilitate hybrid cloud

Type: News       Published: 10-2015      Views: 1441   
Description: 'Delivering new standard' for enterprise cloud experiences

iomart expands network capacity

Type: News       Published: 10-2015      Views: 1449   
Description: New Cisco routers will help satisfy growing demand

A picture of health?         

Type: Opinion       Published: 09-2015      Views: 1890   
Description: From big data to wearable devices, Jack Bedell-Pearce, Managing Director of 4D-DC, summarises the key drivers - and top tips - for cloud adoption in the health sector

Start me up         

Type: Opinion       Published: 09-2015      Views: 1652   
Description: The cloud can offer a major boost for UK start-ups, suggests Monica Brink, director product marketing, iland

Busting some cloud myths         

Type: Feature       Published: 09-2015      Views: 1987   
Description: Brandon Tanner of nationwide managed services firm IT Specialists (ITS) argues that a number of ‘myths’ around cloud technologies could be preventing financial institutions from enjoying the benefits of cloud services

EU Confidential         

Type: Opinion       Published: 09-2015      Views: 2329   
Description: New EU Data Protection Regulations are due to come into force in 2017; Martin Warren, Cloud Solutions Marketing Manager at NetApp, discusses what cloud providers might have to do in advance of the likely changes

‘Hard yards ahead’ for UK IT managers         

Type: Analysis       Published: 09-2015      Views: 1276   
Description: New research from CSP Redcentric suggests five ‘cloud personas’ among IT managers.

Redefining the WAN with broadband         

Type: Technology Focus       Published: 09-2015      Views: 1913   
Description: A software-defined WAN approach can help organisations to improve business agility and reduce their dependency on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

The three-step plan to cloud security         

Type: Opinion       Published: 09-2015      Views: 2682   
Description: Chris Pace, head of product marketing at Wallix, suggests three security questions that cloud service providers should expect to hear from any business expanding or adopting cloud services

Get with the program

Type: News       Published: 08-2015      Views: 1450   
Description: 'Expansive global cloud ecosystem' from Red Hat

Seagate to acquire Dot Hill

Type: News       Published: 08-2015      Views: 1690   
Description: Dot Hill Portfolio will 'complement and expand' Seagate storage systems offerings

Head in the cloud? Keep your feet on the ground         

Type: Opinion       Published: 07-2015      Views: 2007   
Description: Jack Bedell-Pearce, Managing Director of 4D-DC, offers some constructive advice - and 6 'Top Tips' - for businesses confused by the multitude of options available when considering migrating to the Cloud

CIO: changing from gatekeeper to enabler         

Type: Strategy       Published: 07-2015      Views: 2399   
Description: The rise of 'shadow IT' means that CIOs must develop a hybrid cloud infrastructure that meets the needs of their business before the business itself beats them to it, suggests Ian Finlay, Chief Operating Officer at Abiquo

Is public cloud killing the data centre?         

Type: Opinion       Published: 07-2015      Views: 1472   
Description: Reports of the death of the data centre as a result of cloud adoption have been greatly exaggerated, argues Roger Keenan, MD of City Lifeline

The main event         

Type: Events       Published: 07-2015      Views: 2128   
Description: Attracting thousands of visitors despite the heatwave outside, this year's Cloud World Forum conference and exhibition highlighted how 80% of UK businesses now use Cloud technologies and are ready to leverage them to advance their digital services

Good call         

Type: Analysis       Published: 07-2015      Views: 6331   
Description: Cloud adoption is now a strategic business decision for contact centres, argues Keith Wilkinson, VP Cloud EMEA, Genesys

iomart on the Up

Type: News       Published: 06-2015      Views: 1305   
Description: Acquires IT consultancy SystemsUp for around £12.5m

Location, location, location

Type: News       Published: 06-2015      Views: 1596   
Description: Survey suggests decision makers prefer a 'local' cloud provider

DRaaS can cure cloud migration headache

Type: News       Published: 06-2015      Views: 1599   
Description: Disaster Recovery could act as a 'gateway' to the cloud, says Databarracks

BT stakes its claim in cloud IT         

Type: Analysis       Published: 05-2015      Views: 2589   
Description: BT is aiming to be the world's 'cloud services integrator of choice' with its new Cloud of Clouds vision. Cloud Hosting magazine takes a closer look

Escaping the 'print trap'         

Type: Opinion       Published: 05-2015      Views: 2601   
Description: KYOCERA Document Solutions' Cloud Evangelist, Eddie Ginja, analyses the business benefits of the latest addition to the growing portfolio of cloud services: managed cloud printing

Flexibility is the key         

Type: Strategy       Published: 05-2015      Views: 2538   
Description: Martin Warren, Cloud Solutions Marketing Manager at NetApp argues that a hybrid cloud approach offers the ideal solution for enterprises looking for agility, flexibility and cost effectiveness

Priming your cloud for success         

Type: Opinion       Published: 05-2015      Views: 2233   
Description: According to Martin Bishop, head of Network, Applications & Services, Telstra Global Enterprise & Services, with consumers in the UK more in control of their purchasing power than ever before, a flexible and scalable cloud infrastructure has become increasingly critical to an organisations' success or failure

Under lock and key?         

Type: Technology Focus       Published: 05-2015      Views: 1928   
Description: For businesses worried about data security in the cloud, encryption is part of the answer - but without crypto management data is still at risk, argues Ed Kidson, product manager at Wick Hill

Public cloud use 'unstoppable', say businesses

Type: News       Published: 04-2015      Views: 1417   
Description: UK firms losing battle to prevent staff putting confidential business data in the public cloud

G-Cloud needs a boost

Type: News       Published: 04-2015      Views: 1223   
Description: Government needs renewed focus, says Streamwire

How to navigate an increasingly complex IT landscape         

Type: Strategy       Published: 03-2015      Views: 2342   
Description: IT leaders are facing new levels of complexity as they seek to address business needs, says Neil Thomas, Product Director at Claranet

Hybrid: the 'best-fit' strategy         

Type: Opinion       Published: 03-2015      Views: 2546   
Description: According to Sean McAvan, Managing Director of NaviSite Europe, a hybrid cloud approach offers the best of both worlds for business: embracing the new, while getting the most out of existing IT investments

Mind the gap

Type: News       Published: 02-2015      Views: 1828   
Description: Data centre skills gap will remain critical through 2015, says research

New research “a wake-up call for resellers”

Type: News       Published: 02-2015      Views: 1762   
Description: Many risk losing cloud customers because they aren’t broadening their product range swiftly enough

Where is Enterprise IT going? To Cloud Expo Europe, of course!         

Type: Events       Published: 02-2015      Views: 2332   
Description: The organisers describe Cloud Expo Europe as 'two days of intensive networking and knowledge gathering' - Cloud Hosting magazine will be there of course, and we summarise below some of the expected highlights.

Forward thinking         

Type: Analysis       Published: 01-2015      Views: 3259   
Description: At the end of every year, the IT industry feels the need to channel Mystic Meg and predict what will come in the next 12 months. Cloud Hosting summarises the likely highlights and low points.

Telco Cloud Forum: positively unmissable         

Type: Events       Published: 01-2015      Views: 2328   
Description: Cloud Hosting magazine previews the only event for Telco Cloud providers & their channel partners.

SME adoption of cloud solutions set to increase 72% by 2017

Type: News       Published: 12-2014      Views: 2045   
Description: Huge market growth opportunity, says BCSG

Prints and the revolution

Type: News       Published: 12-2014      Views: 1791   
Description: Slow uptake of cloud-based print management among UK businesses, says Annodata

Are you being served?         

Type: Opinion       Published: 11-2014      Views: 1821   
Description: Too many cloud service providers are 'stuck in the SLA' at the expense of their users' actual requirements, argues Paul Marland, Director of Account Management, Claranet

G-ing up local government         

Type: Opinion       Published: 11-2014      Views: 2616   
Description: Why is the G-Cloud framework struggling to take off with local government users? Databarracks' Peter Groucutt examines the issues.

Where next for ERP?         

Type: Analysis       Published: 11-2014      Views: 2213   
Description: Conflicting research reports suggest that ERP, while critical to business performance, is not delivering in ways that user organisations require in an increasingly cloud-oriented market. Cloud Hosting magazine investigates.

The new cost of doing business         

Type: Strategy       Published: 11-2014      Views: 1805   
Description: Despite the much-heralded benefits, there are a number of unexpected potential obstacles for businesses moving towards public cloud-based IaaS platforms, argues Lilac Schoenbeck, VP of Product Management & Marketing, iland

Cloud: the 60-year-old hot topic

Type: Opinion       Published: 11-2014      Views: 2382   
Description: Cloud may have taken a long time to become an overnight sensation, says Andrew Roughan of Infinity SDC; but the vision behind it should nonetheless offer a new perspective on the future of the data centre

Equinix makes it easier to get on Google Cloud

Type: News       Published: 11-2014      Views: 1983   
Description: Allowing enterprises to accelerate hybrid cloud strategies

To infinity.. and beyond?

Type: Opinion       Published: 11-2014      Views: 2956   
Description: The ongoing epic journey of the Voyager space probe has parallels with the journey we are all making toward a Cloud-oriented future, suggests Paul Hickingbotham, Group Technical Director at Hammer

Plotting a safe journey

Type: Feature       Published: 09-2014      Views: 2376   
Description: Andrew Carr, CEO of Bull Information Systems, offers a selection of Top Tips for 'getting there with Hybrid Cloud Storage'.

Top billing

Type: Technology Focus       Published: 09-2014      Views: 1639   
Description: Cloud billing can make the difference between success and failure for a subscription based business, explains Louis Hall, CEO, Cerillion Technologies.

Dramatic license

Type: Opinion       Published: 09-2014      Views: 1653   
Description: Unscrupulous software vendors could be taking advantage of their customers, suggests Martin Prendergast, CEO and Co-founder of Concorde Solutions.

Stop acting on impulse

Type: Strategy       Published: 09-2014      Views: 2041   
Description: To meet business goals for agility, innovation, and growth, says Lynda Stadtmueller, Vice President, Cloud Services, Stratecast | Frost & Sullivan, enterprises must look for cloud providers that offer a range of services that meet today's needs and can grow with the business.

Safe and sound?

Type: Feature       Published: 09-2014      Views: 2026   
Description: Liam Enticknap, Network Solutions Architect at PEER 1 Hosting offers advice on how to keep your cloud secure.

Show me the money!

Type: Strategy       Published: 09-2014      Views: 2488   
Description: Jamie Longmuir of SafeNet describes how different approaches to software monetization can drive incremental revenue for ISVs via the Cloud.

Plotting a safe journey

Type:       Published: 08-2014      Views: 1370   
Description: Andrew Carr, CEO of Bull Information Systems, offers a selection of Top Tips for 'getting there with Hybrid Cloud Storage'

Keeping the customer satisfied

Type: Case Study       Published: 08-2014      Views: 1468   
Description: Eagle Eye, a UK leader in digital consumer engagement, is using the Rackspace DevOps Automation service to manage a cloud-based infrastructure which supports its product network for offers, vouchers and reward transactions

Cloud chaos on the horizon

Type: News       Published: 07-2014      Views: 1993   
Description: Capita warns against inappropriate 'rush' to cloud

Don't confuse price with value

Type: Strategy       Published: 07-2014      Views: 1852   
Description: When it comes to cloud-based infrastructure services, some potential buyers seem to know the price of everything but the value of nothing, argues Flaviu Radulescu, CEO of bare metal cloud provider Bigstep

Best in show

Type: Events       Published: 07-2014      Views: 2116   
Description: Delegates were quick to agree that Cloud World Forum 'continues to drive the agenda' in the cloud space - Cloud Hosting magazine was at June's event at the Olympia National in London.

Your flexible friend?

Type: Opinion       Published: 07-2014      Views: 2676   
Description: A new breed of flexible data centre must emerge to put the CIO "back in the driving seat", argues Andrew Roughan, Commercial Director at Infinity SDC.

Two-thirds of UK companies facing 'tech deficit'

Type: News       Published: 06-2014      Views: 1964   
Description: New research from Colt says 'simplification is key'

Next year's model

Type: Opinion       Published: 05-2014      Views: 1914   
Description: Cloud computing in data centres is on course to radically change the structure of the IT function, argues Roger Keenan, managing director of central London data centre City Lifeline

Company cloud: putting SMBs in the driving seat

Type: Opinion       Published: 05-2014      Views: 7605   
Description: SMBs needn't sign-up to proprietary hosted software solutions to benefit from cloud flexibility, says Talal Choucair, CEO of MyQuickCloud

Controlled chaos

Type: Opinion       Published: 01-2014      Views: 2220   
Description: Lee Fisher from Abiquo explains how poorly planned out cloud adoption can undermine the benefits on offer and frustrate the journey to the cloud

Best of both worlds?

Type: Analysis       Published: 01-2014      Views: 1881   
Description: Hybrid IT would appear to be the prevailing deployment model for the foreseeable future, says research from the Cloud Industry Forum - Cloud Hosting Magazine takes a closer look

Keeping customers on the rails

Type: Interview       Published: 01-2014      Views: 2873   
Description: Cloud Hosting editor David Tyler speaks to Phil Worms, Director of Corporate Communications at iomart Group plc

Securing the Mobility Age through the Cloud

Type: Opinion       Published: 01-2014      Views: 2559   
Description: Employee mobility will be the rule rather than the exception in the cloud-connected enterprise, bringing with it a whole new raft of security concerns, argues Michael Sutton, VP of security research at Zscaler

The Virtual Reality of Big Data

Type: Management       Published: 11-2013      Views: 4618   
Description: The true value of Big Data comes when it is transformed into Big Intelligence, argues Michiel von der Crone, Field Advisory Services Team Director, EMEA, CommVault

Microsoft - at the cloud tipping point

Type: Strategy       Published: 07-2013      Views: 5795   
Description: The SharePoint world is at a significant tipping point, argues John Mancini of AIIM: customers are moving into a hybrid world, with some organisations moving to the cloud, some sticking with on-premise and most opting for a hybrid solution

Tiers of joy?

Type: Opinion       Published: 07-2013      Views: 3140   
Description: John Greenwood, Director of Sales for Storage & Virtualisation Solutions at NCE, offers some highly personal thoughts about the concept of Auto-Tiering, and what it has to do (or not!) with Aston Villa FC

Cloudy with a chance of system failure?

Type: Opinion       Published: 05-2013      Views: 4409   
Description: Bill Andrews, CEO of ExaGrid Systems, examines the pros and cons of backup to a Public Cloud service

Clouded judgement?

Type: Strategy       Published: 01-2013      Views: 4049   
Description: Many companies - especially SMEs - still view the cloud with caution. Storage magazine asks if the time is right to throw that caution to the wind

Digital transformation plans don't stack up

Type: News       Published:       Views: 292   
Description: Rsearch reveals disparity between drivers and KPIs

New research shows increased interest in hybrid cloud adoption

Type: News       Published:       Views: 327   
Description: Identifies management of data security and multiple cloud platforms as well as migration of legacy IT as major challenges

Amazon announces Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS)

Type: News       Published:       Views: 249   
Description: Delivering Kubernetes as a managed service on AWS

'Peak faith' in cloud only 12-18 months away?

Type: News       Published:       Views: 161   
Description: "Digital transformation" to collapse into "digital disillusion", says consultancy Cloud Gateway

Compliance worries prevent greater Cloud use

Type: News       Published:       Views: 150   
Description: 87% of IT decision makers limit cloud use due to complexity of managing compliance

Cloud adoption on the rise, but organisations are at risk

Type: News       Published:       Views: 161   
Description: New research a 'warning' for businesses not following policies for workloads in virtual environments

Cloud vital for improving customer service

Type: News       Published:       Views: 155   
Description: But new research suggests adoption levels still leave much to be desired