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What Does PLMA Stand For?

PLMA is quite frankly a made-up acronym because Proprietary Latency Monitoring Appliances was far too long for the title. What we're really here to talk about is how InStream is changing the latency monitoring world by leveraging cloud technology.

CensorNet to Shake Up Stagnant Web Security Market

CensorNet has had myriad announcements recently, so we sat down with CEO Ed Macnair and his new Director of Sales Engineering, Alex Kurz to hear more about the strategy and big developments in 2015.

Pimp Your Hardware with Kingston Tech

Big data analytics hardware doesn’t need to cost a fortune, commoditised hardware along with upgraded existing assets can be used to drive big data.

Pitch Yourself! at Cloud Expo Europe

Compare the Cloud will be recording audio and video pitches of cloud services during Cloud Expo Europe on 11th and 12th March, 2015 at Excel, London.

Cirrus, Nimbus, or Hybrid? Is the cloud right for you?

Armed with the correct facts about your current IT infrastructure, you can make the choice whether a move to cloud infrastructure suits your organisation.

The Invisible Threat To London’s Economy

London is pulling up the rear just behind Birmingham in a recent survey from Prosyn IT Support. The city’s available internet connection speeds are well behind Oxford, Stockholm, Bucharest and many other cities at home and abroad, weighing in at a paltry average of 26.3 Mbps, with far lower within the City of London and the West End.

February Top 10 #CloudInfluence UK and Cloud Bursters

February's Top 10 #CloudInfluence UK based individuals, and the Top 10 Cloud Bursters, those who made it into the league tables as rising stars of February.

DeeperThanBlue achieve Premier Partner status with IBM

Digital channels and integration specialist, DeeperThanBlue has announced it has achieved IBM Premier Business Partner status.

February Top 50 #CloudInfluence Individuals

There was a high rate of change in the Global Top 50 #CloudInfluence Individual League Tables with only 11 of last month’s top 50 appearing this month.

February Global #CloudInfluence League Table

The #CloudInfluence battle heated up in February as Microsoft and IBM stole a mind share lead over Amazon in cloud.

Where in The Cloud is My Data?

‘The cloud’. Used in this popular singular form with the definite article, it suggests that there really is a single, nebulous entity where computing and storage magically take place. Of course reality is that “the cloud” is a network of data centres, and within those, a network of servers and storage nodes. So when you put data in “the cloud”, where is it exactly?

Data Centres #CloudInfluence Special Report

Looking specifically at which organisation had the most influence on data centre issues, this is our #CloudInfluence Special Report on data centres.

Hybridity; The Future Mainstay

With the emergence of cloud technology being the mainstay of collaborative and efficient working, the term hybrid cloud has been bandied around with much speculation in recent months.

The Dragon's Den for Tech Start Ups

Rhian Wilkinson tells you why you should be attending start up events, and reviews We Are The Future's London Start Up Summit.

Getting Ahead in the Clouds

Enterprises and third party operators are transforming to cloud data centres and fast becoming the indispensable infrastructure for cloud computing.

Making IBM Software relevant for Cloud service builders

ASL is aimed at business partners who wish to take IBM’s software and build it into the repeatable solutions they take to market.

Tales from the Cloud Crypt

Here at Compare the Cloud we have a craving for superstition, and as today is Friday the 13th we figured we would indulge ourselves! So we're highlighting some true horror stories with Cloud and the industry.

Nightmare on Vendor Street

We have a craving for superstition, and for Friday the 13th we figured we would indulge ourselves! We're highlighting some true cloud horror stories.

January #CloudInfluence UK and Cloud Bursters League Tables

The top 10 UK #CloudInfluence individuals and the top 10 rising stars #CloudInfluence individuals, those who featured in the charts with no prior presence.

January #CloudInfluence Individual League Table

The top twenty cloud influencers is an interesting mix of industry heavyweights which includes several CEOs and CFOs from the firms that are listed in our Global 50 #CloudInfluence Organisations.

Introducing the #CloudInfluence League Table

Compare the Cloud's #CloudInfluence league tables use big data analytics to rank the influence of the top 50 organisations and individuals in the cloud sector.

Welcoming Bill Mew, a CTC Convert

Compare the Cloud is delighted to announce the appointment of Bill Mew as Marketing and Communications Director.

Cost Flexibility in the Law Cloud

8 Tips For Moving Business Data To The Cloud

Monique Rivers from Ninefold explains the eight key areas to focus on when migrating business data to a cloud environment.

Finding the difference in cloud suppliers

With the Cloud industry is continuing its expansion why then is there so much uniformity from suppliers? It is becoming increasingly difficult to work out exactly what services are on offer.

Host Your Cloud In The UK

Frank Jennings explains why hosting in the UK is preferable to hosting in Germany in the current data law climate.

IBM z13: A Journey

Andrew Mclean reminisces on the journey to IBM z13, and gives his appraisal of the mainframe.

Are you ready for EU Data Protection Regulation?

Paul Weeden of Foration explains the implications the new EU Data Protection Regulations will have for your cloud business in the future.

A Hybrid Cloud Quickie

Neil Cattermull explains hybrid cloud business enablement in brief, easy to understand language.

The biggest computer on Earth

The sum total of the Internet's home computing power is almost beyond imagination... And we're wasting almost all of it.