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Navigating the hybrid highway

In the second part of our hybrid special Bree Freeman explains the potential pitfalls of adopting the hybrid cloud path.

Infinera Cloud Xpress now shipping

Infinera has started shipping Cloud Xpress - family of metro optical platforms designed for network operators delivering Cloud-based services.

Node4’s on-net with Virgin Media

Node4 upgrades Leeds data centre and is now on-net with Virgin Media.

Bah Humbug Cloud

As Christmas nears Russel Ridgley, Head of Cloud Services for Pulsant, considers capacity at this festive but busy time of year.

Hybrid: The Scrabble proof point

Now that the hybrid cloud is now open for business Paul Gainham from Juniper Networks considers its value.

New survey reveals telecom trends for 2015

Despite the hype companies need to focus their 2015 investments on building the foundations for a digital future, according to a new survey by CloudSense.

The importance of uptime

Uptime Management has always been a crucial matter. In many ways, it can be regarded as the 'final mile' of any IT operation.

Lawyers need the cloud too

If the IT departments of law firms took advantage of cloud computing then the lawyers they support could be more efficient and innovative.

Enterprise gets 10 from Apple and IBM

In the battle for the enterprise market Apple and IBM introduce 10 business-focused IBM MobileFirst iOS apps.

Juniper finds connectivity matters

Juniper Networks' Global Bandwidth Index Report reveals 97% of people in emerging markets report fundamental life changes due to connectivity.

The growth of the hybrid

In the first of our two-part special Bree Freeman looks at why more companies than ever are opting for a hybrid cloud solution.

Are you a Workhorse or a Unicorn?

Following the fifth Analytics and Big Data Congress Rhian looks at Big Data analysis. Is anyone really getting it right?

Advertising giant WPP goes hybrid with IBM

WPP, is the world’s largest communications services group, has chosen IBM to provide hybrid cloud services.

Calyx adds disaster recovery to IaaS

With business continuity is becoming a greater issue for businesses managed services provider Calyx invests in disaster recovery options.

The cloud's second wave

Cloud computing continues to evolve and the recent exit of Rackspace from the IaaS market can be viewed as major change in the evolution of the cloud.

City Network takes OpenStack to Europe

Sweden's City Network offers OpenStack infrastructure services in multiple data centres across Europe.

DaaS market heats up

In part two of our series looking at Desktop as a Service, Bree Freeman offers up some advice as to how to pick the right DaaS provider for your business.

Looking after accountants in the cloud

Dan Blackett of Hosted Accountants considers the importance IT for accountancy firms and how the cloud could be beneficial.

Businesses expecting cloud IT infrastructure

Survey of IT decision makers demonstrates cloud is increasingly seen as standard practice for IT provisioning.

Cloud interest still rising

The annual Computerworld Forecast Study 2015 predicts that cloud IT initiatives and interest will continue to rise next year.

Thanking smartphones for the cloud

The smartphone has done more to help cloud adoption than any other device, as such is due our thanks.

DaaS for law firms

The team at VESK take a look at DaaS and suggest how it could benefit law firms.

Flying high with DaaS

As the workforce becomes mobile DaaS is regaining interest as businesses look to have better control over their documents, apps and programs virtually.

Guide to Hybrid Cloud

Azure Outage

Microsoft's recent Azure outage highlights importance of service continuity and the challenges of relying on connectivity.

How durable is your cloud storage?

What does that long string of 9s means when a cloud storage providers talks about how safe your data is?

Reducing big word terminology

With many cloud providers communicating with acronyms and in big enterprise terms is it any wonder that cloud adoption is not higher?

Can you see the Cloud for the Fog?

Bigger isn't better. It's all down to how you treat the customers and how far you are willing to go to protect their cloud data.

IoT, not just great technology

The IoT is more than hype, it can provide delivery and consumption of some very interesting and valuable products and services.

IT still not ready for IoT

IT departments are still not ready for the Internet of Things. Increased security threats and data privacy issues considered the biggest challenges.