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It is a common misconception that data centres simply provide you with storage for your business data and applications when really, data centres are so much more. To illustrate what we mean, we must first jump across to San Diego, California, where the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) has unveiled a new project to help beat cancer. (more…)
In our continuing mission to provide our customers with the best possible service, we at BIS have recently upgraded a number of customers’ private cloud platforms to VMware’s vSphere 5. The platform promises to deliver increased application availability and control and an even faster, more seamless connection.
But how have VMware managed to achieve this? What benefits does vSphere 5 offer? (more…)
Isn’t it frustrating when you are stopped dead in your tracks due to some IT hardware or software problem? It is even more frustrating calling your problem in to a support call centre only to receive some assurances and a ticket number. You sit around waiting with no idea whether your issue is being resolved, or whether it has already slipped through the net.
That is why at BIS we don’t have call centres, we have service desks. (more…)
From late July, London will host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games and we are sure to expect a busy time for both human and web traffic.
With an estimated 10,500 competitors from over 200 National Olympic Committees attending, the capital’s population will swell as millions of spectators from around the world flock to London. (more…)
Current research shows that deployment of the latest concept in data centres (NGDCs, or next generation data centres) has stalled. The concept is compelling: it is the evolution of the data centre from simple storage and retrieval into an efficient and yet cost-effective service-centric business tool. At its heart is virtualisation: of servers, of desktops and of storage. But the process of virtualising a traditional storage and retrieval data centre still worries many IT Managers. (more…)
Moving your data centre from in-house to a colocation provider makes increasing economic sense. The economies of scale provided by a specialist environment, particularly with rising costs in energy and 24/7 support and security, can no longer be ignored. But despite the logic and clear advantages, the actual commitment can be daunting. Uprooting the IT infrastructure on which your business depends and transferring it to a different location is worrying, to say the least.
But it needn’t be. The solution is in detailed planning and strict project management, coupled with the experience to see it through. To help companies considering just such a move, but perhaps a bit worried about the unknown, we’ve compiled a checklist of what’s entailed. (more…)
Just over a week ago, Freeform Dynamics published research suggesting that across Europe 58% of small companies and 20% of medium-sized companies do not have a formal disaster recovery plan. At the time Infosecurity Magazine approached us for our view on these statistics – and you can find the resulting story here. (more…)
