BIS Named Colt’s Reseller Partner of 2011

As a primary provider of data centres in London, we rely on our partner network to provide our clients with the best data management possible. Last month one of the biggest information delivery suppliers in Europe, Colt, announced their results for Partners of the Year 2011, and we are proud to say that BIS has been named Top Reseller of the Year. We went along to the Institute of Directors to collect our award, which recognises and celebrates BIS as the top performing reseller partner. (more…)

A free no-obligation virtualisation assessment

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…)

The 4.2 Trillion Dollar Gravy Train

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the world’s leading research organisations, has published some startling figures about business on the Internet. If the Internet were an economy, its business would be the fifth largest economy in the world, behind only the United States, China, India and Japan. It is no less startling in the UK, where Internet business is already the fifth largest economic sector, already ahead of healthcare, construction and education. But BCG makes clear that this is just the beginning. The UK web economy is growing at 10.9%; well ahead of the 8.1% average for other G20 economies. In 2010, more than 12.5% of all UK retail trade was conducted on the Internet. By 2016 this is expected to grow to 23%. (more…)

Public Cloud vs Private Cloud

Attitudes towards cloud computing seem to be changing. Demand for public cloud services will continue to grow, but interest in using the public cloud infrastructure is lessening other than for software development. The driver for this is IT’s increasing desire for more advanced computing capabilities such as virtualisation. (more…)

Research shows that most SMBs have no disaster recovery plans

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…)

What our new Microsoft Hosting Competency means to you.

BIS is delighted to have achieved Silver Status with Hosting Competency in Microsoft’s Partner Programme. This accreditation recognises the company’s proven expertise in Microsoft technologies and the ability to deliver successful projects that meet customers’ needs. (more…)

BIS grows 3-year IT services deal with ITV

BIS is delighted to announce the expansion of ITV’s three year IT Services deal. ITV originally selected BIS as part of its on-going transformation plan to become leaner and more dynamic.

Samantha Keating, Sales Director at BIS said “We are clearly delighted to have secured this contract.  ITV has undergone dramatic restructuring and this move reflects the new management’s commitment to selecting flexible vendors who are able to offer competitively priced solutions, without sacrificing quality”. (more…)