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Rackspace appoints Brian Kelly as Chief Security Officer

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Rackspace® has announced the appointment of Brian Kelly as Chief Security Officer. Kelly will be responsible for overseeing physical and information security efforts for Rackspace and its customers globally and will report to Mark Roenigk, Chief Operating Officer.

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83% of organisations still host business critical data on-premise.

Gartner says in the Digital World CIOs need bimodal IT: rock solid IT with ability for fluidity

CIOs need a rock solid and efficient IT operation that frees up time and resources for innovation, and just as important in digital business, they need to be fluid, according to Gartner, Inc. In digital business, IT leaders must be part solid and part fluid to succeed.

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Huisman, who is active worldwide in the development and production of heavy construction equipment for onshore and offshore companies, has chosen Proact to be the supplier of a new IT infrastructure. Proact delivers and implements the total solution, consisting of servers, storage and back-up for a total of eleven locations worldwide. Huisman has signed a five-year contract.

Tight IT budgets to drive efficiency demands in 2015

Increasing efficiency will be the number one priority for IT departments in 2015, as organisations look to get more value out of their IT spend, according to research released today by Brocade. The research, taken from a survey of UK-based IT Decision-Makers (ITDMs), found that increasing efficiency is a top priority for 53 percent of IT leaders in 2015. Budget restrictions are the main driver behind this need for efficiency, with just 31 percent of organisations expecting their IT capital...

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The cloud server provider has also announced global availability for its new auto-scaling, pay-for-use Elastic Containers.

Claranet acquires Echiron, a high-end managed hosting and applications provider in Portugal

Deal confirms Claranet’s position as the largest provider of cloud services to the mid-market...

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) extend services to meet evolving customer demand

Managed services providers must extend portfolios to provide more services, while narrowing their...

Carbon Trust awards certification to all Savvis UK data centres

Carbon Trust Standard recognises carbon-footprint reductions in Savvis UK data centres.

BSO lights up New York metro network

The international leader in low latency network services is expanding into the United States...

UKFast doubles space

Growth at one of the North’s best-known firms looks set to continue as UKFast announces it is...

Six trends identified driving IT to establish its presence in the boardroom

Polycom research reveals that IT leaders need to establish themselves in the boardrooms to respond...

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