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View from the top: Data centre industry musings
27 Oct 2011
Like most business leaders at the end of the year, I have been heads down planning for 2012 and beyond. While the vast majority of time has been spent scrutinising every element of my own business, I always enjoy this…
Out in front – Colt wins again
18 Oct 2011
Last week I was delighted to receive on behalf of Colt two awards from the Metro Ethernet Forum. These were the ‘Best Business Ethernet Service’ award, won for our Ethernet Private Network (E-PN) and the overall ‘Service Provider of the…
Verne Global – The Big Idea
17 Oct 2011
Four years ago, we had an idea. An idea, that if it were to come to fruition, would revolutionize an industry. Historically, an idea has to present a 10% or greater advantage to get a market to move. As ideas…
Has the NIST “as-a-service” definition come to a crossroads?
14 Oct 2011
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recently published two new documents on cloud computing: the first edition of a cloud computing standards roadmap and a cloud computing reference architecture and taxonomy. Colt has been a strong…
Building tomorrow’s data centre
12 Oct 2011
We have now launched www.tomorrowsdatacentre.com. Over the coming months, we’ll be tracking the deployment of the world’s first dual-sourced 100 per cent renewably powered data centre; being built in Verne Global’s new facility in Keflavik, Iceland. Our 500m2 modular data…
Control is Everything
08 Oct 2011
Long before the invention of the modern computer, the fibre optic network or the applications that use both to power 21st century business, the famous German sociologist, Emile Durkheim, wrote that the exclusive objective of any successful organisation is to…
Expanding Smart Office functionality for SMEs
06 Oct 2011
With many small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) still reeling from the continued effects of global economic uncertainty, access to cutting edge technologies that help them to perform more efficiently, at an optimal level, has never been more important. That’s…
Is there a role for cloud brokers?
04 Oct 2011
In the rush to get to the commoditised nirvana of “on-tap” IT, new business models are being touted as the future path for IT service delivery. Recently, there has been much discussion on the potential of the cloud broker model.
Is “In The Cloud” helping understanding?
23 Sep 2011
Has the phrase “in the cloud” become such a catch-all that any attempt to define cloud computing is doomed to failure? Is the industry cloud weary and now turning back to the business challenge of how to harness IT to…
The most common pitfalls for SMEs and IT
13 Sep 2011
In the past few months on this blog I’ve been talking a lot about the opportunity for SME growth and the technology services that they can employ to manage that growth correctly and protect the business they have. It’s encouraging…
What needs to be done to extend the reach of broadcast content?
09 Sep 2011
There can be no denying that broadcasters face a complex challenge in terms of identifying and deploying futureproof infrastructures that offer consumers choice, mobility and participation in their media experiences. Consumer demand for interactive, HD and 3D TV has intensified…