London and Frankfurt lead retail demand rise

Growing corporate confidence coupled with sustained demand by Cloud providers continues to drive new interest for data centre services, with London and Frankfurt leading the way, according to research from global property advisor CBRE. Across the five key markets of London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris and Madrid, a total of 8,090 sq m of data space was transacted in the third quarter (Q3) of 2013, a total which is 51% higher than Q3 last year.

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Easynet Global Services partners with Zscaler

Zscaler, the global security cloud for the mobile enterprise, and Easynet Global Services, the managed cloud infrastructure provider, have announced a partnership to deliver Zscaler’s Direct-to-Cloud Network (DCN) security to Easynet’s customers to meet the growing demand for globally-secured Internet access and policy enforcement in EMEA.

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10bn up for grabs for online retailers this Christmas

£375 Is the average UK Christmas budget and over 50% of it will be spent online.

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Claranet wins Best Customer Service Strategy Award

Managed services provider wins SVC’s inaugural customer service award.

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The future of the data centre explored

The importance, role and functionality of data centres will change over the next five years, leaving many organisations unclear on how to plan their future data centre architectures, according Gartner, Inc. Gartner said technical, fiscal and service delivery concerns will be critical and organisations should plan around eight forces to shape their best data centre strategies.

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Axios Systems selected as SaaS Provider in Government G-Cloud 4

Axios Systems is pleased to announce its inclusion in the UK Government’s newly launched G-Cloud 4 cloud procurement framework. The G-Cloud Programme is a cross government initiative focused on introducing best practice cloud IT services into government departments, local authorities and the wider public sector.

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Hidden deep in a mountain, Green Mountain’s data centre is cooled by the cold waters of a Norwegian fjord. Working with nature, Green Mountain is saving energy and protecting the environment — leading the way to cutting data centre energy use by a third.

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