Computing heavyweight Dell’s acquisitions over the past five years have all pointed towards a push in enterprise IT, none more so than its recent takeover of thin-client leader, Wyse. Other than the company’s obvious focus on enterprise, what else does Dell’s purchase of Wyse Technology tell us? Considering that Wyse is the market leader in [...]

The latest in our cloud infographics series is the cloud checklist, examining the key points to look for when choosing a hosting provider. To include the infographic in your site use the embed code below: <a style=”border:none;” title=”UKFast Hosting – Cloud Services Checklist” href=”http://blog.ukfast.co.uk/2012/02/04/9581/”><img src=”http://www.ukfast.co.uk/images/diagrams/infographic/get_ahead_of_the_cloud/Cloud_The_Cloud_Checklist_700x990.jpg” alt=”UKFast Hosting – Cloud Services Checklist” /></a><p>Infographic by <a title=”UKFast [...]

Here is the next in our series of infographics showing how cloud can help your business. The latest one below looks at six of the key IT operational environments where cloud can offer significant benefits. To include the infographic in your site use the embed code below: <a style=”border:none;” title=”UKFast Hosting – Cloud Services Application” [...]

Following on from our ‘Why do SMEs Choose Cloud’ infographic, here is the next in the series: ‘Business and Cloud Computing’.     To include the infographic in your site use the embed code below: <a style=”border:none;” title=”UKFast Hosting – Business and Cloud Computing” href=”http://blog.ukfast.co.uk/2012/01/30/business-and-cloud-infographic/”><img src=”http://www.ukfast.co.uk/images/diagrams/infographic/get_ahead_of_the_cloud/Cloud_business_and_cloud_computing_700x990.jpg” alt=”UKFast Hosting – Business and Cloud Computing” /></a><p>Infographic by [...]

Recently we held a round table debate to discuss the applications of cloud technology. We brought together some of the leading cloud experts to discuss how the technology can benefit businesses in the UK. All of the experts agreed that many SMEs struggle to get around the hype of cloud to find out how it [...]

2011 has undoubtedly been the year of technology on the move. People have now come to expect access to everything everywhere. We held a round table debate to discuss the biggest technological advances of 2011 and it was pretty obvious that ‘on-the-go’ is ‘on-the-up’. Looking back at the footage of the debate, there are three [...]

This week PC Pro released a report on cloud computing in 2012. One of the areas it looks at is the top cloud concerns for CIO’s. Not surprisingly data security heads up the list. The past year has seen a lot of press about security concerns in the cloud. Public clouds in particular are vulnerable [...]

Cloud hosting has exploded in recent years and to many businesses it is seen as the best option during these tough economic times. However many still do not fully understand exactly what the cloud is, how the different types work and whether it really is the best option for their business. Here is a brief [...]

On Sunday 7th August, part of Amazon’s Web Services in Europe were knocked offline after a power failure. The outage caused errors in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud 2, Elastic Block Storage and Relational Database Service platforms. The initial explanation was that a lighting bolt at Amazon’s Dublin data centre caused a power surge that [...]

At the beginning of June Apple unveiled its new iCloud service at the Apple developer’s conference. The cloud is one area in which Apple has let competitors get a head start with the likes of Amazon’s EC2 and Google Apps proving to be very popular. With iCloud Apple hope to synchronise and co-ordinate the key [...]