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Prestwich Arts College Case Study

02 Feb 2012

Prestwich Arts College in Bury is a mixed comprehensive school providing secondary education for students between the ages of 11 and 16. In 2004, the school was designated as one of the government’s specialist ‘Arts Colleges’ reflecting the school’s excellence and aptitude for Arts and Media.

Top Magazines Lower TCO - Case Study

31 Jan 2012

Condé Nast Digital Germany uses GoGrid to deliver content — securely, flexibly, and inexpensively

Condé Nast Digital Germany relies on GoGrid to distribute the high-quality content in several of Germany’s top print magazines over the web. When they visit the German-language sites for Glamour, GQ, and Vogue, readers find more than just the latest articles. Condé Nast Digital Germany provides them with archived content, communities, enhanced shopping, special microsites, and more. Reliant on advertising revenue, Condé Nast Digital Germany needs to keep its costs low while delivering an engaging experience to site visitors.

Is your service provider on the right cloud?

30 Jan 2012

Sometimes there are simply too many options and everything begins to sound the same so how do you select the best solution for your company? OK. Let's back up a second. You made the decision to outsource some or all of your IT operations. Either you need more capacity or perhaps you want to rent extra capacity for peak loads. Basically, you need to find new ways to quickly and easily accommodate to changes in your business without causing disruption.

Data centre SOS: save our servers!

27 Jan 2012

A 2011 report into data centre energy use highlighted that worldwide consumption grew by 56% between 2005 and 2010.¹ In fact, in 2010, data centres accounted for between 1.1% and 1.5% of the world's total energy consumption. Combine this increasing usage with rising energy costs, and you can see why a growing number of organisations are choosing to make economies of scale by cutting overheads or consolidating their data centres.

Cloud service saves accountants 30 per cent on their IT costs - Case Study

27 Jan 2012

A case study for Rise and George Hay Chartered Accountants

Overview

Chartered accountant George Hay wanted to reduce its IT costs and implement an IT infrastructure that would grow with its business. The company worked with Softwerx, an IT services and software development firm, to deploy a Cloud infrastructure based on DataCenter on Demand technology. With the help of Softwerx, George Hay reduced its IT costs by 30 per cent and gained peace of mind from a new disaster-recovery service.