Digitalisation World

Senior execs spend three times as much as the CIO on technology innovation

Three quarters (75%) of business-led IT money is spent on innovation, compared to just 25% from the traditional IT budget, which is focused on maintenance and operations, or rather “keeping the light on”.

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting Data Analytics DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation Infrastructure Platform Security Software Storage + Servers Storage Technology

Oak Hill Capital Partners (“Oak Hill”) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pulsant from Bridgepoint Development Capital (“BDC”). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is unconditional and is expected to complete in the coming weeks.

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Dell Cloud solutions and services enable businesses to boost profits by attracting new customers and better serving existing customers.

Published in Cloud + MS Platform Storage + Servers Virtualisation

In tandem with the official launch date of Parallels newest product, LeaseWeb has added Parallels Plesk 12 to both its bare metal as well as virtual server offerings. As one of the world’s largest hosting brands with more than 60,000 physical servers under management, LeaseWeb is proud to be introducing the latest version of Plesk to its global clientele.

IT’s growing Opportunity to become a strategic provider to the business

IT departments must free themselves from the pressures of tactical necessities before they can be seen as key contributors to business strategy and operational excellence.

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In an age where businesses need to be more productive with smaller budgets it seems that across the country they’ve started to recognise that cloud solutions can enable them to do exactly this. In fact analysts IDC predict that demand for cloud services will grow by 25% worldwide in 2014 and over $100 billion will be spent before year end.