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Public cloud adoption is set to continue to grow but companies have concerns over how to handle cloud migration challenges, according to the latest study by VIAVI Solutions.   The IT and network testing provider, in its most recent State of the Network Global Study, polled more than 600 IT professionals and found more than...

Legacy IT systems can provide a whole host of problems for you and your business.   Holding onto out-of-date IT for as long as possible just to avoid the hassle of moving data from one platform to another, having to provide further staff training, and paying out for a costly upgrade, could actually end up...

SCC has won the HPE UK and Ireland ‘Everything as a Service’ Partner of the Year 2018 award.   The accolade was presented to the SCC team in Las Vegas at HPE’s Global Partner Summit. The award recognises SCC’s fantastic services capability and its partnership with HPE.   SCC was shown to have made a...

Cloud computing has transformed the IT landscape in recent years, so maybe it’s hard to believe that the concept has in fact been around for some time.   Solving a range of issues, including increasing operational agility, enhancing flexibility and scaling bandwidth up and down with ease – cloud is an essential for any successful...

Hosting data in-house can be a costly experience. It’s a bit like owning your own car; you have all the responsibility of upkeep and repairs, and just when you think everything is plain sailing, a whopping unexpected bill lands on your doormat. With this in mind, many are now thinking of ‘leasing their car’ instead,...

Companies who have deployed cloud are said to be gaining competitive advantage over their rivals, according to a new study conducted by IBM. The study of 800 cloud decision-makers looked at the business outcomes of organisations using cloud and how their results are being achieved. The results indicated that those who have deployed cloud are...

Data published by G-Cloud’s governing body, Crown Commercial Service (CCS), shows SCC as having achieved the highest revenue through the framework in 2018 so far. According to Computer Reseller News (CRN) who analysed the data, SCC achieved revenue of £1.8m, ranking it number 1 for the first quarter of 2018. In terms of the channel,...

Unreliable and non-responsive IT systems are a no-no in healthcare. As technology weaves its way into every aspect of the practitioner-patient relationship, one IT-blow could literally mean life or death. Healthcare’s technological infrastructure cannot afford to be delicate. Yet worryingly, the sector is a prime target for cyber criminals. According to IBM’s X-Force Threat Intelligence...

Data migration should be well planned and well executed. If not, it could seriously hinder your organisation. We have all witnessed the catastrophic effects of what can go wrong when migrating from legacy systems. The banking industry is a particular example; thanks to the large volumes of data they house, a general lack of data...

Criminals are launching more attacks on UK businesses than ever before. Enterprises across the country have had to up their game in an attempt to protect themselves from ransomware, data breaches and weaknesses in supply chain.   It just takes a quick Google search of ‘cyber attacks’ to see the sheer amount of news coverage...

With an exponential increase in data production in the last decade many companies are finding that their private clouds can no longer handle peak-time demand; this is leading to a shift in hybrid cloud usage. But when moving to a hybrid system, will your colocation provider meet your specific needs? Make sure you consider these...

A business moves to a cloud based solution for many reasons. Scalability is one, as is connectivity. Increased security usually wins the list of requirements, alongside greater resilience, redundancy and guaranteed uptime. Then there is the plethora of ‘as a service’ style software solutions, all of which have to be built, configured, and populated with...