Private Cloud vs. Dedicated Hosting: What’s the Difference?
Companies and institutions have benefited from advances in cloud computing for many years. In order to seamlessly carry out complicated tasks, organisations rely on cloud hosting to run and maintain...
The Essential Guide to Private Cloud Hosting
Cloud computing is a wide umbrella that encompasses a number of different classes, types and architectures of computer system resources. For commercial use, a feature that regularly distinguishes one...
The Benefits of Bespoke AWS Managed Services
Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud adoption accelerated dramatically in the last few years as executives scrambled to add digital agility and flexibility to their businesses. But the cloud doesn’t...
Virtual Private Cloud: What is it and how does it work?
Cloud computing has revolutionised both public and corporate technology, along with virtualisation. More and more businesses and consumers wonder aloud about whether they should be using VPNs for web...
Guide to AWS Cost Optimisation: Best Practices And Strategies
A large part of any IT budget today is sent to cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS.) Understanding your cloud bill and learning how to budget for the cloud is a vital concern for you....
Top 5 Strategies For Accelerating IT Transformation
IT transformation is a long process that affects all areas of your tech infrastructure.—and your business. Companies must examine how their systems, networks, and business policies mesh to ensure...
Guide to Choosing a Cloud Consulting Company
Cloud projects are complex and unique, with many moving parts and stakeholders. It’s why many companies turn to a cloud consulting company for help. With the right approach and guidance, they can...
Building an intelligent operating model for the future: The importance of looking ahead
To build an operating model that allows you to respond quickly to business needs, you need to look forward to your roadmap and outside factors. This blog looks at how other customers have built an...
Building an intelligent operating model for the future: The considerations and the blockers
How does IT build an agile operating model to support an ever-changing working environment? We look at some of considerations and blockers as organisations start their journey.
Making the change to Microsoft’s New Commerce Experience
Microsoft has created the New Commerce Experience which is a change to their subscription model. Read about these changes and your new options here.
How to create a digital workspace
Productivity tools enable your teams to work better, but with various solutions available how do you start to create your digital workspace?
7 public cloud best practices every business needs to know
Using a public cloud is one of the most significant tech shifts for any modern business. Here are 7 best practices to help your organisation succeed.
The simple guide to public cloud migration
Demand for cloud computing services is growing rapidly and is expected to make up 14.2% of global enterprise IT spending by 2024. According to Gartner, spending on public clouds last year reached...
Which virtual desktop solution is best-suited for your business?
Choosing the right virtual desktop can be hard. We look at four of the most popular platforms, their pros and cons and our recommendations.
4 ways Microsoft 365 can support retailers to provide excellent customer service
For retailers, providing excellent customer service is crucial. Discover how retailers using Microsoft Office 365 to deliver faster, more productive results.
How to plan a successful public cloud migration
A cloud migration is not a project to be run in isolation; this is a business transformation. Discover how to plan a successful migration here
3 ways technology can accelerate your onboarding and induction process
With the right technology, you can accelerate your onboarding and induction process. We look at three different ways to support your organisation.
Private Cloud vs Public Cloud: What are the main differences?
Cloud computing has transformed how we work and play online. But the cloud isn’t one thing; it spans a range of classifications, types, and architecture models. Most applications and services run...
What is Public Cloud? A Comprehensive Guide
Public clouds are one of the most recognised models of cloud computing today. They’re an efficient and economical way to pool tech resources and infrastructure in a virtualised environment. Those...
AWS well-architected framework
It’s no longer enough to simply move your workloads into the cloud and forget about them. From reduced costs to increased performance, the cloud provides the foundation your business needs to...
CIO learnings from the pandemic
The pandemic has resulted in rapid changes to the way we work, but it's not only the shift to remote working which CIOs have been hard-pressed to deal with. Read more here.
Environmental benefits of public cloud
Climate change presents one of the biggest environmental challenges our species has ever seen and as the impact is increasingly felt, it is becoming increasingly important for us all to reduce...
Redcentric acquires Piksel Industry Solutions Ltd
Redcentric plc, a leading UK IT managed services provider, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Piksel Industry Solutions Ltd.
How our VMware Cloud Verification supports customer availability
Your ability to access systems, applications and data at all times gives your customers confidence. Discover how a VMware cloud verified partner supports that.
Top tips on using technology to thrive
When looking towards the future and considering how your organisation can thrive, read our tips on reviewing and using technology to thrive
Hybrid Cloud Security: How to secure your Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid clouds allow organisations to benefit from both public and private cloud models. But how do you keep your hybrid cloud secure? Here are the best practices.
Becoming technology enabled with cloud
How are other organisations using cloud to drive efficiencies and supporting their customers to deliver the services they need.
Becoming technology enabled
Organisations are becoming technology enabled to create the agility necessary to overcome the challenges of digital disruption. Read more here
8 benefits of using a cloud service provider
How can you benefit when using a cloud service provider? This blog looks at how you can tap into a wider skills pool and get your solutions optimised.
Aligning your cloud strategy with your business objectives
Achieve the full potential and value of cloud solutions. We look at different objectives and how your cloud strategy supports them in different scenarios.
Shared vs dedicated IaaS
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provides the ability to run many customer servers on the same physical server hardware through the use of server virtualisation. The concept is a repeat of the...
12 benefits of desktop as a service
Desktop as a Service (DaaS) allows organisations to provide their employees with a virtualised desktop environment to any device, with the data and systems hosted from the cloud. This article looks at...
How public sector organisations can move to the cloud
Legacy environments, ageing hardware and heavily integrate systems are creating a drive for more government departments and public sector bodies to transition to a Cloud-based future to leverage...
Cloud first policy
Back in May 2013, the then coalition government formally introduced the ‘Cloud First’ policy that has done so much subsequently to drive and shape IT procurement and deployment across the public...
Top tips for switching data centres
There are many reasons for relocating your IT equipment to a new data centre, varying from a refresh of equipment currently running in-house to dissatisfaction with an existing data centre to a desire...
What is IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)?
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is best visualised as sitting at the base of a three-tier Cloud computing pyramid that also comprises PaaS (Platform as a Service) in the middle and SaaS (Software...
What is PaaS (Platform as a Service)?
Platform as a Service (PaaS) is best visualised as sitting in the middle of a three-tier Cloud computing pyramid that also comprises IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) and SaaS (Software as a...
What is software as a service (SaaS)?
Software as a Service (SaaS) is best visualised as sitting at the top of a three-tier Cloud computing pyramid that also comprises PaaS (Platform as a Service) in the middle and IaaS (Infrastructure as...
Top 10 tips when considering cloud services
For well over a decade, outsourcing tried to take a foot hold, but only over the last two to three years, things have matured, most notably with providers presenting us with stronger, more compelling...
From virtual to reality: what you need to know about persistent and non persistent virtual desktops
According to market analyst company, The 451 Group, the market for virtualised desktop environments (VDI) is estimated to reach $5.6billion by next year. With the ability to provide high performance...
Citrix on Azure ‘a powerful combination’
Twenty years ago many organisations were looking at the Microsoft and Citrix combination to help them engineer a server back-end that could simplify and streamline sysadmin, extend the life of ageing...