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Can Hybrid Cloud Really Work?

The recent trend of cloud computing is seeing public, private and hybrid cloud solutions rapidly becoming a mainstream alternative to a purely in-house deployment. For companies growing quickly and requiring more management flexibility, this deployment model represents a great alternative both financially and operationally. Yet there is always a concern that putting the control in the hands of a cloud provider may present a risk.

On Friday 4th May 2012 we’ll be conducting a webinar with our panel of industry leading experts who will share their experience, knowledge and advice on the cloud services model, as well as some up-to-date research to ensure you get the right balance.

The webinar discussion will take place at 10:00 BST and will last one hour, providing viewers with a first-hand insight into some of these cloud projects, how success has been achieved and the lessons learned along the way.

If you’d like to attend the webinar, register soon as there are only limited places available.

The Panel

Dale Vile
CEO of the independent analyst house Freeform Dynamics

As head of the business, Dale looks after Freeform Dynamics’ overall direction and performance, as well as overseeing the company’s primary research activities, which provide ongoing insights into how IT industry developments map onto practical business needs in the Enterprise and SMB mainstream. More…

Kim Richards
IT Technical Manager of Stemcor

Stemcor is the world’s largest independent steel trader with a turnover that exceeded £5bn in 2010. The company trades around 20 million tonnes of steel and steel-making raw materials per annum through a network of 125 offices across the globe. More…

Oliver Moazzezi
Senior Technical Architect at Cobweb and Microsoft Exchange MVP

Oliver Moazzezi is one of a select few to hold a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) title for Exchange, making him one of the most experienced Exchange experts in Europe. He’s also a senior technical architect and has worked at Cobweb for the past ten years. More…

Cobweb Announced as Symantec.cloud UK Partner of the Year

We are delighted to announce that Cobweb has been named Symantec.cloud UK Partner of the Year, at the Symantec Partner Engage 2012 conference, held in Rome. The accolade showcases Cobweb’s excellence in delivering its customers with a low cost messaging and collaboration solution combined with Symantec’s robust security. Beating off stiff competition from all of EMEA Symantec.cloud authorised and certified service provider partners, Cobweb was selected as it demonstrated excellence in all three key criteria. This included incremental revenue, solution and integration capabilities and delivery of innovative business projects.

Mark Davies, Business Development Director, Cobweb said: “We are delighted to have been named Symantec.cloud UK Partner of the Year. This award is testament to Cobweb’s rapid market growth and its ability to integrate the Symantec.cloud service into our Hosted Exchange platform to provide a single seamless solution.”

 If you would like to read the full Symantec Press Release please click Here

 

It’s Official – Cobweb provide “the BEST Hosted Exchange service for you”

CloudPro, an independent Cloud-focused online news publication has found Cobweb’s Hosted Exchange 2010 service to be “The best Hosted Exchange service for you”. The articles compares services from other UK cloud suppliers such as Fasthosts, Rackspace, 1&1 along with new entrants to the cloud market Microsoft Office 365.

To review each of the solutions, CloudPro set out to create the test with the needs and concerns of a real IT manager when selecting an email hosting service. This was all then judged against a scoring system which consisted of three main areas - features, ease of use and value for money. 

The overall results were (scores are out of 6):

Service Provider	1&1	BT	Cobweb (Winner)	Fasthosts	Office 365	Rackspace
Features	3	4	5	4	6	4
Ease of Use	3	4	5	4	5	5
Value for Money	3	6	6	4	5	4
Overall	3	5	5	4	5	4

 

Julian Dyer, Cobweb CTO commented;“It is always great to have an independent confirmation that the service we provide continues to be industry leading. At Cobweb we have spent the last 10 years pioneering, improving and refining Exchange as a Cloud hosted service, and I believe that passion for continually improving our technology is how we are able to offer such a refined experience for our users.” 

He continues, “What we have seen in recent years is an explosion of Cloud services flooding the market, however many of these businesses are more traditional service providers that see email just as an add-on service and give it little priority, and I think that is evident from the article. For something as business critical as email you want to know that it’s given the highest priority – here at Cobweb, that’s exactly what you get.”

You can read the full article on CloudPro here

You can find out more about our award winning email service here 

 

Cobweb Celebrate 10,000 active users on their Exchange 2010 Platform

On Tuesday 14th February 2012 we officially passed 10,000 user mark on our new Hosted Exchange 2010 platform; making this version of Exchange officially the fastest selling version in the company’s history.

Companies such as Rybrook Cars and Ormiston have joined us since the launch of our new Exchange solution, and are now taking advantage of the highly secure platform, with a simple per user, per month cost. Asking Neil Prince from Rybrook how he would describe the service, he simply said: “Cobweb Hosted Exchange provides 100% greater reliability and much higher levels of functionality but at a cost that is less than previously incurred".

Julian Dyer, Cobweb CTO said – “As we see Cloud Computing continue to move into the mainstream in 2012, it’s no surprise that businesses of all sizes and from all sectors are re-evaluating their current IT, and exploring the Cloud as a viable and preferred strategy”.

If you would like more information about Hosted Exchange 2010, please visit www.hostedexchange.co.uk

Cobweb is presenting at the UK’s leading charity event

We are delighted to be presenting at the Chase 2012 event on Thursday 16th February 2012 on our Cloud based solutions. Our Cloud Solutions assist charities and not-for-profit organisations of all sizes to communicate, share and manage information and documents more effectively – no matter where in the world they are based.

Chase is the leading business to business event for the not-for-profit sector. Sponsored by ASI Europe, Chase 2012 is the leading forum for charities, membership bodies, trade associations, etc. to meet suppliers of goods, services and advice to the sector.

Date: 16th February 2012

Time: 09.45 (Online services seminar stream)

Topic: Connecting Charity Workers – Cost Efficiently

Speakers: Mark Davies, Business Development Director, Cobweb & Darren Roberts, Hosted Desktop Sales Manager, Cobweb

Description: See how Cloud Technology connects diverse flexible workforces and see what it could offer you. From this session on unified communications work, see how charities are using Hosted Desktop Services to improve workers integration. Finally you will hear about successful charity adoptions and how they are benefiting from Cloud Technologies.

We’ve been working within the sector for the last decade and we have some fantastic customer endorsements, including Comic Relief, The Rowans Hospice and Ormiston Childrens Charity.

Register to attend this complimentary event at Chase 2012 http://www.conferencehouse.co.uk/CHASE/CHASE_2012_Home.aspx