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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

 

Hot Topics for 2011 - Email Compliance and Data Security

Research published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the body responsible for investigating data breaches, shows that up to 36 per cent of all recorded data breaches in 2010 related to preventable issues. IT departments account for one of the biggest potential risks when it comes to protecting sensitive company information. In recent years, this problem has grown dramatically and many businesses are now affected – with a cost of £840 million across UK businesses, including financial services businesses.

Cobweb have teamed up with Global Relay and Microsoft to offer UK based Financial Services Organisations a fully complaint, low-cost, integrated Hosted Exchange Email and Archival solution.

To find out more we are inviting Financial Services Organisations to attend a FREE webinar on Wednesday 26th January 2011. During the webinar we will demonstrate Microsoft Hosted Exchange and Global Relay’s Email Archiver and the benefits to Financial Services Organisations. Visit here to register now.

Download the full press release

Cobweb featured in Times Raconteur Article

Ed Dixon, Cobweb director of Enterprise Cloud Services gives an industry view on the adoption of the cloud services – and explains how where there is an impression that where governance and compliance are key, sometimes it feels like there is an unachievable mountain to conquer. However here at Cobweb we have found:

“Once the audit and legal teams have done their due diligence, Cobweb has found adoption simple, because the risk and responsibility lies primarily with us, the service provider.”

With over a decade of experience supplying cloud services and with ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO27001 accreditations, it’s easy to see how companies with strict governance and compliance requirements are successfully making the jump

Click here to read the Cobweb article, or you can click here to download the full Raconteur supplement.

External Audit - Fantastic Result!

Last week Cobweb underwent their tri-annual recertification external audit.  A team of 2 external auditors spent 3 days each auditing our ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO27001 systems.

We are very pleased to announce that not only did we pass that audit but we did so with no discrepancies and a glowing report from the auditors on the efficiency of our systems.

Over the past year we have made lots of improvements, which include automating processes to eliminate the possibility of human error and allow tracking of responsibilities and actions taken throughout the process.

Cobweb is always looking for new ways to continually improve our systems, and share those successes with our customers.

If you would like more information with regards to the audit, or how we achieved this great result then you can contact me:

Louise.Cookson@cobweb.com