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North Hampshire & Basingstoke Christmas lunch, Casa Hotel, Yateley. Details:
01329-242420
events.north@hampshirechamber.
co.uk
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Showcase Networking Breakfast, making the most of local authorities, The Plaza, Havant. Details:
0844-499-0446
info@hampshirechamber.co.uk
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Business Networking, Yuzu Lounge, Southampton. Details: 023-8068-2520
bookings@businesssolent.com
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Hampshire Christmas lunch, St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton. Details: 01329-242427
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hampshirechamber.co.uk
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Sustainable Solent CSR Surgery, Ocean Village Innovation Centre. Details: 023-8068-2520
bookings@businesssolent.com
january 10
Business Solent Passport Thinking Thursday, Chilworth Manor Hotel. Details:
023-8068-2520
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Business Solent Networking at Grand Cafe, South Western House, Southampton. Details:
023-8068-2520
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editorial@elcot.co.uk THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL – DECEMBER 12/JANUARY 13
Blue Chip’s cloud services deliver cost savings and flexibility
For over 20 years Blue Chip has successfully delivered end-user productivity through IT solutions and services and the company has now extended its portfolio to include data centre and cloud computing services.
Anthony Green, sales and marketing director, said: “‘Infrastructure as a Service’ (IaaS) provides our customers with the latest generation of virtualised infrastructure, hosted in a secure, resilient facility, while negating the long-term costs associated with running, maintaining and replacing on-premise hardware and IT infrastructure, and the need for virtualisation and storage skills in-house. We make the investment and our customers get the benefits instantly without the usual up-front Capex expense.
“The argument for the cloud has already been proven through reducing overall costs while increasing performance and productivity, which is why so many customers have already started migrating. The decision on which partner to work with must not be taken lightly. Think about financial stability, technical capability and check they have a proven track record of delivering cloud services.”
By partnering with leading UK data centre specialist C4L to provide co-location services for both its own platform and
Blue Chip's data centre
its customers’ equipment, Blue Chip provides customers with a guaranteed, secure, robust service with connection to multiple datacentres giving improved disaster recovery, all connected by a private Terabit network. The securely-housed facility has uninterruptable power supplies (UPS) with backup diesel generators, Finger Print access and 24/7 CCTV.
It is a unique step for Blue Chip, as a leading provider of IT solutions, to invest in its own cloud platform rather than just adding a margin to someone else's infrastructure service. Blue Chip has built an extensive virtualised infrastructure using advanced technologies from Tier 1 vendors, including EMC, VMware, Microsoft and
Cisco, to provide a cutting-edge infrastructure platform for its customers. An important part of this investment is the secondary datacentre facility situated at Blue Chip’s headquarters in Poole.
”Our platform allows customers of any size, from SME to enterprise, to benefit from enterprise- class infrastructure technology, whether they require a single server or an entire suite of servers,” continued Green. “By combining our expertise with a dual-location datacentre facility, our customers have the enhanced offering of end-to-end IT consultation, implementation, infrastructure platform and 24/7 support and monitoring under one roof.”
Details:
www.bluechip.uk.com
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