Hot Topic - Cloud Computing & Virtualisation |
| | | Date | Headline | Summary | Organisation | Turnover | Profit | Employees | Locations |
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| | 15 May 2012 | £1m data centre upgrade - expansion in southern England - potential new jobs | Daisy Group has completed a £1m upgrade to its Manchester data centre, increasing capacity by 50%. It is opening a fifth UK site in 2012, in southern England. The capital investment programme will allow Daisy to deliver cloud computing to its clients and is expected to create employment and business opportunities. 2011 turnover £266.3m, 2,213 employees. | | £266m | £-15.8m | 2,213 | 4 |
| | 16 May 2012 | Acquires Virtual Computer - mobile device expansion | US-based Citrix Systems has acquired desktop virtualisation vendor Virtual Computer. Virtual Computers PC management platform, NxTop, will be merged with Citrix Systems XenClient hypervisor to create an enterprise version of the product aimed at laptop users. | | £50m | £4m | 375 | 2 |
| | 21 May 2012 | Acquires Firstserv and Serverstream - cloud computing expansion - jobs safeguarded | Six Degrees has acquired managed hosting and cloud providers Firstserv and Serverstream. The London-based companies will add £3m of hosting revenues to Six Degrees managed data division and are part of a strategy to expand cloud hosting services. Seventeen employees will join Six Degrees Group as a result of the acquisitions. | | | | | 1 |
| | 21 May 2012 | 20 new jobs - £4.5m investment - cloud-based video production | Aframe Media Group expects to create 20 new jobs at its County Durham office after securing venture capital funding of £4.5m. The company is developing a cloud video production platform. Craig Franks has been appointed as sales and support manager. | | | | | 1 |
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