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Every website needs to be managed, either by its users or its webmasters/owners, with its content, appearance and functionality updated, removed or added. The systems and technologies used to create and then managed the site and its content will be core to determining the technological requirements of the hosting platform that the site needs.

European cloud hosting provider Interoute Communications announced on Wednesday it is expanding its European infrastructure to meet the growing demand for its cloud services.

This trilogy of articles looks at the development of bigger and better data centres across the world. It considers what is driving this construction boom, some of the challenges it faces and examples of how it is being implemented.

IT professionals and private consumers of technology alike will no doubt be aware of the term cloud computing. A term and a concept that appears to be consuming everything in its path as the future of the IT industry. The following article looks at one incarnation of the technology that offers great potential for enterprise, that of cloud hosting.

Why outsource your hosting? It just makes sense. As you streamline your business, your IT infrastructure becomes more costly and complex. You also need expert staff to look after it.

The following article aims to provide an introduction to the concept of Fast Ethernet, what it is, a summary of how it works, and who can benefit from its implementation.

The following two posts explore the topic of cloud hosting and the challenges it faces in providing secure data environments for enterprise consumers. In addition, it discusses the measures taken to combat these challenges, whether they be physical risks to hosting platforms or cybercrime.

The following three posts explore the topic of cloud hosting and the challenges it faces in providing secure data environments for enterprise consumers. In addition, it discusses the measures taken to combat these challenges, whether they be physical risks to hosting platforms or cybercrime

London, 28 January 2013 - Interoute, owner operator of Europe's largest cloud services platform, has expanded its Virtual Data Centre (VDC) into its Paris Data Centre. Interoute VDC is now available from five Data Centre zones: Paris, London, Amsterdam, Geneva and Berlin.

Any business shopping around for a web hosting solution will no doubt come across terms such as shared hosting, virtual private hosting (VPS), managed hosting and, the latest to enter the lexicon, cloud hosting. Often the holy grail is purported to be, if you can afford it, dedicated hosting, but what exactly are the reasons for choosing a dedicated hosting solution and is it the right fit for you?

Interoute, owner operator of Europe's largest cloud services platform, is defining a new class in cloud computing with the launch of its Virtual Data Centre (VDC).

More and more businesses are moving their propositions online so that they can interact with their customers wherever they are the world. Shops that were previously restricted to trading in local markets can now sell their products nationally and in many cases globally. Others have reaped the benefits of reducing their overheads such as rent and boosting their profit margins as a result. As the .com bubble of the early 2000s demonstrated however it isn't simply a gold rush. To have an effective and competitive online proposition, an e-commerce site needs to perform well, have high uptime, process requests quickly and smoothly and be secure whenever a user interacts with it.

It is a fundamental part of a business's strategy to consider how their websites are hosted; how their servers can respond to high bandwidth if their sites become more popular, how they can ensure that they can keep up with changes in their online propositions, and the demands of their market place. The solution will often be colocation hosting, but what exactly is colocation and how does it work?

Interoute was a wholesale player when it was restructured a decade ago. Now its management team have focused on enterprise services which contribute 60% of revenue, and the target is 80%, says CEO Gareth Williams

London, 23 October 2013: Interoute, owner operator of Europe's largest cloud services platform, has today announced the launch of its free Jump StartUp package which will give startups and developers access to its flexible, on-demand cloud hosting service, Interoute Virtual Data Centre (VDC), for up to a year. Interoute VDC is the only cloud service to offer free data transfer across Europe, giving startups unrestricted access to Interoute's networked cloud computing.

London, 14 September 2012 - Interoute Application Management, the application managed services specialist and progressive cloud services provider, has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Cloud Provider of the Year category of the BCS & Computing IT Industry Awards 2012

As more and more of us work on the move, from our homes or on personal devices that we bring into the office, it is becoming increasingly important to embrace the technologies behind the VPNs that allow us to 'remote on' to our office networks, giving us the freedom to take advantage of these flexible work practices. The following article provides a quick guide to how they actually work.

Interoute's Dedicated Hosting Services provide business critical applications a platform with the stability and performance they demand. The service allows businesses to focus on the unique element of their IT function, by outsourcing the time consuming operating systems and infrastructure management.

London, 22 November 2013, Interoute, owner operator of Europe's largest cloud services platform, today announced the ISO 27001 certification of its Berlin Data Centre Operations. This is the eighth of Interoute's European Data Centres to attain the internationally recognised information security management best practice standard for Security and Risk Management and demonstrates Interoute's continued commitment to providing secure ICT hosting solutions.

Interoute has completed the ISAE 3402 and SSAE 16 Type II assurance report for its Amsterdam, Berlin, Geneva and London data center operations. The report was completed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) through a six-month sampling audit across seven security and risk control areas.