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Moving to Windows 11 now, rather than waiting reduces risk – the step change between Windows 10 today and Windows 11 is relatively small, but as features are added to Windows 11, that gap is likely to increase dramatically turning a simple, easily planned step-up today into a major upgrade headache in the future, and...

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a major rethink within business communication. All around the world, organisations came to realise just how important smooth and easy comms are to operations and collaboration. And as hybrid working has emerged as a long-term solution, the businesses that have invested in digital transformation and online means of communication have...

It wasn’t so long ago that artificial intelligence and machine learning were considered trendy buzzwords with limited relevance to most businesses. But times have changed quickly, and AI has become essential in many use cases. Among them are customer service (cited by 56% of respondents to the Forbes Advisor survey) and cybersecurity (51%). The rush...

Businesses all over the world are having to deal with an unprecedented amount of data – and it’s growing all the time. This is down to increased digitisation and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) that has expanded the range of data collection points. While there’s a natural tendency to deal with this...

Colocation from SCC enables you to reduce costs, mitigate risk and minimise your environmental impact. Unlike many others we’re not a property company. We are proud to be Europe’s largest independent IT company. We continue to invest in the specialist skills and expertise which are essential to operating and maintaining data centres, as well as...

Global businesses compete to develop the most innovative and reliable applications to meet growing customer needs and decrease time to market. Business-critical workloads must operate in the most optimal, future ready IT environment, which often means migrating to the cloud to improve agility, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and accelerate innovation using cloud-native development...

The public sector has found itself in a state of ‘unconscious’, unplanned flux following a decade of inertia since the introduction of the Government’s Cloud-First policy. The effects of this race to the public cloud, and the one-size-fits-all methodology, are still felt today. The documentary uncovered why organisations, many of which still feel paralysed by...

Migrating workloads to the cloud can be complex and time-consuming. Organisations need to address varying Virtual Machine (VM) formats, disparate hardware, network connectivity, and application dependencies – all while keeping downtime to a minimum. They also need to be assured that the destination is capable of supporting the transformation of their applications over time to...

It’s predicted that by the end of 2021, most organisations will begin to fast-track their move to cloud-centric digital infrastructure much faster than planned before the pandemic. This accelerated shift to digital delivery of products and services has increased the reliance on digital infrastructure to support traditional business applications. COVID-19 is the first global crisis...

What is Distributed Cloud?   Never before has the on-demand availability of your data and applications to your workforce been so critically important. According to SysGroup, this is the number one reason that companies migrate to the cloud. With the move towards more remote working from 2021 and beyond, the cloud has become an even...

Changing the cloud migration and application modernisation game The shift to digital delivery of products and services began long before the events of 2020. This shift has increased the reliance on digital infrastructure to support traditional business applications. It’s predicted that by the end of 2021, most organisations will begin to fast-track their move to...

SCC and SCC Hyperscale, Europe’s biggest independent IT solutions provider and its specialist cloud-enablement brand, have been awarded AWS Marketplace Skilled Consulting Partner (MSCP) status by Amazon Web Services (AWS). This accolade recognises the strong AWS Marketplace Channel practices that have been built, as well as how SCC and SCC Hyperscale have delivered valuable ISV...