Naturally Cool
Scotland, the naturally cool location - Your Gateway to Europe for Data Centres and Cloud Computing
Scotland boasts naturally cool ambient temperatures, exceptionally resilient connectivity and reliable power supplies, with an increasing investment in renewable energy, provide and ideal location for data centres, hosting and cloud computing specialists. Offering secure locations and a highly skilled workforce, Scotland is only a short distance from main European centres, with direct transport connections to many European cities. ScotlandIS Members offer first class facilities and a range of services, from hosting and cloud expertise to full data centre and disaster recovery facilities.
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Alchemy Plus Business Solutions Ltd
Based in the Highlands of Scotland, Alchemy Plus, an established managed services provider is a Microsoft Gold Partner and a pioneer of utility and cloud based business computing.
Alchemy Plus is awaiting detailed planning consent for its Inverness data centre. Scheduled to open by early 2011 the Tier III, 300 rack facility heralds a new industry for the Scottish Highlands. With average power availability of 8kW per rack (max. 20kW) the energy efficient, high density facility will export waste heat to neighbouring parts of the Inverness Harbour development.
Alchemy is progressing options for a further two data centre sites in Scotland and will announce further details shortly.
Atos Origin is a specialist IT services company with over 7,000 in the UK and more specifically 700 in Scotland. These specialists, coupled with our Scottish infrastructure, means that Atos Origin can provide unrivalled delivery, flexibility and scalability in Scotland.
In 2006 Atos Origin invested in the creation of a new IT shared services data centre and support service facility in Livingston. This secure, resilient, and flexible data centre operates as a fully maintained and supported environment for hosting and management of ICT infrastructure. The centre is managed by an experienced team of data centre professionals and operations staff who regularly deal with data centre transfer and consolidation projects.
www.atosorigin.co.uk
brightsolid is a leading independent supplier of IT business services, with a particular focus on sectors which require exceptional uptime and resilience such as Financial Services, Energy and Publishing.
We specialise in developing solutions hand-in-hand with our clients, using our highly skilled consulting practice to assess their needs and recommend the correct options. Then our focus on hiring the best engineers we can find ensures smooth implementation. The team’s cutting edge technical knowledge ensures our customers will always be innovating ahead of the curve.
Stealth startup Cloudsoft is a spin out from Enigmatec Corporation. Its mission: To ensure that enterprises reap the benefits of Cloud Computing. Its goal: To developsoftware and services that simplify the development and deployment of complex transactional applications in the Cloud. Its mantra: Bringing Business to the Cloud™
EQSN has a strong reputation in the UK market for quality and value with leading brands in retail and financial services.
We have been dealing with the Indian continent for over 5 years where our Indian clients have European customers that need secure, high availability and performance from their systems. What differentiates us is our ability to understand your requests and implement them quickly and to help you with compliance.
IFB is a leading ISP and provides ICT business critical infrastructure offering comprehensive and resilient high capacity network and data management services across the UK.
We have recently undertaken a major next stage business investment to compliment our current infrastructure by building a new Data Centre which will be unique in Scotland. This new site will be one of only four in the UK to carry Uptime Institute Tier III certification and our investment further confirms our commitment to providing the high availability to their customers across the public, financial, retails, energy and commercial sectors.
Our major investment creates the best possible environment for your data, one that's also compliant with current and emerging tighter standards in terms of data and environmental impact compliance.
In a crowded market for commodity ISP services, Lumison prides itself in focussing its range of managed network, hosting and security services for the business markets.
Headquartered in Edinburgh, Lumison has wholly owned and managed datacentres in Edinburgh and London, accredited to ISO9001:2008 and ISO27001.
Onyx Group is an IT solutions company, specialising in managing complex environments for mid sized organisations. Our infrastructure, which includes a national network, ISO 27001 accredited data centres and workplace recovery facilities, allows us
to offer high-end internet connectivity, data hosting and business continuity.
Our skilled and experienced engineers ensure we can offer bespoke consultancy, integration and support of business applications and network security.
ScoLocate is Scotland’s premier Data Center providing clients with a secure and reliable technical environment. In addition, the full range of managed services offered ensures a dependable, secure and trusted environment within which clients can grow their online presence.
This total or complex hosting solution allows organisations to outsource the entire facilitation and day-to-day management of their infrastructure, maximising their return on investment and allowing them to focus on their core business activities.
www.scolocate.com
SymetriQ offers a fully scalable Cloud Computing platform aimed at demanding customers who require Enterprise Service Level Agreements and greater flexibility than currently offered by “consumer” clouds such as Amazon and GoGrid. This is a Cloud Computing infrastructure suitable for enterprise customers who demand reliability, performance and the ability to quickly scale.
Xtraordinary Networks provides high quality multi-homed bandwidth co-location and dedicated/managed hosting services to the SME corporate and public sectors. We provide our loyal customer base with excellence in network up-time reliability and strong customer focus.