ICT services firm Joskos Solutions has moved into the cloud through partnerships with CentraStage and Redstor that allow it to centralise and improve IT management for 200 schools.

Paul Evans, MD at Redstor, commented: “Redstor offers services to more than 10,000 schools across 85 local education authorities. Through this partnership with Joskos Solutions we can offer schools the highest levels of IT support.”

The full story is available here.

Redstor invites you to join us on stand 43 at The Academies Show 2012 on the 16th of May at Olympia in London. The event is the only FREE TO ATTEND event of its kind for headteachers, finance directors and bursars, governors, Local Authority education leaders or anyone else with a serious professional interest in the Academies Programme.

As of  the 1st of April 2012 there are 1776 academies open in England. This number continues to grow, reshaping the UK education landscape as a result. Whether you are considering conversion, are in the process of converting or are actively involved in an established Academy, make sure that you don’t miss this essential day. This year, the event will feature:

• Latest information directly from senior figures who set and implement the national education agenda
• Best practice advice on all aspects of converting and managing successful Academies, supported by real-life examples
• Discussions on key issues for Sponsored Academies and Sponsors, including funding and collaboration
• Experts on hand to explain complex legal, HR and property requirements
• Demonstrations of services and products designed to tangibly improve teaching, learning and school administration
• and more…

Redstor will be showcasing market-leading cloud services that safeguard and protect critical information and assets, whilst improving IT efficiency. Our services include; Capita’s approved secure online backup for SIMS; CentraStage – remote device management/support tool; and E-Safety, safeguarding children in schools. In total our services are used by over 15,000 schools and academies.

If you’re a school, academy, Local Authority or service provider, stop by our stand as we discuss the changing legal landscape, challenges of legal compliance and how to meet legal requirements. We’ll also demonstrate how we improve efficiencies, IT productivity and security, whilst reducing costs and downtime.

Please click here for further information. The list of exhibitors is here.

To register your place at The Academies Show, please e-mail Redstor.

Redstor will once again be exhibiting at the Cloud Computing World Forum this year. The event, held on the 12th and 13th of June at Earls Court in London, is Europe’s biggest cloud computing event with over 4,000 senior IT decision-makers from around the globe expected to attend over the course of the 2 days.

Last year, the event proved to be a very succesful outing for Redstor. It provided a great opportunity to network with clients, partners and suppliers alike and resulted in a number of opportunities for Redstor, our partners and our clients.

This year, the event will feature 150 seminars across 8 theatres spanning a wide range of topics under the broad headings of SaaS, Security, Big  Data, PaaS,  Mobile, Public Sector, Virtualization, Communications,  Social, CRM and  more. Exhibiting at the event will be over 120 global exhibitors (the full list is available here).

Attendance through Redstor is free and meetings can be arranged in advance to ensure you don’t have to wait to meet with one of our representatives. To register, please click here and a representative will be in touch to arrange a suitable meeting time. Redstor will be on stand 2140. The floorplan for the event can be viewed here.

If you’re unsure whether the event would be relevant to you, why not give us a call to discuss it in more detail.

Cloud Backup and Storage provider Redstor, will be exhibiting at the Cloud Expo Europe Show at London’s Olympia between the 25^th and 26^th of January.

Redstor will be focusing on it’s Cloud Tiering Appliance which enables data to be moved from high-cost primary Network Attached Storage (NAS) environments to the Redstor Cloud.

The Cloud Tiering Service provides fully automated, policy-based file movement, enabling organisations to meet data growth challenges by improving capacity utilisation of high-cost primary storage, reducing the volume of data to be backed up and protected.

This service is based on and powered by EMC’s Atmos Storage Platform.

Redstor will be exhibiting with their data centre infrastructure partner, Equinix, on stand 331.

We look forward to meeting with you there.

One of Redstor’s partners, Star, have recently formed the UK Cloud Alliance compromising of a group of 15 providers of cloud services ranging from CRM to Online Backup. The process of choosing the service providers to underpin the UK Cloud Alliance has been a rigorous process, with the end result being that organisations from SMB’s to Enterprises now have access to best of breed cloud services and enjoying the benefits of only having one supplier to manage rather than several different suppliers.

Redstor have been delivering cloud services since 2004 and have a backup platform which protects >1PB of data from c.18,000 end user customers. Redstor have a partner-enabled platform from which service providers such as Star can leverage and make best use of our cloud services such as Online Backup or Cloud Storage.

What is the UK Cloud Alliance and what can they provide for me?
The Alliance has been designed to help medium sized UK businesses quickly and conveniently secure local specialist support to help solve their most pressing operational challenges.

By pooling the talents and resources of an exclusive, carefully selected collective of service providers, businesses have instant access to expertise to help their business transformation needs covering IT, communications, applications, data and processes. Moreover, they’ll secure financial and operational benefits that in-house alternatives and outsourcing simply can’t match.

Things perspective buyers want to know?

When is the right time to migrate to the Cloud? How will it impact operations and what is the true cost? There are many questions everyone has about this new form of technology but the main answer is that Cloud computing is here to stay and will continue to form a fundamental shift in the traditional IT adoption models.

Businesses want to pinpoint the latest and most appropriate technology services which not only boost efficiency but also drive their business forward. Services from the UK Cloud Alliance are available for a fixed monthly fee.   So you’ll be able to budget and plan, secure in the knowledge there will be no nasty billing surprises.

Cloud Alliance tell customers how important it is when dealing with a service provider, to feel completely confident that they really understand business needs and connect with your way of thinking. To many people, the cloud is often portrayed as a technical system change but it is much more than that and can change the way a business operates.

If you’re looking for a best of breed Online Backup partner, then you can read more here or call our Reading office on 0118 951 5200.

Author: Emma Keast

Blog Focus:            Cloud data Redstor Online Backup