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“As the UK’s hybrid cloud specialist we are already helping clients reduce their environmental impact by ensuring the most efficient use of their technology infrastructure. I am really proud that this pledge to shift to Net Zero takes us, and our clients, to the next stage on this vital journey.” – Rob Coupland, CEO, Pulsant Pulsant is promising to achieve Net Zero by 2050, and earlier, if possible.

Securing a data centre requires multiple layers of protection. Physical access controls, surveillance, and network safeguards reinforce one another to prevent disruption. As estates expand and workloads increase, those measures have to scale. If they don’t, gaps appear in both resilience and compliance. A data centre security solution must therefore protect infrastructure day to day while adapting to future requirements. Pulsant delivers this through an integrated framework.

The impact of the AWS outage has reminded many businesses of the risk for businesses that rely heavily on centralised cloud infrastructure, especially when so many essential services are concentrated in a single region. But at the wider industry level, this is also a warning around the widespread lack of contingency planning for cloud failures. Reactive response must give way to strategically planned disaster recovery protocols that engender a resilient cloud market.

Organisations are no longer limited to running everything in-house. The real question is where different workloads should sit to deliver the best long-term results. For many, that means weighing up cloud vs colocation. Both offer advantages over traditional infrastructure but serve different aims. Cloud makes it simple to scale and launch new services, while colocation provides predictable costs, direct control, and stronger assurance for compliance.

When a data centre migration is executed well, it enables growth and strengthens resilience. When it is not, the consequences are immediate: service downtime, compliance breaches, and operational disruption that affects both clients and internal teams. For IT leaders, the pressure lies in modernising infrastructure without compromising continuity.

In today’s small and medium-sized UK businesses, most of the cybersecurity budget goes into protecting data and strengthening authentication. Those are important measures – the cost of a data breach is still enough to close your firm, after all. But they aren’t enough. Because in 2025, thanks to increased capabilities of DDoS attacks, you don’t have to lose your data to lose your business– you just have to lose access to it.

When you’re planning your IT strategy, deciding between cloud computing and colocation services isn’t always simple. Each option comes with its strengths and potential pitfalls. And with tech at the heart of most modern operations, knowing where to house your data and infrastructure is a big decision, and one that could shape your business's future. So, which one is best for your business: cloud computing vs colocation?

Security expectations around data centres have changes, and it’s no longer enough to secure the perimeter or roll out a firewall policy. Today’s infrastructure relies on interconnected systems, from APIs and cloud endpoints to HVAC controls and building access tools, all of which can be targeted, misconfigured, or exploited.