Virgin Media Launches Business Cloud With Savvis

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1. Virgin adds its network to cloud provider Savvis, and offers it with no set-up fees Virgin Media Business is offering a virtual cloud data centre service on its fibre network, with hourly fees and no set-up charges. The virtual private data centre (VPDC) offering uses cloud services from Savvis‘ data centre in Slough, which already serves customers such as the Ministry of Justice, and will be provided over Virgin’s fibre network, which is marketed to business customers as Big Red Internet. Virgin expects to reach mostly companies with around 250 to 1000 users, and will compete with rivals on price as well as on terms and conditions. Last to the party, but best dressed? “We are last into the party, but we are best dressed,” said Virgin Media chief operating officer Andrew Barron. Without actually naming the competition, he promised to outperform long-established rivals such as BT’s Virtual ... (Read Full Article)

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