Sleepless in Silicon

In a world where technology is constantly evolving and changing the way we live, learn and work, connectivity continues to play a key role in our daily lives. The power and influence technology has, in both our professional and personal lives is significant and our reliance on it has become ever more prominent over recent […]

Customer Focus: Football4Football

We recently caught up with Datacentreplus customer, Julian Dowe, CEO at Football4Football, one of Greater Manchester’s leading digital publishers, who shares his story on the creation, strategy and vision for Football4Football. What is Football4Football? Football4Football is a digital publication setup by Julian Dowe, a retired English professional footballer.   The digital platform is accessible to […]

Why Manchester is a prime location for tech startups

Manchester has rapidly become a major player in the digital and technology industry and has quickly become the alternative business hub to London for many digital businesses looking to setup here.  Datacentreplus Account Manager, Stephen Hobson, shares his view on why tech startups are choosing Manchester as a prime location for national and international business […]

Bank of England’s visit to Datacentreplus

Bank of England

We are very proud to have welcomed John Young, advisor to the Monetary Policy Committee for the Bank of England to our data centre based in MediaCityUK, Manchester. As part of his remit, John is responsible for ‘taking the pulse’ of the business community here and he was really keen to talk to companies in […]

Don’t be a victim of cyber-crime in 2019

The last few years has taught us that cyber-crime is not a subject that can be ignored.  From simple email ‘phishing’ fraud to large-scale data thefts from the biggest companies, it can affect anyone. The idea of using the internet to commit a crime is not new; however the problem continues to grow as more […]

Apprentices at Datacentreplus

We thought we would share an exciting new initiative at Datacentreplus…the launch of our Apprenticeship scheme. Our aim is to provide opportunities to young people who may not otherwise be able to obtain positions in a technology company through lack of traditional qualifications.  They are also a great way for employers to tap into future […]

Key tech trends for 2019

Technology continues to shape our daily lives, not just how we work, play and consume information, but how we interact with others, learn and grow. At the beginning of every year, our customers often ask us about our technology trend predictions for the upcoming year and this year we decided to put this question to […]

New year, new start – revising your technologies

First of all, a very Happy New Year and welcome to 2019! 2018 was an interesting year in the development of technology trends with numerous advances in the technology sector. Yet, despite some of the more recent technological advances (artificial intelligence, virtual reality and blockchain, to name a few) the setup up and ongoing maintenance […]

Happy New Year & Thanks!

Welcome to 2019 and a very Happy New Year to all of our customers! We just wanted to share the fact that we ended 2018 on a really high note, with lots of new customers, consistently positive customer feedback and the continued expansion of our fantastic Datacentreplus team. We were particularly thrilled to have Chris […]

Lancashare Day Celebrates & Encourages Local Businesses

We are delighted to have been a part of Lancashare Day 2018, the annual birthday celebration of Lancashare. Lancashare is an online resource for Lancashire business, which aims to offer a single online portal for business owners and managers to find support for their organisation. Over the last two years, Datacentreplus has been working collaboratively […]