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  • British firms unite to sell cloud to SMEs

    A new alliance of cloud computing providers has formed with the aim of providing better cloud services to small- and medium-sized enterprises. Led by Reading-based cloud hosting company Star, the UK Cloud Alliance(UKCA) also includes IT consultancy Glasshouse Technologies and backup experts Redstor, among other related firms.

  • 4 Tips on Choosing an MSP for IT Security

    But larger companies can benefit too, said Robbie Higgins, VP of Security Services at Glasshouse, a Massachusetts-based IT services company . That's because of the complexity of the security measures required to protect this type of organization. "Even for large businesses, hiring and retaining good security people can be a challenge. And security goes from Layer 0 to Layer 7, but how many experts in each area are you really going to have? When you use an MSSP you get access to a deep pool of security experts in each one," he said.

  • Leading Law Firm Outsources Entire IT Function

    London-based law firm Olswang LLP has outsourced its entire IT function to consulting and managed services company GlassHouse Technologies.

  • Olswang LLP Outsources Entire IT Infrastructure to GlassHouse Technologies

    GlassHouse Technologies, a global provider of independent data centre consulting and managed services, has announced that it has been selected to lead the IT infrastructure upgrade at Olswang LLP, one of Europe’s leading law firms. Under terms of the deal, Olswang will completely outsource its IT department to GlassHouse, tasking them to manage the infrastructure, automate manual processes, improve efficiencies and streamline IT operations.

  • Mobiquity Inc., Boston

    Mark Shirman was named a member of the board of directors at Mobiquity Inc., a mobile computing services firm in Boston.

  • GlassHouse Gets European IT Job

    GlassHouse Technologies of Framingham will take on the IT work at European law firm Olswang LLP. GlassHouse said the work will involve management of the firm's information workspace and archiving of its data. It said the effort is a continuation of the work of Systems Group Integration, a UK-based virtualization company that GlassHouse acquired in 2009. Olswang has six offices in European cities.

  • GlassHouse Technologies Leads IT Infrastructure Upgrade for Olswang LLP as Firm Continues Global Expansion

    GlassHouse Technologies, a global provider of independent data center consulting and managed services, today announced that it has been selected to lead the IT infrastructure upgrade at Olswang LLP, one of Europe's leading law firms. Under terms of the deal, Olswang will completely outsource its IT department to GlassHouse, tasking them to manage the infrastructure, automate manual processes, improve efficiencies and streamline IT operations.

  • More on Medical Identity Theft

    A few months ago, this column discussed the skyrocketing problem of medical identity theft, an offense that has the dubious distinction of being the fastest growing area within the fastest growing crime. If you need to know why, simply reflect on the folkloric statement of the late bank robber Willie Sutton: Because that's where the money is. "While credit card data will earn a few dollars on the black market, medical and medical insurance account information can sell for hundreds," says Robbie Higgins, VP of security services at IT solution provider GlassHouse Technologies. It also tends to be easier to steal this sort of information, since unlike dealings with financial institutions, the health care industry is far more fragmented. Several providers can be involved in a single transaction, drastically increasing the potential number of security holes.

  • Planning a NAS Migration Project

    NAS migration: We want to migrate our existing file share to a NetApp filer. What is the best way to do it?

  • RAID 5 explained: Sharing a 10 MB file among 5 drives

    RAID 5 explained: RAID 5sees the distribution of parity information between all drives in the RAIDset and is resilient against the failure of a single disk. So, how does RAID 5 share data in a 10 MB file between five drives?

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