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18 May 2022

4 Min Read

Hybrid Cloud vs Hybrid IT: Definitions and Differences

With the complex nature of modern digital technologies, every business will need to take ...

12 May 2022

4 Min Read

8 Disadvantages of public cloud

Whether you’re currently on public cloud, or considering it, you need to weigh up public ...

5 May 2022

3 Min Read

Debunking data centre myths: Community impact

Data centres underpin the economy, enabling almost every transaction and communication ...

19 April 2022

4 Min Read

Debunking data centre myths: Operations

Remember that scene from the Matrix where Keanu Reeves emerges from his jellied pod, ...

11 April 2022

5 Min Read

Debunking data centre myths: Sustainability

Every so often, you may see articles discussing the carbon footprint of spam, or the ...

7 April 2022

3 Min Read

The 404 Error and Teapots – A ‘Potted’ History

If you're reading this then there's a good chance you've just come from our 404 page when ...

31 March 2022

3 Min Read

Digitisation vs digitalisation vs digital transformation

Digitisation, digitalisation, and digital transformation are frustratingly similar to ...

30 March 2022

5 Min Read

How a data centre can improve your cyber security

The importance of cyber security can't be underestimated, with a third of UK businesses ...

23 March 2022

4 Min Read

PRESS RELEASE: 4D Data Centres claims top prize at Data Centre World Awards

Press Release 4D Data Centres has been named Best Data Centre Operator at this year’s ...

8 February 2022

5 Min Read

4D’s Green Credentials – Sustainable at our core

With efforts to tackle climate change ramping up, companies are feeling increased ...

25 January 2022

4 Min Read

VIDEO: Why 'public cloud only' isn't a forever solution

The cloud is everywhere, but is it the best or only option when making infrastructure ...

18 January 2022

3 Min Read

VIDEO: What is Hybrid IT?

Hybrid things are valuable because you get the best of both worlds. A hybrid car is ...

13 January 2022

4 Min Read

Using digital transformation to improve customer experience

Digital transformation is essential to the future of your business for a number of ...

4 January 2022

3 Min Read

Can you use a colocation data centre as your cloud provider?

There are a lot of options when it comes to choosing cloud services for your business, ...

2 December 2021

3 Min Read

VIDEO: How data centres can help your sustainability goals

It's non-negotiable that customers have around-the-clock access to your services, but ...

18 November 2021

4 Min Read

Digital transformation and why your CTO keeps banging on about it

“Digital Transformation” might just seem like a buzzword that’s thrown around between ...

8 November 2021

4 Min Read

Rack sizes – how to calculate how many U you need?

Hosting your IT in a data centre using colocation services is an opportunity to upgrade ...

20 October 2021

4 Min Read

People are the key element to avoid digital transformation failure

Ultimately, it's your staff who will be deploying and using your new digital ...

12 October 2021

4 Min Read

How digital transformation and sustainability support each other

Businesses are putting a lot of pressure onto IT teams to deploy new digital technologies ...

22 September 2021

3 Min Read

4D are exhibiting at CompTIA’s Member and Partner Conference

A collection of the UK’s leading technical institutions, including 4D, are exhibiting at ...

8 September 2021

5 Min Read

5 UK multi-tenant data centres at the forefront of sustainability

Every now and again the media locks onto the environmental impact of humanity’s digital ...

25 August 2021

3 Min Read

What is 95th percentile billing for internet?

95th percentile billing is also called burstable billing, and it’s a way of calculating ...

16 August 2021

3 Min Read

Why your cloud transformation should factor in hybrid IT

The cloud is undoubtedly a great way to run more efficiently and increase flexibility.  ...

9 August 2021

5 Min Read

Beginner’s guide to server colocation

Server colocation is the act of hosting your servers in a data centre. Your servers will ...

2 August 2021

5 Min Read

Cloud repatriation – Why you can’t stay on hyperscale cloud forever

Hyperscale cloud is designed for enhanced scalability based on demand and it means ...

29 July 2021

3 Min Read

4D achieves high NPS following sustained customer engagement

PRESS RELEASE 4D Data Centres has successfully maintained an average net promoter score ...

19 July 2021

5 Min Read

The true cost of cloud

One of the deciding factors in how you plan your IT infrastructure is cost. But which is ...

15 July 2021

3 Min Read

4D’s new portal – An upgraded one-stop-shop for our customers

To make it easier for customers to raise tickets, request access, and check on their ...

12 July 2021

5 Min Read

Public cloud risks and reasons not to use it

The cloud is such a great concept. Virtualise your workflows, downsize your hardware and ...

5 July 2021

4 Min Read

What is a hypervisor? Finding the right one for your cloud

What goes on behind the cloud? Cloud systems are only possible thanks to the layers that ...

1 July 2021

7 Min Read

IaaS or PaaS – How “managed” cloud can mean different things

When researching your options for private cloud solutions you may have come across the ...

23 June 2021

3 Min Read

How data centres must adapt for 5G, the IOT, AI and machine learning

Probably a safe bet that when Bob Dylan sang ‘the times, they are a-changing’, he had no ...

15 June 2021

3 Min Read

The difference between colocation and a data centre

When your IT needs outgrow the capacity of your in-house server room – whether in terms ...

10 June 2021

5 Min Read

How to adjust your digital transformation strategy post-pandemic

It’s no secret that the Covid-19 pandemic has fast-tracked digital and cloud ...

2 June 2021

3 Min Read

Why your IT doesn’t need to be hosted in a London data centre

Moving your IT to colocation or cloud is an IT upgrade which boosts your flexibility and ...

25 May 2021

4 Min Read

Why data centre location is important - Cost, travel time and latency

Cost, security, reliability – there are a lot of factors to consider when choosing a ...

17 May 2021

4 Min Read

The future of the data centre - not as dead as you think

Do you have an endpoint in mind for your digital transformation journey? For many ...

12 May 2021

5 Min Read

Reviewing your cyber security programme post pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic threw a lot at IT teams: sudden and wide-spread remote working, ...

6 May 2021

4 Min Read

4D helps PeaSoup disrupt the UK cloud market with immersion cooling

PRESS RELEASE 4D Data Centres has set a new sustainability standards for HPC with ...

4 May 2021

5 Min Read

Immersion vs rear-door cooling for HPC systems

High performance computing (HPC) requires sophisticated cooling technology – but what ...

23 April 2021

4 Min Read

The Good and Bad News about the EU granting the UK Data Adequacy

While everything seems to be on track with the UK being granted data adequacy by the EU, ...

22 April 2021

3 Min Read

INFOGRAPHIC: Data Centre Cooling Methods

As IT has evolved over time, the technology that cools it has had to evolve as well. ...

21 April 2021

4 Min Read

What makes immersion cooling so green and energy efficient?

More data means more energy consumption. With every search, selfie and online purchase, ...

15 April 2021

4 Min Read

5 reasons MSPs should work with infrastructure management experts

Information Technology has never covered a broader variety of tech than it does today, ...

9 April 2021

4 Min Read

How does immersion cooling work and how effective is it?

Despite all the progress made with immersion cooling since the technique was first used ...

31 March 2021

4 Min Read

How MSPs can strike the right balance between technical and commercial

For Managed Service Providers (MSPs), providing an awesome customer experience (your ...

25 March 2021

4 Min Read

Post-Brexit and post-pandemic: businesses want secure data in the UK

In 2020 UK businesses had to handle the Covid-19 pandemic and the end of the Brexit ...

23 March 2021

3 Min Read

Latest steps towards the UK being granted data adequacy by EU

Earlier this year we wrote 'A plain English guide to UK / EU data transfers in 2021' ...

18 March 2021

4 Min Read

The steps of a successful private cloud migration

Private cloud migration is a big trend in IT – and one we anticipate will only grow as ...

15 March 2021

4 Min Read

What our customers have to say about 4D

At the end of 2020 we conducted a survey with our customers to find out how satisfied ...

5 March 2021

5 Min Read

Top 5 home working tips for business owners

Running a business was never the most straight forward job and doing it all remotely ...

4 March 2021

4 Min Read

Managed Services: Leveraging relationships to boost IT reselling

Relationships in business are an essential asset that will aid the growth and power of ...

26 February 2021

5 Min Read

Top 5 remote working software tips for business owners

One of the things that we’re all missing as we continue to work from home is the easy ...

24 February 2021

6 Min Read

Beginner's guide to infrastructure management services

With the digitalisation of the workplace, IT has become the backbone of the modern-day ...

18 February 2021

4 Min Read

Top 5 remote technical support tips for business owners

When was the last time someone leaned over your shoulder and fixed your technical ...

16 February 2021

4 Min Read

What are the advantages of private cloud and who should use it?

There is an increasing trend towards the deployment of private cloud – a trend IDC say ...

11 February 2021

4 Min Read

What is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and who should use it?

Businesses have an increasing number of IT options on the menu, often with vague names. ...

8 February 2021

4 Min Read

Your data storage policy might be illegal after Brexit

At the end of 2020, the Brexit transition period ended and with it, the UK’s membership ...

8 February 2021

4 Min Read

How can an IT manager help with downsizing the office?

Office downsizing requires a complete overhaul to a company's work environment, including ...

4 February 2021

2 Min Read

INFOGRAPHIC: 4 Tips on reducing IT space to simplify office downsizing

With remote working more common than ever, a lot of businesses are wondering what's the ...

1 February 2021

3 Min Read

INFOGRAPHIC: Colocation vs Cloud - 5 Key Factors for Comparing

When your existing IT system is becoming slow or unreliable because you've outgrown it, ...

28 January 2021

6 Min Read

Business Insight: Top 5 trends we’re seeing from SMEs

Since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, we have been having regular discussions with ...

20 January 2021

4 Min Read

A plain English guide to UK / EU data transfers in 2021

The impact that Brexit would have on UK businesses was always unclear, and it still is ...

13 January 2021

5 Min Read

Should you move to the cloud to downsize your office?

According to a 2020 survey, 69% of CEOs are planning to downsize their office space. It’s ...

11 January 2021

5 Min Read

Be the IT manager who saved your exec team money

In a time of economic uncertainty (like the one caused by the Covid-19 pandemic) it's too ...

7 January 2021

4 Min Read

Going office-less – What to do with your staff and IT

As businesses look to cut costs and create a safe, flexible working environment, there is ...

16 December 2020

3 Min Read

What is FM200 gas and how does it keep data centres safe from fire?

While all good data centres have the latest in fire detection equipment, many also come ...

15 December 2020

4 Min Read

The 4 major business benefits of colocation in 2021

Growing your business is exciting - but lots of things can conspire to slow you down - ...

10 December 2020

3 Min Read

What is a core network? Video explanation

A core network is the infrastructure that connects together the different networks that ...

7 December 2020

4 Min Read

Let's talk about technical debt

In a previous article ,'The ticking time bomb in your in-office server room' we mentioned ...

1 December 2020

5 Min Read

4D's Covid-19 Essential Business Resources & Latest Insights

We are committed to continually monitoring and responding where necessary to the ...

1 December 2020

4 Min Read

4D Data Centres' Covid-19 Latest Response Plan Statement

Updated December 2021 Important for 4D Clients: Access by Appointment Only Face Covering ...

25 November 2020

4 Min Read

The evolution of data centre cooling and what you need to look for

Data centres have always required some kind of cooling system. But as IT systems become ...

13 November 2020

3 Min Read

How important is it for a data centre to offer remote hands?

Remote hands is a service some data centres provide alongside colocation where they ...

11 November 2020

6 Min Read

Comparing protection: Not all DDoS mitigation is created equal

DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks totally bypass firewall security and ...

3 November 2020

3 Min Read

The ticking time bomb in your in-office server room

Avoiding unnecessary risk during a pandemic is the logical position that most companies ...

20 October 2020

4 Min Read

FAQs on Adiabatic Cooling in a Data Centre

Adiabatic cooling is one of the most efficient ways of cooling a data centre, saving ...

14 October 2020

3 Min Read

How to choose the best data centre to support your business

If you’ve got as far as deciding you need a data centre, you are probably starting to ...

8 October 2020

4 Min Read

Why cyber-criminals are so interested in VFX and how to stop them

The security risks to the VFX industry are very real, and you need outstanding cyber ...

5 October 2020

3 Min Read

Finding a data centre with infrastructure capable of hosting your HPC

High-performance computing (HPC) is already being adopted by companies looking to reach ...

29 September 2020

5 Min Read

10 things data protection specialists need to do before 1 Jan 2021

The leaves are beginning to turn and there are already Christmas bits in the shops, so ...

25 September 2020

4 Min Read

The value of out-of-city data centres to London's VFX industry

Soho and the rest of Central London are difficult places to be right now; rent has been ...

24 September 2020

4 Min Read

Communication Inflation - Video calling infrastructure in lockdown

Spending 2020 locked down has made us all familiar with video calling apps. The amount of ...

17 September 2020

3 Min Read

Why you shouldn’t have your system backup stored locally

Every company needs to backup their system since it’s the only line of defence against ...

27 August 2020

2 Min Read

INFOGRAPHIC: 6 tech factors essential to successful remote working

Remote working can provide a lot of benefits for a company – with employees having ...

26 August 2020

3 Min Read

Hybrid cloud adoption accelerates as a result of Coronavirus pandemic

As businesses are bracing for the long-term impact of Covid-19 one thing is becoming ...

20 August 2020

4 Min Read

How a data centre can help a VFX company

Lockdown forced a lot of VFX companies to work from home for the first time, but most ...

17 August 2020

5 Min Read

Long-term remote working – building IT for a new culture

Regardless of the current restrictions around working in the office vs remote working, a ...

11 August 2020

5 Min Read

Why VFX can and should be done from home

In the last few months we’ve gone from discussing how best to cope with a remote working ...

10 August 2020

6 Min Read

The 4D Story – From a bedroom to the best of British tech

Back in 1999 when everyone else in the IT world was worrying about the Millennium Bug, ...

5 August 2020

5 Min Read

How Covid-19 made remote working possible for the VFX industry

2020 has brought a lot of changes for a lot of industries, and visual effects companies ...

3 August 2020

5 Min Read

UK and US data transfers ruled invalid by the EU

At the end of July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the ...

28 July 2020

7 Min Read

How to get the quickest response to IT support tickets

Everyone is frustrated by IT problems, whether it’s impacting you directly or causing ...

23 July 2020

4 Min Read

VIDEO Sustainable HPC: 3 ways to manage energy efficiency

The potential of high-performance computing (HPC) is incredible. But all that processing ...

21 July 2020

5 Min Read

4D Data Centres' Awards and Accolades

We at 4D pride ourselves on operating people-focused colocation data centres, providing ...

16 July 2020

4 Min Read

The difference between data centre redundancy and resilience

Reducing computer system downtime should be a top priority for every company, since your ...

14 July 2020

5 Min Read

The building blocks for building a successful hybrid cloud

Hybrid cloud, also sometimes referred to as Hybrid IT, is a sophisticated computer system ...

8 July 2020

5 Min Read

VIDEO: What affects the costs of housing HPC?

HPC comes with particular considerations that distinguish it from regular computing in ...

29 June 2020

4 Min Read

VIDEO: Why private cloud should be part of your digital transformation

Technology is constantly evolving, and with 5G and quantum computing on the horizon, ...

23 June 2020

3 Min Read

VIDEO: How can private cloud solve your business problems?

Covid-19 and lockdown forced companies to make a rapid change to how their staff are ...

18 June 2020

6 Min Read

Digital transformation - How to decide between scaling up or out

Even for IT experts the future is hard to imagine, remember where technology was in the ...

16 June 2020

4 Min Read

Comparing data centre internet billing methods

Working in data centre sales for eight years, I have often found myself explaining the ...

11 June 2020

5 Min Read

How 4D and the DCMS are protecting data centres through the pandemic

Prior to March 2020, the UK’s digital infrastructure was not sponsored by any specific ...

8 June 2020

4 Min Read

How edge data centres are essential to the future of 5G and the IoT

Have you thought about how the rollout of 5G will affect your business? 5G will change ...

4 June 2020

5 Min Read

How to know when to upgrade your in-office servers

When you are operating a growing company it's really understandable that your focus would ...

2 June 2020

4 Min Read

4D’s Partnership with the Charity IT Association

4D Data Centres is excited to announce our new partnership with the Charity IT ...

29 May 2020

5 Min Read

Edge data centre vs inner-city (London) data centre – which is best?

Data centres generally fit into one of two categories: inner-city and edge data centres. ...

28 May 2020

5 Min Read

What will an office look like in 2021?

Covid-19 has forced a global lockdown, and it seems that social distancing isn’t going ...

13 May 2020

6 Min Read

Colocation or cloud: options when upgrading from in-office servers

At the time of writing we’re almost two months into the government lockdown and many ...

12 May 2020

5 Min Read

Changes we’ve made to our data centres in response to Covid-19

4D’s top priority during the coronavirus pandemic has been to keep our data centre staff ...

4 May 2020

5 Min Read

What to do if your office broadband isn’t up to remote working

Covid-19 has shown us what world without loo roll would be like, but an even bigger ...

28 April 2020

6 Min Read

Mental Health in Tech – A Guide to Supporting Staff

As the Covid-19 pandemic swept across Europe, many businesses were forced to adapt to a ...

28 April 2020

5 Min Read

Mental Health in Tech - Homeworking Tips

Remote working before the pandemic was a very different experience to the one many of us ...

17 April 2020

5 Min Read

Gigabit internet and business: What speed do you need?

Among the many things we’ve all learnt from this lockdown is the importance of a good ...

14 April 2020

5 Min Read

How 4D Data Centres is supporting staff through the 2020 pandemic

Given that there’s not been a pandemic of this size since the 1918 Spanish flu, no-one ...

9 April 2020

4 Min Read

How is the internet coping with mass working from home?

With the Covid-19 pandemic keeping the whole country in lockdown, the internet has become ...

25 March 2020

6 Min Read

Seven (7) things to look for when selecting a data centre partner

A company's  data and computer systems are its life blood, and that's why determining ...

25 March 2020

2 Min Read

INFOGRAPHIC: 7 Essentials for choosing a data centre partner

Where you store your business's data is critical to its day-to-day operations. Hosting ...

23 March 2020

5 Min Read

Relax – Data centres are designed for resilience

We’re entering unprecedented times. Just a few weeks ago, the Coronavirus outbreak was ...

23 March 2020

5 Min Read

Managing cyber security risk in an HPC environment

HPC isn’t new, – just as data isn’t new. Scientists have been using both for a long time. ...

17 March 2020

4 Min Read

Is your IT infrastructure ready for mass employee remote working?

The outbreak of Covid-19 has reminded us that there is a wide variety of reasons why a ...

13 March 2020

3 Min Read

Guide to remote conferencing services during the Coronavirus outbreak

As the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, forces businesses to send their staff home to remote ...

12 March 2020

5 Min Read

Coping with unexpected events – how to build a resilient IT network

In the first few months of 2020 we’ve had mass flooding across the UK and now COVID-19, ...

12 March 2020

5 Min Read

Is enterprise HPC moving to the cloud?

High-performance computing (HPC) has expanded beyond its original borders of laboratories ...

4 March 2020

6 Min Read

Covid-19 and advice to SMEs

4D will be regularly updating our business resources page with the latest information and ...

2 March 2020

3 Min Read

What are IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, and how do they impact Cloud?

When it comes to the IT industry - the clue's in the name: they love abbreviations, and ...

20 February 2020

4 Min Read

The effects of power outages - How 4D Data Centres has avoided them

4D have been operating UK-based colocation data centres since 2007, and in that time we ...

11 February 2020

5 Min Read

Why HPC and AI Need one another

High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are fundamentally ...

10 February 2020

6 Min Read

Will 2020 be the year your company adopts High Performance Computing?

HPC is revolutionising what companies can do with their data analysis. It's being adopted ...

7 February 2020

2 Min Read

Event Roundup: 4D at Sweethaven’s Cyber Security Workshop

On Thursday 30th January 4D’s CEO, Jack Bedell-Pearce, was a guest speaker at ...

15 January 2020

3 Min Read

VIDEO On-premise vs Cloud vs Colocation: Where to store your data

Every company will have different data storage needs. Figuring out which is the best ...

13 January 2020

5 Min Read

Disadvantages of Cloud Computing and Taking Systems Off the Cloud

The use of cloud computing has exploded in recent history, and so has the rate of cloud ...

8 January 2020

6 Min Read

6 Cyber Security Predictions for 2020

2019 saw a rise in ransomware attacks, growing concern about the security of mobile ...

6 January 2020

4 Min Read

What is cloud computing? With examples

With over 90% of companies using cloud services in some element of their business, it’s ...

16 December 2019

1 Min Read

4D's Christmas Video Message: 2019 in Review

Our CEO, Jack Bedell-Pearce, gives his roundup of the biggest trends and news in data and ...

11 December 2019

6 Min Read

A year in review: What we learned from 2019 Cyber Security headlines

Do cyber security news headlines make you WannaCry? Do you know your Cyborgs from your ...

9 December 2019

4 Min Read

Best gifts for a techie: buying someone who loves everything technical

If you’re not a technical person and you're buying for someone who is - or you are and ...

14 November 2019

3 Min Read

Cyber Security Solutions for the impending Quantum Decryption issue

Quantum Computing and Existing Encryption In May 2019, we explored how the advent of ...

13 November 2019

4 Min Read

How will Brexit affect data for UK businesses?

In November, 4D Data Centres held our first event featuring an expert panel discussing ...

5 November 2019

5 Min Read

Net Neutrality Part 2: How Brexit will Impact Net Neutrality

Net neutrality is currently in place, for the most part, in Europe. This ensures that ...

30 October 2019

5 Min Read

Net Neutrality Part 1: Net Neutrality and how it affects SMEs

Net neutrality means that internet service providers (ISPs) are not able to vary their ...

30 October 2019

2 Min Read

VIDEO: State of UK Power in 2019

At the moment, total power demand of the UK is between 30 and 40 gigawatts.

25 October 2019

3 Min Read

VIDEO: The rise of High-Performance Computing (HPC) in Data Centres

With the rise of big data analytics, machine learning, and AI over the last few years, ...

22 October 2019

5 Min Read

Beginner’s Guide to Server Room Air Conditioning

Welcome to 4D's guide to server room air conditioning and cooling in a data centre. Even ...

18 October 2019

5 Min Read

VIDEO: Beginner’s Guide to Server Room UPSs

Welcome to 4D's guide to UPSs. Even if you've never heard of them before, by the end of ...

18 October 2019

3 Min Read

VIDEO: The Cost of Colocation

4D’s CEO, Jack Bedell-Pearce, gives his guide on the cost of colocation.

17 October 2019

4 Min Read

Data Centres are the Future of Green Tech

As global use of the internet rises sharply each year, data centres might be the only way ...

15 October 2019

23 Min Read

Managed Firewalls Video: what you need to know

In our live webinar, CTO, David Barker, gave his ultimate guide to firewalls, covering ...

7 October 2019

3 Min Read

VIDEO: Data Centre Tiers Explained

4D's CTO, David Barker, talks about the different data centre tier levels, what they ...

1 October 2019

2 Min Read

Week after Brexit

As we enter October, the countdown to Brexit edges ever closer. The ‘Benn Act’ requires ...

17 September 2019

2 Min Read

Firewalls Explained Video: Types of Firewalls

Firewalls are an essential part of a company's cyber security, but there are different ...

6 September 2019

3 Min Read

Big Data news & blogs: a data centre’s top 6 sites for 2019

Big Data (huge amounts of data that can be analysed to reveal trends and associations) ...

12 August 2019

3 Min Read

The major August power outage and UK data centres

As we come into the week where many investigations are going on by Ofgem (the national ...

6 August 2019

2 Min Read

INFOGRAPHIC: Cyber Security Checklist for 2019

Over  four in ten UK businesses suffered a breach or attack during 2018-19, and  43% of ...

18 July 2019

5 Min Read

6 steps to improved cyber security

It’s impossible to ignore the rising threat of cyber-attacks. Over four in ten UK ...

11 July 2019

3 Min Read

DDoS VIDEO: What is the future of DDoS attacks?

4D's CTO, David Barker, speaks about the future of DDoS attacks, including the threats we ...

3 July 2019

8 Min Read

What is Cloud Video? IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, public, private & hybrid cloud

4D’s CEO, Jack Bedell-Pearce, spoke live at Gatwick Diamond’s Educational Seminain May, ...

27 June 2019

3 Min Read

DDoS Webinar Video Replay: What to know before your next attack

Earlier this year, 4D’s CTO, David Barker, gave this exclusive webinar on what to know, ...

4 June 2019

3 Min Read

Five (5) ways to fend off hackers from personal and company data

29 May 2019

2 Min Read

4D wins best Energy Efficiency Project of the Year

After being shortlisted for two awards, 4D are delighted to announce winning best ‘Energy ...

16 May 2019

2 Min Read

How does a firewall work? What to know before your next attack

If you have a firewall solution for your PC and/or network, hopefully it’s doing its job ...

10 May 2019

2 Min Read

Business Connectivity: improving productivity via technology

Watch our CEO, Jack Bedell-Pearce, speak at the Gatwick Diamond Educational Seminar, ...

9 May 2019

4 Min Read

Quantum Cryptography: 3 key questions for the post quantum world

Cryptography fundamentally underpins the modern internet, but developments in quantum ...

11 April 2019

2 Min Read

VIDEO How to protect against DDoS: protect applications and networks

4D's CTO, David Barker, gives his tips on how to protect against DDoS attacks. [View the ...

9 April 2019

3 Min Read

AI Blogs: a data centre’s top 6 for 2019

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the fastest growing fields in technology. Keeping ...

28 March 2019

2 Min Read

VIDEO DDoS attack: how can one affect your business?

DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) is an effective and dangerous form of cyber attack ...

12 March 2019

3 Min Read

Personal Cyber Security: how to protect your personal data in 2019

2018 saw the continued trend of major data breaches with big companies such as Facebook, ...

5 March 2019

2 Min Read

Let's Talk VIDEO: UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply)

One of the largest benefits of hosting your IT equipment in a data centre is that they ...

14 February 2019

2 Min Read

Let's Talk VIDEO: Generators

Hosting your servers in a colocation data centre will reduce the downtime you experience ...

12 February 2019

3 Min Read

Cyber Security Blogs - a Data Centre's best 6 for 2019

In every industry, there are websites that stand out from the crowd by offering ...

6 February 2019

4 Min Read

6 Cyber Security Tips when you’re out-of-office

According to a 2018 report, British commuters were spending just under an hour every day ...

29 January 2019

2 Min Read

VIDEO Green Tech: 3 tips to make your IT more eco-friendly

4D's CEO, Jack Bedell-Pearce, gives his top tips on how to be greener with your IT ...

17 December 2018

2 Min Read

Our top 5 tips for social media marketing

When marketing budgets and time resources are stretched, social media activity can end up ...

20 November 2018

1 Min Read

Elon Musk (doesn’t) want your Bitcoin

Despite October being European Cyber Security Month (ECSM), it didn’t stop scammers using ...

20 November 2018

3 Min Read

October Budget Brief for Technology Sector

Here are some of the announcements that will have an impact on the tech sector.

16 November 2018

3 Min Read

Hyper-V: being prepared with the right information

Hyper-V is an incredibly valuable resource for creating virtual machines, which can be ...

15 November 2018

2 Min Read

Secure SSD Recycling: the do’s and don’ts

What's the best way to securely delete data from an SSD? Deleting data from an SSD and ...

25 October 2018

2 Min Read

Maximizing efficiency and customer service with low-cost solutions

“Over the years I have found a few low cost technical solutions which have really made a ...

6 July 2018

3 Min Read

FM200 Fire Suppression Discharge

What is FM-200 and how does fire suppression work in a data centre? As a professional ...

27 June 2018

2 Min Read

Brexit and UK Data

When it was introduced, a lot of companies spent time and money making sure they were ...

22 June 2018

6 Min Read

DNS Rebinding – Attacking private networks

Over the last couple of days there has been some coverage in Wired about DNS rebinding ...

12 June 2018

2 Min Read

Could the 2018 World Cup bring down your office network?

With 4.8 Billion people estimated to tune in for the Football World Cup this year, it's ...

22 May 2018

3 Min Read

Is YouTube safe for your kids?

Father of two, Jack Bedell-Pearce, shares a recent experience with YouTube that left him, ...

13 April 2018

6 Min Read

Top tips to secure your Facebook

Connecting with friends new and old, maintaining friendships, capturing moments etc are ...

12 April 2018

15 Min Read

Data centre sector update from techUK

Not only are 4D Data Centres members of techUK, the UKs largest trade association of ...

2 March 2018

1 Min Read

No-Deal Brexit causing jitters

February 2018 - Digital Report On 8th February, the House of Lords EU committee heard ...

8 February 2018

2 Min Read

MD of 4D Data Centres speaks at Datacloud UK 2018

Last Wednesday (31st January 2018), the Managing Director of 4D Data Centres was asked to ...

30 January 2018

2 Min Read

Datacloud UK 2018

Finance & Investment Forum 2018 31st January – 1st February London Marriott Hotel, ...

5 January 2018

4 Min Read

Meltdown and Spectre – x86/x64 Architecture Bug

Spectre & Meltdown (update, patch and pray) The big news of the New Year was the ...

18 December 2017

3 Min Read

4D Gatwick Data Centre Expands Following £500k Investment

28 November 2017, London UK: 4D Data Centres, the independently owned UK data centre ...

12 December 2017

5 Min Read

Your Essential Guide to Data Centre Migration

Whether you’re a small business on a winning streak, or a non-profit organisation ...

3 November 2017

3 Min Read

How to cut your cryptomining costs with colocation

Bitcoin, arguably the most well-known cryptocurrency, surpassed a record value of over ...

3 November 2017

3 Min Read

Make a profit from cryptomining: Your essential guide

We’re in the middle of a Bitcoin boom. The popular cryptocurrency has steadily increased ...

5 September 2017

6 Min Read

How to Harness Disruptive FinTech

Financial technology, an ugly duckling with modest beginnings in the back offices of fund ...

29 August 2017

6 Min Read

What is a data centre? A plain English Guide [video]

Find the best possible data centre partner using our 'Data Centre Checklist' The video ...

30 May 2017

3 Min Read

Public vs Private vs Hybrid Cloud - how to decide

The biggest challenge any business faces is trying to predict the future; knowing what ...

30 May 2017

3 Min Read

UK Data Centres - the unsung heroes of the tech revolution?

The last 20 years has seen the cementing of The Information Age, characterised by seismic ...

6 February 2017

3 Min Read

Data custody: the pawn in Brexit's messy divorce

In November 2016, a Russian court of law found LinkedIn to be non-compliant with ...

1 February 2017

3 Min Read

What does GDPR mean for data sovereignty and British businesses?

In advertising, there is a general understanding that you need to be exposed to a message ...

24 January 2017

4 Min Read

When Big Data and Brexit collide

Despite the outcome of the referendum to leave the EU, 73% of British Businesses still ...

13 January 2017

3 Min Read

2017 world politics and the free flow of data

As the 20th January looms with Trump becoming president and with Article 50 following hot ...

4 December 2016

2 Min Read

Peering into Pandora's Box

In the Autumn of 2016 we surveyed 200 UK decision-makers in small-to-medium sized ...

22 July 2016

3 Min Read

Perils of Moving Physical to Virtual

After finally getting the go-ahead to proceed with a project to virtualise your physical ...

21 July 2016

3 Min Read

The big unknown – the effect of Brexit on the UK Tech Sector

The campaigns were closely fought. Polls indicated it would be close. Still, many ...

20 May 2016

3 Min Read

Cyber Attacks - On the rise or a victim of bad publicity?

Recent large-scale cyber-attacks raise questions regarding the level of security ...

20 May 2016

4 Min Read

Tech Giants and Public Puppies - Is DeepMind in Deep Trouble?

The recent controversy over Google DeepMind and the Royal Free NHS Trust raises ...

8 April 2016

3 Min Read

The NHS Paperless Plan & ERPs

The fight to go paperless is in full swing. The BBC reported in early February that the ...

4 March 2016

1 Min Read

The Digitalisation of Accounting

Discussions of the biggest digital transformation the government has seen to date are ...

3 March 2016

2 Min Read

How best to use G-Cloud and the Digital Marketplace

4D's David Barker offers a few tips on how best to use G-Cloud and the Digital ...

5 January 2016

2 Min Read

IT solution providers improve business productivity

The IT industry is constantly pressured to provide more services, with less time and ...

21 August 2015

1 Min Read

Mumsnet VS Ashley Madison - A tale of two attacks

It appears Mumsnet has undergone a sustained attack in both the virtual and physical ...