Unique Insight and industry updates

Over the coming weeks and months, we will edit this page so that it contains the most up-to-date information from credible sources. We will also endeavour to provide Small and Medium-Sized Businesses with helpful links, along with any hints or tips we can offer.

When it comes to the IT industry - the clue's in the name: they love abbreviations, and don't always take the time to explain them. But IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS aren't klingon, they're acronyms crucial to public cloud.

4D have been operating UK-based colocation data centres since 2007, and in that time we have never had a power failure. This is a result of industry-leading equipment, as well as the expertise and commitment of our engineers.

High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are fundamentally different from each other, but how they work together is vital to the future of computing.

HPC is revolutionising what companies can do with their data analysis, and to help you figure out if HPC is a good fit we've put together a brief history and a review of HPC's current status.

On Thursday 30th January 4D’s CEO, Jack Bedell-Pearce, was a guest speaker at Sweethaven’s cyber security workshop event. The event gave attendees insight and advice into cyber security best practise (as well as being the early finish to a lot of people’s Dry January). 

Figuring out which data storage solution is best for your company requires taking into account a number of factors. We have put together some guidance and advice to help you make an informed decision.

The use of cloud computing has exploded in recent history, and so has the rate of taking systems off the cloud. Why are so many companies repatriating, and should you be doing the same?

With companies playing catch-up with cyber attackers, we’ve predicted the six big cyber security trends of 2020 by devouring cyber security news and reflecting on our own experience of customer needs and challenges.

With 90% of companies using cloud, it’s an important modern skill to understand. We’ve put together an explanation for what the cloud is, without all of the technical language and with examples.