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Supporting an ever-changing global landscape, through cloud solutions.

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has rapidly accelerated the adoption of cloud technologies and with such a drastic shift to digital life, systems, data and applications need to be flexible and scalable. Rather than simply being ‘nice to have’, being cloud-ready has become the top priority whilst businesses adapt their processes and behaviours as the global Covid-19 response continues.

Mark, Account Director, talks all things career progression and life at LIMA

We caught up with Mark Howie, Account Director at LIMA, as he talks about his career, role models and his top tips for balancing home and work life (especially during lockdown).

Mark started his career in tech as a Telesales Executive making appointments for Account Managers, and from there, he soon worked his way up to Senior Account Director, engaging with clients to develop strategic IT roadmaps to underpin business visions and objectives. He’s worked in the IT industry for over 19 years, eight of which have been spent developing his career here at LIMA.

A ‘second wave of digital transformation’ drives Microsoft Azure revenue up by 50%

A global drive towards digital transformation has seen Microsoft’s Azure revenue leap by 50% in Q2 to £31.4bn. With the company making significant, strategic investments in their key service offerings, in advance of this surge in cloud adoption, Microsoft believes they’ve enabled a simplified approach to hybrid management.

LIMA host virtual lunch and learn event exploring Backup as a Service

On Tuesday, LIMA was proud to host their first virtual lunch and learn event focused on Backup as a Service and why having a strong backup strategy aids business resilience in today’s digital economy.

Hosted by Thomas Keighley, Head of Sales at LIMA, the speakers included:

Gloucestershire NHS rolls out electronic patient records system to provide care for the next generation of patients

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust needed to modernise its data centre platform as the first step toward building an electronic patient record system infrastructure. The hospital trust turned to LIMA Networks for help. LIMA identified that VMware Cloud Foundation^™ offered an optimal solution. Its expertise ensured the trust deployed the new platform in just nine months.

For doctors and nurses, accessing patient information at any time from any location is not just a nice to have. It’s critical. To work more smartly, they need to be able to find out everything they need to know about their patients from anywhere in the building, or even from home.

3 reasons why cyber security is more important now than ever

In today’s digital economy, the cyber security threat landscape is more complex than ever with digital transformation initiatives, cloudification, regulatory compliance and the global pandemic all leading organisations to look at new ways of working. The recent shift to remote working due to Covid-19 has seen employees working from locations outside organisation’s security perimeters, making IT networks and systems more vulnerable to cyber security threats.

How a robust DRaaS solution ensures business resilience, cost-efficiency and growth

The threat from disasters such as system failure outages, human error and ransomware is ever-increasing, so a reliable disaster recovery solution is vital. You’re responsible for keeping all of your company’s technology up and running – and that’s especially challenging when workloads expand and user expectations increase.

The benefits of a cloud-based phone system in the modern workplace

The workplace is evolving rapidly and employees have new expectations around the way that they work. As such, business leaders are embracing these changes and supporting a new culture that can include:

Top 5 DRaaS considerations to strengthen your multi-cloud strategy

Cloud adoption and multi-cloud strategies continue to be top of mind for many organisations, and while this trend gives organisations more flexibility overall, it puts added pressure on IT to manage backup and recovery in a complex environment.

Businesses require a robust methodology for replicating and recovering workloads from a primary site to a recovery site in an event of a disaster or unplanned outage. That’s why cloud-based disaster recovery (DRaaS) is one of the fastest-growing industry segments for cloud services.

Lisa Thornton, LIMA CEO, supports #ChooseToChallenge this International Women’s Day

We’re delighted that this International Women’s Day, Lisa Thornton, LIMA’s CEO, has been interviewed by CRN discussing the growing importance of diversity in the technology industry.