"Because of UnisonFibre's considerable investment and roll out of fibre, we have accelerated our plans and given Hawke's Bay higher priority and set up a highly secure data storage centre."
VIP planned to set up 17 data storage facilities throughout New Zealand. For increased security and storage ability, each site would be replicated across the data storage network.
He predicted the announcement of a data storage centre in the region would be a catalyst to attracting larger businesses and boost local businesses that had a national and/or international reach.
Cloud computing is a way of delivering IT services to users without the need to buy, install or manage any infrastructure. Businesses can have desktops, software, applications and services over a secure network. It is a flexible, enterprise IT environment on a "pay-as-you go" basis.
The cloud is simply a metaphor for the internet, based on the symbol used to represent the worldwide network in computer network diagrams.
VIP are at the UnisonFibre Business Expo for the next two days at the Pettigrew Green Arena at Taradale.
