ManageEngine is opening two ISO/IEC-27001-certified data centre facilities in London and Manchester. These will be its first data centres in the UK.
This announcement brings the total number of data centre sites to 16 for ManageEngine globally and represents a USD 1 million investment.
The two new data centres will support UK customers who have a growing need for data sovereignty and data residency. The data centres will offer enhanced data security and will carry all the necessary SOC, ISO and PCI DSS certifications, ensuring that data is stored securely and in compliance with local regulations and industry-specific standards.
The new sites will be hosted by Equinix, which was selected by ManageEngine for its state-of-the-art, global, secure, sustainable data centre platform that is renowned for its expansive reach. The data centres will host a few prominent ManageEngine products, including ServiceDesk Plus Cloud (for IT and enterprise service management) and Endpoint Central Cloud (for unified endpoint management and security). The long-term plan is to offer ManageEngine's entire portfolio from the UK data centres.
Rajesh Ganesan, president of ManageEngine, said, "Cloud adoption has been rapid in the UK, far outstripping other markets. We have seen 70% growth in cloud adoption YOY since 2018, versus 50% globally. Post-Brexit, we also saw increased demand from customers for data centres to be located in the UK to ensure data sovereignty and comply with local regulations."
The UK market is the second-largest for ManageEngine, representing 25% of its global turnover. There has been an acceleration in cloud adoption amongst UK customers, which in turn has created more demand for local data storage. This announcement will help IT teams move operations to the cloud seamlessly while adhering to the data privacy and security standards of the UK. ManageEngine is also establishing one of the two UK data centres as a disaster recovery site.
Arun Kumar J., regional director of UK at ManageEngine, said, "Organisations are leveraging hybrid cloud computing and edge computing more and more to use the cloud optimally. The new centres will benefit customers by helping them meet complex data security demands; our cloud security efforts for these centres will focus on compliance, privacy, data leak prevention and endpoint security. Intelligence at the edge — extended to every endpoint — is essential to securing endpoints against modern attacks."
ManageEngine's new data centres will be fully secured, employing security processes like full-disk encryption to protect data and prevent unauthorised access at the hardware level. Additional controls, like anti-DDoS strategies, will also mitigate cyberattacks.
The Latest
Broad proliferation of cloud infrastructure combined with continued support for remote workers is driving increased complexity and visibility challenges for network operations teams, according to new research conducted by Dimensional Research and sponsored by Broadcom ...
New research from ServiceNow and ThoughtLab reveals that less than 30% of banks feel their transformation efforts are meeting evolving customer digital needs. Additionally, 52% say they must revamp their strategy to counter competition from outside the sector. Adapting to these challenges isn't just about staying competitive — it's about staying in business ...
Leaders in the financial services sector are bullish on AI, with 95% of business and IT decision makers saying that AI is a top C-Suite priority, and 96% of respondents believing it provides their business a competitive advantage, according to Riverbed's Global AI and Digital Experience Survey ...
SLOs have long been a staple for DevOps teams to monitor the health of their applications and infrastructure ... Now, as digital trends have shifted, more and more teams are looking to adapt this model for the mobile environment. This, however, is not without its challenges ...
Modernizing IT infrastructure has become essential for organizations striving to remain competitive. This modernization extends beyond merely upgrading hardware or software; it involves strategically leveraging new technologies like AI and cloud computing to enhance operational efficiency, increase data accessibility, and improve the end-user experience ...
AI sure grew fast in popularity, but are AI apps any good? ... If companies are going to keep integrating AI applications into their tech stack at the rate they are, then they need to be aware of AI's limitations. More importantly, they need to evolve their testing regiment ...
If you were lucky, you found out about the massive CrowdStrike/Microsoft outage last July by reading about it over coffee. Those less fortunate were awoken hours earlier by frantic calls from work ... Whether you were directly affected or not, there's an important lesson: all organizations should be conducting in-depth reviews of testing and change management ...
In MEAN TIME TO INSIGHT Episode 11, Shamus McGillicuddy, VP of Research, Network Infrastructure and Operations, at EMA discusses Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) ...
On average, only 48% of digital initiatives enterprise-wide meet or exceed their business outcome targets according to Gartner's annual global survey of CIOs and technology executives ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping industries around the world. From optimizing business processes to unlocking new levels of innovation, AI is a critical driver of success for modern enterprises. As a result, business leaders — from DevOps engineers to CTOs — are under pressure to incorporate AI into their workflows to stay competitive. But the question isn't whether AI should be adopted — it's how ...
