Imerja is delighted to report that it has been shortlisted in this year’s Microscope ACES Awards for Managed Service Provider of the Year and Vertical Market Reseller of the Year

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With dual 24×7 secure operations centres (Imerja Secure Operations Centre, or ISOC) located in the northwest and south of the country, staffed by experienced engineers, Imerja provides comprehensive monitoring and management through its modular m|four suite of support services, including a dedicated UK based 24×7 Service Desk providing a single point of contact. Both ISOC locations are sited alongside secure data centre facilities, enabling Imerja to provide managed and bespoke hosting services in-house, providing customers with additional peace of mind that their information and IT assets are being properly managed and protected at all times.

Certified to ISO27001, N3 approved and compliant to both PCI and Code of Connection standards, we support and manage critical network and complex security infrastructure around the UK on behalf of customers in both the public and private sectors, delivering services to Business Impact Level 3 (IL3).

Imerja received the ACES Public Sector Reseller of the Year award in 2010 and it is great to continue our involvement in this major industry event with a further nomination.

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The coming together of cloud computing, wireless networking and device evolution have created a “perfect storm” in IT which is redefining the very nature of mobility. Prior to the intersection of these forces, the term mobility was used interchangeably with wireless. I would argue that we’ve never really had the building blocks of true mobility; instead we had devices that allowed us to be portable.

What would happen if the user were to lose the device? All of the data stored on the device would be lost. What if the user wants to carry a second device such as a tablet or notebook? Then the onus would be on the user to continually find a way to synchronise the information between the devices.

This isn’t ideal but is manageable when the user has just a couple of devices, but today workers carry anywhere from 3 to as many as 7 devices. Managing the manual movement of data be-tween many devices will be unreliable at best.

The redefinition of mobility involves mobilising not only the device and the user but the content as well. For example, shifting from a premise based e-mail system to a cloud based solution means that a worker could have the same experience on a mobile phone, tablet, notebook or desktop. Any change made on one device would instantly show up on the other devices. Any content over any network on the device of the users choice. This is made possible by the fusion of device evolution, cloud computing and pervasive wireless. Mobility redefined.

To achieve this level of true mobility, the network needs evolve, adapt and change in order to provide a high quality, secure experience.

To enable this ‘redefined mobility’ the network must provide the following:

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As analyst predictions for sales of smartphones and tablet devices continue to rise, and users seek greater opportunities to work within a truly mobile environment, Imerja’s managing director, Ian Jackson, looks at the channel opportunity from consumer mobile devices in the workplace.

Read more: http://www.channelweb.co.uk/crn-uk/opinion/2136400/rise-rise-consumer-technology