M247 Moves Closer to Opening New Datacentre
10th May 2012 - We have today taken delivery of our second electrical substation at a cost of £80k.
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Another Acquisition On The Books of M247
8th May 2012 - In a deal that has secured the future of a number of Manchester jobs, M247 is proud to reveal that we have recently acquired Axamba Limited.
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M247 DIRECTORS SHORTLISTED FOR ERNST and YOUNG - ENTREPRENEUR of the YEAR AWARD
1st May 2012 - The founding directors of M247, Technical Director Chris Byrd and father and son team David Buckle, who is Managing Director and Jonathan Buckle, who is Operations Director, have collectively been shortlisted by the judging panel of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2012.
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Support Team Member Wins Compliments
26th April 2012 - Paul Pintiliescu is an Industrial Placement student gaining experience working as a member of our technical support team while also studying at Salford University. Paul recently gave a presentation at the University that described his role within M247.
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M247 sponsors launch of IX Manchester
26th April 2012 - M247, together with other major players from the Internet industry, such as the BBC, IXReach and TelecityGroup, co-sponsored the launch event of IX Manchester, the UK’s newest Internet Exchange Point (IXP), staged recently in an impressive BBC venue at MediaCity in Manchester.
In common with all IXPs, IX Manchester under the management of LINX, the massive London Internet Exchange, is a not-for-profit and neutral body where networks of Internet Service Providers, telecommunications carriers, content providers, web hosting companies etc., meet to exchange traffic (peer) with one another.
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IX Manchester
17th April 2012 - MANCHESTER GETS A NEW INTERNET EXCHANGE - Important move along the road to progress
M247, together with other major players from the Internet industry, such as the BBC, IXReach and TelecityGroup, is co-sponsoring and supporting the launch event of IX Manchester, the UK’s newest Internet Exchange Point (IXP).
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VISIT M247 at the CONVERGENCE SUMMIT NORTH SHOW
26th March 2012 - at the MANCHESTER CENTRAL CONVENTION COMPLEX od 17th and 18th April.
Come and talk to us on stand 35 where our team will convince you that M247 is THE convergence company of choice for datacentre, high bandwidth connectivity, dedicated and colo server solutions, security, scalable Cloud and traditional hosting solutions.
M247 is growing fast and you can get on board and grow with us.
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Technical Director Chris Byrd at Ernst and Young Entrepreneurs' Forum Dinner
1st February 2012 - Many of the best of the North West region’s business brains attended the Ernst and Young Entrepreneurs' Forum Dinner on 24th January.
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M247 supplies new SonicWALL to Norwich University
17th January 2012 - Norwich University College of the Arts (NUCA) had an aging firewall and a wireless network based around 60 switches spread across 7 city centre buildings. Running around 150 PCs for administrators and none-academic staff, the remainder of computers on the network are mostly dual-boot Apple Macs which are used by 300 academic staff and 1600 students. The M247 consultancy team had the answer and solved the problems with a SonicWALL.
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Work Progressing On New Manchester Datacentre - DC2
11th January 2012 - Soon after contracts were exchanged on the purchase of our new DC2 datacentre building a security system was installed. This represents the first step in what will eventually become a highly sophisticated multi-level security system protecting the valuable data and hardware on the data floor.
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M247 in Parliament
11th January 2012 - A Parliamentary Advisory Forum hosted by Claire Perry, MP for Devizes, met in 2011 to discuss Online Parental Controls and speakers from the great and the good included; Ed Vaizey, MP for Wantage and Didcot; Dido Harding of Talk Talk, Justine Roberts of Mumsnet; Dr. Clarissa Smith of University of Sunderland; Mike Gavin of BT; and John Carr OBE, internet consultant on child safety.
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Improvements to Customer Communications
10th January 2012 - Although in reality it’s rare for catastrophic faults to affect Internet Infrastructure, no matter how diligently Internet Providers such as ourselves work towards 100% network reliability, occasionally things go wrong that are beyond our control.
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M247 Supplies Filtered Broadband to the Inclusion Trust
10th January 2012 - M247 was recently asked to provide filtered broadband to the Inclusion Trust http://www.inclusiontrust.org which is both a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee with aims to advance education amongst people that are excluded or disengaged from traditional educational systems.
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M247 Technical Director Chris Byrd gets on TMT33 Listing
10th January 2012 - Insider Media keeps its finger on the business pulse in the North West region and regularly stages events that helps businesses connect with other businesses.
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M247 at the Deloitte Entrepreneurial Dinner
10th January 2012 - M247 Managing Director David Buckle was recently invited to a dinner hosted by accountancy giant Deloitte.
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M247 at the Insider Security Roundtable
10th January 2012 - Insider Magazine, the well-known business publication, played host recently to a Security Round Table to which M247 Technical Director Chris Byrd was invited.
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Fire Safety Inspection – far surpasses requirements
10th January 2012 - We take security very seriously here at M247 and it’s no secret that we have multilevel access protection and surveillance in and around our buildings.
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Keen
10th January 2012 - M247 accumulates a vast amount of packaging and paper which it recycles on a regular basis.
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Lean
10th January 2012 - Although it has to be admitted that not all of our staff members are at the peak of fitness, some are very lean and keen to use their prowess to good effect for the benefit of others.
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Green
10th January 2012 - While our head office is in Manchester, we are in constant touch with our team in Kidderminster and, being a green datacentre, we felt the need to do something about the motorway miles some of us were doing commuting between the two sites.
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Time Out
10th January 2012 - If you’ve never visited M247 you probably have a vision of a group of hardworking, diligent, skilful individuals manning the datacentre and support desk 24 hours a day 365 days a year and while all of this is an accurate description of who we are and what we do, it won’t surprise you to know that occasionally we take a break to enjoy our time at work
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Top Students from University of Salford’s School of Computing, Science and Engineering visit M247 Datacentre.
10th January 2012 - We received a visit recently from some of the top students from the School of Computing, Science and Engineering at University of Salford.
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Surge of Interest in Colocation Rack Space
10th January 2012 - As one of Europe’s greenest datacentres, we are expanding again and is experiencing a surge in interest for colo rack space, so much so in fact that we are planning to almost triple our capacity in the very near future.
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Adiabatic Cooling Developments
10th January 2012 - We have greatly improved the airflow on our datafloor by installing a bank of extraction fans on the opposite side of the building to the cooling system. The improved efficiency of airflow and cooling has been achieved at little additional cost and has further improved the exterior aesthetics of our building by lowering the profile of the cooling system.
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Cambridge University Engineers Visit Manchester Datacentre
18th November 2011 - Leading UK Internet Infrastructure and Web Delivery specialist M247 has aroused the interest of engineers from the prestigious Cambridge University.
David Green, from the University’s Department of Engineering, visited the company’s Manchester datacentre and head office recently to have a look at the innovations used to build M247’s renowned climate control system which helps keeps its burgeoning datafloor operating efficiently while at the same time significantly lowering M247’s carbon footprint and reducing the bottom line of its annual power spend.
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M247 MD returns from the World Entrepreneurship Forum in Singapore With Concern for UK Economic Future
10th November 2011 - David Buckle, motivational Managing Director of M247 has recently returned from the World Entrepreneurship Forum held this year in Singapore and attended by 150 of some of the world’s top business, scientific, academic and political minds drawn from 70 countries.
One of only three UK entrepreneurs invited to join the forum this year, David has come back home impressed by the experience of mixing with such a diverse range of individuals from vastly different cultures and political perspectives.
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Acquisition of additional new building means M247 has plenty of room to expand
21st September 2011 - Described by Technical Director Chris Byrd as a deal that was “too good to miss” we are pleased to announce that we have purchased a new building, right next door to our existing datacentre, that will give us lots of room to expand. Since 2009, our existing building (DC1) has housed full-time 24 x 7 technical support, administration and management staff with a state of the art datacentre being housed on a separate floor. Now this new additional building (DC2) offers lots of potential for growth and development into new areas.
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M247 Managing Director Champions Manchester at World Entrepreneurship Forum
16th August 2011 - David Buckle, Managing Director of M247 Limited, has been invited to join the World Entrepreneurship Forum taking place this November in Singapore.
While attending the forum David will contribute to a number of high-flyer technology workshops and will also explain why locating in Manchester, where he found highly competitive datacentre accommodation and a wealth of talented people, has been key to the company’s success.
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New Investment Revealed
2nd August 2011 - M247 is happy to announce that Brian Leigh-Bramwell, who until recently was Chairman of Leighs Paints in Bolton, has bought additional shares in the company.
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Major Improvements to Network Infrastructure
2nd August 2011 - We have recently invested £120k in upgrading our network with immediate benefits being felt by our customers.
GlobalAXS’s Operational Director Jonathan Buckle said “ we now have a massive capacity that positions us with practically unlimited growth potential for many years into the future".
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London No Longer Only Player In European Data Exchange
19th July 2011 - The increasing amount of Manchester based companies requiring high capacity data transfer can now benefit from a brand new European data link.
In what represents a major step forward in upgrading our service and making data transfers more resilient, our Manchester based internet connectivity company GlobalAXS Communications, a division of M247, has just announced that its established a high capacity, 10,000Mbps., dedicated link between our Manchester datacentre and the massive Amsterdam Internet Exchange Point.
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Yet Again, M247 Expands its Team
23rd June 2011 - Expanding our Manchester base all the time, M247 Limited has taken on another two staff members who join our highly skilled internet technology team.
Managing Director, David Buckle says: “We welcome Gary and Eryk to our fast growing organisation and I’m sure they will play an important part in the coming months as we expand even more. We have recently taken on 10 computer technology graduates and undergraduates from local universities and are very pleased with the quality of their skills.”
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New Director appointed at M247 Ltd
15th April 2011 - The Directors of M247 Limited are pleased to announce the appointment of a new director to the board. Paul Sillars, who heads up the So Internet and So SonicWALL divisions of M247 Ltd has now been confirmed as a director.
“As M247 Ltd has grown so dramatically over the last year we have appreciated Paul’s expertise as a staff member, and offer our sincerest congratulations on his new appointment as director” said David Buckle, MD.
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Ice Colo Expansion Gives Customers Better Service
25th March 2011 - M247 Ltd division Ice Colo has recently had two exciting expansion upgrades, unusual in these economic times, but with their industry recognised high growth levels the increase of capacity and greater customer service is vital to keep at the very top of their offerings.
The first upgrade has been on the Manchester ring, increasing it from 10GE to 20GE using Global AXS’s CWDM ring, this gives far greater room for expansion in the near future and means that the Data centre is now a 40Gbit site.
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M247 Ltd wins award for Marketing Innovation
28th January 2011 - M247 Ltd were thrilled on Wednesday 26th January 2011 to receive the SonicWALL award for Marketing Innovation of the Year!
The recognition from SonicWALL themselves of the So SonicWALL division of M247 Ltd that has worked tirelessly with customers to understand their needs and find exactly the right SonicWALL solution for them, with a technical sales team that truly understands the products and their environment is excitedly received.
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M247 Ltd Ranked Number 241 Fastest Growing Technology Company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA
10th December 2010 - M247 Ltd today announced that it ranked Number 241 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2010, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Asia). Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years. M247 Limited grew 745.28 percent during this period.
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M247 Ltd ranked 4th fastest growing technology company in the North of England by Deloitte
18th November 2010 - M247 Ltd are proud to announce their ranking in the 2010 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, placing them in the top 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK. To determine the fastest growing companies, Deloitte reviewed fiscal year revenues over the last five years, calculated the revenue growth percentage, and compared the growth of all the technology companies. Making this list is a significant accomplishment for M247 Ltd.
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IceColo’s Manchester datacentre is one of the most energy efficient in Europe.
17th November 2010 - It is estimated that datacentres account for more than 3% of the UK's entire energy consumption.
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SonicWALL First Company to Receive Enterprise Firewall Certification From ICSA Labs
10th November 2010 - SonicWALL, Inc. the leading provider of intelligent network security and data protection solutions, today announced it is the first network security vendor to receive ICSA Labs Enterprise Firewall Certification. The ICSA Labs certification covers the entire SonicWALL E-Class Network Security Appliance (NSA) series
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