Media Coverage
May 5, 2012
Memset launches apprenticeship scheme to combat IT skills shortage
Memset has launched an apprenticeship scheme aimed at alleviating the dearth of skills around datacentres and cloud computing. It said it needed to take the steps as universities “just don’t seem to be teaching the right skills.” “There are hardly any courses that teach Python programming or Linux systems administration despite the fact that they are becoming the tools of choice for the globally-leading ICT companies,” said Memset managing director Kate Craig-Wood.
May 4, 2012
Memset launches apprenticeship scheme to combat IT skills shortage
Cloud computing company says “you’re hired”! Cloud computing provider Memset is to launch an apprenticeship scheme aimed at alleviating dearth of skills around datacentres and cloud computing. It said it needed to take the steps as universities “just don’t seem to be teaching the right skills.” “There are hardly any courses that teach Python programming or Linux systems administration despite the fact that they are becoming the tools of choice for the globally-leading ICT companies,” said Memset managing director Kate Craig-Wood. “We’re faced with having to sift through a lot of graduates who are of little use to us, who have often been encouraged to take 'business' or 'entrepreneurship' modules rather than practically applicable skills that are useful to an employer!” She added that by getting apprentices that haven’t gone to university meant that the company could “equip them with the relevant skills that we need, and start them off in the right direction for a fulfilling career in the ICT industry.”
May 4, 2012
Bucking the trend: UK’s top female entrepreneurs offer inspirational advice
Kate Craig-Wood is the co-founder of IT hosting company, Memset. She is an officer of BCS's influential Data Centre Specialist Group and the youngest ever main board member of Intellect UK. She also chairs Intellect's Climate Change Group, and co-leads the technical strand of the Cabinet Office's G-Cloud and App Store project. Craig-Wood says her greatest challenge has been: “Being taken seriously as a leading female entrepreneur who is also a technology expert in the very male-dominated IT industry. I often find that I have to go to some lengths to demonstrate my understanding of technology and business before men that don't know me twig – this girl really knows her stuff.” Adding that this can be achieved: “Through confidence and demonstrable achievements! Being a female is not a weakness, indeed I adamantly believe that the fact that at Memset, we have a gender-balanced executive management team in my brother and I has significantly contributed to our stellar success.”
May 2, 2012
Memset Join Influential Aldersgate Group
Memset Join Influential Aldersgate Group May 02, 2012 09:15 BST Award-winning British cloud provider, Memset®, has been accepted as a member of the influential Aldersgate Group. Guildford, UK (PRWEB UK) 1 May 2012 Award-winning British cloud provider, Memset®, has been accepted as a member of the influentialAldersgate Group. The Aldersgate Group, founded in 2006, is an alliance of leaders from business, politics and society aimed at promoting the move to a sustainable economy. Its broad membership of leadingorganisations gives it an authoritative voice both in shaping policy and driving action for change.
May 1, 2012
Memset Join Influential Aldersgate Group
Award-winning British cloud provider, Memset®, has been accepted as a member of the influential Aldersgate Group. The Aldersgate Group, founded in 2006, is an alliance of leaders from business, politics and society aimed at promoting the move to a sustainable economy. Its broad membership of leading organisations gives it an authoritative voice both in shaping policy and driving action for change.
May 1, 2012
Memset Join Influential Aldersgate Group
Guildford, UK (PRWEB UK) 1 May 2012 Award-winning British cloud provider, Memset®, has been accepted as a member of the influential Aldersgate Group. Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/689623#ixzz1uH8Qbm8c
May 1, 2012
Memset Join Influential Aldersgate Group
The Aldersgate Group, founded in 2006, is an alliance of leaders from business, politics and society aimed at promoting the move to a sustainable economy. Its broad membership of leading organisations gives it an authoritative voice both in shaping policy and driving action for change. Kate Craig-Wood, MD of Memset said: “As a leader in the field of energy-efficient Web hosting and cloud computing for many years we hope to be able to share our expertise and learn from other members in pursuit of our strong environmentalist philosophy.”
April 16, 2012
British hosting company claims to have beaten Moore's Law
British cloud hosting company Memset claims to have proved it is possible to reduce power consumption faster than Moore’s Law. Moore's Law is a rule of thumb whereby the number of transistors that can be placed on an integrated circuit doubles every 18 to 24 months. It is also a good approximation for the rate at which energy efficiency improves, according to Memset, because when computers are viewed overall, their performance per watt roughly doubles every 18 months.
April 16, 2012
Memset Improves VM Energy Efficiency ‘Faster Than Moore’s Law’
UK cloud provider Memset says that it has been able to substantially reduce the average power consumption of its Miniserver VM virtual servers at a rate that is faster than Moore’s Law. Moore’s Law is an observation that the density of transistors tends to double every two years, which has held true since Intel’s Gordon Moore suggested it more than 50 years ago. Memset’s research suggests that, thanks to virtualisation, processing ability per Watt of electrical power is on the same track – but careful specification of virtual machines can improve on the figure.