Colocation Hosting UK: The Complete 2026 Guide for Businesses
Colocation hosting is a service where a UK business places its own servers in a third-party data centre that supplies power, cooling, network connectivity, and physical security. It gives companies
Benchmarking SQL Server BlackBox Hosting vs Azure 2026
The ability to process and analyse data efficiently has become a key driver of business performance, placing greater demands on the infrastructure that supports it. Choosing the right cloud platform
Benchmarking SQL Server BlackBox Hosting vs AWS 2026
Modern workloads demand high-performance infrastructure to process and analyse data at scale. When analysing data in the cloud, the choice of platform can have a significant impact on speed, efficiency
RTO vs RPO: What They Mean and How to Set the Right Recovery Targets
Key Takeaway RTO (Recovery Time Objective) is the maximum time your business can afford to be offline after an incident. RPO (Recovery Point Objective) is the maximum amount of data
9 Costly DRaaS Mistakes to Avoid
Disaster recovery situations can arise from cyberattacks, hardware failures, human error, natural disasters or power outages. Effective Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) planning requires clear recovery objectives, regular testing,
RDS Licensing in 2026 – What’s Changed & What’s the Same?
RDS (Remote Desktop Services) licensing in 2026 keeps its familiar model of Windows Server licences and RDS CALs (Client Access Licences), but brings tighter version compatibility requirements and notable changes
Managed Hosting vs Self‑Managed Infrastructure
Managed and self-managed hosting differ in control, responsibility, cost and risk. Self-managed infrastructure offers greater customisation and lower direct costs but requires in-house expertise, maintenance and security management. Managed hosting
BlackBox Hosting Achieves Carbon Neutral Certification Under ISO 14068-1:2023
BlackBox Hosting proudly achieved verified carbon neutrality under the ISO 14068-1:2023 standard for 2025, independently assessed and verified by BSI. This certification marks an important milestone in our sustainability journey
7 Reasons Sovereign Cloud Hosting is Critical for Finance Companies
UK financial services companies face increasing regulatory, legal and operational pressure to ensure true data sovereignty, not just UK data residency. Sovereign cloud infrastructure governed and operated solely under UK
The Impact of AI & LLM Workloads on Sovereign Cloud Compliance
AI and LLM workloads introduce complex data sovereignty risks beyond just data storage, including derived data, metadata, logs and access by sub-processors. UK and EU regulations increasingly require clear jurisdictional