The new centre, based at Sirius House  offers managed workspace for up to 250 people in the event of businesses  relocation need due to a disaster. It builds on Onyx’s existing infrastructure by linking to its workplace recovery centre and data centre in Glasgow, and will also become the new staff base for staff from the Group’s Dalkeith and Falkirk offices.

Onyx Group CEO Neil Stephenson (right)  says: “We have identified a growing demand for workplace recovery facilities in Edinburgh and this new centre will enhance the services that we are able to offer to our significant customer base in Scotland. It is ideally situated in Edinburgh’s telecommunications district and well-served by excellent transport links.

“There is increasing regulatory pressure on all businesses to have continuity plans in place in order to minimise disruption...While more serious threats to a business such as terrorism are rare, power outages, fires or even denial of access to office facilities can cause irreparable damage.

“In the event of a disaster, businesses in Edinburgh and its surrounding areas will have immediate access to top-of-the-range facilities, so that their customers need not even notice a disruption.”

The new office and workplace recovery facility builds on Onyx Group’s growing presence in Scotland, following its acquisitions of Falkirk and Glasgow-based Campbell Lee, and Edinburgh-based Dundas IT last year.

Headquartered in North East England,  data hosting services are delivered from various hosting facilities throughout the UK including a £5m Tier 3 facility in the heart of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

The Group has targeted expansion in Scotland, with nearly half of its 100-strong team based in the former Glasgow, Dalkeith and Falkirk offices, including both the director of Infrastructure and director of Services.

Onyx recently appointed IT expert Nigel Hedley  as its new director of Services, who will be based in the new Edinburgh office. Nigel brings over twenty years’ experience of sales, strategy and management within the IT sector, having secured major outsourcing contracts for Sema - now Atos Origin - and overseen the flotation of Azur, now Maxima. He joins the Group’s director of Infrastructure, Hugh Gillen, who is based in Glasgow.

In addition to business continuity and workplace recovery services, Onyx provides managed services and networking to over 3,000 UK customers from its bases in Scotland and three offices in North East England, along with a further base in Slough. The Group has three data centres and a second workplace recovery centre in the North East.

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