LIke others it seems set out to prove that DataCentreDynamic forecasts  are accurate, joining Onyx which ranked in the latest Sunday Times Tech Track 100,  the Midland Node4,  Iomart  in strenuous growth.  Latest news from Alchemy is on website design while IFB urges buying into the tartan cloud.

Last year, reports  The Scotsman, the firm said it was likely to spend between £7m and £8m on its expansion drive - a figure now at £10m as it ramps up capacity and secures new business.

MD Roy Maxwell says the appointment of Pacitti - a former 3i Group director - would bring fresh bloodon board at a crucial time for the company. Pacitti has represented investors on the boards of more than two dozen companies over the past 14 years, prior to which he ran 3i's Edinburgh office.

Chairman Iain Pittman added: "We look forward to his assistance and guidance in taking the organisation forward as the demand for ScoLocate's services increases."

The company, set up in 1999, offers remotely hosted computer services and co-location service and has a headcount of almost 30 staff. Having survived the tech crash /scottish-government-to-update-website-with-scolocate-2843.php and a management shake-up in 2001, the firm now turns over more than £6m and remains majority owned by RBS.

A 10-year period accounted for the bulk of the latest £15m worth of contract wins with
typically contracts running for between three and 16 years, Maxwell noted.

SCOLOCATION: SCOTLAND 

Those shopping around for colocation and other services in Scotland will find the work of Jonathan Riddell helpful. His research which seems to be dated around 2006, reports  that Server Co-location (colo) used to cost more than twice as much in Scotland as it does in London.

At the start of 2006 the London providers have started charging much more for electricity which makes Edinburgh etc suddenly more attractive. (However Scolocate are saying that they will start to implement additional power charges in the centre soon.)

Many of the providers host in Scolocate, Gyle, West Edinburgh but others have hosting facilities near Glasgow, Aberdeen or elsewhere around Edinburgh.

Many of the providers do not list prices on their websites and insist on phoning you to give a quote.
A nice man from Colloquium explained why they don't list prices on their website. Apparently they get too many tyre-kickers, people needing a quick quote for their boss without understanding their own needs.

Then they go with whichever quote sounds best on paper (eg. quickbuck hosting says you get a 40GB data transfer. Honest Hosting says you get 30GB transfer. One means 95% percentile, the other is absolute).

Listing standard packages mean they loose sales when they don't fit the exact requirements of the buyer and the standard packages on another website happen to, even though they could have offered a better deal, had the client just asked.