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Letter from our MD:
Looking Forward, Looking Back

3rd July 2020

An End of Financial Year View from the DC Two Managing Director, Justin Thomas

What an eventful 12 months we have all just lived through, certainly no one foresaw or predicted that!

Our MD looks at what we have done and the exciting places we are going in the next 12 months and beyond. From the perspective of DC Two, overall the year has had significantly more ups than downs.

This year our team has excelled in various areas of development, bringing 4 distinct new capabilities to either full production or pre-production status.

Security in Focus

18th June 2020

In this article we will cover an introduction and overview of security in the IT realm and in future articles we will delve more deeply into specific security topics.

DC Two has a long heritage of expertise in IT Security. We design and manage datacentres and cloud hosting solutions, so protecting business datasets is critical to our customers and our success.

Meet the Team: Heather Mascall, Lead Designer

11th June 2020

Without Heather in the DC Two team it is very unlikely you would be reading this or even have seen or heard any DC Two material!

A talented designer & developer with over 17 years’ experience, she began her career working for high-end creative agencies. Heather manages our brand, front-end web development and marketing.

Announcement: Partnership with Ever Nimble

4th June 2020

DC Two are pleased to announce the addition of dynamic Australian and UK based IT Experts Ever Nimble to our Partner Program.

Our ongoing success and growth is built on the expert combination of its technology, team and sales partners. The collaboration with Ever Nimble confirms that both parties see tremendous value, opportunity and mutual benefit in strengthening their relationship.

Meet the Team: Lenard Swanepoel-Trollip, Systems Engineer

21st May 2020

Lenard is the newest addition to the DC Two team and although only on board a few weeks his impact has been significant.

Combining 15 years of deep technical knowledge across hardware and software applications, a strong customer focus and procedural discipline Lenard has added a ‘do it right and document it’ approach to the DC Two support centre.

Welcome to the team Lenard!

Hybrid Cloud – Agility, Scalability, Security & Cost Benefits

6th May 2020

We explore what makes up a well-defined Hybrid Cloud solution which combines the best attributes of private, public and on-premise IT Infrastructure maximising service and hosting.

The term Hybrid Cloud can have various definitions depending on different vendors, providers or user’s viewpoints. In fact, you may already have a Hybrid Cloud infrastructure without actually realising it.

Meet the Team: Rebecca Thomas, Business Management

29th April 2020

Get to know our team a bit better. Without Rebecca (or Bec as we like to call her) it is quite likely the DC Two office would not be anything like the efficient and well organised machine it is. With a wicked sense of humor and wide understanding of cloud technology, she is one of our most important team members.

Migrating to the Cloud – A Cost Benefit Analysis of Cloud vs On-Premise Computing

17th April 2020

Many businesses have taken advantage of the benefits available from migrating their On-Premise IT to a Cloud delivered infrastructure such as scalability, self-service provisioning, redundancy and pay-per-use services. In this article we examine what exactly is involved, based on factors such as cost, performance and security.

Meet the Team: Michael Travis, General Manager

8th April 2020

Our new GM, known affectionately within the DC Two offices as ‘Mike T’ (primarily due to the fact that multiple Michael’s in the office was starting to confuse everyone). Michael has held senior positions in multiple large corporations such as Mayne Nickless, Lend Lease and ADP.

Remotely Delivered, Contact-Free Services

1st April 2020

In the current climate of limiting contact with people it might seem impossible to add new services or features to your IT infrastructure, but this is not the case as a customer of DC Two. Detailed are some examples of what we can provide with a remote, contact free delivery. Plus, to further support our customers in this difficult time we have also included some introductory special offers.

Off site backup: The cheapest insurance you can buy right now for your Business Security

27th March 2020

On face value most businesses believe they are adequately backed up. However, in reality having live and backed up data in the same connected location is NOT SAFE. Off site backups are a simple and low-cost solution that can be implemented almost immediately. Restore within hours, rather than days.

Is your business ready to enable staff to work from home?

20th March 2020

What will happen to your business if your entire staff have to remain at home in ‘lockdown’? Is your business’s IT infrastructure able to support remote or home working?

Urgent DC Two Security Update: Protect Your Business from the Impact of the CryptoLocker or Similar Ransomware Virus

10th March 2020

If your IT infrastructure falls to ‘CryptoLocker’ your entire business will lose access to every aspect of your day to day systems. Having the correct defensive IT security procedures to prevent infection are well known and implementable.

Mid West site update

October, 2019

We are excited to announce that a new data centre project located about 3 hours north of Perth, near Eneabba, has finally matured to a point where we can add it to our official plans with our DC construction and roll out at the site having already begun.

DC Two to build the first ever “behind the grid” renewable energy powered Data Centre in Australia

September, 2018

DC Two are pleased to announce, following detailed & successful negotiations with Ben Tan from Hadouken Pty Ltd who will provide the solar power and property, along with the recent award of a part of the Collie Futures Grant, we will be beginning construction of our behind the grid data centre.