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Technology Challenges for Business
Date : 28-04-2008
Digital information and technology has become the lifeblood of business. This technological focus is creating tremendous opportunities and adding considerable value, but it also brings significant new challenges and risks. Neil Stephenson CEO of leading technology company the Onyx Group examines the issues faced and provides insights to help organisations overcome these concerns and achieve the fundamental need for their IT to be reliable, resilient cost-effective, integrated and flexible.


Onyx Group Gets a Power Boost
Date : 10-04-2008
The Onyx Group’s dedicated secure data hosting centre located in Newcastle is now able to offer its customers even greater capacity and resilience while significantly reducing energy consumption following a major investment to upgrade its power capacity.


Onyx Global Expansion Drive
Date : 27-02-2008
Leading North East technology solutions providers Onyx Group have established a base in Dubai in a further step to add to its international client base and promote its capabilities to deliver large and complex solutions on the global stage.


Onyx Acquires Leading Scottish IT Services Company
Date : 30-01-2008
Fast growing technology solutions company Onyx Group has formally announced the acquisition of leading Glasgow-based IT services provider Campbell Lee plc for an undisclosed sum.


Onyx Renews ISO 27001 Accreditation
Date : 16-01-2008
The Onyx Group’s DataBanx facility which offers businesses a range of managed hosting and colocation services that help guarantee the security and integrity of their mission-critical data and information, has had its ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation extended for a further three years, with six-monthly reviews.


Call for Tougher Data Security Laws
Date : 04-01-2008
Maitland Hyslop, Chief Operating Officer and Director of technology solutions company Onyx Group has today backed calls for tougher laws to cover reckless or repeated breaches of data security.


Comment on HMRC Loss of Data
Date : 22-11-2007
Comment on resignation of chairman of HM Revenue and Customs following disclosure of loss of data relating to the personal details of 25 million people.


Guardium Recognised as a Leading Product
Date : 02-11-2007
Guardium has achieved the Leader Across the Board designation in Database Auditing and Real Time Protection Market by Forrester.


Onyx Group Acquires Jade Integration
Date : 05-09-2007
Onyx Group, the North East’s leading technology solutions company, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the unique Newcastle based IT managed service company Jade Integration.


Onyx COO To Address World Industry Leaders
Date : 31-08-2007
A NORTH-EAST authority on information security has been asked to address worldwide industry leaders on the wide-ranging security challenges facing their businesses. Maitland Hyslop, chief operations officer of Middlesbrough-based Onyx Group, will give a keynote speech at the third CAMIS (Centre for Advanced Management and Interdisciplinary Studies) Security Management Conference be held at the University of London from Wednesday to Friday, September 5 to 7.


Guardium in Top 10 Tech Companies
Date : 02-08-2007
In its annual ranking, BTN profiles 10 firms including Onyx Group partner Guardium.


Onyx Group Opens Workplace Continuity Centre
Date : 24-07-2007
The Onyx Group, the North East’s leading technology solutions company has officially opened the region’s largest Workplace Continuity Centre at Team Valley, Gateshead, at an event attended by over 80 representatives of the region’s business community.


Plans to Open Workplace Recovery Centre
Date : 25-06-2007
Onyx Group, the North East’s leading technology solutions company, today announced that it is opening the North East’s largest Workplace Recovery Centre, following the acquisition of a property on Team Valley, Gateshead.


Call for Week's Trial of New Working Practices
Date : 03-05-2007
Bringing about a workstyle revolution through smarter working practices Organisations and employees across the North East from the public, private and voluntary sector are being invited to take part in the national Work Wise Week (May 16 to 22) to continue helping create a ‘smarter’ working Britain.


Vulnerability Management Launch
Date : 01-05-2007
The security arm of Onyx Group, the North East’s leading technology solutions company, which trades under the Askaris banner, has launched a new network security service designed to identify potential weaknesses in an organisation’s ICT infrastructure.


Entrepreneurs Forum Conference Sponsorship
Date : 19-04-2007
The Onyx Group exemplifies the burgeoning entrepreneurial spirit that exists in abundance across today’s North East business community. Through a mix of strategic acquisition and organic growth, the Onyx Group has evolved into a significant internet-based services provider, both regionally and nationally.


ISPA Finalist for Best Business Host
Date : 19-02-2007
ONYX Group is one of five companies chosen for a prestigious industry award by ISPA, the Internet Services Providers’ Association.


DataBanx Wins Key Contracts
Date : 14-02-2007
NEWCASTLE – based data hosting company DataBanx, part of the North East’s leading internet services providers Onyx Group, secured new contracts worth over £1m during January.


Launch of Innovative Mobile Internet Services
Date : 29-01-2007
Leading internet services company Onyx Group has announced plans to launch an innovative new internet access service in conjunction with mobile technology experts Fone Logistics. This new service, which will be launched in the Region at the end of January, will open up the mobile data communications market to those smaller companies which, in the past, have been prevented from benefiting from these advances in technology by the prohibitive cost of implementation.


Leading the Drive to Make Newcastle Wireless
Date : 18-01-2007
The Onyx Group, the North East’s leading internet services company, is leading a new initiative aimed at making wireless internet (Wi-Fi) access widely available across Newcastle City Centre, bringing the City of Newcastle in line with other major cities such as London, Birmingham and Manchester which are already Wi-Fi enabled.


Business Continues at Pace
Date : 15-12-2006
NORTH East based Onyx Group looks set to sustain its ongoing expansion with the acquisition of Teesside’s Business Continuity Centres (BCC) for an undisclosed sum. This latest acquisition by Onyx, which delivers internet connectivity, data hosting & disaster recovery, network security and IT consultancy, extends the company’s capabilities in what is an emerging sector of the technology market.


Director Joins Anti-Terror Team
Date : 30-10-2006
A director of a Teesside company is the only Briton to join a group giving advice to the US Government on how to prevent terrorist attacks on its communications technology. Maitland Hyslop, the head of Middlesbrough-based ISP hosting and enterprise data security company Onyx Group, is joining a leading United States think-tank that is providing post 9/11 advice to the US Department of Homeland Security.


Staying at the Cutting Edge
Date : 25-10-2006
Organisations spend years building their prevalence/dominance in their specific market. The advantages they gain from this set them apart from their competitors and make them the success they have become.


Onyx Group Launch Mobile Services
Date : 19-10-2006
LEADING Internet services company, the Onyx Group, has developed an innovative new mobile email service in conjunction with mobile technology experts Fone Logistics designed to enable SMEs in the North East to gain a competitive advantage through the use of mobile data communications for the first time.


NCR's First UK RFID Partner
Date : 19-10-2006
NORTH EAST based internet solutions providers Onyx Group has been chosen by NCR Inc., the leading US relationship technology provider, as its first UK radio frequency identification (RFID) network connectivity partner, a move that could eventually generate up to 200 new jobs across Onyx’s North East-based operations.


Could Your BC Plan Cope with Bird Flu?
Date : 07-04-2006
Avian Influenza or Bird Flu as it is more commonly known has now been reported in the UK. The H5N1 virus does not at present pose a large-scale threat to humans, as it cannot pass easily from one person to another. But experts fear the virus could mutate to gain this ability, and in its new form trigger a flu pandemic, potentially putting millions of human lives at risk.


DATABANX TO HOST YUZU
Date : 21-03-2006
NORTH East data security centre DataBanx is celebrating further success as it has been awarded a hosting contract for a local web development company.


NHS CARE RECORDS SERVICE AND THE ISSUE OF DATA SECURITY
Date : 15-03-2006
Recent changes to NHS data storage, and the introduction of the NHS Care Records Service (CRS) means that the handling and security of patient records is becoming an increasingly sensitive task.


GARY AIMS I.T. HIGH
Date : 07-02-2006
Gary Askew recently landed his dream job after clocking up more than 13 years experience in the IT industry.


DATABANX SETS NEW STANDARD FOR DATA PROTECTION IN THE UK
Date : 04-01-2006
Newcastle-based DataBanx has a lot to celebrate this year after setting a brand new standard for data protection worldwide. The business continuity facility is the first company in the world to achieve the information security standard ISO 27001, the second part to their BS7799 accreditation that they received only a year ago.


DICKINSON DEES KEEP I.T. LOCAL
Date : 05-11-2005
ONE of the North East’s leading law firms, Dickinson Dees has kept it local as it recently announced its collaboration with Teesside-based Onyx Group.


ONYX EXPANSION CONTINUES WITH TELEMARKETING OUTSOURCING
Date : 26-10-2005
Onyx Internet Group, one of the UK’s leading ISP’s for businesses, continues its growth in the region through its recent collaboration with a Sunderland-based marketing company.


 
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