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Lincolnshire in September 2010. On 5 January 2012 an attempt to beat the world record for
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The tier three facility contains two 2,000 square foot data halls, each with 72 racks for co-location. Virtualised computing and storage is provided by Cisco's
Unified Computing System and EMC's VNX platform. Network infrastructure utilises a Juniper MX80 IP Switching platform with 10 Gbit/s
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Timico gained a top 10 place in The Sunday Times Tech Track
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