University of London Computer Centre (ULCC) announces Ephorus partnership

(PRWEB UK) 24 January 2014

London, UK: The University of London Computer Centre (ULCC), the leading IT service provider to the UK education sector, and Ephorus, the Dutch-based provider of plagiarism prevention, today announced a new strategic partnership.

The partnership will enable customers of ULCC's Hosted Moodle Service to seamlessly access the full range of Ephorus plagiarism prevention services, directly from within their virtual learning environment.

'As one of the largest providers of hosted Moodle services to the UK education sector, we are excited about our partnership with Ephorus. It will allow us to offer an alternative plagiarism prevention solution to our 150+ HE & FE customers across the UK. In doing so we are not only offering a broader choice but we can also help for customer feedback to be incorporated into future Ephorus software releases' said Richard Maccabee, Director of ULCC.

Joep Chappin, Ephorus founder said: ‘We are excited to partner with ULCC. Ephorus, just like ULCC, has an educational philosophy, therefore we fit together perfectly. Ephorus believes that educational services must be open, flexible and easily fit with existing systems. By working with ULCC we will benefit from its reach in the UK education market and hope to drive collaborative development of the Ephorus plagiarism prevention software.'

Ephorus plagiarism prevention is easy to use. Integrated in Moodle, Ephorus checks every essay and thesis automatically, comparing student submissions with billions of sources on the Internet and papers, previously submitted at your institution. While improving the quality of education, Ephorus saves you time and reassures you that your students are doing their own work.

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About ULCC
Established in 1968, University of London Computer Centre (ULCC) has evolved into a highly respected and innovative IT service provider within the academic and not-for-profit sector. It now supports Moodle for over 2.4 million registered users across 150 Further and Higher Education institutions in the UK, including Manchester Metropolitan University, King’s College and the University of London International Academy.

About Ephorus
Ephorus was founded in 2003 by two former teachers from the Netherlands. They developed a web based service for plagiarism prevention. Today more than 5,000 schools and universities use Ephorus, making Ephorus the market leader in Europe. Ephorus checks tens of thousands of documents from over 32 different countries every day. Customers include University of Copenhagen, University of Bern, Cambridge Regional College and Loughborough University.

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UK Data Centre Capacity to Grow by 22% Through 2019, According to TCL Report Available at MarketPublishers.com

London, UK (PRWEB) January 24, 2014

Currently, the UK data centre ranks as the biggest in Europe, with more than 650,000 square metres of floor space anticipated to be available by the end of 2014. The country’s data centre capacity is poised to record 22% growth during the next 5 years. Presently, the data centre pricing in the UK is regarded to be the highest among the European countries.

New raised floor space outside London is likely to be post the highest growth, with a wide spectrum of regional and campus-based data centre providers being developed along with clusters of service providers busy with the development of their own digital ecosystems. At present, data centre space outside London holds 56% of the total raised floor space in the country, comprising such new geographies witnessing data centre expansions as Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester and Slough. Between 2017 and 2018, the standard average data centre pricing in the UK is primed to grow by just 3%.

New comprehensive research study “Data Centre Pricing UK 2014 to 2019” elaborated by Tariff Consultancy Ltd (TCL) has been recently published by Market Publishers Ltd.

Report Details:

Title: Data Centre Pricing UK 2014 to 2019
Published: January, 2014
Price: US$ 2,495.00
http://marketpublishers.com/report/technologies_electronics/telecommunications/data-centre-pricing-uk-2012-report.html

The topical research study presents a unique comprehensive review of the major data centre pricing trends in the UK. It uncovers the most cutting-edge statistics on the country’s data centre market, provides a thorough discussion of the prevailing trends and issues in pricing and charges; offers in-depth insights into the current landscape of the UK data centre market, and scrutinizes the main market segments (namely Carrier-Based Data Centre, Carrier Neutral or Premium Data Centre providers) in detail. In addition, the report grants access to an insightful overview of future pricing trends, and an extensive pricing forecast for the UK data centre market up to 2019.

Report Scope:
Insightful review of the data center pricing trends in the UK.Detailed analysis of the current UK data centre market landscape including an extensive examination of the three main market segments.Through discussion of different pricing and charges issues related to the industry.Valuable actual statistics.All-round key point summary.Detailed pricing forecast for the UK data centre through 2019.Overview of the possible future developments in the UK data centre marketplace.

More new research studies by the publisher can be found at TCL page.

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