A Newcastle based data centre is celebrating after financial figures show the company is growing by an average of 20% year on year.

ZebraHosts based on Westgate Road in the centre of what has been dubbed ‘Silicon Alley’, provides server hosting from its state-of-the-art facility. It reports yet another period of significant growth due to increasing demand for its services.

Growth is in response to the expanding IT needs of North East companies, which according to ZebraHosts, are outgrowing their current web facilities.

"North East companies are becoming far more sophisticated in their web needs." said ZebraHosts Strategic Account Manager Belinda Kent, "As reliance on server based systems increases many are no longer prepared to battle with slow connectivity, poor levels of uptime, unreliable data storage and weak networking."

"And of course, as their usage increases they become even more aware of the catastrophic repercussions of losing core data."

As a result ZebraHosts has noticed a steady growth in enquiries for its external hosting facilities which guarantees 99.99% connectivity even in the event of a major local or regional power cut.

"Our clients value the importance of robust storage technology, and the need for every element of data management to be in line and working reliably," commented Belinda.

As well as this, several clients use the fact they externally host their data with ZebraHosts as a major selling point when marketing their own business.

The team will be demonstrating its data centre services and providing advice and guidance to visitors, at the forthcoming IT Works event, taking place on 5th – 6th July at Sunderland University.

ZebraHosts which offers services including server hosting, network planning and design, data management and storage, co-location and security consultancy, has been in business for five years and already boasts a client list including NECC, The Ambulance Service, Imass and Enigma Interactive