Cloud computing hosting company virtualDCS has launched a ‘private cloud’ service.

The service has been specifically enables recruiters to maintain storage of all of their client and other critical data within their offices.

VirtualDCS director Richard May says: “Although we fully advocate cloud hosting within our UK-based data centres and the high level of security it delivers, we understand that some recruitment businesses are not yet prepared to host critical data offsite.

“However, this does not mean that the benefits of cloud computing are unobtainable for such organisations. By establishing a private cloud we can utilise the overall power of a firm’s IT resources and combine it with the virtual servers we create to dynamically allocate resource where it is needed.”