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Web Host iomart Secures £6.75m Contract

Dave Nixon — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:40:00 +0000

UK managed hosting provider iomart announced on Thursday that it has agreed a five-year contract with the UK’s foremost telecom operator to supply it with managed data center services. The name of the telecom operator was not revealed.

The contract is worth at least £6.75m spread uniformly over the five year period and excludes the price of power. Additional revenues may be generated from the provision of extra managed services, says the company.

Angus MacSween stated “We are pleased to announce our first significant customer for our data center facilities. The thorough diligence process that we had to go through to secure this contract confirms the quality of our data center portfolio and our managed hosting capability.”

In January, iomart signed a three-year contract to manage all facets of the customer Web platform service offered by UK Online.

Iomart Chosen As UK Online’s Web Host

Lashan Clarke — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:05:20 +0000

It was announced recently this week that BskyB’s Iomart ad been chosen as the web hosting company for UK Online. Iomart is quite well known through the UK with facilities in many cities such as Leicester, Glasgow, London, and Nottingham.

As a broadband provider, UK Online has signed a three-year contract with Iomart. This contract will consists of hosting services, customer web platform management, and web services.

Managing Director Chris Stening was looking forward to the new joint venture, “We have chosen to partner with the experts in this area, Iomart, as we want to give our customers, particularly those who are sole traders or running their own business, a head start by providing them with a professional looking web presence at an affordable price,” he stated.

Iomart Hosts UK Online

Dave Nixon — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:23:43 +0000

UK managed hosting provider iomart has signed a three-year contract to manage all aspects of the customer Web platform service provided by business broadband provider UK Online, it announced on Tuesday.

Iomart will provide UK Online with hosting, infrastructure and continuing management of the Web services platform, under the terms of the agreement, facilitating the BSkyB-owned business to provide a full array of domain name, hosting and related services to its small business and professional user customers.

With facilities in Glasgow, Nottingham, Leicester and London, iomart’s data center network will provide UK Online with a completely secure and durable hosting services platform. This managed Web service platform will allow UK Online to offer its customers a full end-to-end e-commerce solution.

Chris Stening, managing director of UK Online stated “It’s becoming essential for a business of any size to have a Web presence as the majority of people now look for services online. We have chosen to partner with the experts in this area, iomart, as we want to give our customers, particularly those who are sole traders or running their own business, a head start by providing them with a professional looking Web presence at an affordable price.”

Last November, iomart detailed its interim results for the six month period ended on September 30.