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IRON MOUNTAIN FILES FOR IMPROVED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES |
News, 05/08/2009 |
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TELINET DELIVERS COLLABORATIVE EUROPEAN-WIDE IP TELEPHONY SOLUTION TO STORAGE SPECALIST
Telinet, a converged IT and telecommunications specialist, and sister company to Evolution Voice & Data, today announced that it has completed the installation of an IP telephony solution, with Iron Mountain, the global leader in information protection and storage services. The converged solution, which will deliver savings of up to £80,000 per annum, has been implemented across Iron Mountain’s European sites and is designed to encourage greater collaboration across the business, improve customer service and ensure business continuity. Iron Mountain helps organisations to reduce the costs and risks associated with records management, data protection and information destruction. The company, which has grown through a series of acquisitions, conducts the majority of its 24/7 operations and customer services via telephony, and therefore a resilient and feature-rich telephony platform is essential to business continuity. The new telephony system is integrated with desktop applications and a central directory, enabling employees to share contacts and have access to key data when visiting other offices. Specifically, the solution will provide Iron Mountain with the capabilities to internally host and manage conference calls, which will significantly reduce travel expenses. Mark Smith, Head of European Purchasing at Iron Mountain, says; "The immediacy of voice communications means our customers can request data at anytime and are assured that their request is being executed. However, following a series of acquisitions, each of our offices were operating disparate systems, many of which were nearing end-of life, had little functionality and were difficult for the IT team to manage remotely. We needed a robust solution that could be centrally managed and that would support greater collaboration between employees and customers. "Telinet has provided us with access to a variety of new applications and functions that were lacking from our previous system, for instance, the presence application allows employees to initiate, receive and conduct communications, when, where and via the most appropriate device. This ensures always-on communications for our customers. Furthermore, now we are operating from a single platform, we can flex and scale telephony according to each office’s specific needs and accommodate future business growth." The solution also incorporates near real time logging of call details, recording of critical customer calls, as well as, automated switch-over in case of failure, delivering performance and disaster recovery assurances. Additional applications include call-routing, ensuring customers are always able to reach someone from their account team or the relevant expertise; and softphone capabilities means that staff are also able to make calls from their laptops, helping to increase mobility and reduce call costs. Paul Cosgrave, CEO of Telinet, concludes, "The contract with Iron Mountain demonstrates that telephony remains a key business application. Implementing a robust and standardised IP solution that can be built in line with the specific needs of each site makes it far easier to meet Iron Mountain’s businesses development strategy and deliver fast, accurate and timely information in response to customer demand." About Iron Mountain: Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) helps organisations around the world reduce the costs and risks associated with information protection and storage. The Company offers comprehensive records management and data protection solutions, along with the expertise and experience to address complex information challenges such as rising storage costs, litigation, regulatory compliance and disaster recovery. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain is a trusted partner to more than 120,000 corporate clients throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.ironmountain.com. About Telinet: Telinet has over 40 years of combined telecoms and communications infrastructure management expertise, with headquarters in central London and operating throughout the UK. During this time it has built a reputation founded on customer service and unparalleled product knowledge. Telinet understands business needs and creates complete communication solutions that are effective and reliable, improving communications between customers, staff and suppliers. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.telinet.co.uk Telinet is part of a group of companies that include sister companies Pasporte, EVD and Ipitomi. Backed by banking group Investec, the group is emerging as one of the fastest growing and leading providers of integrated ICT for the UK, SME marketplace. The group forecasts a turnover in excess of £50 million and collectively, has more than 40 years' experience in servicing 2500 customers across all industry sectors. With further acquisitions planned and continued natural growth, the group has plans to hit the £100m turnover barrier as soon as possible. Together, group companies provide end-to-end solutions that incorporate IT, voice, data and telecoms, using best of breed products and services from IBM, Microsoft, Cisco, Orange Business Services, VMWare, Mitel and Avaya. Group companies operate from principal offices in London and throughout the South East. |
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Evolution Mobile retain T-Mobile Business Partner Status and achieve highest Blackberry sales |
News, 02/02/2009 |
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Evolution Mobile are delighted to announce that they have retained Business Partner Status with T-Mobile for the 3rd consecutive year. Awarded to a small group of just 17 UK partners, the accreditation recognises levels of commitment to the delivery of high quality mobile solutions and the achievement of the highest levels of new sales with T-Mobile.
Evolution Mobile have also retained their specialist status as a RIM Blackberry® T-Mobile Partner. Awarded to only 5 UK partners, this accreditation recognises those partners with both the strongest retail levels and highest levels of expertise and performance in the BlackBerry® solution. In 2008, Evolution Mobile achieved the highest Blackberry sales across all T-Mobile business partners. Managing Director of Evolution Mobile, Simon Osman comments; "I am delighted to have achieved these accreditations which are recognition of our expertise in mobile communications and further underline our position as a leading provider of integrated ICT solutions for business." About Evolution Voice and Data, www.evd-uk.com Evolution Mobile is a division of Evolution Voice and Data. Evolution is an ICT business that specialises in the design, build and ongoing management of IT infrastructure and data centre environments. It has specific expertise in mobile, IP and integrated IT solutions. Evolution is part of a group of companies that include Ipitomi, Telinet and Pasporte. About the Group, The Group is emerging as a leading provider of integrated IT and Telecommunications (ICT) solutions to UK businesses, designing, delivering and managing ICT applications and infrastructure and offering customers a choice of traditional on-site or outsourced managed service solutions. Customers enjoy a range of services that include telephony systems, local and wide area network management, data centre management, device (CCTV, Mobiles, AV, etc) management, desktop management, managed hosting and database and applications management. |
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IPITOMI JOINS EVOLUTION, TELINET AND PASPORTE |
Press release, 09/01/2009 |
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Acquisition Boosts ICT Group
ICT solutions provider Ipitomi - an award-winning Sunday Times Tech Track 100 company - has today joined Evolution Voice and Data, Telinet and Pasporte in a move that further enhances the Group's ability to champion end-to-end ICT solutions in the UK midmarket. London-based Ipitomi specialises in hosted telecommunications and IP solutions - a growing market sector strongly favoured by small to mid-sized organisations. Group membership will provide Ipitomi with a strategic platform for further growth in 2009. The combined companies, with revenues in excess of £50m and over 200 employees, already have a strong claim to be a leading supplier of end-to-end ICT solutions to UK businesses. The acquisition was funded by Investec Growth and Acquisition Finance. Paul Cosgrave, Group CEO, comments: "The continued support of Investec comes as a result of the Group's steady growth and the successful integration of other recent acquisitions, including Pasporte. "Ipitomi has a strong track record within the information technology and telecommunications industry, and a comprehensive portfolio of services that go beyond the typical services offered by other providers. This is demonstrated by the success of its hosted ICT service packages available to organisations across sectors ranging from business centres to retail outlet operators. This welltargeted solutions portfolio is proof of a strong management team and professional, expert staff. Ipitomi also brings an excellent client list and a history of solid growth," continues Cosgrave. Adrian Coppin, founder and CEO of Ipitomi, adds: "We are delighted to be joining such a fast growing and respected group of businesses. Our combined expertise and knowledge creates an enlarged group which will enable us to deliver even better service excellence, choice and customer care. Ipitomi's strong solution offerings will ensure that we can make a significant contribution to the future growth of the combined businesses." About Evolution Voice and Data, www.evd-uk.com Evolution is an ICT business that specialises in the design, build and ongoing management of IT infrastructure and data centre environments. It has specific expertise in mobile, IP and integrated IT solutions. About Telinet, www.telinet.co.uk Telinet has over 40 years of communications infrastructure management expertise, with headquarters in central London and operating throughout the UK. During this time it has built a reputation founded on customer service and unparalleled product knowledge. Telinet understands business needs and creates complete communication solutions that are effective and reliable, improving communications between customers, staff and suppliers. About Pasporte, www.pasporte.com Pasporte is the UK's leading provider of ICT outsourcing, bringing on-demand IT expertise, experience and economies of scale to mid-market organisations. Delivering on its promises, Pasporte forges strong and personal client relationships based on honesty and trust to guarantee a tailored solution that will meet business goals. Its services and solutions offer a tailored blend of Managed Applications, Managed Hosting and Managed Networks. About Ipitomi, www.ipitomi.com Ipitomi provides technology and telecoms solutions to businesses ranging from SMEs to large multinationals as well as specialist solutions for business centres and business parks including the companies based within them. |
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IVOBANK 'BANKS' ON PASPORTE'S MANAGED SERVICES |
UK, 18 November 2008 |
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SECURE & ROBUST ICT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NEWLY LAUNCHED ONLINE BANKING SERVICE
Pasporte, the UK's leading provider of managed ICT outsourcing to the mid-market and sister company to Evolution Voice & Data, today announces a five-year managed services contract with Ivobank, a banking service that specialises in online payments and money transfer services. Pasporte will host and manage Ivobank's twin datacentres, desktop applications, and Local Area Network, and is designed to deliver a robust, secure and compliant service experience to the bank's customers. Launched in 2008, Ivobank is targeted at customers of online gaming and retail sites, as well as customers and businesses wanting to make secure transactions via the Internet. The online nature of the service means resilience and availability at the IT infrastructure layer is critical. Furthermore, as a newly launched 24/7 online global banking system, service delivery is essential to developing Ivobank's reputation and brand within the industry and its customers. Richard Maddams, Director of Technology and Operations of Ivobank, comments; "There are two essential elements for running an online banking service, security and availability. It was essential, therefore, that the underlying infrastructure upon which the banking applications are built, is secure, robust, and safeguarded against downtime. "A hosted IT strategy allows us to apply stringent SLAs against the performance and availability of the service. Additionally, Pasporte provides us with access to a variety of IT skills and experience that would be cost prohibitive for us, as a start-up business, to acquire in-house. It also means we can easily flex and scale our IT infrastructure according to business growth." Working closely with Ivobank's banking application developers, Pasporte developed an infrastructure that would be scalable and have the capacity and power to manage the volume and frequency of online transactions. A twin-datacentre strategy, with near real-time data replication and automated switch-over in case of failure, was selected for its performance and disaster recovery assurances. The service will be continually monitored and analysed to strict security policies and ensure compliance with financial regulations. Gary Woodward, Chief Executive of Pasporte, adds, "Start-up businesses need immediate access to the full IT toolkit, but will rarely have the capital funds to acquire either the infrastructure or skilled personnel to implement and manage it. A lean, managed IT strategy and service that is developed to the specific needs of a business, and can be acquired at an upfront monthly rate, makes it far easier to get signed off with the financiers of an organisation. "In this scenario, Ivobank is benefitting from an IT service that underpins the entire business proposition and which offers continued evaluation and adjustments to meet the stringent security and compliance agreements demanded by the industry, and, more importantly, its customers." About Ivobank, www.ivobank.com Ivobank is an online bank providing secure and reliable payments and money transfer services designed to meet the needs of online businesses and customers. Ivobank offers competitive rates of interest on funds held. Ivobank is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. About Pasporte, www.pasporte.com Pasporte is the UK's leading provider of ICT outsourcing, brings on-demand IT expertise, experience and scale economies to mid-market organisations. Delivering on its promises, Pasporte forges strong and personal client relationships based on honesty and trust to guarantee a tailored solution that will meet business goals. Its services and solutions offer a tailored blend of: Managed Applications, Managed Hosting and Managed Networks. In partnership with IBM Global Services and award winning global communications provider Orange Business Services, Pasporte provides high quality hosting infrastructure and world-class networks, together with 24x7 services to deliver complete outsourced IT solutions. As an IBM Premier Services Partner and Regional Systems Integrator, Pasporte is the power behind many of IBM's major mid-market outsourcing projects. Pasporte was awarded the prestigious IBM Beacon Award in 2005, 2007, and now 2008, and is also winner of IBM's Global Services Business Partner Leadership Award 2005, 2006, and 2007. Pasporte has also been awarded Orange Business Services' Partner of the Year 2005, 2006 and 2007. Pasporte is part of a group of companies that includes Telinet and Evolution Voice & Data. Together, the group provides integrated ICT solutions for the UK SME marketplace that incorporate IT, voice, data and telecoms, using best of breed products and service from IBM, Microsoft, Cisco, Orange Business Services, Mitel, and Avaya. |
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TELINET SHARES TRADE SECRET FOR COMMERCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; REVEALS LATEST IP EXPERTISE FOLLOWING ACQUISITIONS |
IP'08, London, 1-2 October 2008 |
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Telinet, a converged IT and telecommunications specialist and sister company to Evolution Voice & Data, is to showcase its newly extended portfolio of solutions and services at this year's IP'08, which ranges from unified communications and mobility through to the latest in bleeding edge data centre design.
The extension of Telinet's suite of ICT expertise comes from a series of group acquisitions, bringing a further three well-established IT and telecom organisations including Pasporte, RGT, and Evolution Voice & Data into the fold. Simon Osman, chief operating officer at Telinet, comments; "We are now able to call upon the knowledge and wide-ranging ICT portfolios of our three sister companies. As a group, we have even greater power to ensure that our customers are benefiting from the most resilient and bespoke services and solutions, meaning they gain even more competitive advantage from their ICT strategy." A focal point of Telinet's stand will be an interactive presentation of the latest in data centre design. The data centre, which was recently built for IT services provider, Netstore, demonstrates a number of innovative design features and trade secrets that aim to maximise commercial and environmental efficiency. "One such secret we'll be sharing with delegates," adds Osman "is to turn the thermostat up. Most data centres are kept unnecessarily cool, as recommended by storage and UPS vendors. A data centre, however, will perform equally well at a higher temperature, and in doing so, data centre owners will see a significant reduction in their energy bill." For more information please visit Stand 550, or www.telinet.co.uk About Telinet The Telinet Group has over 40 years of combined telecoms and communications infrastructure management expertise, with headquarters in central London and operating throughout the UK. During this time it has built a reputation founded on customer service and unparalleled product knowledge. Telinet understands business needs and creates complete communication solutions that are effective and reliable, improving communications between customers, staff and suppliers. |
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