Gb Group Regulatory News (GBG)

6 Oct 2006 07:00

Red Squared PLC06 October 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 OCTOBER 2006 RED SQUARED PLC (AIM) Business: An IBM Managed Services Partner SUPPLY AGREEMENT WITH GB GROUP The Board of IT management and technical services company, Red Squared plc ("RedSquared"), is pleased to announce the recent signing of a hardware and softwaresupply agreement with GB Group plc ("GB Group"), a market leader in theprovision of innovative consumer data services and technologies. Under theagreement, Red Squared will also provide consultancy and training along withmaintenance and support. This business win with GB Group is the third signed agreement in as many monthsfor Red Squared, who overcame competition from other major suppliers to create astate of the art IT environment for GB Group that will support and accommodateplanned growth, using highly reliable and scalable systems together withleading-edge blade and storage technologies (including VMware and Red Squared'ssignature suite Red(2)Alert). David Sheppard, Sales Director at Red Squared, comments: "This project reflectsGB Group's ongoing commitment to providing quality data services to its clients- its requirement was value-driven so we have drawn on our extensive expertisein systems deployment and management to design a new infrastructure that willsupport future growth." Dave Cockerill, Director at GB Group, agrees: "We are very pleased to be workingclosely with Red Squared to deliver a state of the art IT infrastructure thatwill be a key enabler in the delivery of our new generation of highly innovativeproducts and services." --ENDS-- Enquiries:Red Squared PLC 0161 929 6444John McGuire, Managing Director Bishopsgate Communications Ltd 020 7430 1600Maxine BarnesSophie Davis Daniel Stewart & Company plc 020 7776 6550Alastair CadeRuari McGirr Notes to Editors: About Red Squared PlcRed Squared Plc provides flexible and secure IT management and monitoringservices to mid-market and larger enterprises, delivering bespoke managedservices solutions to its customers. Red Squared is one of only 5 selected UKIBM Regional System Integrators, as well as a long-standing strategic partner ofIBM Global Services. Red Squared services are assured to specific levels by Lloyds Register QualityAssurance. Red Squared's triple accreditations (ISO 9001:2000, ISO 27001:2005 &ISO 20000-1:2005) are recognised across the industry as standards for theprovision of Quality Management Systems, Security and IT Service Managementrespectively. Red Squared's solution portfolio has evolved from remote management through tofully hosted managed services, including the development of proprietarymonitoring toolset Red(2)Alert. This monitoring application delivers a uniqueframework for IT management that can be specifically tailored to meet individualcompany requirements. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange