Iomart Regulatory News (IOM)

1 Sep 2009 07:00



1st September 2009

IOMART GROUP PLC

("iomart" or the "Group")

iomart partners with top 50 digital agency Cimex to support key government client

iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM), the managed hosting services company, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with UK top 50 digital agency Cimex to provide critical support in its management of a number of high profile government portals. 

Under the terms of the contract, iomart Hosting is initially providing Cimex with a fully-fledged Disaster Recovery (DR) solution, complete with multiple servers and firewalls for one of Cimex's key government clients. iomart Hosting will be using its own resilient network of 5 UK data centres to provide Cimex with a secure multi-site capability. 

This contract is viewed by both companies as the start of a long-term relationship and Cimex is now exploring other options for iomart Hosting to provide bespoke solutions for its growing roster of clients.

Cimex develops and maintains digital services for the public sector, ensuring its clients' websites meet official standards and remain trusted sources of information. It is therefore included on many central government rosters such as the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), Department of Health (DH), Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Learning and Skills Council, the Gambling Commission, the National Lottery and the COI, the UK's largest advertiser.

Mamun Ahmed, head of IT and systems at Cimex, said: "The government portals in particular require unparalleled uptime and support and with iomart Hosting on board we can deliver that. iomart Hosting are real facilitators. They don't just look at our clients' needs, they look at our needs too and provide us with a real and cost-effective solution. We are impressed."

Angus McSween, CEO of iomart stated: "We are delighted that Cimex has chosen to partner with iomart in providing critical support to a key government client. This demonstrates the quality of iomart's offering and the advantage of owning and managing an end-to-end hosting process to guarantee zero downtime to clients. This is the first time we have worked with Cimex and already we have developed a relationship that is expected to lead to future collaboration and benefit for both companies."

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About iomart Group plc

iomart Group is a managed hosting business owning its own carrier neutral datacentre capacity to allow the delivery of the full set of vertical components from domain names through space power and bandwidth to complex application hosting. 

The Group has developed a portfolio of managed services for SMEs as part of the Easyspace brand. iomart now has over 210,000 SME customers to whom it sells domain name services, web hosting, dedicated and virtual servers and other web based services.

At the enterprise level, the ownership of the datacentres enables the provision of a range of services from the straightforward provision of space and power to the more complex managed hosting solutions.

For further information about the Group, please visit www.iomartgroup.com