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Daily Internet plc

("Daily Internet" or "the Company" or "the Group")

Netplan Hybrid Cloud Contract Win

Daily Internet (AIM: DAIP), the hosting and cloud integrator, announces that Netplan Internet Solutions Limited ("Netplan"), its wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into contracts worth approximately £400,000 with J T Atkinson & Sons Ltd ("JTA").

Contract

The contract with JTA, a leading independent builders' merchant, is to provide a fully managed Hybrid Cloud solution. The solution includes private cloud for guaranteed performance and availability of the key platform. Business continuity and disaster recovery are to be delivered via Amazon Web Services.

Billing commences immediately and build and deployment is already underway. The contract value will be delivered over an initial 36-month minimum term and includes a value for professional services/consultancy.

This contract represents even further engagement of the merchant sector with Netplan, the approach Netplan have taken in the sector since the acquisition of Q4Ex Ltd in December 2014 is very clearly bearing fruit. Opportunities are continuing to build at pace and we believe the pipeline of opportunity in the Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") market is very healthy and growing.

The Board believes that both the exceptional sector knowledge and experience of its merchant team along with extensive knowledge of the ERP application itself is driving momentum and believes that Netplan is fast becoming the de facto predominant supplier to the ERP sector.

Arthur Duffy, Managing Director of Netplan commented:

"Netplan are delighted that JTA has engaged with us in the provision of its fully managed hybrid cloud solution. We believe that our total solution is unrivalled in this sector, we bring exceptional experience in moving the key application to the cloud and deliver this from a wide ranging basket of cloud solutions. We look forward to assisting J T Atkinson and Sons Ltd in their ongoing growth plan."

Mark Atkinson, IT Director of J T Atkinson & Sons Ltd commented:

"Following a review of IT strategy, we are mindful of the growing demands of the business and our ever increasing reliance on our IT infrastructure. With this in mind, we are certain that this contract with Netplan will prove to be an excellent solution for JTA and we look forward to benefitting from their undoubted experience and professionalism in this sector."

Chris Evans, Chief Executive commented:

"This contract win, along with the fact that any customer representing more than 5% of revenue within our managed hosting division has re-contracted for 2 or 3 years, further validates our stated strategy which we continue to implement. Our team continue to become more integrated with our client companies in ensuring best of breed technologies are embraced. JTA are keen to implement elements of private and public cloud and we are pleased to be delivering a solution that perfectly fits and will ensure their key ERP application excels from a performance perspective." 

"As hosting solutions are becoming more complex in nature we are increasingly being asked to assist in providing more in-depth professional services to our customers as they continue to outsource more of their IT requirements. Our in-house team comprises of experts in the ERP sector and proven capability of successfully migrating customers to a cloud delivered solution and with zero downtime".

About Daily Internet

Daily Internet is a leading cloud integrator. Solutions delivered comprise of best of breed technologies, tailored and delivered to ensure customers benefit from the vast array of solutions and ever advancing hosting technologies. The Daily Group team keeps customers at the forefront of technology, enabling them to free up resource and so can focus on growing their core business without the distractions or complexity of the ever-changing hosting landscape.

The Group has offices in Liverpool, Nottingham, Coventry and Maidenhead.

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