The Bunker is chosen as Data Centre partner by Claritas Solutions Limited

15th December 2009

The Bunker, provider of Ultra* Secure Data Centres and Managed Services today announces it has been awarded a contract to provide secure data centre colocation to independent IT services and solutions provider Claritas Solutions Limited

Peter Hood, Business Development Director, Claritas Solutions Limited commented “Claritas prides itself on working hard to understand client business needs. Having witnessed the high levels of services, support and security at The Bunker it was an easy choice for Claritas to host their data within The Bunker’s ultra secure MOD designed and built facility. Claritas required a provider that offered a dedicated colocation solution, not compromised by using any shared components, and hosted within an environment with unrivalled security.”

Simon Neal, Chief Operating Officer at The Bunker commented “We’re excited to be working with Claritas, their dedication to providing their clients with secure bespoke solutions underlines the synergy between our organisations and with The Bunker’s technical expertise and dedicated support we had no difficulty fulfilling their requirements”.

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About The Bunker
The Bunker delivers secure managed hosting and data centre solutions from within Europe’s most secure data centre.

Our Data Centres, which are outside the M25 yet within easy reach of London, are ex-military Nuclear Bunkers purpose built to house the UK’s air defence systems. We run 24/7/365 and our NOC monitors systems both nationally and internationally and is staffed around the clock by system and network engineers and security staff.

The Bunker team includes recognised experts in security and cryptography renowned for their work on Apache-SSL. The Bunker is ISO 27001 and PCI DSS accredited. We are also a Microsoft Gold Partner. We use Open Source software where appropriate as we believe it can offer great benefits in security, stability and cost effectiveness. Through our in house networks team and via close working relationships with a number of selected network providers, we deliver a multi-homed, no single point of failure transit network between our sites and the Internet.

The Bunker works with over 150 clients, large and small. Our clients are Financial Services Organisations, Technology companies, local government and other regulated businesses that value a premium service built around security.

Our service is proactive, high quality, sometimes innovative, but always practical, responsive and secure. We never forget the enormous trust our clients vest in us. As an organisation we understand that our success relies upon our reputation and our reputation is earned by continuing to fulfil this trust and afford peace of mind.

The Bunker protocol™
All Bunker-based applications are protected by The Bunker Protocol™, our proprietary, Ultra* Secure process framework that includes:

• Military-grade hosting – our underground bunker outside the M25 in Kent and our mirror facility in Newbury are both protected by integrated processes for physical, digital and human security.
• Hardened Source™ Our unique combination of open source and proprietary technologies built and integrated in-house from the source code up
• Tierless Support™ – no ‘first tier helpdesk’; just direct 24×7 access to qualified, hands-on support teams

About Claritas Solutions:

Claritas Solutions deliver independent IT services and solutions across all industry sectors. With offices throughout the UK and a customer portfolio of more than 250, Claritas work closely with clients to understand business strategies, utilising an independent approach to defining solutions that will support and improve processes.

Our specialists combine to provide a formidable knowledge base that ensures that clients are able to avoid the risk that can be associated with the appointment of multiple vendors. Our innovation extends to how we engage with clients to allow access to otherwise ‘out of reach’ technologies.

Claritas are able to bridge the gap that often exists between the objectives of a business and its ability to deliver against them by accessing enabling services and technologies.

Our relationships with clients are long term, the complete ‘life cycle’ of our recommendations being managed through the stages of consultation, design, deploy and the ongoing management and evolution.

Through our focus to exceed and ability to solve business issues, Claritas continue to enable companies to gain competitive edge in increasingly challenging markets.

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