Rapid growth in Q4 2009 drives IIS Limited to expand service contract with The Bunker

2nd March 2010

The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd, providers of Ultra* Secure Data Centre and Managed Services today announces that independent IT services and solutions provider IISupport Limited (IIS) has extended its relationship with The Bunker to house a greater proportion of its mission critical Infrastructure within Its Newbury MOD level secure Data Centre.

UK based IIS offer a range of tailor made turnkey IT solutions and end to end infrastructure packages. The Bunker was approached to provide additional secure colocation facilities, fully scalable to IIS’s needs as demand for their services grow.

Mark Boyce, Director at IIS commented “IIS work very closely with The Bunker both as a client and supplier.  We feel they have an excellent service which provides real peace of mind, both from an infrastructure and security perspective”.

Simon Neal, Chief Operating Officer at The Bunker commented “Throughout 2009 we have seen a significant increase in our existing customer expansion. This is a really positive trend and reinforces the value our service and support provide. It’s exciting to see IIS grow so rapidly and do our bit in contributing to their success”.

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About The Bunker
The Bunker delivers Ultra Secure Managed Hosting, Outsourced IT 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 and follows ITILv3 best practice and Prince 2 management standards.  We are 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 bunkers 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

For more information visit www.thebunker.net

About IISupport Ltd:
IISupport Ltd was set up in 2002 by a group of industry leading experts with over 20 years experience in both building and maintaining computer facilities across Europe.

The team has previously been involved in programmes with pedigree companies such as AOL Time Warner, Granada, Kingfisher, The LINX (London Internet Exchange) etc.

IIS provides installation, maintenance and consultancy solutions tailored for business and data centre markets, offering a wide range of products and services including Data Cabling, Fire Protection, and Security solutions.

Commitment to quality, a single point of contact and unique project management style are undoubtedly the reasons for IIS’s success and the reason that customers select us as their preferred partner time again.

Whether you choose one or all of the services on offer from IIS, you can be assured of IIS’s commitment to provide a complete personal service throughout the entire project. Be it a small CAT 5 office installation or complete build of a data centre suite  IISupport can provide the solution.

For more information visit www.iisupport.com

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