The Bunker joins Intellect
3rd Sept 2008
The Bunker, providers of Ultra Secure data centres and managed services, today announces its membership to the UK’s largest and most influential technology trade body, Intellect.
Formed in May 2002, Intellect was created to give a single powerful voice to the information technology, telecommunications and electronics industries in the UK. Highly respected by both the public and private sectors alike, Intellect members work together to help shape markets and develop new thinking in the technology sector, whilst working closely with Government to influence policy and improve industry best practice.
The Bunker, a leader in Europe's systems security, are keen to use their membership to help represent the views of the exciting and dynamic technology industry, particularly in the data centres and security environments. The Bunker believes membership to Intellect will help raise their profile within the technology industry as a whole whilst helping Intellect to make that 'single powerful voice' even more powerful.
Established in the 1990s by recognised computer security experts Adam and Ben Laurie - The Bunker's technical team have been born from the highest pedigree of technology professionals, something other Intellect members and working groups will be encouraged to draw upon.
Paul Lightfoot, The Bunker’s Director of Managed Services, comments: “I am delighted The Bunker has become a member of Intellect, especially as data centres, security and managed services are fast becoming the hot topics of the technology industry, generating a multitude of questions about data security and systems availability, not to mention the much publicised environmental debate”.
“Not only will our membership with Intellect help us to keep at the forefront of all UK technology industry developments, but the kind of knowledge sharing that a trade body such as Intellect facilitates, represents huge benefits to both the industry and our business moving forward.”
For more information visit www.thebunker.net/about/associations
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.
Our technical leaders are recognised experts in security and cryptography, renowned for their work on Apache-SSL. The Bunker is ISO 27001 accredited and 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 130 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 Data Centres – in our underground bunker outside the M25 in Kent and our mirror facility in Newbury, 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’; tierless support – direct 24/7 access to qualified hands-on support teams
