ebay Competitor Aroxo Chooses iomart to Host its IT Backbone
July 2, 2008 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – ebay competitor Aroxo has chosen iomart to host its IT backbone, it was announced recently. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed but the company’s were in a “multi-year deal” was announced. The new company offers a “totally unique system” which it believes can help users “get the best deal online” without excessive searching.
“We have ambitious plans for growth and believe that Aroxo has the potential to really shake up online commerce,” explained co-founder Matt Rogers. “We’re looking to be serious competition for eBay. The website is currently undergoing private beta testing which we hope to have completed shortly before launching in the UK. It will be relatively simple to scale the service as it grows and with iomart it means we don’t need to worry about hosting. Reliability of our service, and thus our servers, is paramount. We are confident that the service provided by iomart gives us that security and reliability as well as a high level of customer service.”
“When we were looking to appoint a server host we looked at a number of companies in the market,” added co-founder Andrew Culpan. “We awarded the contract to iomart as they best matched our requirements and with a very competitive price. However, the real clincher for us was that iomart was the only company that really made an effort to try to understand what we wanted to do with our platform.”
The Aroxo system was designed in Croatia, built in India, comprises a quarter of a million lines of code, and took three years to test. Security and reliability were key in the company’s choice of iomart. “Aroxo has a great idea and big plans for growth, and we’re delighted to be part of such an exciting new business,” explained iomart’s Managing Director, Sarah Haran. “Security and continuity of service is absolutely paramount, especially for a web-based transactional business like this, and we’re confident our hosting service is the most reliable on the market.”
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