April 16, 2008 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Web host Attenda has won the “Best Managed Services Provider” award for the second year running, it was announced today. The company, which bills itself as the “Always on Managed Services” company, received the award at the “Data Centres Europe Awards 2008” ceremony at the Data Centres Europe 2008 Conference April 10, 2008.
"Nominations were of an outstanding caliber," explained Tim Anker, Vice-Chairman of the Judges Panel, and Founder of The Colocation Exchange. "However, the panel worked exhaustively to determine the quality of the response given by the companies competing and the shortlist reflects the results of these efforts. Data Centres Europe is the key regional event in the sector and winning companies will no doubt be able to leverage brand and marketing benefits from these prestigious industry awards."
The Data Centres Europe Awards recognize “leadership, innovation and value creation” in the data centre and managed services sector. Awards are based on votes by “clients, partners and industry peers”. They acknowledge “high levels of client service and satisfaction, demonstrating true leadership in managed services”.
"To retain this award for the second year running is testament to our continued investment in outstanding people, leading technologies and best practice operational processes,” explained Attenda CEO, Mark Fowle. “Together these make our operational platform, Attenda M.O., completely unique, enabling us to deliver the unparalleled levels of service, client satisfaction and operational efficiency that are recognized in this award."
"Our people are our greatest asset and set us apart from other managed service providers,” added Mr. Fowle. “They all share the passion that represents our whole corporate ethos and it is a great accolade to see their efforts have been rewarded for the second year running".
Attenda, an ISO9001 and ISO27001 accredited, HP SP Signature Partner, and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, allows companies to outsource their IT operations. The company currently caters for 134 of “the UK's leading companies”. In March 2008, the company was awarded VMware's EMEA Hosting Partner of the Year at VMworld Europe 2008.
