March 7, 2008 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Web host Attenda (http://www.attenda.net) has been awarded the VMware EMEA Hosting Partner of the Year Award, it was announced today. Attenda Limited, who bills itself as the “Always On Managed Services” company, received the award at VMworld Europe 2008 at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France – reported to be Europe's largest virtualization industry event. Attenda utilizes VMware technology to power its Real Time Infrastructure.
"VMware is proud to honor Attenda with this well deserved accolade,” suggested Steve Jackson, Director, EMEA Strategic Partners, VMware. “As one of our primary EMEA Service Provider Partners, Attenda is embracing VMware's datacenter virtualization capabilities in VMware Infrastructure 3 to create innovative and powerful on-demand computing services for its clients."
"Our adoption of VMware in late 2006 transformed our business,” added Mark Fowle, CEO, Attenda Limited. “By leveraging the functionality of VMware, we have been able to improve the agility and availability of our clients’ applications, whilst providing a robust DR platform. This award from VMware and our other certifications and industry awards, is a great testament to the investments we continue to make in our shared operations platform Attenda M.O. Time and time again, it proves to differentiate Attenda and deliver a quality of service and cost point unmatched in the managed services industry."
Attenda is ISO9001 and ISO27001 accredited, an HP SP Signature Partner, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a SAP Adaptive IT Hosting Provider, a SunTone accredited managed service provider, and an Accredited Catalist Supplier. It is one of only seven companies to have been ranked in the UK's Sunday Times ARM Tech Track 100 for three consecutive years. The company was voted 2007 Best Managed Services Provider by Data Centre Europe Awards 2007.
