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technology 13 Pulsant is a safe home for data


Technology lies at the heart of most businesses in the south. For many it is crucial in driving competitive advantage and reaching customers. Managing data successfully, however, requires safe hands, secure locations and innovative tools. All of which Pulsant – sponsor of the Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards’ new Best Use of Technology Category – delivers every day


CEO Mark Howling says: “Business has never been more reliant on technology or more at risk if it goes wrong. Downtime or data breaches can seriously undermine performance, affect reputation and lose customer trust. We work with thousands of business across the UK, to ensure their data is stored in a safe and secure environment, and to provide the storage infrastructure, data centre environments and connectivity that keeps IT live 24/7 and ensures it can be accessed and processed efficiently.“


One of the UK’s largest ’independent’ hosting and colocation providers, Pulsant currently has 150,000 sq ft of total data centre Net Technical space. With eight ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified and PCI-compliant data centres, in five locations (Edinburgh, Milton Keynes, Maidenhead, Reading, and South London), the company can service SMEs from Scotland’s Silicon Glen to the Thames Valley and London.


A home for local data


For Thames Valley businesses that like to keep their data close, Pulsant has two data centres in Reading and one in Maidenhead. These feature next generation 10Gb Core Network infrastructure, diverse power supplies, and configurations across multiple sites. There is also ample provision for client IT staff who may be required on-site, including: parking, rest rooms, kitchen facilities and meeting rooms.


Pulsant can grow your cloud in line with your requirements


Howling confirms: “We have ample capacity at our Reading sites to accommodate local businesses that are seeking to expand their data storage; those who are eager to realise savings by moving from expensive in-house or city-centre facilities; as well as those who want to upgrade and enhance their servers but need to optimise them within a state-of- the-art data centre environment. Unlike many other locations – where space is restricted and facilities may be outdated – Pulsant offers a modern, purpose-built, high-security, exceptionally resilient facility with room to expand. And right in the heart of Reading, so it is really easy to access by local staff.“


Based in Reading, The Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) is just one of the hundreds of local companies serviced by the facility. Kathy Maxwell, head of IT and technical services, RMetS, explains: “We chose Pulsant for several


Mark Howling, Pulsant CEO


reasons. They came highly recommended by our digital consultants, were local to our Reading-based offices and provided a comprehensive Enterprise SLA backed by the outstanding technical support and service we need to ensure that our new single platform will be a success.“


Support for London operations


For local businesses with city-based operations who are seeking high-performance low-cost alternatives to London-based colocation facilities, Pulsant can also provide secure data space with low latency links to its state-of-the- art facility in South London.


To meet large scale demand from London and the M25 region, this South London site is currently undergoing rapid expansion as Howling explains: “We have planning permission, capital investment and leases in place to transform our current South London facility into a new 34,000 sq m data centre campus – one of the largest commercial installations of its kind in the UK.


“Providing a highly resilient and secure colocation facility with the most advanced power, cooling and support infrastructure to optimise server performance and control costs, it will also deliver fail-proof power, low- latency connections, secure access and enterprise processes as well as


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comfortable facilities for customers’ IT staff. But most of all room for large-scale businesses to grow.“


Customer-centric cloud


Without doubt, demand for data space is on the rise. Companies will continue to use more data-intensive technology. And growth of their digital footprints is leading many businesses to consider virtualised or cloud server platforms. Providing more flexible and efficient storage and lower energy costs, cloud can help deliver tangible ROI and build competitive advantage.


... not all clouds are the same.... Pulsant’s customer-centric approach helps businesses break free of the ’one cloud fits all’ approach to get the most from their investment


For over 10 years Pulsant has been building, housing and running cloud platforms and – unlike other providers – can tailor cloud services to individual business needs.


While there are many players now offering commodity-based public cloud in the UK, Pulsant is eager to point out that not all clouds are the same. Many of these clouds are hosted outside the UK and even Europe. Businesses are often subjected to long-term static contracts with little flexibility to adapt the storage platform to their own specific needs.


Pulsant is different. It offers a customer-centric approach to cloud – with greater configurability and enterprise SLAs. This helps businesses break free of the ’one cloud fits all’ approach to get the most from their investment.


Howling concludes: “Most public cloud providers cannot even tell you where your data will be located. While Pulsant has many data centres across the UK, we can specify where and how your cloud is configured. We are also developing next generation cloud solutions that allow our customers to tailor specific components, features and services. Our clouds are also ’green’. At present the majority of our energy comes from renewable sources and we plan to increase this to 100% by October 2012.“


Details:


0845-119-9900 info@pulsant.com www.pulsant.com


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