Attenda announces support of Microsoft® Windows Server 2008

London – 27th February 2008 – Attenda Limited, the Always On Managed Services company has today announced its full support of Microsoft® Windows Server 2008 and the migration of its first client, reed.co.uk, to this major new operating system.

Officially launched today by Microsoft, Attenda has been working closely with reed.co.uk since September 2007 with beta versions of Windows Server 2008. This will allow reed.co.uk to immediately benefit from the highly secure, easy-to-manage platform that Windows Server 2008 provides for developing the UK’s leading recruitment site – today, over 1.6 million jobseekers visit reed.co.uk every month, making over 50,000 job applications everyday, offering more than twice the number of jobs of any other UK job site.

“We are committed to continually improving the service that we deliver to jobseekers and recruiters that use reed.co.uk. Our technology platform is fundamental to delivering the service that they expect, so we continually strive to assess and adopt new technologies such as Windows Server 2008. As with every change we balance the benefits of the change with the risk of implementation and our relationship with partners such as Attenda and Microsoft allow us to benefit from new technologies, confident that they will provide the performance and reliability we demand.” said Mark Ridley, Director of Technology at reed.co.uk.

As the UK’s leading Managed Service Provider, Attenda has led the way in the designing and operating reliable, secure and highly available Microsoft .NET infrastructure and delivers the highest quality of managed hosting services on the Microsoft platform. Its body of clients, which includes Microsoft UK, is testament to its unrivalled ability to deliver operational excellence on the Microsoft platform.

“We believe that simplified management, increased security, and both performance and extensibility improvements within Windows Server 2008 such as Internet Information Services 7.0, will mean that our clients will wish to rapidly migrate to this new operating system” said Simon Hansford, Vice President of Products & marketing at Attenda. “We will be able to deliver to our clients the benefits of improved performance and scalability” adds Hansford.

To fully support Windows Server 2008, Attenda has further invested into its operations platform, Attenda M.O. This industry defining technology automation platform is a combination of a specialist team of ‘combat’ experienced IT operations staff, ITIL based processes refined over years of practical operational experience and a technology investment that demonstrably increases application availability, performance and security.

Martin Walker, UK Hosting Lead at Microsoft UK commented, “Attenda is one of a few elite service providers whose high level of operational excellence lets them deliver the highest quality of managed hosting services on the Microsoft platform and the latest endorsement of Windows Server 2008 reinforces their investment & expertise in Microsoft technologies.”

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About Attenda Limited
Attenda, the Always On Managed Services company, manages those vital applications that every business relies upon today to function effectively allowing our clients to selectively outsource their IT operations and re-focus on using IT to add strategic value to their business.

Through a commitment to operational excellence, we manage, secure and optimise the performance of their applications, irrespective of the physical location of the infrastructure.

With over 7 years’ investment into Attenda M.O., Attenda’s operations platform, we provide the people, process and technology to deliver exceptionally high service levels, but at a cost that is amortised across Attenda’s entire client base – currently 134 of the UK’s leading companies.

The company enjoys substantial financial backing, the industry’s leading accreditations and an unrivalled portfolio of clients including bmi, Christian Aid, easyCar, Microsoft, NHS, Princes, St. James’s Place and Travelodge.

Attenda is both 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. Attenda is one of only seven companies to have been ranked in the UK’s Sunday Times ARM Tech Track 100 for three consecutive years and was voted 2007 Best Managed Services Provider by Data Centre Europe Awards 2007.