Redbus Interhouse Backs a Winner with Capital Sports

HostReview.com
Tuesday, March 23, 2004; 12:00 AM

London, 23rd March 2004 - Redbus Interhouse (UK) Ltd, www.interhouse.net, the UK division of Europe’s most advanced, independent colocation and managed services provider, today announced that Capital Sports, one of UK’s largest online gambling sites, has taken a suite of 4,500 square feet within one of Redbus Interhouse’s three London centres. Capital Sports joins the growing number of online gambling companies, including City Index, Easyodds, Betgenius and Expekt, who, recognising the quality and value of Redbus Interhouse’s services, have all moved to the provider in recent months.

Swayed by the combination of outstanding security, connectivity capabilities and competitive pricing, Capital Sports has entrusted Redbus Interhouse to host all its servers, IT and communications equipment. In addition, Redbus Interhouse is providing the online sports bookmaker with fibre links, ISP services and office space. Growing by 100% per month, Capital realised that the facilities in its own offices would soon be inadequate to meet demand and concluded that their best option was the secure and resilient environment that Redbus Interhouse was able to offer.

Dr Johnny Hon, Chairman, Capital Sports, UK, says: “The gambling landscape has changed dramatically over recent years. Men in dirty raincoats piled into smoke-filled bookies have been superseded by today’s smarter gambling market. These are predominantly people, who are interested in gambling as a serious leisure pursuit. Due to the nature of the Internet, which has made gambling far more accessible, punters have the ability to move very quickly from one website to another. As a result, our brand equity has become increasingly important, given that another sports bookmaker site is just a click away. As our turnover has doubled each month for the last three months, to help sustain this growth it’s imperative that we have 100% resiliency with regards to power and network connectivity - that’s why we chose Redbus Interhouse. IT-wise Redbus Interhouse provides a level of security for us that we’d be hard pressed to put in place ourselves.”

Simon Neal, UK Country Manager, Redbus Interhouse (UK) Ltd comments: “As the UK prepares to embrace a more flexible environment of gambling legislation, we’re seeing a massive surge of interest from companies who want to take advantage of the growth in online gambling and who therefore need to ensure that their sites are always available. Redbus Interhouse can provide the resiliency they want and the increase in our online gambling customers over the last six months pays testament to this.”

About Capital Sports

Global Sports (UK) Ltd trades under the name of Capital Sports and is a new force in the bookmaking arena. With a high street, telephone and online presence, Capital Sports caters for all. Striving not only to give customers access to a wide range of betting opportunities across all major sports, Capital Sports also offers odds on non-sporting specials. By constantly updating the services on offer and remaining as innovative as possible, Capital Sports is able to differentiate themselves from its competitors.

About Redbus Interhouse

Redbus Interhouse is Europe's most advanced independent colocation company. For business-critical online, data or telecom applications, Redbus Interhouse offers versatile, cost-effective and secure housing facilities backed-up by state-of-the-art infrastructure and 24/7 engineering and facilities support. Redbus Interhouse offers business resilience services within its own independent colocation facilities in Europe's key business centres allowing its customers to rapidly access markets across Europe without losing focus on their core businesses. The enterprise has data centres in London, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt and Amsterdam. Its independence gives customer’s freedom of choice from a wide range of telecommunication providers, Internet Service Providers and Content Providers. Its continued sales success combined with a substantial cash balance and debt free structure, means Redbus Interhouse enjoys a leading position in this marketplace.

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For further press information please contact: Greg Mills/Louise Stewart-Muir Stewart-Muir Communications T: 020 8892 9207 E: rbi@stewartmuir.com Simon Neal Redbus Interhouse (UK) Ltd T: 020 7001 0000 E: pr@interhouse.net