Attenda becomes new SAP Hosting Partner

May 3, 2006; 02:06 AM
Attenda Limited, the Always On Managed Services company, announced that it has become a fully accredited SAP Hosting Partner.

To become an accredited SAP Hosting Partner, Attenda underwent a rigorous qualification process that involved verification of the business model followed by an exhaustive technical audit. The qualification ensures that Attenda meets the demanding standards of SAP and SAP Hosting and provides a high level of service to its clients.

Ciaran Rafferty, Director & General Manager SME SAP UK and Ireland, commented, "Attenda is a dynamic, customer focussed Partner that SAP is proud to have a strong relationship with. This enables SAP to offer an easier way to do business with our customers."

Attenda’s SAP Managed Service takes on the operational responsibility and management of SAP in a secure and robust environment, at an agreed fixed price.

“This accreditation confirms our SAP expertise, giving our clients the peace of mind and ability to focus their resource on the development of SAP business process rather than the mundane tasks of operations” said Mark Fowle, CEO of Attenda. “It underlines our particular experience in ensuring that business critical applications are always available and always secure. It also recognises our ability to offer SME clients IT certainty, up to 99.9%, at an agreed fixed price.”

Attenda’s involvement with SAP has been driven by demand from clients. It already manages SAP for a number of clients, one of these being Princes, the UK’s leading importer of canned food and one of the UK’s largest drinks manufacturers.  “We wanted an operations partner that we could trust to maintain the integrity and availability of our SAP systems” said Neil Crew Group IT Director at Princes Limited. “This accreditation compliments Attenda’s already strong process-led approach to managing business critical systems.”

The certification process was conducted by SAP AG’s specialist staff from Germany and is valid for two years.

About Attenda Limited
Attenda, the Always On Managed Services company, is Europe's leading specialist in operating enterprise and Internet applications. We manage 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 5 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, 95 of the UK's leading companies.
 
The company enjoys substantial financial backing, the industry's leading accreditations and an unrivalled portfolio of clients including Avis Europe, bmi, easyCar, Compass Group, Microsoft, NHS and Sun. Attenda is ISO27001 accredited, an HP SP Signature Partner, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a SunTone accredited managed service provider and a SAP Hosting Partner. 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.