iomart Hosting Voted no 1 Cloud Company

Leading cloud computing and managed hosting provider iomart Hosting has been named as the UK’s number one cloud company.

iomart Hosting came top of the inaugural award for the UK’s most popular hosting company voted for by users of Cloud Directory UK .

Cloud Directory UK was created by global hosting network Serchen Interactive to provide SME decision makers, enterprise technology purchasers and company owners with a trusted list of the most respected hosting companies in the UK.

Phil Worms, marketing director at iomart Group plc, said: “We are delighted to have been named number one in the UK especially when you bear in mind the quality of the other companies named in the list. Our end-to-end service offering to the cloud is gaining more and more recognition in the market and the fact that this award is voted for by those who purchase cloud hosting and cloud services makes us particularly proud.”

Cloud Directory UK’s “25 Most Popular List” which iomart Hosting topped, is a new award based on the number of votes a company receives and the amount of times their profile page has been viewed each month.

iomart Group plc, which owns iomart Hosting, has just launched a new cloud brand Westcoastcloud to the channel allowing re-sellers to offer iomart’s web security, cloud storage and business mail as white label products.

The first “25 Most Popular List” from Cloud Directory UK can be viewed at http://www.clouddir.co.uk/awards/

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 News release issued on behalf of iomart Hosting by Jane Robertson, Head of PR for iomart Group plc. For further information please email jane.robertson@iomart.com or call (Dir) 0141 931 6474 (Mob) 07827948993 or (Off) 0141 931 6400.

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 About iomart Hosting

iomart Hosting is one of the UK’s leading providers of complex managed hosting and cloud computing services. It owns and manages its own network infrastructure, including five UK data centres, offering a unique 100% uptime guarantee. Services include: Private and Hybrid Cloud, Colocation, Content Delivery Networks, IP Transit, Cloud Storage and Email.

Clients include: Cimex, BT plc, Stagecoach, Newsquest, Learndirect, SoftCat, London School of Economics, STV, Shine TV, HCL and Servecentric.

iomart Hosting is an ISO9001 & ISO27001 certified company and is fully accredited at Gold Partner level with VMware, Oracle and Microsoft.

iomart Hosting is a wholly owned subsidiary of AIM Listed iomart Group plc. Founded in 1998, the Group has evolved to become one of Europe's largest providers of managed hosting and cloud computing service providers, serving over 300,000 customers each day.

For more information about iomart Hosting visit www.iomarthosting.com

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