iomart One of First Cloud Hosting Firms Installing EMC VMAX Cloud Edition

iomart Group plc has become one of the
first cloud hosting companies in the world to install EMC VMAX Cloud Edition platform, a self-service,
enterprise as-a-service, cloud delivery platform, onsite in its data centre,
giving its customers direct access to a range of
powerful, trusted and smart storage.

With the VMAX Cloud Edition solution, iomart is able to move away from a
traditional model of shared storage and offer a pre-engineered service
levels to satisfy a range of workloads. With automatic service delivery
features on-demand, clients benefit from enterprise storage and the flexibility
to provide the right result needed for their applications.

VMAX Cloud Edition leverages capabilities found in the EMC VMAX array, which is
trusted by Fortune 50 companies and many of the world’s largest banks.

Angus MacSween, CEO, iomart, said: "We
invested in VMAX Cloud Edition because we believe it’s important that our
customers can manage their storage needs according to their requirements rather
than us dictating what they can have. Not only does this put our storage
capabilities on a par with some of the world’s biggest corporations, it gives
our customers the ability to manage and move their workloads in any way they want
through structured pricing bands."

Matthew Yeager, director of software engineering EMEA, EMC, commented:
"We are delighted that iomart,
already identified as a progressive and innovative partner through our Velocity
Service Provider programme, has decided to extend its customer centric services
with VMAX Cloud Edition. Collectively we are most successful when we work
with partners like iomart who have a clear idea of the services they wish to
offer their customers."

iomart extended its data centre network last week, acquiring dedicated server
hosting company Redstation Ltd for £8 million. The Group now provides bespoke,
mission-critical cloud and managed hosting services from ten fully owned
and managed data centres across the UK and has its own private high speed fibre
network.

Video explaining VMAX cloud Edition storage means for iomart
customers