Servecentric, the data centre managed services company, has successfully completed a €1M managed hosting deal with a major US law firm with twenty-one locations and 1,300 employees throughout the world.
They required the services of a European data centre as a core building-block in its global IT and information security strategy and contracted Partners National Mission Critical Facilities (PNMCF), a company who performs due diligence on facilities such as data centres, call centres, disaster recovery centres and operating centres to ensure they meet the technical, geographic and demographic criteria of its clients, many of which are Fortune 500 companies.
Servecentric was selected based on its ability to guarantee the highest levels of information security. Servecentric was recently awarded the ISO 27001 information security management standard by Certification Europe, making it the only independent Irish data centre managed services company with this accreditation.
Kirk Killian, senior vice president, Partners National Mission Critical Facilities, said, "The data centre facilities in Ireland are among the best in the world, passing our most rigorous and exhaustive audits. In particular, Servecentric met the highest levels in terms of security, reliability and service, and its recent ISO 27001 was key to our recommendation."
Michael Brophy, CEO, Certification Europe, (pictured left) said, "The ISO 27001 information security standard is probably the strongest weapon in a data centre's marketing arsenal. It's a prerequisite for any company with sensitive information looking for outsourced data centre services. At present, Irish data centres are failing to recognise its importance which has put Servecentric, as a certified company, in a powerful position to win new business."
Aidan Donnelly, CEO at Servecentric (pictured centre) which was established in August 2002, commented, "This is an excellent endorsement of our people, facilities and service. Our new customer relationship is a good opportunity for Servecentric, opening the door to a host of multi-national professional service providers looking for European data centre space."