Pulsant Acquires ScoLocate, Adding Tenth Datacentre to Nationwide Network

Pulsant Acquires ScoLocate, Adding Tenth Datacentre to Nationwide Network

READING, England, December 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

    Strengthens position as a leading provider of managed IT services from its own data
centres in the UK

    Managed Cloud, hosting and connectivity expert, Pulsant, today announces its
acquisition of one of Scotland's leading independent colocation providers, ScoLocate. The
move, which boosts Pulsant's operational scale with the addition of ScoLocate's 75,000 sq
ft data centre facility and dedicated support team, is part of Pulsant's continued
strategic growth programme to become one of the UK's leading data centre services
provider.

    ScoLocate's data centre in Edinburgh hosts over 30 telecommunication carriers, making
it one of the most connected commercially available data centres outside the M25.

    This acquisition will bring Pulsant's nationwide network of data centres up to 10,
positioning it as a leading supplier of data centre services in the UK. The expanding
network is designed to give customers greater choice by allowing them to access multiple
regional data centres offering a range of high availability options. It will also make
Pulsant the first supplier to be able to deliver services from wholly-owned, dual sites in
Scotland.

    This is a significant step in the continued development of Pulsant. The combined
business will have 240,000 sq ft of data centre space, a total rack capacity in excess of
4,000, and will service over 3,000 public and private sector clients directly, and many
thousands more indirectly.

    All of ScoLocate's existing 25 staff will join Pulsant's 150 strong team of
highly-skilled data centre services personnel, helping to further enhance the delivery of
its managed hosting, cloud infrastructure, managed network and colocation services.

    The Pulsant management team is experienced in successful acquisition and operational
integration, having formed Pulsant from the merger of DediPower, Lumison and Blue Square
Data. The further addition of ScoLocate brings the company's combined 2012 revenue to over
GBP40 million.

    Mark Howling, CEO of Pulsant, comments, "ScoLocate is a fantastic acquisition for
Pulsant - and a great fit in terms of culture, customer-centric approach and facilities.
Not only does it support our UK data centre presence by adding outstanding network
connectivity and additional data centre capacity, it also provides us with a strong team
of like-minded, highly-skilled individuals who are experts in supporting data centre
services. This moves us further towards our goal of being the data centre services partner
of choice for UK businesses."

    About Pulsant

    Experts in cloud, data centre and infrastructure services, Pulsant specialises in
highly resilient, high quality IP network, colocation
[http://www.pulsant.com/services/colocation ], managed application and cloud hosting
[http://www.pulsant.com/services/cloud ].

       
        - Pulsant supports more than 3,000 mid-tier and enterprise customers from
          its eight UK-based ISO 27001 compliant data centres.
        - Pulsant provides world class technology and exceptional people creating
          advanced and innovative solutions that optimise performance and cost effectively
          manage, store and safeguard data.
        - Pulsant's 'Triple-A' service models ensures the right 'Access, Ability and
          Action' to deliver 24/7 support from multiple UK-based operation centres.
        - 100% of the energy used within Pulsant's data centres is from renewable
          sources.

    For more information, please visit http://www.pulsant.com

       
        Press Contacts:
        Alan Miller/ Sarah Wilson
        CCgroup
        Tel: +44(0)118-920-7650
        E-mail: pulsant@ccgrouppr.com

       
        Pulsant:
        Tel: +44(0)870-252-3600
        E-mail: info@pulsant.com

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