PRESS RELEASE
Release date: 10th December 2013
K3 Syspro supports launch of dedicated
international hosting division
Leading UK provider of Enterprise
Resource Planning Solutions, K3 Syspro, has helped respond to increased demand
for cloud hosted SYSPRO ERP by supporting the launch of a new dedicated
international hosting division.
K3 Hosting has been set up by the
wider K3 Business Technology Group to deliver secure, cloud-based IT services
for companies in the manufacturing, retail, finance and public sectors. The company
builds on the strong foundations laid down by the previous K3 Managed Services
division, with products and services being expanded and further developed to
provide a wide range of cloud and managed service support, all over the world.
K3 Hosting will work with existing K3 Syspro customers that have a need for
cloud-based SYSPRO ERP or managed services support.
Unique to the IT consultancy market
is K3 Hosting’s own Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solution, which it has
developed to help businesses worldwide solve the challenges of constantly
having to invest in, maintain, and manage their own datacentre infrastructures.
K3 Hosting’s IaaS offering is a hosted Enterprise Class Cloud Service built on
the latest technology to allow options for dedicated or shared IT
infrastructure resources, allowing businesses to shift their IT focus and
receive dynamic, hassle-free IT provision.
IaaS is just one unique service from
the new company, which also provides the more traditional Software as a Service
(SaaS), Hardware as a Service (HaaS) and Network as a Service (NaaS)
infrastructure services, often integrating provision with Disaster Recovery as
a Service (DRaaS) and Project Management facilities. The result is a complete one-stop-shop for IT infrastructure support,
maintenance and protection.
According
to global IT research firm Gartner, businesses globally spend more than 75 per
cent of their total IT budget just on maintaining their systems and software
infrastructure. Official
research from the Cloud Industry Forum also states in the last 18 months alone,
the UK cloud market has seen a 27 per cent increase in first time users and
that rate of adoption has accelerated over the past nine months. K3 Hosting has
been launched to help respond to this demand.
Like K3 Syspro, the new division is
backed by the support of the wider K3 Business Technology Group. The group is
ranked number 30 in the top 100 Value Added Reseller list and well established
within the IT market. Neil Farnworth, Managing Director of K3 Hosting, brings
20 years of experience working in the technology industry to the new division
and has experienced for himself how the popularity of cloud infrastructures has
grown globally over the past few years. He is joined by Director, Ed Renwick, a
datacentre, cloud and managed services expert, and a team of 70 staff working
in roles ranging from engineering through to sales, support and project
management.
Ed Renwick said: “For many
organisations, maintaining an IT infrastructure can be a difficult task that
takes resources away from its main focus – that’s why cloud based services are
in demand and we have seen interest in our own cloud provision increase
significantly over the past few years. That’s why we are launching K3 Hosting
and our own IaaS offering, so we can support business critical systems and help
companies save money and enhance productivity, taking the hassle of IT
infrastructure away.”
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About K3 Syspro
K3 Syspro
employs 80 people at its Manchester head office and its branches throughout the
UK and Ireland. The company offers solutions in enterprise resource planning
(ERP), customer relationship management, advanced planning and scheduling,
warehouse management, human resources and e-business. SYSPRO is used by some
14,500 sites in over 60 countries. K3 Syspro is a division of K3 Business
Technology Group, a global leader in providing next-generation enterprise
software for businesses in the retail, manufacturing and distribution sectors.
With more than 3,000 customer installations in over 30 countries, K3 is
recognised as a safe, innovative and reliable provider of world-class
solutions, backed by world-class service.
For further information, please contact:-
Editorial – Sarah Winterbottom,
Marketing Executive, K3 Syspro on 0161 876 4498, or John Edden, Bridge PR &
Media Services on 024 76 520025, or e-mail john@bridgepr.co.uk.