Thus and Attenda power up

London – 19 September 2005 – Attenda Limited, the Always On Managed Services company, today announced that it has contracted with THUS plc, one of the UK’s leading communication providers. The two companies are now working together to provide clients with one cohesive solution that ensures application availability from network connection through to desktop.

Phil Male, COO, THUS, said “Attenda and THUS have complementary specialist skills and we are both committed to the highest standards of quality. We plan to ensure clients’ infrastructures work even more efficiently through both networked application management and fully converged communications.”

Mark Fowle, CEO of Attenda commented “Our joint vision is to provide a value-for-money Single Service Level Agreement at a fixed fee. This will minimise the number of suppliers that our clients have to deal with yet give them the very best specialist capability at the most cost-effective price. This agreement creates joint resources that cannot be matched by a single company and provides a new, highly-efficient model for delivering business processes and sharing data.”

Attenda’s expertise in SAP, Microsoft Exchange, Web Applications and Citrix managed services is now available to THUS customers.

Attenda and THUS already have a number of clients in common, including DX, which has just ordered more than £700K worth of THUS MPLS network connectivity for its 36 sorting offices. “Attenda add value to what we do; they are excellent partners” said Sean O‘Donahue, Director of Technology at DX. “I was happy to accept their recommendation of THUS, knowing that I will continue to benefit from the advice and expertise we gain through our existing service management relationship.”

THUS specialises in the corporate and SME markets, providing a range of voice, data and internet services through the THUS and Demon brands. It operates one of the most technically-advanced telecommunications networks in the UK

With a 100% client satisfaction record and a commitment to delivering operational excellence, Attenda enables clients to selectively outsource their IT operations and re-focus on using IT to add strategic value to their business. This proven capability and track record has enabled the company to become trusted advisors at a senior level within our clients and to contribute to their continued successes.

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About Attenda Ltd
Attenda is Europe's leading specialist in operating enterprise and Internet applications. We enable clients to selectively outsource their IT operations and re-focus on using IT to add strategic value to their business. Through a commitment to operational excellence, we manage, secure and optimise the performance of their applications, irrespective of the physical location of the infrastructure, either in Attenda's data centres or elsewhere.

Attenda is able to significantly reduce the cost of a client's IT operations. With over 5 years' investment into Attenda M.O., Attenda's operations platform, we provide the people, process and technology to deliver exceptionally high service levels, but at a cost that is amortised across Attenda's entire client base - currently, 85 of the UK's leading companies.

The company enjoys substantial financial backing, the industry's leading accreditations and an unrivalled portfolio of clients including Avis, easyCar, Compass Group, Debenhams, Microsoft, NHS and Sun. Attenda is BS7799 accredited, an HP SP Signature Partner, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner ( Advanced Infrastructure competency ) and a SunTone accredited SunOne managed service provider. Attenda won the Sun Microsystems' Service Provider of the Year award in September 2004. Attenda is one of only seven companies to have been ranked in the UK's Sunday Times ARM Tech Track 100 for three consecutive years.

For further details, visit www.attenda.net or contact
Attenda Corporate Communications
Simon Hansford +44 ( 0 )1784 211100
simon.hansford@attenda.net

or

Deborah Rodger, Head of Press & Corporate Communications, THUS plc.
Tel: +44 ( 0 ) 141 566 3167
deborah.rodger@THUS.net



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Source: i-newswire.com

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