London - 27th February 2008 - Attenda Limited, the Always On Managed
Services company has today announced its full support of Microsoft(r)
Windows Server 2008 and the migration of its first client, reed.co.uk,
to this major new operating system.

Officially launched today by Microsoft, Attenda has been working closely
with reed.co.uk since September 2007 with beta versions of Windows
Server 2008.  This will allow reed.co.uk to immediately benefit from the
highly secure, easy-to-manage platform that Windows Server 2008 provides
for developing the UK’s leading recruitment site - today, over 1.6
million jobseekers visit reed.co.uk every month, making over 50,000 job
applications everyday, offering more than twice the number of jobs of
any other UK job site.

“We are committed to continually improving the service that we deliver
to jobseekers and recruiters that use reed.co.uk. Our technology
platform is fundamental to delivering the service that they expect, so
we continually strive to assess and adopt new technologies such as
Windows Server 2008. As with every change we balance the benefits of the
change with the risk of implementation and our relationship with
partners such as Attenda and Microsoft allow us to benefit from new
technologies, confident that they will provide the performance and
reliability we demand.” said Mark Ridley, Director of Technology at
reed.co.uk.

As the UK’s leading Managed Service Provider, Attenda has led the way in
the designing and operating reliable, secure and highly available
Microsoft .NET infrastructure and delivers the highest quality of
managed hosting services on the Microsoft platform.  Its body of
clients, which includes Microsoft UK, is testament to its unrivalled
ability to deliver operational excellence on the Microsoft platform.

“We believe that simplified management, increased security, and both
performance and extensibility improvements within Windows Server 2008
such as Internet Information Services 7.0, will mean that our clients
will wish to rapidly migrate to this new operating system” said Simon
Hansford, Vice President of Products & marketing at Attenda. “We will be
able to deliver to our clients the benefits of improved performance and
scalability” adds Hansford.

To fully support Windows Server 2008, Attenda has further invested into
its operations platform, Attenda M.O.  This industry defining technology
automation platform is a combination of a specialist team of ‘combat’
experienced IT operations staff, ITIL based processes refined over years
of practical operational experience and a technology investment that
demonstrably increases application availability, performance and
security.

Martin Walker, UK Hosting Lead at Microsoft UK commented, “Attenda is
one of a few elite service providers whose high level of operational
excellence lets them deliver the highest quality of managed hosting
services on the Microsoft platform and the latest endorsement of Windows
Server 2008 reinforces their investment & expertise in Microsoft
technologies.”

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About Attenda Limited
Attenda, the Always On Managed Services company, manages those vital
applications that every business relies upon today to function
effectively allowing our 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.

With over 7 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 134 of the UK’s leading
companies.

The company enjoys substantial financial backing, the industry’s leading
accreditations and an unrivalled portfolio of clients including bmi,
Christian Aid, easyCar, Microsoft, NHS, Princes, St. James’s Place and
Travelodge.

Attenda is both ISO9001 and ISO27001 accredited, an HP SP Signature
Partner, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a SAP Adaptive IT Hosting
Provider, a SunTone accredited managed service provider and an
Accredited Catalist Supplier. 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 and was voted 2007 Best Managed Services Provider by
Data Centre Europe Awards 2007.