8 Solutions appoint new Sales and Marketing Director

8 Solutions, the UK’s leading data centre healthcare company specialising in the deep cleaning and decontamination of critical environments has today announced the appointment of Ian Yuill to the position of Sales and Marketing Director.

Ian brings over 20 years sales and marketing experience to the role, gained from working in a wide variety of sectors including technical, IT, FMCG, healthcare, recruitment and defense.

Commenting on his new role, Ian said: “The number of data centres is set to rise significantly over the next couple of years and energy efficiency and IT power concerns will be at the top of the agenda.

"Preventative maintenance and specialised deep cleaning are a critical way of improving performance and power consumption, providing extensive opportunities for 8 Solutions to grow its client base. The company currently services many of the world’s largest organisations, including the majority of the FTSE 100 in the UK, an impressive track record that I am keen to build on and expand.”

“We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ian Yuill as Sales and Marketing Director,” said Mark Plant, CEO at 8 Solutions. “Ian has a solid track record in building successful sales organisations. His role will be to strengthen customer relations and develop business opportunities as part of our ongoing growth strategy. His appointment is the latest in a series of new senior announcements at 8 Solutions, including most recently a new Head of Operations. Further appointments will be announced shortly.”

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8 Solutions has grown rapidly to become the leading data centre healthcare provider in the UK and throughout the EMEA region. With a track record of over 90,000 completed projects and a client base that encompasses the majority of the FTSE 100 either directly or through the major facilities management organisations, 8 Solutions enjoys a position of dominance in the data centre healthcare market.

With technicians who are security cleared and trained in both critical environments and the specialist cleaning tools and techniques required to maintain the optimum performance of data centres, 8 Solutions is the perfect partner for reliability and peace of mind.

The company’s highly experienced technicians enables it to provide an exceptional level of service with zero downtime and minimal operational disruption to the client, 8 Solutions operates 24/7/365 and provides scheduled and event based cleaning and decontamination and also an emergency response service in the event of fires, fire suppression discharges and accidents. The company is ISO9001 and ISO14001 accredited and a member of the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM).

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Prague to host datacentre summit

International consulting firm BroadGroup, has announced Altron as Platinum Sponsor of the second regional summit for datacentres across Central and Eastern Europe. The event will take place in Prague 22-23 February 2012 with lead sponsors also including HP and Schneider Electric

DataCentres Central and Eastern Europe Regional Summit 2012 will include a special focus on regional and international enterprise customers of datacentres and their outsourcing needs as emerging hybrid clouds, new technologies and market shift impact across the sector.

“We are delighted to be involved as Platinum Sponsor in the second Regional Summit to be held here in Prague. The data centre industry is experiencing significant growth, supported by increasing demands in mobile transactions and user-generated content and storage requirements.The Czech Republic and the wider region of East and Central Europe represent international outsourcers and investors with emerging choices as locations for datacentres. This annual regional conference will bring together enterprises that are providing datacentre and cloud facilities and services, and at the same time act as a promotional platform for the region, and Prague welcomes the conference delegates and guests,” commented Frantisek Mikes, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Altron a.s.

“We are especially delighted by the participation of Altron as platinum sponsor of this regional summit,” commented Warwick Dunkley, vice president of BroadGroup. “The programme will provide compelling content, an exciting line-up of expert speakers, and will be a stellar international networking event in a regional market that is poised for further significant growth in the coming years.”

The annual conference with exhibition provides a unique networking platform for enterprises considering outsourcing or establishing their own data centres regionally, services and solution providers, investors, and leading technology and IT firms engaged in the sector. It also uniquely brings together the leadership of datacentre and cloud service providers from across the region with high networking values. Email enquiries@datacentres.com T + 44 (0) 20 71995 732