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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April, 16th 2015
brightsolid become the first and only Scottish cloud partner in the Microsoft
Cloud OS Network
brightsolid are delighted to announce their Microsoft Cloud OS Network partnership, making them
the only organisation in Scotland to meet the entry criteria for the innovative, global network.
The Cloud OS Network is a select group of world class service providers, granted access to the
network based on their expert ability to serve local markets with hybrid and Azure enabled cloud
solutions. Cloud OS Network partners are an elite group among Microsoft's tens of thousands of
hosting partners, rarer even than the 2,500 partners in the Gold Hosting Competency.
“When you look at the Cloud OS Network, you're looking really at the premier service provider
player. The datacenter is their business," said Marco Limena, vice president of Hosting Service
Providers at Microsoft.
The Scottish provider’s entry to the Cloud OS Network is part of the ‘brightsolid data centre and
cloud innovation’ strategy, which earlier this year saw the announcement of a £5 million investment
into a new, Tier III data centre in Aberdeen, opening October 1st 2015.
The brightsolid Microsoft Azure-enabled cloud stack, located in the new Aberdeen facility and
existing Tier III site in Dundee will offer massive flexibility, choice and cost savings. The speed at
which customers can provision services as well as the simplified cloud migration process is seen by
the company as a game changer for businesses embracing the cloud.
“We are delighted to have been awarded this accreditation. It ensures customers anywhere in the
UK can depend on our clouds. We see a world where we hold our customers critical data in our
facilities and spin up servers anywhere in the world for them. This certification, our Cisco Cloud
platforms and innovative utility storage means that we can deliver that vision securely today,” said
Richard Higgs CEO of brightsolid
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Notes to Editors:
brightsolid
brightsolid is cloud and application hosting specialist. The company own and operate world class
data centres in the North East of Scotland, connected by a nationwide high-speed network.
brightsolid’s mission is to deliver technical innovation with personal service and the business has
been working with some of the country's most successful organisations in the UK's energy,
government and financial sectors for the last 15 years.