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ATTENDA WINS SIGNIFICANT BIW CONTRACT AWAY FROM PSINet BIW transfers information required to manage £1.7billion worth of construction projects to new hosting partner Attenda Ltd, Europe's first provider of Total Managed Hosting today announced that the leading UK provider of online collaboration technology for construction projects, BIW Technologies (BIW), has chosen the company, over previous provider PSINet, to provide 100% outsourced operations for Web-based services. BIW enables clients, architects, engineers, contractors, suppliers and construction managers to share, exchange and re-use information via the Web. Currently used by 5,500 users from 920 companies, it stores information required to manage projects worth over £1.7 billion. Attenda was responsible for ensuring the successful transfer of data from 350 projects, including 120,000 CAD drawings and documents. The transfer to the highly secure and robust architecture designed by Attenda was completed with no data loss or unplanned service interruption. Attenda also hosts BIW's corporate website www.biwtech.com. "Attenda goes beyond traditional provision of server space and network connection to bring significant benefits. It is proactive in supporting, managing and monitoring complex applications to ensure maximum reliability and availability. The size and resources of Attenda allows us to give complete peace of mind to our customers, while delivering significant ROI to the business," said Colin Smith, chief executive at BIW. Attenda monitors and manages every aspect of the architecture 24x7 and runs over 5,000 tests on clients' business-critical applications every single hour to ensure optimum performance and availability. "BIW's system handles nearly two billion dollars worth of transactions, so any downtime represents significant loss of revenue. We have a team proactively monitoring the Web site round-the-clock, to ensure that BIW's business critical application enjoys the highest possible availability to its users" said David Godwin, vice-president of strategy and marketing at Attenda. For further information about Attenda please visit LEWIS' Virtual Press Room at
http://www.lewisvpr.com/clients/attenda.html Notes to editors: Attenda Ltd Attenda Ltd. is Europe's first Total Managed Hosting provider, offering the most advanced service of its type in Europe. Attenda's service includes full system administration, ongoing hardware maintenance, real-time performance and resource monitoring, comprehensive usage reporting and back-up, in addition to monitoring and management deep into the application. Attenda takes full ownership of the availability of clients' applications to the end user 24x7. The company reduces downtime by spotting potential problems before they arise and rapidly resolving them through its 24x7 service. Also, because Attenda focuses on the Microsoft platform, clients benefit from the company's exceptional understanding of the applications supported. Attenda's clients are mostly blue-chip multinationals, along with well-established e-businesses, news and content providers, and Application Service Providers. The company has substantial financial backing from DLJ European Private Equity (part of Credit Suisse/First Boston), UBS Capital, Texas Pacific Group and Compaq Computer Corporation.
About BIW BIW's project collaboration systems were first employed in 1998 on UK construction projects for Sainsbury and BAA. The customer list now includes Capital One Bank, housebuilder Crest Nicholson, Marks & Spencer, Manchester Airport, Ikea, the Welsh Development Agency, developer Garbe UK and Asda. As the technology is adopted by each client's supply chain, BIW's Information Channel user base has grown rapidly. By the end of May 2001, it was being used by over 5500 people from 920 companies working on some 350 UK projects. The Information Channel is a sophisticated web-based supply chain integration tool or 'project portal', originally designed specifically for construction projects. Each client is provided with a unique project-specific website created around a knowledge database. Using this, all data can be made available to every project team member - from the earliest concepts and specifications, through detailed design, buildability studies, pre-fabrication, construction, maintenance, operation and improvement, to the eventual demolition or dismantling of the facility.
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Fiona Reavley, Attenda Corporate Communications
Tel: +44 (0) 1784 211186
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Web site: http://www.attenda.net |
