Press Centre
|
|
|
|
Subscribe to Star News
See the latest Events & Seminars > |
|
To view Star's most recent press releases please click on the links below. |
Social Enterprise grows with Cloud services from Star
London, 9th December, 2011 – Star, a provider of on-demand cloud computing and communication services to UK businesses, announced today it has been selected to provide cloud services to leading Social Enterprise TheFRCGroup. The decision to choose Star came after the Group’s current disaster recovery policy did not stand up to scrutiny and its ageing servers would have been far too costly to replace.
More>
AGA Rangemaster selects cloud platform
London, 17th November 2011 – AGA Rangemaster, the leading premium kitchen appliances brand, has chosen Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, to deliver its Network MPLS platform and services. Star will assist in the integration of the Rangemaster and AGA businesses to achieve improved services at reduced costs. The project aims to achieve Return on Investment in just 12 months while service speeds have increased 20-fold and costs have reduced by as much as 40%.
More>
Star ends “password” as a ‘password’ for enhanced Virtual Private Cloud security
ActiveEdge Authentication adds additional layer of security to Star’s Virtual Private Cloud offeringLondon 27th October, 2011 – Star, a provider of on-demand cloud computing and communication services to UK businesses, today announced the launch of ActiveEdge Authentication. The service provides business users with an additional layer of security on top of their existing username and password combination. The on-demand, hosted authentication service will drastically reduce risk of online attacks while providing remote workers with cost-effective and reliable access to corporate data from any device.
More>
Star wins over rising star IRIS
UK largest private software house signs portfolio for Star hosted services
London, 7th October - Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses today announced a partnership with IRIS, the UK’s largest unquoted software house employing over 1200 staff and revenues of £120 million.
More>
Star and Iris NFP aid Membership Groups, Charities and Educators to leverage Cloud services
London, 7th October - Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses and IRIS NFP Solutions, the leading UK provider of not-for-profit software and services today announced they would join forces to provide the most complete suite of NFP hosted applications on the market
More>
Armstrong Communications Joins UK Cloud Alliance
Trusted shortlist of UK-based firms to provide end-to-end cloud services London 21st, 2011 – Armstrong Communications PLC today announced it is to become a member of the recently launched UK Cloud Alliance. The UK Cloud Alliance, a collective of UK-based technology firms and service providers, aims to guarantee the full transformational benefits of cloud computing. The Alliance helps medium sized UK businesses look for new ways to answer their biggest challenges. The objective is to provide a single source of technology choices that can be serviced by local specialists. This initiative brings together the best that cloud computing has to offer, but delivered via local infrastructure, and by local service partners.
More>
Bezier Helps Increase Retail Sales with Star’s Cloud
Media agency leverages cloud computing to deliver on-demand marketing services to global clients and cuts costs by 60%London, 18th Aug – Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, revealed the achievements of a collaboration with leading UK media agency, Bezier. Over the last 12 months, the two partners have transformed Bezier’s media business using state-of-the art creative and production processes to create a unified and customer-focused service on Star’s cloud computing platform.
More>
Richmond Events Uses Cloud Services to Crunch Customer Data
Star helps Richmond Events right-size for the futureLondon, July 28th Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, announced today it has been selected as the hosting partner for UK business events pioneer, Richmond Events. The decision to select Star, replacing incumbent supplier Computacenter and over rivals Thinkgrid, was made based on service level requirements and cost-savings.
More>
Cloud Industry Forum and UK Cloud Alliance align on Best Practices future
Star joins Cloud Industry Forum to help shape cloud standardsThursday 21st July, 2011 – The Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) today confirmed that UK Cloud Alliance founder, Star, has joined it in championing transparency and trust of online services for UK businesses. In doing so, Star and CIF have clarified three common themes that both parties agree on and seek collaboration in order to help drive improved standards:
More>
UK Cloud Alliance to Serve UK Cloud Demand
Trusted shortlist of UK-based firms to provide end-to-end cloud servicesLondon, 5th July – Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, announced it is the founding member of a brand new initiative to bring clarity and trust to UK businesses looking to procure cloud services. The UK Cloud Alliance, a collective of UK-based technology firms and service providers aims to guarantee the full transformational benefits of cloud computing. The Alliance will empower and enable UK businesses looking for new ways to answer their biggest challenges. The objective is to provide medium sized UK businesses with a collection of technology choices that can be delivered via Star’s private cloud platform and serviced by local specialists. This initiative brings together the best that cloud computing has to offer but delivered via local infrastructure and by local partners.
More>
Star’s new ‘TalkSure™’ IP Telephony service is the delivery platform for next generation communication services
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 16 MARCH 2011 – Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, today announced the launch of TalksureTM - a new managed service to help organisations get more value from their existing investments in telephony while preparing them for the opportunity presented by the next generation of collaboration, communication and multimedia tools. UK businesses in service oriented sectors will benefit most from the service as it means they can take up other services like Unified Communications to enhance their collaboration capability.
More >
Quarter of UK Businesses Have no Business Continuity Plans in Place: Reveals Star Survey
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 31 JANUARY 2011 – Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, today released statistics which reveal that just over a quarter (26%) of UK businesses have no formal business continuity plans in place.
More >
Star launches email archiving service, to drive down cost of mailbox management for UK businesses Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services for UK businesses has today announced the launch of a new, on-demand email archiving service, VitalMailTM™.
More>
1 in 5 UK workers spend 32 days a year managing email Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, today released results from an independent survey, revealing that 1 in 5 British workers use up a total of 32 working days a year managing their email.
More>
Leading UK charity, Contact a Family, select Star services to help transform their operations Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, today announced that Contact a Family, a leading UK charity supporting families with disabled children, has chosen Star to support them with secure, scalable and robust IT services.
More>
Star introduces managed service for instant messaging, conference and collaboration services in WorkLife™ Productivity Suite Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses today announces new managed services for IM (Instant Messaging) and Conference.
More>
Star appoints new Customer Solutions Director to drive next generation utility computing solutions for UK businesses Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, has today announced the appointment of Marion Stewart as the company’s Customer Solutions Director.
More>
New Managed IP Telephony Service From Star Gives UK Companies Freedom From The Constraints Of Traditional Telephony Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses today announces WorkLife Talk™, an on-demand IP telephony service that gives UK companies a new way to access the very latest technology, without the need for expensive PBX systems and priced at a fixed, all-inclusive monthly cost.
More>
Star launches WorkLife™ Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, has today launched the WorkLife™Productivity Suite, a modular range of integrated communication tools available as a managed service for a fixed, per user, per month price.
More>
UK Business is funding employee lunchtime surfing by more than £23 million per annum says Star Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, today revealed figures showing that UK SMEs are funding their employee’s lunchtime surfing habits to the tune of over £23 million per year .
More>
Local authorities reduce energy costs with help from Harvard Engineering & The Star Platform™ Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, today announced that Harvard Engineering has chosen Star as its technology partner. Harvard Engineering is one of the world’s leading companies in the LED lighting and street lighting industries and has chosen The Star PlatformTM to provide high availability access to the company’s revolutionary wireless street lighting solution LeafNut.
More>
72% of British workers admit to using their work Internet for personal use during lunch hour finds new research from Star Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, today released results from an independent survey, which reveals that a majority of British workers (72%) spend their lunch hour online; shopping, banking, catching up with the latest sport or chatting to their friends on email or Facebook.
More>
Star & World cup network traffic surges to all time high during England’s crunch group match with Slovenia Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, has today released statistics showing that network traffic from its 3,500 business customers hit an all time record of double the normal network traffic during England’s crunch group match with Slovenia.
More>
UK Wealth Management Drives Growth Strategy With Managed Services From Star Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services for UK businesses, today announced that UK Wealth Management (“UKWM”), one of the country’s leading wealth management services organisations, has selected Star to manage their computing and communications infrastructure as service that allows all branch offices to have access to centralised applications and tools.
More>
Star & World cup network traffic surges to all time high during England’s crunch group match with Slovenia Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, has today released statistics showing that network traffic from its 3,500 business customers hit an all time record of double the normal network traffic during England’s crunch group match with Slovenia.
More>
Star & Quocirca Publish Cloud Computing Report Urging UK Businesses to “Take IT to Task” Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, today announced the publication of a research paper, completed in conjunction with analyst firm Quocirca. The report explores the role of IT in business, with a particular focus on how technology can help drive business value up.
More>
Shortlist announced for the Cloud Computing World Series Awards Star’s vPlatform has been shortlisted for the award of Best Virtualisation Product or Service in the Cloud Computing World Series Awards 2010. The winners will be announced at the Cloud Computing World Forum on Tuesday 29th June at the Olympia Conference Centre, London from 5.30pm.
More>
Network statistics from Star’s data centre show an 18% increase on normal traffic level as workers follow their teams online LONDON, 15 June 2010
Star, the provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, has today released statistics of internet traffic flowing through its UK-based data centres. The early group matches indicate that the FIFA 2010 World Cup is likely to generate the highest online traffic in the UK of any event to date.
More>
Trans Global Freight Management Use Managed Service To Reduce Costs And Increase Business Performance LONDON, 14 June 2010
Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services for UK businesses, today announced that Trans Global Freight Management Ltd (“TGFML”), one of the UK’s leading independent international freight forwarding companies, has chosen Star’s fully managed network service to help simplify the company’s technical architecture and reduce costs.
More>
New Survey from Star: Penetration of IP telephony among SMBs to increase by 50% in next 12 months LONDON, 29th April 2010
A survey amongst more than 100 UK businesses examining attitudes towards IP telephony has revealed that the take up of VoIP amongst SMBs is predicted to gather speed over the next year.
More>
Star Announces launch of ‘Dev2Live’ Services for SIs and ISVs LONDON, 15 March ,2010
Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, has announced the launch of a specialist Dev2Live service. This is a complete range of services aimed at developers and giving them access to the managed infrastructure and collaboration tools needed to support software development projects, from build and testing to the ‘live’ environment.
More>
Star Partners with Digirati to Deliver On-demand Content Management and Hosting Solution LONDON, 20th January, 2010
Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, has announced a partnership with Digirati, experts in enterprise information management, to deliver on-demand Content Management Solutions (CMS) to businesses looking to enhance their web presence.
More>
New White Label, On-demand Business Services Now Available With Star’s ‘Flex Productivity Suite’ LONDON, 12th January, 2010
Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services for UK businesses, has today announced the launch of the Flex Productivity Suite of on-demand business services, which partners can add to their portfolio and offer to their customers under their own brand.
More>
Star’s UK Data Centres Achieve PCI-DSS Compliance LONDON, 9th December, 2009
Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, has announced that its UK data centres have achieved Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance
More>
New Survey from Star reveals almost half of SMEs don’t use CRM applications LONDON, 10th December, 2009
A survey amongst 300 UK businesses examining attitudes to CRM systems reveals that a high proportion (46%) of SMEs are not using CRM systems today.
More>
Star Launches Virtualisation as a Service LONDON, 19th October, 2009
Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services for UK businesses, has announced the launch of a secure and fully managed virtualisation platform.
New survey reveals small businesses at greatest risk of lost productivity from swine flu, due to limited home working provisions LONDON, 16th September, 2009
New research commissioned by Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services, reveals that small businesses are struggling to respond to an increased demand for home working.
Star Announces New ‘Advantage Reseller Programme’ for partners to sell on-demand CRM service
LONDON, 8th September 2009
Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services for UK businesses, has launched a new programme enabling partners to add on-demand Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution to their portfolio.
Confidence in Cloud Computing Grows, Survey Reveals
LONDON, 15th July 2009
Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services for UK businesses, has today released results from a survey revealing Business Managers’ growing confidence in the security of third party data centres.
Microsoft Exchange users resist pressure to upgrade to latest software on cost grounds reveals new Survey
London, 1st June 2009
Star, a UK based ICT services provider, has today released results from a survey amongst more than 400 UK businesses, investigating their plans to upgrade to the latest Microsoft Exchange 2007.
Star bucks trend and builds cloud in the South West
Gloucester, 21st May 2009
Star, the UK’s only business focused ISP, is today officially opening its new multimillion pound, 10,000 square foot Data Centre in Abbeywood, Bristol.
Star’s New ‘Credit Crunch Friendly’ Business Email Service Now Available for UK Enterprises
LONDON, 23rd April 2009
Star, the UK’s only business focussed ISP, has today announced the launch of a new business email service for more demanding UK organisations.
Business only ISP launches super fast, next generation, 24MBps broadband service
LONDON, 18th March 2009
Star, the UK’s only business focused ISP, has announced today that it has launched a 24 Mbps broadband service; ADSL 2+.
Apex Computers partners with Star to provide hosting and connectivity services to small and medium UK businesses
Gloucester 3rd March, 2009
Star, the UK’s only dedicated business ISP, has announced today that it has been honoured in the Real Business - Cisco Customer Kings Awards.
Star launches new Data Centre to support Cloud Computing Roadmap
London 24th February, 2009
Star, the UK’s only business focused ISP, has announced today that it will be opening a new multi-million pound, 10,000 square foot data centre in Bristol, to expand its portfolio of managed and co-location facilities.
Star Launches Hosted Microsoft Exchange 2007 Service for SMBs
Gloucester, 1st December, 2008
Star, the UK’s largest independent business ISP, has announced the launch of a Hosted Microsoft Exchange 2007 service, providing SMBs with instant access to a fully supported, secure and feature-rich email service at a predictable monthly cost and without the need for any capital expenditure. More>
Star Appoints New CEO to Head Company Expansion
Gloucester, 24th November 2008
Star, the UK’s largest independent business ISP, has appointed Ricky Hudson as CEO to lead the company through its next period of growth. Joining the company from MLL Telecom Ltd, he brings with him a wealth of experience in sales, business development, general management and operations as well as extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and Pre-IPO activity within the ISP and Telecoms markets More> |
| Team behind MessageLabs to set up investment fund |
| London, October 28th, 2008 |
| The team behind MessageLabs, and a number of other successful technology companies, has today launched Notion Capital, an investment vehicle and advisory business that aims to help accelerate the growth of technology businesses. |
| More > |
| |
| How IT can support your business, reduce costs and increase productivity |
| London, UK, October 9th, 2008 |
|
Star, the UK’s largest independent business ISP, has announced a regional event for small to medium sized businesses. The event, to be held in London on the 29th October 2008, will highlight the issues facing SMBs in the current economic climate and how they can effectively and efficiently utilise IT within their businesses to confront the downturn. |
| |
| Symantec to Acquire MessageLabs |
| October, 2008 |
|
Symantec announced its intention to acquire MessageLabs. The acquisition of MessageLabs, originally born out of Star, marks a significant milestone in Star's history and demonstrates the success of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model for security and Star's innovation pedigree. |
| More > |
| |
| Dragons to help SMBs fight economic downturn at Star IT forums |
|
| London, UK, October 9th, 2008 |
|
Star, the UK’s largest independent business ISP, has announced a regional event for small to medium sized businesses. The event, to be held in London on the 29th, October 2008, will highlight the issues facing SMBs in the current economic climate and how they can effectively and efficiently utilise IT within their businesses to confront the downturn. |
| More > |
| |
| Star launches secure, managed private network service for small and mid-sized businesses |
| London, September 25th, 2008 |
| Star, the UK’s largest independent business ISP, is launching a new managed private network service, Netstar IP. The new service offers small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) a single provider for managed voice and data services at an affordable monthly fee. Connection to Star’s next generation network offers companies the chance for office based, remote and mobile workers to access their internal IT systems, data and applications over a secure, resilient network connection. |
| More > |
| |
| How IT can support your business, reduce costs and increase productivity |
| Manchester, UK, September 23rd, 2008 |
| Star, the UK’s largest independent business ISP, has announced a regional event for small to medium sized businesses. The event, to be held in Manchester on 2nd October 2008, will highlight the issues facing SMBs in the current economic climate and how they can effectively and efficiently utilise IT within their businesses to confront the downturn. |
| |
|
Manchester-based Internet Service Provider Star announces record sales and launches seminar to help local companies thrive in the economic downturn |
| Manchester, September 8th, 2008 |
| Manchester-based Star, the UK’s largest independent business ISP, is on the move. Following another year of consistent growth, the company has secured additional investment from Barclays Bank to the sum of £4.5 million and has moved to prestigious new offices in Salford Quays. As other companies are battening down the hatches to wait out the tough economic climate, Star is planning for further expansion on the back of record sales. |
| More > |
| |
| New Consultancy and hosting service allows SMBs to protect vital applications from unplanned downtime |
| London, August 7th, 2008 |
| Star, the UK's largest independent business ISP, is today launching its Critical Switch re-direction service to enable vital business applications to continue to function in the event of an unplanned server outage. The service includes a package of consultancy from business continuity experts Business Protection Systems International (BPSI) - to offer practical advice in developing a business continuity plan - and a suite of hosting services from Star to enable small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to guarantee continuous availability of key applications, like e-commerce sites, at a monthly price point from just £225 per month. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|