Pulsant

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Pulsant
TypePrivate
IndustryInformation Technology and Services
Founded1996 (as edNET)
Headquarters
Reading, England
,
United Kingdom
Key people
Rob Coupland, Brad Petzer, Marion Stewart
BrandsPulsant Protect, Customer Connect
ServicesInternet services
Number of employees
400
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.pulsant.com

Pulsant is a provider of datacenter services, colocation, , with a core focus on security, resilience and connectivity.[1]

History[]

Established in 1995 as EdNET, an ISP, the company was rebranded as Lumison in 2004.[2] Lumison was acquired by Bridgepoint Development Capital in 2010[3] and Pulsant was formed in 2011, following the integration of Lumison, a managed service provider; Dedipower, a managed hosting company; and Bluesquare Data, a datacentre operator.[4][5][6]

Pulsant acquired Scottish-based colocation company ScoLocate in 2012.[7]

The company was refinanced by Oak Hill Capital in 2014.[8] In 2015 Pulsant acquired the consulting arm of Spinnaker Red,[9] and in 2016 acquired IT infrastructure services company Onyx.[10]

Pulsant announced in mid 2017 that it completed the acquisition of , a specialist public cloud solution integration[clarification needed] company, with a strong focus on compliance, security and cloud automation.[11][12][13]

Datacentre locations[]

Pulsant owns several datacentres across multiple locations throughout the UK. These include Three sites in Scotland, Edinburgh, South Gyle, Bankhead Medway and Newbridge, as well as six in England; Sheffield, Newcastle, Maidenhead, South London, Milton Keynes and Reading.

The company occupies space in facilities in New York, Dallas, Boston, Amsterdam, Hong Kong and Frankfurt.[14]

Pulsant’s South Gyle facility in Edinburgh hosts IXScotland, Scotland’s first dedicated internet exchange.[15]

Royal Warrant[]

Pulsant received the Royal Warrant in 2013 as a provider of hosted IT and datacentre services to the British Royal Household.[16]

Accreditations[]

Pulsant is certified to ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 across all operations and holds a level 1 PCI-DSS validation for physical security at three of its sites. The company is also a Cyber Essentials Certifying Body, licensed to certify for Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus and IASME governance standard.[17]

In 2013 Pulsant was awarded CSA Star certification for cloud security by the British Standards Institution (BSI Group).[18][19]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "History". Pulsant. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Lumison brand set to be leading light in UK". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. ^ Trendall, Sam (1 November 2010). "Lumison plans buy-and-build spree after Bridgepoint investment". Channel Web. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. ^ Curtis, Sophie (9 March 2012). "Lumison, DediPower and Bluesquare merge to become Pulsant". TechWorld from IDG. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Launch of Pulsant Creates Powerful New IT & Hosting Partner for the UK Mid-Market". PR Newswire (a CISION company). 8 March 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Launch of Pulsant". 8 March 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  7. ^ Staff (20 December 2012). "Pulsant buys out ScoLocate". TechRadar. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  8. ^ Verge, Jason (19 June 2014). "Oak Hill Acquires European Data Center Provider Pulsant". Data Center Knowledge. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  9. ^ Staff, DNC (9 March 2015). "Pulsant acquires the IT consultancy business of Spinnaker Red". DNC: Data Center News. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Pulsant announces acquisition of Onyx and appoints Mike Tobin as chairman". SEP: Scottish Equity Partners. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Pulsant acquires public cloud solution integration company LayerV". SEP: Scottish Equity Partners. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  12. ^ "LayerV is acquired by leading UK hybrid cloud provider Pulsant". LayerV blog. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  13. ^ Lima, João Marques (16 August 2017). "Pulsant Acquires Compliance, Security And Cloud Automation Provider". Data Economy. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Scotland's largest commercial data centre set for expansion". Scottish Construction Now. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  15. ^ Donald, Colin (13 October 2013). "LINX set to revolutionise Scotland's connections with the world". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Member Directory". The Royal Warrant Holders Association. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  17. ^ "IASME Consortium: Certification Bodies". Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  18. ^ "Client Case Study - Pulsant". BSI Group. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  19. ^ "BSI case study - Pulsant" (PDF). BSI Group. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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