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Hosting and cloud infrastructure provider Daily Internet has announced its subsidiary Netplan has entered into contracts worth approximately £440,000 with builders merchant MP Moran & Sons Ltd.
The deal will see Netplan provide a fully managed Private Cloud solution for the London-based merchant.
The engagement commences immediately and comprises of an initial contract for £24,500 for the provision of consultancy services related to the system migration and a monthly recurring revenue contract of £11,540 over the 36 month minimum term of the contract.
These contracts represent the first of several projects currently being worked on to come to fruition as of a result of the Netplan partnership with Q4Ex, which the two companies were working on prior to the acquisition of Q4Ex during December 2014.
The Group hopes to announce further contract wins within the merchant market.
Kevin Moran, director of M P Moran & Sons Ltd, said: “Whilst we have substantial experience of cloud delivered services, we decided to review our current cloud solution to ensure we are receiving the full business benefits that this technology can offer.
“With this key objective in mind, the specialist service offered by Netplan stood head and shoulders above all the other providers. I am sure Netplan’s value proposition and industry knowledge will provide the scope, flexibility and assurance that we as a company require and trust.”
Arthur Duffy, managing director of Netplan, said he was “delighted” to provide the merchant with its fully managed cloud infrastructure solution.
He said: “We believe that our offering is unrivalled in this merchant sector, due to the breadth and depth of experience and expertise that we offer across all aspects of infrastructure, communications, applications and industry knowledge, from a single provider. The ‘total’ solution to be implemented provides M P Moran & Sons Ltd. with the required levels of resilience, reliability and resources required to assist in its ongoing growth.”
