Attenda Limited, the Always On Managed Services company, today announced that it has been awarded the Best Managed Services Provider for the second year in a row, at the Data Centres Europe Awards 2008 ceremony, part of the Data Centres Europe 2008 Conference.

The Data Centres Europe Awards aim to recognise leadership, innovation and value creation in the data centre and managed services sector. The 2008 Best Managed Services Provider award, voted for by clients, partners and industry peers, acknowledges Attenda’s high levels of client service and satisfaction, demonstrating true leadership in managed services.

The Award winners were announced at the industry’s annual Data Centres Europe dinner which took place on the evening of 10th April 2008, at the InterContinental Park Lane Hotel, during the Data Centres Europe Conference.

“Nominations were of an outstanding calibre,” commented Tim Anker, vice-chairman of the Judges Panel, and founder of The Colocation Exchange. “However, the panel worked exhaustively to determine the quality of the response given by the companies competing and the shortlist reflects the results of these efforts. Data Centres Europe is the key regional event in the sector and winning companies will no doubt be able to leverage brand and marketing benefits from these prestigious industry awards.”

Mark Fowle, CEO of Attenda commented “To retain this award for the second year running is testament to our continued investment in outstanding people, leading technologies and best practice operational processes. Together these make our operational platform, Attenda M.O., completely unique, enabling us to deliver the unparalleled levels of service, client satisfaction and operational efficiency that are recognised in this award.”

Commenting on their partnership with Attenda, Chris Robinson, IT Director Davis Langdon adds, “Attenda has proved to be a trusted partner in managing our SAP systems. They have to provided an service excellence, enabling us to continue to optimise the operation and support of our IT environment, and provide the agility that we need to adapt to our changing business needs.”

Summing up Fowle once again accredited the award to the team at Attenda. “Our people are our greatest asset and set us apart from other managed service providers. They all share the passion that represents our whole corporate ethos and it is a great accolade to see their efforts have been rewarded for the second year running”.

In March 2008, Attenda was awarded VMware’s EMEA Hosting Partner of the Year at VMworld Europe 2008.