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Follow on Google News |  iB Management Solutions partners with Commensus to help car dealerships benefit from Cloud ComputingiB Management Solutions and Commensus Plc are teaming up to introduce the benefits of cloud computing to the UK’s automotive dealership community.
By: Simon Bennett, Agility PR Ltd Cloud computing is a relatively new concept which sees businesses using technology as a service, via the internet. Rather than hosting a traditional back-office server, cloud computing enables businesses to host their information off-site via the internet on a fully secure, scalable and resilient platform. According to industry analyst house TechMarketView, the UK market for cloud computing services is set to double by 2012 to £1.2 billion. By using hosted data servers car dealerships eliminate the vulnerability of in-house computer server failure – whether this is as a result of physical hardware failure or other factors such as fire, flood or theft. Car dealerships are similar to many other organisations that are now very reliant on key business-critical IT systems to keep their businesses operational. Any IT disruption costs time and money. Many businesses are also looking to cloud computing to reduce their costs, increase data storage capacity and gain access to the latest software applications. Using Commensus Plc, customers pay a fixed monthly subscription only for the services that they use, allowing customers to add or reduce the amount of data usage as required. Buying IT as a service eliminates capital-intensive hardware upgrades and switches IT expenditure to operational budgets. iB Management Solutions, together with Commensus Plc, will offer cloud computing services to automotive dealerships catering for all their server requirements. This is particularly useful to eTag key management system customers as it reduces upfront capital expenditure associated with the purchase of eTag. It also delivers a robust data storage solution for the business critical transactions generated by the solution. It guarantees system uptime and most importantly helps to deliver return on investment much faster. Paul Smith, managing director of iB Management Solutions, commented: “Dealers which invest in a sophisticated solution like eTag want to see positive returns from Day One. We can now make this more visible, validating the business decision even faster. In addition, we will provide our existing customer base of eTag networked key management customers with a special offer: we will work with Commensus to provide free evaluations to see if they would benefit from cloud computing solutions. Paul Smith added: “As a provider of key management systems which uses IT networks and servers within car dealerships, I know that many dealers are making decisions whether to upgrade their IT infrastructure through investing in new servers, software and networks. Solutions from Commensus provide a very attractive option to eliminate the burden of in-house upgrading, maintenance and support, and also allow dealers to enjoy flexibility to tailor services to their exact requirements. “We are very excited to be partnering with Commensus and will be announcing further partnerships throughout the year which will give our customers access to exclusive offers and enhancements to the eTag Key Management solution.” Steven Fenn, managing director of Commensus Plc, responded: “We are excited about our partnership with iB Management Solutions, as we believe we can really help car dealerships to deliver a more secure, robust, cost effective and flexible approach to IT delivery. Commensus is renowned for providing the most advanced hosted IT services available through our investment in cutting-edge IT infrastructure and our partnerships with leading IT vendors. Our commitment to unrivalled support ensures that our services are delivered to the best possible standards. We look forward to talking to car dealerships about what we can deliver for them.” About iB Management Solutions iB Management Solutions is an expert provider of end-to-end key management solutions and other systems for automotive dealerships. iB Management Solutions’ eTag Key Management System offers networked key management solutions to 40 per cent of the Mercedes-Benz network and 30 per cent of the BMW network in the UK. Customers include Porsche Retail Group, Mercedes-Benz Retail, BMW Park Lane, Essex Auto Group and Sytner Group. iB is also an expert provider of CIAS (Cencon Automation IVR Solution) to security companies such as Sunwin Cash Processing. CIAS provides an automated telephone interactive voice response (IVR) service to security companies who need to distribute ATM lock codes to their crews in order to replenish and service ATMs. For more information, visit www.ibmanagementsolutions.co.uk About Commensus plc Commensus Plc is the UK’s premier Cloud Computing provider, specialising in supplying the best virtual IT solutions for business through our award winning platform. Combining unrivalled support with knowledge in all aspects of virtual hosting, business continuity and data security, your business could save money by hosting your servers with Commensus. Contact us today on 020 8661 4650 or visit www.commensus.com For more information about iB Management Solutions, please contact: Paul Smith, Managing Director, iB Management Solutions Limited Tel: 0845 2255183. Email: www.contactib.com For more information about Commensus Plc, please contact: Paul Bolton, Channel Manager, Commensus Plc Tel: 020 8661 4712. Email: www.commensus.com For all iB Management Solutions media enquiries, please contact: Miles Clayton / Simon Bennett, Agility PR Limited Tel: 01992 586 190. Email: # # # iB Management Solutions is an expert provider of end-to-end key management solutions and other systems for automotive dealerships. iB also provides CIAS (Cencon Automation IVR Solution), an IVR service to distribute ATM lock codes. End
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