Telstra Limited, one of the UK’s leading alternative business telephony and internet suppliers, in conjunction with its partner Comunica Ltd, have secured a Co-location hosting contract with the International law firm, Denton Wilde Sapte.

Denton Wilde Sapte’s mission critical data will now be managed at Telstra Limited’s Docklands-based hosting centre. The company will benefit from improved Disaster Recovery capabilities and reduced IT data administration and costs.

Denton Wilde Sapte has recently moved from two London office sites to one and took the opportunity to review its IT infrastructure. As part of the move the firm decided to upgrade its IT infrastructure and replace its in-house Disaster Recovery solution with a specialist hosting solution from Telstra Limited.

The firm has taken 82 square metres of co-location space at Telstra Limited’s Docklands site and has the capacity to add further servers to their private suite as its data storage requirements evolve.Denton Wilde Sapte will benefit from the reduced costs of not having to maintain its original in-house Disaster Recovery solution, improved security by having its mission critical data hosted off-site and superior levels of service and flexibility, such as the provision for scalable levels of bandwidth as required.

Neil Pamment, Director of IT Services at Denton Wilde Sapte says that, “improved data security and ease of access were fundamental considerations in choosing to outsource the firm's data centre to Telstra Limited. We now have Disaster Recovery capabilities that are more robust, an IT infrastructure that is more efficient, enabling us to work safe in the knowledge that our mission critical data is housed in first class, state of the art facilities. Telstra Limited understood our business needs and addressed them in a short deadline which greatly impressed us.”

The contract is being deployed in conjunction with Comunica Ltd who, as a member of Telstra Limited’s channel accreditation programme, receives dedicated support that enables them to seamlessly provide their clients with a co-location hosting facility that compliments Comunica Ltd’s IT Service offering. Telstra Limited worked closely with Comunica Ltd using its “Sell With” partnership model which also enabled Denton Wilde Sapte to benefit from a flexible and rapid service with direct access to Telstra Limited specialists whenever required.

Rick Marshall, Managing Director of IT Service Provider Comunica Ltd said, “As part of our consultancy role we identified that a managed hosting centre best fitted the needs of our client Denton Wilde Sapte. We recommended Telstra Limited due to their depth of experience and enlightened “Sell With” approach. Telstra Limited was able to support us with its product experts to help develop a suitable proposition for Denton Wilde Sapte and they provided easy access to technical and after-sales support throughout the whole process, which has been to the mutual benefit of all parties involved.”

David Thorn, CEO of Telstra Limited concluded, “The legal profession, like all UK professional services firms, is under considerable business and regulatory pressure and the protection and security of their client information is critical. Telstra Limited is delighted to be working with Denton Wilde Sapte to help it meet its data management challenges.”

For more details of Telstra Limited’s Indirect Channel Accreditation Programme please contact Ben Le Feuvre, Sales Manager Indirect Channels, on +44 0207 965 8953.

Media Contacts:

Telstra Limited

Peter Fitzpatrick, hbl media, 020 7612 1830 / peter@hblmedia.com

Kathryn Hughes, hbl media, 020 7612 1830 / kathryn@hblmedia.com

Denton Wilde Sapte

Philip Clark, 020 7320 6017 / philip.clark@dentonwildesapte.com

Comunica Ltd

Neil Stinchcombe, Eskenzi PR, 020 8449 1007 / neil@eskenzipr.com

Notes to Editors:

Telstra Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telstra Corporation Limited (ASX:TLS). Operational in Europe for over 14 years, Telstra offers an extensive range of voice and data services including total managed network solutions using Global IP-VPN (MPLS), Internet, ATM, Frame Relay, Private Lines, hosting and co-location services and enhanced voice solutions to medium sized business and multinational corporations in the UK. Additional value added services include fully managed CPE, network reporting, consulting, planning, project management, service tools, which enable customers to monitor and view their network status 24x7 and customer support seven days a week.

Delivering connectivity business solutions, value-added services and complex managed IP solutions, Telstra Limited’s portfolio is complemented by its independently-owned and managed switched network. Switches are located in London, Birmingham and Manchester working alongside 14 co-location points throughout the UK. Additionally, state-of-the-art, resilient data centres are located in London, Docklands, Cambridge and Sunderland.

Parent company, Telstra Corporation Limited, is a full service global telecommunications company.

Telstra's Co-location Hosting service offers companies a real alternative to housing e-business infrastructure internally. We offer a wide choice of rackspace, fully managed suites and scalable levels of bandwidth. Your servers will be housed at Telstra's purpose-built state-of-the-art datacentres in London and Cambridge, which are connected directly to the high speed, fully redundant Telstra backbone.

Further information can be found at:www.telstra.co.uk/products-and-services/hosting/co-location-hosting

About Denton Wilde Sapte

Denton Wilde Sapte is an international law firm with offices spanning the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Russia and Central Asia. We provide a full range of commercial legal services to leading organisations across four core sectors: Financial Institutions; Energy, Transport & Infrastructure; Real Estate & Retail; and Technology, Media & Telecoms.

About Comunica Ltd

Comunica Ltd is a leading IT service provider enabling companies across Europe to achieve their business potential.

Comunica Ltd combines recognised technical expertise with practical business knowledge in design, implementation, support and outsourcing requirements to create high quality, integrated solutions which maximise ROI.

Comunica Ltd invests in the pro-active education of its customers in order that they have the knowledge and understanding to make intelligent investment decisions. It develops genuine partnerships with its clients, taking ownership of projects and providing expert, independent advice to deliver optimum solutions.

Comunica Ltd was established in 1986 and today its customers include Bank of America, British Energy, CMS Cameron McKenna, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, BP, Merrill Lynch, Michael Page, O2, Toyota and, WHSmith News. It has its headquarters in Middlesex and additional offices in Stockport and the City of London.Comunica Ltd is a privately held company whose investors include 3i.For more information visit www.comunica.co.uk