Pulsant

Pulsant
Private
Industry Information Technology and Services
Founded 1996 (as edNET)
Headquarters Reading, England, United Kingdom
Key people
 Mike Tobin, Pieter Knook, Mark Howling, Graeme MacKenzie, Nigel Shaw, Rob Davis
Brands Pulsant Protect, AMP, Customer Connect
Services Internet services
Number of employees
 400
Website www.pulsant.com

Pulsant is an internet service provider (ISP) in the United Kingdom that focuses on colocation, cloud, managed hosting, and managed network services.[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]

Datacentre locations

Pulsant owns several datacentres across multiple locations throughout the UK. These include three sites in Scotland, Glasgow, South Gyle 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.[11]

Pulsant’s South Gyle facility in Edinburgh hosts IXScotland, Scotland’s first dedicated internet exchange.[12]

Royal Warrant

Pulsant received the Royal Warrant in 2013 as a provider of hosted IT and datacentre services to the British Royal Household. [13]

Accreditations

Pulsant is certified to ISO27001, ISO14001 and ISO9001 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.[14]

In 2013 Pulsant was awarded CSA Star certification for cloud security by the British Standards Institution (BSI Group).[15][16]

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. ↑ "Scotland’s largest commercial data centre set for expansion". Scottish Construction Now. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  12. ↑ Donald, Colin (13 October 2013). "LINX set to revolutionise Scotland's connections with the world". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Member Directory". The Royal Warrant Holders Association. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  14. ↑ "IASME Consortium: Certification Bodies". Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "Client Case Study - Pulsant". BSI Group. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "BSI case study - Pulsant" (PDF). BSI Group. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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