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Iomart Wins Cloud Storage Treble!
RapidSwitch's parent company iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM), has picked up its third major industry award in the space of two weeks after winning the award for Private Clo...
Third Hosting Award in 2 Weeks!
RapidSwitch's parent company iomart does a Bayern and clinches the Treble: 2 Domestic and 1 European trophies in the past 14 days. The iomart Group was named the Best P...
RapidSwitch Parent Company Iomart Launches 2013 Sports Campaign
iomart Group Launches 2013 Sports Campaign GB Youth Basketball and Football Teams to Benefit from Host Your Kit Click the link to rea...
RapidSwitch And Geo Win Global Telecoms Business Award For Private Fibre Network
RapidSwitch's parent company Iomart and dedicated fibre network provider Geo Networks Ltd (Geo) have won the prestigious...
Second Award In Under 48 Hours
RapidSwitch's parent company Iomart picks up a second major industry award in 48 hours. Iomart was given the Best Email Archiving and Compliance service award at last n...
New Debian version Linux 7.0 available at RapidSwitch
RapidSwitch has become one of the first UK hosting companies to offer Debian 7.0, the major new core Linux distribution. Code named Wheezy, Debian...
iomart lands on UK Public Sector G-Cloud
Scottish cloud and managed services company selected as supplier of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS RapidSwitch's parent company iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM), one of the UK...
RapidSwitch provides dedicated hosting for global online recycling marketplace
RapidSwitch, is providing dedicated hosting for a new B2B online marketplace which is changing the face of the global trad...
RapidSwitch offers free cloud backup for World Backup Day
RapidSwitch, part of leading UK cloud company iomart Group plc, is celebrating World Backup Day by giving away 10GB of FREE premium cloud backu...
PageTiger roars into 2013 with dedicated hosting from RapidSwitch
PageTiger, the fastest growing online publishing platform in the UK, has credited the server hosting provided by RapidSwitch for helpin...
iomart Group plc expects pre-tax profits to top £10 million
RapidSwitch parent company credits growth in adoption of cloud services for positive trading update RapidSwitch parent company, UK cloud com...
RapidSwitch parent iomart joins EMC Velocity Service Provider Program
RapidSwitch parent company iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM) has been chosen by EMC to join its Velocity Service Provider Program. EMC bu...
RapidSwitch offers free cloud workshops
RapidSwitch has launched an 'open doors' programme to help business people in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire understand what cloud services are all about. We are...
iomart Group Plc is top Managed Service Provider in Europe
RapidSwitch parent company, iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM) has been named as Europe's top Managed Services Provider in the annual MSPmentor list w...
RapidSwitch goes 16-core Crazy with Intel Xeon E5 CPUs
UK dedicated hosting company offers high density private cloud platforms RapidSwitch, a UK market leader in designing, deploying and provisioning...
iomart Group invests in expansion of Maidenhead data centre
RapidSwitch parent company iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM), today announced a positive set of consolidated half yearly results for the period ende...
RapidSwitch goes Hyper for Windows Server 2012
RapidSwitch has become one of the first UK hosting companies to offer Windows Server 2012 to its customers. The much-awaited new operating system, incorp...
RapidSwitch Strengthens Cloud Backup-as-a-Service Offering with EMC Avamar
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced that RapidSwitch's parent company iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM) is provisioning the E...
Web hosting directory chooses RapidSwitch as one of its 2012 Top Web Hosts
Web hosting directory chooses RapidSwitch as one of its 2012 Top Web Hosts RapidSwitch is delighted to announce that it has b...
iomart Group wins Outstanding Performance in Business Growth award
RapidSwitch is proud to announce that its parent company iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM), has won the award for Outstanding Performance in ...
RapidSwitch helps international live streaming company bloom in Arab Spring
Livestation, the largest aggregator of live streaming television news, has credited the dedicated hosting it gets from RapidS...
RapidSwitch goes Kommando for UK’s biggest gaming festival
RapidSwitch is going Kommando for the UK's biggest gaming festival which takes place this weekend.We're sponsoring Unitedkommandos, one of the...
RapidSwitch parent company iomart Group is crowned Scottish PLC of the Year
RapidSwitch is delighted to announce that parent company iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM), has been crowned Scottish PLC of the Yea...
FREE Backup for World Backup Day
RapidSwitch, a leading European supplier of self-managed dedicated server solutions, is celebrating World Backup Day by giving away 10GB of premium cloud backup space f...
RapidSwitch reports over 90% customer satisfaction results
More than 90% of customers who use RapidSwitch, a leading European supplier of self-managed dedicated server solutions, have reported good to ...
RapidSwitch supports world’s first dedicated server environment for Joomla
A UK hosting company that offers the world's first dedicated server environment for Joomla! has praised RapidSwitch for suppor...
RapidSwitch celebrates Plancake Day
RapidSwitch is providing a dedicated hosting platform for Plancake, award-winning SaaS that helps people organise their lives better. Plancake is a new task managem...
New Hex-Core Extreme Package
RapidSwitch, a leading European supplier of self-managed dedicated server solutions, has announced an HP-branded ‘Extreme’ package for customers who want more processing po...
Scottish Digital IT Company of the Year
Cloud computing and managed hosting leader wins top prize at ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards RapidSwitch's parent company, iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM), has ...
Core i7 Dedicated Servers Available
RapidSwitch is now offering a special-offer on Core i7 servers. Intel’s Core i7-920 CPUs are designed and built with the high-end user in mind. With four cores, 8MB ...
Data Centre Update
We've recently completed the fit of the next stage of our Maidenhead data centre, adding 8,000 servers of additional capacity. Please view the updated data centre tour for a video to...
VMware Dedicated Servers
Due to increasing demand from our clients for cloud hosting and virtualisation services, we have responded to this demand by launching a VMware-ready dedicated server range. Th...
Leicester full racks
We have a data centre in Leicester, and today are announcing a new full rack service there. This is the first time such a service has been offered, and we're pleased to announce ex...
SSL Certificates
Today we announce that SSL certificates from Verisign and Geotrust are now available through RapidSwitch. Existing clients can buy certificates through their MyServers control panel, w...
Domain Registration
We are delighted to announce that domain registration is now available through RapidSwitch. Existing clients can register domains through our MyServers control panel, with all the p...
RapidSwitch puts clients in control with API
RapidSwitch Ltd has today announced that it is introducing a new application programming interface (API) into its renowned control panel MyServers which wil...
New Quad Core server range
We've launched a new range of quad core servers today, at the most competitive prices in the UK. These are available to buy now, check out our dedicated servers page for more...
Data Centre Operator of the Year!
iomart Hosting, the parent company of RapidSwitch, is delighted to announce that it has been named Data Centre Operator of the Year 2009 in the annual 'Storrie' awards...
iomart accelerates managed hosting growth with acquisition of RapidSwitch
iomart group has today acquired the entire issued share capital of RapidSwitch Limited, a leading managed hosting provider and ...
New Data Centre Operational
We are delighted to announce that our new data centre, Spectrum House, went operational last month. This data centre project was started in July 2007, and gives us 14,000 sq...
Colocation Pricing
We have reviewed our colocation pricing to take into account the new range of energy efficient servers available. We have changed the pricing for our colocation package, reducing the...
VPS Offer Extended
We are delighted at the success of our introductory VPS offer. Since the launch of the service in January, we have installed hundreds of virtual servers for both existing clients and...
Virtual Servers Launched!
We are delighted to announce the launch of our virtual server platform today, introducing a new service to our clients. Our VPS (virtual private servers) give the flexibility ...
RapidSwitch Wins Award
We are pleased to announce that RapidSwitch have won the hosting award for Windows Servers for January 2009 from the Dedicated Server Directory. We would like to thank all of our...
Plesk Control Panel Launched
The industry-leading Plesk control panel is now available to order on our range of dedicated servers. As part of our launch of this new control panel, we are providing the ...
RapidSwitch hosts 4th largest number of popular UK websites
Netcraft, the industry-leader in Internet data-mining, has recently published a survey of the busiest one million websites. This information ...
Change of Address
We have moved offices! Our Priors Way office continues to operate but as a solely technical office. Our admin and sales teams are now based at: Spectrum House, Clivemont Road, Maidenh...
Deloitte recognises RapidSwitch success
RapidSwitch, a UK dedicated and managed hosting company, has won an award as one of the ten fastest growing technology companies in the UK. Deloitte & Touche LLP...
Ubuntu and 64 bit Linux available
Our range of dedicated servers is now available with Ubuntu and 64 bit Linux distributions. You can select these new operating system choices on the order page just as...
42U Racks Available
We are pleased to announce that further stock of full racks is available. These had been sold out for the last few months, but we have acquired additional capacity for our clients. ...
24 hour setup on High End servers
In a further enhancement of our services, we're excited to announce that most configurations of our high end server range are available for setup within 24 hours now. ...
New Data Centre
RapidSwitch, a leading supplier of dedicated servers and one of the fastest growing hosting companies in the UK, is building a new data centre with a 20,000 server capacity, to meet gro...
RapidSwitch installs 5,000th server!
We are pleased to announce that on 18th June 2008 we put live our 5,000th server, less than a year after we crossed the 3,000 server milestone in October 2007. We w...
June Free Setup Offer
RapidSwitch now hosts over 4,000 servers and has consequently secured a fantastic opportunity for new and existing clients alike. As part of RapidSwitch's ongoing growth and dedi...
Powerful New Servers Introduced
From 22nd April 2008, RapidSwitch now offers a new range of Dedicated Servers to respond to the demand of virtualisation services and processor-intensive applications. T...
Additional 10 Gig Connectivity
As we reported in November 2007, our clients enjoy the UK's fastest network. Our policy of continual improvement has brought our total connectivity to over 90 gigabits pe...
New Recovery and Reinstall Service
We are pleased to announce the availability of a new service for all of our clients. This recovery and reinstall service enables advanced console-level access to your...
Windows Server 2008 launched
RapidSwitch are among the first hosting service providers worldwide to announce the release of Windows Server 2008. The operating system is now available for order on our w...
New 8GB RAM Server
We have launched a new server on our standard line up, which offers 8GB RAM. This is a Quad Core system, and available with a range of operating systems. Please go to our Dedicated S...
RapidSwitch supports Help for Heroes
Today saw RapidSwitch sponsor a team at a charity event in aid of Help for Heroes. The Help for Heroes charity supports our servicemen who have been wounded in serv...
New 10,000 GB bandwidth offer
From 11th January 2008 until 11th March 2008, we are offering 10,000 GB bandwidth as standard with our dedicated servers. This exceptional bandwidth volume is available fr...
RapidSwitch consolidates brands
We have recently completed a consolidation of our brands. The RapidSwitch brand represents our core values of performance, reliability and value, and so we have merged a...
RapidSwitch clients enjoy UK's fastest network
Independent network testing site SpeedTest.net rates RapidSwitch as having the third fastest network in the world, second fastest in Europe, and fastest i...
Same-day Setup
RapidSwitch are pleased to announce that as of 19th November 2007, many services are now available with same-day setup for no extra fee. Due to advances in our procedures and staffing le...
RapidSwitch installs 3,000th server!
RapidSwitch are delighted to announce that on 9th October 2007 we put live our 3,000th server. We would like to thank all of our clients, both existing and new, for...
Additional 10G Connectivity
We have recently upgraded our network by changing our connection to Teleglobe from gigabit to 10 gigabit. This brings our total connectivity to 68 GBits, and we continue to ...
Black Cat Networks
On 13th July, RapidSwitch acquired Black Cat Networks Ltd (BCN), a well-known supplier of colocation and hosting services. BCN will be integrated into the RapidSwitch business over t...
New Website
Our website, which was last revamped in January 2004 has undergone a major redesign by one of our clients, Further Online. We'd like to thank them for all their hard work, and invite any co...
Change of Postal Address
Please note the location of our office has changed. All telephone and other contact details remain the same. The new postal address is displayed on the Contact Us page.
Free KVMoIP
We are pleased to announce that from today onwards, we are offering a free keyboard, video and mouse over IP (KVMoIP) service to all dedicated server and colocation clients. This means our ...
New Telephone Number
We are pleased to announce that we have a new telephone number, which is 0808 238 0033. This is a freephone number, and replaces our old national rate number of 08700 49 49 49. The...
24/7 On-site support
We announced some time ago that we would shortly be offering 24/7 email and ticket support, in addition to the 24/7 telephone support we have always offered. We have been taking on...
New Private Data Centre
RapidSwitch today launched a state of the art private data centre in Berkshire, to serve its growing roster of managed hosting, dedicated server, co-location and IP customers. ...
New Quad-Core Servers
We have recently launched a new range of Intel Xeon Quad Core servers, giving our clients the choice to have an extremely high-performance single CPU server solution. These are av...
New connectivity with Global Crossing
Today, RapidSwitch announced the installation of a new gigabit link to Global Crossing, one of the largest IP carriers in the world. This new connection is active ...
LINX 10Gig Connectivity
This week we continued our network speed enhancements and upgraded our LINX connectivity to a 10 Gigabit ethernet port. We have over 50 Gigabits of external connectivity, and ou...
Christmas 2006 & New Year 2007 Telephone Hours
Technical support will run as normal over the holiday period apart from the following public holidays which will be emergency telephone support only: 25t...
Tiscali 10Gig Connectivity
This week we upgraded our Tiscali connectivity to a 10 Gigabit ethernet port, representing the forefront of ethernet technology. We are one of the first ISPs to have this lev...
New connectivity to AMSIX
We have recently connected to AMSIX, the Amsterdam Internet Exchange at gigabit speeds. We are adding peerings quickly at AMSIX, to optimise traffic flow and increase performa...
Bank Holiday - Reduced Telephone Hours
Over the Bank Holiday we will be running reduced telephone operating hours. There will be no telephone sales during this period, and support will for critical pro...
1000th Server Live
During the last quarter we hit a milestone by installing our 1,000th server. We have already pushed well past this landmark now and are looking forward to the next milestone of 10,00...
May Bank Holiday Telephone Hours
Over the May Bank Holiday we will be running reduced telephone operating hours. There will be no telephone sales during this period, and support will for critical probl...
New connectivity Deutsche Telekom
This week we are connecting a new carrier to our network. Deutsche Telekom, the German incumbent operator with an extensive IP network that we will benefit from. This ...
Easter Telephone Hours
Over the Easter holidays we will be running reduced telephone operating hours. There will be no telephone sales during this period, and support will for critical problemswill be ...
Additional UK peering capacity
RapidSwitch has become the newest member at LonAP, connecting with two gigabit interfaces in diverse locations; the Sovereign House and Harbour Exchange facilities.
Christmas 2005 & New Year Telephone Hours
Over the holidays we will be running reduced telephone operating hours. There will be no telephone sales during this period, and support will be available by o...
UK peering capacity increased
Today RapidSwitch increased the capacity substantially to the London peering exchange XChangePoint from 100mbit to 1000mbit. Clients are already starting to see the benefi...
New connectivity partner
Today we added a new connectivity partner to our network. Tiscali International, the operator of one of Europe’s most respected networks. We have 2 gigabits of connectivity to ...
Bank Holiday Telephone Hours
Over the August bank holiday we will be running reduced telephone operating hours. There will be no telephone sales during this period, and support will be available by our...
London NOC expanded
RapidSwitch increased its NOC capability in Sovereign House. An increase in the office floor space available ratified Sovereign House as RapidSwitch’s primary point of presence wher...
New address for postal correspondence
The address we use for all correspondence has changed. Please do not send any mail to the Southampton or Sevenoaks PO boxes, as these will cease to be used shortl...
Network capacity upgrades
RapidSwitch are pleased to announce further network capacity upgrades. Both our NewNet and Level3 connections have been upgraded to gigabit.
Change in company name
We have changed the registered name of our company from 49services Ltd to RapidSwitch Ltd. We will continue to operate under the RapidSwitch brand, but you will notice the Rapid...
Christmas 2004 & New Year Telephone Hours
Over the holidays we will be running reduced telephone operating hours. There will be no telephone sales during this period, and support will be available by o...
Network Enhancements
Today RapidSwitch announced substantial improvements to the stability and speed of the network. The shift to a three-tier switched network will bring significant gains to network t...
New Data Centre
We are happy to announce today finalisation of a deal that will see RapidSwitch establish Redbus Sovereign House as our core data centre. In a substantial deal, RapidSwitch has taken a ...
RapidSwitch Launches New Packages
Today saw RapidSwitch launch three new virtual hosting packages, targeted at SMEs. These packages have replaced the previous packages and include more features, and a ...
Easter 2004 Telephone Hours
Over the Easter holidays we will be running reduced telephone operating hours. There will be no telephone sales during this period, and support will be available by our onli...
Linux Review Complete
We now recommend all customer choose Debian as the Linux distribution of choice. The thorough review of Linux distributions has been completed for our dedicated customers. After t...
RapidSwitch Add Transit Connection
After extensive planning and examination of our network, we have added a further transit connection at 100mbit speed to NewNet. NewNet are an established UK network p...
New RapidSwitch Website
Today we launched the first redesign of the RapidSwitch web site for two years. We’re extremely pleased with the new look and the site better reflects our new product offerings....
Seasons Greetings
RapidSwitch would like to wish all our customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
RapidSwitch Connect To XChangePoint
In further development of our network, we can announce that today our new Internet peering connection with XChangePoint went live today, and that users of many UK an...
RapidSwitch Change of Postal Address
Please note the location of the RapidSwitch office has changed. This has resulted in no changes other than a different postal address. All telephone and other conta...
RapidSwitch Connect To LIPEX
We are happy to announce that we have expanded our network by connecting to an Internet exchange point, the London-based LIPEX. This allows us to exchange traffic directly ...
Transit Offerings Launched
We have launched our managed network offerings, enabling customers to connect in all three Redbus locations (Harbour Exchange, Meridian Gate, Sovereign House.) Transit speeds...
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