Financial service firm Friends Provident hasoutsourcedthe support of its 760
servers in the UK to ensure support for its entire range of
products.
The company has a wide range of products to corporates and
consumers such as life protection, income protection, pensions and
investment product, which all need to be supported by computer
systems.
The agreement with
IT service provider Deverill ensures that all product engines
are supported by one company.
Oliver Berry, server infrastructure manager at Friends
Provident, said the servers are business critical and careful
consideration had to be made when choosing a partner. "Our server
infrastructure powers our business" he said.