Glasses Direct has signed ahosted
web dealwithNTT Europe Onlineand Sun Microsystems
to cut costs and match its market growth.
Glasses Direct has signed up as a customer of the hosting offer
in the
Sun
Start-Up Essentials (SSE) programme in the UK. As part of the
programme, the online glasses retailer has outsourced the
management of its hosted platform to NTT Europe Online.
The Sun Start-Up Essentials programme is designed to help
start-ups conserve cash, accelerate their development and get up
and running quickly through discounts on a range of both Sun's
systems and services and those of its partners, including managed
hosting provider NTT Europe Online.
"We needed partners who offer the technology and services to
match our growth in the market," said
Derek Colvin, chief technology officer at Glasses Direct.
"As an SME we may lack the perceived brand security of more
established operations, meaning the availability of our site is
more than critical to our business - it's the difference between
success and failure.
"Working with Sun and NTT Europe Online we know we have the
architecturally scalable platform required to ensure the
availability and continuity of our sales revenue," said Colvin.