Innovators in Data Centre Technology 2bm Joins the Elite of Sunday Times Tech Track 100

NOTTINGHAM, England, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Nottingham-based 2bm http://www.2bm.co.uk - producer of the highly innovative 2bm iMeter- joins Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 which details Britain's fastest-growing private technology, telecoms and digital media companies.

2bm, an innovator in the provision of data centre products and services, which was founded in 2002 by Directors Mark King and Jason Preston, have seen sales grow by an average of 36% over the last three years with turnover up from 4.5 million pounds Sterling in 2008/09 to 8 million pounds Sterling in 2009/10. Several major new client wins in the past twelve months including a seven-figure account with a Japanese bank, have contributed to these impressive figures. Other customers include IBM, Cable & Wireless, University of London and the Ministry of Defence.

Mark King, Director of 2bm comments, "The success in our business is a direct result of the massive growth in data centre hosting and investment in new and refurbished facilities."

King continues, "We have seen tremendous growth in our business as our clients now want to design and build the most efficient and effective data centres, with server power monitoring and environmental monitoring built in from the outset."

To cope with demand from existing data centres wanting to retrospectively add data centre power monitoring and server power monitoring, 2bm has recently launched the 2bm iMeter - the first product to provide an intelligent, reliable and accurate method of data centre power monitoring without requiring any system downtime. This highly innovative technology can be used at rack level, providing unprecedented insight into energy requirements of servers, Storage Area Networks and switches, as well as the attendant supporting equipment, such as lighting and air conditioning. Uniquely, the 2bm iMeter server power monitoring solution can be implemented without a complete re-fit and whilst allowing normal uninterrupted operation.

Now in its 10th year, The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table, which considers growth over the past three years, is compiled by Fast Track, the UK's leading face to face networking events and research company. It focuses on top performing private companies and entrepreneurs and is sponsored by Microsoft, Barclays Corporate and BDO. Other companies ranked in The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table include such household names as Lovefilm and JustGiving.

King continues, "Making The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table is a great achievement in today's highly competitive technology industry. The inclusion in the league table shows how organisations are beginning to truly understand the importance of maintaining an efficient data centre and putting in place the technology, skills and resources to help reduce power consumption and maximise their IT spend."

About 2bm Limited

Nottingham-based 2bm is an innovator in the provision of data centre products and services, offering UK-wide, complete installation and in-house project management from concept through to completion.  2bm's full service offering is enhanced by its dedicated team of installation engineers who ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget, with minimal disruption to day-to-day data centre operations.

2bm prides itself on the delivery of best practice, focusing on the efficient layout and distribution of IT equipment within the data centre, covering current and future business needs, IT technology trends and their implication on future data centre capacity requirements.

2bm has built its continued success on recommending only best-of-breed solutions. These innovative offerings are based upon a clear understanding of its client's requirements, which are either supplied as part of a strong relationship with strategic business partners or from its own growing portfolio of products like the 2bm iMeter – a highly advanced environmental and power monitoring solution. All these products have been selected because they offer real value for money whilst minimising the impact on the environment - through reduced power requirements and lower carbon emissions.

The majority of 2bm's implementations are in the major conurbations - London, Manchester, and Birmingham – however, from its base in Nottingham it is able to support customers across the whole of the UK maintaining 200+ implementations, which are predominantly in the financial services, education and local government sectors.

2bm's annual revenues grew to over 8 million pounds Sterling in 2009 and have continued to grow by a further 20% in the first six months of 2010.

SOURCE 2bm Limited