LONDON, October 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- BIS Ltd, a leading owner and operator of secure and expertly managed London data centres and outsourced managed IT services, is pleased to announce that their continued successful provision of Ethernet services has earned them a Colt UK Partner of the Year award.

The annual awards are designed to recognise and celebrate Colt's top performing partners, both on a national and pan-European level, and is in addition to BIS' status as one of only five Colt Platinum Partner designations.

Rob Jupp, Director of Colt's Midsize Business Division in the UK, said, We are delighted that BIS and their customers recognise the benefits of our award-winning Ethernet services for their wide area network. These low latency connectivity solutions are easy to manage, scalable and flexible and offer high speed access to business critical applications when and where customers need them.

He continued, BIS has successfully designed and implemented a number of solutions encompassing replicated cloud storage to enable business continuity. Low latency across the network is imperative for these high availability solutions to work. Colt provides BIS with the cost effective, low latency Ethernet connectivity which underpins their solutions for a number of high profile City clients.

David Pyemont, Chairman of BIS Ltd said, We are extremely proud to have been recognised again by Colt. This is testament to all the hard work our staff have put into delivering complex networking and managed services projects. A delay of just one millisecond can significantly impact the effectiveness of our customers' businesses and our solutions take this into consideration.

Colt recently won the Metro Ethernet Forum's EMEA Service Provider of the Year award for the sixth consecutive year, in recognition of its market-leading Ethernet offerings.

About BIS Ltd

BIS is an independently owned, award winning 'Cisco Powered' Managed Services Partner and leading data centre owner operator. BIS has been designing, building and managing IT infrastructure solutions for over 10 years. BIS provides managed services covering colocation, networks, servers, applications and storage and first class support. BIS has tailored their managed services to several hundred clients across a number of sectors including insurance, shipping, finance, legal and media.

For more information please contact Samantha Keating Sales Director, BIS Ltd Tel: +44(0)20-7861-9322 E: skeating@bisdc.com Henny Valder Colt Tel: +44(0)207-947-1610 E: henny.valder@colt.net

SOURCE: BIS Ltd

CONTACT: For more information please contact: Samantha Keating, SalesDirector, BIS Ltd, Tel: +44(0)20-7861-9322, E: skeating@bisdc.com; HennyValder, Colt, Tel: +44(0)207-947-1610, E: henny.valder@colt.net