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Re Contract Win
Re Contract Win.
About this update from Iomart Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n Iomart Group PLC\n12 January 2006\n\n\n Iomart Group plc\n Netintelligence contract win\n\niomart Group plc ('iomart') today announces that it has signed a five year\ncontract to supply its Netintelligence online security and parental control\nsoftware to MTA Inc., a US ISP based in Washington State and Alaska. The deal,\nconservatively valued at US$500,000 over the five years will commence in\nFebruary 2006. MTA will be offering Netintelligence as a core part of their\ninternet service. All customers will receive anti-virus and anti-spyware as\nstandard and will be able to upgrade to full firewall and parental controls,\nincluding Instant messaging and peer to peer control, web blocking and time\ncontrols for a small monthly fee.\n\nMTA has annual revenue of approximately US$80 million and currently has 45,000\ncustomers.\n\nAn MTA spokesman said, 'We selected Netintelligence because they offered a very\nsimple to use product that covered off all the right security and internet\nsafety bases, whilst reducing support costs by increasing the number of\nprotected customers on our network. There is no doubt in our minds that the\nNetintelligence solution is the only surefire way to do this right.'\n\nAngus MacSween, chief executive of iomart commented 'This is the first\n'bundling' contract with an ISP, where the Netintelligence product is delivered\nas part of the basic internet service, guaranteeing usage and revenues.\nNegotiations are ongoing with a number of other national and international\norganisations for similar deals.\n\n'Recent wins for the new hosted Netintelligence services through other channels\ninclude Royal Mint, Companies House, William Grant and Bett Homes.\n\n'The increasing acceptance of the Netintelligence web based end point approach\nto security is encouraging, with a growing number of pilots and evaluations\nunderway.'\n\n\n\nEnquiries:\nAngus MacSween, Chief Executive Telephone: 0141 931 6400\n\n\n\n\n This information is provided by RNS\n The company news service from the London Stock Exchange\n \n ","length":2313,"tagName":"div"}]