Lumison
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Lumison is a UK
Managed Services Provider based in Edinburgh
, Scotland
. It was known as edNET from 1996 to 2004. They primarily offer fully managed network solutions and hosted products to SMEs. Recently their client portfolio has expanded with more large businesses and corporates taking advantage of their national network offerings and colocation in their two geographically diverse data-centres. Their USP is superior technical support, with 24x7 telephone and email assistance at every product's core.
Lumison was founded in Leith
as edNET in 1996, where its head office remains. It rebranded to the name Lumison in August 2004, and opened a 10000 square feet (929 m²) dedicated datacentre on a greenfield
site in Newbridge, Edinburgh
in October 2004 and added a 15000 square feet (1,393.5 m²) London
Datacentre in Croydon, South London in 2008. This has enabled Lumison to provide additional rackspace for managed hosting, dedicated servers, virtualised servers and colocation (colo).
In October 2010, a majority stake in Lumison was acquired by Bridgepoint Development Capital in order to fuel growth from its existing position as a business ISP into a significant player as a mid-market IT services firm in the UK.
Lumison is ISO9001 and ISO27001 certified.
powered IP backbone and Cisco
switching fabric in its datacentres and PoPs (see below). It operates a diverse core IP network (AS12703) which peers at LINX
and LIPEX. Lumison maintain their own VoIP network which includes a SS7 interconnect with BT (with voice traffic being terminated as SIP using Cisco
hardware) as well as a new BT 21CN pure-IP interconnect. Lumison is a registered telecoms operator with Ofcom
and operate several geographic and non-geographic number blocks in the UK.
Gold Certified Partner providing Managed Applications, Managed Hosting and Managed Networks. Microsoft Exchange 2007 and OCS are provided on a Hyper-V
virtualised platform enabling rapid provisioning and under-pinned by 24x7 support ensuring maximum service uptime and response. Microsoft
Office Communication Server (OCS), BlackBerry Enterprise Server
(BES), Microsoft Sharepoint, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM
are also available.
Managed hosting services include Microsoft
Windows 2008 and RedHat Enterprise LAMP
variants.
ADSL, ADSL2+ (21CN
) and SDSL products for broadband access. It has also privately unbundled a handful of BT exchanges
in Edinburgh & Glasgow. In these areas they offer low-contention 2Mbit/s SDSL
and un-contended 5 and 10Mbit/s EFM
. It also provides Internet access via multi-carrier leased line
or MetroEthernet / LAN Extension.
The geographic diversity of its Edinburgh and London datacentres is very attractive to organisations wishing to colocate their equipment outside the Docklands flood-plain.
United Kingdom
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Managed Services Provider based in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It was known as edNET from 1996 to 2004. They primarily offer fully managed network solutions and hosted products to SMEs. Recently their client portfolio has expanded with more large businesses and corporates taking advantage of their national network offerings and colocation in their two geographically diverse data-centres. Their USP is superior technical support, with 24x7 telephone and email assistance at every product's core.
Lumison was founded in Leith
Leith
-South Leith v. North Leith:Up until the late 16th century Leith , comprised two separate towns on either side of the river....
as edNET in 1996, where its head office remains. It rebranded to the name Lumison in August 2004, and opened a 10000 square feet (929 m²) dedicated datacentre on a greenfield
Greenfield land
Greenfield land is a term used to describe undeveloped land in a city or rural area either used for agriculture, landscape design, or left to naturally evolve...
site in Newbridge, Edinburgh
Newbridge, Edinburgh
Newbridge is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is south of Kirkliston. Newbridge had a total population of 1,013 at the 2001 Census.-Local amenities:...
in October 2004 and added a 15000 square feet (1,393.5 m²) London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
Datacentre in Croydon, South London in 2008. This has enabled Lumison to provide additional rackspace for managed hosting, dedicated servers, virtualised servers and colocation (colo).
In October 2010, a majority stake in Lumison was acquired by Bridgepoint Development Capital in order to fuel growth from its existing position as a business ISP into a significant player as a mid-market IT services firm in the UK.
Lumison is ISO9001 and ISO27001 certified.
Network
The Lumison network is based on a JuniperJuniper Networks
Juniper Networks is an information technology and computer networking products multinational company, founded in 1996. It is head quartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. The company designs and sells high-performance Internet Protocol network products and services...
powered IP backbone and Cisco
Cisco
Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
switching fabric in its datacentres and PoPs (see below). It operates a diverse core IP network (AS12703) which peers at LINX
Linx
Linx AB was a railway company which operated inter-Scandinavian passenger trains between 2001 and 2004. Established as a joint venture between the Norwegian State Railways and the Swedish state-owned SJ, Linx operated the routes from Oslo, Norway, to Stockholm, Sweden, and from Oslo via...
and LIPEX. Lumison maintain their own VoIP network which includes a SS7 interconnect with BT (with voice traffic being terminated as SIP using Cisco
Cisco
Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
hardware) as well as a new BT 21CN pure-IP interconnect. Lumison is a registered telecoms operator with Ofcom
Ofcom
Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...
and operate several geographic and non-geographic number blocks in the UK.
Hosted Products
Lumison is a MicrosoftMicrosoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Gold Certified Partner providing Managed Applications, Managed Hosting and Managed Networks. Microsoft Exchange 2007 and OCS are provided on a Hyper-V
Hyper-V
Microsoft Hyper-V, codenamed Viridian and formerly known as Windows Server Virtualization, is a hypervisor-based virtualization system for x86-64 systems. A beta version of Hyper-V was shipped with certain x86-64 editions of Windows Server 2008, and the finalized version was released on June 26,...
virtualised platform enabling rapid provisioning and under-pinned by 24x7 support ensuring maximum service uptime and response. Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Office Communication Server (OCS), BlackBerry Enterprise Server
BlackBerry Enterprise Server
BlackBerry Enterprise Server designates the middleware software package that is part of the BlackBerry wireless platform supplied by Research In Motion...
(BES), Microsoft Sharepoint, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a multi-lingual Customer Relationship Management software package developed by Microsoft. Out of the box, the product focuses mainly on Sales, Marketing, and Service sectors, but Microsoft has been marketing Dynamics CRM as an XRM platform and has been encouraging...
are also available.
Managed hosting services include Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Windows 2008 and RedHat Enterprise LAMP
LAMP (software bundle)
LAMP is an acronym for a solution stack of free, open source software, referring to the first letters of Linux , Apache HTTP Server, MySQL and PHP , principal components to build a viable general purpose web server.The GNU project is advocating people to use the term "GLAMP" since what is known as...
variants.
Broadband & Connectivity
Lumison provides standard BT WholesaleBT Wholesale
BT Wholesale is a division of BT Group responsible for the wholesale leasing of PSTN lines, broadband services and other telephony services to retail customers such as BT Retail, Vodafone and Carphone Warehouse.-External links:*...
ADSL, ADSL2+ (21CN
BT 21CN
The 21st Century Network programme is the network transformation project of the UK telecommunications company BT Group plc for data and voice. It had been intended to move BT's telephone network from the present AXE/System X Public Switched Telephone Network to an Internet Protocol system...
) and SDSL products for broadband access. It has also privately unbundled a handful of BT exchanges
Telephone exchange
In the field of telecommunications, a telephone exchange or telephone switch is a system of electronic components that connects telephone calls...
in Edinburgh & Glasgow. In these areas they offer low-contention 2Mbit/s SDSL
SDSL
SDSL may refer to:*Symmetric digital subscriber line*Site-directed spin labeling...
and un-contended 5 and 10Mbit/s EFM
Ethernet in the First Mile
Ethernet in the first mile refers to using one of the Ethernet family of computer network protocols between a telecommunications company and a customer's premise. From the customer's point of view it is their "first" mile, although from the access networks' point of view it is known as the "last...
. It also provides Internet access via multi-carrier leased line
Leased line
A leased line is a service contract between a provider and a customer, whereby the provider agrees to deliver a symmetric telecommunications line connecting two or more locations in exchange for a monthly rent . It is sometimes known as a 'Private Circuit' or 'Data Line' in the UK or as CDN in Italy...
or MetroEthernet / LAN Extension.
Points of presence
Lumison operate their core network from their own datacentres in Edinburgh and Croydon as well as Telehouse East and Telehouse Metro in London's Docklands. It has an additional small presence in Manchester that services a transit connection to the USA.The geographic diversity of its Edinburgh and London datacentres is very attractive to organisations wishing to colocate their equipment outside the Docklands flood-plain.
External links
- www.lumison.net - Official Company Website
- www.lumison.net/bdc - BDC Invests in Lumison, Oct 2010
- www.freshbusinessthinking.com - Face to Face Communications at an all time low
- Microsoft Exchange 2007 - "Lumison Managed Exchange"
- The Whir - NetBenefit moves into Lumison Datacentre - "Lumison Customer Wins"
- Microsoft Office Communication Server(OCS) "Lumison Managed Unified Communications (UC)"
- www.playboy.co.uk - Lumison coverage in Playboy!