DediPower provides managed hosting to award winning online education solution provider

READING, UK - 23rd February 2007 - SAM Learning, who offer online exam and revision practice services to secondary and primary schools and is used by more than 800,000 students in the UK uses DediPower for all its managed hosting requirements. The service, which was recently named the 2006 Education Resources Supplier of the Year, is subscribed to by 60% of all English state secondary schools with more than half of all Local Authorities and 1000+ primary schools as key partners.  

DediPower have worked with Sam Learning for over 2 years and provide a set of managed servers running in a load balanced fully redundant cluster. The DediPower solution is fully managed and based on a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) platform. 

"Running an online business the robustness of our hosting partner is critical. DediPower has proven to be an excellent managed hosting service provider. They are very responsive as an organisation and focused on providing high levels of customer service" commented William Wharfe, Head of Software Development, SAM Learning Ltd. 

DediPower Managed Hosting is a leading provider of business and enterprise level managed hosting solutions in the United Kingdom. DediPower hosts thousands of servers for customers at its purpose built Berkshire 'Cadogan House' data centre. Customers and sites include some of the largest and most well known brands and companies in the world. 

"We congratulate Sam Learning on receiving their prestigious award which reflects their innovative and robust products and services which are helping to transform education. Like Sam Learning we seek to deliver high impact, high quality mission critical hosting services to support a growing list of high profile clients" said Craig Martin, CEO, DediPower. 

About SAM Learning
SAM Learning provides the UK's most popular, proven test practice and revision services. Independent research by the Fischer Family Trust based on the results of more than 300,000 learners show that using a SAM Learning service improves results at GCSE, KS3 and KS2. SAM Learning services are chosen by more than 800,000 learners to support their revision. Over 60% of all English state secondary schools and over 1000 primary schools are current subscribers with more than half of all LAs as key partners. 

SAM Learning offers three services - SAM Learning Secondary aimed at secondary school students, SAM Learning Primary specifically for KS2 pupils, and SAM Learning Plus aimed at improving teacher engagement. For more information phone 0845 130 4160 or email helpdesk@samlearning.com. http://www.samlearning.co.uk Curriculum Online approved. Winner - BETT Awards 2007

About DediPower Managed Hosting
DediPower, one of the UK's fastest growing managed hosting providers delivers a range of managed hosting solutions including: dedicated servers, application and exchange hosting, high availability multi-server clusters and co-location. DediPower is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and a RedHat Ready Hosting partner. A winner of numerous awards, hosted sites include Sony, Sam Learning, Institute of Physics, Coca-Cola, Capita, First Great Western and Carphone Warehouse. Established in 1998 and self funded, DediPower runs its own purpose built 11,000 sq ft data centre in Reading, UK. For more information call DediPower on 0870 252 3600, email info@dedipower.com or visit our website http://www.dedipower.com