Site Logo

Another innovative move from UKFast

Another innovative move from UKFast

Lawrence Jones, the boss of cloud and colocation firm, UKFast, is launching a fund to help protect businesses from online threats. He says UKFast's BASE (Building A Safer Environment) fund, will make top quality security solutions available to businesses who can't cope with suddenly-inflated prices from IT companies hoping to cash-in on their fears of online attacks.

The pot of cash is put aside by Jones is to help businesses add security features to their network and grow to the next level. UKFast grants £5,000 for each business that qualifies for the funding to boost their solution.

Jones says: "It is common place to have online shops hosted on networks and environments that aren't behind a firewall. Many trusted sites that you'd assume would take this seriously are opting out, knowing that customers never check.

"The problem is less about people's desires to create a safe environment and more to do with astronomical pricing for firewalls and online security. If making your website safe is cost prohibitive, it's often the things you cannot see that are compromised, quite literally.

"We want to make it easy. We are demonstrating our longer-term commitment by being prepared to invest in the clients' firewall too. The BASE Fund is designed to help businesses get the security they need.

"It makes sense and seems logical to me. It's a small price to pay when you consider the £12m we put into developing our own data centres. I'd like to think that one day all hosting providers will be doing the same.

"We're hearing from businesses who are seeing their security costs multiply because their hosting provider is taking advantage of growing fears around safety online. People are hearing more and more about DDoS attacks and some companies are using that to hike their prices up.

"Businesses are being forced to upgrade their firewalls and pay excessive costs for a basic safeguard. It's wrong! Britain's businesses shouldn't be held to ransom on this and forced to operate without the fundamental protections because of cost.

Jones is determined to protect business people from the kind of problems that can bring a company to its knees.

He added: "With the explosion of cloud, businesses are opting for convenience. It's quick and easy. Yet with data on US servers, often with little or no protection, it is a sure way to fail when things go wrong.

"We see both sides of the equation. Business people who have lost everything. If I can save one person from the despair that I have been unfortunate to witness in the past then it's worth the investment. We make our profits on retaining clients and building long term lasting relationships. I believe this is another sound way of building a safer environment together."

BASEfund provides industry leading anti-virus, backup systems, safety protocols and 24-hour monitoring at no extra cost for UKFast dedicated or managed hosting clients. Grants of up to £5,000 per businesses are available to anyone hosting on the UKFast network.

 

More News
1 month ago
How to build trust in the workplace
Business specialists at TelephoneSystems.Cloud have named five ways to build a trusting relationship among employees and senior staff members.
1 month ago
Telehouse powers up Transatel’s connected car services with partnership
Telehouse has partnered with global cellular connectivity solutions provider, Transatel (a subsidiary of NTT DATA) to strengthen the digital infrastructure for Transatel’s expanding connected car business.
1 month ago
New checklist to help small businesses avoid cyber-attacks
Compliance experts, Skillcast is warning small businesses of significant fines and risks that would be devastating if they don’t protect themselves from cyber-attacks.
1 month ago
Sophos expands with new Partner Care offering
Sophos, experts in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, is expanding its commitment to the channel with the addition of Partner Care, a new offering in its partner program that features a team of Sophos experts who handle non-sales related questions and operational support.
1 month ago
SailPoint launches MSP programme for Identity Security Cloud
SailPoint Technologies, experts in unified identity security for enterprises, has launched a Managed Service Provider (MSP) offering that gives select partners the ability to deliver and manage SailPoint Identity Security Cloud for customers around the world.
1 month ago
Guardpack invest in market expansion with new appointment
Wet wipe and sachet manufacturer, Guardpack, has appointed James Tucker as General Manager. James will be responsible for leading market expansion and new R&D initiatives.
1 month ago
TD SYNNEX extends OpenMPS support to Epson Workforce A3 series
TD SYNNEX has integrated the Epson Workforce Enterprise series of A3 copiers and printers into its OpenMPS-managed print service.
1 month ago
Over 2/3 IT security decision-makers to increase cybersecurity budgets
Infosecurity Europe has announced findings from research into the cybersecurity budgets of organisations, with 69 per cent of surveyed IT decision-makers citing that they have seen, or will see, their cybersecurity budgets increase between 10-100 per cent in 2024.
1 month ago
Evolve IP welcomes new reseller partner
Unified communications service provider, Evolve IP, has added a new name to its reseller recruitment drive.
1 month ago
Vectra AI and Gigamon announce new OEM partnership
Vectra AI, experts in hybrid attack detection, investigation, and response, and Gigamon, a deep observability company, have announced a new OEM partnership to deliver intelligent extended detection and response (XDR) across hybrid cloud environments.

Login / Sign up

xxx