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The company has 270-plus employees, who service clients from its head office in Staines and a regional office in Caerphilly, Wales. Attenda operates three datacentres in the UK; including one in Farnborough in partnership with its sister company, Datum Datacentres, which specialises in co-location services.
Since its inception in 1997, Attenda has enjoyed consistent year-on-year growth of 15 percent; and it continues to focus on achieving organic growth by providing exceptional services to its expanding client base.
Protecting clients’ IT environments
Attenda is responsible for managing a diverse range of business critical IT environments on behalf of its clients, including both physical and virtual devices from a variety of vendors. Although each of these clients has a unique set of business requirements and IT systems under management, Attenda must be able to guarantee the same consistent high service levels. Effective patch management processes are crucial to protecting client servers from existing vulnerabilities and emerging threats.
“If client environments are not updated in a timely manner, with the latest approved patches, business continuity could be at risk,” says Richard Booth, Technical Operations Manager at Attenda. “As many of our clients are Internet-based companies, this could quickly impact their profitability — and both of our reputations.”
He adds, “Best-practice patch management is also important for monitoring the software running on client devices and meeting our collective ISO standards certifications for security, quality, IT service management, and business continuity.”
Agent-free patch management
Attenda has been using Shavlik® Protect to safeguard its own and clients’ devices since 2007. “We’ve kept abreast of the patch management tools available on the market, and the Shavlik solution continues to offer the best functionality and value,” comments Booth.
Shavlik reseller Satisnet manages the Attenda account. Nicola Garrett, Customer Account Manager at Satisnet comments: “The Shavlik solution is well suited to Attenda’s operational process needs. Organisations often come to us looking for a solution that can help them to protect client devices from potential vulnerabilities. By ensuring that all software is fully operational, Attenda can differentiate its service offering, whilst providing clients with enhanced security for their servers.”
