Our milestones represent key moments in UKFast's history. They give a snap shot of some of the achievements that we're really proud of.
UKFast launches its giant-rivalling eCloud range. The elastic cloud is the largest of its type in the UK and combines the very best cloud technology including 3Par and Cisco UCS Blades.
UKFast scoops its second Data Centre Solutions award, taking home the accolade for Service Provider of the Year. With an ever-growing data centre portfolio, the win is a nod to the hard work of the whole UKFast team and the bravey of taking the leap into the data centre arena.
An exciting month as we launch our new Enterprise division catering solely for some of the world's busiest websites and highly-complex, bespoke hosting solutions.
A great month for awards as we scooped two categories at the City of Manchester Business Awards, winning 'Digital Business of the Year' and a special Sponsor's Award.
More celebrations this month as we reach our highest-ever position in The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For, climbing an incredible 20 places to be placed 25th.
We scored a coveted win at the Institute of Customer Service Awards, winning the prestigious Employee Engagement Strategy of the Year for investment in our team.
UKFast completed a landmark £3.2m property deal, acquiring No1 The Archway to expand our UK cloud services and improve connectivity for Manchester's online businesses.
We celebrated winning Special Assignment Team of the Year at the DatacenterDynamics EMEA Awards, a top data centre accolade.
We opened Manchester's most powerful data centre complex, the £14m DCPlex™ in Trafford Park, boosting connectivity and power in the North West.
Secarma is launched in response to growing demand from clients across the UK. Secarma specialises in IT security and disaster recovery services including forensic, ethical testing and crisis management.
Celebrations at UKFast as we are shortlisted in three categories at this year's National Business Awards UK : Entrepreneur of the Year; Huawei Customer Focus Award and Employer of the Year.
We achieve an industry first with the launch of our own on-site data recovery clean room. By being located within our data centre data recovery can start immediately.
Our investment continues with a £1m redevelopment planned for the office and creation of the UKFast Academy.
We announce our expansion onto a further floor of Manchester's City Tower, taking an additional 4,000sq feet on the 16th floor.
We are placed 7th in the UK's medium-sized Great Workplaces list, and 31st in the European SME Great Workplaces list, collated by the Great Place to Work Institute.
CEO Lawrence Jones is named Ernst and Young Northern Technology Entrepreneur 2012.
Our revolutionary cloud solution MyCloudStack is named Private Cloud Product of the Year 2012 at the Data Centre Solutions Awards.
Lawrence Jones moves up to CEO of the company, setting a focus on the strategic growth of UKFast. Communications director Jonathan Bowers is appointed acting managing director.
We secure the property for three new data centres, bringing 14,500sq ft of additional data centre space to Manchester.
We were recognised as one of the best workplaces in the UK for the fourth year running, placing 45th in The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Small Companies to Work For 2012.
Lawrence Jones is named North West Entrepreneur of the Year at the EN Awards.
We open our first green data centre, embracing the latest in energy saving technology.
We make a significant step by adding ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 to our list of ISO accreditations. The standards guarantee extremely high levels of quality and environmental management.
We win the Employer of the year award at the IT industry awards in London.
We announce the launch of UKFast Energy and become 100% Carbon Neutral for not only our own business but all hosting solutions we provide.
We are proud to announce that UKFast is officially the most fun and friendly place to work in the UK according to the Financial Times latest "Great Places to Work" survey.
We celebrate 10 years at the forefront of the hosting industry
The CloudHosts brand launches.
We launch cloud hosting services
We are the first to bring ecommerce Hyper - V server packages to the UK market.
The Dedicated Hosting brand launches
We win Best Dedicated Host at the ISPA Awards for the fourth year running.
We move into the 28th Floor of City Tower beginning an expansion drive that will increase staff by 66 per cent. The move puts us on top of the city in officially the highest office space in the region.
We launch UKFast.tv
The worlds most downloaded science podcast, The Naked Scientists joins our network to take advantage of high grade bandwidth.
UKnom launches
We are the ISPAs Best Hosting Provider, beating Tiscali
Independent Web Monitor Webperf first tests the Network and finds 100% availability for all clients.
We launch SafeDNS®
We establishes a Research & Development department and predicting market demand becomes a speciality.
ResellerPLUS launches
With the launch of the GraphiteRack brand, we focus on dedicated servers placing us at the forefront of the industry.
We become technical sponsor of Sale Sharks Premier Rugby Club and provide services to Tesco, Coca Cola and Weetabix.
Our Reseller model is a favourite with Web Design companies.
Established to offer definitive internet hosting to all UK businesses.
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