August 10, 2007 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- IBM (ibm.com) announced on Monday that it has signed a $5 million deal with human resources outsourcing provider PlatformOne (platformone.com) to provide hosting and managed services for five years.
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Headquartered in metro Atlanta, PlatformOne provides HR technology, administrative services and professional support, such as payroll and benefits administration, to mid-market companies that employ up to 15,000 people. IBM's e-business hosting solution provides PlatformOne with the latest IBM servers, storage solutions and disaster recovery capabilities and management services, says the company.
"With our new hosting solution from IBM we can quickly add power and performance to meet the needs of our growing business," says Tony Foley, president of PlatformOne. "The IBM solution enables us to provide our clients with swift, secure and reliable access to their critical business data. We expect to improve our system response time by 30 percent, double our capacity for transaction processing and dramatically improve our data backup and disaster recovery timeframes. Providing a trusted and reliable solution to our clients is our top priority."