Stagecoach Chooses iomart Hosting Cutting carbon Web Portal

United Kingdom, leading provider of managed hosting services iomart accommodation has been chosen to host the new web portal for the travel company Stagecoach Group, which aims to help commuters reduce their carbon footprint .

iomart accommodation, a subsidiary of iomart plc, Stagecoach has managed server infrastructure of the Web site, which will benefit from 24 / 7 customer service and iomart Hosting 100% availability guarantee. The company has four data centers across the United Kingdom - Glasgow, London, Nottingham and Leicester - which allows industry leaders through measures failsafe servers being "mirrored" across the various sites.

The site will allow Stagecoach more than 2.5 million customers who use the group bus, tram and train every day with easy access to information for planning their trips more efficiently. The site also includes a complex carbon calculator, which is based on information from a basket of updated emission factors, to allow customers to compare their carbon footprint by bus, train and car .

Angus MacSween, CEO of iomart, said: "Stagecoach is a high-profile of the organization we are very pleased to have been selected to provide hosting services for its new website. iomart Hosting is committed to integrating realistic and effective energy management in all aspects of our business, especially our four data centers in the United Kingdom, for the benefit of our customers, so it is a good fit. We are pro-active to reduce costs at every opportunity: the cost of electricity, the cost to the environment and cost of service. Data centers consume large amounts of energy to re web constantly looking for new ways to reduce our own carbon emissions. It is very pleasant and rewarding to work with an organization like likeminded Stagecoach.

Steve Stewart, director of communications at Stagecoach Group, said: "Our new web portal is a key element in our efforts to encourage greener, smarter travel and help people reduce their carbon footprint, and we expect this site to generate a high volume of users. iomart host its own commitment to good environmental management and our experience of their flexibility and reliability of service was an important factor in our decision. "
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