Decisions Moves Into the Cloud to Guarantee Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Partnership Enables Decisions to Provide Uninterrupted Service by Hosting its Contact Manager(TM) System in the Cloud

LONDON, February 19, 2010 - Decisions, the independent database software provider, has
chosen the Cloud Computing Centre www.cloudcomputingcentre.co.uk to
host and manage all of its Software as a Service business for its contact
manager(TM) CRM solution to guarantee business continuity to its customers.

Decisions chose the Cloud Computing Centre because of its
capacity to provide a fully hosted service (
www.cloudcomputingcentre.co.uk/Company/Cloud-Services/Cloud-Hosting/).
As Chris Christodoulou, Technical Director at Decisions explains, "The team
worked with us to ensure that the entire solution was ready to 'Go to Market'
(www.cloudcomputingcentre.co.uk/ISVs-and-Partners/); they helped us to
get our sales strategy in place, prepare our contracts and all the collateral
we required for the initial talks with our customers. However, the most
important aspect of our partnership is the ongoing support they provide us
through the entire sales and implementation process; having them alongside us
in our client meetings is invaluable."

As a provider of membership management software solutions to
member-driven associations, societies and professional institutes, Decisions'
- sole aim is to make it easier and more cost-effective for its clients'
organisations to attract, retain and serve their members. This made its move
to offering its services in the Cloud a logical move. As Christodoulou
continues, "Our customers' budgets continue to be under pressure, so the SaaS
model is very appealing to many of them. In addition, hosting our
applications in the Cloud means that we can provide full disaster recovery
(www.cloudcomputingcentre.co.uk/Company/Cloud-Services/Business-Continuity-and-Disaster-Recovery/)
support for our customers as part of our offering."

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However, as with many companies out there looking at the
Cloud, Decisions was unsure of what needed to be addressed in order to
facilitate this move as seamlessly and efficiently as possible. "There is so
much information out there on the Cloud. What you really want is a simple
guide on how to move your business over and still continue to meet your
objectives," explains Christodoulou. "This is exactly what the Cloud
Computing Centre provided us with, which is why we chose to work with them as
our strategic partner for SaaS."

Decisions initially engaged with the Centre on a "proof of
concept" basis, enabling them to see the infrastructure in action and receive
advice on the specific issues they would need to address in order to
successfully complete this move.

"The correct choice of SaaS partner is key to ensuring a
seamless transition to the Cloud Computing model, as there are a number of
key technical criteria that need to be addressed. From data centre location,
to business continuity and disaster recovery strategies and connectivity
concerns, if you include all of the surrounding business issues of developing
a 'route to market' or 'go to market' strategy, there is a lot of information
that needs to be processed prior to embarking on the move to the Cloud. Not
getting this right can cost you dearly, and this is a position few can afford
to be in, which is why we invest our time upfront understanding the nuances
of each individual customer to advise them on how best to progress with the
Cloud," explains Keith Bates, Chairman at the Cloud Computing Centre.

The Centre is a privately-owned provider of services to
hundreds of companies with many thousands of users across the UK. It
maintains over 500 managed servers requiring petabytes of data storage
capacity.

Expanding on Bates' comments, Christodoulou concludes, "Our
market is highly dynamic and our business is constantly growing to exceed the
demands of our customers. We are expected to be constantly available and
responsive. As such, it is imperative that our system is flexible, resilient
and always accessible. This is exactly what the Cloud Computing Centre does
for us; our partnership with them means that our customers can stay in
business even if disaster strikes."

About the Cloud Computing Centre

The Cloud Computing Centre provides cloud-based services to
hundreds of companies with many thousands of users across the UK and Europe.
The Centre maintains over 500 managed servers requiring petabytes - that's
1000s of terabytes - of data storage - all with high-speed access - at
locations all over the Cloud.

As specialists in Cloud Computing, its customers receive
on-demand, 'hassle free' utility computing, carefully managed and secure data
and applications, fully scaleable bandwidth and network infrastructure,
comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery provided by a team of
highly experienced technical support engineers who deliver 365/24/7 available
computing power and support.

The Centre has been providing outsourcing, managed services
and technical support services to hundreds of ISVs, technology partners and
end user businesses across the UK and Europe for close to 25 years. In
addition, the Centre was accredited to ISO 27001 standard in 2009 - the
international standard for Information Security Management - which is a set
of standards for establishing and maintaining effective information
management systems, based around best practice principles for governing
security of information and network systems.

    For more information please contact:

    Lisa Williams/Natalie Weatherer
    The itpr Partnership
    T: +44(0)1932-57-88-00

    Keith Bates
    CloudCC
    T: +44(0)20-8879-5800

For more information please contact: Lisa Williams/Natalie Weatherer, The itpr Partnership, T: +44(0)1932-57-88-00; Keith Bates, CloudCC, T: +44(0)20-8879-5800