Star

+44 1452631192

Sector: Bristol Media Preferred Suppliers

Membership Type: Turnover + £2M

Key Skills

internet, hosting, technology, IT, email

Key Clients

Bright Giant - The customer has an email system that provides him with a 99.9% uptime guarantee regardless of the demanding nature of their work. Productivity is no longer hindered and his business is more profitable as a result. This solution also presented a preferred consumption model as he now pays only for active email users. Orion Media - Customer's sites are now connected by a robust, scalable MPLS wide area network that was implemented to spec and on time. The customer considers Star as a long term partner as a result of a seamless scoping and implementation process. St James Security - Star have relieved the burden on managing IT systems, access to email has improved through mobile/PDA use, they use WSS every day for intranet and companywide document management. Security has also improved and the company has the OIT foundation in place to instill the confidence required for rapid growth. Customer very impressed by swift fault resolution during complicated implementation process.

Star provides on-demand IT and communication services for UK businesses. Utilising an advanced computing and communications platform (Cloud Computing), we've fundamentally redefined the way business people harness and buy the technology that underpins everything you do.

Easy to use and simple to pay for, our On-demand Business Services\xC3\xA2\xC2\x84\xC2\xA2 are available anytime and from anywhere. Moreover, they eliminate unnecessary investment and reinvestment in hardware, software and ongoing maintenance. We provide these technologies as managed services, so we can help you:

Improve your service levels

Increase your business agility

Increase your financial predictability

Reduce your costs without CapEx investments

Key People

David Karney

Business Development Manager
Business Development Manager for Star Star provides on-demand IT and communication services for UK businesses. Utilising an advanced computing and communications platform (Cloud Computing), we’ve fundamentally redefined the way business people harness and buy the technology that underpins everything you do. Easy to use and simple to pay for, our On-demand Business Services™ are available anytime and from anywhere. Moreover, they eliminate unnecessary investment and reinvestment in hardware, software and ongoing maintenance. We provide these technologies as managed services, so we can help you: - Improve your service levels - Increase your business agility - Increase your financial predictability - Reduce your costs without CapEx investments

Ricky Hudson

Chief Executive Officer
Ricky Hudson joined Star in October 2008 from MLL Telecom Ltd where he successfully expanded the business through strategic relationships with BT and Virgin Media, as well as acquiring two national spectrum licenses in the 2007 Ofcom auctions. Ricky has been a high flier since his TMT career began with Digital Equipment, where he became the youngest ever District Manager at the age of 29. Joining C&W in 1996, he built up its European ISP business in 1999 through a series of acquisitions before moving into a VP role focused on global M&A activity. Other notable roles include, CEO of Telecity Plc, the leader in pan-European data centres, where he engineered a successful turnaround and take-private with 3i which culminated in the eventual merger with Redbus

Ben White

Co-Founder & Non-executive Director
A well known entrepreneur, Ben and his brother Jos founded Star in 1995 as one of the UK's first ISPs. Ben served as Star's CEO from 1995 to 2000 and 2006 to 2008, establishing the company as one of the UK's largest ISPs and, in his second term, driving its evolution towards a more broad-based communications company. Ben led a management buy-out of the company in 2007 and in November 2008 appointed Ricky Hudson as its new CEO. Ben founded MessageLabs and served as the CEO until 2006 where he built the company into a global market leader in messaging security and a true pioneer in the exploding Software as a Service ("SaaS") industry. Towards the end of 2008 MessageLabs was acquired by Symantec for approximately $750M, marking the second largest transaction for a private company in the history of the IT security industry.

Business Info

No. Employees

250

Year Established

1995

+44 1452631192