The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd, the Ultra Secure Data Centre and Managed Services provider announces the successful completion of its fourth round of financing. The £1m of new funds was once again raised entirely from existing shareholders at double the value of the last issue. The funds will be used to continue the company’s infrastructure upgrade and development program including the fit out of further data areas at both the Ash and Newbury Data Centres.

Peregrine Newton CEO of The Bunker, said: “I am delighted with the outcome of this latest round of financing. The management team see this as another positive endorsement of the progress of the company. The Bunker is now a very profitable business and these funds will allow us to accelerate our upgrade plans and continue expansion. It is tremendous to have such a supportive shareholder base behind us and to be able to draw on such a deep pool of expertise in finance, technology and business growth and development. The Bunker has a unique proposition in a very positive market. The board and shareholders completely understand the potential of the company and continue to back the team and help them deliver”.

About The Bunker
The Bunker delivers Ultra Secure Managed Hosting, Outsourced IT and Data Centre solutions from within Europe’s most secure Data Centre.

Our Data Centres, which are outside the M25 yet within easy reach of London, are ex-military Nuclear Bunkers purpose built to house the UK's air defence systems. We run 24/7/365 and our NOC monitors systems both nationally and internationally and is staffed around the clock by system and network engineers and security staff.

The Bunker team includes recognised experts in security and cryptography renowned for their work on Apache-SSL. The Bunker is ISO 27001 and PCI DSS accredited and follows ITILv3 best practice and Prince 2 management standards.  We are a Microsoft Gold Partner. We use Open Source software where appropriate as we believe it can offer great benefits in security, stability and cost effectiveness. Through our in house networks team and via close working relationships with a number of selected network providers, we deliver a multi-homed, no single point of failure transit network between our sites and the Internet.

The Bunker works with over 150 clients, large and small. Our clients are Financial Services Organisations, Technology companies, local government and other regulated businesses that value a premium service built around security.

Our service is proactive, high quality, sometimes innovative, but always practical, responsive and secure. We never forget the enormous trust our clients vest in us. As an organisation we understand that our success relies upon our reputation and our reputation is earned by continuing to fulfil this trust and afford peace of mind.

The Bunker protocol™
All Bunker-based applications are protected by The Bunker Protocol™, our proprietary, Ultra* Secure process framework that includes:

   Military-grade hosting – our underground bunkers outside the M25 in Kent and our mirror facility in Newbury are both protected by integrated processes for physical, digital and human security.

   Hardened Source™ - our unique combination of open source and proprietary technologies built and integrated in-house from the source code up

   Tierless Support™ – no “first tier helpdesk”; just direct 24x7 access to qualified, hands-on support teams

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