Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
Black Box Corporation (NASDAQ:BBOX), a leading provider of voice
services, data
services, and product
solutions, today announced it has been awarded the ISO 9001:2008
certification for its U.S. operations. This achievement marks the
Company’s fifteenth consecutive year of ISO certification.
ISO 9001:2008 is globally regarded as the most comprehensive body of
standards on quality management systems and practices. It was
established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO),
an organization of national standards institutes of 162 countries and
the foremost authority on quality standards. The ISO 9001:2008 standard
clarifies existing requirements of the previous standard, ISO 9001:2000.
“We’re proud of our achievement with this ISO certification. It
represents our dedication to continuous improvement and quality in every
product and service we provide,” said Louis A. Gorga, director of
operations for Black Box. “For us, quality isn’t just a buzzword; it is
the driving principle of everything we do.”
In addition to its U.S. operations, Black Box’s Canadian, European,
Latin American, and Pacific Rim offices are ISO 9001 certified, giving
customers the assurance of consistent quality around the world.
Achievement of ISO 9001:2008 is independently audited and certified.
Black Box’s certification was issued by Intertek Testing Services NA,
Inc., an international leader in systems certification, and the testing,
inspection, and certification of products and commodities. Intertek has
an extensive network of more than 1,000 offices and laboratories in 100
countries.
About Black Box
Black Box is the world’s largest technical services company dedicated to
designing, building and maintaining today’s complicated data and voice
infrastructure systems. Black Box services more than 175,000 clients in
141 countries with 194 offices throughout the world. To learn more,
visit the Black Box Web site at http://www.blackbox.com.
Black Box® and the Double Diamond logo are registered
trademarks of BB Technologies, Inc. Any third-party trademarks appearing
in this press release are acknowledged to be the property of their
respective owners.