Swinton insures itself with Sudlows data centre upgrade

Sudlows has been awarded a new £700,000 contract to deliver a key data centre upgrade to Britain’s biggest high street insurance broker, Swinton Insurance.

  • Monday, 16th December 2013 Posted 10 years ago in by Phil Alsop

The new upgrades will deliver a data centre that is more energy efficient and will enhance the operational capacity to accommodate commercial growth, improve resilience and reduce the potential risk of downtime.

Andy Hirst, Global Director for Sudlows commented; “These essential mechanical and electrical upgrades, to the Swinton data centre, will provide a new platform to support staff located within the Manchester HQ and throughout the brokers significant regional branch network.”

Steve Baxter, Head of Service Delivery for Swinton added; “The new upgrades to our data centre will provide a robust technical platform from which the group can deliver its ambitious growth over the next five years.”

For over 50 years, Swinton has grown to become Britain's biggest high street insurance broker with several hundred branches up and down the country, the biggest high street insurance broker, Swinton have over 4,000 staff with over 2.5 million policies handled each year.