http://www.iomart.com/

The Group's principal activity is providing web based managed hosting services for both the consumer and business.

Originally founded in 1998 as an integrated internet and telecommunications company, the Group has evolved to become one of Europe’s largest providers of managed hosting, colocation, data centre, and business continuity services, serving over 300, 000 customers each day. Having been at the forefront of the UK’s technological revolution for the past decade the Group has developed an enviable reputation for its internet expertise, its service ethic and its product innovation.

The Group holds a unique position within the marketplace. By owning its own data centre and network infrastructure, it is able to deliver the complete set of vertical components in the hosting arena from domain names, virtual web space, security, web marketing, SEO, websites, dedicated servers through to complex managed hosting solutions, colocation space, power, cooling and bandwidth.

As more and more mission critical business applications move on to the web, so organisations need more resilience, security and 24 hour management; the market for managed hosting services and datacentre capacity is expected to grow significantly over the next few years.Described by US Analyst Tier 1 as "currently enjoying the sort of momentum that could soon place it on the list of European heavyweights.", the iomart Group is fast proving to be one of the UK's leading lights in the provision of true cloud computing services.

If news of a company purchase or the like it may not drop. Its got to start driving towards this 300p they keep telling us about. Cup of tea time and a scratch of the head.

Whats going on goldfinger ?

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Starting to move again.

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Ive just got in mate. Sorry Mother isnt well at moment so got to do do some erands etc.

Just see big buys going through.

Puzzled.

Sorry to here about your mum goldfinger, I do hope she makes a speedy recovery.

The company has been way under-valued, Broker Canaccord predicts revenues will hit £49.4 million next year to end March 2014 and rise a further 10% to £54.3 million by 2015. Earnings per share (EPS) of 10.1p and 12.0p respectively. That equates to a price earnings (PE) multiple of 19.9, falling to 16.8, barely above the software sector average 15.9. With return of sales on close on 67%, value still to be
extracted from acquisitions last year, plus impressive visibility and cash generation, EPS to March 2015 could reach 14.0p and justify a premium rating. Matching the 22 times rating attributed by thee market to peer Telecity (TCY) could see the shares sailing past the 300p mark within a year.

Consensus on the Software and computer services sector

Total broker Buy ratings on stocks 74 +

Total broker Hold ratings on stocks 65 .

Total broker Sell ratings on stocks 16 -

Posted on January 22, 2013


iomart Group cloud computing company described as ‘one to watch’ for 2013

iomart Group plc is delighted to announce that it’s bespoke cloud and managed hosting company iomart Hosting has been voted Best Managed Hosting Service at the 7th Annual Web Hosting Awards

The Awards, organised by web hosting guide Host Review, recognise and honour the web hosting companies that are prominent and excel in their business sector and are one of the most prestigious sets of web hosting awards in the industry.

iomart Hosting was also voted one of the Best Managed Cloud Hosting (4th place) and Best Web Hosting (6th place) companies in the world.

Sarah Haran, Managing Director of iomart Hosting, said: “It’s fantastic to be recognized by HostReview as one of the world’s leading providers of managed and cloud hosting. iomart Hosting provides the most reliable, secure and highly available mission critical and business critical hosting and great credit goes to all our employees’ for the hard work they put in to ensure that our customers have peace of mind around their IT infrastructure.”

HostReview said of all the winners: “These are the web hosting providers to keep an eye on in 2013, as they are the best providers to solutions for your web hosting needs, offering cutting-edge technologies and services.”

This year the scope of the HostReview Annual Awards was expanded to cover the increased demand for cloud services by adding three new categories reflecting the latest developments in the cloud space. When ranking the hosting companies, the HostReview team took into account a number of factors, including service quality, customer support, package diversity, new products, and overall performance. The full awards can be viewed at http://www.hostreview.com/awards/2012

If they are buys gone through (3x very large buys) , looks like more upside to come.

The latest share rise has been due to Director share buying and positive fund manager meetings.

Right wondered what was going on cheers DC.

UP about 19% since the start of jan, started to move again this afternoon.

iomart CEO named as finalist for IoD Scotland Director of Year

Posted on February 18, 2013


IoD Scotland judges say entries are of incredibly high standard

iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM) CEO Angus MacSween has been named as a finalist for the prestigious IoD Scotland Director of the Year award.

He has been shortlisted in the category for Director of the Year of a business with a turnover of over £30 million.

The Institute of Directors Scotland announced that due to an unprecedented number of entries of “such an incredibly high standard this year,” they were splitting the award for the Director of the Year into two, based on turnover under and above £30m.

The IoD Scotland Director of the Year Awards recognise the top directors from all sectors – public, private and voluntary. This year’s Awards will be the ninth to be held and are highly regarded by the Scottish business community.

The winners will be revealed at a gala dinner on Thursday 21 March 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow.

iomart Group plc is top Managed Service Provider in Europe

Posted on February 18, 2013


MSPmentor also ranks iomart Group at 10th on Global 501 MSP list



iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM) has been named as Europe’s top Managed Services Provider in the annual MSPmentor list which ranks the world’s top managed service providers (MSPs).

As well as topping the MSPmentor 50 EMEA list, iomart Group was also placed 10th on the MSPmentor new and highly prestigious 501 Global Edition, http://www.mspmentor.net/top501/, the highest ranking of any European MSP.

Angus MacSween, iomart Group plc CEO, said, “We’re delighted with this recognition. Our success is based on the delivery of quality bespoke managed services backed by the highest service level agreements. We have recently invested in further data centre capacity and a super-fast fibre network so we continue to build on that success by providing the best connectivity and support to customers throughout the UK and Europe.”

MSPmentor, produced by Nine Lives Media, is the number one online media destination for managed service providers in the world. Its Global 501 report recognizes top |MSPs based on a range of metrics, including annual managed services revenue growth, revenue per employee, managed services offered and customer devices managed.

“MSPmentor congratulates iomart Group on this honor,” said Amy Katz, president of Nine Lives Media. “Qualifying for our MSPmentor 501 Global Edition puts iomart Group in rare company.”

MSPs on this year’s global 501 list lifted their combined annual recurring revenues 24.5 percent to $2.54 billion. Together, those MSPs now manage more than 5.6 million PCs and servers, and nearly 400,000 smartphones and tablets, according to Joe Panettieri, editorial director, Nine Lives Media.

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Iomart to keep racking up big numbers

Disappointing figures from American peer should not impact British technology firm


Glasgow-based Iomart (IOM:AIM) looks set for an uplift in forecasts that could maintain the strong share price momentum evidenced over the past four years.

The £246 million cap provides hosting and IT outsourcing services that exploit the rampant future growth of big data. It helps lower customer costs by stripping out expensive in-house IT technicians while allowing small and medium-sized (SME) businesses simple scalability.

Iomart looks set to reveal organic growth in hosting running close to 20%. This will have been supplemented by strategic bolt-on acquisitions, such as last summer’s (16 Aug ‘12) £7 million purchase of Manchester-based Melbourne.

The shares have retreated modestly from the 242.5p all-time high reached earlier this month (13 Feb) in the wake of a minor fourth-quarter revenue miss by American peer Rackspace (RAX:NYSE). The $8 billion (£5.2 billion) US group last week (13 Feb) reported 25% top line growth to just shy of $353 million (£228 million), although it also admitted to ‘execution issues’.



Iomart is largely an SME specialist with an unblemished reporting past. Forecasts have been upgraded several times by analysts over the last two years, most recently in September after the firm revealed trading had come in ahead of expectations. Full-year consensus, according to Morningstar, is for earnings per share (EPS) of 7.8p, although a number north of over 8p looks on the cards, and news of further acquisitions would not surprise.

Consensus recommendation
As of Feb 23, 2013, the consensus forecast amongst 5 polled investment analysts covering Iomart Group Plc advises that the company will outperform the market. This has been the consensus forecast since the sentiment of investment analysts deteriorated on Feb 14, 2013. The previous consensus forecast advised investors to purchase equity in Iomart Group Plc.
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http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Tearsheets/Forecasts?s=IOM:LSE

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Iomart (LON:IOM)has really motored up recently - getting above 240 looks the next test.

Iomart Group: Canaccord Genuity upgrades to buy with a target price of 248p.


As of Mar 09, 2013, the consensus forecast amongst 5 polled investment analysts covering Iomart Group Plc advises that the company will outperform the market. This has been the consensus forecast since the sentiment of investment analysts deteriorated on Feb 14, 2013. The previous consensus forecast advised investors to purchase equity in Iomart Group Plc.