have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . january 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message outsourcery plc type public limited company in administration industry cloud computing unified communications telecommunications headquarters manchester key people piers linney ken olisa and simon newton products unified communications skype for business microsoft lync infrastructure as a service microsoft exchange server hosted video conferencing connectivity professional services and microsoft office 365 website outsourcery.co.uk outsourcery plc was a uk based cloud services provider founded in 2007 by co ceos piers linney and simon newton . the company went into administration in june 2016 when most of the business and assets were acquired by gci network solutions ltd. contents 1 organisation and activities 2 history 3 awards and accreditations 4 references 5 external links organisation and activities edit outsourcery employed approximately 110 people across three offices in leicester london and manchester . the company provided solutions and cloud based services offered both directly and via a network of partners . these were deployed on its proprietary o cloud platform housed in ofcom regulated enterprise grade datacenters . citation needed outsourcery was a member of the microsoft cloud os network . 1 it was also a founder member of the cloud industry forum cif . 2 outsourcery s o cloud platform was certified to run government classified information at official and official sensitive over the internet . this gave outsourcery cesg pan government accreditation pga formerly il2 and public services network psn protect formerly il3 connectivity to meet data sovereignty and security specifications for the public sector and uk government . 3 outsourcery s former co ceo piers linney became better known as a dragon on series 11 and 12 of the bbc two television programme dragons den . 4 history edit outsourcery s origins date from 1997 when the business initially provided mobile solutions to uk organisations . piers linney and simon newton acquired the business and assets of genesis communications an established business to business mobile voice and data reseller . in the same year genesis acquired an early stage microsoft application hosting company servelogic limited enabling it to enter the hosted services market . between 2007 and 2010 the company saw revenue for cloud based services grow from zero to over 4 million and the legacy business was subsequently sold through two transactions during 2011 for a total of 15 million . outsourcery s board was led by ken olisa obe non executive chairman along with piers linney co founder and co ceo simon newton co founder and co ceo andrew burton non executive director and jane hall non executive director . on 24 may 2013 outsourcery was admitted to london s alternative investment market aim . 5 the sale of the legacy mobile distribution business was completed on 3 september 2013 . on 6 november 2013 outsourcery announced that it had partnered with dell to design and deploy a secure cloud based system . the announcement followed outsourcery s agreement with microsoft to lead its uk initiative to accelerate the offering of cloud services for the uk public sector in particular central government . outsourcery suspended trading of its stock on aim on 3 june 2016 due to its inability to present audited financial results for the year ended 31 december 2015 . it stated that the potential proceeds from the current proposals would potentially leave no or limited value to equity shareholders . 6 later that month ernst & young were appointed as administrators and most of the business and assets were sold to gci network solutions ltd. 7 awards and accreditations edit outsourcery was iso 27001 information security iso 9001 quality management and iso 14001 environmental management accredited . as a founder member outsourcery had also achieved cloud industry forum cif certification . 8 outsourcery achieved cesg pan government accreditation pga formerly il2 and public services network psn protect formerly il3 . outsourcery also followed an itil framework . comms business green channel company award winner 2010 citation needed microsoft hosting solutions partner of the year award winner 2010 9 comms business reseller of the year award winner 2011 10 microsoft dynamics crm partner of the year award finalist 2011 mobile news awards business solutions provider winner 2011 11 parallels new partner of the year award winner 2011 12 comms business award channel product of the year overall winner 2013 13 comms business most innovative channel product of the year cloud based solution deployed winner 2013 13 microsoft server platform partner of the year award finalist 2013 14 manchester evening news business of the year award under 10 million turnover winner 2013 15 it europa awards service provider of the year winner 2014 16 uk cloud awards collaboration product of the year winner 2014 17 microsoft sales specialist of the year finalist 2014 18 national business awards santander small to medium sized business of the year and blackberry business enabler of the year finalist 2014 19 storage virtualisation cloud svc awards saas solution of the year winner 2014 20 microsoft worldwide partner of the year awards public sector government finalist 2015 21 references edit microsoft cloud os network member . outsourcery and microsoft outsourcery website cif founder member . cloud industry forum outsourcery website pga accreditation . outsourcery s cloud platform gains pga accreditation london south east london 29 october 2015 . dragons den departure . piers linney announces departure from dragons den the express london 30 january 2015 . aim information outsourcery overview outsourcery website outsourcery plc update and suspension of trading . outsourcery plc. 3 june 2016 . retrieved 14 june 2016 . shah sooraj 17 june 2016 . piers linney s outsourcery goes into administration gci buys business and assets . computing magazine . retrieved 30 june 2016 . outsourcery cif accreditation . outsourcery certifies against the cif code of practice . cloud industry forum microsoft hosting solutions partner of the year award winner . microsoft announces 2010 partner of the year awards finalists and winners microsoft website 23 june 2010 . comms business awards winners delight . miles publishing . 27 june 2013 . retrieved 4 september 2013 . mobile news awards 2011 winners . 2011 . retrieved 4 september 2013 . parallels announces finalists in second annual partner awards . parallels ip holdings gmbh . 15 february 2011 . retrieved 4 september 2013 . a b comms business awards 2013 winners and finalists . miles publishing . retrieved 4 september 2013 . microsoft announces winners and finalists of the 2013 partner of the year awards . microsoft . 20 may 2013 . retrieved 4 september 2013 . outsourcery on cloud 9 . manchester evening news . 12 november 2013 . retrieved 13 november 2013 . 2014 winners . ite awards . retrieved 3 july 2014 . 2014 congratulations to our winners . uk cloud awards . retrieved 3 july 2014 . microsoft sales specialist of the year finalist 2014 . microsoft announces 2014 partner of the year winners and finalists . microsoft website 27 may 2014 . national business awards finalist 2014 . national business awards finalists 2014 nba website svc awards 2014 . svc awards winners 2014 svc website microsoft partner of the year awards 2015 . microsoft partner awards winners and finalists microsoft website external links edit official website official website piers linney retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title outsourcery & oldid 727722877 categories cloud computing providerscompanies based in manchestercomputer companies established in 19971997 establishments in 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