Eircom Business has announced a cloud technology partnership with Cork-based digital publishing company ePubDirect.
The three-year deal, initially valued at €120,000, will see eircom Business provide a cloud computing and network services solution using Amazon Web Services to manage ePubDirect’s Internet-based portal and back-end business processing systems.
Established in 2010, ePubDirect provides e-book management and distribution services to publishers, converting titles to the digital medium and enabling them to get their e-book titles to a network of online retailers quickly and efficiently.
In addition to digital publishing, ePubDirect handles storage, distribution, administration, billing and sales analytics reporting on behalf of its clients, which include major Irish, UK, European and US publishing houses. Today, the company supplies e-book titles to more than 1,000 online retailers, including Amazon, Apple and Google Play, and over 45,000 libraries across the world.
Gareth Cuddy, founder and CEO, ePubDirect, said: “As our client base, e-book assets and sales channels continue to grow internationally, the company needs to ensure that our service is supported by a world-class secure and scalable platform. The eircom cloud solution, powered by Amazon Web Services, was our platform of choice, allowing us to move to a higher performance, resilient and scalable platform with no upfront investment in equipment. Eircom’s ability to develop a solution that meets our requirements, from the service specification to the commercials, all backed up with best practice standards and a comprehensive service level agreement, were key elements in our overall selection criteria.”
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