Cologne, 18 June 2010 – The online music channel tape.tv has chosen Pironet NDH Datacenter as their ICT outsourcing services partner. tape.tv has been in business since July 2008 and offers users an online, customizable music video program which is accessible anytime and from anywhere. Pironet NDH will ensure that tape.tv’s web server, database system and online application run smoothly at all times, including during peak hours.

One of the challenges of the outsourcing task is meeting the needs of the fast-growing online music channel. Pironet NDH has configured all systems redundantly so that the tape.tv platform consistently provides high-quality services to its large, ever-growing user base. High online availability of services is, after all, the prerequisite to ensure that high levels of user acceptance are achieved quickly.

"By collaborating with Pironet NDH, the tape.tv team can concentrate on what really matters to users: entertainment that is relaxing and takes you by surprise", explains Conrad Fritzsch, founder and CEO of tape.tv. "tape.tv is becoming a music channel that is a virtual home for artists and fans", comments Fritzsch. The music channel’s team can contact Pironet NDH Datacenter at any time of the day or night on their 24x7 service line if there are any technical problems.

"As an ICT outsourcing service provider, we specialize in the efficient operation of business-critical applications“, explains Udo Faulhaber, Managing Director at Pironet NDH Datacenter. "This, of course, includes comprehensive and reliable services for small- and medium-sized companies – customized to meet customers’ specific needs."

Pironet NDH Datacenter is a leading ICT outsourcing vendor for German small- and medium sized businesses (SMBs) and offers a full range of services for the efficient and secure operation of business applications and ICT infrastructures. Core services include holistic solutions and flexible cost/use billing models for the provision of IT resources according to modern on-demand concepts like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or Cloud Computing.

The centralization and outsourcing of, for example, business applications from SAP and Microsoft, as well as the use of a network infrastructure also provided by Pironet NDH allows SMBs to significantly reduce their investment and operational expenses for the management of information and communication and concentrate on their core business tasks.

Customers include numerous SMBs as well as international corporations.

About tape.tv
tape.tv is customized music television online. The company started in July 2008 and is based in Berlin, Germany. tape.tv offers music web television which combines individualized entertainment with easy usability. In order to use the free service the users only need an Internet-connection and the latest version of a flash-player. tape.tv directly collaborates with all major music labels. The non-stop program is mainly financed through advertising. At the moment tape.tv has 1 Million Unique Users with an average dwell-time of 25 minutes. Conrad Fritzsch and Stephanie Renner, CEOs of tape.tv, possess long-time experience in the music and advertising business.
www.tape.tv

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