09 November 2011 – Netential, the UK-based provider of JD Edwards WorldSoftware and EnterpriseOne managed services today announces the launch of its innovative Cloud 9 platform on Blue Chip’s IBM Power7 iSeries iCloud.  Cloud 9 brings together a unique set of technologies and applications designed to facilitate the rapid deployment, integration and scalability of Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and WorldSoftware solutions.

Christian Fronteras, Managing Director of Netential comments; “The IBM iSeries continues to be the platform of choice for many JD Edwards users and with the availability of Cloud 9 on iCloud we can now offer iSeries deployments of JD Edwards WorldSoftware and EnterpriseOne, reducing the cost of ownership and giving scalability, on demand.  Importantly, Cloud 9 on iCloud offers existing iSeries JD Edwards WorldSoftware customers the opportunity to benefit in the Cloud.  Cloud 9, coupled with our ‘LifeLine’ and ‘Kinetics’ application management services means running JD Edwards has never been easier.”

Cloud 9 is a revolutionary cloud-based JD Edwards service that significantly reduces a company's JD Edwards capital costs.  This state-of-the-art service brings together technologies from multiple hardware and software providers to create a complete solution.

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About Netential

Established in 2001, Netential has grown to become a leading international provider of JD Edwards managed application services. Netential provides managed enterprise computing infrastructure and services, or simply put, global business technology and application support.  Netential specialise in the support of business application technologies from Microsoft and the Oracle JD Edwards product lines, which is delivered by a global team of experts.  For more information, visit www.netential.net.

About Blue Chip Customer Engineering Limited

Blue Chip was established as a specialist company in 1987 to provide IT support services for IBM Midrange users. The company has grown organically to offer a diverse portfolio of Data Centre Services, Business Continuity Solutions and Hardware Sales. Blue Chip has offices in Bedford, London, Scotland, Sweden and Sri Lanka servicing a diverse range of clients from finance houses to government bodies. For more information please visit www.bluechip.co.uk, contact marketing@bluechip.co.uk or call 01234 224400.

For further information please contact:

Christian Fronteras

Managing Director

Email:               christian.fronteras@netential.net

Telephone:        +44(0)7815 067953