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Why Claranet

In the never-ending race to keep up, we help you move faster.

Experts in modernising and managing critical applications and infrastructure 24x7

Right size

We are big enough to deliver and small enough to care.

The right approach

We address the root of your challenge with the right people and skills. 

Right where you are

We move at your pace, in your region and technology journey.

Wherever you are on your modernisation journey, Claranet has the scale and experience to help.

Established in 1996, Claranet is now a global MSP with ~3,200 employees in 11 countries and six areas of specialism across cloud, cybersecurity, networks, workplace productivity, digital applications, and data and AI. 

We’re privately owned, which allows us to follow a business strategy that works solely for our people and our customers. And we’re tenaciously mid-market-focused, ensuring we develop deep expertise in our customers’ challenges and provide consistent, relevant customer service.

We are driven to make our customers succeed, so we form close partnerships based on trust and a shared vision. 

We design and deliver solutions in response to real business needs.

We facilitate joined-up conversations that give a voice to everyone who needs to be involved.

We identify and explore the long-term business outcomes you want to reach before discussing solutions, technologies, and costs. By better understanding your challenges, we can support the transformation of your IT to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and create a more resilient, thriving business.

These lead us to the right solution, built on the best strategy and measured with the right metrics. 

Whatever your digital maturity and risk appetite, no matter how fast you need to move, we're here for you. Need to modernise your huge mainframe footprint? We've got the knowledge and the resources. Cloud-based and wanting to go native? We'll get you to the next phase. Tooling up your workforce in less than a week? We can hit the deadline.

Technology progresses at lightning speed, so we help you stay ahead by making sure your business is agile and flexible enough to meet future challenges.

We speak your language and merge with your culture, helping us understand your needs, work seamlessly with your teams, and deliver the change you need. 

Our heritage

1996

Established in London as an Internet Service Provider (ISP) pioneering pre-paid internet access. 
 

1997-2005

Evolved to add corporate managed network and hosting services and expand into Europe. 

2006-2014

Services portfolio deepens. Network and Cloud expertise is internationally recognised. 

2015-2025

Launch of global Claranet Cyber Security unit. Expansion into US, South America, and India. 

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We combine pioneering technology, practice and expertise to drive our clients' business ambitions.

2,100 Technical experts
+64 Net Promoter Score* (NPS)
200+ Cybersecurity engineers
6 Microsoft Solutions Partner designations
7 AWS competencies
70+ Kubernetes engineers
300+ Certified public cloud engineers

Technology partners and platforms

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Claranet is aligned to OECD principles

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation that works to build better policies for better lives. Their goal is to shape policies that foster prosperity, equality, opportunity and well-being for all. Claranet respects the work of the OECD and aligns our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) goals with the seven key underlying objects of social responsibility:

  • Organisational governance
  • Human rights
  • Labour practices
  • The environment
  • Fair operating practices
  • Consumer issues
  • Community involvement and development

To ensure best practice and continuous improvement of our approach we acknowledge the ISO26000 guidelines for social responsibility which are closely aligned to the OECD principles. 

Charles Nasser

CEO and UK Managing Director

Rachel Woodhouse

Finance Director & Deputy MD

Dave Ashton

Sales Director

Emily Mann

Customer Services Director

David Freedman

CTO

Mina Raeburn

Human Resources Director