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Hibernia Atlantic Extends Network into London Data Center
May 21, 2009
Hibernia Atlantic, a telecom infrastructure provider, recently announced the expansion of its network into Equinix’s London Slough International Business eXchange data center.
The move allows Hibernia Atlantic (News - Alert) to overcomes issues of high data traffic specific to major metro cities and expand its network in the London area. This Point of Presence also extends Global Financial Network, designed by Hibernia, into Equinix (News - Alert) Financial eXchange, a neutral electronic marketplace consisting of active financial market participants, located within LD4.
“Equinix’s facility provides Hibernia Atlantic, and the GFN, the ability to offer additional network options to the global financial community already benefiting from Equinix’s Financial eXchange platform,” said Joe Hilt, vice president of sales for North America. “The GFN provides flexible solutions, including dedicated Packet over SONET, on Hibernia’s 24,000 kilometer low-latency, resilient network. By choosing Equinix’s LD4 facility in London Slough, we can now offer installation within five days from signature to service or one month free guaranteed.”
Hibernia is a submarine transport cable provider supporting its customers in Europe and North America with direct Trans-Atlantic cable connectivity, avoiding traditionally congested waterways, like around London and New York. Its GFN covers major financial cities including Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Stamford, Weehawken, Secaucus, Newark, White Plains, New York, Frankfurt, Reading and London. The infrastructure is scaled to provide the global financial community with fast, active service, low-latency and high performance network connectivity.
The GFN was designed by Hibernia to meet the security and reliability needs of the financial community. Working through the LD4 data center, the GFN will obtain direct access to Equinix Financial eXchange’s established community of execution venues, buy and sell side firms, market data providers and technology utilities. The benefits of the collaboration include access to the widest choice of low-latency networks and direct exchange data with strategic partners and customers in close proximity.
“This expansion marks Hibernia’s presence in five Equinix data centers in the United States and Europe,” said Petrina Steele, Equinix’s vice president for business development in Europe. “Hibernia Atlantic’s TransAtlantic cable system, which has a reputation for providing a redundant, diverse route from traditional networks, will bring value to our Financial eXchange community that requires secure, reliable connectivity to the financial hubs around the world.”
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Edited by Michael Dinan
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