The Isle of Man headquartered company now has locations throughout Europe, the US and Asia – both at high-capacity internet hubs, along with diversely connected to the majority of the industry’s regulated jurisdictions.

In the United States the company is poised to expand further as the various states regulate, having been licensed in and operating a data centre in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the past 2 years. Outside of New Jersey, the company’s network also spans New York, Toronto, Montreal and Los Angeles, with fully diverse routes from east to west coast.

Also, as the latest additions to the line-up suggest, a large proportion of network development is currently in the Asia Pacific region. Establishing a carrier-level network across key locations in the region is enabling both local providers in the region and Continent 8 to establish data centre and network connectivity linking operators back to their European or North American hubs.

Aside from coverage though, the benefits of such a quantity of geographically spread network locations with such high capacities are vast. These include enhanced DDoS mitigation capability, targeted content delivery based on end-user location, global internet traffic management, optimal peering, data transport and replication.

Dany Chapdelaine, Director of Technical Operations at Continent 8 commented:
“Our now truly global network, coupled with an important increase in our IP Transit and peering commitments at the world’s largest Internet Exchanges, doubling our global upstream capacity, brings our DDoS attack mitigation capability to a whole new level.”

Article appeared in ICE Daily – Issue 3, 9^th February 2017

It may well be encrypted and hidden away inside an internet VPN, but one day the encryption will be broken, it’s only a matter of time. Also, it’s still using the inherently insecure internet, so attacks, hacks and data compromise / loss will remain as possibilities.

For customers of Continent 8 Technologies though there’s a better way, launching this week is another option to Connect, without the expense of a private circuit or equivalent premium-level solution. It’s not only more secure, it’s also available at a lower price point than both internet access or premium MPLS solution.

As part of a suite of services under the companies’ new banner for network services ‘Connect’ are additional options to connect securely to any other customer of Continent 8 at any location, at a range of speeds, ideal for secure B2B traffic.

It’s also a potential differentiator for operators, software providers and payment processors amongst others where details such as this can give a tangible edge over their competition.

For the eGaming industry too, of which Continent 8 proudly hosts a significant portion of globally, this has the potential to rapidly create an ecosystem of directly connected business partners – all exchanging data securely, efficiently and without the unnecessary expense.

Stephen Trimble, Chief Product & Marketing Officer at Continent 8 commented:

“We’re delighted to be able to launch ‘Connect’ here at ICE. It’s strength as its own brand recognises the depth of services and pedigree of our global network, and will act as a springboard to new opportunity.

The concept of numerous ecosystems of securely-connected businesses is very exciting, and will be hugely beneficial for everyone concerned.”

Article appeared in ICE Daily – Issue 2, 8^th February 2017

With services now spread across the Americas, Europe and Asia the new development links the Asia Pacific region diversely back to Europe and directly to their US network via a new, dedicated presence in Los Angeles.

As a result, by taking their global locations count to total to 25 (and growing), the company is now able to send data literally on a lap around planet Earth on their network, boasting a lap-time of under 300 milliseconds.

In real terms, what this capability gives the industry is undoubtedly the most comprehensive and scaled network capability available. It links the world’s major global telecoms hubs with eGaming regulated jurisdictions and beyond, and provides a level of redundancy of internet access and reach which remains unrivalled in the sector.

Their muliti-terrabit network spanning 3 continents also now underpins the company’s DDoS mitigation pedigree which many of the industry’s largest names here at ICE rely on. In fact, there are even service providers who rely on the company’s proven DDoS expertise to protect both their infrastructure and that of their customers.

Unsurprisingly, this network too is the foundation for exciting new private connectivity services, the first of which are due to be announced this week. Michael Tobin, co-founder and CEO at Continent 8 commented:

“We are extremely proud to have made this further investment to take our network truly global, and in particular to be able to launch it here at our most important event of the year.

Whilst our services and locations now appeal to many industries, online gaming is our foundation and our core to which we remain fully committed to providing the highest levels of service and future innovation.”

Article appeared in ICE Daily – Issue 1, 7^th February 2017