Celebrations were in full swing at the annual ICE show at ExCel exhibition centre in London, as managed hosting, connectivity and security provider Continent 8 Technologies celebrate their 20th year of business. As has now become traditional at ICE, the company also launched additional Cloud Services, and are hinting at some exciting Cyber Security solutions in the works for 2018.
The company now boasts over 30 sites globally, with services spread across the Americas, Europe and Asia and can provide a range of solutions tailored to regulated and specialist markets. In 2017 the company announced the completion of their biggest network expansion to date, with their network now stretching, quite literally, around the globe.
In real terms, what such experience and capability gives enterprises is undoubtedly the most comprehensive and scaled network capability available. It links the world’s major global telecoms hubs with regulated jurisdictions and beyond, and provides a level of redundancy of internet access and reach which remains unrivalled across a number of sectors.
The global platform also underpins the company’s DDoS mitigation pedigree, which many ISPs and blue-chip organisatins now rely on.
Michael Tobin, co-founder and CEO at Continent 8 commented:
“As we enter our 20th year, we were extremely proud to have made the further investment in taking our network truly global, and in particular to also be able to launch a range of additional cloud services to the market.
It truly is testament to the hard work and dedication of our global team, that we can continue to grow apace alongside producing innovative solutions to technology challenges all businesses now face.”
‘You choose your clouds, we’ll connect, manage and secure them for you’; that was the mantra at the annual ICE show in London early February, where Continent 8 announced additional cloud services from key locations across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
The company is well versed in the nuances of cloud adoption in regulated markets, and as regulators move at varying rates it’s important that infrastructure decisions not only satisfy all regulatory commitments but also play to the globalisation of the industry and the ongoing drive to be ‘closer’ to players.
The new services are an extension of an already successful cloud portfolio comprising of infrastructure, backup and cloud connectivity. What’s special for this launch though is not just the availability of additional Cloud infrastructure across multiple geographies, but the integration with the company’s backbone network.
This integration allows enterprises to run workloads across multiple jurisdictions and also integrate with the global commodity cloud providers too, all managed and delivered with the companies world-renowned service levels and personal touch.