ACADEMIA

Hibernia Atlantic announced the expansion of its high performance, diverse network into Teledata, a leading, privately owned data center and hosting provider located in Manchester, UK. This network expansion offers Teledata's clients immediate access to Hibernia's high-speed connectivity and provides Hibernia connectivity to local and global networks colocated in Teledata's facility.

Hibernia Atlantic's 24,000-kilometer network provides simplified global reach to key cities throughout North America, UK, mainland Europe and Asia. Hibernia's network features redundant self-healing rings within Europe that include Dublin, Manchester, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt. With its new PoP at Teledata, Hibernia continues to increase its diverse routing options throughout the UK, as well as provide access to a growing marketplace in the Manchester area.

"This expansion introduces a new point of presence for Hibernia Atlantic in the Northwest region of the United Kingdom," states Derek Bullock, Vice President of Global Infrastructure, of Hibernia Atlantic. "As a fast-growing region, our partnership with Teledata strengthens our coverage in supporting enterprises and service providers with robust options and quality support. Teledata is also on-net with local and regional data centres, which is ideal for sustainable, high demand, high availability network operations."

Operating a 70,000 square foot carrier neutral facility housing two state-of-the-art data centers, Teledata is continually growing the range of services offered to improve scope, reach and enhanced commercial opportunities for Teledata clients. With the addition of Hibernia Atlantic to its roster of clients, Teledata clients now have international access via Southport and as such, can now further service a global client base.

"Teledata is constantly expanding our range of services to further enhance opportunities and advantages for our clients," states Patrick France, Data Centre Manager of Teledata. "Partnering with Hibernia Atlantic at our Manchester facility ensures that we further deliver robust, resilient connectivity solutions, both locally and globally."