Interoute Communications Ltd, owner and operator of Europe's
largest cloud services platform, has acquired Quantix, a cloud
services provider in Nottingham, England. This acquisition bolsters
Interoute's cloud-based unified ICT strategy by adding managed
application services to its unified computing and managed hosting
portfolio. Utilising Quantix's "OraCloud" platform, Interoute will
look to manage its International customers' database applications,
including Oracle and SQL, as a cloud based service.
An early innovator in the cloud space, Quantix's expertise lies
in managing database applications and their associated
infrastructure. Quantix is an Oracle platinum partner and was
recognised as one of the UK's leading cloud companies in 2011.
Interoute plans to build on the rich pool of specialist skills at
Quantix's headquarters in Nottingham and turn it into the Group's
centre of excellence for application management and cloud services
deployment.
Gareth Williams, Interoute CEO, commented, "Our strategy is
based around providing customers with a comprehensive portfolio of
solutions and services from the Ground (infrastructure and
connectivity) to the Cloud (fully managed services hosted within
the Interoute private cloud). We are focused on service innovation
combined with a constant drive for efficiency to bring value to
customers and keep ahead of the market. Our enterprise strategy
"Unified ICT" is an approach to creating and managing all
enterprise ICT infrastructure as a service, delivered from a secure
networking platform."
Commenting on the deal, Quantix's MD, Simon Goodenough said:
"We have built a strong and loyal customer based in the UK,
which we will continue to serve as usual. By joining forces with
Interoute, we are now able to take our services across Europe. We
believe there is a natual affinity between our offering and
Interoute's and we are excited to be part of the journey towards
becoming the leading provider of cloud-based services in
Europe."
About Interoute
Interoute Communications Ltd is the owner operator of Europe's
largest cloud services platform, which encompasses over 60,000 km
of lit fibre, 8 hosting data centres and 32 collocation centres,
with connections to 140 additional third-party data centres across
Europe. Its full-service Unified ICT platform serves international
enterprises, as well as every major European telecommunications
incumbent and the major operators of North America, East and South
Asia, governments and universities. These organisations find
Interoute the ideal partner for computing, connectivity and
communications and developing new services. Its Unified ICT
strategy has proved attractive to enterprises looking for a
scalable, secure and unconstrained platform on which they can build
their voice, video, computing and data services, as well as service
providers in need of high capacity international data transit and
infrastructure. With established operations throughout mainland
Europe, North America and Dubai, Interoute also owns and operates
dense city networks throughout Europe's major business centres.
www.interoute.com
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