Open access networks can drive overnight enhancement of a data centre operator’s proposition to market by offering its customers a real choice in telecoms service providers.  The foundation is laid when one provider is willing to lease its valuable fibre assets to others, adding a genuine competitive advantage both in cost and service availability. There... Read more

Geo Networks Ltd. (“Geo”), the leading provider of dedicated fibre networks, announced today an agreement to provide Digital Realty (NYSE:DLR) with a fully diverse, dedicated, fibre access network connecting its two key UK data centres in the South-East, Digital Chessington and Digital Woking. The high fibre count, 151km ring will facilitate virtually unlimited bandwidth access... Read more

Read page 34-35 of Netcomms Europe (Issue.3) where Geo’s Annette Murphy discusses the attractiveness of Ireland as a location for big business and data centres.

Since 2008 tremendous financial pressure has been brought to bear on the IT departments of nearly all financial institutions.  As with every department, more is expected to be done with less.  Staff costs have ensured that IT departments are running as lean as possible and departmental budgets for the forthcoming year are always being trimmed.... Read more

This year’s Data Centre World conference has moved to the Excel exhibition centre in East London. The conference will examine in detail the issues surrounding selecting, designing, building, outsourcing and managing a data centre, including connectivity. Geo will be exhibiting on stand C10, click here to register and attend.