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ControlCircle: Datacentre services company, ControlCircle, opens new
UK Information Office for press & analysts
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:08072008
The datacentre services market is generating considerable interest and
experiencing marked growth as an increasing number of companies look to
shift from a distributed computing model to a centralised one to better
manage IT assets.
This is being driven among other things by concerns about security
(protection against natural disasters, terrorism and day-to-day
burglaries), compliance issues (tougher data retention legislation on,
for example, financial services groups), the need for more capacity
after increased investment in IT following the flat, post dot.com era,
growing online consumer spending and, of course, green issues.
ControlCircle, a City-based datacentre services company focused on
designing, implementing and providing ongoing monitoring & management
of mission critical networks and systems, announces the opening of a
new Information Office for press and analysts interested in the whole
area of datacentres and who require commentary from market and
technology experts.
O ControlCircle offers an end-to-end solution covering data storage,
network security, connectivity, hosting and managed services, for blue
chip companies and e-commerce sites requiring complete confidence in
system uptime and security. And it is the breadth of its managed
services (only available to companies if in a datacentre), SAN and
24/7/365 monitoring and support which sets ControlCircle apart.
O Completely vendor neutral, the company has a consultative approach to
meet client needs and develops bespoke premium solutions capitalising
on a number of strategic relationships with best-of-breed technology
suppliers, including: NetApp (storage), Checkpoint (firewalls), Foundry
Networks (network infrastructure), HP (servers), Oracle (high
availability databases) and Vmware (virtualisation).
ControlCircle is one of Level 3's master resellers and one of only
three companies in Europe to offer datacentres services to Level 3
clients.
O Based in Canary Wharf, ControlCircle is privately owned, employs 108
staff and has grown organically since it was founded 7 years ago.
In the past three years, it has doubled its installed base winning
business from high quality customers who sign long term support
contracts of typically 3 to 5 years.
O ControlCircle's success is being achieved by being innovative,
dynamic and excelling in customer care working for companies such as
KPMG, RR Donnelly, Citibank, Sega, Saga, Denton Wilde Sapte and various
high profile e-commerce sites such as Betfair, Tradefair
Confetti.co.uk, Rightmove.co.uk and Moveme.com.
O With 'physical' datacentre space rented from a variety of partners,
ControlCircle has access to space in 94 datacentres globally, and has
invested in deploying its own 20 gigabit-based Ethernet network ring in
London to provide high speed connectivity between 36 points of presence
(PoPs).
O ControlCircle is therefore well positioned to locate its clients in
multiple datacentres (run by different companies) for disaster recovery
purposes. As a range of partners are used, this approach also mitigates
any risks associated with using just one operator should they go out of
business. For example, a ControlCircle customer could use Interxion in
London, Level 3 in Frankfurt and GlobalSwitch in Amsterdam all catered
for under a single global SLA as required.
Open during normal office hours, the ControlCircle Information Office
can support you by:
o Arranging briefings with senior executives who can provide from the
'coal face' commentary, without hype and hyperbole, about what it is
happening today in the datacentre services market, a compare and
contrast of suppliers, views about future trends and so on;
o Providing access to customers who can speak openly about their
decisions to consolidate their critical IT assets in ControlCircle
managed environments;
o Offering views and opinions about key technologies deployed in
datacentres and ControlCircle's work with strategic technology
suppliers, covering topic areas including:
o Virtualisation; o Utility computing services i.e ControlCircle today
offers a Storage On Demand solution based on NetApp technology where
clients pay per month per gig used; o 'Greening' of the datacentre and
green equipment choices; o Security (both physical and systems
related); o Datacentre asset management; o System monitoring; o
Customer service and support.
O Discussing what should be best practice in terms of the
client-datacentre supplier relationship and getting the most out of
working with a datacentre services partner.
As part of a mutually productive relationship, we have added you to the
ControlCircle press and analyst database and will you send relevant
company and customer announcements accordingly.
CONTACT: Tom Herbst, Tom Herbst PR Limited
Tel: +44 (0)207 274 9937
Tel: +44 (0)776 814 5571
e-mail: tom@tomherbstpr.co.uk
Ben Radomski, corporate communications manager, ControlCircle Limited
Tel: +44 (0)207 517 6518
Tel: +44 (0)751 557 5371
e-mail: br@controlcircle.com
WWW: http://www.controlcircle.com
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