The Canadian-based Hatch provides technology-driven solutions and services to clients in the mining, minerals, metals, manufacturing, infrastructure and energy industries.

Under the terms of the agreement, Q9 will provide Hatch with physical space, bandwidth and managed remote link services from one of its high security data centers, ensuring secure and reliable access to mission-critical applications for the company.

"As a worldwide organization with employees needing daily access to core IT applications such as our SAP system, it's absolutely critical that we have the highest possible availability," says Peter Graham, Global Network operations coordinator for Hatch. "After a competitive bid process and considerable due diligence, we selected Q9 based on their SLA-backed reliability and service guarantees, standard all-inclusive pricing and their extensive reference base."