Hibernia Atlantic's global network map.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Submarine transport cable provider Hibernia Atlantic (www.hiberniaatlantic.com) and data center operator Equinix (www.equinix.com) announced on Tuesday that Hibernia Atlantic has expanded its Global Financial Network (www.hiberniagfn.com) into the Equinix New York-2 and New York-4 International Business Exchange data centers in Secaucus, New Jersey.
The move extends Hibernia Atlantic’s previous expansion of its network into Equinix’s LD4 London Slough International Business Exchange data center.
It will also drive Hibernia Atlantic’s redundancy within the New York metro area, as well as provide greater reliable connectivity to Hibernia Atlantic’s financial customers by bypassing major congestion points located within major metro city centers.
The link into Equinix Financial eXchange offers an effective route for financial exchange traffic, moving from Chicago to Secaucus — bypassing Manhattan when necessary — and across the Atlantic Ocean to Slough, UK, bypassing London when necessary.
Hibernia GFN has five different dark fiber providers across New York metro and 13 network points of presence in the New York metro region, making it one of the most resilient, reliable and fastest best-of-breed networks serving the financial community, says the company.
Built upon nearly 15,000 miles of fiber optic cable, Hibernia’s GFN is layered over the company’s diverse fiber optic network, reaching key financial cities including Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Stamford, Weehawken, Secaucus, Newark, White Plains, New York, Frankfurt, Reading and London.
Through its fast, active service, low-latency and high performance network connectivity, Hibernia’s GFN meets the demanding performance and reliability requirements of the global financial community, says the company.
“Hibernia’s new Secaucus PoPs are based in Equinix’s high quality, advanced design facilities that offer financial customers a full range of scalable services, including colocation, interconnection, support and monitoring,” says John Knuff, director of business development for Equinix. “The new PoPs extend Hibernia’s GFN into Equinix Financial eXchange in the NY2 and NY4 centers.”
