(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Submarine transport cable provider Hibernia Atlantic (www.hiberniaatlantic.com) announced on Friday it has expanded its network into Equinix’s (www.equinix.com) LD4 London Slough International Business Exchange data center.
This new point of presence extends Hibernia Atlantic’s footprint in the London area.
The announcement follows Hibernia Atlantic’s launch in January of a new service on its new route between Amsterdam and its 37 points of presence in North America, which provides its European and North American customers with direct transAtlantic connectivity.
This POP also extends Hibernia’s Global Financial Network into Equinix Financial eXchange, a neutral electronic marketplace consisting of active financial market participants, which is located within the LD4 center.
Within the LD4 data center, the GFN will have a direct connection to Equinix Financial eXchange’s established community of execution venues, buy and sell side firms, market data providers and technology utilities.
These businesses have housed their services at Equinix’s data center to access the choice of low-latency networks and to directly exchange data with nearby strategic partners and customers.
In March, teleco Rockefeller Group Technology Services successfully connected its customers to other financial firms’ networks over Hibernia’s Global Financial Network.
“This expansion marks Hibernia’s presence in five Equinix data centers in the US and Europe,” says Petrina Steele, vice president of business development in Europe for Equinix. “Hibernia Atlantic’s TransAtlantic cable system, which has a reputation for providing a redundant, diverse route from traditional networks, will bring value to our Financial eXchange community that requires secure, reliable connectivity to the financial hubs around the world.”
