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Pulsant Hosts New Internet Exchange for Scotland
READING, England, October 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
- London Internet Exchange sets up first dedicated IXP for region
Pulsant [http://www.pulsant.com ], the cloud computing, managed hosting and colocation
expert, is hosting Scotland's first dedicated Internet Exchange Point (IXP). Pulsant was
selected by London Internet Exchange (LINX) who developed the IXP. The new exchange has
been successfully implemented and is due to see its first Internet traffic in the next few
days.
The IXP, IXScotland, is hosted at Pulsant's SouthGyle data centre in Edinburgh and
ensures Internet service providers in the region can quickly and securely deliver traffic
to one another. As a result, businesses and consumers will have access to better
connectivity with reduced latency and improved resilience.
"IXScotland is a real step forward for the Internet community in Scotland and the UK
as a whole," says John Souter, CEO, LINX. "The exchange will allow networks to stop
so-called tromboning traffic to London and back again, and will help increase resilience
by creating a new centre for interconnection in the UK."
Matt Lovell, chief technical officer, Pulsant, says that in light of the Government's
plans to roll out higher speed broadband across the UK and Scotland, the new exchange is a
definite boost for the region and offers both ISPs and Internet users considerable
benefits.
"Pulsant will now work with individual ISPs and organisations that will make use of
the infrastructure, as well as our data hosting services, to assist in building a larger
connected network."
The launch was welcomed by the Scottish Government. Finance Secretary John Swinney,
who announced the launch on Monday, says: "We are delighted to welcome the establishment
of a dedicated Internet Exchange Point for Scotland which will speed up internet access
for businesses and individuals.
"This industry-led IXP will allow Internet service providers to securely pass traffic
to each other in Scotland, enhancing the digital offering both within and outside of
Scotland.
"I also want to recognise the key contribution of LINX, who have worked with the
industry and Scottish Government to make this happen.
"Along with our investment in next generation broadband and measures to increase
digital participation, this investment represents a further step on Scotland's journey to
becoming a world leading digital nation by 2020."
About Pulsant:
Pulsant is an award winning company that provides enterprise-class IT services to over
3,000 customers, ranging from SMEs to large private and public sector organisations. The
company is one of the UK's largest providers of Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing,
Colocation and Managed Networks.
Pulsant owns and operates a resilient 10gb core network connecting its 10 wholly owned
ISO 27001compliant data centres across the UK, of which certain sites are also ILS2, ILS3
and PCI certified. The company also provides services internationally from data centres in
New York, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. As an active member of the Green Grid consortium,
Pulsant operates a green data centre strategy and all of its UK sites are powered by 100
per cent renewable sources.
With a focus on providing world-class technology, Pulsant employs an expert team that
creates advanced and innovative solutions that optimise performance and cost-effectively
manage, store and safeguard data.
In 2013 Pulsant was awarded the Royal Warrant as a provider of hosted IT and data
centre services to the Royal household.
For more information,please visit http://www.pulsant.com
About LINX:
The London Internet Exchange (LINX) is the largest Internet Exchange Point in the UK,
and is the country's largest membership association for Internet Service Providers and
other major network operators. We provide peering services and public policy
representation to over 480 members across 60 countries. The LINX London network currently
handles over 3.5 Tbps of peak traffic, 1.725 Tb/sec of which is over public peering and
covers more than 80% of the global routing table. For more information, see:
http://www.linx.net - IXScotland is a single node IXP using powerful switching gear
from Extreme Networks that functions independently of the LINX's networks London and
Manchester. The exchange is managed in consultation with a local steering committee of
connected member networks. Connected peers include Brightsolid Online Technology,
Xtraordinary Networks, Fluency, Onyx Internet and M247. For more information, see:
https://www.linx.net/service/publicpeering/ixscotland
Pulsant
CONTACT: Pulsant Press Contact: Leila Hrycyszyn, Whiteoaks, Tel: +44-(0)1252-727313, Email: pulsant@whiteoaks.co.uk
Pulsant Hosts New Internet Exchange for Scotland
READING, England, October 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
- London Internet Exchange sets up first dedicated IXP for region
Pulsant [http://www.pulsant.com ], the cloud computing, managed hosting and colocation
expert, is hosting Scotland's first dedicated Internet Exchange Point (IXP). Pulsant was
selected by London Internet Exchange (LINX) who developed the IXP. The new exchange has
been successfully implemented and is due to see its first Internet traffic in the next few
days.
The IXP, IXScotland, is hosted at Pulsant's SouthGyle data centre in Edinburgh and
ensures Internet service providers in the region can quickly and securely deliver traffic
to one another. As a result, businesses and consumers will have access to better
connectivity with reduced latency and improved resilience.
"IXScotland is a real step forward for the Internet community in Scotland and the UK
as a whole," says John Souter, CEO, LINX. "The exchange will allow networks to stop
so-called tromboning traffic to London and back again, and will help increase resilience
by creating a new centre for interconnection in the UK."
Matt Lovell, chief technical officer, Pulsant, says that in light of the Government's
plans to roll out higher speed broadband across the UK and Scotland, the new exchange is a
definite boost for the region and offers both ISPs and Internet users considerable
benefits.
"Pulsant will now work with individual ISPs and organisations that will make use of
the infrastructure, as well as our data hosting services, to assist in building a larger
connected network."
The launch was welcomed by the Scottish Government. Finance Secretary John Swinney,
who announced the launch on Monday, says: "We are delighted to welcome the establishment
of a dedicated Internet Exchange Point for Scotland which will speed up internet access
for businesses and individuals.
"This industry-led IXP will allow Internet service providers to securely pass traffic
to each other in Scotland, enhancing the digital offering both within and outside of
Scotland.
"I also want to recognise the key contribution of LINX, who have worked with the
industry and Scottish Government to make this happen.
"Along with our investment in next generation broadband and measures to increase
digital participation, this investment represents a further step on Scotland's journey to
becoming a world leading digital nation by 2020."
About Pulsant:
Pulsant is an award winning company that provides enterprise-class IT services to over
3,000 customers, ranging from SMEs to large private and public sector organisations. The
company is one of the UK's largest providers of Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing,
Colocation and Managed Networks.
Pulsant owns and operates a resilient 10gb core network connecting its 10 wholly owned
ISO 27001compliant data centres across the UK, of which certain sites are also ILS2, ILS3
and PCI certified. The company also provides services internationally from data centres in
New York, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. As an active member of the Green Grid consortium,
Pulsant operates a green data centre strategy and all of its UK sites are powered by 100
per cent renewable sources.
With a focus on providing world-class technology, Pulsant employs an expert team that
creates advanced and innovative solutions that optimise performance and cost-effectively
manage, store and safeguard data.
In 2013 Pulsant was awarded the Royal Warrant as a provider of hosted IT and data
centre services to the Royal household.
For more information,please visit http://www.pulsant.com
About LINX:
The London Internet Exchange (LINX) is the largest Internet Exchange Point in the UK,
and is the country's largest membership association for Internet Service Providers and
other major network operators. We provide peering services and public policy
representation to over 480 members across 60 countries. The LINX London network currently
handles over 3.5 Tbps of peak traffic, 1.725 Tb/sec of which is over public peering and
covers more than 80% of the global routing table. For more information, see:
http://www.linx.net - IXScotland is a single node IXP using powerful switching gear
from Extreme Networks that functions independently of the LINX's networks London and
Manchester. The exchange is managed in consultation with a local steering committee of
connected member networks. Connected peers include Brightsolid Online Technology,
Xtraordinary Networks, Fluency, Onyx Internet and M247. For more information, see:
https://www.linx.net/service/publicpeering/ixscotland
Pulsant
CONTACT: Pulsant Press Contact: Leila Hrycyszyn, Whiteoaks, Tel: +44-(0)1252-727313, Email: pulsant@whiteoaks.co.uk