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Mother Technologies boosts capacity and broadens UK network coverage with Neos Networks

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London, UK, 10 February 2016 Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and part of the SSE Group – today announced that it has upgraded Mother Technologies’ core network between its head office in Europe’s oil and gas capital, Aberdeen, and London to boost the firm’s network coverage nationwide, while supporting its recent expansion in Scotland.

Having predominantly served the Aberdeen market for the last 12 years as an IT support and connectivity provider, Mother Technologies recently broadened its remit with a range of cloud hosting services and has opened new offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow. To cope with the additional network capacity demand stemming from the increase in services and the geographical expansion, Neos Networks delivered a new 1Gb core connection, which improves the company’s ability to scale and supports plans for future growth.

“With added demand for our services from within Scotland and further afield, we needed to ensure that we could continue to meet the high expectations we’ve set as a company,” said Steve Redhead, managing director of Mother Technologies. “The upgraded core network connection, between our headquarters in Aberdeen and London, ensures that our new and existing customers benefit from a high capacity UK-wide network.”

He continued: “As any rapidly growing business will tell you, having a scalable and ultra-reliable network in place is paramount. We now have the peace of mind that we can continue to grow our customer base without our network capacity hampering the level of service we’re able to provide.”

Key to Mother Technologies decision to enlist Neos Networks with the network upgrade was the strong existing partnership between the two companies. Neos Networks’ account director and engineers were in constant communication with Mother Technologies engineers to ensure that any issues were immediately resolved without delaying the project, which was completed within just a couple of months.

“As well as focusing on strengthening its presence in Scotland and deepening existing customer relationships, Mother Technologies also needed a high capacity connection to London in order to meet the needs of its growing UK-wide client base,” said Colin Sempill, managing director of Neos Networks. “Our excellent existing relationship gave Mother Technologies the confidence that its network would be upgraded quickly and easily by the same team that it has trusted for many years to deliver.”

With added demand for our services from within Scotland and further afield, we needed to ensure that we could continue to meet the high expectations we’ve set as a company.

Steve Redhead, managing director of Mother Technologies

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Neos Networks broadens UK Ethernet coverage with launch of Project Edge, phase 2

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London, UK, 25th November 2015 Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of high availability connectivity services and part of the SSE Group – has today announced phase two of Project Edge. ‘Edge 2’ adds a further 33 BT exchanges to its existing 12,000+km, 232 Point of Presence (PoP) UK-wide fibre network. The deployment adds another 50,000 prime city centre business postcodes to the 200,000 introduced by phase one of Project Edge.

This latest initiative follows the success of the original Project Edge network expansion announced in November 2013 that saw 54 new Exchange PoPs – many of which were in London – added to the Neos Networks network. With the additional PoPs and by interconnecting with other leading fibre network service providers in the UK, as part of Edge Plus, Neos Networks initiated full UK-wide coverage. This first phase of the expansion made Neos Networks a more compelling Ethernet provider for service providers which require reliable connectivity to multiple locations up and down the country.

The Edge 2 initiative enables Neos Networks’ customers to purchase additional Ethernet services directly. In doing so, customers benefit from Neos Networks’ reputable delivery service wrap and highly resilient, extensive national network.

In the first quarter of 2015* service provider revenues from the global Ethernet market grew by just 1.4 percent year-over-year. Despite this, Neos Networks experienced a 250 percent increase in orders of its Ethernet services in the last 12 months, largely due to its investment in Project Edge and the Edge Plus services. That demand has indicated a clear need for broader connectivity and better service wraps.

“Our most recent network expansion initiatives have focused on adding 31 commercial data centres in London and Manchester that can deliver 1Gb and 10Gb waves in a week” said Colin Sempill, managing director of Neos Networks. “Edge 2 will see us invest once again in national Ethernet services, to meet the clear demand for high quality Ethernet connectivity across the nation revealed by Edge 1. By extending our core network capability to an additional 33 exchanges as part of Edge 2, our customers will now have even greater access to our high quality Ethernet and unique, best-of-breed service.”

Neos Networks’ diverse Ethernet customer base includes SGN, Marston’s Telecoms, Azzurri, HighNet and the University of Law.

This latest network investment will see Neos Networks’ fibre network extend to 33 BT exchanges in Aberdeen Denburn, Aylesbury, Birmingham Midland, Bolton, Bradford, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Colchester, Darlington, Doncaster, Edinburgh Waverly, Farnborough, Glasgow Douglas, Gloucester, Harrogate, High Wycombe, Inverness, Ipswich, Leicester Montford, Lincoln, Loughborough, Maidstone, Newcastle, Norwich, Oldham, Oxford, Peterborough, Rochdale, Sheffield Attercliffe, Sheffield, Stockton, Wokingham and York.

* EY Analysis, Gartner, IDC

Our most recent network expansion initiatives have focused on adding 31 commercial data centres in London and Manchester that can deliver 1Gb and 10Gb waves in a week.

Colin Sempill, managing director of Neos Networks

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Tampnet lights up oil and gas industry with Neos Networks

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London, UK, 13 October 2015 Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and part of the SSE Group, today announced that it has been selected by Tampnet to upgrade its existing 10Gb managed service with a resilient, high quality dark fibre network that will enable it to connect assets in London and the heart of the European oil and gas industry in Aberdeen. The capacity and scalability of the solution provided by Neos Networks will also enable Tampnet to realise a longer-term objective; underpinning transatlantic connectivity via Scandinavia as opposed to traditional hubs in mainland Europe.

Tampnet is said to operate the largest offshore high capacity communication network in the world, carrying traffic for approximately 220 platforms in the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico. The company needed to ensure that its network could scale to accommodate growing demand from its customer base, while being able to support new business ventures.

“The key drivers behind our decision to scale our network was increased demand from our customers and the need to be able to take advantage of future business opportunities,” said Per Atle Sørensen, Sales Manager at Tampnet. “Our longstanding partnership with Neos Networks has ensured that our new and existing customers benefit from a guaranteed level of service across the UK. The latest dark fibre connection between the heart of the oil and gas industry in Aberdeen and London, will ensure that we can continue to improve on our service delivery and also support our longer-term ambition to underpin transatlantic connectivity via Scandinavia, rather than relying on traditional hubs in continental Europe.”

As an existing customer of Neos Networks, Tampnet was confident of its network provider’s experience in delivering high quality co-location services to remote locations. Having worked together closely on various projects in the past – including a joint venture with cloud hosting and data centre provider, brightsolid, to offer unprecedented network speed and bandwidth in Aberdeen and beyond – Tampnet was able to call on its dedicated account team at Neos Networks to discuss its evolving business requirements. In fact, the strong business relationship and cultural synergy between the two teams was just as important to Tampnet in its selection, as Neos Networks’ reputation for reliability.

Atle Sørensen continued: “Neos Networks is a much valued network partner and the flexibility and in-built scalability of its network gives us full confidence that it will continue to support our needs – and those of our customers – both now and in the years to come.”

Another important factor for Tampnet was the ability to have full autonomy of all active components within its infrastructure, which is exactly what Neos Networks has provided. Tampnet is now in the position to deliver reliable and robust services to its clients and can manage and rectify any issues immediately. Furthermore, Tampnet can now manage all of its off-shore facilities from one central location.

“We have worked in partnership with Tampnet for many years, providing colocation services and core networking links between its main Points of Presence (PoPs), before delivering the latest dark fibre connection between Aberdeen and London,” said Colin Sempill, Managing Director of Neos Networks. “Tampnet is in a unique position to provide connectivity between Scandinavia and the UK and we are delighted that this latest network project will enable it to meet growing demand and realise future business objectives.”

Our longstanding partnership with Neos Networks has ensured that our new and existing customers benefit from a guaranteed level of service across the UK

Per Atle Sørensen, Sales Manager at Tampnet

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Commsworld scores a connectivity hole in one with Neos Networks

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London, UK, 29 September 2015 Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group – today announced that its scalable network solutions have enabled Commsworld to deliver ultra-reliable and high-capacity internet connectivity to major sporting events and festivals in Scotland over the summer.

While demand for bandwidth has grown exponentially, so too has the installed-base of Commsworld’s ‘Fluency’ network which it acquired in 2012. In fact, Commsworld supplies internet connectivity to festivals – including the Edinburgh Festival – and world famous, highly prestigious sporting events taking place in Scotland and beyond. Such large events typically require vast amounts of bandwidth. Commsworld has invested heavily building it’s Fluency network out into metro-areas within Scotland’s largest cities, but needed to ensure its national backhaul connections into London and Manchester were capable of supporting the increasing bandwidth requirements of even its most demanding clients in the events industry.

In order to guarantee its customers had access to fast and ultra-reliable internet access, Commsworld relied on Neos Networks’ expertise to increase the capacity of its optical wavelengths quickly, without compromising the quality of the service. The Fluency network now benefits from far greater capacity on its national routes between Edinburgh, London and Manchester. This extra capacity not only accommodates organic growth, it also enables Commsworld to seamlessly cope with peaks in demand from major events without risking network congestion.

“As a company, we have experienced rapid growth in recent years and now supply internet access to a number of leading events across Scotland and beyond,” said Charlie Boisseau, CTO of Commsworld. “Supplying significant bandwidth requirements to festivals and other popular sporting events means that we need flexible optical backhaul providers on-board that can allow us to meet huge peaks in demand without causing network congestion.

“Having worked closely with Neos Networks for many years, we were confident that scaling our optical network as and when needed would be quick and painless. Indeed, summer 2015 has been an excellent example of how Neos Networks ticks all of the boxes for us. With one of the most significant Scottish-based sporting events on the calendar and the Edinburgh Festival to contend with, we were able to almost immediately scale two of our major national backhaul connections to deliver the impeccable level of service that our customers have come to expect from us.”

While lead times for higher capacity services can take up to 90 days, Neos Networks takes pride in beating the industry standard and completed the latest project initiative within just a week, giving Commsworld the confidence that the connectivity requirements of its sporting venue customers would be met in plenty of time. Commsworld is also dedicated to keeping latency as low as is physically possible over its Fluency network, which was also an important factor in its selection of Neos Networks’ low latency optical networking services.

Boisseau continued: “As for the network team itself, our account director has been excellent, but we can also call on the expertise of Neos Networks as a whole and so have experienced the best of both worlds when it comes to customer service and delivery.”

“The summer can be a very busy time for any company that counts major sporting events and festivals as clients,” said Colin Sempill, managing director of Neos Networks. “With our agile network in place, Commsworld can easily accommodate peaks in demand for its services. Indeed, by rapidly scaling the capacity of its major national network connections, it has been able to support one of the most significant events in the sporting calendar this year.”

As a company, we have experienced rapid growth in recent years and now supply internet access to a number of leading events across Scotland and beyond.

Charlie Boisseau, CTO of Commsworld

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Neos Networks to light up LONDON2, Virtus’ new flagship Hayes data centre

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Neos Networks will connect LONDON2, VIRTUS’ new flagship data centre in Hayes with a host of connectivity solutions, including its LIGHTNOW optical networking service.

Reading, UK, 12 August 2015: Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and part of the SSE Group, today announced that it is connecting LONDON2, VIRTUS’ new flagship data centre in Hayes with a host of connectivity solutions, including its LIGHTNOW optical networking service. LIGHTNOW offers high-capacity, ultra-resilient wavelength connectivity and already services 21 of London’s busiest data centres (including the VIRTUS LONDON1 site in Enfield) and a further nine in Manchester with 1Gb and 10Gb Ethernet wavelengths that can be provisioned within just seven days. Customers of the VIRTUS LONDON2 data centre will also benefit from high capacity Ethernet, IP transit and Internet Access services connecting sites across the country to the new facility following Neos Networks’ investment in the facility.

Designed to meet the growing demand for scalable, reliable, on-demand co-location services, LONDON2 is a popular facility in the capital, offering 65,000 sq ft of Tier 3 design certified data centre space. Neos Networks’ suite of diversely connected networking solutions will be available to the wide range of companies served by LONDON2, including those specialising in cloud technology, secure hosting, professional services and education, as well as those in the financial services and mining industries.

“Ultra-reliable, high-performance connectivity is a fundamental enabler for our rapidly growing customer base at LONDON2,” said Matthew Larbey, product strategy director at VIRTUS Data Centres. “With increasing demand for our data centre services, largely due to its strategic position – which is close enough to central London for low latency performance but far away enough to meet stringent government and financial services business continuity standards – we needed a network provider that could keep pace without risk of failure. With a provider of Neos Networks’ calibre on-board, we’re confident that the facility will fully support the demanding enterprises that LONDON2 is attracting in the capital.”

“We’re delighted to be connecting VIRTUS’ flagship LONDON2 data centre,” said Colin Sempill, managing director of Neos Networks. “As a company, we’ve made a significant investment in our UK network in recent years. Indeed, Project Edge was specifically designed to meet the needs of the enterprise and service provider market, where customers – like VIRTUS’ – expect speed, latency and reliability from their providers. Our innovative networking services, including LIGHTNOW, bring ultra-resilient networking solutions to a greater number of firms that have absolutely no tolerance for failure or downtime. Connecting prime data centres, such as the LONDON2 facility, in key business hubs, is part and parcel of our overarching objective – to bring our reliable, high-capacity networking services to the doorsteps of the UK’s most demanding enterprises.”

Neos Networks’ LIGHTNOW service provides organisations with rapidly provisioned 1Gb and 10Gb optical wavelength connectivity between some of the busiest commercial data centres in London and Manchester, all with sub 1ms latency. The LONDON2 facility is the latest addition to Neos Networks’ portfolio of leading data centres, located in major digital hubs and demonstrates its ongoing commitment to expanding its nationwide network footprint.

Our innovative networking services, including LIGHTNOW, bring ultra-resilient networking solutions to a greater number of firms that have absolutely no tolerance for failure or downtime.

Colin Sempill, Managing Director of Neos Networks

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Neos Networks enables Converged to scale up connectivity to UK-wide service

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As a key IT and Telephony company increases bandwidth requirements 200-fold over eight years, Neos Networks helps it to meet this demand.

London, 14th July 2015: Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group, has today announced that Aberdeen-based ICT company, Converged Communication Solutions, has increased its national connectivity footprint thanks to the geographic reach of Neos Networks’ services. Neos Networks enables Converged to scale up connectivity to UK-wide service Working with Neos Networks, Converged is now delivering 200 times more bandwidth to its customers than it did when the companies first joined forces eight years ago.

Neos Networks has been consistent in its ability to meet the network demands of Converged’s clients.  This has enabled Converged to renew the contract with its own biggest customer, international engineering consultancy Xodus Group, to increase network capacity by ten times on its core routes during the next three years.  In addition, Converged regularly utilises Neos Networks’ online price comparison engine, LIVEQUOTE, which compares and analyses the Ethernet quotes from all major UK carriers as well as Neos Networks.  This allows Converged to identify and provision the most cost effective network for clients, even in areas where Neos Networks’ network footprint doesn’t reach. Converged also relies on Neos Networks for its own backbone links from London to Aberdeen.

“Without Neos Networks we wouldn’t be able to provide such resilient connectivity at such a cost efficient price for our clients in Aberdeen and across the UK” said Neil Christie, technical director at Converged Communication Solutions.  “As we both share Scottish roots, we’re pleased to have grown alongside Neos Networks and been able to facilitate the growth of our customers, such as Xodus Group.”

Neil continued: “What’s more, despite our lengthy relationship with Neos Networks, we have only ever had to deal with one team.  This has meant that they are in tune with our needs and the demands of our customers.  We fully trust their advice and have complete confidence in their networking expertise.  The team hasn’t yet been in a position where they can’t deliver the connectivity services we need and we’re confident that this will remain the case in the future.”

“We understand how important it is for Converged to ensure quality of service, cost effectiveness and peace of mind to customers, particularly those in the oil and gas industry,” said Colin Sempill, managing director of Neos Networks.  “We’re pleased to have been able to deliver reliable connectivity that can stretch even beyond our own footprint, thanks to LIVEQUOTE, and it’s brilliant to have such a trusted relationship so that as Converged and its customers grow, they will continue to turn to us for their network requirements.  With the Government’s Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme upping demand even more, we look forward to supporting Converged as it extends its customer base even further.”

About Converged Communication Solutions

Converged Communication Solutions is an independent IT support, telephony and Internet service provider. Established in 2005, the company has grown from a two-man operation to a fully integrated communications company with 22 staff based in Aberdeen.  More information about Converged Communication Solutions is available at www.converged.co.uk or by telephoning 01224 656380.

We fully trust their advice and have complete confidence in their networking expertise. The team hasn’t yet been in a position where they can’t deliver the connectivity services we need and we’re confident that this will remain the case in the future.

Neil Christie, Technical Director at Converged Communication Solutions

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Neos Networks upgrades HighNet’s core network to support burgeoning ISP business

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London, 27 May 2015 Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group, has extended its existing partnership with HighNet, by upgrading its core network to 10Gb to meet increased customer demand following the rapid growth of its Internet Service Provider (ISP) business.

Initially established to serve the Highlands of Scotland, HighNet has ambitious plans for business growth and in 2011, set out to become a fully-fledged national ISP.  In order to achieve this, HighNet turned to Neos Networks to help extend its national network footprint and build a private national ISP infrastructure to deliver resilient and scalable solutions – including connectivity, mobile data, disaster recovery and converged voice and data services – to enterprises across the UK.  While the original project was expected to run for five years, HighNet’s objectives were met a year ahead of schedule.  This, coupled with a dramatic increase in customer demand for HighNet’s ISP services, prompted its latest requirement to upgrade the network.  The 10Gb network capability will not only allow HighNet to support its many new and existing customers; it will also enable it to deliver wholesale services and become a network aggregator as well as an ISP.

“Since partnering with Neos Networks in 2011, with the aim of expanding our ISP business, we’ve experienced double digit growth, achieving 17 percent growth over the last year alone,” said David Alldritt, technology and innovation director at HighNet.  “Our initial requirement was for a scalable UK-wide solution, offering the most comprehensive geographical presence possible, to grow our customer base.  This has more than been met within four years, which is significantly sooner than we anticipated.  Following this great success, we’re keen to ensure that our business continues to grow and we can now be confident that we can keep up with the increased demand from our new and existing customers.”

Neos Networks’ scalable network solution and high-specification, UK-wide co-location facilities, underpin HighNet’s range of enterprise-class services and have played a key part in the impressive growth it has seen over recent years.  The newly upgraded network solution was rapidly provisioned by Neos Networks’ highly skilled and experienced team, who provided a significant amount of support right from the initial deployment stage to the present day.  HighNet has benefited from working with the same team from day one and the strong partnership between the two companies has been instrumental in building HighNet’s network from the ground-up.

Alldritt continued: “The consistency of Neos Networks’ team has made all the difference.  Everyone from our account director to the network architect involved in the original deployment is still onboard, which is something of a rarity in the telecoms business!  Not only does this make working together an easier and more enjoyable process, it also ensures that everyone fully understands our business and so are well placed to help us meet our future objectives.”

“HighNet has enjoyed much success since we began working together in 2011, so much so that customer demand had begun to outstrip capacity,” said Colin Sempill, managing director of Neos Networks.  “As HighNet was confident of the proven quality and reliability of our network services, we were the first port of call to deliver the 10Gb core network upgrade needed to continue to grow the business.  Our partnership with HighNet has been extremely successful to date and we look forward to continuing to work together as its ISP business continues to flourish.”

About HighNet

Founded in 1994, HighNet initially marketed call routing services to customers in the Highlands of Scotland and the company has been expanding its service portfolio and geographical reach ever since.   Today, HighNet is Scotland’s leading business communications provider, providing access to a wide range of telecoms services, while always ensuring a high level of service and value for money for its customers.  The company’s services are sold through more than 120 channel partners across the country.

Since partnering with Neos Networks in 2011, with the aim of expanding our ISP business, we’ve experienced double digit growth, achieving 17 percent growth over the last year alone

David Alldritt, Technology and Innovation Director at HighNet

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Neos Networks serves up ultra-resilient UK network for Marston’s Telecoms

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Brewery-owned managed service provider Marston’s Telecoms chooses Neos Networks as partner of choice as it upgrades its network.

London, 28 April 2015: Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group, has today announced that it has been selected by Marston’s Telecoms to upgrade its existing network as the company welcomes increased network demand, particularly from its hospitality customer base. The managed service provider, which is part of brewer Marston’s PLC, is utilising Neos Networks’ new optical networking service, LIGHTNOW, for three 10Gb wavelengths, providing a scalable, resilient foundation for Marston’s Telecoms’ core network and managed service platforms.

Marston’s Telecoms is also making use of Neos Networks’ extensive network expansion, dubbed Project Edge, which concluded in Edge Plus, a service which allows companies to interconnect with other leading network providers beyond the Neos Networks’ network footprint. Neos Networks’ online price comparison engine, LIVEQUOTE, which compares and analyses Ethernet quotes from other major UK carriers as well as Neos Networks, allows Marston’s Telecoms to find and provision network services for customers in real time at the most cost effective price possible.

“In order to deliver a fail-safe solution to UK businesses, as well as our own core network, we needed to create a highly secure and reliable infrastructure,” said Rob Derbyshire, operations manager, Marston’s Telecoms. “We take pride in offering a resilient network built on a foundation of connections, which enables us to offer the best in network failovers. That’s why we looked for a trusted network partner to facilitate our growth as a managed service provider. Neos Networks’ reputation and its extensive network footprint, combined with its ability to interconnect with other carriers, were paramount to our decision.”

Derbyshire continued: “In terms of the deployment itself, the on boarding process is very simple and the LIVEQUOTE tool allows us to swiftly source the most competitive quotes available regardless of location, something that will be vital as we grow. We view this as the start of a long and strategic relationship with Neos Networks – our partner of choice for all of our ongoing optical and Ethernet requirements.”

“Marston’s Telecoms chose us to deliver its network service expansion due to our extensive network and its reputation for reliability,” said Colin Sempill, managing director of Neos Networks. “We offer the capacity and service delivery assurances which are crucial as Marston’s Telecoms grows its business and becomes a trusted partner for its own customers. Our price comparison engine, LIVEQUOTE, is crucial to this, as it ensures that Marston’s Telecoms’ customers can always access the most robust network, in the fastest time, at the most cost effective price, no matter where they are in the UK.”

We take pride in offering a resilient network built on a foundation of connections, which enables us to offer the best in network failovers. That’s why we looked for a trusted network partner to facilitate our growth as a managed service provider. Neos Networks’ reputation and its extensive network footprint, combined with its ability to interconnect with other carriers, were paramount to our decision.

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Neos Networks launches LIGHTNOW Manchester to provide waves in a week within the city and to London

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High speed, ultra-resilient networking service now links nine LIGHTNOW Manchester data centres with 21 in London.

London, April 14, 2015: Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure services and part of the SSE Group, today announced that it is launching Manchester LIGHTNOW, a new high-capacity, ultra-resilient optical networking service, providing 1Gb and 10Gb wavelength connectivity between nine of the busiest data centres in the Manchester and between dedicated LIGHTNOW data centres in London and Manchester. Manchester LIGHTNOW follows the latest announcement of Neos Networks bringing seven new Manchester-based data centres on-net and builds on the success of the LIGHTNOW service in the London area.

The Manchester data centres will benefit from 1Gb and 10Gb optical wavelengths between commercial data centres, with sub 1ms latency, which can be rapidly provisioned within a week. Neos Networks is offering customers flexible contract durations which start at three months, a zero charge set-up option, in-life circuit moves between any of the on-net data centres real time, and 24/7 support, all at extremely competitive rates.

“When we first launched our LIGHTNOW service, we were serving the demand from businesses for high capacity connectivity between data centres in London,” said Colin Sempill, managing director of Neos Networks.  “We could see that increasingly more data centre managers were choosing to use a combination of data centres to best suit the requirements of their data – whether that be high security, maximum availability or the need for speed – but they weren’t willing to compromise on service.  These ‘pro-locators’, as we called them, are now emerging in Manchester too, most likely due to the booming business in the area and resulting increase in data, and they also require faster data centre links both within the Manchester area and to London.”

Manchester LIGHTNOW provides meshed connectivity in and around the city and on to London.  It follows the original debut of the service in London, where Neos Networks connects 21 of the busiest data centres.  The original LIGHTNOW London service formed part of the extensive network expansion, dubbed Project Edge, which saw Neos Networks increase the reach of its fibre network to more than 12,000km with a total of 234 points of presence, serving more than 200,000 metropolitan business postcodes, nationwide.

“The expansion of the LIGHTNOW service builds on its success in London and demonstrates Neos Networks’ commitment to delivering ultra-high capacity connectivity services.  Our ambition is to design a data centre portfolio that makes a real difference to our customers, supported by a network infrastructure that has no tolerance for downtime,” concluded Sempill.

The Manchester data centres connected by Neos Networks are as follows:  DataCentred, Dock 10 – Media City, M247, Telecity Group (Williams House), Telecity Group (Reynolds House), Telecity Group (Synergy House), UKFast – MaNOC 6, Telecity Group (Joule House) and Telecity Group (Kilburn House).

LIGHTNOW is powered by Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, equipped with WaveLogic coherent optics. The service leverages the 6500’s ROADM bridge features, which ensure full agility for the provisioning and routing of wavelengths, underpinning the “wavelength in a week” service pledge.

The expansion of the LIGHTNOW service builds on its success in London and demonstrates Neos Networks’ commitment to delivering ultra-high capacity connectivity services. Our ambition is to design a data centre portfolio that makes a real difference to our customers, supported by a network infrastructure that has no tolerance for downtime.

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Neos Networks lights up seven Manchester data centres as it continues UK-wide network expansion

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Neos Networks has added seven major Manchester data centres to its lists of on-net PoPs.

London, March 10, 2015: Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure services and part of the SSE Group, today announced that it is adding seven new Manchester data centres in the city centre to its high capacity, high availability national network, continuing its nationwide programme to connect the UK’s most popular data centres to demanding customers across the world.

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NB: Telecity Group, Joule House and Telecity Group, Kilburn House in Manchester were already “on-net”.

Neos Networks has taken the decision to invest in Manchester due to its status as Britain’s second largest city and the increasing numbers of businesses, including the BBC, that are choosing to relocate there. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) reported this year that Manchester had the highest growth rate of all Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas in England; experiencing growth of 4.6 percent (£2.5 billion) in 2013. The sustained inward investment in Manchester has resulted in a marked increase in software development and IT services businesses in the region. Couple that with a commensurate increase in demand for faster and more reliable access to the cloud computing service that are hosted in the city’s data centres and the investment rationale for Neos Networks was clear.

By adding these seven data centres to its nationwide community of similarly connected sites, Neos Networks is now better able to support enterprises in Manchester, and to help those organisations connect to customers, suppliers and partners at extremely high speeds, and with Neos Networks characteristically high availability network they can do this nationwide.

“Our decision to bring seven new data centres on-net in and around Manchester, the UK’s second largest city and business hub, is in line with our continued focus on delivering our ultra reliable and high quality Ethernet and optical networking services to the UK’s most demanding enterprises,” said Colin Sempill, managing director of Neos Networks.  “We look forward to furthering our nationwide reach, with Manchester playing a key part of our strategic network expansion plans.”

This latest initiative follows the recent completion of the first phase of Neos Networks’ ambitious network expansion plan, Project Edge, which increased the reach of its fibre network to more than 12,000+km with a total of 234 points of presence, serving more than 200,000 metropolitan business postcodes, nationwide.

Our decision to bring seven new data centres on-net in and around Manchester, the UK’s second largest city and business hub, is in line with our continued focus on delivering our ultra reliable and high quality Ethernet and optical networking services to the UK’s most demanding enterprises

Colin Sempill, Managing Director at Neos Networks

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Neos Networks, brightsolid and Tampnet join forces to offer unprecedented network speed and bandwidth in Aberdeen and beyond

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Aberdeen data centre to be connected to 100Gbps network for brightsolid and Tampnet’s next-gen connectivity project.

London, February 25, 2015 Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group, today announced an exciting new venture with partners brightsolid, the cloud hosting and data centre service provider, and Tampnet, the offshore network operator. Neos Networks will install a new, state-of-art Ciena platform which connects brightsolid’s new Aberdeen data centre to its 100Gb UK-wide network and will allow it the bandwidth and speed to service the growing oil and gas industry within Aberdeen. With Tampnet, this connectivity also has the potential to extend to off-shore facilities in the North Sea.

With a raft of oil and gas and other commercial companies choosing to locate themselves in Europe’s energy capital, it’s paramount that the carrier-neutral brightsolid data centre can offer a resilient network with unrivalled speed and bandwidth that extends the reach of Aberdeen. Neos Networks’ engineering heritage and its trusted relationship with brightsolid means that prospective businesses looking to operate out of Aberdeen will benefit from the new Ciena platform which will deliver the speed, low latency and bandwidth promised. The UK-wide high-speed links combined with the energy efficiency of brightsolid’s Aberdeen data centre make it a viable alternative for businesses no matter where in the country they are physically located.

“brightsolid will deliver a world class data centre to customers in Aberdeen, one that has state-of-the-art connectivity across the UK and offshore thanks to Tampnet,” said Richard Higgs, CEO of brightsolid. “Our mission is to deliver technical innovation with a personal service, and together with Neos Networks’ shared ethos, the communications service we are delivering will be world class; somewhere that can facilitate the growing trend to migrate assets to the cloud without concern for capacity, security or speed.”

For Aberdeen, the partnership between these three companies – which are at the heart of the data and telecoms industry – will have long-lasting benefits, far beyond connectivity. Councillor George Adam, Lord Provost of Aberdeen, recently said at the Transform Digital: Aberdeen Conference that for every £1 invested in IT and tech in Aberdeen it generates £20. With £1 million having been invested by Neos Networks and £5 million from brightsolid, this project has the potential to generate £120 million worth of growth for the future of Aberdeen. What’s more, this is only the first stage of a phased investment plan, which aims to elevate the city to a vital hub of technical innovation and communications excellence, which will allow both businesses and the local community to flourish.

“The partnership between ourselves, brightsolid and Tampnet will provide huge advantages for Aberdeen and the oil and gas industry from the moment the data centre opens its doors,” said Colin Sempill, managing director at Neos Networks. “brightsolid will act as a critical data centre hub, and our ultra-resilient network will provide the roads to and from it, made more significant by the co-operation of Tampnet, which extends this connectivity even further afield. We are committed to investing in the future of UK telecommunications and this latest project will serve to get customers connected quicker, to a reliable network, that will serve demand both now and in the future.”

“The future of the oil and gas industry will shape businesses and consumers alike; making reliable and flexible connectivity absolutely essential,” said Trygves Hagevik, sales director at Tampnet. “It’s not enough, however, to just have good connectivity off-shore or onshore. These need to link together and be able to do so quickly. This is what our latest partnership with brightsolid and Neos Networks will deliver; ensuring our customers have a guaranteed level of service across the UK. After all, you’re only as reliable as your weakest link.”

Brightsolid

brightsolid are a cloud and application hosting specialist that own and operate data centres in North East Scotland that are connected by the UK wide brightsolid network. For the last 20 years brightsolid have been working to help organisations in the Energy, Public Sector and Enterprise sectors reduce the risk and cost of their IT estate through the adoption of latest technologies. A family owned business with company values at its core, brightsolid’s mission is to deliver technical innovation with personal service that surpasses customer expectation.

Tampnet

Tampnet is said to operate the largest offshore high capacity communication network in the world, carrying traffic for approximately 220 platforms in the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Pioneering the industry, the company has developed a high capacity, resilient and low latency communication network of fibre backbone cables, radio access links and 4G connections, serving both the Norwegian and the UK sectors. Its goal is to become the preferred offshore network provider, and the company is constantly expanding the infrastructure and improving services and capacity. Recently Tampnet is also proving to be successful in the telecommunications transit market between Scandinavia and UK.

Tampnet was established, in 2001, by Statoil. In November, 2012, EQT acquired Tampnet to further develop the company in the North Sea and in the global arena to enable clients to fully implement their collaboration and Integrated Operations strategies.

brightsolid will deliver a world class data centre to customers in Aberdeen, one that has state-of-the-art connectivity across the UK and offshore thanks to Tampnet

Richard Higgs, CEO of brightsolid

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CableCom selects Neos Networks to deliver reliable Ethernet in data-intensive environments

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Neos Networks will now deliver backhaul capacity and point-to-point Ethernet circuits for managed internet service provider. 

London, 7 October 2014 – Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group – has today announced that it will be the principle provider of backhaul capacity to nine unbundled BT Exchanges of managed internet service provider, CableCom Networking, as well as delivering point-to-point Ethernet circuits, to connect 12 of the company’s London customer sites.

The BT Exchange backhaul capacity consists of GigE and 10Gb circuits, to ensure that CableCom can offer high capacity, ultra resilient bandwidth. These installations went live in September for CableCom’s end customers.

Following a competitive tender, Neos Networks was chosen due to its vast network. Having extended the number of Points of Presence (PoPs) across the UK by 62 in the recent Project Edge network expansion, Neos Networks became a natural fit to meet the Ethernet requirements of CableCom and its customers.

“We are proud to offer our customers a resilient and high-capacity network, especially in the data-intensive environments we often face,” said Rhys Thomas, group operations director at CableCom. “It is extremely important that we evaluate our network suppliers to ensure that we can deliver this level of service to customers, and the recent Project Edge network expansion by Neos Networks has made this an easy decision. We now not only have a network provider that’s renowned for its engineering prowess, but one that also makes complete business sense.”

CableCom typically provides data networks to high volume users; such as students, key workers and those in residential accommodation. It, therefore, has to ensure there is enough capacity to facilitate this high usage and that the service delivered is as reliable as possible, irrespective of the number of devices trying to access the network or the amount of information being downloaded.

“Providing reliable internet services in a multi-device world can be challenging, particularly when end users, such as students, have high bandwidth requirements,” said Colin Sempill, managing director at Neos Networks. “We make it our mission to solve network capacity and reliability issues for customers. Always-on connectivity is an absolute necessity and we’re thrilled to be providing CableCom with a network infrastructure that allows its customers to reap the rewards of dependable connectivity.”

About CableCom

CableCom Networking (CableCom), is a leading provider of managed internet and digital media services to high density, principally student, accommodation throughout the UK.

CableCom designs, installs and manages the networks required to deliver broadband connectivity and digital media services to student accommodation, social housing and key worker accommodation under long term contracts. It has grown rapidly through a focus on technical excellence, high levels of customer service and by maintaining strong partnerships with investors in the sector.

“We are proud to offer our customers a resilient and high-capacity network, especially in the data-intensive environments we often face.”

Rhys Thomas, Group Operations Director at CableCom

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Neos Networks initiates full UK network coverage with launch of ‘Edge Plus’

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‘Edge Plus’: Neos Networks announces connection with other leading providers to deliver 100 percent UK coverage for its National Ethernet services.

London, May 14, 2014: Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group, today announced the launch of Edge Plus, which will ensure its high performance Ethernet services are available anywhere in the UK, by interconnecting with other leading network providers. This latest initiative marks the final stage of Neos Networks’ major network expansion, dubbed Project Edge, which has brought the trusted network provider’s solutions to the doorsteps of Britain’s largest and most demanding organisations.

Edge Plus will allow customers to select the most competitive network provider in each and every geographic market, irrespective of the number of sites or locations they may have. A new proprietary operator price comparison engine will provide real-time information on the best value, best specification compliant service, outside of Neos Networks’ own network footprint.

“Project Edge was specifically designed to make our network offering more accessible for large organisations which have little or no tolerance to risk, and with Edge Plus we can now extend our service promise right across the UK,” said Chris Jagusz, managing director of Neos Networks. “While our high capacity fibre optic services were previously available in the largest towns and cities in Britain, this presented a challenge for our enterprise customers with multiple sites outside of central business districts nationwide. The reality for businesses operating from disparate locations is that any sole network operator is unlikely to be able to provide the most competitive means of connecting every individual site. This is why we are integrating our network with other leading players in the market, while still using as much of our own network coverage as possible, as this allows us to deliver our value and price with their extended coverage.”

Throughout the course of Project Edge, Neos Networks has extended the reach of its fibre network to more than 12,000+km, with a total of 234 PoPs serving over 200,000 metropolitan business postcodes. The Project Edge investment also saw the launch of Neos Networks’ LIGHTNOW service – a new high-capacity, ultra-resilient optical networking service connecting 21 of London’s busiest data centres with 10Gb Ethernet wavelengths, that can be provisioned within seven days.

“Ultimately, Edge Plus is all about customer service and ensuring our high performance yet affordable network services are readily available to our new and existing channel and enterprise customers,” continued Jagusz. “With our new online price comparison tool, combined with our third party network purchasing power, our customers can be sure that for any site beyond our own immediate network footprint, an appropriate and cost-effective solution will be readily available from our catalogue of third party network assets. Customers will benefit from all of their site connections being delivered and managed by one trusted provider, with one SLA agreement and round-the-clock support, all at the best possible price.”

Edge Plus is all about customer service and ensuring our high performance yet affordable network services are readily available to our new and existing channel and enterprise customers

Chris Jagusz, Managing Director of Neos Networks

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Neos Networks help turn new Aberdeen business park into Enterprise hub

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Drum Property Group selects Neos Networks to help turn new Aberdeen business park into Enterprise hub.

London, 15 April 2014: Drum Property Group, the privately owned group of companies developing state-of-the-art buildings and environments for people to work and live in, has selected Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group, to deliver high-bandwidth and high-availability fibre network solutions to its new development, the Prime Four business park, located in Aberdeen.

In the early stages of the development, a key consideration for Drum Property Group was to provide Aberdeen with an innovative and high quality office site in a peri-urban location that would successfully attract inward investment. The Group selected Neos Networks’ high-capacity network services to support the growing number of international oil and gas companies that are moving to the area to benefit from the explosive growth of Aberdeen’s off-shore drilling industry.

Neos Networks undertook a detailed initial design and concept stage, which was shortly followed by the rollout of a range of services, from dark fibre connectivity to high bandwidth internet access. Through its flexible and scalable network offering, Neos Networks is able to deliver Ethernet and Internet connectivity services at up to 40Gb per connection, which can be tailored to meet the specific needs of individual businesses in the park.

“Our key requirement for the Prime Four development was to secure the very best network reach and internet access in order to deliver a high-capacity, next-generation business park and to attract organisations to the area,” said Graeme Bone, Group Managing Director of Drum Property Group. “Neos Networks has helped us to transform the site into a central business hub, attracting large international oil and gas companies to relocate to the park from other areas. With such a trusted and experienced provider, we are confident that we are able to continually deliver a high-quality service to all new and existing companies, without fear of downtime.” Organisations including Apache North Sea Ltd and Transocean Drilling UK Ltd have already established offices in the park. With Neos Networks’ network in place, the Prime Four development’s tenants will also benefit from telecoms supplier diversity, as well as increased flexibility, competition and vastly improved reliability, as the park previously relied upon a sole incumbent provider.

“Connectivity is essential in turning a business park into a business hub,” said Chris Jagusz, managing director of Neos Networks. “We worked closely with Drum Property Group to help it achieve its goal – ensuring that the Prime Four development became the venue of choice for many international oil and gas companies in the area. Our network is ensuring that the growing number of businesses that are choosing to re-locate to Prime Four are fully supported with high-bandwidth, high-availability fibre network solutions, which can be tailored to meet their individual needs.”

Neos Networks has helped us to transform the site into a central business hub, attracting large international oil and gas companies to relocate to the park from other areas. With such a trusted and experienced provider, we are confident that we are able to continually deliver a high-quality service to all new and existing companies, without fear of downtime.

Graeme Bone, Group Managing Director of Drum Property Group

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Neos Networks selected to support University of Law a leading international law school

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The University of Law selects Neos Networks to support collaboration across its UK-wide sites.

London, 8 April 2014: The University of Law, the world’s leading professional law school, has selected Neos Networks, one of the UK’s largest providers of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group, to deliver a completely new Ethernet networking solution to support the University of Law’s researchers, students and lecturers with always-on, performance optimised inter-site connectivity and internet access.

The University of Law has facilities in Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester and York. In order to connect these sites, Neos Networks delivered a Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) solution, a high bandwidth network, offering an initial 500Mb to all eight sites, and an internet service that can rapidly scale to support the collaborative nature of the law school and to meet growing international demand for the University’s courses.

“As the world’s leading professional law school, trusted by members of the legal profession for over 100 years, we had high expectations from the outset” said Paul Day, Acting CIO at The University of Law. “We required a high bandwidth, high availability connectivity solution that would allow us to connect our facilities across the UK, ensuring that all staff and students had access to essential resources and information around the clock, without fail.”

Day continued: “The legal services industry is reputation driven and fast-paced by nature and we needed to ensure that we could keep up with all developments and to ensure that our students continue to receive the very best tuition. As a result, we needed a solution that was scalable enough to support the sometimes unpredictable and rapidly growing demand for our services from collaborators across the globe. The flexibility of Neos Networks’ solution provides us with the confidence that our needs are not only met now, but also in the future, which will be crucial for us as we re-locate from York to Leeds.”

Neos Networks recently announced a significant network expansion, Project Edge, which was key to the University of Law in its rigorous selection process. Project Edge is designed to greatly increase the service reach, capacity and service feature set for Neos Networks’ VPLS Ethernet platform, cementing its position as the high bandwidth service provider of choice for the UK’s leading enterprises. This was crucial to the university, as it needs to facilitate the collaborative needs of its staff and students, while ensuring that the institution’s global reputation is protected from any embarrassing service outages.

“We are very proud to be working with the world’s leading professional law school, and look forward to supporting a seamless transition for its staff and students during the move from York to Leeds later this year,” said Chris Jagusz, managing director of Neos Networks. “The face of modern education is continuously changing. Our solutions have been built with flexibility in mind, which enables us to deliver a fully personalised service, as well as ongoing advice and technical expertise to ensure that the university’s staff and students continue to get the very best from our services.”

About The University of Law

For law students and legal service providers across the globe, The University of Law is the leading international professional law school. For over 100 years, the University of Law – formerly the College of Law – has been helping lawyers achieve their professional ambitions. The world’s leading professional law school’s proven learning approach and international connections deliver client-focused lawyers, ready to meet the needs of today’s fast-paced, global legal services market. The University of Law is the destination of choice for current and future lawyers who want to maximise their career prospects.

The legal services industry is reputation driven and fast-paced by nature and we needed to ensure that we could keep up with all developments and to ensure that our students continue to receive the very best tuition. As a result, we needed a solution that was scalable enough to support the sometimes unpredictable and rapidly growing demand for our services from collaborators across the globe.

Paul Day, Acting CIO at The University of Law

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