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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.

Rob Derbyshire, Operations Manager, Marston’s Telecoms

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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.

Colin Sempill, Managing Director at Neos Networks

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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.

The data centres that are now fully participating members of the Neos Networks’ national optical network in Manchester are:

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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.”

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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.

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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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Neos Networks lights up 30 new PoPs across the UK for Project Edge

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Latest phase of network expansion brings high performance services to key enterprise hubs.

London, 3 April 2014: Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group, today announced that an additional 30 points of presence (PoPs), which offer up to 10Gb capacity per customer connection, are now live. Predominantly located in and around central London, but also in Birmingham, Cambridge, Coventry, Derby, Edinburgh, Leeds, Slough and Windsor, these PoPs will help meet the growing demand for Neos Networks’ high performance networking services.

This is the latest phase of Neos Networks’ major network expansion, dubbed Project Edge, and adds to the 24 new PoPs that went live in November 2013. All 54 PoPs are located in central business districts and provide an ever deeper presence into the UK’s busiest towns and cities, bringing high performance yet affordable connectivity solutions right to the doorsteps of the UK’s largest and most demanding organisations.

The Project Edge investment also saw Neos Networks launch its LIGHTNOW service – a new high-capacity, ultra-resilient optical network solution connecting 21 of London’s busiest data centres with 10Gb Ethernet wavelengths that can be provisioned within seven days.

Neos Networks delivers high availability connectivity to customers with no tolerance for downtime or failure, including Thomson Reuters, E.ON and Janet. Project Edge has extended the reach of Neos Networks’ UK fibre network to more than 12,000+km, with a total of 234 PoPs serving over 200,000 metropolitan business postcodes. This not only makes it cost-effective, but the Neos Networks Carrier Ethernet and Optical networking services overlay make the new network one of the most highly specified in the market today.

“The 30 new PoPs, which form the latest part of the Project Edge investment, are essential to ensuring our high bandwidth, high availability network services are readily available to our existing channel and growing enterprise customer base, in this case, mainly in and around London,” said Chris Jagusz, managing director, Neos Networks. “With more still to come from Project Edge, we are fully committed to our ongoing investment in our network, ensuring that we are able to meet even the most demanding requirements of businesses across the UK, without fail.”

The additional PoPs that are now live as part of the latest stage of Project Edge are: London Bishopsgate, London Covent Garden, London Faraday, London Poplar, London Mayfair, London Southbank, London Bloomsbury, London Whitehall, London Soho, London South Kensington, London Euston, London Pimlico, London Fulham, London Kings Cross, London Marylebone, London North Paddington, London Hammersmith, London Chiswick, London Shoreditch, London Westminster, London Kensington Gardens, Slough, Windsor, Birmingham, Cambridge (x2), Coventry, Derby, Edinburgh, Leeds.

The 30 new PoPs, which form the latest part of the Project Edge investment, are essential to ensuring our high bandwidth, high availability network services are readily available to our existing channel and growing enterprise customer base

Chris Jagusz, Managing Director, Neos Networks

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Fred.Olsen selects Neos Networks to ensure its remote Scottish windfarms are always online

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Network provider chosen to deliver reliable connectivity, with high-capacity internet access.

London, 25 March 2014: Fred.Olsen has selected Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group – to deliver guaranteed microwave connectivity and internet access, to two of its wind farms in the Scottish Highlands – Mid Hill and Rothes II. Neos Networks’ dedicated project management team overcame a number of challenges over the life-cycle of the project, yet still delivered the project two months ahead of schedule in October 2013.

To ensure the success of the implementation, Neos Networks allocated a dedicated project manager with specialist local knowledge to work closely with Fred.Olsen to create a bespoke solution that would deliver connectivity to its two hard-to-access wind farms.

“Connectivity is crucial to any wind farm and this can be particularly challenging in remote locations. We needed a provider that understood these challenges and could deliver a truly fail-safe solution to guarantee the day-to-day operation of our wind farms,” said Øyvind Lund, VP construction, Fred.Olsen Ltd. “Neos Networks’ heritage and wind farm experience gave us the confidence that we had chosen a provider with the ability to deliver the level of assurance that is so vital to our business. We were also delighted to have the project completed two months ahead of schedule, particularly given some of the complex and unexpected issues that arose during the project’s lifecycle. The level of service and local knowledge provided by our own dedicated project manager was exceptional and they certainly did a great job in ensuring all challenges were resolved with ease.”

The first major challenge encountered over the course of the project centred on the location of the control room, which would connect Fred.Olsen’s two wind farms. During the development and planning stage, Neos Networks’ team recognised that the location originally chosen for the room was not suitable due to ground conditions, so needed to be moved by more than one hundred metres. The team quickly altered to the plan and re-submitted a second planning application on behalf of Fred.Olsen.

As Mid Hill and Rothes II wind farms are both surrounded by forest – a landscape that is undergoing constant change – Neos Networks conducted not one, but two line-of-sight tests before installing the radio link. The results of these tests led the team to reconfigure the structure that would house the radio link and meant Neos Networks also needed to conduct a further ground survey to ensure it could support the newly designed tower. The team was able to significantly reduce the size of the tower and again, managed the entire planning application on Fred.Olsen’s behalf.

While these alterations and additional planning applications were in progress, Neos Networks also ensured that the internet access for the site was pre-configured and tested well in advance of delivery. The local project manager also made sure the telecom tower and the radio link were built and installed simultaneously, which meant that in spite of the planning change, both Mid Hill and Rothes II wind farms were connected well ahead of schedule.

“We understand better than anyone just how important fail-safe connectivity is for wind farms; after all, any downtime could impact power generation,” said Chris Jagusz, managing director of Neos Networks. “We pride ourselves on reliability and are trusted to ‘keep the lights on’ by a diverse commercial customer base, as well as by our parent company, the SSE Group. This is one of the main reasons that Fred.Olsen turned to us for this project.”

Jagusz continued: “Throughout the project our dedicated project management team overcame a number of unique challenges, yet – because of the expertise of the team involved – still delivered a solution that was in place and fully operational by October 2013, a whole two months ahead of schedule. This is a testament to the excellent work of our project management team, who were on-hand to quickly and effectively resolve any problems as they arose.”

Throughout the project our dedicated project management team overcame a number of unique challenges, yet – because of the expertise of the team involved – still delivered a solution that was in place and fully operational by October 2013, a whole two months ahead of schedule.

Chris Jagusz, Managing Director of Neos Networks

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Neos Networks delivers early for Janet6

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Neos Networks is proud to announce it has been delivered and handed over Janet’s core network Janet6 ahead of schedule.

Phase one of Janet6 consisted of 3,000km of fibre and 21 co-location facilities built exclusively for Janet’s core network. Janet is now in the process of deploying their DWDM equipment to light the network.

Neos Networks will now complete commissioning the four regional fibre networks which  together will become the UK-wide Janet6 network. Neos Networks’ dedicated project team worked alongside Janet’s team to ensure challenges were overcome at every stage. This led to early decision making with a high level of focus in achieving the project milestones. Issues were identified early, driving the core network  delivery ahead of schedule.

“Getting Janet6 in place on time and within budget is a critical objective for Janet. The fibre and co-location infrastructure provided by Neos Networks are the foundations of the new network and it’s a testament to the strong partnership between Neos Networks and Janet that the first phase of the fibre infrastructure has been delivered ahead of schedule.” Jeremy Sharp, Head of Strategic Technologies, Janet.

Commenting on handing over the network early, Chris Jagusz, Managing Director of Neos Networks, said: “We were delighted with the synergies between the operation’s teams within Janet and Neos Networks. Because of this, the core sites have been delivered early and to the complete satisfaction of the customer. This is what Neos Networks prides itself in being able to deliver. We look forward to working with Janet on the final phases to deliver the Janet6 network for the research and education community for many years to come.”

We were delighted with the synergies between the operation’s teams within Janet and Neos Networks. Because of this, the core sites have been delivered early and to the complete satisfaction of the customer.

Chris Jagusz, Managing Director of Neos Networks

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Neos Networks to ensure fail safe sharing of scientific breakthrough data

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Network provider chosen to deliver uninterruptible high-density power and back-up to Europe’s flagship laboratory for scientific breakthrough.

London, 19 March 2014: The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) a leader in scientific breakthrough, which provides freely available data from life science experiments & scientific breakthrough and is part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, has today announced it has selected Neos Networks in a three year contract to deliver an uninterruptible, high-density backup and connectivity solution to EMBL-EBI’s Genome Campus in Hinxton.

EMBL-EBI performs research in computational biology and develops and maintains the world’s most comprehensive range of public life science databases, enabling researchers to analyse and share scientific information. Due to the immense volume of information which fuels work in life science research and development, reliable backup was a pre-requisite for EMBL-EBI. As a result, the organisation turned to Neos Networks to deliver a cost-effective and fully dependable solution. Neos Networks’ well-connected data centre in Duxford, Cambridgeshire ensures that the laboratory’s most important scientific data is backed up securely, even in the event of a disaster.

“We pride ourselves on helping researchers in academia and industry to make the most of the incredible amount of data being produced every day in life science experiments – with the ultimate goal of advancing biology through basic investigator-driven research,” said Mark Green, head of administration at EMBL-EBI. “As such, it was very important to us that any supplier that we work with echoed this commitment to service delivery, innovation and professionalism. In these respects, Neos Networks ticked all of our boxes.”

Crucially, Neos Networks’ solution is able to meet EMBL-EBI’s immediate needs and is also scalable enough to support its future space and communications requirements. This will enable the organisation to ensure a continuous service to the scientific community at all times and without fail.

“We worked closely with the laboratory to define its specific needs before designing a solution that would deliver against those requirements both now and in the future,” said Chris Jagusz, managing director of Neos Networks. “There are millions of researchers depending on EMBL-EBI’s services, so it was clear that we would need resilient connectivity routes to link the Neos Networks data centre in Duxford to the EMBL-EBI data centre on the Genome Campus in Hinxton. We are delighted to be working with the laboratory and look forward to helping it continue its support of vital research into the life sciences.”

About European Bioinformatics Institute

The European Bioinformatics Institute is part of EMBL, Europe’s flagship laboratory for the life sciences. EMBL-EBI provides freely available data from life science experiments covering the full spectrum of molecular biology. While it is best known for the provision of bioinformatics services, about 20 percent of the institute is devoted to basic research. EMBL-EBI’s extensive training programme helps researchers in academia and industry to make the most of the incredible amount of data being produced every day in life science experiments.

EMBL-EBI is financed primarily by European Member States, the European Commission and major funding bodies in the UK and US.

We pride ourselves on helping researchers in academia and industry to make the most of the incredible amount of data being produced every day in life science experiments – with the ultimate goal of advancing biology through basic investigator-driven research

Mark Green, Head of Administration at EMBL-EBI

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LIGHTNOW inter DC wavelength service launched

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LIGHTNOW enables service mobility and data centre choice for ‘pro-locaters’.

London, 26th February 2014: Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group – today announced that it is launching LIGHTNOW – a new high-capacity, ultra-resilient optical networking service providing 10Gigabit wavelength connectivity between 21 of the busiest data centres in the London area. This forms the second stage of a major expansion of Neos Networks’ UK national network, dubbed Project Edge.

The new LIGHTNOW service will provide organisations with rapidly provisioned (one week) 10Gbps optical wavelengths in between commercial data centres, with sub 1ms latency. LIGHTNOW offers customers flexible contract durations starting at three months, a zero set-up charge option, in-life circuit moves between any of the on-net data centres and 24/7 support, all at extremely competitive rates.

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“As the London commercial data centre estates have matured, each operator has established its own market position, with some specialising as communications hubs, some offering basic value services and some targeting financial exchanges, while others feature very high levels of availability and service,” said Chris Jagusz, managing director of Neos Networks. “Smart data centre customers – we call them Pro-locaters – have made the most of these options, distributing their IT estates between data centres in order to match application to location. For example, while business critical servers find a natural home in Tier 3 and 4 data centres, backup and archive platforms can be more economically placed in ‘best value’ sites. This distribution of assets is simply not possible without readily available, very high quality and extremely high bandwidth connectivity between sites; this is exactly what we’re introducing with LIGHTNOW.”

Neos Networks specialises in delivering ultra-high capacity connectivity services to organisations that simply have no tolerance to risk of downtime. Its diverse customer base includes Thomson Reuters, E.ON and Janet – a Government funded organisation providing services to research and education centres in the UK. The new LIGHTNOW service is a key component of Project Edge, which will see Neos Networks expand its network to 12,000+ kilometres, reaching 200,000 central business district postcodes to securely and reliably deliver services that are hosted in data centres to customers and users nationwide.

Jagusz continued, “LIGHTNOW is our latest initiative to bring ultra-resilient network solutions to a greater number of data centre users. This customer-centric service is designed for organisations that really care about the integrity of their connectivity services and whose reputations and financial performance could be seriously affected by any unexpected downtime.

“Pro-location is a key trend in the London data centre market.” said Matthew Dent, CEO of Volta Data Centres – one of the first of London’s prime data centre properties to be connected to the LIGHTNOW network. “We see inter-data centre connectivity with this kind of technical, operational and commercial flexibility as a fundamental enabler for our demanding Government and Enterprise co-location customers. No single data centre can provide all of the features and services required by today’s savvy enterprise IT managers. Inter-site connectivity of LIGHTNOW’s quality is essential.”

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.

“As enterprises continue their adoption of cloud services they require more bandwidth at more data centre locations, higher performance, faster service turn-up, and on-demand connectivity,” said Nick Walden, managing director, EMEA regional carriers at Ciena. “Our OPn architecture gives operators like Neos Networks the ability to respond competitively and quickly to these rapidly developing customer requirements for high bandwidth optical connectivity.”

The London data centres connected by Neos Networks are as follows: Volta (London City), Digital Realty Trust (Woking), Equinix LD5 (Slough), Global Switch 2 (Docklands), Infinity SDC (Slough), Interxion (London City), Level 3 (London City) , Optimum [previously Sentrum] (Hayes), Savvis (Slough), SunGard Availability Services (Hounslow), Telecity Hex 6-7 & Hex 8-9 (Docklands), Telecity Powergate (North London), Telecity Sovereign House (Docklands), Telehouse East, Telehouse North & Telehouse West (all three in Docklands), Telehouse Metro (London City) and Telstra London Hosting Centre (Docklands). Connectivity at all these facilities will be available in April 2014 ,while Virtus (Enfield) will be connected during the Summer 2014.

As enterprises continue their adoption of cloud services they require more bandwidth at more data centre locations, higher performance, faster service turn-up, and on-demand connectivity

Nick Walden, Managing Director, EMEA regional carriers at Ciena

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