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

  • Neos Networks

‘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

  • Neos Networks

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

  • Neos Networks

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

  • Neos Networks

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

  • Neos Networks

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

  • Neos Networks

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

  • Neos Networks

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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Neos Networks extend reach of UK’s leading research and education network across southern England

  • Neos Networks

Neos Networks extend reach of UK’s leading research and education network across Southern England.

London, 14 January: Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group, have announced that it has extended its relationship with Janet, the UK’s research and education network and part of the Jisc group. In a five year contract, with the option to extend for a further five years, Janet will broaden Neos Networks’ existing deal to deliver network services that replace Janet’s South regional network. This network connects universities, colleges and other education institutions in the South to Janet’s core national network.

With the demand for bandwidth in higher and further education institutions rising, Janet sought a network infrastructure upgrade that would initially provide 10Gb wavelengths based on a new fibre ring architected to the same standards as the recently launched Janet6 backbone, providing a highly scalable and flexible network service. The Neos Networks upgrade will provide a dark fibre core network using 280km of underground fibre routes, allowing Janet to deliver high bandwidth network services to a further 70 higher and further education institutions. Key to Janet’s decision was the fact that Neos Networks was able to deliver in a flexible manner. Institutions will initially enjoy a ten-fold increase in network capacity with the option to upgrade to higher bandwidth in future.

Janet’s 18 million end-users across schools, further education, higher education and research facilities already benefit from Neos Networks’ network services, which employ more than 6,500km of dedicated fibre, creating one of the UK’s largest private networks. This connects nearly a thousand facilities and institutions into 30 core sites, located across the UK & Ireland. This powerful network enabled by the new Neos Networks’ fibre network is key to enabling Janet to meet the demands of modern academic institutions, supporting academic collaboration, distance learning, remote working and the general internationalisation of education and research.

“The extension of our relationship with Neos Networks will enable us to deliver world-class service for UK academic institutions,” said Jeremy Sharp, head of strategic technologies at Janet. “Flexibility was a pre-requisite to our initial deployment, as we needed to ensure that we could deliver increased capacity and speed to additional sites, in line with the growth of our regional networks. With Neos Networks’ impressive fibre network in place, we are confident that we can push the boundaries of education even further, by extending our geographical reach and providing unbeatable bandwidth, with virtually limitless scope for collaboration and technical innovation.”

“We are delighted to extend our work with Janet to support the UK’s research and education community with even greater connectivity throughout Southern England,” said Chris Jagusz, Managing Director of Neos Networks. “With our network in place, more than 18 million staff and students already benefit from greater connectivity, and our new contract will deliver a minimum ten-fold increase in capacity for those who need it most. We are very proud to be supporting innovation within multiple higher and further education institutions in this way.”

Flexibility was a pre-requisite to our initial deployment, as we needed to ensure that we could deliver increased capacity and speed to additional sites, in line with the growth of our regional networks. With Neos Networks’ impressive fibre network in place, we are confident that we can push the boundaries of education even further, by extending our geographical reach and providing unbeatable bandwidth, with virtually limitless scope for collaboration and technical innovation

Jeremy Sharp, Head of Strategic Technologies at Janet

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Project Edge: Neos Networks announces significant network expansion

  • Neos Networks

Trusted network provider extends geographical reach, through Project Edge’s 25 new PoPs now live nationwide and plan for a further 29 in the coming months.

London, 26th November 2013: Neos Networks, the UK’s leading provider of network infrastructure and data centre services, and part of the SSE Group, today announced a significant expansion of its high capacity, ultra-resilient, enterprise-class network with the launch of ‘Project Edge’. 25 new points of presence (PoPs) are now live in central business districts in some of the UK’s busiest towns and cities, with a total of 54 new PoPs due to be added over the next three months. Offering up to 10 Gbps capacity per customer connection, these PoPs have been precisely targeted and equipped to meet the high bandwidth, high availability requirements of the UK’s fastest growing and most demanding businesses.

This substantial network investment within Project Edge will see Neos Networks expand the reach of its UK fibre network to more than 12,000+km, with 234 PoPs cost effectively serving some 200,000 metropolitan business district postcodes with direct fibre service. The network provider already hosts critical systems and delivers highly available city-to-city connectivity to customers with no margin for error or downtime, including Thomson Reuters, E.ON and Janet – a Government funded organisation providing services to research and education centres in the UK. With this latest expansion, existing customers, together with hundreds of other large enterprises from across the UK, can have more convenient and cost effective access to Neos Networks’ high specification Carrier Ethernet and Optical networking connectivity services.

“As a company with a pedigree of engineering excellence, we take great pride in our reputation as a trusted and specialised provider of high availability, ultra high performance networking services,” said Chris Jagusz, managing director of Neos Networks. “Project Edge signals our ongoing dedication to making a significant investment in our network in order to ensure that we continue to deliver first-class services to our new and existing business customers nationwide.”

Jagusz continued: “By significantly extending our geographical coverage into the UK’s most vibrant business hubs, and by delivering innovative services at cost-effective prices, this development will enable us to service a greater number of enterprises that have zero tolerance to risk or service outages. With more to come from Project Edge, including a focus on inter data centre connectivity, we are fully committed to ensuring the integrity of the services we offer and in continuing to inspire confidence in organisations that rely on our high bandwidth, high availability connectivity.”

The new locations added to Neos Networks’ network expansion in the first phase of Project Edge include Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Swindon, Bracknell, Portsmouth, Reading, Southampton, Maidenhead, Weybridge, Windsor, Crawley, Nottingham, Leicester, Milton Keynes, Croydon, Hayes, Hemel Hempstead, Isleworth, Uxbridge, Watford, Luton, Stevenage, Liverpool and Glasgow. Over the course of the project, a further 29 PoPs will go live, many of which are located across Central London and in the Thames Valley.

By significantly extending our geographical coverage into the UK’s most vibrant business hubs, and by delivering innovative services at cost-effective prices, this development will enable us to service a greater number of enterprises that have zero tolerance to risk or service outages.

Chris Jagusz, managing director of Neos Networks

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Neos Networks helps Scotia Gas Networks keep its 5.8m customers cooking with gas

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Neos Networks will now deliver extended WAN & LAN services to connect SGN’s core gas control sites. 

London, 2 September 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 has extended its existing relationship with Scotia Gas Networks (SGN), in a new deal to connect its main gas control sites, from which it monitors and controls the flow of gas across Scotland and Southern England.

Having supported SGN’s gas network since 2006, this new contract will see Neos Networks deliver extended WAN and LAN services to link its core sites in Horley and Horsham. Neos Networks’ Ethernet services also now connect 40 SGN depots and its layer three packet network is linking 62 hilltop and offtake sites. As part of this latest project, Neos Networks also delivers telemetry services, which enable SGN to manage, communicate and transfer critical and regulatory information between these locations, and will also provide and manage its critical telephony connectivity services.

Neos Networks was awarded this latest contract following a competitive tender. Key to SGN’s decision this time around – in addition to the guaranteed availability of the network – was the bespoke service wrap and the highly qualified, attentive team, which was completely informed on its evolving business needs. For example, billing accuracy and predictability was extremely important for SGN, and Neos Networks’ team continues to offer this granularity on a quarterly basis.

“Due to the nature of the mission critical services we deliver to customers 24/7, working with a trusted provider, that wouldn’t let us down when it came to availability, really was our top priority,” said Andrew Quail, director of IT at SGN. “Neos Networks’ continued efforts to meet this expectation throughout our time working together made it a clear choice for our latest network requirement and the dedicated telecoms team didn’t let us down. Neos Networks offers a level of flexibility and availability that goes above and beyond the confines of our contractual agreement, it takes our changing business needs in its stride, delivering an impressive service that extends to both the network and the people involved. We look forward to continuing the relationship in the future.”

Flexibility of telecoms services was also particularly important to SGN, as it needed to be able to rapidly scale up network capacity at times of peak demand, while ensuring that its 5.8 million customers are connected at all times and without fail.

“Our heritage as a trusted network provider and extensive experience in delivering mission critical services to energy companies – including to our parent company, SSE – was crucial to SGN when we began working together in 2006,” said Colin Sempill, managing director at Neos Networks. “Indeed, our reputation gave SGN the peace of mind that we have an in-depth understanding of the industry and are able to meet its changing requirements. We are delighted to have extended our relationship with SGN and are proud to report that we now deliver the majority of the company’s WAN and LAN requirements.”

About SGN

Scotia Gas Networks (SGN) provides a safe and secure supply of natural gas to 5.8 million customers. SGN is the UK’s second largest gas distribution company, operating over 74,000 km of gas mains and services throughout Scotland as Scotland Gas Networks, and in the south of England as Southern Gas Networks.

Neos Networks offers a level of flexibility and availability that goes above and beyond the confines of our contractual agreement, it takes our changing business needs in its stride, delivering an impressive service that extends to both the network and the people involved.

Andrew Quail, Director of IT at SGN

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Neos Networks to provide the next generation fibre network for Janet

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Neos Networks has been awarded a 10 year, £30 million contract to provide 6,500km of fibre network to over 30 UK sites connected to the ‘Janet’ network infrastructure used by the UK’s research and education community.

The contract is Neos Networks’ largest network management partnership and underlines its position as a significant player in this competitive market. The contract will support the development of the next generation fibre network for Janet – Janet6 – and will ensure the critical infrastructure is flexible, sustainable, resilient and able to deliver the high capacity requirements of the future. The Janet network provides a world-class network infrastructure to meet the needs of the research and education community across the UK. The Janet backbone consists of a dedicated optical fibre, which can run at up to 400Gbit/s and serves a community of 18 million users.

Mark Mathieson, Neos Networks’ Managing Director, Networks, said:

“Neos Networks was able to provide the flexibility and responsiveness that were essential for supporting Janet as it evolves its communication infrastructure to meet the education community’s future demands. This contract clearly demonstrates the strength and depth of SSE’s telecoms business. The two companies share similar values and culture, and Neos Networks is looking forward to using this contract to break new ground in the telecommunications arena.”

Jeremy Sharp, Head of Strategic Technologies at Janet, said:

“The Janet6 project will ensure that the UK stays at the forefront of research and education networking globally. The fibre infrastructure that underpins Janet6 is the foundation upon which the network is built and we are pleased to be working with Neos Networks whose excellent track record in the provision of reliable, state-of-the-art fibre infrastructure will provide this solid foundation for years to come.”

Neos Networks was able to provide the flexibility and responsiveness that were essential for supporting Janet as it evolves its communication infrastructure to meet the education community’s future demands.

Mark Mathieson, Neos Netoworks’ Managing Director, Networks

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Neos Networks earns ISO27001 certification

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Our information security management systems have been given an ISO27001 certification throughout its telecoms and data centre business.

For customers needing confidence in the integrity and security of their network and data centre providers’ operations, ISO27001 certification offers the reassurance of a demanding, externally validated information security management standard. Having already obtained ISO27001 certification for their Hampshire data centre, Neos Networks demonstrated best practice through the recent external audit of the entire business operations.

To give it its full title, ISO/IEC 27001:2005 is a model for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving an information security management system (ISMS). To demonstrate the highest levels of operational integrity to cloud services providers and systems integrators using Neos Networks’ services for their clients’ mission-critical applications, certification is a must-have.

Future investment

This is an important milestone for Neos Networks as the company plans to invest significant capital throughout 2013 to develop new network services and broaden its geographical reach to customers across the UK.

Discussing the recent certification’s value to Neos Networks’ customers, Chris Jagusz, Managing Director said: “ISO27001 certification is another sign of our commitment to showing customers why they can have the highest confidence in our operations. Our stewardship of confidential information is robust and that we constantly challenge ourselves to keep it that way.”

ISO27001 certification is another sign of our commitment to showing customers why they can have the highest confidence in our operations.

Chris Jagusz, Managing Director, Neos Networks

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Neos Networks delivers for HighNet

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Neos Networks has partnered with HighNet, Scotland’s leading telecoms service provider, to extend their network UK-wide in the next phase of their growth plan.

HighNet launched their own Internet Service Provider (ISP) network in early 2012 and needed a partner able to deliver a scalable UK-wide solution with a geographical footprint most beneficial to their clients. The solution had to fulfill  HighNet’s rapid growth plans to deliver their extensive services over a secure high capacity network.

Neos Networks’ solution consists of a virtual private network that connects seven essential locations: Inverness, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Strathclyde, West of Scotland, Manchester and London. Certain sites also provide co-location services for storage, replication and business applications. This platform enables HighNet to deliver extended voice, data and mobile services to existing clients with a multi-site UK presence.

The considerable investment in the network will be worthwhile, as Dave Siegel, Managing Director of HighNet, explained: “businesses need high-quality bandwidth with genuine reliability to enable them to grow in this digital age. By building our own ISP network including SSE’s data centre capability across the country, we’ve laid the foundations from which we can deliver the connectivity and infrastructure that our partners and end-user customers need.”

Commenting on the partnership, Chris Jagusz, Managing Director of Neos Networks, said: “HighNet’s extended footprint opens up a whole new range of services for existing customers as well as a platform for new business. We are pleased to be working alongside HighNet to deliver the next phase of their growth plans now and over the coming years.”

About HighNet

Founded in 1994 by Flora Siegel, Highland Network Ltd was set up to offer innovative and ground-breaking least cost telephone call routing services in the Highlands of Scotland. The success of the penetration into the Highlands led to them expanding territory firstly into Grampian region and following quickly on with the whole of Scotland. To reflect this growth, they rebranded as HighNet in 2000, and after purchasing of their own billing platform in 2001, they have grown to become Scotland’s leading business telecommunications provider, offering a wide range of voice, data and mobile solutions. They now provide access to a full product range from the UK’s largest telecoms suppliers, ensuring quality and value for money for businesses throughout the UK and abroad. Their services are sold through 90+ channel partners throughout the country. Their vast depth of experience, a product range and skill set ensures that HighNet provides a service that is second to none.

By building our own ISP network including SSE Group’s data centre capability across the country, we’ve laid the foundations from which we can deliver the connectivity and infrastructure that our partners and end-user customers need.

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Neos Networks API-enables its pricing tool

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Neos Networks has developed its pricing tool enabling an API functionality for customers to generate their own price quotations.

The API (Application Programming Interface) now enables customers to link their pricing tools to Neos Networks’ UK-wide Ethernet pricing. Customers can generate quotes online and in real-time through their own pricing tools rather than by email or through a portal. The tool can generate point-to-point or point to-multipoint Ethernet quotes UK-wide, with single and multi-quotes.

This development reduces time spent by resellers, managed service providers and system integrators looking to provide their end-client with the most competitive and beneficial deal available in the market.

Commenting on the pricing tool development, Chris Jagusz, Managing Director of Neos Networks, said: “The API is the first of a series of quarterly product launches and service enhancements that we have planned. In Q1 2013 we will be adding Internet Access pricing to the tool, one of the many new product lines we are introducing over the next three years. Using the tool gives customers more flexibility to receive quotes in real time.”

The API is the first of a series of quarterly product launches and service enhancements that we have planned. In Q1 2013 we will be adding Internet Access pricing to the tool, one of the many new product lines we are introducing over the next three years.

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