10 May 2016

BSO AND IXCELLERATE PARTNER TO ADVANCE GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY

IMPROVED FIBER ACCESS ENHANCES MOSCOW ONE DATA CENTRE OPERATIONS

BSO, the global Ethernet network, cloud and hosting provider, has partnered with IXcellerate, Russia’s premier carrier-neutral data center operator, to improve fiber access into and out of Moscow, home to Russia’s (MOEX) Exchange.

From IXcellerate’s Moscow One Datacentre, BSO offers four entirely diverse and non-overlapping fibre paths out of the building into global markets across the world, including London, Stockholm, Frankfurt and Shanghai.

Additionally, the data center provides access to BSO’s advanced global backbone across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

BSO’s latencies in/out of IXcellerate include:

  • London (Equinix LD4) – 37.5ms*
  • Frankfurt (Equinix FR2 and FR5) – 35ms* (currently being optimized to sub 33ms)
  • Stockholm (Telecity Bromma) – 16.5ms*

*Latencies correct as of 10/05/2016

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"We are seeing increased demand for our services in and out of Russia,” says Michael Ourabah, CEO at BSO. “We’re thrilled to be able to offer our customers fully redundant, diverse access to IXcellerate’s Moscow One Datacentre across Europe and beyond.”

BSO’s ultra low latency network connects 27 exchanges globally and has been engineered for the finance community and emerging markets.

“The partnership between BSO and IXcellerate will benefit our clients that require leading connectivity between global marketplaces,” comments Guy Willner, CEO of IXcellerate. “Financial institutions will gain BSO’s expertise and highly optimized low latency network.”

BSO team members are attending International Telecoms Week (ITW) May 8 – 11. Get in touch to request a meeting.

ABOUT IXCELLERATE

IXcellerate is an unparalleled carrier neutral datacentre operator in Moscow. It offers clients bespoke solutions that include co-location and wide range of carrier services with the ability to increase power capacity based on customer’s needs. Guaranteed SLA 99.999%. With completion of Phase I, IBM experts certified IXcellerate as fully compliant with the reliability Level 3 certification. The certificate focuses on project, construction and operation of the data centre in the accordance with globally recognised IBM Reliability Rating System. IXcellerate’s total campus area is 15,000m² with projected capacity up to 6,000 racks.

IXcellerate’s clients include large financial institutions, multinational corporations, international carriers and businesses that handle large amounts of data.

Headquarters located in London.

For more information visit http://www.ixcellerate.com.

ABOUT BSO

The company was founded in 2004 and serves the world’s largest financial institutions. BSO is a global pioneering infrastructure and connectivity provider, helping over 600 data-intensive businesses across diverse markets, including financial services, technology, energy, e-commerce, media and others. BSO owns and provides mission-critical infrastructure, including network connectivity, cloud solutions, managed services and hosting, that are specific and dedicated to each customer served.

The company’s network comprises 240+ PoPs across 33 markets, 50+ cloud on-ramps, is integrated with all major public cloud providers and connects to 75+ on-net internet exchanges and 30+ stock exchanges. The team of experts works closely with customers in order to create solutions that meet the detailed and specific needs of their business, providing the latency, resilience and security they need regardless of location.

BSO is headquartered in Ireland, and has 11 offices across the globe, including London, New York, Paris, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore. Access our website and find out more information: www.bso.co