Interoute Doubles Business in Sweden with Acquisition of Hosting and Managed Services Company, pi.se
LONDON (Business Wire EON) November 20, 2007 -- Gareth Williams, Interoute's CEO said "We have been searching for a company that could strengthen our offering in Managed Services, which is a rapidly growing part of Interoute's business in Europe today. We have previously been able to handle the management of Scandinavian business systems and services through other sites in Europe but with our increased presence and specialist competency we will be able to intensify our work within this area."
Interoute also gain the pi.se data centre in Stockholm. This will be integrated into Interoute's pan-European next generation network, along with Interoute's existing data centres in Amsterdam, Berlin, Geneva, Madrid, Munich, Paris, London.
Managed Services is an expression which refers to the outsourcing of parts of a company's business to a separate organisation, which through the economies of scale and specialist competencies can manage the work more efficiently and cost effectively. Managed Services can involve outsourcing servers, telephone switches and security solutions, but also includes managing applications such as ERP and accounting as well as data storage and backup/restore solutions.
Interoute Sweden provides products and services to corporate clients and Telecommunications operators in three key areas; communications, managed services and media solutions:
-- Interoute sells advanced and cost efficient communications solutions to companies with international presence such as Capio, Haldex and Molnlycke, but also pure transmission services used by other operators such as TDC, Telenor and Tele2 for their international traffic.
-- Managed Services is a focus area which will become a very important part of Interoute's business in the future. Among the customers today are Photoway, DoubleClick and Habbo.
-- The most spectacular part of the business is the media solutions, including distribution tools for film and music used by companies such as EMI and Universal. Also platforms for content distribution and streaming for companies such as Starlaunch and G-Life in Sweden and the BBC in the UK.
About Interoute
Interoute is the owner operator of Europe's most advanced and densely connected voice and data network, encompassing over 54,000kms of fibre extending throughout Europe (including Central and Eastern Europe), to USA, Tunisia and Dubai. Its full-service next generation network serves more than 12,000 customers from retail to aerospace, every major European incumbent as well as the major operators of North America, East and South Asia, governments, universities and research agencies. These organisations find Interoute the ideal partner for managing business critical systems, firewalls and information security solutions, disaster recovery and corporate access. With established operations throughout mainland Europe and in North America, Interoute also owns and operates dense city networks throughout Europe's major business centres. More than EUR 1 billion in e-commerce transactions flows through its data centres each day, making Interoute a key part of Europe's Digital Supply Chain. www.interoute.com