Ernst & Young consolidates three data centres with TeleCity
Information security, flexibility and cost advantages the deciding factors
Frankfurt, 29September 2005 – TeleCity (LSE:TCY.L), the leading European colocation, data centre and managed services company, today announced that the corporate auditor, Ernst & Young, is to consolidate three of its European data centres at TeleCity in Frankfurt. From October 2005, the IT servers of Ernst & Young’s national data centres in Eschborn near Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Rotterdam will be brought together in a 600 sq.m. suite at TeleCity’s Frankfurt facility. Ernst & Young will continue to operate the network infrastructure, hardware, software, data and applications.
Ernst & Young selected TeleCitydue tothe high degree of flexibility and associated cost advantages on offer. “While a dedicated new-build, in-house data centre requires high initial investment, and the full benefit of the investment is not achieved for several years, a consolidation in TeleCity’sdata centre allows us to realise considerable savings, because we only pay for the area being utilised at any particular time. Our analysis of the European colocation market highlighted clear price advantages for Frankfurt,” saysSiggi Hauer, Ernst & Young CIO (Chief Information Officer) for Central Europe. “In addition, we see TeleCity as a growing and reliable partner, capable of managing additional data centre services in the future.”
Another core factor in Ernst & Young’s decision to go with TeleCity was the IT service provider’s recent certification to BS7799. The British industry standard confirms the company’s secure handling of information – an essential criterion for a corporate auditor such as Ernst & Young. “An additional advantageis TeleCity’s IP Multihome service, which provides high-quality IP connectivity and maximum resilience,” explains Dr. Harold Klein, CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of Ernst & Young AG.
“The partnership with Ernst & Young is a clear signal of the re-stimulation of the colocation market in Germany,” said Dr. Béla Waldhauser, Managing Director of TeleCity GmbH. “We are currently involved in detailed talks with other prestigious companies, for which we will also be providing a wide range of services in the near future. A key part of our strength is the combination of conventional colocation business and a new generation of specialised services, individually tailored to the customer.”
About Ernst & Young
With headquarters in Stuttgart, Ernst & Young is one of Germany’s major auditors and management consultancies and is the German member company of Ernst & Young Global. Ernst & Young is the leading German provider of tax consultancy services, employing around 6,500 people in 22 locations. In the 2003/2004 business year, the company returned a turnover of more than EUR 860 million, making Ernst & Young the third largest player in the German audit and consultancy sector.
The service offerings include auditing, pre-audit consultancy, tax consultancy and transaction and real estate consultancy. Legal advice services are provided by associated Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. Ernst & Young is a partner of both large and medium-sized companies. In the 2003/2004 business year, Ernst & Young Global employed 100,000 staff and recorded sales revenues of more than USD 14.5 billion.
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TeleCity is one of the largest independent IT service providers of colocation and managed services in Europe, and currently operates nine data centres in Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Manchester, Paris and Stockholm. The company hosts the Internet exchange nodes in Frankfurt (DE-CIX 3), London (LINX), Amsterdam (AMSIX) and Manchester (MaNAP), providing its customers with a Europe-wide network in direct proximity to the major Internet backbones. TeleCity was established in the UK in 1998 and has its headquarters in London. The company has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since June 2000. In the 2004 financial year, turnover was around EUR 37.6 million (around GBP 25.8 million). 170 staff are currently involved in developing and supporting new services and IT infrastructures for TeleCity’s customers throughout Europe. Further information about TeleCity can be obtained at or from:
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