{"id":11758,"date":"2014-11-06T00:56:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T00:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2014\/nov\/06\/interoute-opens-second-virtual-data-centre-zone-germany\/"},"modified":"2014-11-06T00:56:44","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T00:56:44","slug":"interoute-opens-up-second-virtual-data-centre-zone-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/interoute-opens-up-second-virtual-data-centre-zone-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Interoute opens up second virtual data centre zone in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

Picture credit: iStockPhoto<\/em><\/p>\n

Cloud services provider Interoute has announced it will open up a new virtual data centre (VDC) zone in Frankfurt on December 1.<\/p>\n

The new VDC zone is the seventh to be launched in 2014, the 14th<\/sup> overall, and the second in Germany, alongside the zone in Berlin launched in 2012. The firm launched data centres in Milan, Hong Kong, New York, London, Slough and Madrid this year.<\/p>\n

It’s another step towards protecting data of European customers within EU borders, and offers ultra low, in-country latency and a resilient platform connected via fibre. It also plays into the trend of managed services; customers can spin up or down dependent on their needs with a hands on IT infrastructure or a fully managed service.<\/p>\n

The company is also committed to startups, with the first year of access free via the JumpStart-up program.<\/p>\n

“Expanding the application universe that can be moved to the cloud is central to Interoute’s approach,” said Matthew Finnie, Interoute CTO. “Critical from a German perspective is data control and location.”<\/p>\n

The data centres are closely linked to Interoute’s CloudStore, a one stop shop for enterprises to deploy applications on the firm’s VDC. Speaking to CloudTech<\/em><\/a> at the launch of the Hong Kong VDC, CloudStore general manager Lee Myall noted how it enabled smaller customers to buy IT on a ‘help themselves’ basis.<\/p>\n

With concerns over the state of US data, many cloud providers are expanding their operations to Europe. Salesforce announced<\/a> the opening of its first European data centre in London last month, with France and Germany in its sights, while Amazon Web Services<\/a> launched a Frankfurt data centre region last month to great fanfare.<\/p>\n

Alongside the virtual data centres, Interoute’s portfolio also comprises 12 data centres, 31 colocation centres, and over 67,000km of lit fibre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Picture credit: iStockPhoto
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