Host in Ireland Partners

Dublin, Ireland

From L to R

Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Ilissa Miller, iMiller Public Relations; Lauren Dukes, iMiller Public

Relations; Jerry Whiston, Comsys.

“In Ireland, which sectors, such as finance, healthcare, technology, media or

others do you see driving the most growth in digital asset hosting?”

There’s consolidation in the market. Many

come to Ireland for business reasons.

They are just starting to view Ireland as a

digital asset hosting based population.

-Jerry Whiston, Head of Managed

Services, Comsys

From L to R

Sarah McCluskey, Telecity; Rachel Clynes, InterXion; Eddie Kilbane, Data Plex.

What sectors are driving market demand for more bandwidth?

“Adding new cable systems help Ireland to stay relevant in the

content provider market. We are able to provide the highest capacity

services available, geographically diverse and from Ireland to either

the US or Europe directly. so naturally, we continue to see an

expediential growth in the demand for bandwidth.”

-Fergus Innes, VP of Sales, Hibernia Networks

From Top L to R

Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Ilissa Miller, iMiller Public Relations; Lauren Dukes, iMiller Public

Relations; Jerry Whiston, Comsys; Karl Hennessy, Citadel100.

In the digital asset-hosting ecosystem, where do you see the greatest

opportunities for Ireland, in terms of growth?

“Ireland has the opportunity to be the

Gateway to the American Private Cloud

Providers and Media Companies

supporting their growth into Europe, our

location as the first landfall to Europe,

our position in the Eurozone and the

opportunity to avail of the benefits that

Ireland’s Open Business Policies should

see the rise in the growth of the asset

hosting ecosystem.”

-Eddie Kilbane, CEO, DataPlex

From L to R

Sarah McCluskey, Telecity; Rachel Clynes, InterXion; Eddie Kilbane, Data Plex; Fergus Innes, Hibernia Networks.

In the digital asset-hosting ecosystem, where do you see the greatest

opportunities for Ireland, in terms of growth?

“Ireland has a great opportunity to grow

in the digital asset hosting ecosystem-

it’s the first point from the U.S. to

Europe and and has an ideal track

record to attract Asian hosting

opportunities as they start to look at

European locations.”

-Carol Browne, Head of Sales, Sea

Fibre

From Top L to R

Jerry Whiston, Comsys; Karl Hennessy, Citadel100; Gary Keough, Digital Realty; Sarah

McCluskey, Telecity; Rachel Clynes, InterXion; Eddie Kilbane, Data Plex; Fergus Innes, Hibernia

Networks; Stuart Dennis, Zayo.

According to your experience, what/where is Ireland's position in the global

hosting ecosystem?

“Ireland is the gateway to Europe, but

also on the path to become a gateway

to the U.S.”

-Diane Hodnett, CEO, Sea Fibre

From L to R

Stuart Dennis, Zayo; Adrian Kelly, Comsys; Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Ilissa Miller, iMiller

Public Relations; Lauren Dukes, iMiller Public Relations; Jerry Whiston, Comsys; Karl Hennessy,

Citadel100.

What sectors are driving market demand for more bandwidth?

"The exponential growth in Internet

traffic is primarily being driven by an

ever-increasing consumer demand for

richer content, particularly streaming

video. The INEX exchange in Dublin is

experiencing average volume growth of

80% each year."

-Barry Rhodes, CEO, INEX

From L to RGarry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Maurice Mortell, Telecity; Jerry Whiston, Comsys.

“What emerging sectors are you seeing as providing the next "wave" of growth

and why?”

“There’s a reason why Groupon and Spotify

type companies come to Ireland. ZenDesk

does their global hosting here. There are

700 US FDI Company’s in Ireland.”

- Garry Connolly, President, Host in

Ireland

From L to RMaurice Mortell, Telecity; Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland.

“What emerging sectors are you seeing as providing the next "wave" of growth

and why?”

“60% of our growth usually comes from

the existing client base – new wave

growth is coming from the ‘Born on the

Internet’ companies but we still see

Enterprise companies using our

services for mission Critical

Infrastructure and the optionality our

interconnectivity them”

- Maurice Mortell, VP of Developing

Markets, TelecityGroup

From L to RMaurice Mortell, Telecity; Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland.

“In your opinion, have you seen a change in Ireland’s digital asset hosting

industry over the past five years? If so, please explain.”

“We have seen an increase in public

cloud adoption and a massive increase

in the use of content driven applications.

As a top destination in Europe for

Hosting, Ireland ticks all the boxes when

looking to gain access to a European

customer base.”

-Maurice Mortell, VP of Developing

Markets, TelecityGroup

From L to RJerry Whiston, Comsys; Gary Keogh, Digital Realty.

“What emerging sectors are you seeing as providing the next "wave" of growth

and why?”

“Ireland is unique in the fact that the

[Irish] government has targeted 40% of

all electricity generated in 2020 to be

derived from renewable energy. We are

offering a clean, sustainable energy

source. “

- Gary Keogh, Sales Director, Digital

Realty

From L to RFergus Innes, Hibernia Networks; Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Sarah McCluskey, Telecity; Karl Hennessy, Citadel100; Rachel Clynes, InterXion; Jerry Whiston, Comsys; Arian Kelly; Comsys; Eddie Kilbane, Data Plex; Stuart Dennis, Zayo; Gary Keogh, Digital Realty.

From L to RGarry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Gary Keough, Digital Realty

From L to RGarry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Rachel Clynes, InterXion

From L to RGarry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Sarah McCluskey, Telecity.

From L to RGarry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Fergus Innes, Hibernia Networks

From L to RGarry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Stuart Dennis, Zayo

From L to RGarry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Eddie Kilbane, Data Plex.

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