locating your data center in ireland

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Why locating your data center in Ireland is a no-brainer Jason Ó Conaill Data Center Principal eircom

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So, you're a multinational with a global online presence. You have a data centre in the US; you probably have one in Asia too. Think you've got service continuity covered? Think again. Here are four great reasons to locate a data centre in Europe ‒ and, more specifically, in Ireland.

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Page 1: Locating your data center in ireland

Why locating your data center in Ireland

is a no-brainerJason Ó Conaill

Data Center Principaleircom

Page 2: Locating your data center in ireland

1. Better end-user experience

2. Automatic failover

3. Connections to global fiber

4. Dublin’s ‘Silicon Docks’

4 key reasons:

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Customers expect a seamless online experience.......

............................worldwide!

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Enhancements for

European users in: o speed o latency o responsiveness o media downloads o online interactivity

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Better experience..................

.........of social media, gaming, e-commerce, cloud services and apps

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Automatic failover

• European data center acts as live failover for IT infrastructure elsewhere

• Continuity of experience for end-users in case of outage

• Easy to transfer loads around the world

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Connections to global fiber

Ireland is median point

between US & Europe

Well-connected to

global networks, through

providers like eircom:

Connected to US via fiber-optic cables from Hibernia Atlantic, Global Crossing, etc

Peering with EMEA through Tier 1 networks like Verizon and Level 3

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Dublin’s ‘Silicon Docks’

Microsoft, Google, LinkedIn,

Facebook, Twitter, Zynga,

PopCap Games have

Dublin data centers

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Dublin’s ‘Silicon Docks’

Local skills, native English speakers, entrepreneurial culture,

multinational experience

Frequent flights to the US, low corporation tax, cool climate, the euro zone

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Jason Ó Conaill is eircom's data center

principal and an advisor

to multinationals expanding

cloud and server

infrastructure to Europe.

On LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/datacenter

 

For more information visit:http://www.eircomforbusiness.ie