Strencom

Project rollout completed in just three weeks


Cork, 13th January 2009 – Strencom, the business IP services provider, and e|net, the company that operates the Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) in 27 towns across the country, today announced the completion of a deal that will see Strencom provide back-up connections to e|net’s 28 Co-Location facilities. Strencom is now providing the necessary communications redundancy for e|net to ensure constant connectivity to their MANs.

Strencom has connected 28 state of the art Co-Location facilities on the MANs back to e|net’s central Network Operations Centre (NOC) in Limerick. These backup connections ensure that, even in the unlikely event of e|net’s primary network developing a problem, individual MANs won’t lose their connectivity to national and international networks. This means that e|net’s engineers can resolve problems quickly, without the need for site visits. Strencom project managed the entire transition from the previous supplier, ensuring a total switch over in just three weeks from initial proof-of-concept tests.

Resilience is critical in the provision of world class communications. Multinational corporations can’t afford to be cut off from their international offices; Government departments can’t afford to be cut off from citizens who use their services every day. The solution installed by Strencom means that, even if a network outage occurred, e|net can resolve any potential network problems as quickly as possible, ensuring that these users are getting the highest possible levels of connectivity.

The back-up network provided by Strencom uses a secure multi-protocol layer switching (MPLS) solution over XDSL, thus providing full network resilience of e|net’s primary optical fibre connections.

The e|net managed MANs are located in 27 towns and cities around Ireland. They offer fibre optic connectivity and are available to authorised telecommunications companies for use in their customer solutions. Across the country, scores of SME’s, educational institutions, Government departments and multinational corporations use the MANs every day, with a recent survey indicating that over 600,000 people are benefiting from the existence of the MANs.

Conal Henry, chief executive officer, e|net, said “Strencom’s ability to manage the entire transition from our previous supplier was a key factor in our decision. The addition of higher speeds, lower costs and a very proactive support team meant that we knew we’d found the right partner.”

Tim Murphy, managing director, Strencom, said “e|net has the highest profile network in the country. With Government departments, major multinationals and some of Ireland’s biggest companies using it every day, it’s vital that any potential downtime is minimised. Our solution is able to keep the MANs around the country connected to the central hub even in the event of a problem. That reassurance delivers real value to e|net, and most importantly to their customers.”

--ENDS--

About Strencom:

Strencom is one of Ireland’s leading and fastest growing providers of hosting and secure ip data connectivity services. Its resilient core IP network comprises of multiple POPs in Ireland and the UK, including two wholly owned data centres. Its services include managed hosting and co-location, broadband, wide area networks, leased lines and online data security and back up. Strencom offers market leading levels of security because it can back all client data up to a second wholly owned data centre facility. The company was established in 1999, is ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast Growth 50 for Ireland, the Deloitte Fast 500 for EMEA and is 100% privately owned. Today, its customer base contains in excess of six hundred business, public sector, wholesale and reseller clients, with over 15,000 subscriber connections into the network. Further information is available at www.strencom.net

About e|net:

e|net is the Irish owned and managed company which holds the concession to manage, maintain and operate Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) of fibre optic cable built by the Government in 27 towns across the country. (Athlone, Ballina, Carlow, Carrick-on-Shannon, Carrickmacross, Cavan, Clonmel, Cork City, Dundalk, Drogheda, Dungarvan, Galway City, Gweedore, Kingscourt, Kilkenny, Kiltimagh, Letterkenny, Limerick City, Manorhamilton, Monaghan, Mullingar, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Sligo, Tullamore, Waterford City and Wexford).

The company provides cost-effective telecommunications products and services to authorised operators on a wholesale basis, and is committed to the development of the regions in Ireland through encouraging the open delivery of affordable, state of the art broadband services. For more information see: www.enet.ie

Lower-case font should always be used for e|net or e-net, even after a full-stop.


Press Contacts:
Seán Walsh, Comit Communications and Marketing
+353 1 2157673
swalsh@comitmarketing.com
or via our website: http://www.comitmarketing.com