projects & agreements
SNAPI GUARD ESTABLISHES CANADA ’ S LARGEST DDOS PROTECTION SCRUBBING CENTRE AT I . C . E DATACENTERS ’ INTERCONNECTION HUB IN MONTREAL
ICE Datacenters and Metro Optic are pleased to announce that SNAPI Guard has established Canada ’ s largest DDoS ( Distributed Denial of Service ) protection scrubbing centre in Montreal .
North America experienced one of the most damaging DDoS attacks recently which took down many of the most popular websites and interrupted US and European business for several hours . Fortunately , data centre operations were not impacted .
This incident highlights the importance DDoS protection being made available to customers . SNAPI Guard offers Secure Internet Link , always-on protection and DDoS scrubbing solutions to carriers , content and cloud providers .
SNAPI Guard will join a network of 30 + domestic and international service providers and carriers at the most fibre dense site in Montreal , which will enable Montreal customers to have 24 / 7 protection in their data centres and in the cloud .
For further information visit : www . snapiguard . com
D2L selects Amazon Web Services cloud to improve learning worldwide
D2L has announced that it has selected Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) as its strategic public cloud infrastructure provider . D2L will be able to serve its global customers from AWS locations in the US , Europe , Asia and plans to also use the AWS location that will open in Montreal , Canada .
AWS share D2L ’ s passion for delivering excellent learning experiences , with the view that all digital learners around the world using D2L ’ s Brightspace will all have the same high quality experience .
D2L is accelerating its innovation by leveraging built-in AWS services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud ( EC2 ), Amazon Simple Storage Service ( S3 ), Amazon CloudFront , Amazon Elasticsearch and the suite of AWS analytics and security services . With AWS ’ s reliability , security , and availability , D2L will continue to provide a high level of service and a global , end-toend security approach , now on one infrastructure . For further information visit : www . D2L . com
Datapipe named Alibaba cloud global managed service provider
Datapipe has been named a global managed service provider ( MSP ) partner of Alibaba Cloud . Global organisations entering China and Chinese organisations venturing abroad can now rely on Datapipe ’ s expertise in designing , building , and managing best practice Alibaba Cloud environments .
Under the partnership , Alibaba Cloud customers can look to Datapipe to plan , build and run their cloud environments to ensure fast , secure , and compliant global expansion strategies . Datapipe will provide migration , management , and security of Alibaba Cloud solutions for computing , storage , database , CDN , and Big Data .
China based Joyful Journey Travel is Datapipe ’ s first managed Alibaba Cloud client and is the first company to provide financial services to travellers in China . Joyful Journey Travel was looking to deploy a completely elastic infrastructure for its services to allow them to quickly and easily grow into new regions as they on-board more customers .
Datapipe ’ s team worked with Joyful Journey Travel to develop a solution based on high performing Alibaba Cloud services , including Elastic Computer Service instances , AsparaDB for Relationship Database Systems and Alibaba ’ s Cloud based CDN . For further information visit : www . datapipe . com
NEW FRANKFURT BUILD PLANNED AS COLT DATA CENTRE SERVICES LEADS THE EXPANSION OF EUROPE ’ S DATA CAPACITY
Colt Data Centre Services has announced it is planning to build a brand new flagship data centre to service the German market , having acquired a greenfield site in the city of Frankfurt . The announcement forms part of a major European investment drive by the company , which also sees further expansion of its existing data centres in London and Paris .
The new data centre , which will complement Colt Data Centre Services ’ existing Frankfurt site , will boast 8,000m 2 across 12 data halls with a significant power capacity of 18MW . The carrier neutral site will be the first data centre to be built using the company ’ s new , cutting edge modular design technology in the German market .
The acquisition of the site means that Colt Data will be able to offer large scale capacity and connectivity rich solutions in a known data centre hotspot and allow them to accommodate large enterprises and major cloud providers in a state-of-the-art city centre facility . For further information visit : www . coltdatacentres . net
40