Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced that it has partnered with ControlCircle, a global provider of design, implementation and outsourced managed services of complex IT infrastructures. The agreement will permit ControlCircle to deliver enhanced colocation data centre packages to customers where security, infrastructure and availability are critical to their business.

ControlCircle’s customers include large online businesses and blue-chip companies in the banking, legal, accounting and commercial sectors. With the rapid increase in digital media and online services creating immeasurable amounts of data, ControlCircle recognised the need for secure, low-latency access to data centres that facilitated high transaction volumes. ControlCircle embarked on a rigorous assessment of the UK’s top 20 colocation data centre providers, benchmarking each contender on security, infrastructure, availability of site and cost.

Damian Milkins, CEO at ControlCircle, said: “Interxion’s proximity to the London and Paris markets and their dedicated capital markets infrastructure will help us give our customers a competitive edge. By colocating at Interxion’s City of London and Paris data centres, we are able to provide clients with faster access to the markets, increase their efficiency, deal with huge transaction volumes, and grow their businesses, while being able to respond quickly to change.”

Interxion’s City of London and Paris data centres offer some of the lowest latency in the industry and provide a highly secure physical location with advanced infrastructure for mission-critical applications. High-density power configurations are available as standard, with industry-leading service levels and availability and 24x7 secure access to equipment.

Kevin Dean, Chief Marketing Officer Interxion said, “Establishing agreements with our channel partners is essential to our growth and penetration into new markets. This announcement further reflects the quality of service and high standard we offer our customers, and we look forward to helping ControlCircle deliver premium-quality hosted colocation data centre solutions.”