Interxion, a leading provider of carrier-neutral data center and managed services in Europe, has announced that it has been invited to become a founding member of the Uptime Institute EMEA Network, which has established itself as one of the leading sources of information on Best Practices for data center design, construction and management.
To address the increasing reliance on IT and network infrastructure, the exponential growth of data center demand and deployment across Europe and to bring more industry-leading expertise to its members, the Uptime Institute has invited a selected group of Fortune 1,000 companies and Interxion, the only carrier independent data center provider, to become founding members of its EMEA Network.
The Uptime Institute uses benchmarking, abnormal incident data, and industry Best Practices collected from members of its knowledge communities to translate uptime management into scientific disciplines and practices which can be confidently applied. The participants of the knowledge community are encouraged to learn from and share experiences with each other to provide continuing education in a new and exciting context. Knowledge community participation directly translates into reduced failure rates and increased organisational effectiveness.
Anthony Foy, group managing director of Interxion, commented: "We are delighted to become a founding member of the Uptime Institute EMEA Network. With 22 data centers across Europe, we have built up extensive experience of data center design, construction and management and we are happy to share our knowledge with others. With data center industry developing so fast, we also welcome the Uptime Institute initiative to develop a European data center classification system that recognises data centers for their technical specifications and operational excellence."