Interxion receives SunTone award
May 2002- Interxion, Europe’s leading operator of Internet Exchange Centersä, has been awarded the SunTone Certified Member Award for its carrier-neutral Internet Exchange Centers across Europe. The certification further endorses Interxion’s commitment to high-quality standards.
As part of the industry-wide initiative from Sun Microsystems, certification under the SunTone program is granted to companies whose solutions have demonstrated best practices in the areas of infrastructure, operations, hardware, software, storage, security and overall service delivery. This allows customers to quickly and confidently identify high-quality solutions that meet rigorous standards, and serves as the recognized seal of quality for web and network based solutions. To date, more than 1,500 companies from around the world have applied for certification, of which160 have been given the award. Interxion is the only company to have received this for all European locations simultaneously.
Originally created for Telecommunication Service Providers, the SunTone program has now been expanded to audit and certify enterprise and data center providers like Interxion that have been built to the exacting standards of the program. During Interxion’s certification process, the infrastructure, internal procedures and resources as well as the know-how following international guidelines and specifications were scrutinized by Sun Microsystems. The seal of quality awarded serves to confirm Interxion’s high quality of service standards.
Lori DeMatteis, VP of product marketing for Interxion, commented, “Obtainment of SunTone certification is an achievement of which we are extremely proud. With Europe’s largest carrier-neutral footprint, this covers 20 facilities in 11 countries and clearly demonstrates our commitment to quality and the high standards we insist upon. Our customers know this is reflected in the services and facilities that we provide on a 24x365 basis across Europe.”
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About Interxion:
Interxion is one of Europe’s leading providers of carrier-neutral data center and managed services. With 20 Internet Exchange Centers™ (IECs) across Europe, it supports 300 customers including enterprises, service providers, hosting and telecommunications companies. These include Eircom, Genuity Solutions, OM Technology, Siemens, and Wanadoo. Its services provide customers with solutions to better manage their ICT and Internet infrastructure, including equipment housing, access to carrier networks, maintenance services, monitoring and other managed services. Interxion is also host to six of Europe’s peering Internet exchanges (BNIX; DE-CIX; LINX; SFINX; SWISSIX; VIX), which combined with its carrier-neutrality, provides the highest levels of access to top tier carriers and ISPs.
Interxion employs 280 staff in 11 countries and is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Since its foundation, Interxion has raised more than €280 million from a leading group of investors around the world.
For more information, www.interxion.com
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About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer[tm]" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com
About the SunTone[SM] Certification and Branding Program
Launched in May 1999, The SunTone Certification and Branding Program is a collaborative effort with industry-wide support, led by Sun Microsystems, Inc., to promote 7-by-24 service and reliability as a norm for consumer and business Internet-based services. Under the SunTone Program, service providers, independent software vendors and integrators have endured a rigorous review process which examines the infrastructure, operational practices, hardware, software, and overall service delivery to help ensure that the services or products the provide meet the program's high standards.
Certification under the SunTone program is designed to give customers the confidence that every aspect of the operations and infrastructure has been evaluated and judged to be reliable and of hight quality. The SunTone Program currently has more than 1500 members for certification, including service providers, independent software vendors, and integrators, and over 250 SunTone Certified solutions available to meet a variety of business needs.