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Gyron celebrates 10th birthday with £3.85m in new contract wins

Published on March 23, 2010 in Centro fit-out, Gyron News and Press Releases. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Gyron, a leading UK  provider of specialist datacentre services, has celebrated it’s 10th birthday in style by announcing a large expansion at its state of the art Centro datacentre following contract wins in excess of £3.85m for services at the facility alone since first opening 9 months ago.

Centro datacentre

Centro datacentre

Robin Balen, Managing Director, comments:

The next phase of expansion at the Centro datacentre is an exciting time for Gyron. Our philosophy has always been that customers will respond enthusiastically when presented with a state of the art datacentre, a flexible approach, fantastic customer service and great value for money, and we’ve been bowled over by the volume of positive feedback about our facility from both new and existing customers. The contract figures speak for themselves, especially given the challenging wider economic conditions.

The fit out works will add an additional 360kW of IT capacity within the datacentre at Hemel Hempstead, over 85% of which has already been contracted for. Work on the expansion space is due to complete on the 1st of June, exactly 1 year after the Centro facility first opened its doors to customer equipment.

Ben Miller, Operations Director, continues:

Our approach from day one when designing the Centro facility was to ensure that the datacentre infrastructure was completely modular. This has allowed us to rapidly expand operations at the site to meet unprecedented demand for our services, and also increase the specification of our services when needed to suit specific customer requirements. This next phase is no exception and we look forward to delivering this additional capacity shortly.

State of the art power and cooling systems have been specified for the expansion area, along with a custom hot-aisle containment system designed in-house, allowing a best-in-class target Power usage Effectiveness (PuE) of between 1.3 and 1.4, whilst simultaneously providing enhanced 2N redundancy on the power infrastructure.

For further details on this and future expansion space at the Centro facility, please contact the Gyron sales team.

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About Gyron

Gyron was formed in March 2000, and offers colocation and a wide range complimentary managed services from two facilities — the London Hosting Centre in the heart of the London Docklands, and the Centro datacentre in Hemel Hempstead. Both datacentres are supported by 24/7 on-site teams of engineers and offer redundant power, cooling, and connectivity, all covered by 100% uptime service level guarantees. For more information, visit http://blog.gyron.net/.

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Press release: Centro datacentre facility earns UK Police flagship ‘Secured by Design’ certification

Published on September 21, 2009 in Press Releases. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , .

Gyron, a leading provider of specialist datacentre services, has been awarded the prestigious UK Police flagship ‘Secured by Design‘ certification for its state of the art Centro datacentre facility which opened in June 2009.

Ben Miller, Operations Director at Gyron states:

Our customers trust us with their most sensitive and mission critical computer systems and data. Our Centro datacentre facility in Hemel Hempstead was designed with industry-leading physical security in mind from the start, with iris scanners, 3m security fences, blast proofed windows, computer controlled motion detection, and much more, to ensure that this trust is well earned. We entered in to detailed discussions with the Police prior to any fit out work commencing at the facility, and we’re now gratified that following an extensive post-completion audit by the Hertfordshire Constabulary they have certified our compliance with the prerequisites for this award.

Gyron's 'Secured by Design' certificate for the Centro datacentre facility

Gyron's 'Secured by Design' certificate for the Centro datacentre facility

To find out more regarding the relevant standards involved in the ‘Secured by Design’ certification process, view the various sections under ‘Current Standards‘ on the award website.

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About Gyron

Gyron was formed in March 2000, and offers colocation and a wide range complimentary managed services from two facilities — the London Hosting Centre in the heart of the London Docklands, and the Centro datacentre in Hemel Hempstead. Both datacentres are supported by 24/7 on-site teams of engineers and offer redundant power, cooling, and connectivity, all covered by 100% uptime service level guarantees. For more information, visit http://blog.gyron.net/.

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Press release: Leading telecommunications provider Fluidata goes online at Centro datacentre

Published on July 29, 2009 in Gyron News and Press Releases. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

London July 2009. Fluidata, a leading telecom provider, opens a new point of presence at the cutting edge Centro datacentre in Hemel Hempstead in collaboration with datacentre specialists Gyron. The datacentre, which comprises extensive power capabilities as well as strong security measures, successfully meets the increasing demands of businesses and telecoms companies of today.

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Built by Gyron, this data centre offers connectivity right out to the last mile, as a result of Fluidata’s broad range of connectivity products such as ADSL2+, SDSL and Fibre.

Robin Balen, Managing Director at Gyron states:

Our Centro datacentre in Hemel Hempstead has been built from the ground up with high density power and cooling systems, along with diverse dark fibre connectivity. This, coupled with our location just outside of the M25, makes the facility an ideal choice for disaster recovery and cloud computing applications. Connectivity to the end user’s premises is a key part of any such outsourcing strategy, and one which many datacentres overlook. We look forward to working with Fluidata and their wide range of connectivity services to meet this need.

Piers Daniell, Managing Director of Fluidata states:

In today’s climate, it is increasingly important for businesses to consider hosting and virtualisation in the cloud as a viable business initiative.

At Fluidata, our offering includes multiple data centres across the UK operating on a dark fibre network, configured to operate as one: This is a significant development and an important requirement for businesses looking to host key applications within the cloud. Coupled with national last mile coverage it is a compelling business case for virtualisation.

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About Gyron

Gyron was formed in March 2000, and offers colocation and a wide range complimentary managed services from two facilities — the London Hosting Centre in the heart of the London Docklands, and the Centro datacentre in Hemel Hempstead. Both datacentres are supported by 24/7 on-site teams of engineers and offer redundant power, cooling, and connectivity, all covered by 100% uptime service level guarantees. For more information, visit http://blog.gyron.net/.

About Fluidata

Fluidata is a leading, independent telecommunications provider offering flexible, innovative and high speed internet solutions for all sectors across the B2B market. The firm has a strong product and service portfolio, providing companies of all sizes (in particular SME’s) with bespoke, cost effective, highly robust and extremely reliable internet connections and support. For more information, visit http://www.fluidata.co.uk/.

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Press release: Gyron Internet upgrades core network with Imtech and Juniper

Published on January 12, 2009 in Gyron News and Press Releases. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Gyron is featured in this quarter’s edition of the Imtech Telecom Global newsletter. The article details our use of Juniper network equipment in our upgraded core network, and also describes our expansion at our new Centro datacentre facility.

You can download the whole newsletter in PDF form here (we’re on page 6), or you can read below for the article:

To keep up with increasing demand for its co-location, managed hosting and connectivity services, Gyron Internet Ltd has chosen Imtech Telecom Global and partner Juniper Networks to upgrade its core network. The new equipment for its state-of-the-art hosting site in London Docklands will allow Gyron to maintain the highest possible levels of service for its customers as the company expands nationally.

Gyron, established 8 years ago, has become a key player at the Docklands London Hosting Centre, with over 5,000sq ft of high specification hosting space, and is now expanding its high speed fibre network outside of the M25 to a new datacentre in Hemel Hempstead. Initially with a handful of customers and five racks, Gyron’s customer base has now grown to over a hundred customers. These include government departments, IT consultancies, global enterprises, banks, recruitment agencies and internet companies; all serviced by over 160 racks of equipment at Gyron’s London data centre.

With its services in high demand, Gyron required a new strategy to sell additional high capacity services within their existing hosting space, whilst also being able to support significant expansion at their new site. Drawing on Imtech’s established consultancy and support services, Gyron has chosen to upgrade its core London network with two additional Juniper MX240s, and EX-series Ethernet switches. The solution uses JUNOS software and neatly integrates routing, switching and security across Gyron’s high-performance network infrastructure.

Gyron are installing and integrating the new routers to function as a redundant pair, handling all BGP traffic on the network .

Robin Balen, Director for Gyron, stated: “Imtech has always provided a wealth of knowledge and support for our chosen Juniper platforms. Following their advice, we have selected the MX240 routers for our London site where space is at an absolute premium; whilst the MX 960 platform gives us excellent expansion potential at our new datacentre in Hemel Hempstead. I have been impressed with the Imtech’s technical ability and capabilities in implementing Juniper technologies and its proven track record in successful network deployments, both to the smaller ISPs and larger global carriers.“ Gyron are also undertaking upgrades to its 300gbps DWDM fibre ring which now connects its London Docklands hosting site and its new data centre which will house over 400 racks when it opens in mid-2009.

James Morgan, MD Imtech Telecom Global, said “it is good to see UK entrepreneurs such as the Gyron team achieving so much in such a short time; undoubtedly the Juniper platforms coupled with the easy adoption of JUNOS have helped to enable this growth and we welcome working with forward thinking innovative organisations such as Gyron.”

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Gyron announces availability of more than 60 additional rack footprints in the London Docklands

Published on August 15, 2007 in Press Releases. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Gyron Internet Ltd, a leading wholesale and managed services provider for medium sized UK businesses, has announced availability of 16 high specification rack footprints today, with a further 45 footprints availabile within 8 weeks.

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The racks have been made available by expanding one of Gyron’s current hosting suites in the London Hosting Centre, and by commisioning a new 120 square meter suite. These racks have been provisioned at the high specification of 16A per footprint, with dedicated N+1 cooling and UPS systems.

These new racks will be supported by Gyron’s existing 24/7 on-site Network Operating Centre engineers, with a wide range of managed services and connectivity solutions available.

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Gyron selects Telstra Europe as Facilities Partner

Published on September 6, 2006 in Press Releases. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Gyron Internet Ltd, a leading wholesale and managed services provider for medium sized UK businesses, has signed a long-term, multi-million pound contract with leading business telecoms service provider, Telstra Europe, to run its main hosting facilities in Telstra’s datacentre in London’s Docklands.

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Gyron’s primary objective in changing supplier was to stabilise operational expenditure for both space and power and ensure availability of additional technical space to support anticipated growth. It also required a datacentre with enough on-site office space for its team of Network Operating Centre engineers, who are on call 24 hours a day.

Telstra was selected because of its impressive state-of-the-art Docklands datacentre, its competitive pricing, its strong reputation for hosting and the strength of its account management and technical teams, all of which set it apart from its competitors.

Gyron Internet Ltd was so impressed by Telstra’s datacentre facility that it took over 200 square metres of technical space in November 2006 – three times its original requirements, in anticipation of future growth. The company has since acquired several new customers and is adding another 95 square metres of space, with further capacity for more servers should the expansion continue.

Robin Balen, Director of Gyron commented, “We were frustrated with the price hikes, lack of expansion room and inconsistent account management with our previous supplier. Telstra offered an excellent long term commercial deal providing us with the stability we required in order to expand our business”.

“The support provided by Telstra’s dedicated team of account and facilities managers was also second to none throughout the initial consultation and fit-out period. This high standard has been maintained now that we are live. Nothing is ever a problem – even when we had a query at 10pm on the Sunday night before we moved into the datacentre they were happy to help us”.

Simon Vye, CEO, Telstra Europe, added, “The demands for hosting, co-location and business continuity services have rapidly increased. The market has become increasingly more competitive and is showing no signs of slowing down. However, there is no excuse for hosting providers to fail on the service levels they provide, or to charge extortionate pricing. We are delighted to have been selected by Gyron on the strengths of our facilities, account management and commercial proposition and look forward to many years of successful partnership”.

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