Citadel100 inks deal with Mercury CLOUDCOVER for its Mission Critical Data Centre needs

DUBLIN, IRELAND, Dec 10, 2013 (Menafn – Marketwired via COMTEX) –Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release.

Mercury CLOUDCOVER (MCC), a leading Total Facilities Management (TFM) whole lifecycle service provider, today announced a major contract with Citadel100, a 65,000 ft. mission critical data centre catering for some of the world’s largest technology enterprises. Citadel100 is part of the Keppel Group’s Securus Data Centre Property Fund that owns mission-critical Data Centres in Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. This strategic deal will see the recently launched MCC deliver a powerful new turnkey solution for Dublin-based Citadel100 and its mission critical facilities, IT and network.

In today’s era of big data, enterprises are being challenged to handle the exponential growth of digital assets and demand infrastructure that is highly reliable, secure, accessible and scalable. MCC’s 24/7 Service Level Agreement for Citadel100 includes a bespoke technical, physical and IT infrastructure managed by an onsite multi-skilled team overseeing all HVAC and electrical building services. MCC covers the entire lifecycle of an asset, capturing critical information necessary to support asset, capacity and change management for Citadel100. Internet enterprises can confidentially move their critical cloud infrastructures to Citadel100’s data centre knowing the facility is backed by an industry renowned, experienced facilities management team.

Joe Morgan, Managing Director, Mercury CLOUDCOVER said: “Citadel100 has been at the forefront of the data centre industry in Ireland for over 12 years and is one of the few data centre organisations that guarantees 100% uptime reinforced by MCC’s bespoke suite of mission critical solutions.”

Karl Hennessey, Chief Executive Officer, Citadel100 said: “We are pleased to have Mercury CLOUDCOVER supporting our data centre and customers. The team has extensive experience working in the data centre build and maintenance industry making them our mission critical partner of choice.”

For a full list of the services supplied by Mercury CLOUDCOVER to Citadel100 please visit the project page here.

About Mercury CLOUDCOVER

Mercury CLOUDCOVER is a leading provider of Total Facilities Management whole lifecycle services and support for datacentre, telecommunications, electronic manufacturing and healthcare sectors, delivering maximum value in operational performance and efficiency. With over 40 years’ experience addressing operational and design challenges in mission critical environments, the team have developed structured methodologies and approaches including CERM (Critical Environment Risk Management). Mercury CLOUDCOVER provides customers with the ability to manage every aspect of their datacenter or critical facility more efficiently, ensuring they are free to focus on core business activities. For more information, please visit www.mercurycloudcover.com.

About Citadel100

CITADEL100, a member of the Keppel Group, is Ireland’s leading wholesale datacenter owner and operator. CITADEL100 own and operate 65,000 sq ft. of raised-floor mission critical datacenter space in the National Digital Campus at Citywest in Dublin. Our experienced team has a proven track record in delivering large scale, wholesale colocation solutions to both international and local enterprises in the highly regulated technology, financial, pharmaceutical and telecommunications industries as well as local government agencies. Strong local market knowledge and an established contact network with international reach have maintained CITADEL100 at the forefront of the data center industry for over 12 years.

Services and solutions provided at Citadel include data center design and build solutions, data halls with 100% power availability SLAs, data center management services and private cloud services.

We operate a carrier-neutral data center and provide direct access to a wide selection of network providers for greater choice, flexibility, network resilience, cost savings and speed to market. Our partners deliver direct access to the widest possible selection of international and local fixed lines, broadband and mobile networks, financials service companies, and cloud hubs.

CITADEL100 is ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Certified.CITADEL100 is part of the Keppel Group’s Securus Data Center Property Fund with mission-critical Data Centers located in Dublin, London, the Netherlands, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. For further information please see www.citadel100.com.

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