Worldport Opens $70 Million Internet Solutions SuperCentre
CHICAGO and DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 2, 2000-- Worldport Communications Inc. (OTCBB:WRDP - news) today announced the opening of its newly constructed flagship Internet Solutions SuperCentre in Dublin, Ireland.
``We began the task of constructing and outfitting the SuperCentre just four months ago,'' said Michael E. Heisley, Chief Executive Officer for Worldport. ``Clearly, this is the most visible and tangible signal of Worldport's remarkable and rapid progress towards becoming the leading full service Web hosting and Internet provider in Europe.''
Worldport's Dublin SuperCentre, covering 125,000 total square feet, is one of today's most technically advanced Web hosting centres in Europe and provides a secure, high-quality, high-performance environment.
``In the past four months, we have designed, built and opened the $50 million SuperCentre with a $20 million completely integrated operational and business support system. We also completed a network contract with Global Crossing to provide Trans-Atlantic and Pan-European access to 35 European cities, established private peering arrangements with global backbone providers, acquired a professional services firm with a presence in five countries, and introduced a new brand identity,'' said
Heisley. ``Today marks a major milestone for our company and we are proud to be up and running and serving our customers.''
The Dublin SuperCentre is a purpose-built facility, customized to accommodate a wide range of functionalities and total managed solutions in a fully secure environment. This enables Worldport to give its customers the assurance of continuous operations, management and technology services.
``Until now, the European market has been served by a significant number of small companies lacking the necessary scale, resources and expertise. With Worldport, companies now have access to a true, customer-focused, pan-European Full Service Provider,'' said James L. Martin, Chief Technology Officer for Worldport. ``We plan to challenge the current standards of Web hosting in Europe. We want to raise the bar and drive development and performance to a new level.''
From its Dublin facility, Worldport offers total managed solutions, from procurement and installation of leading-edge equipment and software, to the requisite connectivity and flexible service options, all available on multiple platforms. In addition, the company provides standard-setting, high-level customer service and the latest, most efficient, managed solutions that are
designed to allow customers to scale and meet their specific business needs.
Worldport offers full service solutions in the areas of: Managed Web hosting; Enterprise hosting, which provides a customized environment to support sophisticated application hosting; Colocation, for those customers who choose to access and administer their own Web solutions, and application design and development, complemented by professional consulting services.
The SuperCentre is specially designed with each suite wired with its own managed fibre optic network, security systems and fully redundant dedicated power. In addition, the SuperCentre offers a fully resilient network environment, which has been achieved through engineering diverse connectivity, offering protection on multiple levels from possible outage and subsequent downtime.
More than 80 highly skilled employees already operate out of the Dublin facility. In addition, Worldport's recently announced acquisition of Sweden-based professional services firm VIS-Able, adds 61 professionals located in eight offices throughout Sweden, the U.S. and the UK. The acquisition also provides access to more than 3,500 customers, an additional fully operational data centre in Sweden, expanded European reach and added Internet consulting and application development expertise.
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