Ernst & Young consolidates three data centres with TeleCity
Information security, flexibility and cost advantages the deciding
factors
Frankfurt, 29 September 2005 – TeleCity (LSE:TCY.L), the leading European
colocation, data centre and managed services company, today announced
that the corporate auditor, Ernst & Young, is to consolidate three of its
European data centres at TeleCity in Frankfurt. From October 2005, the IT
servers of Ernst & Young’s national data centres in Eschborn near Frankfurt,
Stuttgart and Rotterdam will be brought together in a 600 sq. m. suite at
TeleCity’s Frankfurt facility. Ernst & Young will continue to operate the
network infrastructure, hardware, software, data and applications.
Ernst & Young selected TeleCity due to the high degree of flexibility and associated
cost advantages on offer. “While a dedicated new-build, in-house data centre
requires high initial investment, and the full benefit of the investment is not achieved
for several years, a consolidation in TeleCity’s data centre allows us to realise
considerable savings, because we only pay for the area being utilised at any
particular time. Our analysis of the European colocation market highlighted clear
price advantages for Frankfurt,” says Siggi Hauer, Ernst & Young CIO (Chief
Information Officer) for Central Europe. “In addition, we see TeleCity as a growing
and reliable partner, capable of managing additional data centre services in the
future.”
Another core factor in Ernst & Young’s decision to go with TeleCity was the IT
service provider’s recent certification to BS7799. The British industry standard
confirms the company’s secure handling of information – an essential criterion for a
corporate auditor such as Ernst & Young. “An additional advantage is TeleCity’s IP
Multihome service, which provides high-quality IP connectivity and maximum
resilience,” explains Dr. Harold Klein, CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of Ernst &
Young AG.
“The partnership with Ernst & Young is a clear signal of the re-stimulation of the
colocation market in Germany,” said Dr. Béla Waldhauser, Managing Director of
TeleCity GmbH. “We are currently involved in detailed talks with other prestigious
companies, for which we will also be providing a wide range of services in the near
future. A key part of our strength is the combination of conventional colocation
business and a new generation of specialised services, individually tailored to the
customer.”
About Ernst & Young
With headquarters in Stuttgart, Ernst & Young is one of Germany’s major auditors and management
consultancies and is the German member company of Ernst & Young Global. Ernst & Young is the
leading German provider of tax consultancy services, employing around 6,500 people in 22 locations.
In the 2003/2004 business year, the company returned a turnover of more than EUR 860 million,
making Ernst & Young the third largest player in the German audit and consultancy sector.
The service offerings include auditing, pre-audit consultancy, tax consultancy and transaction and real
estate consultancy. Legal advice services are provided by associated Luther
Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. Ernst & Young is a partner of both large and medium-sized
companies. In the 2003/2004 business year, Ernst & Young Global employed 100,000 staff and
recorded sales revenues of more than USD 14.5 billion.
Additional information can be found at: http://www.de.ey.com
For further information, please contact:
Dag-Stefan Rittmeister
Leiter Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Ernst & Young
Mittlerer Pfad 15
70499 Stuttgart
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 988 11 59 80
Fax: :
+49 (0) 988 11 51 77
E-mail: dag-stefan.rittmeister@de.ey.com
Kerstin Gauf
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Ernst & Young
Mergenthaler Allee 10-12
65760 Eschborn
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 996 24798
Fax:
+49 (0) 996 26518
E-mail: kerstin.gauf@de.ey.com
About TeleCity
TeleCity is one of the largest independent IT service providers of colocation and managed services in
Europe, and currently operates nine data centres in Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt, London,
Manchester, Paris and Stockholm. The company hosts the Internet exchange nodes in Frankfurt (DECIX 3), London (LINX), Amsterdam (AMSIX) and Manchester (MaNAP), providing its customers with a
Europe-wide network in direct proximity to the major Internet backbones. TeleCity was established in
the UK in 1998 and has its headquarters in London. The company has been listed on the London Stock
Exchange since June 2000. In the 2004 financial year, turnover was around EUR 37.6 million (around
GBP 25.8 million). 170 staff are currently involved in developing and supporting new services and IT
infrastructures for TeleCity’s customers throughout Europe. Further information about TeleCity can be
obtained at http://www.telecity.de or from:
TeleCity GmbH
Eva Gleisinger
Gutleutstrasse 310
60327 Frankfurt
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 69-90021-1011
Fax:
+49 (0) 69-24008633
eva.gleisinger@telecity.com
Communication Harmonists
Hubert Rasig
Poststrasse 48
69115 Heidelberg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 6221-90574-18
Fax:
+49 (0) 6221-90574-11
hubert.rasig@commha.de