Last week, despite heavy rains and a thunder on the eve, we hosted our annual open air event for the IXcellerate friends in Moscow –

Rockin’Russia 2016 Summer Party! 

Over one hundred guests attended – key customers and partners, sponsors and their invitees, media and industry analysts as well as energizing and talented musicians from the rock bands – JINN and White Collars.

Agenda included series of news announcements and foreword on behalf of the organisers and partners, multiple DC tours, the rock concert and interactive sessions&contensts&lottery.

There were settled six interactive areas, where all the guests could acquaint and network – Creative zone with foto-stand and lottery (sponsored by the cloud provider Softline), Music&sound stage (sponsored by the energy solutions provider SDMO), Virtual reality zone (organized by the global IT solutions provider G-core), Grill battle&Fire zone (controlled by the world leading fire proteciton vendor Marioff), Retro-bar (hosted by the global firm of consulting engineers Arup) and an Ice cream zone (provided by the carrier Mastertel)

Special thanks go to the master chef Andrey Egorov (IXcellerate sales director), who cooked amazing pilav, the creative teams of the Grill Battle, our sponsoring partners and the most talented employees of the data center  – members of the IXcellerate rock-band!

During the party, IXcellerate joined and announced the charity intitiave of the White Collars band to support Bud Chelovekom foundation, which work for/with donations  to help kids, who need medial treatment.

We are looking forward to Rockin’Russia 2017! See you there! 

IDC-G – NEW MEMBER, LCL DATA CENTER, BELGIUM

Monday 27^th June – International Data Centre Group is delighted to announce its newest member: LCL Data Center, Belgium.

With three independent Tier 3 data centers in Brussels East, Brussels West and Antwerp, the LCL carrier neutral data centers are some of the best-connected facilities in Europe. The flexible services that they offer, combined with a wide range of connectivity options, provide their clients with optimum solutions.

The Belgian IDC-G member is ideally located in the center of Europe. At 4 milliseconds from Amsterdam and 5 milliseconds from London and Paris in terms of round trip latency, LCL is a vital link in IDC-G’s international data center network.

CEO of LCL Laurens van Reijen said: “We are delighted to be part of the International Data Centre Group. As it is becoming more and more important to both international and domestic companies to have access to data centers in different markets, joining seemed the natural progression for LCL. We are looking forward to collaborating with other members and becoming part of this global brand”.

Founder of IDC-G, Guy Willner: With the re-launch of IDC-G in late April, having LCL on board this early is very encouraging for the future of the brand. By being at ITW this week where we are meeting other potential members, we will be increasing our visibility and importance within the DC Industry.

About LCL

LCL has many years’ experience and know-how in data centers and colocation. The company has three independent data centers: in Brussels East (Diegem), Brussels West (Aalst) and Antwerp.

Thanks to its dynamic team and reputed service provision, LCL today has clients in a wide range of sectors. Multinationals and small and medium-sized enterprises, government bodies, Internet companies and telecom operators all call upon the services of LCL. The company is ISO 27001 and Tier 3 certified, which is the highest possible certification in Belgium. LCL also opts resolutely in favor of sustainability and is 14001 certified.

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About IDC-G

IDC-G is the first global data center alliance, providing customers with a single interface for premium data center services in emerging technology markets and new economies. IDC-G’s customers can leverage world-class industry experience combined with the local expertise of its Alliance Members, as well as the reassurance that comes with the IDC-G stamp of data center excellence. Guy Willner, co-founded Europe’s leading carrier neutral data center provider, IXEurope, acquired by Equinix Inc. in 2007 for USD555m.  For more details on IDC-G, visit https://www.idc-g.com/