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ISP Internet Central Expands Into UK Data Center - Web Hosting ...

(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Internet services provider and Web hosting provider Internet Central ( www.internet-central.net ) announced on Wednesday its expansion plans and recently moved its virtual hosting platform to a new high-powered data center in Manchester, UK, to better accomodate the growth of customers.

According to the press release, ISP's new data center in Manchester will provide Internet Central customers with a "more efficient and thus cost-effective data centre offering the company's growing number of business customers increased resilience, additional transit and reduced network complexity." 

The facility also features the latest gigabit technology, which will help Internet Central provide significant growth opportunities in the future.

The company says it decided to make the move to the Manchester facility in response to ongoing demand by the company's customers for "more resilience and protection, more diversity and faster speeds for Internet and Intranet access."

Customers said their priorities are the "delivery of a securely hosted IT infrastructure with maximum uptime and high standards of service at a competitive price."

The data center operates an N+1 redunacy with 2 x 2MVA diesel generators with 8 days of on-site fuel storage in case of power failure. It also features high security with around the clock automated management systems, CCTV and on site security guards.

The new facility will also act as Internet Central's primary connectivity point for its new national Ethernet connectivity services based on BT's 21CN platform with direct connections to its broadband network, three international tier 1 transit providers, direct peering with all major UK operators and content providers such as the BBC and Microsoft.

Internet Central has also completely replaced its infrastructure with the latest switches, the latest routers and added additional servers and storage to its virtual hosting capacity.

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President calls for urgent improvements to anti-terrorism efforts

President calls for urgent improvements to anti-terrorism efforts

White House releases report on what went wrong with intell about Christmas Day plot

By Ben Bain Jan 07, 2010 President Barack Obama today directed his national security team to take actions, many involving technology and information technology, to bolster government’s watch-listing and transportation security systems. Obama's order came in response to a failed terrorist attack on a flight en route to Detroit on Christmas Day.

Obama outlined corrective steps and the findings of his administration's reviews of the attempted attack to reporters during a speech. The White House released a memo that directed heads of departments to take specific actions:

The State Department to review visa issuance and revocation criteria and processes to determine how technology enhancements could strengthen the process. The Homeland Security Department to aggressively

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