France’s IKOULA turns to Ekinops for data center interconnect
IKOULA, a French infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider, has chosen Ekinops (Euronext Paris - FR0011466069 – EKI) to upgrade its fiber backbone network to provide data center interconnect capabilities. Ekinops will provide its PM 200FRS02 200G FlexRate coherent line cards for the purpose.
IKOULA’s offerings include dedicated servers, outsourced cloud computing, web, and cloud hosting services. Founded in 1998, the company currently serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 60 countries on four continents. Ekinops is a longstanding communications technology partner, with IKOULA leveraging Ekinops equipment for its core network for more than 10 years. The fiber backbone network connects data centers in Reims and Eppes and an internet point-of-presence (PoP) in Paris.
The PM 200FRS02 200G FlexRate line cards will be installed in fielded Ekinops chassis to support 100G wavelength requirements. “The heart of IKOULA's activity is to support the many requests from our customers without increasing the response time, while providing a second-to-none quality cloud infrastructure,” said Ludovic Berrier, IKOULA network manager. “IKOULA is positioned as a dominant cloud player on the French market and is happy to be able to rely on French technology from Ekinops.”
“Our optical transport solutions enable service providers to radically transform the speed of their networks,” added Thierry Varona, sales director France at Ekinops. “The FlexRate technology will allow IKOULA to more easily adapt to continued service growth without compromising on quality of service.”
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