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IP House deploys hybrid cabling
system from HellermannTyton
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requirements and helps to future-proof the
data centre against rapid technological
change, by utilising laser technology and
improving the amount of fibre required to
implement a high-speed network.”
“Both HellermannTyton technology and
TwistedPair’s integration expertise have
been beneficial to IP House and will form
the basis of a strong future partnership,”
said Sean Hilliar, Data Centre Manager at
IP House.
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P House, a UK-based start-up and
supplier of high-performance data
centre colocation services, has
partnered with leading UK cabling company
HellermannTyton to deploy their RapidNet
hybrid cabling system throughout its
London facility.
Located on the edge of the city’s financial
district and close to Canary Wharf, IP
House aims to serve customers in the
finance, gaming and online gambling
industries, whose businesses depend on
high availability, high performance and
ultra-reliable colocation services delivered
in accordance with ambitious and strictly
observed Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
RapidNet is a British manufactured pre-
terminated, pre-tested cabling infrastructure
solution that enables copper and fibre cables
to be terminated on the same panel, thereby
saving space in data centres. Freeing up
rack space for deployment of additional
IT equipment is a primary concern for
colocation providers such as IP House.
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“The beauty of the hybrid approach is that
customers can utilise fibre, copper or a
combination of both to be terminated on
the same 1U unit,” said David Gagel, Sales
Director at HellermannTyton. “It means
less space is required for connectivity
infrastructure which in turn leaves more room
for customers and revenue-generating IT
equipment in the data centre white space.”
RapidNet’s modular cassette-based design
makes installation simple, fast and efficient,
thereby allowing Systems Integrators and
connectivity partners such as TwistedPair,
who created the backbone cabling
system inside the IP House data centre, to
guarantee tight deployment schedules which
can in turn be built into customers’ SLAs.
“In today’s business environment, customers
are connecting from multiple devices and
applications at any one time, creating
a surge in Big Data,” said Kevin Baylis,
LV Technical Consultant at TwistedPair.
“RapidNet allows changes to be made quickly
in accordance with customers’ specific
“The installation process has benefitted
from complete transparency from start-to-
finish,” he continued. “With key members
of all teams contributing to an extremely
successful and timely deployment, which
in-turn will keep IP House on schedule for our
launch in 2018.”
Built to Tier III standards, IP House’s data
centre maintains a highly reliable service,
with rigorous uptime requirements suitable
for customers who depend on real-time
delivery of products or services for a
significant part of their revenue stream. As
such, all the equipment, including cabling
and termination systems provided by
HellermanTyton and TwistedPair, must be
highly resilient, reliable and durable.
“The collaborative process genuinely works
best when customers, vendors and partners
can envisage and work together towards a
common goal,” added David Gagel, Sales
Director at HellermannTyton. “In today’s
business, success is achieved when all parties
understand that their own best interests are
served by respecting each other’s strengths
and working together. This partnership
has focused on ensuring that we can meet
and understand IP House’s needs, treating
them as our own to ensure the outcome is a
success for us all.” n
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