Primus Media Release
Melbourne April 6, 2008
Primus Telecom today announced completion of the multi-million dollar expansion and upgrade of its fully owned and operated Data Centre in Melbourne.
Primus Telecom CEO, Ravi Bhatia, said, "The expansion, which doubles the footprint of the Melbourne Data Centre, will allow us to address the increasing demand from our customers for outsourcing IT and online networking infrastructure and storage and content distribution applications."
"We currently provide a range of unique and competitive data centre services for a large number of corporate and enterprise clients. These include co-location and managed co-location services with leading edge firewall and load balancing features."Mr. Bhatia said.
"With the expansion of our facility, we are now able to enhance significantly the service offerings by adding a complete suite of managed services based around some of the strictest practises and methodologies within the industry. This expanded offering further confirms Primus as an industry leader in these services", Mr. Bhatia added.
With an existing complement of over 100 internal IT specialists and technical staff, the Primus managed services portfolio supports a multitude of technologies including Microsoft, Linux, Unix, VMWare, Cisco, IBM, HP, and a number of other popular applications.
The Primus Melbourne Data Centre was established in 1999 and is one of the leading data centre and hosting facilities in the country. With years of data centre experience, Primus is able to offer an exceptionally high grade of service and its Data Centre has multiple multi-megabit redundant fibre feeds, multiple power and cooling sources, multi-carrier connectivity and high security infrastructure.
The Primus Melbourne Data Centre is a part of a network of Primus data centres located in Australia, the United States and Canada.
For more information please contact:
Louise Roberts
Einsteinz Communications
Tel: (02) 8905 0995 or 0405 579 633
About Primus Telecom
Primus Telecom is one of Australia's largest telecommunications carriers offering a comprehensive range of high speed broadband, data, Internet, web hosting and voice products, servicing both business and residential sectors. The Primus network provides nationwide coverage through its own backbone network with facilities in 66 cities across Australia. The network enables the Company to provide nationwide long distance services and local call Internet access. Primus operates its own fibre network in the five major capital cities, delivering a range of business direct-connect services including ISDN, frame relay, ATM, telephone line and broadband DSL, as well as telephone line and broadband DSL services direct to residential customers. Global connectivity is provided through an extensive voice, IP, wireless and ATM network operated by the parent company, United States-based Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated (OTCBB: PRTL). Primus Australia news and information are available at the Company's Web site at www.primustel.com.au