Analysis ISLE OF MAN (PTII)


2010 it was sold by parent company Telefonica SA Group and bought by telecommunications company CPS Group and private equity investor HgCapital.


Stephen Trimble at Manx Telecom said: “Few people can be unaware of the island’s undoubted attractions. I’m biased but believe it has everything – advanced hosting and connectivity from a plethora of providers, a government with a ‘can do’ attitude to e-gaming, plus a growing and very professional support sector of legal, accounting, venture capitalists and web specialists.


“Even the island’s geographical position in the Northern European time zone places it optimally for companies with global operations in both hemispheres.”


Manx Telecom was the first nation in the world to launch the super fast HSDPA 3.5G mobile broadband service back in 2005 and has invested around £100m over the last 10 years developing the island’s infrastructure. The company recently invested €25m to develop the Next Generation Network, the digital backbone for the island’s future development. Based on Internet Protocol, the NGN enables Manx Telecom to offer its business and consumer customers the ability to access voice, television, data and video services on one seamless converged network.


In March this year, Manx Telecom


“The decision to headquarter


Continent 8 out of


the Isle of Man was relatively


straightforward considering the


many advantages the island has to offer such as a business friendly


environment, stable and responsive


government which encourages and


supports e-gaming, an educated and motivated


workforce and a


high quality of life.” RICHARD EBBUTT,


Head of Marketing at Continent 8.


FOR E-GAMING THE ISLAND OFFERS A


NUMBER OF FINANCIAL


INCENTIVES ALONG WITH WORLD CLASS


INFRASTRUCTURE


unveiled its new IT hosting and management product called Intelligent Cloud which offers small and medium sized firms the opportunity to have their IT needs ‘hosted’ more securely off-site without the need to manage networks and servers in-house. It should in theory reduce overheads and running costs.


Cloud computing can also provide additional capacity for firms wishing to maintain their own IT systems in the long term. It has been developed by Manx Telecom together with hosting technology firm VMWare.


Continent8 Technologies has been headquartered in the Isle of Man since 2006 and has a state of the art data centre in Douglas. The data centre is located 300 metres from the main power generating station on the island and at the centre of


the Manx Electricity Authority’s fibre optic network.


The data centre was opened in 2008 and is now home to a large number of the world’s leading operators and software providers and offer a mix of either primary or disaster recovery solutions to these customers. The company also operates data centres in France, Malta, Gibraltar, London, Singapore and Montreal.


Richard Ebbutt, Head of Marketing at Continent 8 said: “The decision to headquarter Continent 8 out of the Isle of Man was relatively straightforward considering the many advantages the island has to offer such as a business friendly environment, stable and responsive government which encourages and supports e-gaming, an educated and motivated workforce and a high quality of life. For the e-gaming sector the island offers a number of financial incentives along with world class power and telecommunications infrastructure.


“As a hosting provider, Continent 8 Technologies stands out from the other data centre owners and service providers as we work extensively with the e-gaming industry. Our solution and service approach is based on 14 years of catering to the specific needs of our e-gaming customers to aid their expansion and growth plans.


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