The global data center service industry has been relatively flourishing despite the prevailing economic difficulties in the past couple of years. Business continue to survive, and many of these businesses rely on data center providers for their information handling needs.

Perhaps one indication that the industry is thriving is the recent news that NTT Communications made a move to acquire Secode AB, a leading name in the managed-security and security-consulting arena in Northern Europe. This move has been hailed by many as beneficial to all the parties involved.

NTT Communications is the long distance and international arm of the well known company, NTT. Having established the brand worldwide, it has been the main choice of many businesses. NTT Communications offer various data center services to its customers from all corners of the world. With this acquisition, it only hopes to further strengthen its services in terms of security.

NTT Communications offers data center services in more than 31 cities in 20 countries/regions. Any client can expect excellent quality, characterized by:

• Full-scale preparations for power outage and fire disaster.
• Green data center equipped with efficient cooling facilities.
• Security system installing the latest authentication methods.
• 24 ⁄ 7 operation and maintenance system
• System redundancy in power supply, air conditioning and network.
• Stable network achieved by using backbones and access lines from multiple carriers
• Quality is certified by NTT Communications Data Center standards.

While the acquisition involves a company local to a certain region, the effects on the security of the data center services of NTT shall certainly be felt system-wide, geographic barriers notwithstanding.

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