International Cloud Xchange has introduced its rebrand to FLAG. With robust continued funding, FLAG appears to be like to keep up its progress and standing as one of many largest privately owned, international subsea cable operators. Following the rebrand, the corporate’s Managed Providers division will proceed to function beneath its current title of GCX Managed Providers.
Connectivity options to deal with international demand
FLAG supplies end-to-end, high-speed digital connectivity options. These embody versatile leased capability, darkish fibre and Layer 2 & 3 providers for hyperscalers, telecom carriers, OTT content material suppliers, new media suppliers and enterprises through an interconnected platform of seven subsea and 6 terrestrial cable programs.
The corporate serves purchasers in over 180 nations, working a various international community throughout key routes, powering the worldwide telecommunications spine with a singular infrastructure that spans Asia, the Center East, Europe and the USA. This community ensures route redundancy and variety for mission-critical dataflows, offering dependable connectivity and neutrality in hard-to-access areas, all whereas being engineered for optimum reliability, availability and continuity. To reinforce the community functionality and deal with the rising demand for knowledge processing and storage, FLAG additionally supplies modular knowledge centres, providing scalable, resilient options for high-performance computing deployments the place clients want it most, from the community edge to cable touchdown stations and throughout a number of geographies.
“FLAG represents our renewed dedication to international connectivity,” stated Carl Grivner, CEO of FLAG. “Working intently with our purchasers, we’re always upgrading and increasing our community to remain on the forefront of technological developments and meet evolving market calls for. This ensures our purchasers obtain essentially the most superior connectivity options, enabling them to scale, safe and optimise their knowledge in an more and more interconnected world.”
Strategic priorities
FLAG has proven robust year-on-year progress and has not too long ago signed a number of materials investments to boost its Center East and intra-Asia subsea capabilities. The rebrand is linked to FLAG’s concentrate on pursuing its long-term objectives and prioritising investments throughout extra geographies by subsea, edge knowledge centres & cable touchdown stations.
Overlaying these strategic pillars, FLAG is additional growing its know-how options to create customer-tailored propositions as demand for knowledge visitors rises amid the expansion in content material, synthetic intelligence (AI) and digital providers. With international experience, FLAG covers the US, Europe, Center East and Asia markets. The corporate will proceed investing in digitisation to advance its buyer choices and ship progressive options throughout the globe.
Grivner continued, “This rebrand of FLAG permits us to maneuver ahead with a transparent imaginative and prescient and the pliability to innovate and spend money on our infrastructure in ways in which present unparalleled worth to our clients and companions. With robust backing from our Board and 3i Infrastructure we’re dedicated to delivering market-leading, high-performance options throughout the globe.”
FLAG is run by a extremely skilled administration staff, with Carl Grivner main the corporate as CEO, supported by Brice Evin as CFO, Brad Kneller as CNO, Paul Abfalter as CS&RO, Nadya Melic as VP – Product and Advertising and Asif Ghani – VP – Edge Information Centre Providers. Each FLAG & GCX Managed Providers can be collectively supported by the collective administration staff that features Edward Parkin – Basic Counsel, Giancarlo Ferro – CIO and MU Khan – VP of Human Sources.
