Post on 13-Apr-2017
Case Study
A Company Profiling
Interoute Communications Limited
By: Kartik Karan
Case Study Presentation - Overview
o Company Profile o History o Company Overviewo Organizational Structureo Management teamo Infrastructure Capabilityo Portfolioo Strategic focuso SWOT Analysis o References
Company Profile• INTEROUTE (Interoute Communication Limited)Company Name
• Information Technology & TelecommunicationsCompany Type
• London - 31st Floor 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf London, E14 5LQ, United KingdomHeadquarter
• Privately held by Sandoz Family Foundation and Emirates International Telecommunications Public/Private
• EUR(€) 425 million, adjusted EBITDA of EUR 92.5 million (end of fiscal year 2014)Revenue
• Pan-EuropeanPrimary Market
• 1001-5000 EmployeesEmployee
• MNCs, Large Entreprises, SMEs, Public SectorTarget Customer
• European Space Agency, Airbus, DHL, LG, W E, Royal Talens, BrabantiaKey Customer
• Fixed connectivity, VPN services, managed hosting, unified communications & IP telephonyService Line
History• Interoute, a privately held company by the Sandoz Family Foundation• It was formed in mid-2002 with a vision to connect the business hubs of
Europe with Europe's largest, fastest and most advanced fiber optic network. • Completed in 2002, today this network forms a massive platform connecting
nearly 250 data centers and colocation facilities across Europe, and interconnecting America, Africa and Asia.
• Physical infrastructure was supplemented through a series of acquisitions- – July, 2002 Interoute acquired the Ebone portion of the KPNQwest NV network,
gained eight high-capacity Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs)– Between years 2003 and 2007, It acquired Virtue Broadcasting’s Media Services
Division, Central European Communications Holdings BV (CECOM) and its operating subsidiaries in different locations
– Oct, 2014 they acquired Vtesse Group to expand cloud services portfolio – Sept, 2015 Interoute reaches agreement to acquire Easynet.
Company Overview• Interoute Communications Limited, an international telecommunications
service provider, owns and operates a cloud service platform.• It is one of the Europe's largest networks which encompasses 12 data
centers, 14 virtual data centers and 31 colocation centers, with connections to 195 additional third-party data centers across Europe.
• Interoute’s full-service Unified ICT platform serves international enterprises and many of the world’s leading service providers, as well as governments and universities.
• Interoute’s Unified ICT strategy provides solutions for enterprises seeking connectivity and a scalable, secure advanced platform on which they can build their voice, video, computing and data services, as well as service providers in need of high capacity international data transit and infrastructure.
• With established operations throughout Europe and USA, Interoute also owns and operates 24 connected city networks within Europe's major business centers.
Organizational StructureBoard of Directors
Gabriel Prêtre (Non-Executive Chairman)Robert McNeal(Vice Chairman)Brian Cassidy(Crestview Partners)Hugues Lepic(Aleph Capital Partners)
Gareth Williams(Chief Executive Officer)
Chief Executive Officer Chief Technology Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Group General Counsel
EVP, Corporate Development
VP, Human Resources
EVP, Group Solutions and Security
EVP, Enterprise Solutions
EVP, Service Provider
EVP, Communications & Connectivity
EVP, Customer Operations
EVP, Platform Engineering & Operations
EVP, UK Sales
Management
Infrastructure Capability• Interoute is the owner-operator of one of
Europe's largest networks
• It is a global cloud services platform which encompasses - 12 Data Centers 14 Virtual Data Centers 31 Colocation Centers 10 Subsea Landing Station 195 Connected Partner Data Centers. 70,000 Routes kilometers of Fibre
• Its full-service Unified ICT platform serves international enterprises and many of the world’s leading service providers, as well as governments and universities.
Portfolio
Computing services
Cloud Services
Managed Hosting
Data Centre Services
Colocation
Strategic Focus• Interoute’s strategic focus is on ISO 27001 and ITIL service management• Extensive infrastructure ownership• Assurance of security and quality • Exploiting its own pan-European fiber network within its enterprise
segment(creates a key competitive advantage)• Facilitating a single platform for –
Unified Connectivity Unified Communication Unified Computing
• Empowering enterprises to meet the challenges for their business technology within interoute’s data centers.
SWOT Analysis• Best Cloud Service Provider • Offer high bandwidth at very
low cost• Significant experience with
enterprise video delivery including multi vendor support for Cisco, Skype, Lifesize and Polycorn
• Leader in Gartner’s Cloud Enabled Managed Hosting, Magic Quadrant Europe - 2015
• Enterprise mobility is a weakness for Interoute when compared with other.
• Not a significant network infrastructure in Asia or North America
• Business is skewed towards Europe and Interoute account base, personnel and brand recognition are Europe centric
• Consistent pricing pressure due to highly competitive network segment
• Significantly smaller (in term of revenue & manpower) than many European CSPs – BT, Orange, T-systems, etc.
• Increase in global labor costs
• Global market• Rapidly raising funds from its
shareholders since mid-2015• New private equity investors
(Aleph Capital Partners and Crestview Partners)
• Move Interoute to a services-based company.
Strength Weakness
ThreatOpportunities
References• www.interoute.com• www.wikipedia.org• www.bloomberg.com• www.hoovers.com• www.crunchbase.com• www.datafox.com• www.gartner.com• www.linkedin.com• www.mynewsdesk.com• www.google.com/images
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