AboveNet has partnered with iomart Hosting to deliver applications within the City of London by connecting iomart Hosting's Tier 3 data centre to its dedicated fibre network.iomart Hosting specialises in providing secure cloud and server hosting services, with redundant power and onsite engineers at the ready. AboveNet now provides low latency connectivity to and from iomart Hosting's customers across the capital.

"Cloud computing services will ultimately only be trusted for mission-critical applications if they are delivered over a highly available, fast, dependable network," said John Donaldson, managing director at AboveNet UK. "That means removing possible points of failure - such as passage through exchanges present in traditional networks - for the reliability today's businesses need. By making this investment in dedicated fibre connectivity, we are able to deliver a highly scalable, ultra-fast and secure solution to London's businesses - and are helping make the promises of cloud computing a reality."