Host in Ireland Partners at a roundtable to discuss the digital asset hosting ecosystem of Ireland.

1. Host in Ireland Partners
Dublin, Ireland

2. There’s consolidation in the market. Many
come to Ireland for business reasons.
They are just starting to view Ireland as a
digital asset hosting based population.
-Jerry Whiston, Head of Managed
Services, Comsys
From L to R
Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Ilissa Miller, iMiller Public Relations; Lauren Dukes, iMiller Public
Relations; Jerry Whiston, Comsys.
“In Ireland, which sectors, such as finance, healthcare, technology, media or
others do you see driving the most growth in digital asset hosting?”

3. “Adding new cable systems help Ireland to stay relevant in the
content provider market. We are able to provide the highest capacity
services available, geographically diverse and from Ireland to either
the US or Europe directly. so naturally, we continue to see an
expediential growth in the demand for bandwidth.”
-Fergus Innes, VP of Sales, Hibernia Networks
From L to R
Sarah McCluskey, Telecity; Rachel Clynes, InterXion; Eddie Kilbane, Data Plex.
What sectors are driving market demand for more bandwidth?

4. “Ireland has the opportunity to be the
Gateway to the American Private Cloud
Providers and Media Companies
supporting their growth into Europe, our
location as the first landfall to Europe,
our position in the Eurozone and the
opportunity to avail of the benefits that
Ireland’s Open Business Policies should
see the rise in the growth of the asset
hosting ecosystem.”
-Eddie Kilbane, CEO, DataPlex
From Top L to R
Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Ilissa Miller, iMiller Public Relations; Lauren Dukes, iMiller Public
Relations; Jerry Whiston, Comsys; Karl Hennessy, Citadel100.
In the digital asset-hosting ecosystem, where do you see the greatest
opportunities for Ireland, in terms of growth?

5. “Ireland has a great opportunity to grow
in the digital asset hosting ecosystem-it’s
the first point from the U.S. to
Europe and and has an ideal track
record to attract Asian hosting
opportunities as they start to look at
European locations.”
-Carol Browne, Head of Sales, Sea
Fibre
From L to R
Sarah McCluskey, Telecity; Rachel Clynes, InterXion; Eddie Kilbane, Data Plex;
Fergus Innes, Hibernia Networks.
In the digital asset-hosting ecosystem, where do you see the greatest
opportunities for Ireland, in terms of growth?

6. “Ireland is the gateway to Europe, but
also on the path to become a gateway
to the U.S.”
-Diane Hodnett, CEO, Sea Fibre
From Top L to R
Jerry Whiston, Comsys; Karl Hennessy, Citadel100; Gary Keough, Digital Realty; Sarah
McCluskey, Telecity; Rachel Clynes, InterXion; Eddie Kilbane, Data Plex; Fergus Innes, Hibernia
Networks; Stuart Dennis, Zayo.
According to your experience, what/where is Ireland's position in the global
hosting ecosystem?

7. "The exponential growth in Internet
traffic is primarily being driven by an
ever-increasing consumer demand for
richer content, particularly streaming
video. The INEX exchange in Dublin is
experiencing average volume growth of
80% each year."
-Barry Rhodes, CEO, INEX
From L to R
Stuart Dennis, Zayo; Adrian Kelly, Comsys; Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Ilissa Miller, iMiller
Public Relations; Lauren Dukes, iMiller Public Relations; Jerry Whiston, Comsys; Karl Hennessy,
Citadel100.
What sectors are driving market demand for more bandwidth?

8. “There’s a reason why Groupon and Spotify
type companies come to Ireland. ZenDesk
does their global hosting here. There are
700 US FDI Company’s in Ireland.”
- Garry Connolly, President, Host in
Ireland
From L to R
Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Maurice Mortell, Telecity; Jerry Whiston, Comsys.
“What emerging sectors are you seeing as providing the next "wave" of growth
and why?”

9. “60% of our growth usually comes from
the existing client base – new wave
growth is coming from the ‘Born on the
Internet’ companies but we still see
Enterprise companies using our
services for mission Critical
Infrastructure and the optionality our
interconnectivity them”
- Maurice Mortell, VP of Developing
Markets, TelecityGroup
From L to R
Maurice Mortell, Telecity; Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland.
“What emerging sectors are you seeing as providing the next "wave" of growth
and why?”

10. “We have seen an increase in public
cloud adoption and a massive increase
in the use of content driven applications.
As a top destination in Europe for
Hosting, Ireland ticks all the boxes when
looking to gain access to a European
customer base.”
-Maurice Mortell, VP of Developing
Markets, TelecityGroup
From L to R
Maurice Mortell, Telecity; Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland.
“In your opinion, have you seen a change in Ireland’s digital asset hosting
industry over the past five years? If so, please explain.”

11. “Ireland is unique in the fact that the
[Irish] government has targeted 40% of
all electricity generated in 2020 to be
derived from renewable energy. We are
offering a clean, sustainable energy
source. “
- Gary Keogh, Sales Director, Digital
Realty
From L to R
Jerry Whiston, Comsys; Gary Keogh, Digital Realty.
“What emerging sectors are you seeing as providing the next "wave" of growth
and why?”

12. From L to R
Fergus Innes, Hibernia Networks; Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Sarah McCluskey,
Telecity; Karl Hennessy, Citadel100; Rachel Clynes, InterXion; Jerry Whiston, Comsys;
Arian Kelly; Comsys; Eddie Kilbane, Data Plex; Stuart Dennis, Zayo; Gary Keogh,
Digital Realty.

13. From L to R
Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Gary Keough, Digital Realty

14. From L to R
Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Rachel Clynes, InterXion

15. From L to R
Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Sarah McCluskey, Telecity.

16. From L to R
Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Fergus Innes, Hibernia Networks

17. From L to R
Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Stuart Dennis, Zayo

18. From L to R
Garry Connolly, Host in Ireland; Eddie Kilbane, Data Plex.

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