ThinkGrid Adds Sydney Points of Presence to Fuel Asia-Pacific Expansion

As part of its ongoing program of international expansion, cloud-based IT services provider ThinkGrid (www.thinkgrid.com) has established new points of presence in Sydney, Australia, known as a technological center of the country and is a key hub for Internet distribution and export of ICT services in the country.

Based in the UK, ThinkGrid is a channel focused on cloud-based provider of hosting provider of virtual desktop infrastructure, private cloud, Software as a Service, Hosted Exchange and SharePoint, storage and virtualization. According to the announcement on Thursday ThinkGrid two data center sites in Sydney are alive and capable of providing low latency service, not just Australia but the entire Asia-Pacific region.

“Our data from new facilities in the Sydney CBD to expand and improve our ability to provide IT services to the cloud, and allow us to reach more customers than ever before,” CEO Rob ThinkGrid Lovell said in a statement. “With his specialized knowledge of the IT market in the country, our network of partners will be able to offer the benefits of truly scalable computing services cloud many of the 1.8 million SMEs in Australia do not have the financial resources larger companies.

ThinkGrid has already signed several new local partners, including Australia accommodation provider www.skybox.com.au Skybox (), which managed ThinkGrid as its primary delivery partner.

“ThinkGrid was a logical choice for us to collaborate with their ability to provide the full range of cloud services that a typical business can benefit,” Skybox director Simon Probert, said in a statement. “This relationship also exists Skybox customers confidence that their services are being delivered in a proven enterprise-grade cloud platform.