Greenford Green Business Park, Green Park Way, Greenford

IBM Global Technology Services
Greenford Green Business Park,
Green Park Way, Greenford,
Middlesex, UB6 0AD
A large loading bay gives easy access for the delivery of
equipment and can also provide secure accommodation for
mobile data centre units or temporary office accommodation.
Positions
Currently the facility offers 360 shared positions which are
contained within multiple suites and workrooms. Customers
with trading room requirements can also be accommodated
using technology including IPC IP enabled dealerboards and
voice recording. The remaining 140 back office seats include
20 voice recorded positions. In addition to the twin 100 seater
recovery suites we can offer another three discreet 20 seater
suites these additional suites can be used as either extra back
office positions or meeting/conference rooms. Suites are
Facility
furbished with automatic call distribution (ACD) telephones,
The IBM BC&RS Greenford recovery centre is a major
PCs, printers and fax machines and white boards. Suites are
IBM computer centre. The site is close to the M40/M25
available on both shared and dedicated basis for clients.
intersection at Junction 16 and is 13 miles from central
London and eight miles from Heathrow Airport. The centre
Data centre
is currently the largest provider of Extended Remote Copy
Greenford has a total capacity of 50,000 square feet of
(XRC) solutions in Europe.
data centre space, divided between shared and dedicated
customer requirements. All machine rooms have VESDA fire
The site integrity is protected by CCTV and motion detection
detection systems installed. State of the art IBM technology
alarm systems. There is badge access and 24-hour security is available including 64bit processing on zSeries and IBM’s
presence. Two separate sub stations provide power to
Power5 architcture for iSeries and pSeries platforms.
the site and all data centre accommodation is serviced by
full uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and generators,
The site provides a discrete and fully serviced on-site tape
including air conditioning. The facility also offers restrooms,
vault with capacity to store over 60,000 tapes in a fully
meeting rooms and kitchen facilities.
commissioned and secure environment.
To meet specific client and industry standards the physical
Network
security attributes of the site have been further enhanced
The facility can provide ISDN30, ISDN2, direct exchange
to include :
lines, wide area network (WAN), metrowave circuits and
fibre carrier services. The site is also on the BC&RS London
• Increased external and internal closed circuit cameras
• Anti-climb three metre security fence to rear of building
protecting essential infrastructure services
• Fitted intrusion detection systems within security zone
• Break glass detectors fitted to ground floor machine
hall rear glazing
Fitted
motorised access gates to rear of building
•
with access controlled pedestrian turnstiles
Upgraded
machine hall entrance doors to
•
proximity LEGIC Identsystems badge readers
with anti‑pass back.
Metropolitan dark fibre ring which can provide multi-protocol
high bandwidth connectivity to locations in the City of London.
Support
The facility is supported around the clock by a team of
experienced technical, communications and facilities
management staff who are totally dedicated to clients
business continuity needs.
Car
Roc
kwa
re
Follow the M25 to the M40
intersection at junction 16. Take
IBM
Ave
nue
Gre
en P
the London bound carriageway
Une
of the M40. After approximately
eda
one mile the M40 becomes the
A40 (Western Avenue). Continue
Driv
the A4127 (Greenford Road).
Ingr
am W
ay
Dow
ning
Driv
e
Midd
leton
Aven
ue
After half a mile turn right at the
e
Green
at the Greenford flyover. Do not
go over the flyover. Turn left onto
ett
sA
ve
nu
ford R
oad
on the A40 to the A4127 junction
Way
e
Be
nn
Oldfield
Recreation
Ground
ark
second set of traffic lights. The
IBM building is on the left with the
car park just beyond the building.
Sports Ground
Train
The nearest tube station is
M40
Greenford on the central line.
Turn left out of the station, pass
under the railway bridge and turn
Daryn
gton R
oad
Runn
ymed
e Ga
rden
s
right into Rockware Avenue. Turn
left at the road junction with the
Greenford Road and at the next
Leav
er G
arde
n
s
M40 London
set of traffic lights turn right – the
IBM building is approximately
200 yards on your left. The
approximate walking time is
ten minutes.
To learn more about IBM Business Continuity and
Recovery Services:
ibm.com/services/uk/index.wss/itservice/igs/a1006911
e-mail: [email protected]. Tel: 01926 464103
Currently the Facility offers 360 shared positions which are contained
within multiple suites and workrooms. Customers with Trading room
requirements can also be accommodated using technology including
IPC IP enabled Dealerboards and Voice Recording.
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06-ITS-002197 (04/06) DG