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Who is Interoute?
Interoute is an enterprise network and cloud services provider that operates a pan-European infrastructure platform for connectivity, hosting, and managed Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services.
- Pan-European fiber-based network services for enterprises and service providers (networking)
- Enterprise cloud hosting and virtualized infrastructure delivered from distributed data centers (cloud infrastructure)
- Managed Wide Area Network (WAN), Virtual Private Network (VPN), and connectivity solutions integrating Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), internet access, and private networking (networking)
- Voice, unified communications, and collaboration services delivered over its own network platform (communications)
- Security, monitoring, and managed services layered on top of network and cloud infrastructure (security and managed services)
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Interoute provides network and cloud services built on a pan-European fiber backbone and a distributed data center footprint, targeting enterprises, carriers, and institutional customers that require integrated connectivity and compute resources. Its infrastructure is designed to support geographically distributed applications, branch connectivity, and interconnection between on-premises (on-prem) environments and hosted workloads.
The company’s portfolio centers on wide area networking and cloud infrastructure. On the networking side, Interoute offers services that map to categories such as MPLS-based VPNs (networking), Ethernet services (networking), managed internet access (networking), and IP transit (networking), using its own backbone and metropolitan networks. These services are typically used to connect corporate headquarters, branch offices, data centers, and third-party cloud platforms, with options for Quality of Service (QoS) policies and Traffic Engineering (TE) based on standard IP and MPLS protocols.
In cloud infrastructure, Interoute delivers virtualized compute, storage, and networking resources (cloud infrastructure) from its data centers, with APIs and orchestration capabilities for provisioning workloads. These services enable enterprises to place applications closer to users in European markets, extend or burst from on-prem environments, and implement hybrid architectures that combine private hosting with public cloud-style elasticity. The platform generally supports standard virtualization technologies and common operating systems, with connectivity integrated directly into Interoute’s network fabric.
Interoute also addresses collaboration and communication needs through voice and unified communications offerings (communications). These services typically leverage Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and session management platforms, integrated with the underlying IP backbone. Enterprises use these capabilities for enterprise telephony, conferencing, and contact center connectivity, often combined with SIP trunking to connect IP-PBX systems or cloud collaboration platforms.
Security and managed services (security and managed services) overlay these core networking and cloud components. This can include managed firewalls, intrusion detection or prevention, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection, and performance monitoring, implemented at network edges and within hosting environments. Customers use these managed layers to centralize policy enforcement and observability across distributed sites and workloads without operating all controls in-house.
Within an enterprise technology directory, Interoute aligns with categories such as carrier-grade WAN and VPN services, data-center-based cloud infrastructure, enterprise connectivity for collaboration and voice, and managed security tied to network and hosting. Its offerings are typically evaluated alongside other network operators and cloud infrastructure providers that combine physical connectivity assets with virtualized compute and managed services.