10 July, 2014
IXcellerate, a Moscow’s premier carrier neutral data center, today announced that Starlite Diner, a well-known Russian restaurant chain, selected Moscow One Datacentre as its IT Hub.
A successful chain, with the first restaurant opening in 1995 has become a popular choice for the hungry Muscovites. Starlite Diner’s five restaurants are situated at Moscow’s key locations with their most recent addition Chicago Prime Steakhouse at Pushkinskaya. All restaurants frequently awarded with a Best Service, Best Breakfast, Best Burgers and Expat Choice in Moscow, the Starlite Diner has demonstrated its determination to become the best in the industry.
“We are pleased to see that a highly recognised and networked restaurant group as Starlite Diner has trusted IXcellerate to support its IT systems across its restaurant chain” said Guy Willner, CEO of IXcellerate.
“When selecting a data centre we have looked at the best that is available in the data centre industry with an assurance of the smooth running of our restaurant’s IT systems. With a Tier 3+ westernised data centre IXcellerate offers us the highest level of support” commented Managing Partner of Starlite Diner, Oleg Bardeev.
About IXcellerate
IXcellerate is an unparalleled carrier neutral datacentre operator in Moscow, which is comparable to the quality of datacentres in America and Western Europe. IXcellerate offers pure-play co-location designed to meet the standards of financial institutions, multinational corporations, international carriers and major content operators.
Opened in 2012, IXcellerate’s Tier 3+ Moscow One Datacentre is a stand alone datacentre located within the MKAD ring road of Moscow, set over a 15,000m² campus. IXcellerate Moscow One provides clients with a bespoke solution aimed towards solving their unique datacentre requirements, offering co-location services including private and secure cages, combined with on-hand technical support 24/365. Within our carrier-neutral facility, affordable and resilient connectivity is available in Russia and the entire World. Expansion phases have the potential to increase the co-location floor space to over 5000m², with power feeds planned up to 13.7 MVA.
IXcellerate was founded by Guy Willner (co-founder and former CEO of IXEurope, former President Europe for Equinix Inc.), and Cliff Gauntlett (former SVP of Golden Telecom in Russia).
IXcellerate customers include Orange Business Systems, NTT, Le Pain Quotidien group and a major international market data company.
See more information www.ixcellerate.com or follow on Twitter @ixcellerate.
About Starlite Diner
First Starlite Diner was opened in Moscow in 1995 by a team of professionals, who acquaint the Moscow with the American concept of Diner. The project had an immediate success both among the Russians and the expats. Since then, the Starlite has earned a reputation of the favorite American restaurant and has become famous for its excellent service, delicious food and a combination of price and quality.
It’s most certainly American and those red booths are the real thing – the only Russian elements here are the electric sockets. You’ll hear more English spoken in this diner than anywhere else in Moscow, which adds to the otherworldly home-away-from-home experience. The menu spins out all the classics in authentic style, including huge waffles, burgers and giant milkshakes made with Oreo cookies, massive breakfast and huge filter coffees from the pot. American diners are now de rigueur in Moscow but Starlite are still the original and best. Now it’s a chain of five venues all in the city center of Moscow.