IXcellerate is one of the leading data centres in Moscow by the number of carriers 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 carrierneutral 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 6500m², with power feeds planned up to 13.7 MVA. NEW INFORMATION LAW In December, 2014, the lower house of the Russian parliament adopted the new Law No. 242-FZ “On Amendments to Certain Laws of the Russian Federation in Order to Clarify the Procedure for Personal Data Processing in Information and Telecommunications Networks”, which will take effect from September, 1, 2015 (this is much earlier than anticipated as previously the law was not going to come into force until 2016). The main changes include the obligation of data operators to ensure while collecting personal data that recording, systemisation, accumulation, storage, clarification (updating, modification) and retrieval of Russian citizens’ personal data is to be conducted in databases located on the territory of the Russian Federation. According to Russian law, the primary characteristic of “personal data” is the ability to identify among many persons a specific, unique individual. While storage of personal data on servers located abroad is allowed under the existing legislation – with some restrictions – the new rules demand that only servers located physically on the Russian territory be used. The current law applies to all businesses operating in Russia that involve processing of personal data of Russian citizens, regardless of whether they have a physical presence in locally. This means that any foreign social networking, online shopping and other types of websites that receive information about Russian citizens will be required to install servers in Russia, and store or process information about Russian citizens only by using servers located in Russia. LIABILITY FOR VIOLATING PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING At least seven government bodies may be involved in ensuring that personal data is collected and used in compliance with the law – the FSTEC, Roskomnadzor, the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media, the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Interior Ministry, and the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee. Violators of the law on personal data bear civil, criminal and/or administrative liabilities. WHY US? • Leading commercial data center in Moscow • Company management has well over 50 years of combined experience in data center operations throughout Europe and globally. • 100% Carrier neutral • Guaranteed Service Availability 99.999% • Full compliance with global Tier 3 standard • Information Security Certificate PCI DSS IXCELLERATES 5 STEPS TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW LAW 1. GIVE YOURSELF A LARGE TIMESPAN TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE MIGRATION PROCESS: Just the delivery of servers itself can take up to two months alone while testing after installation can also amount to several months, amounting to a process that can easily stretch up to eight months. 2. FIND RELIABLE LOCAL PARTNER TO ASSIST YOU WITH THE PROCESS. INVOLVE HO TEAM INTO SELECTION PROCESS: The personal data processing trend is not about to change, as governments are becoming more and more occupied with this topic. The choice of a local reliable partner has a strategic meaning: changing this decision will be hard and costly in the future 3. USE EXISTING IMPORT CHANNELS TO MOVE EQUIPMENT: Usually your Russia-based datacenter will have a number of reliable and previously tested partners to recommend. These should be large local business integrators, or international suppliers who have a dealer network in the country. 4. MANAGE COMPLEXITY BY TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION: Make sure there is full understanding of the installation design by all parties involved Language barriers and complex terminology can create major problems between client and contractor in this regard. 5. DON’T FORGET ABOUT AFTER-MIGRATION SUPPORT: DATACENTER TEAM AND OTHER PARTICIPATING PARTIES SHOULD BE ON STAND-BY AFTER LAUNCH: A properly run datacenter will have client service thoroughly specified, with procedures, documentation, a 24-hour bi-lingual emergency phone line in place and an online ticketing system to track status. GUY WILNER CEO M · +44 7584 280 700 · UK M · +7 916 2529 424 · Russian Fed. [email protected] DAVID HOLDEN SALES M · +44 7720 285 399 · UK M · +7 915 199 6209 · Russian Fed. [email protected] DMITRY FOKIN MANAGING DIRECTOR M · +7 962 974 4703 · Russian Fed. [email protected] GALINA ZHURAVLEVA SALES M · +7 963 644 0504 · Russian Fed. [email protected]