Interxion, a leading supplier of carrier-neutral data centers and managed services in Europe, will host the Dutch "Sportland Digitaal" platform of the Dutch Olympic Committee.

Dedigate, Interxion’s partner, will support managing the NOC*NSF platform. Interxion will provide housing of hardware from their data centers, where Dedigate will deliver services for the business-critical infrastructure. Interxion will deliver full management and backup of the complex 20-server platform.

The NSD platform is the Netherlands' largest sports ICT network. Since its inception in 2001 it has grown into a platform that services 29 Dutch sports leagues and their 2.8 million members. The network, among others, accepts changes in member records and verifies these. In 2005, the system for instance checked some 600,000 mutations, corrected these where needed and then processed them. Furthermore the administrative processing of 1.9 billion 'Sports Pass' holders has been processed by the NSD platform.

"We opted for Interxion as they are the best-in-class managed hosting supplier according to our extensive research. Based on our research and scoring matrix Interxion offers us the best price/quality ratio. Also Interxion’s spot-on delivery of previous orders was part of the decision," says Henk Karman, NOC*NSF Program Manager. "We expect the number of sports league members to grow to about four million in 2007. Interxion has the means and capacity to manage such growth easily; scalability isn't a future worry for us."

Interxion takes the full burden from the hands of NOC*NSF. The company not only hosts networking equipment in its data centers but handles updates, data backup and other forms of technical support. This guarantees NOC*NSF optimal network performance at all times.

"As with all our relationships, NOC*NSF enjoys tailored managed hosting. The result: a hosted environment that seamlessly fits the specific requirements of NOC*NSF," says Michel van de Assem, Director of Interxion Nederland. "We have our partner Dedigate handle the management of the critical IT infrastructure, enabling us to guarantee NOC*NSF and other customers a maximum Uptime."