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Critical networks, designed and run by engineers who run the internet.

We design, build and operate core and edge networks for ISPs, internet exchanges and the essential services that depend on them.

Talk to an engineerWhat we do

Knowledge sharing →

230+ talks and tutorials at RIPE, IETF, Euro-IX and beyond.

INEX →

We are the operations team for Ireland’s internet exchange.

IETF standards →

Co-authors of internet standards, including the IXP route-server RFCs.

Board-level governance →

A Chartered Accountant and corporate governance specialist on our board.

Some of our customers include:

How we work with you

Advise, build or run. Most clients end up asking us for all three.

We build long-term relationships and give every client senior engineers, not account managers. Start with a review or a project, and stay because the network just works.

01AdviseIndependent review & consultancyDesign, audit, due diligence and regulatory readiness. A second opinion from engineers who run critical networks every day, written for the board as well as the NOC.Find out more →02BuildDesign & deliveryCore and edge networks, VoIP platforms, server estates and automation, specified without vendor bias, built and documented properly, and handed over cleanly.Find out more →03RunManaged core & edge, 24/7We operate your core and edge network and the critical services around it, with level-3 engineers on call around the clock. Most of our work is long-term partnerships like this.Find out more →

~100

years of combined senior experience running critical networks and developing critical software.

560 Tbps

of peering capacity managed through IXP Manager.

270

internet exchanges run IXP Manager, the platform we lead.

15,000+

networks connect through exchanges running our software.

Who we work with

Built on internet infrastructure. Trusted where downtime isn’t an option.

All sectors →
ISPs & telecoms operatorsNIS2B2B and residential ISPs, fixed-wireless and FTTx altnets, cable operators and voice providers. We are the core and edge team you can't justify hiring in full.Internet exchanges (IXPs)NIS2We're the operations team for INEX, we built and run NCL-IX, and we lead IXP Manager. New and established IXPs come to us for design, tooling, route servers and governance.Hosting & data centresNIS2Data centre operators, hosting and cloud providers, and online services that need fault-tolerant, DDoS-resistant connectivity and campus networks.Utilities & energyNIS2 · CERElectricity, gas, water and transport operators that depend on their own networks, and want to make more of the fibre they already own.Financial servicesDORA · NIS2 · CERBanks, payment firms, funds and market infrastructure that need independent assurance over their network connectivity under DORA and NIS2.Enterprise & public sectorNIS2 · CERLarge enterprises, government and semi-state bodies, hospitals and emergency services with mission-critical internet access, and the regulators that oversee them.

NIS2 · CER · DORA · CRA · CyFun · Cyber Essentials

Network resilience is now a board responsibility. We can help you evidence it.

Energy, water, transport, finance, health and digital infrastructure now face legal duties to manage the risks to the networks they depend on, and management is accountable. We help essential and important entities find their weak points, fix them, and prove it.

How we helpIndependent network review

  • Gap analysis

    Your network and suppliers measured against NIS2, DORA, CyFun or Cyber Essentials.

  • Resilience review

    Single points of failure, hidden dependencies, routing and DNS hygiene.

  • Tabletop exercises

    Incident-response scenarios run with your team, and written up as evidence.

  • Certification & board reporting

    Support through ISO 27001, CyFun or Cyber Essentials, and findings your audit committee can act on.

Selected work

Infrastructure people rely on, whether they know it or not.

All case studies →
INEXOperating Ireland's internet exchangeWe provide the operations team for INEX, the internet exchange for the island of Ireland, where around 110 networks interconnect.Read more →StelliumA data centre campus, its internet exchange and its building networkFor Stellium’s data centre campus in Newcastle, we designed, built and run the IP core its tenants use for internet access, the NCL-IX internet exchange, and a new network for building management systems across the campus.Read more →DUG TechnologyA global network for supercomputingDUG asked us to design its global wide-area network. It links data centres and offices across four continents and carries both interactive remote desktops and enormous data transfers. We designed it, built it and manage it.Read more →

The people behind your network

Senior people on every network we run.

When you call us, you talk to the engineers who design and run your network, not an account manager. And we share what we know: more than 230 talks since 2005, at RIPE, IETF, Euro-IX, UKNOF, APRICOT, AfPIF and the Global Peering Forum.

24/7
On-call engineering rota and NOC
INEX
Operations team for Ireland’s internet exchange
000's
Devices in the estates we manage
270
Exchanges running IXP Manager, the software we lead
Meet the team →Our talks
  • Nick Hilliard

    Nick Hilliard

    Director & co-founder

  • Barry O’Donovan

    Barry O’Donovan

    Director & co-founder

  • Róisín King

    Róisín King

    Senior Network & Systems Engineer

  • Denis Nolan

    Denis Nolan

    Senior Network & Systems Engineer

Some of the people you’ll work with. See the wider team, or join us.

Talk to an engineer

Most of our work starts over a coffee.

Bring us the network problem, the stalled project or the audit finding. We’ll tell you what we’d do about it, and whether we’re the right people to help. The first conversation costs you nothing but an hour.

Email hello@islandbridgenetworks.ieCall +353 1 531 3334

In Dublin? Let's meet for a coffee.
Otherwise, we’ll do it on a call.