IG INDEX

IG Group are a world leader in financial derivatives trading and sport betting. They are part of IG Group Holdings plc, a UK company listed on the London Stock Exchange, and a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The Group is headquartered in London with offices in the US, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden and Luxembourg.

The IG Group has over 100,000 clients worldwide, making more than four million transactions per month. In the year to May 2009, the Group achieved a turnover of £257m (up 40%), and generated a record profit before tax of £131m (up 33%).

Solutions provided by Block include:

• £1.5m next-generation network solution for three key data centres based on Cisco Nexus technology. Driven by demand for IG’s online trading services following a period of unprecedented growth.
• Long-term, on-site expertise in support of a range of network upgrade and transformation projects
• Design and delivery of an advanced Quality of Service (QoS) solution to enable the provision of IP Telephony and IP Video Conferencing over the existing infrastructure