JS&A is proud to announce additional growth this New Year. This first quarter kicked off with new clients, new team members and a new web space for promoting our industry and customers. JS&A welcomed Mzima Networks, International Telecoms Week 2009 and Pangaea Networks to our growing customer roster. We also welcomed Karissa Campbell to our team as our Marketing Researcher and Event Planner. And we launched our new website to further promote our news, tweets, blogs and more. Want to learn more about our marketing and PR services, and the secret to our growth, email us at pr@jaymiescotto.com.

On occasion, we are contacted by companies that aren’t quite sure how to articulate what they’re looking for in a Public Relations firm.  There are a variety ways to evaluate a potential PR partner, so we compiled 10 pointers to help you decide:

Criteria to Consider When Choosing a Public Relations (PR) Firm

1. Know the goals you want to achieve when bringing on a PR firm and be open to clarification, feedback and additional opportunities that the PR firm should suggest.  The ideal firm should offer innovative ideas of their own.
2. Does the PR firm understand your market?  Can the PR firm you are evaluating demonstrate target market success in your area of business?
3. Does the PR firm have relationships with industry journalists, media, analysts that can influence your target market?  Can they demonstrate coverage for their past or existing clients within your target market?
4. How does the PR firm deliver your messages to the marketplace?  Are they 100% dependent on Press Releases or do they use a variety of techniques and formats to get your message out?
5. Does the firm do their own research, writing and pitching?  And are your day-to-day contacts the individuals that do the work or do they simply manage your account (i.e. they aren’t the ones actually doing the pitching)
6. How does the firm manage your account?  Consider how often you meet with the PR firm and how they deliver against the target objectives that are outlined for them? Who tracks their deliverables?
7. Can the PR firm demonstrate results that have attributed to market awareness on behalf of their past or existing clients?   
8. What tools and strategies does the PR firm employ to help you get your message out?
9. Can the PR firm bring added-value to your business by providing full-service capabilities that include sound business-related advice, print and web design services, surveys, marketplace audits and more?
10. How responsive is the firm?  Are their people professional, take you seriously and do they provide sound advise that fits your business requirements?  Can they be flexible in order to meet the needs you have for your business?

 For more information, please contact ilissa@jaymiescotto.com

March 5, 2009:  Earlier this week, iland Internet Solutions announced the launch of their Partner Program which will enable Agents, VARs, resellers and Channel Partners to leverage the iland High Availability VMware platform to provide an effective, fully redundant and reliable virtualized solution leveraging a variety of infrastructure technologies that include colocation, Internet transit, diverse transport options and more.

What is important to note, is that iland is the only company publicly discussing the virtues of a hybrid solution; one that leverages existing infrastructure and technology investments already in place while maximizing the investment by deploying ‘virtual’ back-ups, disaster recovery facilities, and additional expandable virtual footprints.  These solutions enable companies to migrate carefully and efficiently into the virtual realm.

P to V – The Tools Necessary to differentiate your business

Physical to Virtual is their motto and they can support companies looking to jump right into it or simply feel it out.  Their customized solutions are an ideal fit for partners since they remain vendor agnostic, network neutral and can manage and integrate a variety of different platforms to suit the end user’s specific requirements.  Partners have the opportunity to use their own infrastructure, service provider relationships and leverage their hardware vendors to work with iland to deploy and effectively manage a solution that in the end, only makes their Partners look good.

For more information about the program and how you too could become a Partner, please contact Dante Orsini at dante.orsini@iland.com

For more information about iland Internet Solutions, please visit www.iland.com

For media inquiries, please contact Jaymie Scotto & Associates, Ilissa Miller at ilissa@jaymiescotto.com

Today, March 3, 2009 – Hibernia Atlantic announced that MediaXStream, a provider of High Definition network services for the broadcast media industry, has signed for 10Gbps of wavelength capacity to transport their HD network services between North America, Ireland and Europe.  The reliability of Hibernia Atlantic submarine cable system is vital to the ability to attract such high-end media transport requirements – which makes this announcement exciting, not just for MediaXstream – who is exapanding their reach to Europe but for Hibernia, which again wins an important customer in a growing sector of the industry.  The press release details are below for your further review:

  MEDIAXSTREAM BUILDS UPON HIBERNIA ATLANTIC’S SECURE AND DIVERSE FIBER NETWORK TO DELIVER ITS (HD) MEDIA SERVICES TO EUROPE

SUMMIT, NJ & DUBLIN, IRELAND-March 3, 2009- Hibernia Atlantic, the only diverse transAtlantic submarine transport cable provider, and MediaXstream, Inc, a premier provider of high definition (HD) network services for broadcast, media & entertainment announced today that Hibernia will provide MediaXstream with multiple 10Gbps wavelengths of capacity from North America to Dublin and London.  Hibernia’s redundant and diverse transAtlantic cable is an ideal vehicle to ensure MediaXstream’s high definition media services are delivered securely throughout the European marketplace. 

“MediaXstream caters to the media and entertainment industries, so we need to ensure that our network services are transported with the highest quality routing and security,” states Delwin Bothof, President and CEO of MediaXstream.  “We deliver high-definition, pristine video transmission and live event transmissions across the Hibernia network that we trust.  This network is managed 24/7 with our Television Operating Center (TOC) in Baltimore as well as Hibernia’s dual NOC in both Dublin and Boston and in all four cable landing stations. Hibernia’s unique routes across the Atlantic Ocean bypass traditional terrestrial choke points near New York/New Jersey and London which makes it an ideal choice for our high volume, high quality secure traffic.  Hibernia’s team of network professionals understands our content requirements and continues to provide innovative network solutions for us.”

“Our two companies share the same common interest,” continues Bjarni Thorvardarson, CEO of Hibernia Atlantic, “to ensure that we provide our customers with the best quality of service. With this in mind, MediaXstream provides a managed service in DTM (Dynamic synchronous Transfer Mode), an optical transport technology, to efficiently control the transport of video content. Simply stated, MediaXstream operates dedicated media networks and offers media-centric solutions developed for video and broadcast companies. MediaXstream and Hibernia Atlantic now bridge high quality DTM service between North America and Europe to seamlessly interconnect broadcasters and media enterprises on both continents..  We look forward to supporting MediaXstream as they continue to emerge in this booming marketplace.”

For more information on Hibernia Atlantic’s secure and diverse network, please visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com.  For more information on MediaXstream’s smart media services, visit www.mediaXstream.tv.

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About MediaXstream:

MediaXstream provides carrier-neutral, high quality transport and managed network services for the production and broadcast industries in over 30 North American and European markets.  Operating the largest national DTM network, we specialize in transporting flawless digital and High Definition content in its native formats as demanded by sports, TV and film production, news, mobile and IPTV.  

For more information or sales, please visit www.mediaXstream.tv. 

About Hibernia Atlantic:

Hibernia Atlantic is a privately held, US-owned, TransAtlantic submarine and terrestrial cable network, with over 70 redundant network Points of Presence throughout Canada, US, UK and Europe. Hibernia provides dedicated Ethernet and optical-level service up to GigE, 10G and LanPhy wavelengths and traditional Sonet/SDH services. For more information on Hibernia Atlantic’s cutting-edge network, please visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

For Hibernia Atlantic company inquiries, please contact Melissa Butler at +1.908.988.1990 or melissa.butler@hiberniaatlantic.com.

To view Hibernia’s corporate overview video, please click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xVMLEfFrk&eurl=

For media enquiries, please contact:

Jaymie Scotto & Associates

pr@jaymiescotto.com

+1.866.895.3629

ILAND INTERNET SOLUTIONS UNVEILS ITS NEW AND HIGHLY-COMPETITIVE PARTNER PROGRAM FEATURING THE COMPANY’S CUTTING-EDGE VIRTUALIZATION AND CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES

Houston, TX (MARCH 2, 2009) – iland Internet Solutions, a leading global provider of Virtualization and Cloud Hosting Services featuring Hosted VMware VI Enterprise solutions, Managed Colocation and High Speed IP Bandwidth announces today at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo the company’s first partner program, featuring its cutting-edge virtualization and cloud services over high-availability VMware.  Additional iland services that are included in the partner program are colocation across global markets; cost-effective, high-speed IP connectivity; managed network and security services; cost-effective disaster recovery solutions; mission-critical dedicated services and SAN storage.  

“Iland’s wide array of services allows new partners to leverage the latest in technology while maximizing business sales and real value in the marketplace. Our certified VMware team can assist in creating customized solutions to allow Agents and Resellers to target their specific target market including VOIP, SaaS, SMB and other segments,” says Dante Orsini, iland Channel Director.

Iland’s partner program allows Agents and Resellers to meet their client’s financial and technical needs.  Mindful of today’s economy, iland has crafted cost-effective IT solutions that allow end-users to capitalize on the latest technology without having to build extensive network infrastructure or lay out capital expenditures.  This new partner program enables iland to extend their reach to provide real and viable options that solve a wide-variety of IT issues faced by companies across many sectors. With iland’s Cloud Services (iCS), you can deliver private cloud solutions designed for businesses that demand secure, best-in-class technology. Offering a full range of virtualization solutions will help Agents and Resellers retain customers and keep their edge over the competition.  iland’s certified VMware team can show this segment how to leverage ‘the cloud’ – providing better technology that is finally affordable for any sized client.

Additionally, iland’s partner program allows agents and resellers to increase their own revenue with a partner reward/discount structure.  The flexible options and service bundling offers partners the opportunity to create customized and true value-add solutions, guaranteed to increase customer loyalty and satisfaction. Lastly, the new wave of virtualization and cloud computing, as well as additional iland products, will attract new clients and new target markets, further increasing partners’ competitive advantage.

“We are excited to open our doors to new partners and resellers,” states Brian Ussher, President of iland Internet Solutions. “After extensive research, our team has created a robust partner support system that includes a partner portal, a simple and competitive pricing structure, contract generation, marketing resources, customer event assistance and lead generation activities.  Iland is committed to the success of its flexible partner options, which includes an agent program, reseller program and a referral program, and we are available for constant training and pre and post sales and technical support, to insure a positive, cost-effective experience for partners and end users.”  For more information on the iland partner program, please visit www.iland.com or email info@iland.com.

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About iland Internet Solutions Corporation

iland Internet Solutions Corporation is a global provider of iland Cloud Services (iCS) with High Availability VMware Solutions, Managed Colocation and High Speed IP Network and Data services. iland provides fully redundant, geographically distributed solutions, including cost-effective disaster recovery options, to bandwidth-intensive companies.  Our clients include companies in the SaaS, Hosting, VAR and IT Consulting and VOIP verticals, as well as a wide array of enterprise business customers in the energy, manufacturing, biotech, media, software, education, web 2.0, communications, healthcare, and civil engineering industries. Since founded in1995, iland has been helping organizations transform their expensive, traditional IT environments into cost-effective, fully optimized, IT solutions. iland is headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more information about iland, please visit www.iland.com.

For iland media inquiries, please contact:     

Jaymie Scotto & Associates 

+1.866.695.3629

pr@jaymiescotto.com

March 2, 2009, Hibernia Atlantic announced that their Global Financial Network (GFN) is now connecting Rockefeller Group Technology Services’ (RGTS) customers to global leading financial firms.

Hibernia Atlantic’s GFN, is an exclusive network constructed on their diverse footprint in key financial cities including Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Stamford, Weehawken, Newark, White Plains, New York, Reading and London.  The network is specifically designed to meet the demanding performance and reliability requirements of the financial community providing:

-          Diversity

-          Security

-          Reliability through a dedicated POS connection

The network is a fast, low-latency, high performance solution designed to meet the aggressive and competitive requirements of global financial exchanges and companies. 

By providing an exclusive connection to the GFN to Rockefeller Group Technology Service’s (RGTS) customers, this connection offers their end-users a direct, efficient access to link to hundreds of global banks and financial exchanges.  RGTS’ decision to enhance their metro Ethernet service offering by interconnecting to the GFN provides their customers with a a single network connection that provides them access to global financial players.  RGTS’ marquee customers now have global reach with enhanced network security, diversity and reliability for their growing financial transaction requirements.

The complete press release is available below for your reference:

HIBERNIA ATLANTIC’S GLOBAL FINANCIAL NETWORK (GFN) CONNECTS ROCKEFELLER GROUP TECHNOLOGY SERVICES’ CUSTOMERS TO OTHER LEADING FINANCIAL FIRMS

This Exclusive Connection Offers a High Performance and High Security Network

To a Community of Global Banks and Financial Exchanges

 SUMMIT, NJ & NEW YORK, NY-March 2, 2009- Hibernia Atlantic, the only diverse transAtlantic submarine transport cable provider, and Rockefeller Group Technology Services (RGTS), a premier provider of Voice, Data and IP Services for the New York metropolitan area since 1984, announce RGTS’ customers’ success in quickly connecting to other financial firms’ networks over Hibernia’s secure and reliable Global Financial Network (GFN).  

Built upon 24,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable, the GFN is an exclusive, diverse communications network available in key financial cities, including New York City. The GFN is engineered to meet the demanding performance and reliability requirements of the financial market. Coupled with RGTS’ easy-to-manage, carrier-grade Ethernet network, a New York metro network completely independent of the Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs), RGTS’ customers can securely interconnect with one another within a high-performance financial community. This community, serving global banks, investment firms and financial exchanges, can take advantage of diverse, low-latency network service, with dedicated connection options.

“With a single network connection, our financial customers are linking to hundreds of other global banks and financial exchanges via Hibernia’s GFN,” states John T. Tarduno, President and CEO of RGTS. “And for customers that require direct access to key financial exchanges and firms, we can provide a point-to-point connectivity solution which includes guaranteed speed and accuracy.  This network access is designed to provide operational excellence, the kind of service our customers have come to expect from RGTS for the past two decades.”                                                                                                                          

“By leveraging Hibernia’s secure, diverse footprint with RGTS’s proven New York network,” continues Joe Hilt, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Hibernia Metro, “more clients can now enjoy a secure, end-to-end solution while realizing network cost savings.  RGTS customers that are looking for connections to financial markets can enjoy speed to market as Hibernia continues to guarantee turn up times in five business days on the GFN.”

For more information on Hibernia Atlantic’s GFN, please visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com or click here for the GFN Stat Sheet.

About RGTS:

Rockefeller Group Technology Services (RGTS) has successfully provided Voice, Data, Cabling, and Internet services and solutions to our customers since 1984. RGTS provides high quality, reliable service and solutions, specifically tailored to each client’s singular business needs.  RGTS takes great pride in the quality of client relationships, and in the trust it has earned through consistent performance.  A privately held company based in New York City, RGTS is a subsidiary of The Rockefeller Group, a New York-based corporation concentrated in real estate and real estate providers.  For more information, please visit www.rgts.com. 

About Hibernia Atlantic:

Hibernia Atlantic is a privately held, US-owned, TransAtlantic submarine and terrestrial cable network, with over 70 redundant network Points of Presence throughout Canada, US, UK and Europe. Hibernia provides dedicated Ethernet and optical-level service up to GigE, 10G and LanPhy wavelengths and traditional Sonet/SDH services. For more information on Hibernia Atlantic’s cutting-edge network, please visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

For Hibernia Atlantic company inquiries, please contact Melissa Butler at +1.908.988.1990 or melissa.butler@hiberniaatlantic.com.

To view Hibernia’s corporate overview video, please click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xVMLEfFrk&eurl=

For media enquiries, please contact:

Jaymie Scotto & Associates

pr@jaymiescotto.com

+1.866.895.3629

Pangaea Networks

Pangaea Networks launches Metro Ethernet to the Enterprise in

New York City and New Jersey

Metro Ethernet Network Connectivity Provides Diverse Capacity at Flat Rate Tiered Pricing Schedule with Increments Starting at 2 Mbps

Glen Rock, NJ; Las Vegas, NV & Dallas, TX (March 2, 2009) - Pangaea Networks, a niche provider of Carrier Class Metro Ethernet transport services in the New York City and New Jersey markets, today announced the launch of their PANMetro™ Ethernet service available to approximately 700 new commercial Enterprise buildings throughout the region.  This launch extends Pangaea’s existing footprint throughout Manhattan and New Jersey to locations where fewer Ethernet alternatives are currently available.

“PANMetro™ Ethernet enables Carriers and their Enterprise customers an alternative platform to connect with one another within a Carrier Class environment that delivers QoS and supports QinQ over dedicated bandwidth infrastructure”, stated Kevin Black, Vice President of Business Development at Pangaea Networks.

“Network Diversity and Rapid Installation Intervals are the key deliverables that are expected from both Carriers and Enterprise customers in Tier 1 markets.  By effective utilization of the Ethernet Network to Network Interface (NNI), Pangaea has mitigated many of the risk factors that had previously contributed to delayed installation intervals to deliver a service with full bandwidth availability to the customer in an accelerated time frame.”

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About Pangaea Networks:

Pangaea Networks is a pioneer in the deployment of End to End, Managed Ethernet services from the Enterprise market to select Carrier Hotels and data centers.  Pangaea’s proprietary PANMetro™ Ethernet service is extended to the end-user through Ethernet Network to Network Interface’s (NNI’s), leading edge Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) deployment, and custom fiber builds to rapidly provision Metro Ethernet transport solutions for both Carrier and Enterprise customers.  Pangaea Networks designs point to point and point to multi-point Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) configurations to commercial buildings throughout the Northeast US.  As a niche Wholesale Metro Ethernet service provider, Pangaea Networks utilizes only Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Certified network elements and aggregation platforms, backed by Pangaea’s Carrier Class standard Service Level Agreement (SLA).

PANMetro™ Ethernet – Dedicated, End to End fully Managed and Monitored Carrier Class Metro Ethernet across All Media.

Via Pangaea!

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