XKL , LLC  is proud to announce that its DarkStar ® fiber optic transport products is the winner of the Innovative Manufacturer Product of the year award as part of the Washington Technology Industry Association’s 16th annual Industry Achievement Awards.
 
The award was received on Thursday, February 24, 2011 in Seattle, Washington by XKL’s Susan Vandament, Head of Business Development, Sales & Marketing. 

The DarkStar® products reduce data communications costs by enabling enterprises to link inter-campus and campus datacenters and create longer regional networks utilizing fiber optics.

XKL, LLC is led by CEO and Cisco Systems co-founder, Len Bosack. For more information please visit, www.XKL.com.
 
Congratulations, XKL!

Congratulations to One Source Networks for qualifying as a contendor for  ‘Crowd Favorite’ by the Enterprise 2.0 Conference!

Being selected as a contender for ‘Crowd Favorite’ involves several factors, but primarily is based on feedback and wisdom of the technology community and approval of the E2 advisory.  With OSN’s expertise, Orchid Cellmark Inc., a leading international DNA testing service company, receives custom voice and data networking solutions that exceeds what any other providers could offer. The results not only provide Orchid Cellmark’s operating expenses to be considerably lower, but also allows for additional bandwidth and solutions – via a single source.  The case study shows the importance of custom design, flexibility and solid implementation support in delivering an integrated enterprise network.  

To learn more about the Enterprise 2.0 Conference and the OSN-Orchid Cellmark Inc. Case Study follow the links below: 

OSN –Orchid Cellmark Case Study: http://www.onesourcenetworks.com/news/OSN_Orchid_Case_Study.pdf

OSN as a ‘Crowd Favorite’: http://boston2011.e2conf.spigit.com/Idea/View?ideaid=2223

Enterprise 2.0 Conference: http://boston2011.e2conf.spigit.com/homepagelight

Elizabeth Kintzele of Golden Frog Speaks to Ilissa Miller about VyprVPN at Telecom One-on-One in Miami

We were excited to meet with Golden Frog’s Director of Sales and Affiliate Marketing, Elizabeth Kintzele at JS&A’s Telecom One-on-One conference that took place in early February.  Kintzele sat down to speak with JS&A’s Ilissa Miller to learn more about Golden Frog’s VyprVPN service and their service provider program. VyprVPN is a personal VPN service that secures Internet browsing privacy everywhere – on any device, from anywhere in the world. It is the fastest VPN platform available, with high speeds attributed to its global network and robust peering relationships, along with optimized software providing the highest VPN throughput in the market. Targeting service providers (resellers), small businesses, enterprises and consumers, VyprVPN is a versatile service that provides a super fast connection, unlimited speed and provides access to users from anywhere in the world.

With a global network and points of presence in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific, Golden Frog proudly serves customers in more than 200 countries worldwide.

Hear what Kintzele has to say in the video interview.

For more information about VyprVPN, please visit www.goldenfrog.com.

To follow the discussion on Twitter go to: http://twitter.com/Golden_Frog

On February 25, the largest public Internet Exchange in the New York Metro Market, TELEHOUSE America’s New York International Stock Exchange (NYIIX) has expanded into the company’s new data center facility, located at 85 10^th Avenue in New York.

With the expansion, TELEHOUSE customers will receive a total of five robust peering connections in New York City, as well as access to fully redundant equipment and fiber connections to the new data center facility.  

“Expanding NYIIX into our new carrier neutral data center facility in Chelsea is indicative of TELEHOUSE’s steadfast commitment to our customers. We now provide them with yet another cost-effective avenue of connecting to other independent networks for the exchange of data and routing information without having to use crowded public networks,” states Akio Sugeno, Vice President of Internet Engineering, Operations and Business Development. “This strategic combination of three state-of-the-art data centers – all within the New York market, greatly increases our customers’ connectivity options for accessing all parts of the globe.”

Read full press release below. 

TELEHOUSE America’s NYIIX officially expands to its new New York City Chelsea colocation facility

New York, NY, USA – February 28, 2011 – TELEHOUSE America, the United States’ leading provider of dedicated data centers, international Internet exchanges, and managed IT services, announces today that its public peering interconnection, New York International Internet Exchange (NYIIX) completed its expansion into the company’s new data center facility located at 85 10^th Avenue in New York on February 25, 2011. TELEHOUSE New York Chelsea, which opened January 24, 2011, is designed to exceed the expectations of companies of all sizes, while providing proximity and convenience to local businesses and access to the city’s dense telecommunication network. As the largest public Internet exchange in the New York Metro market, NYIIX offers fully redundant equipment and fiber connections to the new facility and allows for both public and private peering over Virtual LAN (VLAN) connections.

With the expansion of NYIIX into TELEHOUSE New York Chelsea, TELEHOUSE will offer customers a total of five robust peering connections in New York City, which include our other two carrier neutral data centers, located at 25 Broadway in Manhattan, and 7 Teleport Drive on Staten Island, along with 60 Hudson St and 111 8^th Ave.

Established in 1996, NYIIX is one of the largest neutral Internet exchange points on the US East Coast. Its mission is to provide the Internet community with a neutral and scalable, peering infrastructure and to assure reliable and stable Internet connectivity. As of February 2011, NYIIX has over 135 active members, and operates via a seamless fabric with a 10Gigabit Ethernet interface speed between the 5 carrier hotels named above.  .

“Expanding NYIIX into our new carrier neutral data center facility in Chelsea is indicative of TELEHOUSE’s steadfast commitment to our customers. We now provide them with yet another cost-effective avenue of connecting to other independent networks for the exchange of data and routing information without having to use crowded public networks,” states Akio Sugeno, Vice President of Internet Engineering, Operations and Business Development. “This strategic combination of three state-of-the-art data centers – all within the New York market, greatly increases our customers’ connectivity options for accessing all parts of the globe.”

In addition to NYIIX, TELEHOUSE America also owns and operates the Los Angeles International Internet Exchange (LAIIX). LAIIX,which serves about 50 members, and has a dark fiber connection to One Wilshire.

For more information on NYIIX and LAIIX, please visit the websites at http://www.nyiix.net/ and http://www.laiix.net. Both exchange platforms are regularly updated to meet the growing technology requirements of the industry. They support IPv4 and IPv6 peering connections, while offering standard bilateral peering exchange as well as multilateral peering arrangements.

To learn more about TELEHOUSE Peering or any other TELEHOUSE services please contact sales@telehouse.com or 718-355-2559.

About TELEHOUSE America

A stable and trusted pioneer of carrier-neutral data center services, TELEHOUSE provides secure, power-protected environments, where clients house and operate their telecommunications and network resources. Among the many benefits of colocating with TELEHOUSE is the ability to connect to state-of-the-art peering exchanges in New York (NYIIX) and Los Angeles (LAIIX). Through Manage-E (http://telehouse.com/mngdservices.php), TELEHOUSE provides a comprehensive suite of solutions – from help desk and hardware support to managed IT infrastructure, security and compliance services – all delivered by expert consulting and operations teams on a global scale and from one point-of-contact.  Additionally, the global availability of 38 TELEHOUSE-branded data centers in 20 cities throughout Asia, Africa, North America and Europe, delivers continuous, cost-effective operation of network-dependent, IT infrastructure to businesses around the world. Please visit http://www.Telehouse.com, or contact us at sales@Telehouse.com.

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One Source Networks (OSN) announces today they have chosen and deployed Sonus Networks’ high-density media gateway solutions. This recent endeavor provides OSN the ability to not only manage and scale their network easily and efficiently, but also to offer an IP migration strategy that fits their needs and timetable more so than other solutions available in the market.

OSN required a solution that supports both TDM-to-IP and IP-to-IP interconnection. The centralized routing capabilities are what set Sonus apart from competing solutions, and will enable them to take their business to the next level.

To read the full release, click here.

For more information on One Source Networks, please visit www.onesourcenetworks.com

If you are interested in learning more about Sonus Networks, more information can be found at www.sonusnetworks.com.

Data Foundry’s Chief Technology Officer, Edward Henigin, sat down with Ilissa Miller at the Telecom One-on-One conference this February. Henigin explained why Data Foundry chose Austin as the location for our new Texas 1 data center which will be completed in June 2011. He goes into further detail about the need for the facility to better support their customers and the long term opportunities for growth with larger customers in international locations.

To stay updated on Texas 1 progress, visit our construction blog http://www.datafoundry.com/blog.

Talk about a nice feat! Today, Forbes released its annual list for the “25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies” in America, and Neutral Tandem placed an impressive second overall with a stellar sales growth rate of 100% every year for the past five years. A considerable achievement indeed, considering that Forbes annually reviews more than 5,000 tech companies each year for this exclusive list! 

In order to determine the top 25 fastest growing tech companies in America, Forbes revisits the prior year’s list to see how it performed against the market. The stock market continued its slow but sure recovery. According to Forbes, from March 12, 2010, through Feb. 2, 2011, companies on the Nasdaq 100 Technology Sector Index were up 27%; companies on the S&P 500 lagged far behind, but still registered a 13% increase. Forbes’ list of fast-growing techs largely defeated both indexes, gaining 44% overall, or 34%, which exclude acquisitions. 

Forbes examined over 5,000 technology companies, looking for minimum sales of $25 million and sales growth of at least 10% over the latest 12 months. To be included within the list, Forbes also required median long-term (three-to-five year) earnings-per-share growth estimates to be greater than 10%; and ranked companies on their five-year sales growth, which needed to be in double-digit territory for each year. Lastly, utilizing detailed scoring data from Audit Integrity, a global governance ratings and research firm, to weed out any companies that had substantial legal concerns, accounting, or governance issues.  For full article, visit here.

 All in all, great news for Neutral Tandem!

Neutral Tandem, headquartered in Chicago, provides voice, data and video interconnection services worldwide, enabling broadband providers to exchange data between their respective networks. For more information, please visit www.neutraltandem.com.

XKL, LLC. a leading provider in optical transport terminal technologies, provided the optimal forum to allow industry executives to network as the sponsor of the Telecom One-on-One  (T1on1)after party in Miami on February, 1, 2011. T1on1 is a power-networking event for telecommunications executives. The event provides individuals in the telecom industry unparalleled exposure to other key decision makers in order to leverage business opportunities and make new and longstanding connections with potential business partners and media analysts.

While most of the nation was covered in snow, party-goers enjoyed the warm weather and were able to continue their networking efforts in true Miami beach style thanks to XKL LLC. XKL was the proud sponsor of the after party held pool-side at a South Beach Hotel. Attendees were given the option to take a luxury bus or walk a few blocks from the Miami Beach Convention Center to the venue.  Cocktails and small appetizers were served poolside by waiters wearing branded XKL T-Shirts.

The event was a successful and a joyful end to Miami’s Telecom One-on-One. For more information on XKL and its products please visit www.xkl.com .

About XKL
Led by CEO and Cisco Systems co-founder Len Bosack, XKL LLC develops products that epitomize the company’s mission: Bringing fundamental change to worldwide telecommunications. XKL optical transport terminal technologies enable enterprises with enormous and complex data transmission needs to tap into the power of the wholesale Internet. This allows XKL customers to achieve network independence, greater reliability, enhanced transmission speed and better value. The company is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. For more information, visit www.xkl.com.

International Telecoms Week (ITW) is the largest and most attended annual meeting point for the global international telecoms wholesale community. A not to miss opportunity to meet the key players from around the world.  The event is being held on May 23-25, 2011 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C..   Registration is now open, all attendees must register to attend, to do so please click here.

ITW 2011 is going to be bigger and better than before. For the 411 on ITW, connect to their online communities: Twitter / LinkedIn. Stay in the know about who’s attending, who’s exhibiting, panels, DealCenter and social opportunities to enhance your networking experience.  Sponsorship and branding opportunities are still available but limited, to learn more about becoming a sponsor of ITW 2011, please contact ros.irving@capacitymedia.com.

For more information about ITW 2010, please visit:  www.internationaltelecomsweek.com.

On behalf of ITW 2011 – we extend a special thanks to all ITW 2011 Sponsors!

Last week we posted steps 1-3 from the Area Development article on written by Mark Noonan, VP of Sales at Data Foundry- Choosing the Right Data Center for Disaster Recovery Planning. These factors establish the groundwork for evaluating a data center that will best meet your IT needs and provide a concrete disaster recovery component. Read full article here or read below as we reveal steps 4-6. 

4. Network
Network availability and the number of carrier options are crucial factors as they relate to reliability and cost. Carrier-neutral facilities have multiple carrier options that allow for optimized traffic, high levels of network redundancy, and leverage in contract negotiations with a network provider. Competitive pricing is a benefit that a carrier-neutral data center can provide to its customers.

5. Security
There are many levels of security at a data center that can be implemented both inside and outside of the facility. A premium data center will incorporate multiple levels of security across both areas.

A facility with a strong outer layer of security can reduce the chance of vandalism or break-ins. The first line of defense is a barrier or fence, guarded access, and perimeter intrusion monitoring solutions. This solution, which may be integrated into the facility’s access control and alarm monitoring system, can include video technology based on a virtual perimeter. Around-the-clock security at all entrances, including loading docks, provides increased protection from unauthorized access.

Internal security measures can include multiple layers of authentication to control access to the data center. Biometric options such as retina or palm scanners offer an elevated level of identification. Internal, closed-captioned video systems monitoring all entrances and key areas throughout the facility provide surveillance and archive footage of all activity. Data centers also implement features such as mantraps that consist of interlocking doors in which the first set of doors must close before the second set opens. Mantraps require measures such as pass codes, cards, or biometric scanners for further access.

Since the data center houses critical information and IT infrastructures, it is important to understand the full extent of the security measures taken at each level of the facility and campus.

6. Staff
A top-notch facility will have experienced and knowledgeable staff to help with any support issue that may arise. Yet half of all data centers in the U.S. are understaffed or under-skilled, according to studies such may arise. Yet half of all data centers in the U.S. are understaffed or under-skilled, according to studies such as the Symantec’s 2010 State of the Data Center. Only consider a data center that has onsite support staff 24/7/365, not only during standard business hours. Data centers commonly offer “remote hands” service so customers can rely on the data center’s personnel even when they are not physically there.

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