TELEHOUSE America held its Q’1 2010 Breakfast on Broadway (BoB) event on February 25^th.  Though there was a snow storm in New York City that day, attendance was terrific.   Three companies presented at the event, including TELEHOUSE America, AboveNet and Digital Edge – each company had strong messages and interesting data to ponder.

TELEHOUSE’s Fred Cannone, the company’s Director of Sales and Marketing, discussed how data center demand is outpacing supply.  There continues to be a limited number of multi-tenant data centers that can accommodate companies looking for cost-effective access to an eco-system of service providers that can offer high bandwidth solutions. 

In 2009, the company announced its interconnection solution through its Ethernet Private Line service, Global InterLink, a service that has the capability of connecting TELEHOUSE’s 37 global data centers while also providing access to other major data center hubs.  This solution provides companies a tremendous amount of benefits, including cloud computing.  TELEHOUSE calls this solution Data Center as a Cloud^TM.(DCaaC).  Their DCaaC solution provides companies with Total Managed Network Services through its data center and colocation footprint through their Internet exchanges in New York (NYIIX) and Los Angeles (LAIIX) as well as global Ethernet private line connectivity and a full suite of Manage-E solutions including on-site support, data back-up solutions, business continuity planning and more.

Key customer examples of the types of companies leveraging the DCaaC solution include Global Financial firms, Post Production houses and Law firms.  Each company requires a unique footprint, but all grounded on similar solutions; Dedicated Data Center Suites, Global Interlink – private line connectivity, Managed Services, IP Transit all in multiple locations across multiple continents.  This is TELEHOUSE’s specialty – a complete Total Solution Provider.

AboveNet’s Doug Turz presented next on high-bandwidth Ethernet trends and solutions.  AboveNet considers anything above 100 Mbps to be high-bandwidth (I say that’s certainly fair).  The company provides solutions to enterprise buildings and data centers serving companies that require bandwidth flexibility, convergence and low latency. 

The company is seeing a push toward more video, which of course uses more bandwidth.  Another trend that AboveNet sees, being a data center neutral provider, is there are more companies than just financial firms concerned with latency.  The healthcare industry is building out their network infrastructures with low latency bandwidth solutions.   Unlike the Financial industry that associates each millisecond with the loss of tens of thousands of dollars, it’s harder to put an actual figure associated with network latency when considering the healthcare industry, but it could certainly lead to a life or death situation.

The final presenting company was Digital Edge.  Digital Edge provided us with a special presentation, given by its client the March of Dimes.  Digital Edge provides consulting and virtualization implementation solutions.  For the March of Dimes, a company that relies on donations and fundraising programs that primarily uses the Internet it was important to be assured 100% uptime, since downtime equals lost donations – lost income and of course the company’s inability to aid the children they support. 

At any given moment the March of Dimes’ network could have up to 13,000 concurrent sessions – per second.   Digital Edge designed its network to ensure uptime – at the same time the company’s design did not fall prey to complete virtualization.  Scalability was a key driver for the design as the number of simultaneous virtual instances could be high – and had high processing requirements. 

As Digital Edge put it ‘you need a strategy.’  Companies need to know what to virtualize versus not and to understand the security associated with any network architecture.  When working with high performance solutions that require precise tuning, virtualization is not the answer.   In addition – if you require high security for your applications and services, virtualization will not suffice.

Digital Edge’s years of experience has indentified holes in a variety of software solutions developed by MicroSoft, Zen, VMware and more.  To have a company like Digital Edge consulting, designing and implementing your network solutions will certainly guarantee efficiency for the data you are transmitting.

For more information about these companies or to view their presentations, please click on these links.

TELEHOUSE America:  Data Center Market & TELEHOUSE Advantage

AboveNet: Low Latency Data Center Connectivity Bandwidth Flexibility

Digital Edge: The Intelligence Behind The Technology

CoreSite, a Carlyle Company that offers wholesale data centers, colocation and peering solutions to the global marketplace, has recently published its first quarter of 2010 customer and prospect newsletter.   The newsletter featured some interesting industry perspectives from such notable industry folks as Rich Miller, the Editor of Data Center Knowledge, Barry X Lynn, the Chairman and CEO of 3Tera who wrote about the differences between virtualization and cloud computing, Mark Fishburn of CENX and Hunter Newby, the CEO of Allied Fiber.

Hunter Newby, whose team ‘invented’ the carrier interconnection model in the late ’90s and early 2000, shared his insite on the Broadband Stimulus asking ‘Can It Really Be Done for $7.2 Billion?’  Since the first round of funding was awarded around February 16^th, the majority of the 1,400 applicants were not awarded grants or loans totaling $4.2 billion.  With the first round of funding completed, Mr. Newby observed that there is no clear plan as to how the Nation will address the issue of high-speed broadband access for all.  

Newby goes on to explain the major issues associated with the Broadband Stimulus package and how the federal government is attacking the problem.  It’s an interesting read – with more to come from Newby on the topic for sure. 

As the CEO of Allied Fiber, he has set out to build the nation’s first and only carrier neutral dark fiber network to provide interconnectivity solutions between wireline and wireless providers.  It is with the careful planning of Allied Fiber’s network and business that provides Newby with his keen observations of the nation’s broadband stimulus initiatives. 

Time will certainly tell how the Government awards its funds as we all watch on – trying to solve the enigmatic  approach to the process.

Many challenges face the demanding financial community – fragmentation, Exchange consolidation, high cost of multiple deployments to trading venues – all of these dynamics prove difficult to manage in a rapidly changing environment. When you can’t afford to loose valuable time and money Switch and Data’s GeoReach program coupled with Hibernia’s Global Financial Network (GFN) are something to consider. Recently Hibernia Atlantic expanded its Global Financial Network (GFN) into Switch & Data’s financial EcoCenter in North Bergen, NJ, which is one of the hubs for its GeoReach program, allowing financial firms to consolidate from a central location, more effectively use their resources, as well as offer them the speed to reach regional liquidity providers.

Hibernia’s GFN is a natural fit for the GeoReach program as it was specifically engineered to meet the demanding needs of the high-frequency trading community marked by high performance, low latency, and industry leading rapid deployments – just 5 days from signature to service. The GFN provides secure and redundant dedicated fiber connectivity to not only EcoCenter/GeoReach sites but also to key exchanges, broker dealers, hedge funds, market data providers and global banks – all across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. One single point of connectivity to the GFN can unite multiple facilities in strategic locations all across the global financial community.

Streamline your trading strategy and regain control – check out Hibernia’s GFN.

To read the press release in its entirety, click here.

TELEHOUSE America’s quarterly Breakfast on Broadway series continues into 2010 with its next event scheduled for Thursday, February 25th at 8:30am at 25 Broadway, home of TELEHOUSE America’s Manhattan-based datacenter and colocation facility. 

The February event will feature two TELEHOUSE partners:

AboveNet who will be addressing high-bandwidth Ethernet trends and solutions

and

Digital Edge who will lead a discussion on virtualization implementations.

Online RSVP’s are accepted (and required): goto:  http://www.rsvpbook.com/event.php?473220  – Secure your spot today!

(Food, Beverage and Networking Opportunities are Free)

TELEHOUSE America continues to leverage its best-of-breed partners, such as AboveNet and DigitalEdge, to provide Total Solutions to the global communications marketplace.  Please click here for more on TELEHOUSE’s Manage-E Solutions.

Kaufman Brothers Technology Trends 2010 Conference, to be held in NYC on January 12, 2010 will include the participation of  Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber who will present on the panel titled: “Bandwidth: The Increasing Value of Fiber.” 

Kaufman Brothers (KBRO) conferences showcase industry thought leaders, and this event will be no different.  The ten different panels will highlight the latest trends in the Technology, Media, Telecom and Green Technology Sectors. 

With much talk about 2010 being the year of the ‘datacenter’ market – this event will no doubt help to set the tone for key investments in telecom and technology for the year.  

Please continue reading for the full press release:

NEW YORK, NY – January 07, 2010-  Allied Fiber, a carrier-neutral provider of dark fiber, wireless towers and colocation facilities across America, announces today that its  CEO, Hunter Newby, will be speaking at the Kaufman Brothers Technology Trends 2010 Conference to be held on January 12, 2010. Hunter Newby will address the topic of “Bandwidth: The Increasing Value of Fiber” as part of a panel of industry thought leaders. The conference will showcase ten different panels highlighting the latest trends in the Technology, Media, Telecom, and Green Technology Sectors.  The event will be held at InterContinental the Barclay in New York City.

Mr. Newby is a twelve year veteran of the telecommunications industry.  Prior to founding Allied Fiber, he was Chief Strategy Officer at Telx., one of the leading carrier neutral interconnection facility operators in the U.S.  Mr. Newby is well known throughout the network Interconnection and carrier hotel sector and is also a recognized authority on Ethernet Transport and Voice Peering.

“I am honored to participate at a Kaufman Brothers event,” states Hunter Newby. “As investment industry leaders, Kaufman Brothers continues to emphasize the importance and value of embracing and understanding technology trends and opportunities. The firm, with its research and relevant conference sessions, is actively educating the nation on the importance of dark fiber and America’s ever-growing capacity needs. It is a privilege to be on this panel with other forward-thinking professionals, especially during such a critical time in our nation’s communications growth.  Allied Fiber looks forward to participating in such a necessary and timely conversation.”

Allied Fiber is employing the most advanced fiber optic cables in its ducts to meet the ever increasing bandwidth demands for wireless, Video over IP and other advanced technologies. In its first phase, the Allied Fiber Network will include new routes covering New York, NY to Chicago, IL; New York, NY to Ashburn, VA; and Chicago, IL to Ashburn, VA. Upon completion of the first phase, Allied Fiber will continue building a nationwide multi-duct, long-haul and short-haul dark fiber network with intermediate access for wireless towers and rural networks throughout the United States.

For more information and to view Allied Fiber’s proposed routes, please click here.

By Lauren Lemoi, Jaymie Scotto & Associates

GTT’s latest installation of its monthly newsletter brings new depth to the company’s forward thinking philosophy. This month, GTT annouced it is raffling off the not-yet released Mac Tablet.  As part of the company’s strategy to offer cutting edge service to clients, GTT is always keeping an eye on new technology. While the Mac Tablet is currently only rumored, GTT envisions the item as a necessity in the near future.

To be entered to win this Mac Tablet, companies can submit a case study on any GTT WAN solution. The winner will be the company with the most interesting and newsworthy case study.  

The newsletter showcases the end of a decade and the beginning of a new GTT.  With the completion of GTT’s acquisition of WBS Connect the company looks forward to a prosperous 2010 filled with continued growth.

To read the full newsletter, please go to: http://jaymiescotto.com/clients/GTT-WBS/gtt-newsletter2b.htm 

Originally posted on December 21, 2009 by the Wireless Blog on Sys-con, written by John Savageau

Defining Business Dynamics of Broadband Communications — Hunter Newby is on a mission. A mission to tear down the shroud of confusion preventing Americans from being wired into global communications at the same level as our neighbors in Asia or Europe. It is all about delivering broadband communications to every addressable device or person wired into the global communications matrix. Hunter, CEO of Allied Fiber, is on a mission to build and deliver high capacity utility fiber optic infrastructure around the United States, connecting every possible carrier hotel, metro fiber provider, wireless tower, and international cable landing station into a nation-wide, neutral communications resource that will push the United States to achieve our economic, social, and academic goals.

To read the full article click here:  http://wireless.sys-con.com/node/1226994

Acquisitions are always exciting.  It usually means healthy company, healthy market, new opportunities and interesting vision into the strategies of the companies involved.  In this case, Hibernia Atlantic, the largest privately-held transatlantic submarine cable operator and the operator of the Global Financial Network (GFN) an ultra-low latency network solution designed to meet the needs of the Financial marketplace, announced it has acquired MediaXstream, an International Broadcast and Media Production Service provider.

The announcement brings great opportunities to both companies.  Hibernia Atlantic is now ‘playing’ in the media and broadcast space, enabling major broadcast network operators to deliver content more efficiently around the world.  The MediaXstream solution will continue to leverage its leading high-bandwidth network providers including Hibernia Atlantic – a network that offers 40Gig connectivity between the US & Europe over its divere and secure network.  In addition, the companies together now reach over 92 points of presence, enhancing each network’s reach substantially while continuing to offer attractive rates. 

According to Hibernia Atlantic’s CEO, Bjarni Thorvardarson, who is also CEO of the newly acquired MediaXstream – which becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hibernia Atlantic, the companies struck the agreement without any third-party advisors.  MediaXstream will add 33 employees to the overall Hibernia organization, nearly doubling the number of employees.   In addition to the employees, Hibernia Atlantic, through its new acquisition, will retain the MediaXstream brand and services in order to support its corporate customers as effectively as possible.  MediaXstream’s management and sales team will continue to support their clients.   The deal was closed on December 11th, 2009 and is an all stock transaction.  Simultaneously, Hibernia Atlantic raised $13.4M to fund further growth of the combined companies.

The press release, in its entirety is below:

HIBERNIA ATLANTIC ACQUIRES INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST AND MEDIA PRODUCTION SERVICE PROVIDER MEDIAXSTREAM

  SERVING WORLDWIDE MEDIA COMPANIES’ INCREASING DEMAND FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK SOLUTIONS 

SUMMIT, NJ & DUBLIN, IRELAND- December 15, 2009- Hibernia Atlantic, the only diverse transAtlantic high bandwidth connectivity provider, today announces its acquisition of MediaXstream Inc., a leading provider of high quality transport and managed network services for the media production and broadcast industries. MediaXstream is currently operational in 20 major markets in the U.S. and Europe, serving the increasingly growing demand for High Definition video networking and production services by TV and film production, sports, news, mobile content and IPTV. By adding MediaXstream’s high quality transport services to Hibernia’s already robust financial and carrier-focused network, the combined reach, performance and product offering will add significant marketplace opportunities, technological innovation and customer value. Moving forward, MediaXstream will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Hibernia Atlantic.

The newly combined network capabilities are ideal for global media and broadcast companies looking for high performance, security, and local and global connectivity.

“We are combining the strengths and network reach of both companies to respond to the significant growth of the enterprise and media markets,” states Ken Peterson, Chairman of Hibernia Atlantic and CEO of Columbia Ventures Corporation. “We are finding that more and more media companies are migrating to multi-service network infrastructures, and away from satellite, in order to satisfy their production and broadcast requirements. As demand accelerates, customers are making the shift from analog to digital and from standard definition to high definition.  Large enterprises are also adding multi-service network infrastructures capable of supporting high definition video as critical elements of their daily operations.  The combination of MediaXstream with Hibernia’s secure and diverse North American and European network positions the combined company for continued rapid growth.”

Hibernia Atlantic significantly expands the network reach of MediaXstream into more than 10 key European markets while MediaXstream expands Hibernia’s North American network to 17 additional key Points of Presence in 14 new cities in the South and West, including Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Denver, Tampa, Miami, Atlanta, Washington DC, Baltimore, San Diego and Las Vegas.

Hibernia’s acquisition of MediaXstream offers customers continued diversity in a range of scalable services, including colocation, interconnection and support. In addition, the acquisition enables Hibernia to offer customers critical monitoring support from its Dublin Network Operations Center (NOC) and MediaXstream’s Television Operating Center (TOC) in Baltimore, MD. “We are excited to be a part of the Hibernia Atlantic family and will bring high quality transport and managed network services to Hibernia’s best-of-breed network services,” states Del Bothof, President of MediaXstream. “Additionally, MediaXstream will benefit greatly from the financial and wholesale strengths of Hibernia. We are excited to extend our customers’ access into Europe and beyond over Hibernia’s fast and secure network. This deal reflects our commitment to our customers to provide the highest quality network service.”

“Operating the largest, national, state-of-the-art optical switching and Dynamic Transport Mode (DTM) network, MediaXstream specializes in transporting flawless digital and High Definition content in its native formats as demanded by TV and film production companies, mobile carriers and other customers who generate and manage media content.  MediaXstream bridges current industry operations with the demands of emerging new technologies, offering transport reliability that meets customers’ needs,” states Bjarni Thorvardarson, CEO of Hibernia Atlantic. “With this acquisition, Hibernia is expanding our product portfolio to our worldwide customers and leveraging both companies’ network expertise to offer an innovative network choice to media and enterprise customers alike.”

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About Hibernia Atlantic:
Hibernia Atlantic is the only American-owned, diverse transAtlantic high bandwidth connectivity provider.  Hibernia is a subsidiary of Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC).  It is a TransAtlantic submarine cable and terrestrial fiber network that offers over 92 redundant network Points of Presence (PoPs) throughout Canada, US, UK and mainland Europe on over 24,000 kilometers of network.  Hibernia provides secure and diverse dedicated Ethernet, DTM and optical-level service up to GigE, 10G and LanPhy wavelengths and traditional SONET/SDH services. In addition, Hibernia offers wholesale capacity prices, unparalleled support, flexibility and service. For more information on Hibernia Atlantic’s cutting-edge network or to view their corporate video, please visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

For Hibernia Atlantic business inquiries, please contact Melissa Butler at 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=

About MediaXstream, Inc.

MediaXstream provides high quality transport and managed network services for the production and broadcast industries in 20 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. The company has received financial backing from Constellation Ventures and Columbia Ventures Corporation.

For more information on MediaXstream, please visit: http://mediaxstream.tv/

Here’s a big story, for a ’small’ provider.  TelServ NJ is an independent, telecommunications consulting firm offering tailor-made solutions for business communication needs.  The company assesses, evaluates, procures, manages implementation and sources global telecommunication solutions for a variety of companies – including small to medium enterprise businesses and large global service providers.  In this instance, TelServ has been selected by Zajil Telecom to procure and project manage high speed network services in New York, London and Paris.

Zajil, the first private Internet Service Provider under the license of the Kuwait Ministry of Communications, currently services over 2500 customers.  With TelServ as its partner, the company leverages relationships to gain better pricing, services and solutions.

To read the full press release – continue to scroll below:

 ZAJIL INTERNATIONAL TELECOM COMPANY SELECTS TELSERV NJ TO MANAGE PROCUREMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF HIGH SPEED NETWORK SERVICES IN NEW YORK, LONDON, AND PARIS

MONTVALE, NJ – December 08, 2009 – TelServ NJ, LLC, an independent, telecommunications consulting firm offering tailor-made solutions for business communication needs, and Zajil International Telecom Company KSCC, a leading provider of data communication and Internet Services, announce today that Zajil selects TelServ to manage its telecommunication bandwidth needs for key markets including connectivity in New York, London and Paris.  TelServ’s full range of network service consulting for Zajil includes procuring connectivity ranging from 100 Mbps for access to New York’s most carrier-dense carrier hotel, 60 Hudson Street, to multiple STM1 circuits connecting New York to Paris and Paris to London.  TelServ is known for offering firms competitive, often reduced communications pricing with increased bandwidth, a notable benefit in today’s economic climate.

“We chose TelServ to meet the growing demands of our global customer base,” states Eng. Khalifa Al-Soulah, Managing Director and CEO of Zajil, “because of its high quality service commitment and industry expertise. TelServ’s strong commitment to providing innovative pricing models across a wide variety of carriers as well as simplifying the procurement process helped make our decision clear.”  Zajil relied on TelServ’s ability to negotiate with global top-tier carriers for the best price and greatest bandwidth in its locations and met its requirement of deploying large amounts of bandwidth where it was needed most.

“After analyzing the Zajil’s network requirements,” states Michael Gallucci, CEO and Founder of TelServ, “we were able to offer a customized, communications package that provided multiple high-speed bandwidth connections to address Zajil’s critical client environments.  Our experienced network team provided a full range of support including network procurement, deployment, as well as post installation billing assistance.”

With over twenty years of industry experience, TelServ utilizes its expertise to be a true, one-stop resource for all business communications. TelServ does not represent any single company; instead the company contracts with several major carriers to provide a full array of local, long distance, data and Internet services at wholesale prices. From competitive pricing to assistance with implementation processes and facilitating diversity and redundancy plans, TelServ simplifies the procurement process to meet critical client deadlines and stay within communication budgets.

For more information about TelServ, please email info@telservgroup.com, call 201-391-4800 or visit www.telservgroup.com.

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About Zajil International Telecom:

Zajil International Telecom Company K.S.C.C is one of MENA region´s leading Data Telecommunications and Internet solutions providers, with its main core services including networked IT services, local & international data communication services, high-speed broadband and Internet services besides the value added services and the specially tailored solutions for critical environments.

For more information, please visit www.zajil.com.

About TelServ NJ, LLC:

TelServ is an independent, telecommunications-consulting firm offering tailor-made solutions for businesses’ communication needs.  Servicing small to large-sized companies, TelServ offers a full array of local, long distance, data and Internet services from all top tier carriers at the most competitive prices available.  As a proven, one-stop resource, TelServ also provides impartial diversity planning and network recommendations, a streamlined procurement process, assistance with implementation and an ongoing account review to ensure the best pricing for each client’s customized bandwidth needs.

For more information, please visit www.TelServNJ.com.