The world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone and leading colocation provider, Hurricane Electric, has expanded its network to TELEHOUSE America’s New York Chelsea data center. Located in Chelsea at 85 10^th Avenue, the TELEHOUSE Chelsea Center boasts best-in-class N+1 power infrastructure and multiple layer security measures to make it a strategic location for wholesale, enterprise, service providers and carrier clients. 

“We are honored to have Hurricane Electric extend its network into our Chelsea facility,” states Fred Cannone, Director of Sales and Marketing at TELEHOUSE America. “This expansion allows our customers to easily, cost effectively connect to Hurricane Electric’s global IPv6 network and exchange traffic directly with more than 2,100 different networks and 52 major exchange points.”

Hurricane Electric first deployed IPv6 on its global backbone in 2001. Hurricane Electric’s global Internet backbone is one of the few that is IPv6-native and does not rely on internal tunnels for its IPv6 connectivity.  Hurricane Electric presently connects to more than 1,600 associated IPv6 backbones. In addition to TELEHOUSE New York Chelsea, Hurricane Electric also has points of presence at TELEHOUSE’s Voltaire facility in Paris and Docklands East in London.

“This new point of presence continues our strong relationship with TELEHOUSE as our network continues to grow,” comments Reid Fishler, Director of Carrier Services at Hurricane Electric.  “Colocating at TELEHOUSE New York Chelsea allows customers of TELEHOUSE to exchange traffic directly with Hurricane Electric’s global Internet backbone, while giving them additional connectivity options.”

For more information on Hurricane Electric, please visit www.he.net.  To learn more about TELEHOUSE America, please visit http://www.TELEHOUSE.com or call 718-355-2500.

Just shortly after announcing its plans to acquire Arialink, Zayo has completed the purchase transaction. The acquisition adds 930 new route miles to the Zayo network, including 400 miles of dense metro networks in Lansing and Ann Arbor, Michigan. With an extensive network in Michigan, Arialink complements Zayo’s national footprint.

The network will provide Ethernet, dark fiber and optical transport services across a 437 on-net building footprint in Michigan. Through the acquisition Zayo gains a regional long haul network and connectivity to smaller markets in central Michigan.

Arialink recently began the construction of a 190-mile network to interconnect major healthcare facilities as part of an FCC grant to the Michigan Public Health Institute. This build supports connectivity to healthcare facilities in rural Michigan and brings broadband services to underserved communities.

For more information on Zayo, visit www.zayo.com.

On the heels of their recent Atlantic-ACM U.S. Long-Haul Wholesale Carrier Award for Billing, Zayo Group announces the completion of the 360networks’ long haul network integration. The resulting combined network doubles Zayo’s national network reach, providing coast-to-coast connectivity spanning 45,400 route miles in 42 states and over 70 metro markets.

Completing this integration in less than four months, Zayo links deep metro assets like Denver, Phoenix, Spokane, Las Vegas and others to a broad national footprint for end-to-end connectivity. An important part of Zayo’s acquisition strategy is completely integrating in a timely way while minimizing disruption to customers. The Atlantic-ACM Award for Billing further highlights Zayo’s ability to integrate effectively.

Customers can access the national network across points-of-presence in over 100 markets including smaller markets, such as Boseman and Butte MT, Hudson OH, Wilkes Barre and Erie PA leveraging Zayo’s unique metro fiber assets.

For more information on Zayo, visit www.zayo.com.

TELEHOUSE America is proud to announce that its New York and Los Angeles data centers are now SSAE 16 Type 1 compliant, having successfully completed the rigorous independent assessments required of the SSAE 16 standard. The four TELEHOUSE facilities have voluntarily completed a stringent audit of its internal business processes and IT controls, including physical security, environmental security, logical security, and network security.

Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16 is an internationally recognized third party assurance audit designed for service organizations. Unlike SAS 70, SSAE-16 is an “attest” standard, falling under the attestation framework, rather than the “auditing” framework of the SAS 70 standard. Service auditors first must obtain management’s written assertion and then express an opinion on the fair presentation of each facility’s system and the suitability of its design for the period covered by the report.

To learn more about TELEHOUSE, please contact sales@telehouse.com or call 718-355-2500.

ViaWest invites you to join them as they host an upcoming webinar titled “Cloud with Confidence: How to Execute a Successful Cloud Strategy” The webinar takes place on May 1st at 1pm MDT.

Attendees of the webinar will hear from cloud experts from NetApp, VMware and ViaWest as they discuss both the business and technical aspects of cloud. The cloud is changing the face of the technology industry, and preparing for it today is critical to ensure successful business in the future. These executives will provide insight on how your IT team can avoid common pitfalls and get the most from your company’s investment in the cloud. Topics to be covered include hybrid approaches to cloud, balancing cost and control and compliance and data security.

If you would like to join the ViaWest team as they host this insightful webinar. Register here https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/showReg?udc=ipol7gj2gs0r

And for more info on ViaWest’s cloud offerings, visit http://www.viawest.com/solutions/cloud-computing.

ViaWest was joined by Governor John Hickenlooper at its ribbon cutting event on April 19^th at the new headquarters located in the heart of the Denver Technology Center, Greenwood Village, CO. Governor Hickenlooper addressed ViaWest employees and members of the media as part of the ceremony.

Colorado Secretary of Technology & CIO, Kristin Russell was also onsite at the event. Kristin commented during her address that in the last year Colorado has attracted about 30 new tech companies and 5,000 new tech jobs. A statistic that truly proves the value companies like ViaWest bring to the area. Denver has been the location of ViaWest’s headquarters since the company’s inception in 1999 and this new location will continue to provide access to the region’s vibrant business population. In the past five years, ViaWest has doubled the size of its operations resulting in a positive impact on the Colorado economy through job creation and annual revenue growth.

For more information on ViaWest, please visit www.viawest.com.

Mobile Backhaul Asia’s recent conference in Bangkok was a great success. As a Dark Fiber Community (DFC) Media Partner, Mobile Backhaul Asia partnered with the DFC to further promote its conference to the global community.

The Dark Fiber Community Media Partnership Program was designed to help industry events share news and conference information across the community and open up dialogue to encourage new event attendance. Mobile Backhaul Asia is the DFC’s first Media Partner in Asia and the DFC was happy to help get the word out about the conference and its benefits to those in the mobile backhaul industry.

If your conference or event is interested in partnering with the DFC, email jsa_allied@jaymiescotto.com.

While I’m not actually attending the Spring COMPTEL show this year (holding down the JS&A fort), the word on the virtual street is that this year’s Spring COMPTEL show in San Francisco has been a wild success to this point. Friends are getting re-acquainted. New friendships are being made. Speakers are speaking – moderators moderating. New and familiar faces around every corner. Most importantly, business is getting done!

Just heard from Tim Kiser (Colo Atl – Colocation – Atlanta, GA) who is attending COMPTEL for the first time. He mentioned that he’s met a lot of folks and listened to a number of insightful speakers. And THAT’s what COMPTEL is about. What was of particular interest to me was just how many people proactively sought face-time with Tim (admittedly making my job much easier). This is a pretty darn good indicator that quality colocation and interconnection are critical to enabling today’s technologies (yes, Cloud, I’m talking about you). Good luck, Tim! Bring me back some stress balls and plastic pens!

Then there’s Optelian (Optical Network Enablers), the COMPTEL veterans. They’re sending mobile pics back to the JS&A home offices while educating booth patrons on the benefits of Optelian’s world-class optical networking gear (which, incidentally, is manufactured in-house, in North America!) Bam! How’s that for speed to deployment?!  Brian Savory, the company’s Business Development Manager, has been busy, ehem, developing business as one would expect from someone with that title. Business, my friends, is getting done!

Telecom pros visiting the Haight…and bringing the love! COMPTEL San Fran is on!

ViaWest has been recognized in the Denver Post’s 2012 Top Workplaces list. Top Workplaces recognizes organizations that provide employees with a great place to work, inspire its employee base and take an ethical approach to meeting customers’ needs. ViaWest’s dedication to its mission and values has remained central to its approach over time and its employees deliver exceptional service at all levels.

ViaWest has increased its Colorado’s employee base by more than 30% over the past two years. The company diligently focuses on finding employees that possess the right mix of position expertise and alignment with ViaWest’s core values. With 22 data center facilities and strategic product offerings such as cloud computing, colocation, and managed services, ViaWest advances its offerings while remaining focused on the dynamic needs of its customers.

For more information on ViaWest, please visit www.viawest.com.

Colo Atl, a leading provider of carrier neutral colocation, data center and interconnection solutions, announces today that O1 Communications, a provider of wholesale and retail SMB solutions and Telesphere, a nationwide managed cloud communications provider, are now colocated in Colo Atl’s downtown Altanta, GA facility.

Established in November 2001, the fully built out infrastructure of the Colo Atl colocation and Meet Me Room (MMR) facility is located on the 5th and 8th floors of 55 Marietta Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Colo Atl provides O1 and Telesphere with access to its 70-plus tenants, a “no-nonsense” pricing philosophy, and superior customer service.

As providers of business-class telecommunications services, O1 and Telesphere will be utilizing the Colo Atl facility to colocate and interconnect with key customers and service providers. These connections are the vital links that physically connect O1 and Telesphere to their current customers – and provide opportunities to link to potential customers in an affordable SAS 70 Type II certified facility.

“Access to Colo Atl’s facility in downtown Atlanta is ideal. The redundant power sources, engineering, and customer service are excellent,” stated Todd Miszner, VP of Finance for Telesphere. “Colo Atl’s price points, carrier and tenant roster, and location are reason enough to colocate at Colo Atl, but the company also works with us to make sure we’ve got everything we need to operate smoothly. It’s a nice added touch.”

Designed and operated by Tim Kiser, a Professional Engineer (PE) with over 30 years of experience in the industry, the Colo Atl facility offers industry standard colocation, data center and interconnection amenities in a SAS 70 Type II certified facility.

“We are happy to colocate in the Colo Atl facility. It’s a professionally designed facility run by professionals,” maintains Blaine Reeve, Vice President of Operations for O1 Communications. “We have secured a great rate, along with access to our customers, potential customers and carrier partners. Colocating here was an easy decision.”

For more information about Colo Atl, visit our updated site at www.coloatl.com or write email info@coloatl.com