Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber, is speaking at the TELEHOUSE Breakfast Seminar on February 15^th, 2012 in Staten Island, New York. The discussion will take a closer look at the current bandwidth infrastructure in the USA and propose ideas indicating ways to bring premium data center access to minor markets within the country. Current tier 1 data center access has dominant concentration in large cities but lacks availability in smaller cities. The USA needs a new, national, carrier-neutral dark fiber and colocation system and it is imperative to our economy as mobile and broadband demands continue to increase.

Following Hunter’s presentation, Morris Tabush, founder of Bill4Time, will also lead a discussion on “Disaster Recovery options based on realistic industry predictions”.

To register to attend the event, please visit: http://telehousebreakfast2012.eventbrite.com/.

For more information on Allied Fiber, go to www.alliedfiber.com.

zColo has acquired MarquisNet’s data center business in Las Vegas, NV. This 28,000 square foot data center will be the twelfth zColo Colocation facility. With the Las Vegas facility, zColo operates 12 data centers across 11 markets, including Los Angeles and three facilities in key Carrier Gateway locations in New York and New Jersey. The company is the exclusive manager and operator of the 60 Hudson St. “Meet-Me-Room” in New York City, one of the world’s most connected buildings.

Along with its gaming industry focus, Las Vegas has experienced increased data center demand as a disaster recovery location for west coast enterprise customers. Zayo Group will extend its fiber network into the facility representing the ninth carrier with a network presence, delivering a range of fiber and Bandwidth Infrastructure options to its tenants.

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

Data Foundry, a leading provider of data center outsourcing and collocation services, announces its participation at the 8^th Annual InnoTech Austin. InnoTech Austin is the region’s largest business technology event and will be taking place on October 20, 2011 at the Austin Convention Center.

Data Foundry will feature Texas 1, its flagship, 250,000 square foot data center, along with its high performance network services and worksite recovery solutions.

Data Foundry’s Texas 1 is one of the most redundant, connected, and secure data centers and disaster recovery solutions in Texas. Best-in-class features include:

• Fed by dual, independent power substations
• 100% concurrently maintainable chilled water cooling system
• Multiple layers of security control, monitor and record access to and within Texas 1
• FM-200 fire protection system
• 10-inch pre-cast walls and concrete roof system
• Access to 17 fiber providers and carriers

The Data Foundry team will be exhibiting in booth #316 at InnoTech Austin. To schedule a meeting with Data Foundry during the event, please contact info@datafoundry.com.

Join us on October 20th to celebrate the grand opening of Data Foundry’s 250,000 sq. ft. data center, Texas 1 – the only purpose-built, carrier-neutral facility in central Texas. Texas 1 is the first colocation facility on the 40-acre master-planned Data Ranch data center development in Austin, Texas.

Our grand opening celebration will begin at 5 pm CT with live music, barbecue and tours of the new facility. Data Foundry executives will be on hand for meetings. To RSVP to Data Foundry’s grand opening event, email jsa_datafoundry@jaymiescotto.com. If you are unable to attend, we can schedule a Q&A session with the Data Foundry team.

Texas 1 is one of the most redundant, secure facilities in Texas, featuring access to 17 fiber providers and carriers; dual, independent substations and 100% concurrently maintainable chilled water cooling system. Texas 1 is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced on-site technical and security teams. To learn more about Texas 1 visithttp://www.datafoundry.com/tour.

We look forward to seeing you there!

FiberMedia Group LLC introduces Business Continuity: a Holistic Approach, a white paper that explores the multiple facets that go into a comprehensive business continuity plan.  As statistics within the white paper show, there are an increasing number of businesses without proper arrangements who are blindsided when a disaster hits. FiberMedia’s goal through this white paper, is to offer guidance and become a partner and resource to those businesses looking to build a feasible business continuity plan.

The white paper looks at Business Continuity in a three-fold approach, covering people, assets and Information Technology.  Each of these are intertwined entities critical to manage as a whole, rather than separate parts, when producing a business continuity plan. The white paper also highlights FiberMedia’s partnership with Agility Recovery Solutions and Continuity Centers and how together the three companies can offer a comprehensive solution. This strategic partnership ensures that a streamlined solution is customized individually to the specific needs of each company.

To download the complete white paper, click here. For more information about FiberMedia Group and itscomprehensive Enterprise-Class Resources on Demand, visit www.fibermedia.net.

FiberMedia announces the participation of its Chief Executive Officer, Michael Bucheit, at Evercore Partners’ Data Center conference taking place October 13 in Boston, MA. Evercore Partners is a leading independent investment banking advisory and investment management firm. FiberMedia looks forward to participating in Evercore’s event, as it provides the opportunity to be a part of industry discussions with thought leaders from a wide scope of areas centering around the evolving data center market. Understanding the arms race of new software and hardware capabilities and distributed enterprise-class business models, is crucial to FiberMedia’s ongoing success.

FiberMedia’s participation at the Evercore conference coincides with its Media and Analyst outreach initiative, highlighting key cities such as Boston, New York and Washington, DC.  In visiting these cities, FiberMedia executives are providing an opportunity to engage in discussions with key media and analyst firms.

For more information about FiberMedia Group and its comprehensive Enterprise-Class Resources on Demand, visit www.fibermedia.net.

Agility Recovery, Continuity Centers and FiberMedia are looking forward to seeing you next week at the Business Continuity Open House on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 from 2:00pm-6:00pm at FiberMedia’s Chappaqua data center.   Presentations start at 3:00pm in the presentation theatre, facility tours are available before, during and after the event and there will be a wine and cheese reception to follow. Together these companies can provide your business with a comprehensive disaster recovery and business continuity solution.

 Register for the event here. 

 Who should attend? Accounting firms, enterprise businesses, municipalities, health care organizations, hosting providers, IT companies, law firms, service providers, financial institutions and more are encouraged to attend. 

And as added value, FiberMedia with Agility and Continuity Centers released a white paper titled Business Continuity: A Holistic Approach, that will be available on-site to all attendees. The white paper examines business continuity from a three-fold perspective: People Continuity, Asset Continuity, and IT Continuity. It defines each facets and creates a comprehensive approach to ensure productivity and business survivability.

For more information and to register for the event, please visithttp://www.rsvpbook.com/event.php?481887 or email jsa_fibermedia@jaymiescotto.com.

FiberMedia announces the addition of Christopher Baldwin to its management team as the company’s Vice President of Design/Build. Christopher will be responsible for the engineering and construction of new and operational data center facilities. With over 15 years of experience, Christopher adds significant industry and execution experience to FiberMedia’s infrastructure and construction endeavors.

Most recently, he was the Director of Mission Critical Project Management at LEDCOR Group where he led project teams building mission critical data centers. Prior to LEDCOR he was Director of Construction at Equinix Inc., an international data center company focused on colocation and enterprise services in the colocation, enterprise and technology sectors.  As FiberMedia continues to grow and expand its data center facilities, they look forward to the engineering oversight and proven leadership Christopher brings to their talented team of data center professionals.

For more information about FiberMedia Group’s products and services, please visit www.FiberMedia.net.

Hudson Fiber Network (HFN) announces today it is the latest company to connect its dark fiber network into FiberMedia’s Secaucus, New Jersey data center. Hudson Fiber is an exclusive provider of high-bandwidth, low-latency networking solutions for the financial industry, offering clients’ solutions that increase network efficiency. Conscious of the role New Jersey is playing as a hub in the financial community, Hudson Fiber sees FiberMedia’s Secaucus facility as a prime access point for its clients.

Redundancy and multiple levels of security are key values FiberMedia’s Secaucus data center offers along with close proximity to US capital markets. Values such as these, along with being a SAS70 certified, high-security facility make FiberMedia a clear choice for those looking to extend their reach in New Jersey. In addition to its data center facilities, FiberMedia offers enterprise-class resources on demand including colocation (space and power), managed services, cloud networking and virtualization solutions, as well as business continuity and disaster recovery services.

For the complete press release, click here. For more information on FiberMedia, visit www.fibermedia.net.

Data Foundry recently (read: this week) secured a deal with Liquid Litigation Management, a provider of web-based litigation tools to firms and corporations across the country. This deal is of particular interest because we’re talking about legal stuff here – it’s right behind personal health records (and maybe in front of that depending on who you’re asking) in terms of REALLY important stuff. Any systems associated with this data have got to be reliable and most importantly, secure…or someone is in big trouble.

Liquid Litigation’s Lit Manager, offers the only Web-based application in the legal market that enables users to review discovery, produce, and manage related daily case materials through a single interface. This allows corporations and law firms to save a substantial amount of time and money. It also means that the folks they choose to provide data center solutions had better be the best. It’s not surprising then that they chose Data Foundry, which offers some of the most advanced data center solutions available, including unprecedented levels of redundancy, reliability and, of course, security.

“Liquid Litigation’s customers’ proprietary information and intellectual assets require the utmost protection and confidentiality,” states Scott Pittman, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Liquid Litigation Management, Inc.  “Data Foundry’s ability to deliver fully redundant and secure colocation solutions meshes perfectly with our needs. By outsourcing our core business platform to Data Foundry, we’re able to reduce IT expenditures and free up key personnel to focus on our clients’ business. Their capacity and design flexibility gives us the confidence that we can scale for future growth requirements, which if kept in-house would not have been possible.”

Data Foundry’s Texas 1, a new 250,000 square foot, carrier-neutral data center offers companies the opportunity for future scalability of their infrastructure. Texas 1 is the first purpose-built data center constructed on the 40-acre, master-planned Data Ranch development site.

Dean M. Perrine