Cervalis Opens 168,000 square foot Colocation Facility in Norwalk, Connecticut

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Cervalis, an iT infrastructure solutions provider, including level managed hosting business, colocation services and cloud hosting has opened a 168,000 square foot data center in Norwalk, Connecticut. The secure data center facility provides colocation, managed hosting, business continuity services and disaster recovery and cloud computing.

The newest Cervalis colocation center has 75,000 square feet of raised floor data center space (above the 500 year flood zone) and 30,000 square feet of dedicated seats disaster recovery with 16 MW of redundant power, powered only by two separate utilities and 3,500 tons of cooling capacity. - All just 40 miles from New York City

SSAE 16 Type 2 and PCI

colocation-connecticut "in recent years, many Connecticut companies fought not only natural disasters - Snowtober, Hurricane Sandy. - but also significant business disruptions that followed, "said Michael Boccardi, president and CEO of Cervalis " Cervalis is determined to protect businesses against these costly disruptions, and we designed our facility Norwalk to enable businesses continuity through access to the recovery of the dedicated work area. During these difficult events, Cervalis maintained 100% availability and management of thousands of customers in its seats work area recovery and data centers. "

colocation facilities' Cervalis comply with the SSAE 16 Type 2 and PCI, as well as US-EU Safe Harbor certified. Company's data center operations and total recovery centers more than 500,000 square feet of space.

Colocation provider CyrusOne To Build New Data Center in northern Virginia

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CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE), a global provider of colocation services, has unveiled plans to build a business multi-tenant data center on the property quality, he recently bought in the Loudoun Tech center in Sterling, Virginia. This will be the first to CyrusOne colocation facility to serve the market of the US East Coast.

The 14 acres purchased CyrusOne is scheduled to host an envelope of about 400 000 square feet to 240,000 square feet of raised floor space and up to 48 colocation megawatts (MW) of critical load. The first phase of building the data center includes a housing 124,000 square feet with 60,000 square feet of raised floor space, 15,000 square feet of office space and 12 MW of critical load.

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The new colocation facility should be up to 240,000 square feet of raised floor space and up 48 MW of critical load

"buying acreage in Northern Virginia is the first step in extending the presence of CyrusOne on the east coast," said Gary Wojtaszek, President and CEO of CyrusOne . "We are very excited to bring our unique approach to providing colocation solutions for Fortune 1000 enterprise customers in a market like Northern Virginia, which has higher fiber connectivity options and a constant absorption rate a new space. We expect to begin development of our new facility in the second quarter of 2014. "

With 25 neutral data center facilities screws through the United States, Europe and Asia, CyrusOne offers roommate over 0 customers, including nine of the Fortune 20 and more than 125 of the Fortune 1000 and is based in Dallas, TX.

Global colocation provider CyrusOne help RigNet Expand Data Center Capacity in Houston

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RigNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNET), a global communications provider to the oil fields, has expanded Houston West CyrusOne campus data center. CyrusOne provides RigNet with expanded colocation solution that now includes CyrusOne National Internet Exchange (IX National).

global-colocation-cyrusone CyrusOne National IX is a data center platform that connects almost a dozen corporate CyrusOne facilities in several metropolitan markets. The National IX associated with multiple dispersed locations of the company would be enable companies to implement multi-location data centers profitable platforms who can help manage their recovery needs after internal disaster and the specific requirements in the regulatory sector or apply such as Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA and PCI.

Profitability

"Having access to national IX CyrusOne is an advantage for our company," said Morten Hagland Hansen, senior vice president of business services RigNet . "We were attracted by CyrusOne because of their excellent reputation in the oil and gas industry and innovation of their National IX, which allows us to be far more of CyrusOne data centers in Houston without significantly increase our costs. "

RigNet is a remotely managed communications provider, integration of collaborative systems and applications dedicated to the oil and gas industry . the company offers solutions ranging from voice and data networks to more advanced applications, including video conferencing and real-time data services to more than 1,100 remote sites in over 45 countries on six continents. Center

data with 25 carrier-neutral facilities across United States, Europe and Asia , CyrusOne provides solutions and colocation data center services that ensure the continued operation of the iT infrastructure for over 0 customers, including nine of the Fortune 20 and more than 125 of the Fortune 1000 companies

Volico Opens New Facility in Tier IV County Colocation Broward, Florida

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Volico, a managed hosting provider based in Florida, dedicated servers roommate and cloud, opened its new 12,000 sq. ft. Tier IV data center in Broward County, Florida. The new colocation facility marks the second wholly owned subsidiary of the neutral support facility of the company, which serves the data center of the county of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.

The initial phase of the new data center comprises 12,000 square feet .. with the possibility to expand to 140,000 square feet to support customer growth and demand

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security protocols new colocation facilities Volico in Miami include: ... biometrics fingerprint multiple man -traps, key combinations, and facial recognition.

new colocation data center would allow customers to Volico highest level of redundancy and flexibility. This South Florida contains a 2N + X redundant Smart-UPS Grid infrastructure and 2N + X redundant generator Smart-Grid Technology Paralleling. The new Smart-grid technologies PARALLELING Volico allow for multiple floating generators. This high-performance backup system is a power-protected network capacity XN + Y.

Using Emerson Liebert Computer Room Air-Conditioning (CRAC) units, Volico engineered its colocation facility to handle 300 watts / m². Pi .. 2N + X redundant cooling

Security: 7 points of military grade

"We multiplied this new colocation facility specifically to meet the Tier IV data the highest center of availability standards, meaning that backup systems strong, minimal carbon footprint and the most advanced engineering methods to date technologically, "said Scott Cohen, Data center Senior Engineer Volico .

security is also a major concern for the most recent installation of Volico. "We set the industry standard with the most advanced 7 points of access available to military quality " Cohen added . Security protocols Volico the new data center include: various man traps, biometrics fingerprint, key combinations, and facial recognition

Founded in 00, Volico is HIPAA, SSAE, SOC, and NIST compliant data center solutions provider. Specializing in colocation, private and public cloud hosting, and dedicated servers.

Multimillion Xand Completes Expansion of a Massachusetts facility Roommate

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Xand, a supplier of a north American cloud, managed services, colocation, and recovery services sinister, completed an expansion of millions of dollars of his Massachusetts colocation center. The expansion adds high-density colocation space and improved cloud hosting infrastructure.

Located along the Route 495 Technology Corridor in Marlborough, the Massachusetts Xand colocation facilities serves Greater Boston and Providence metropolitan areas and is strategically positioned away from flood plains coastal and urban areas threats.

colocation-massachusetts Spurred by the growing demand for cloud hosting, managed hosting services, and hybrid solutions colocation, Xand management team assigned to the installation of a major expansion in 2013 construction started in Q3 of this year and now the company has completed its expansion of several million dollars. The new features build data center 30,000 square feet raised floor space with a roommate supported by dedicated generators.

The expansion also adds expanded power and cooling capacity, new areas of recovery seats disaster dedicated and shared, and two-factor access controls paired with biometric security scanners. The new space would be well suited for roommate private custom cages , multi-cabinet designs, and other enterprise infrastructure footprints

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"Our solid financial support of partners and vast network design, engineering, electricity and construction have been fully mobilized to complete this major project in just a few months," said Xand Officer Chief Operations Keith Markley . "with the addition of a new data center, the new central cooling and power resources and expanded generator, build-out significantly increases capacity Marlborough our institution. "

With New York covering data centers, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts, Xand provides colocation, cloud hosting, managed hosting, disaster recovery and networked throughout the region.

Global Colocation provider CyrusOne inaugurated in Second Place Phoenix

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Global Colocation provider CyrusOne inaugurated in Second Place Phoenix -

CyrusOne, a global provider of colocation services, announced that it innovates on a second data center at its Phoenix campus in Chandler, Ariz. The second building will have 60,000 square feet of space at full white floor building, with a maximum of 12 megawatts of power to serve customers in the western region of the United States.

expansion adds to the more than 77,500 square feet of colocation space already ordered to serve American West regional hub for customers to CyrusOne . The new building should be completed by the end of 2014. After the completion of the second colocation facility, the campus will always have space for seven data center premises.

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Phoenix CyrusOne Campus Data Center in Chandler, Arizona

Grand new customer

"We are very pleased to expand our presence in the Western region to meet customer demand for space, "said Kevin Timmons, chief technology officer (CTO), CyrusOne ." the demand is so high that we are moving our plans to build this second installation of almost a year. the success of our new line CyrusOne product solutions, enabling technologically advanced, large-scale deployments, has recently attracted a great technology company in our Phoenix facility. - take 41,000 square feet of space and requires the relocation-up in our construction schedule for the second installation "

CyrusOne owns and operates 25 carrier-neutral colocation facilities across the United States, Europe (London) and Asia (Singapore). The company has over 625 customers, including nine of the Fortune 135 companies and 20 of the Fortune 1000.

Guests have access to the national CyrusOne IX, which virtually connects the enterprise-class colocation facilities in CyrusOne several metropolitan markets.

Dallas-based Compass Datacenters secures $ 100 million in financial assistance

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Compass Datacenters, a data center company based in Dallas founded in 2011, has completed a new capital raising cycle to support the business expansion on additional geographic markets and to finance new data center construction projects for clients.

data-centers The new capital consists of $ 35 million in additional commitments of equity and $ 65 million in additional capacity in Compass' now $ 110 million revolving credit facility.

additional capital is provided by the original investors round before Compass financing, and additional capacity under the revolving credit facility was provided through a syndicated credit facility by KeyBank, NA, bringing Regions Bank and Raymond James in the installation. The revolving credit line keeps an accordion option to the credit facility to be migrated at a later date by an additional $ 40 million for a total of $ 150 million.

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"This funding provides Compass Datacenters resources to bring our data center model proven to more customers and more geographic regions who will lead the next stage of growth Compass, "said Chris Crosby, CEO of Compass Datacenters previously held the position of Vice President (SVP) of digital Realty Trust . "Our successful projects in markets such as North Carolina, Tennessee, Minnesota and Massachusetts have demonstrated our value proposition unique solution for customers, and these projects have also confirmed the quality of our design installation data center, the efficiency of our construction method, and our ability to achieve our six-month timeline construction.

Colocation Provider DataBank announced plans to build 88,000 Square Foot Facility in Minneapolis

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Colocation Provider DataBank announced plans to build 88,000 Square Foot Facility in Minneapolis -

Plans DataBank, a colocation service provider and managed services with facilities in Dallas, Minneapolis and Kansas City , issued for the development of a new colocation facility, multi-tenant in the city of Eagan, Minneapolis. The new facility of 88,000 square feet will include more than 48,000 square feet of raised floor data center space.

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The new colocation facility in Minneapolis will encompass over 48,000 sq. Ft. From the raised floor space data center

DataBank, headquartered in the building of the former Bank historic Federal Reserve in downtown Dallas, Texas, currently owns and operates facilities roommate totaling over 180,000 square feet of data center space in the Dallas area, 15,000 in Kansas City, and another 15,000 in Edina, Minneapolis.

strategic location of the new facility in the city of Eagan allow DataBank to leverage both a robust and diversified power grid electric Dakota and Great River Energy, and the fiber optic network edge of town which boasts a number of tier one carriers already interconnected.

The modular design of data center

The DataBank 'Carrier Hotel' will employ a modular design that begins with two large TMM scale (Meet-Me-Rooms) and the first 10,000 square foot data hall of multi-pod configuration , which will built-to suit pregnant cage and a private bathroom space to serve the needs of customers highly customizable.

once fully completed, the specifications of the installation include 20MW power utility using various foods, configured in a true 2N (complete redundancy system) with a corresponding plant on-site energy production, and a high-density power distribution system of layers in data centers.

"This announcement is an important step in the DataBank regional plan," said Tim Moore, CEO of DataBank . "The infrastructure of colocation facilities and level of service we can offer is unmatched in this market. This will provide a great benefit to the growth of both our current customer base and meet demand from ' a wide variety of businesses here in the Twin Cities area. "

Roommate Intelishift Company opens new office in Tysons Corner, Virginia

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Intelishift Technologies, data center services, colocation private company, opened a new office in Tysons Corner, Virginia . The new location will be easier to serve customers Intelishift in Washington, DC, and the Maryland and Virginia.

The new office based Tysons Corner serve the DC Metro area and, as part of this approach, sales and marketing company's staff will be based on this place.

colocation-washington "We needed a place that was more accessible to those working in the DC Metro area," said Kurt Baumann, CEO Intelishift Technologies . "We have a lot of meetings every week in Tysons Corner, McLean and Reston area, so it is a practical adjustment to better serve our customers and future customers and partners."

Intelishift Technologies provides enterprise-class colocation services and data center solutions for small and medium enterprises. Headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia , aka Data Center Alley, the company operates in the best data centers in Virginia, Northern California, Austin and Midwest.

Founded in 2011, Intelishift Technologies serves market for small and medium enterprises , which are often not able to negotiate with the large data center companies, but still need service class data center business at a reasonable price. The company recently reported a 70% growth in 2013, as well as expansion in Austin, and a channel partner program growing.

EdgeConneX Partners telnet to develop Tier III Data Center in Detroit Area

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EdgeConneX, a wholesale supplier of data center services for the content, network, colocation, CDNs and suppliers services, has partnered with TelNet Worldwide (TelNet), a full service provider of cloud communication services, to develop a center based in Michigan Southeast data Tier III in the city of Southfield, in the region Detroit.

colocation-detroit Ready for launch November 1, 2014, the most recent data Edge Centerwould EdgeConneX combine innovation, including design purpose-built, advanced engineering and rapid deployment capabilities coupled greater Michigan TelNet go-to-market expertise and customer service focus.

with more than 14 data centers Edge, operation or under construction, EdgeConneX is a growing the fastest company in the data center of the US Their data centers offer a new and exclusive data center infrastructure management system online (DCIM) which provides real-time visibility into the performance of each center. This DCIM monitoring tool will be customized for use of TelNet in providing service to its customers.

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"EdgeConneX is to locate data centers strategically located throughout the United States to reshape the way the Internet functions and Detroit is a place significant, "said Pat O'Leary, CEO of TelNet ." They chose TelNet because of our strong reputation in the region, local expertise, and commitment to bring the best-cloud of-breed, next-generation network, and managed services market. The partnership with EdgeConneX provide a powerful combination and a competitive advantage for companies in Southeast Michigan. "

The new data center in Michigan Southeast, TelNet Worldwide continues to expand its business offerings and wholesale services and provide colocation, managed services, virtualization and data storage there.

"TelNet is an excellent partner in building our newest Tier III data Center edge," said Clint Heiden, commercial director of EdgeConneX . "Their focus on the comprehensive enterprise customers our big goal to create a balanced ecosystem that meets the needs of the entire market."

Green House Data Opens a new facility in Cheyenne Room, Wyoming

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green House data, a cloud provider and colocation, has opened a new data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. At the same time, the state of Wyoming has announced that they will migrate some of their existing data centers in the most recent location Cheyenne Green House Data.

The 35,000 square feet, the 5MW data center is the second of Green House Data colocation facility in Cheyenne.

colocation-wyoming during an opening ceremony held Wednesday, July 30, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead shared with a crowd of nearly 250 people that the state data and concluded a Green House agreement. This initial purchase is part of the larger plan of the State to withdraw from their existing data centers, citing aging infrastructure and higher operating costs.

"Public-private partnerships like this are key to ensure the public has access to the high level of service they expect while maintaining always controlled costs," said Flint Waters, CIO, State of Wyoming . "from a technological point of view, this approach will allow us to better serve our constituents while remaining fiscally responsible."

Governor Matt Mead

green House data is the owner and operator of colocation facilities in Cheyenne, Wyoming; Portland, Oregon; and Newark, NJ the company is pursuing green iT business since 07, with one. Power Usage Effectiveness average (PUE) of 1.25 or less. His most recent colocation center has a PUE figure of 1.14, according to the company.

"Green House Data is an example of Wyoming corresponding to a business climate very well with our many natural advantages for data centers, "said Governor Matt Mead . "We are pleased to Green House Data and its employees. Using societies Wyoming and know the companies have the expertise and talent to do the job is exciting. This is a good decision for Wyoming. "

AMS-IX USA extends San Francisco Bay Area, Opens PoPs in 365 Main Street Colocation Facility Digital Realty

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AMS-IX USA extends San Francisco Bay Area, Opens PoPs in 365 Main Street Colocation Facility Digital Realty -

AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange) announced today that its US subsidiary, AMS-IX USA Inc., in partnership with the global provider of digital Realty's data centers to establish a point of presence (PoPs) in 365 colocation facilities main Street digital Realty in San Francisco.

AMS-IX Bay Area built on the proven business model of AMS-IX in Amsterdam and New York, which with almost 700 related parties and Internet traffic levels peak near 3 Tb / s, is currently one of the largest Internet connectivity centers worldwide.

Reduced cost

With the launch of its new PoP, AMS-IX USA provides affordable Internet exchange model, neutral, and distributed to the Bay area, providing the interconnection market value by offering Internet peering services fast and stable and decreasing the complexity and associated costs.

ams-ix launching a PoP in 365 Main Street Realty digital data center , this facility roommate leader can now offer additional peering opportunities to customers, improving connectivity and reach to their end users. This partnership also allows connecting businesses to the platform AMS-IX Bay Area the ability to locate and / or expand their presence on the network in a secure and modern interconnection facility in downtown San Francisco.

With the establishment of this partnership Internet Exchange, customers Bay Area Digital Realty can expect to experience latency and transit costs by peering directly reduced with AMS-IX Bay Area.

Internet peering in the US

"expanding the relationship AMS-IX / Digital Realty New York to San Francisco further strengthens and expands the commitment of digital Realty IX to the US initiative, "said John Sarkis, executive Director of colocation and connectivity, digital Realty ." We look forward to continuing to provide our customers the widest possible range of connectivity options. "

The American Association IX (OIX) is an Internet community efforts derivative to improve the landscape of Internet peering and interconnection in the United States. OIX encourages the development of neutral Internet exchanges and distributed in North America, while promoting consistent and profitable performance standards for interconnection supported by the Internet community.

Tawasul Telecom PoP adds to DX1 factory Equinix Exchange in Dubai

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Tawasul Telecom MPLS network services provider in the Middle East and the Gulf region, added a second point of presence (PoP) in the United Arab Emirates, located in the DX1 Equinix IBX colocation facility in Dubai. This would strengthen regional access to the dense carrier Tawasul the Equinix ecosystem of more than 25 network providers.

Through this agreement, Tawasul Telecom has diversified its Multiprotocol International Label Switching (MPLS) gateway to the Middle East by opening new channels of data in Dubai, and at the same time offering regional businesses greater range of tailored solutions to meet their connectivity needs.

Platform Equinix will Tawasul Telecom of interconnection with a large market for revenue-generating opportunities. Existing customers, Equinix carrier will also connect directly to their IT infrastructure Tawasul Telecom services.

Platform Equinix

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"This will help to expand our services and provide easy access to customers and partners worldwide," said Hani al Shaks, CEO of Tawasul Telecom.

"our first goal is to expand our deliverables and enrich the customer experience, therefore, we chose to work with Equinix for the second time , the first being our point of presence in Singapore, "said Hani al Shaks, CEO of Tawasul Telecom . "This will expand our services and provide easy access to customers and global partners, as well as increase the quality of interconnectivity across an extensive digital supply chain while maintaining high technical standards of Tawasul Telecom. "

Today, businesses leverage the Equinix interconnection platform in 32 strategic markets across the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific.

"adding PoP Tawasul Telcom will be a valuable addition to our ecosystem and contribute to the growth of our region carrier community," said Jeroen Schlosser, CEO, MENA Equinix . "the deployment will also provide customers Tawasul Telecom with colocation services industry leaders, strong interconnection with carriers and access to a growing number of major regional and global companies."

"Providing access to multiple networks on the Equinix platform will also allow Tawasul Telecom to optimize public transport routes to achieve lower latency and provide better application performance for carriers and companies seeking to expand in the Middle East region, " added Schlosser .

RagingWire Completes Data Center Build-Out in Virginia with an additional 39,000 Sq. Ft. Of floor space

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RagingWire Data Centers, a colocation provider with over 830,000 feet square of data center infrastructure in northern California and Ashburn, Virginia, is made available for sales of the final phase of its VA1 Ashburn data center in Virginia. This new phase includes 39,000 square feet of space in the data center floor.

The data center VA1 150,000 square feet, known as "The Bolt" because of its form of single lightning stroke, has a total of five arches and provides 14.4MW of critical computing power, 7500 square foot office customer and amenity space, the massive carrier neutral telecommunications capability, and extensive systems of physical security.

The new phase contains 39,000 square feet of space data from the central floor of compound 3 PODs known Vault 3, 4 and Vault Vault 5. These vaults are about 35% pre-sold, reflecting the strong demand for colocation solutions power high density RagingWire.

The Nexcenter brand

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The data center VA1 150,000 square feet, known as "The Bolt" because of its shape single lightning bolt.

The new RagingWire vaults were designed to support large-scale, enterprise class computing. Each jump has 13,000 square feet of high density raised floor space and 2.7MW of critical computing power. Vault Vault 3 and 4 are now available and ready for solutions of key data centers in hand or build-to-suit . Vault 5 was sold to a large global enterprise information technology. The Vault 18,000 square feet 1 and 13 000 square feet Vault 2, previously announced, are sold.

The design of AP1 system data center colocation RagingWire has 2N the company's patented + 2 architecture that would deliver 100% availability of the high density power, even during a power outage. As a group company NTT Communications, RagingWire affiliation with the worldwide network of 150 data centers under the brand Nexcenter operated by NTT Communications.

Pacnet Appoints CEO China to support its expansion plans in China Data Center and Networking Market

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Pacnet, Asia Pacific a supplier of connectivity solutions for data and colocation services, has announced the appointment of Michael Xu as CEO of his own funds joint venture in China, Pacnet Business Solutions (PBS), with immediate effect. Based in Shenzhen, Mr Xu will lead the company's expansion plan in the data center and networking in the Chinese market.

pacnet Michael Xu has an experience of over 25 years in the data center industry and data and previously Senior Vice President at GDS Services Ltd. responsible sales, marketing, solutions and government relations. Before that, he worked with Dell for more than seven years, where he was most recently General Manager of China Medium Business . He also held several management positions in global technology companies, including Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Motorola.

According DCD Intelligence, China colocation market is set to grow at an annual compound growth rate (CAGR) of 40 percent to 380 percent of its current size in 2016. the increase demand is largely driven by the rapid development of cloud computing and big data following the twelfth five-year plan of the government.

"PBS already has an inner extended footprint in telecommunications and Tier III data center infrastructure and operations in key markets of China that we will continue to strengthen," said Michael Xu . "At the same time, I look forward to ensuring that we continue to build the right strategy, products, services, expertise and focus on innovation in PBS to capitalize on this opportunity and consolidate our position leader. "

Pacnet owns and operates one of the largest submarine cable systems with high capacity in the region with more than 46,000 km of fiber and connectivity to interconnected data centers in 14 cities in the Asia-Pacific region, which would Pacnet unparalleled reach to major business centers in key markets, including China, India, Japan and the United States.

strategic business development

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"PBS already has an extensive national footprint in telecommunications and infrastructure level III data and the center's operations in China's main markets we will continue to strengthen, "said Michael Xu.

"Since we entered this dynamic market with our equity joint venture Pacnet Business Solutions in 08, we have witnessed a dramatic demand for ICT and data center services and the two conglomerates local multinationals, "said Carl Grivner, CEO of Pacnet ." Today, we are the first and only foreign company authorized to provide IPVPN services and data center network services China. Michael will play a central role in transforming the company into an even stronger data center and network operator in China to capitalize on our momentum in the market and grow our business exponentially. "

with this announcement, Pacnet has also appointed Henry Lam as Deputy Chairman of the Board of PBS . Mr. Lam served as CEO of PBS for the last six years. During this time he helped build PBS from a startup to an enterprise-level service provider and established a solid foundation for the company in China. As Vice President, he will now focus on deepening our relationships with key government institutions and local telecommunications companies in China for the strategic development of the company.

Gartner: IT managers can reduce costs colocation in Europe Moving North

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Gartner: IT managers can reduce costs colocation in Europe Moving North -

prices still low energy and favorable environmental conditions in Northern Europe have an opportunity for iT managers save up to 50 percent on their colocation expenditures moving north, Gartner said. Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London and Paris are the major colocation centers for multinational and pan-European companies.

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Inside EvoSwitch AMS1, a colocation facility based in Amsterdam this neutral carrier data center provider with sustainable data centers in Europe and the United States

"It is important to weigh several key decision factors when considering moving away workloads major colocation centers in Northern Europe," said tiny Haynes, Director Gartner research . "However, in most organizations, there are many IT functions such as data warehousing or applications based on a browser that simply does not justify the costs increased significantly during the roommate of execution in a major center. "

Gartner highlighted some factors key decision to be taken into account in the decision to move north:

  • Latency Network - certain applications such as VoIP systems and virtual desktops require a low latency environment to function well, while others are simply not. Application categories and assign an appropriate location accordingly
  • application requirements -. Some applications are independent, while others are integrated with a range of connected systems. If the application is interdependent, it is best to keep all the elements within the same data center infrastructure to avoid waiting times
  • respect for safety -. protection laws data vary by country, and some data or applications that use the data may not be suitable for use outside the specific geographic areas
  • Power availability - .. Consider not only the availability to your rack, but also for the data center and the country itself
  • cooling costs -. Consider both the effectiveness of the current energy consumption and cooling methods available
  • Price - price per kilowatt (kW) infrastructure, as well as kilowatt time should be evaluated
  • media -. This should be either supported internally by the technical teams near or support provided by the supplier
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"once those criteria are applied, it is likely that most organizations find workloads that can be moved to a location at low cost, without impacting performance," added M ... Haynes

A more detailed analysis is available in the report is available on Gartner's Web site at "Save Up to 50% on European Colocation Choosing the right location." // www.gartner. com / doc / 2847719.