Colocation Data Provider Foundry expands its presence in Virginia with Equinix

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data Foundry, a colocation data center provider, disaster recovery and managed services, expands its presence Ashburn, Virginia deploying a business suite roommate inside the DC10 Equinix data center.

equinix-data-center Data Foundry owns and operates four high-end data in Texas and provides global colocation suite and managed services in data centers located in Ashburn, Los Angeles, Amsterdam and Hong Kong.

business continued inside the DC10 Equinix data center data allows Foundry to meet growing customer demand for managed services and colocation managed in "Data Center Alley "Northern Virginia . The region is one of the largest Internet exchanges in the United States. It also provides access to foundry data to a high concentration of IT, telecommunications, biotechnology, federal, and international organizations in the region.

Customer Launch

Current Data Foundry customer including Apptix , a communication provider hosted business, collaboration, and IT solutions have already signed for space in DC10.

"Having partnered with Data Foundry for several years in Austin, we are pleased that Data Foundry expands its capabilities in our backyard Northern Virginia," said Peter Walther , vice president of business operations, Apptix, Inc. . "The proximity of our headquarters in Herndon and Ashburn new data center enables Apptix to operate more efficiently foundry data capabilities to improve our service to our blue-chip channel partners and global customer base."

Founded in 1994, Data Foundry supports more than 1,000 enterprise customers with its colocation and managed services across a variety of industries, including energy, health care and financial services.

Cloud Hosting Provider based in China DYXnet Group opens Tier 3+ data center in Hong Kong

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colocation-china DYXnet Group, a cloud hosting, colocation and connectivity provider based in China with 430 employees, has opened its new data center in Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, Hong Kong. The new data center is the 11 Group data center, increasing its accommodation capacity to a total of 2,000 racks.

The data center meets the Grade 8 anti-seismic standards and has the leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification. Other features of the new data center include:

  • level 3+ electrical system with multiple levels of redundancy and backup
  • average power density of 3 kVA per cabinet
  • cooling design with a projected energy use efficiency (PUE) of 1.6
  • Ultra-fast answer VESDA (very early smoke detection apparatus) detection system fire
  • of environmentally friendly fire extinguishing system. - Novec 1230.
  • A safety factor authentication, including fingerprint and card access for personnel identification.
  • 2 x Power distribution units (PDU) by individual rack with 18 each catch.
  • All racks are supplied with dedicated locks.
  • individual wire cages steel for customers with strict security requirements.

The new data center is the second level 3+ Group outside data center DYXnet data center in Shanghai Waigaoqiao.

"Driven by the growing demand for the deployment of cloud and mobile applications with global companies and e-commerce customers, we aim to expand our cloud hosting strategy level 3+ data centers with new hybrid cloud models, combining different clouds - public cloud hosting, private and hybrid cloud - in order to offer a unique experience to our customers, "said Lap Man, founder and CEO of DYXnet Group . "to better meet the needs of our customers, we expect to invest over HK $ 60 million in the next 2 to 3 years in building more data centers reaching 18-20 years in total, improving our ability to support 3500. "

Zayo Group Files for Initial Public Offering, acquires AtlantaNAP Data Center

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Zayo Group, a global provider of network-neutral colocation and bandwidth infrastructure based in Boulder, Colorado, decided to start the process of an IPO in the US at the same time, the company announced the acquisition of Atlanta Colo installations ( "AtlantaNAP"), a data center based in Atlanta and managed services provider.

Zayo has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to its proposed public offering of its common shares. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined

When available, a copy of the preliminary prospectus may be obtained from Morgan Stanley in prospectus @ MorganStanley .com. Barclays Capital, in Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com; or Goldman, Sachs & Co., via prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.

acquisition AtlantaNAP

colocation-usa The acquisition of AtlantaNAP more than 72,000 square feet yields of total space in the data center, including 42,000 square feet of colocation space conditioning. The purchase brings the number of Zayo's data center at 28 locations. National corporate data center footprint is now more than 570,000 square feet.

AtlantaNAP, located at 1100 White St. SW, opens a new market for zColo, and complete the fiber network Zayo Atlanta, which covers more than 0 miles of road. The Atlanta colocation facility is connected to most media hotels and large data centers via high number and rings of various fibers, providing customers with more connectivity options.

The SSAE 16 Type II compliant installation Power 5MW offers fully redundant 2N UPS, serviced the diverse utility feeds. The site will offer the full range of bandwidth services informed and Zayo access to metro and long-haul dark fiber backbones Zayo.

"Atlanta is a roommate in high demand market and a hub more for health care, technology, and large enterprises," said Greg Friedman, vice president zColo of . "the AtlantaNAP facility offers customers a highly secure and redundant infrastructure, and will now be able to leverage the existing footprint of Zayo fiber to provide connectivity oriented roommate offers in Atlanta for new and existing customers. "

the transaction was AtlantaNAP financed with cash on hand . the acquisition follows the March 2014 acquisition of Zayo CoreXchange, a colocation provider in Dallas.

Colocation provider InfoRelay Launches New Customer Portal

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Colocation provider InfoRelay Launches New Customer Portal -

data center based in Northern Virginia and managed colocation provider InfoRelay announced its release of a new customer portal. This new portal will allow customers to keep track of their servers, network devices, racks, and cages.

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One of InfoRelay data centers is the DC LGA3 part of the old Western Union Building, 60 Hudson Street, New York.

The portal includes the ability to reboot remote servers, even with multiple power supplies connected to different power distribution units (PDUs managed). Using a managed PDU allows customers to completely restart a system without having to enter the data center to do so. The customer portal InfoRelay helps prevent errors by allowing users to restart the name servers.

Customers will be able to review their terms and support packages using monthly support in the portal. This would allow customers to take full advantage of any package colocation support they have and more easily monitor their support costs. In addition, customers will be able to view and update their list users allowed to help them maintain their safety.

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"We hope that clients will use the Customer Portal to make their lives easier," said Development Director Josh product Abraham explains . "Between usage tracking support and holding of the date literature, using the portal will enable customers to stay in control. We are committed to providing the best customer service to our clients and we believe this update will also enable us that commitment. "

InfoRelay, based in Herndon, Virginia provides both small and medium businesses as well as business enterprises with colocation, bandwidth and managed IT solutions . This latest update is part of a larger infrastructure growth initiative announced earlier last year. With the completion of customer portal, customers will have access to accurate and current information of the articles of worklogs and equipment.

Founded in 1995, InfoRelay is a colocation provider with data center facilities across 15 US.

Global Colocation Company CyrusOne House collocated 911-Dispatch Centre

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CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE), a global provider of colocation solutions, will house the infrastructure center and 911-shipment Carrollton, Coppell, Farmers Branch and Addison, Texas. Communities consolidate 911 to form the North Texas Emergency Communication Centre (NTECC). The project should be completed by early 2015.

"Essentially, the dispatch center will work within our data center environment Carrollton," said Dottie Spruce, vice -President Executive, sales, CyrusOne . "The recent consolidation will allow cities to be much more effective, improving response time and save lives without a doubt. We are delighted to work with the NTECC, and hopefully be a model for other shipping centers around the country. "

global-colocation-cyrusone The 911-dispatch center will be a custom build should occupy about 12,000 square feet in the CyrusOne Carrollton facility , including workstations call centers, meeting rooms, space technology and highly reliable electrical and mechanical systems.

This would mark the first time a dispatch center chose a colocation provider for their needs of data centers and shipping. Before this project, the shipping centers buy and renovate a facility according to their specifications.

25 data centers worldwide

"Consolidation will allow us to combine our resources, reduce costs, and serve our communities more effectively," said Gary Greer, chairman NTECC . "the closest available unit will now be able to respond to the scene of a crime or accident, regardless of the skill, saving valuable time . We do not want situations where a person needing assistance should expect a drive in their jurisdiction that might actually be far more because they sit right on a line of the city. "

" CyrusOne offers a facility that would have taken us years to build, " added Greer ." As a data center with optimum power, resilience, recovery disaster and high-end security, CyrusOne is an ideal partner for our newly consolidated operations. "

part of the Texas Internet exchange (IX), CyrusOne's data centers 670,000 square feet in Dallas / Carrollton has 24/7 security, is neutral carrier, and can provide up to 60 megawatts of electricity. the company provides its colocation services through 25 data centers worldwide.

Cologix roommate Company Hires New Vice President of Channel Sales

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Cologix, a roommate data center company based in Denver, announced Matt Wilson appointed as Vice President of Channel Sales of the company. Wilson is an industry channel veteran who most recently served as senior director of channel management partner with Comcast.

Matt Wilson will be responsible for building and leading a best in class channel partner program to promote strategic partnerships with companies that extend the reach of Cologix to end users.

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"My goal is to ensure that the partners' experience is simple and straightforward," said Matt Wilson.

"We are very pleased to welcome Matt to the team to lead our Cologix Channel program," said Jay Newman, Director of Sales, Cologix . "Matt has proven success in the construction and the main programs of the Channel and foster the relationships necessary to ensure success.

The platform Cologix is ​​one of the largest neutral markets of North America, where network operators and interconnection network marketers. With colocation facilities in Columbus, Dallas, Jacksonville, Minneapolis, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver Cologix offers over 350 network choices, manages thousands of interconnections and has over 750 customers using services colocation and interconnection Cologix across their network needs.

"Cologix saw the value of regional partner program initiatives and wants to gain efficiency and accelerate sales of a unique program in North America," said Matt Wilson . "My goal is to make the experience of partners is straightforward regarding the summons to a committee procedure and the result is an integrated channel model that will create a mutually beneficial relationship between the organization sales Cologix and its partner community. "

Expedient Data Centers Announces Expansion In Memphis, Tennessee

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timely data centers, a colocation service provider, cloud hosting and managed services with data center locations available across the United States hosting, will be expanding in the market of Memphis. Preparations are underway to make their latest data center ready for customers by 1 July 2015.

The new facility, located at 3180 Players Ln. Memphis, TN will be their first data center in Tennessee and the eleventh data center facility Expedient that operates in seven markets. The new facility adds to the current presence of Expedient in six US markets, with data centers in Boston, Baltimore (2), Cleveland (2), Columbus (2), Indianapolis and Pittsburgh (2).

"We are excited about serving local customers Memphis with great solutions and joining the business community," said Shawn McGorry, President of Expedient & COO . "We think the Memphis market will be an excellent complement to our existing network of interconnected data centers; it will provide an additional option for geographically diverse existing customers, as well as a local market solution for the attractive and growing business sector Memphis. "

$ 6M investment

expedient-data-centers new Memphis data center facility is located near the TPC Southwind Golf Course and the headquarters of FedEx and recently been used as an internal data center by the owners of the previous companies. data timely Centers will invest six million dollars in startup costs and improvements to the facility to meet its standards and requirements of its customers

Features of the new data center facility include .: dual commercial power feeds, two 1,250 kVA, 450 tons of cooling, four 338kVa Liebert UPS, telecommunications multi-carrier infrastructure several levels of security, and personal 24x7x365 Operations Support center (OSC). the data center will meet several certifications and industry standards, including SSAE16, SOC I, II & III compliance reporting, PCI-DSS and HIPAA.

When completed, the new data center will initially include approximately 7,500 square feet of raised floor space and a computer will be able to support the growth of the company for the coming years, with a total 35,000 square feet available in the building. Data Centers chose appropriate and will soon appoint its leader Memphis. Expedient will be hiring a full staff on-site engineers and sales members immediately, and plans to hire about twenty technology professionals over the first two years.

Green House Data launches new data center in one location Ramland Road 1547 in New York

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green House data, a retail roommate based in Cheyenne Wyoming, managed services and cloud provider accommodation, will occupy 20,000 square feet of data center and office space at 1 Ramland Road, factory 1547 in Orangeburg, New York. This data center will serve as flagship East Coast Green House Data with services including as a service offers and roommate.

The long-term agreement provides approximately 2MW power and starts the full redevelopment of the campus data center . Construction should begin immediately and include custom-designed pods to meet specific customer needs, with a power density to support cabinets 10kW. The planned launch of the Tier III designed, space simultaneously maintainable Green House Data is January 1, 2015 .

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1 Ramland Road, the data center facility in 1547 in Orangeburg, New York

"with the proximity of the area and three states focus on serving customers with high performance infrastructure needs, 1547 1 Ramland road location data center aligns with our growth model, "said Shawn Mills, president and founder of Green House data . "in addition, the location Orangeburg increases our facilities nationwide and provides the best performance for our clients and their customers, regardless of location. Finally, the incentives provided by the Rockland County IDA took the decision to locate our flagship data center on the East Coast a very easy decision. "

2300 square downtown foot data

Located on 32 acres to 1 Ramland Road in Orangeburg, New York, the 232,000 square foot data center is nearby major roads in the region and key regional data centers such as Bloomberg in Corporate Park Drive Orangetown and NYSE data center in Mahwah, New Jersey. The property is near and synchronous with Manhattan, Connecticut, and regional facilities.

fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty (1547) was formed by leaders of a national enterprise data center construction and select executives from both the financial services and data center industries.

Green House Data is a provider cloud hosting and colocation services with energy efficient, green data centers located across the United States. The company is a certified supplier VMware Service, SSAE 16 Type II and HIPAA, as well as a B-Corp and EPA Green Power Partner Certified.

Wilcon announces new fiber network connection Create Downtown Los Angeles and El Segundo

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Wilcon announces new fiber network connection Create Downtown Los Angeles and El Segundo -

Wilcon, a US West Coast supplier of fiber optic and data center infrastructure has expanded its fiber network with a new fiber optic ring connecting downtown Los Angeles and El Segundo, increasing the capacity of its Southern California infrastructure.

"Wilcon is recognized as having the densest network in the lA metropolitan area," said Reginald Scales, vice president of sales and marketing at Wilcon . "This initiative complements this strategy. in addition to a group of large data centers in El Segundo, many customers of large companies have chosen to put their headquarters there. this is a strategic move to expand our presence on the network and improve our offering to customers in this market. "

Los Angeles metro

fiber-network new ring fiber Wilcon stretches 43 miles of road and 22,000 miles of fiber, creating a diverse network of center-access city ​​of Los Angeles through Hollywood, Santa Monica and Burbank dense commercial area in El Segundo , including multiple data centers there.

accordingly, Wilcon is now connected to all major data centers in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and over 50 data centers across Southern California, enhancing its capabilities Internet and optical data throughout the region.

"for companies seeking high capacity connectivity in El Segundo, we the are everywhere in Southern California," said Rich Coyle, Vice President of Operations network Wilcon . "with this unmatched reach and diversity, we continue to distinguish ourselves in the density of network deployment and vision."

Allied Provider Network and Colocation Fiber Set to complete its US South Route

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Allied Provider Network and Colocation Fiber Set to complete its US South Route -

Allied fiber, a US provider of open access, integrated colocation, network neutral and dark fiber infrastructure, announced that construction is underway on the second segment of the Southeast of the business route from Jacksonville, FL to Atlanta, GA.

This build will link these 236 mile 154 mile length of prefilled Macon, GA in Valdosta, GA, Atlanta and Jacksonville in the north in the south and complete the entire 700 mile Miami Allied Fiber , FL to Atlanta, GA southeast Road.

be operational in mid-2015 [1945013prévue], the Jacksonville Road Atlanta will network operators of all types, including ,, national carriers, regional and metro networks submarine cable, wireless backhaul providers, municipal networks and content providers.

Network-Neutral Colocation

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The first segment of the Southeast Road Allied Fiber ready for service.

neutral colocation fully integrated network and dark fiber system , Road Southeast Allied Fiber will allow interconnection between open all types of network operators within a single long-term system, the physical layer.

"This announcement is the next step in the evolution of Allied Fiber to become the first free national access, integrated network-neutral colocation and dark fiber superstructure in the United States," said Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber . "the Jacksonville segment of our Atlanta South Road will continue the standard we have set in Florida and for all future segments of our national building where the process and benefits direct interconnection, physics will be repeated. "

business model

conception of the business model and unique network of Allied Fiber was created specifically to facilitate open access interconnection. the three main components model are new, high-count dark fiber cables, punched holes for lateral splicing and colocation facilities fully integrated network neutral.

from the 30 miles of cable between Jacksonville and Atlanta through the fiber by dedicated spaced holes punched approximately every 3,500 feet and also by Allied Fiber owned and operated facilities roommate neutral network located in Fargo, GA, Hahira, GA, Ashburn, GA, Warner Robins, GA and Barnesville, GA. These new sites, the total number of Allied Fiber colocation facilities along the South East Road until eleven.

New Jersey-based Englewood Hospital chose Iron Mountain to host its Data Center

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New Jersey-based Englewood Hospital chose Iron Mountain to host its Data Center -

Englewood Hospital Medical center and located in New Jersey, will lease data center space in the underground colocation facility in Iron Mountain located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. superior physical security, reliability and resilience of the basement of the Iron Mountain data center are critical to the Englewood Hospital during the selection process.

With the addition of electronic health record (EHR) technology, a new picture archiving and communication system (PACS) , and a vendor neutral archive , IT management at Englewood hospital acknowledged that the explosion of data growth and power density requirements created capacity problems exist inside the hospital's data centers resulting.

colocation-healthcare Furthermore, the hospital wanted to ensure that they have been prepared and can recover quickly affected by a disaster. To meet capacity constraints and Faster Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) , the IT department of the hospital decided to work with Iron Mountain to a second location of the data center.

Hospital Englewood was already familiar with Iron Mountain as an existing customer data management services, including cloud storage and offsite tape vaulting, and was convinced that the same secure and compliant processes extend into colocation services offer from the company.

Healthcare Compliance

"shortly after our implementation of PACS, we realized our onsite data center would soon be over capacity," said Ronald J. Fuschillo, director of information, Englewood Hospital Medical center and . "from the perspective of capital expenditures, the roommate was the right approach to building our own data center . But we could not compromise security or compliance. We looked for a data center off-site provider that could meet our compliance requirements and stringent disaster recovery. For the past three years we have relied on Iron Mountain with our cloud storage and offsite vaulting band needs to add their data center operations seemed a natural choice. "

colocation-pittsburgh the IT team at the Englewood hospital has created a additional disaster recovery site using the Iron Mountain colocation facilities to deploy an active / active solution and improve the daily performance of hospital, while reducing inefficiencies. the solution eliminates bandwidth contention by providing hospital staff access to applications to the website of the hospital's data center and remote access to clinical second site data center colocation facility Iron Mountain.

in addition, the system allows for failover if a site becomes unusable due to a disaster. Englewood Hospital also uses total network services Iron Mountain for high quality connectivity solution and improving the efficiency of its data center.

Digital Realty Appoints Bill Stein as CEO

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digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a global provider of data center and colocation solutions, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Bill Stein as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the board of directors, effective immediately.

"I am pleased to announce that, after a process of thorough research and deliberation, the Board unanimously selected the Stein bill as the next general manager Digital Realty" said President Dennis Singleton Digital Realty on behalf of the digital Realty Board . "The bill meets all the criteria that we examined in a new CEO, bringing a deep understanding of data centers, real estate and the broader technology landscape based on his 30 years of finance, investment and operational experience. "

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Bill Stein

M .. Stein was the department head of the interim director since March 2014 and served as Chief Financial Officer the company since July 04 and its Chief Investment Officer from 04 to April 2014.

"I am honored to be appointed CEO of Digital Realty," said Bill Stein . "We will continue to focus on growing our portfolio with the highest quality properties while killing underperforming assets, and we will strive to improve operational efficiency and strategy to expand our global footprint. As CEO, I look forward to continuing to execute on our strategic priorities, sharpen our focus on customer service and cementing the reputation of Digital Realty as the industry leader in data center solutions. "

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the appointment of Mr. Stein follows a comprehensive search process conducted by a special committee of the board in collaboration with Spencer Stuart , a leading executive search firm. Mr. Stein will continue to serve as CFO while the data center solutions provider and colocation seeks a permanent successor.

"As interim CEO, Bill has created an impressive dynamic within the company and made great progress in building digital Realty's operational and financial performance," added Dennis Singleton . "His leadership abilities are clearly demonstrated by improved investment returns since taking the helm as interim CEO in March 2014. The bill has a clear strategic vision for the future the company extensive experience of sound financial management and a big picture understanding of the future of our industry. "

Newcomer Data Center Market, Keystone NAP, to open the first factory in Q1 2015

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Keystone NAP, a company backed by leading investors Philadelphia with additional investors organized by DH Capital, announced the launch of its first-class data center in the Northeastern United States region. Keystone NAP will open the doors on his Bucks County, Pennsylvania data center facilities in early 2015.

Keystone NAP claims to have a go-to-market strategy targeting robust business customers with performance requirements and exacting high-capacity applications, web infrastructure needs to scale. The data center company has already formed strategic partnerships with Comcast and Synesys network providers.

Located on the site of a former steel mill, advanced installation Keystone NAP data center is willing to facilitate a range of customer needs by deploying specific customer Keyblocks of on an ad hoc basis.

Founded by a veteran team of IT managers , the Executive Leadership Keystone NAP includes CEO Peter Ritz, President John Parker, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Shawn Carey and vice president of product Phil Lanctot.

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"Positioned on the Mid-Atlantic market, we offer exceptional power durability and complete combined connectivity network services and performance support advanced applications, "said Peter Ritz, founder and CEO of Keystone NAP ." with the help of our investors, we are ideally positioned to meet exploding demand data center in the region and provide powerful presence in the North that many companies based information required. Not only do we have the resources and expertise to serve large companies today, but we also have a massive capacity expansion that will enable our customers to respond to both planned and unplanned requirements in the future. "

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its secure website in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Keystone NAP and Schneider Electric have jointly developed a unique system of private, modular and stackable vaults data centers called Keyblocks.

With the networks built directly on the NAP Keystone site Sunesys and Comcast offer dedicated bandwidth to customers Keystone NAP by two independent power supplies enter the installation from opposite sides of campus. With Sunesys, customers also have access to redundant roads dark fiber in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Northern Virginia and Chicago diverse carrier and neutral. These fibers roads provide on-net cross-connects to the main peering points, allowing further access to networks managed by Zayo, Cogent, Level 3, AT & T, Verizon and many others.

From its secure website in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Keystone NAP and Schneider Electric have jointly developed a unique system of private, modular and stackable data center vaults called Keyblocks. Each KeyBlock can be custom configured to meet the redundancy desired mechanical and electrical infrastructure of the clients, and to provide uninterruptable power profile ranging from 100kW to 400kW all the way.

For more security, the site Keystone NAP is protected by a closed campus access, card access to the building, monitoring video camera, and armed security personnel.

Roommate Equinix Completes $ 1.5 Billion Credit Facility

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Roommate Equinix Completes $ 1.5 Billion Credit Facility -

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), colocation, connectivity and interconnectivity global provider, announced the closing of its $ 1.5 billion over five years installing senior secured credit with a syndicate of eleven financial institutions.

The senior credit facility consists of a revolving credit facility of $ 1.0 billion secured credit first rank and multi-currency term loan facility amortization 500, 0 guaranteed senior $ millions. Equinix has borrowed the full amount of the term loan facility of $ 500.0 million at closing.

Potential Acquisitions

Part of the proceeds of the term loan facility of $ 500.0 million was used by Equinix to refinance existing debt (including debt under former $ 750.0 million secured senior credit facility Equinix, which has been discontinued and replaced with the new credit facility guaranteed $ 1.5 billion of senior) and pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the closing of the senior credit facility.

data-centers-equinix on global colocation provider intends to use the proceeds of the remaining term loan facility and proceeds from borrowings under the revolving credit facility for general corporate purposes, which may include potential acquisitions and strategic transactions.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Securities LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC acted as lead arrangers seal and book runners, JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA and TD Securities (USA) LLC acted as agents co -syndication, and Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, NA, Royal Bank of Canada and ING Bank NV, Singapore Branch, acted as co-documentation agents for ease senior credit. Bank of America, NA is the administrative agent for the senior credit facility.

"We are pleased with the success of the senior credit facility, increasing our liquidity position and enhances our ability to invest in our growth opportunities," said Keith Taylor CFO of Equinix . "We had high caliber financial institutions subscribing to this operation and the high demand and recognition of our credit is a testament to the operating performance and credit Equinix constant force."

Agreement IBM SoftLayer

at the same time, Equinix has announced an agreement with IBM SoftLayer to provide businesses with direct access to the entire cloud services portfolio SoftLayer cloud hosting via Exchange Equinix in new world markets spanning the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Equinix also announced Cloud Exchange upgrades, including API functionality which would make it easier for service providers to use a single interface for the exchange cloud, resulting in scalable connectivity , private and secure their cloud services provisioning with near real-time accommodation.

Colocation Platform Cologix now available through Arrow Cloud Marketplace Arrowsphere

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Colocation Platform Cologix now available through Arrow Cloud Marketplace Arrowsphere -

Cologix, an interconnect business and colocation north American neutral network, a concluded a distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics. Channel Partner Program and expands the full Cologix colocation services category portfolio and interconnection available in eight unique markets in the United States and Canada.

The Cologix solutions are available through Arrow ArrowSphere cloud market. With Channel Partner Program Cologix solutions Arrow suppliers would be able to offer a scalable interconnection and secure colocation, reliable from one of the largest neutral markets of North America, where network operators and interconnection network marketers.

Cologix data centers, located in Columbus, Dallas, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Minneapolis, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, provide access to 350 unique network of choice . The company serves over 850 carrier, managed services, cloud, media, content, financial services and enterprise customers. class solutions providers benefit local commercial resources in each market, marketing support, and a process of recording transactions and single commission.

ArrowSphere Cloud Platform

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platform ArrowSphere simplifies management of multiple cloud solutions and enables solution providers by automating provisioning and billing of cloud hosting services. The platform provides different paths of engagement for solution providers, resellers clouds and cloud builders.

resale solution providers hosting cloud services can choose between Arrow-managed provider of managed solutions, e-commerce experience by managed by the client and connect through their existing storefront. MSP can use ArrowSphere to build cloud solutions by integrating their own services with Arrow cloud services and cloud hosting products manufacturer.

"data center colocation and interconnection Cologix are strategically placed in key US and Canadian markets and strengthens our position as a leader in the cloud service aggregation for the intermediate channel and company, "said Dee Dee Lear, vice president of cloud and business development for IT solutions to north American company business Arrow . "Our solution provider partners and managed service providers can now build public IT solutions, private and hybrid for their customers and expand their services platforms in the major cities."

Equinix Achieved with Global Compliance successful SSAE 16 / SOC 1 Type 2 ISAE3402

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Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), an international interconnection and colocation, reached SSAE 16 / SOC 1 Type 2 ISAE3402 compliance globally, covering 51 data center in the Americas, 23 data centers in EMEA and 16 data centers in the APAC region. In addition, North America received SOC 2 Type 2 compliance covering 48 operational data centers.

This is the first time Equinix has reached SOC 1 Type 2 globally and SOC 2 Type 2 in North America.

global-colocation-equinix SOC 1 Type 2 - allows users to provide information to the auditor of the financial statements of a user entity controls at a service organization that can be relevant to the internal control of the user entity's financial reporting. It allows the listener user to perform risk assessment procedures

SOC 2 Type 2 -. is an internal control report the risks associated with service organizations, including detailed testing of controls. It allows the user to manage an organization of services, user entities and other parties specified with information and advice from a CPA on controls in the organization of services which may affect security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality or privacy of user entities.

"These examinations demonstrate that we have the appropriate controls in place to mitigate the risk of security and availability," said Sam Kapoor, global operations director, Equinix. "It demonstrates that Equinix delivers the highest levels of safety and environmental controls, and that organizations worldwide can rely on Equinix to protect their sensitive information."