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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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Expedient Data Centers Announces Expansion In Memphis, Tennessee -

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 Appoints Bill Stein as CEO -

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.

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