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Abovenet Extends Metro Ethernet Network to Telx in Dallas



Key Highlights:
• Adds a point of presence (PoP) to the AboveNet metro Ethernet network in the Dallas area and connects to the AboveNet eXpressWaveTM long-haul national network
• Provides Telx customers colocated in the company’s 8435 Stemmons Freeway facility with Ethernet connectivity at speeds of up to 10 Gigabits

NEW YORK and DALLAS (May 5, 2009) – Telx, one of the largest domestic interconnection and colocation data center operators, was recently selected by AboveNet, a leading high-bandwidth connectivity solutions provider, to house a new point of presence, or PoP, in Dallas. AboveNet will expand its metro Ethernet network to Telx’s facility at 8435 Stemmons Freeway in Dallas, allowing customers to link to AboveNet’s metro Ethernet network throughout Texas. The addition of this PoP will also provide customers with connectivity to AboveNet’s long-haul network so that customers can link to other corporate locations.

“Connectivity choice is a major hallmark on which we’ve built the Telx business,” said Tesh Durvasula, CMO for Telx. “Adding bandwidth and a network PoP from AboveNet into our Dallas facility not only increases the choice customers have in the networks that they can interconnect with, but also the number of different facilities that they can distribute applications, services or content to. Our relationship with AboveNet underscores the Telx commitment to offering the most interconnection choices, the fastest network speeds and the easiest implementation process in the colocation market today.”

8435 Stemmons is an excellent facility for disaster recovery applications. The addition of the AboveNet node into this facility offers customers a low latency, reliable network that connects locations from the eastern seaboard to the southern United States. AboveNet’s network provides greater distribution and business continuity options for customers colocated in other regions.

“Carrier-neutral data centers are a crucial part of the IT infrastructure. These facilities are among the best for enterprises in any industry to get the high-bandwidth connectivity and flexible interconnections they need to compete in the global marketplace,” said John Deering, Director of Sales, Texas Region at AboveNet. “By extending our relationship with Telx to its facility in Dallas, we are offering our customers the ability to expand their own networks with high-bandwidth solutions and a wide variety of interconnections that can help drive business opportunities.”

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About Telx
Telx is a world-class leader in providing interconnectivity solutions through their network-neutral and network rich, colocation facilities. With over a dozen facilities in North America, Telx offers cost effective networking solutions for customers to seamlessly access diverse global networks and exchange information in a secure and reliable environment. Over 600 leading telecommunications carriers, ISPs, content providers and enterprises rely on Telx’s world-class team to support their mission-critical global infrastructure needs and to create a global connectivity marketplace to dramatically expand their business growth opportunities. Telx is a privately held company headquartered in New York City with facilities in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Miami, Phoenix, Charlotte, and Clifton and Weehawken, NJ. For more information about Telx, visit www.telx.com.

About AboveNet
AboveNet Communications, Inc. provides high bandwidth connectivity solutions for business and carriers. Its private, fiber optic network delivers key network and IP services in and among 15 top U.S. metro markets and London. AboveNet's network is widely used in demanding markets such as financial services, media, health care, retail and government.

Contact: Karyn Price
Bailiwick Company for Telx
+1 609 397 4880 ext. 204
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The Technology of Cutting the Grass – Super High Tech and Back to Basics

Two recent articles about lawn mowing caught my eye. And they couldn’t be more different.

The High Tech. A recent post on cnet News, talks about a creation by scientists at the University of Southern Denmark. They have found a way to control a lawnmower with a Wii remote (Wii Mower takes the Yawn out of Lawn Mowing, in a Cnet article. First we had the push mower, then the motor powered mower, the self-propelled mower, the riding mower…and now all you need to do is point the Wii remote in the right direction. All I have to say is…don’t tell my son. It’s hard enough to get him to mow the lawn. Now he’ll insist on the latest invention, mowing with just one hand, leaving his other free to do some texting (Ugghh).

The Back to Basics. Google has replaced their lawn maintenance crew with goats (yes goats). 200 or so goats now roam the Google grounds, trimming the landscape while enjoying a free lunch. The cost of the goats is apparently about the same as employing lawn-mowing workers, but Google is citing green reasons for the change. But what about the engine exhaust discharged by the vehicles transporting the animals or the other “gases” that will be emitted by the goats during their stay?

There’s been a whirlwind of responses to the goats (good and bad), including this response from PETA assistant marketing manager Amy Cook, posted in a Tech Crunch article:
“PETA has no problem with letting goats do what goats want to do (e.g., look cute and eat weeds), but we do have concerns about how the goats may be transported, whether they are provided with access to shelter during storms and shade as well as water during hot weather, where they are housed when they aren’t “working,” what kind of veterinary care they receive, and what becomes of old and/or excess goats. PETA has found over and over that whenever animals are used by a business to make money, corners are cut and animals often suffer as a result. And that really gets our goat, if you’ll pardon the pun.”
I say “Good for you Google!” We need more creative thinking like this. By the way, Yahoo has also employed goats to maintain their grounds.

I guess there’s always more than one way to skin a cat (or mow the lawn!)

Erika Moskal

Erika Moskal

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Cloud Computing Services to Grow to $42 Billion by 2012



Cloud computing services are projected to hit $42 Billion by 2012. It is certainly the hottest buzz word since SAAS.  Some even consider SAAS to be Cloud Computing.
It seems there is a land grab for the cloud computing market.
According to Information Week, in three separate announcements, software vendors SAS Institute, NetSuite, and Salesforce (NYSE: CRM).com show they have deepened their commitments to cloud computing.
SAS Institute announced Thursday plans to build a $70 million, 38,000-square-foot cloud computing facility to support expansion of its OnDemand software-as-a-service offerings.
The OnDemand model is what is so attractive for many cloud computing consumers.  In a colocation environment there will be committed and unused bandwidth, power, space and server capacity.  In the cloud model, the customer only pays for what they use.  Currently the household names in the cloud space are Terremark, 3Tera and Amazon, and a few others.
It seems SAS Institute will really attempt to challenge Terremark, 3Tera and Amazon in the cloud space.  To build out a 38,000 foot server farm inside a data center is no small task.  It also leads to believe they are either going to have a very strong sales and marketing campaign or they already have some of it pre-sold.
Before the cloud concept there was no possible way anyone would attempt to build this data center unless either near a major internet hub or they may have taken over a distressed asset.
Cloud computing has really flattened out the server market where companies in the tier 2 markets or buildings can compete along side the major metropolitan areas and or carrier neutral data centers.
The companies that do well in the cloud market will have the infrastructure and revenue stream in place.  Amazon made the most of their infrastructure when they formed the EC2.  Salesforce is another great example of a company building to the need when they complimented their hosted CRM software with a true cloud computing offering.
As the economy forces companies to become more creative cloud computing will grow.  The Apache Website posted in October 2008 stating, over the next five years, IDC expects spending on IT cloud services to grow almost threefold, reaching $42 billion by 2012 and accounting for 9% of revenues in five key market segments. More important, spending on cloud computing will accelerate throughout the forecast period, capturing 25% of IT spending growth in 2012 and nearly a third of growth the following year.
As companies look to add revenues they will also look to become more efficient.  From the service provider side, they will try to look at where they have already sunk costs and maximize them.  From the customer side they will try to pay as little as possible only for what they need.
Either way it means the virtual land grab for tech customers is predicted to keep growing by leaps and bounds, so get it while it's hot.
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