Asia Global Crossing, GlobalCenter Japan, and NTT Data Corporation Announce Data Center Operations Agreement.Business Editors HAMILTON, Bermuda and TOKYO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- June 6, 2000 Global Crossing (Nasdaq:GBLX GBLX Global Crossing Ltd. (stock symbol) ): -- Agreement is intended to leverage each company's assets and expertise to address growing data center market in Japan. -- Companies will develop and operate a Technology Park within the NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Data Otemachi Building Data Center. -- GlobalCenter Japan and NTT Data will develop and provide complex web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , systems integration, Internet-based solutions, and other applications for Technology Park tenants. -- Under the agreement, Asia Global Crossing will extend its fiber optic network to the Technology Park to provide Technology Park tenants a direct connection to the worldwide Global Crossing Network. Asia Global Crossing, GlobalCenter Japan, and NTT Data Corporation announced today an Internet data center operations agreement to develop and operate a Technology Park within the NTT Data Building in Otemachi, Tokyo that is intended to give data center customers more comprehensive service and connectivity options. The Technology Park will capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. each company's assets and expertise to better address the growing data center market in Japan by offering more comprehensive services than each company offers separately. NTT Data will contribute its experience as an application service provider (ASP), its ASP platform, and its Web System Integrator (Web SI). GlobalCenter Japan will contribute its data center development and complex web hosting service A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing expertise. Asia Global Crossing will extend its fiber optic network to the Technology Park to provide direct connection to more than 200 major business centers worldwide via the Global Crossing Network. The Technology Park is now under construction and is expected to be operational by October. The agreement may eventually extend to future NTT Data facilities. "Japan is experiencing rapid growth in the data center market," said John Legere, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Asia Global Crossing. "In the Technology Park, by combining the data center expertise of GlobalCenter Japan, the fiber optic network and IP platform of Asia Global Crossing, and the systems integration and Internet-based solutions of NTT Data, data center customers will be provided with a high-quality, competitive service." GlobalCenter Japan has been providing data center service since April 2000. As part of the GlobalCenter international network, the new data center will adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. GlobalCenter technical specifications, ensuring global consistency of quality and service. About NTT Data As Japan's largest systems integrator, NTT Data is engaged in constructing systems in a wide array of sectors. These operations range from large-scale projects in the financial and public administrative sectors, including government entities, to diverse corporate networks. The company's activities encompass all stages of system creation, from the proposal of system strategy to planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance, and the company offers the best solutions backed by outstanding quality and reliability. NTT Data believes that the technological assets and intellectual property it has cultivated in these activities will form the nucleus of the new information network society being created as the company moves into the 21st century. About GlobalCenter Japan GlobalCenter Japan is a joint venture between Asia Global Crossing and the Internet Research This article is about using the Internet for research; for the field of research about the Internet, see Internet studies. Internet research is the practice of using the Internet, especially the World Wide Web, for research. Institute, Inc. (IRI Iri (ē`rē`), former city, North Jeolla (Cholla) prov., SW South Korea. An agricultural center and transportation hub, it was absorbed into Iksan. ). GlobalCenter Japan develops, designs, and constructs data centers in Japan, providing connectivity to the world through the Global Crossing Network. GlobalCenter Japan will also develop and provide complex web hosting services, e-commerce support, and applications hosting solutions. About Asia Global Crossing Asia Global Crossing is a joint venture among Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GBLX), Softbank (Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo Stock Exchange Main stock market of Japan, located in Tokyo. It opened in 1878 to provide a market for the trading of government bonds newly issued to former samurai. : 9984), and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) created to provide the Asia Pacific region with a full range of integrated telecommunications and IP services. Through a combination of undersea cables, terrestrial networks, city fiber rings and complex web hosting data centers, Asia Global Crossing is building the first truly pan-Asian network that will provide the Asia Pacific region with unprecedented access to a broadband, seamless global network. Advanced IP-based telecommunications services include state-of-the-art telehouses, complex web hosting, and electronic commerce, as well as low-cost, high-quality telephony in competition with local incumbent carriers. Assets of Asia Global Crossing include a 64.5 percent share of Pacific Crossing-1, a subsea Subsea is a general term frequently used to refer to equipment, technology, and methods employed to explore, drill, and develop oil and gas fields that exist below the ocean floors. This may be in "shallow" or "deepwater". system connecting the US and Japan, and ownership of East Asia East Asia A region of Asia coextensive with the Far East. East Asian adj. & n. Crossing, an approximately 19,000-km fiber optic subsea system that upon completion will link Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and China, as regulations permit. About Global Crossing Global Crossing Ltd. (Nasdaq: GBLX) is building and offering services over the world's most extensive global IP-based fiber optic network, which will have more than 101,000 route miles The number of miles that are spanned by a telecommunications network. It does not include combined wire mileage due to multiple wires or fibers within a single cable or by overlapping segments, just the total geographic distance between cities or other terminal points. , serving five continents, 27 countries and more than 200 major cities. Global Crossing's subsidiary, GlobalCenter Inc., is a leading Internet service business, and its customers include many of the largest and most densely trafficked sites on the Web. Asia Global Crossing, a joint venture among Global Crossing, Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT), and Softbank Corp. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 9984), is building the first pan-Asian broadband IP network to provide broadband and Internet services to the Asia-Pacific region. Global Crossing's operations are headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, with principal offices in Los Angeles, California; London, England; Morristown, New Jersey Morristown is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 18,544. Its estimated population in 2004 was 18,842. It is the county seat of Morris CountyGR6. ; Rochester, New York This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. For the town in Ulster County, see Rochester, Ulster County, New York. Rochester, once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City or ; and Miami, Florida. Visit Global Crossing at www.globalcrossing.com on the Web. Statements made in this press release that state the Company's or management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include: the ability to complete systems within currently estimated time frames and budgets; the ability to compete effectively in a rapidly evolving and price competitive marketplace; changes in the nature of telecommunications regulation in the United States, Asia, and other countries and regions; changes in business strategy; the successful integration of newly-acquired businesses; and the impact of technological change. Note to Editors: For general information, visit Global Crossing at www.globalcrossing.com on the World Wide Web. |
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