Aspen Communications Constructs New Datacenter for Virtbiz.com Internet.DALLAS -- Virtbiz.com, one of Dallas' oldest privately-held Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , has moved their core network from Bedford into the AspenTX.com data center in the Bank of America Plaza There are several buildings in the United States called Bank of America Plaza:
"The move is a tremendous upgrade for us," says Virtbiz President Chris Gebhardt. "We've grown a lot in the past couple of years, and now we have a facility that's ready to grow with us." The new data center is in one of the premier facilities in North Texas with the amenities of a class A building. Features of the building include diesel generators and transfer switches for an uninterruptible power supply See UPS. (hardware) Uninterruptible Power Supply - (UPS) A battery powered power supply unit that is guaranteed to provide power to a computer in the event of interruptions in the incoming mains electrical power. , 24x7 security, multiple fiber entries into both ends at the base of the building and multiple wireless links from the roof for unsurpassed redundancy. "Aspen Communications has built an amazing facility," says Gebhardt. "By leveraging their investment and expertise, we are able to provide our customer base with infrastructure that would be cost-prohibitive if we had to start from scratch to start (again) from the very beginning; also, to start without resources. - Thackeray. See also: Scratch ." The data facility Virtbiz.com has moved into includes redundant environmental controls, empty pipe fire suppression, raised floors and a 1000 Mbps Internet connection. It is a mission critical data facility and boasts 99.999% up time. "They literally have up to 45 times the bandwidth capacity they had before," says Aspen Communications Vice President Kam Ghassemieh. "They went from DS3 connections to a diverse Gigabit ethernet fiber sonnet with wireless redundancy. That's a serious upgrade." Virtbiz.com is one of the few ISP's in the Metroplex to have survived the dot-com bubble burst of 2001. "It's all about our customers," explains Gebhardt. "We're a small company, so we have a vested interest Vested Interest A financial or personal stake one entity has in an asset, security, or transaction. Notes: For example, if you have a mortgage, your bank has a vested interest on the sale of your house. See also: Right in making sure our customers are happy. When our customers are happy, they tell their friends and business associates." Gebhardt estimates that more than half of new business is through word-of-mouth referrals from existing customers. Virtbiz.com was founded in 1996 with a single server and has since grown to host over 65,000 domains. The company's primary focus remains web-hosting, but its product portfolio has grown to include website design, e-commerce, dial-up and high-speed Internet services. Virtbiz.com's client-list includes the #1-rated Russ Martin Show  Some statements may be disputed, incorrect, , biased or otherwise objectionable. Aspen Communications is a Dallas-based co-location, managed services and Internet access provider See ISP. (networking, company) Internet Access Provider - (IAP) A company or other origanisation which provides access to the Internet to businesses and/or consumers. . |
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