Atlantic Metro Communications Expands Its Network and Managed Colocation Services with Switch and Data in North Bergen, NJ and New York.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Switch and Data (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SDXC SDXC Synchronous Digital Crossconnect ), a leading provider of network neutral data center and Internet exchange See IXP and NAP. services announced today that Atlantic Metro Communications, a recognized SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. 70 managed Internet service provider 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. offering managed colocation, IP transit, nationwide transport and New York metro For the region, see . Metro New York is a free daily newspaper in New York City started in 2004. Its main competition is AM New York, with which it practices many of the same distribution and marketing strategies. area dark fiber solutions has expanded its network Points of Presence (PoPs) at Switch and Data's sites in North Bergen, NJ and New York 111 8th Avenue. This expansion lets Atlantic Metro provide additional and enhanced managed colocation, managed Internet service, metro transport, IP Bandwidth, WiMAX, managed hosting and voice solutions for its web hosting, enterprise, and carrier customers. Atlantic Metro Communications will utilize Switch and Data's PAIX PAIX Palo Alto Internet Exchange (Palo Alto, CA peering facility) ([R]) Internet exchange to enhance Internet connectivity for its customers. Using the PAIX([R]) exchange to peer its traffic directly between content and end-user broadband networks will increase redundancy, improve performance and reduce latency on Atlantic Metro's network. Atlantic Metro offers customers quality IP Transit and low-latency Ethernet Transport with a 100 percent uptime, service-level agreement. "Switch and Data's facility provides us with a secure, state-of-the-art facility," states Stephen Klenert, 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 Atlantic Metro Communications, "where we can confidently host our customers' infrastructure. The site offers the ideal mix of flexible floor space and power density that is required by Atlantic Metro to ensure our customers' managed infrastructure is cost-effective, flexible and secure." Atlantic Metro's services, including IP transit, Ethernet transport, managed colocation and managed services, are now available in Switch and Data's New Jersey site located at 5851 Westside Avenue in North Bergen. Atlantic Metro's network services are now also available in Switch and Data's 111 8th Avenue site in Manhattan. "We are pleased that Atlantic Metro has chosen our North Bergen and 111 8th Avenue sites as efficient and cost effective places to offer its network services and house its customers' managed infrastructure deployments," said Ernie Sampera, Chief Marketing Officer for Switch and Data. "The high network densities in these sites make them a logical place for service providers to exchange traffic and reach new customers." Switch and Data's North Bergen site has been built to the company's high-performance data center standard and can supply more than 200 watts per square foot of power and cooling capacity. At full completion, the site will be supplied with more than 20 Megawatts of power with full N+1 redundancy for its UPS, generator and cooling infrastructure. Switch and Data has interconnected its North Bergen site to its existing 111 8th Avenue and 60 Hudson Street sites in New York, providing access to more than 300 networks and making it one of the most densely interconnected data centers in North America. About Atlantic Metro Communications Since 2002, Atlantic Metro Communications has operated state-of-the-art Internet Data Centers and networks throughout the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. and Chicago. The company also provides managed Internet Service Provider (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ) solutions, colocation, metro transport, IP bandwidth, managed hosting and voice solutions. Atlantic Metro Communications provides services to many ISPs, web hosting solution providers, enterprise financial networks, Web 2.0 startups, VoIP suppliers, and carriers. Currently, Atlantic Metro Communication's global network includes multiple PoPs in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Toronto, Canada and London, UK. For more information on Atlantic Metro Communications, please visit www.atlanticmetro.net. About Switch and Data Switch and Data is a premier provider of network-neutral data centers that house, power and interconnect the Internet. Leading content companies, enterprises and communications service providers rely on Switch and Data to connect to customers and exchange Internet traffic. Switch and Data has built a reputation for world-class service, delivered across the broadest colocation footprint and richest network of interconnections in North America. Switch and Data operates 34 sites in the U.S. and Canada, provides one of the highest customer satisfaction scores for technical and engineering support in the industry, and is home to PAIX([R]) -- the world's first commercial Internet exchange (networking, body) Commercial Internet eXchange - (CIX) The CIX is a non-profit, 501(c)6, trade association coordinating Internet services. Its member organisations provide TCP/IP or OSI data internetwork services to the general public. . For more information on Switch and Data, please visit www.switchanddata.com. |
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