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Broward Community College to House Critical Infrastructure at Terremark's NAP of the Americas.


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) a leading operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions for government and private sectors, today announced that Broward Community College This article or section is written like an .
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 has signed a contract for colocation services at the NAP of the Americas facility. Broward Community College joins Miami-Dade College and other educational institutions which house their critical infrastructure at the NAP of the Americas.

Terremark will provide Broward Community College with secure and redundant Internet access See how to access the Internet. , colocation space and power. This colocation space will serve as the foundation for the college's internet and disaster recovery platforms. For Phase I of the implementation, the College will house an automated tape library system, student and employee email, and a pair of servers running virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used.

Hardware Virtualization
Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer.
 software to support several production server applications. In addition, the college will explore diverse fiber connections into the NAP on an optical network to provide highly resilient connectivity onto the college's fiber optic network and to their primary datacenter.

The college was easily able to obtain Terremark's services as a result of Terremark's existing contract with Miami-Dade County, which allows Florida's public schools, counties and cities to purchase services under the Miami-Dade sole source contract vehicle in a cost-effective manner.

"Broward Community College continues to experience enormous growth in the use of Internet resources by its students, professors, internal departments and the community. It has become mission-critical to have sufficient capacity and the most reliable and secure colocation facility available," said Frank Sandmaier, Associate Vice President, Technology Infrastructure for Broward Community College. "In the event of an emergency, such as hurricanes, it is our responsibility to house our mission-critical infrastructure in a secure, reliable and accessible facility like the NAP. Moving a portion of our datacenter to the NAP will enhance our ability to serve our end-users and is a prudent and cost-effective decision."

Broward Community College is a public State university, founded in 1960. From this beginning, the college has experienced solid growth in facilities, number of students, and quality of programs while serving the citizens of Broward County. Currently, Broward Community College has three campuses, and three academic centers which serve more than 50,000 students annually.

"By deploying at the NAP, Broward Community College will have direct access to the Florida Lambda Rail Consortium and Internet2's research and education networks," said Manuel D. Medina, Chairman and 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 Terremark Worldwide, Inc. "The NAP has become the facility of choice for educational entities such as the University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University.

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, Miami-Dade College, the Collier County School District and others, who entrust their mission-critical infrastructure to us for a more secure, reliable and cost-effective solution."

About Terremark Worldwide, Inc.

Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW) is a leading operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions for government and private sectors. Terremark delivers its portfolio of services from seven locations in the U.S., Europe and Latin America and from four service aggregation and distribution locations, which aggregate network traffic and distribute network-based services in Europe and Asia to meet specific customer needs. Terremark's flagship facility, the NAP of the Americas, is the model for the carrier-neutral Internet exchanges the company has in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California.  (NAP of the Americas/West), in Sao Paulo, Brazil (NAP do Brasil) and in Madrid, Spain (NAP de las Americas - Madrid). The carrier-neutral NAP of the Americas is a state-of-the-art facility that provides exchange point, colocation and managed services. Terremark is headquartered at 2601 S. Bayshore Drive, 9th Floor, Miami, Florida USA, (305) 856-3200. More information about Terremark Worldwide can be found at www.terremark.com.

Statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Terremark's actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements due to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, as discussed in Terremark's filings with the SEC. These factors include, without limitation, Terremark's ability to obtain funding for its business plans, uncertainty in the demand for Terremark's services or products and Terremark's ability to manage its growth. Terremark does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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