Coast to Coast Power Sports Moves into Aspen Communication's Fort Worth Data Center.FORT WORTH, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. -- Coast to Coast Power Sports has moved their database and servers into Aspen Communication's data center located in Fort Worth's only telecom hotel. CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center , who operates nine motorcycle dealerships across the country, is one of the most technologically advanced dealerships in America relying on the Internet for marketing as well as inventory control. "By sharing the parts inventory Noun 1. parts inventory - an inventory of replacement parts inventory, stock list - a detailed list of all the items in stock online across nine dealerships, we're able to cut down on costs as well as speed up service," says Trey Schmoker, President of Dealership Technology Solutions who is the company that implemented the network. "Those savings can then be passed along to the guy buying the bike," adds Schmoker. In addition, CTC has their entire inventory of bikes, Sea-Doos, ATV's and accessories online and available through their website at www.coasttocoastpowersports.com The move was necessary because the dealerships found that when the servers were not available it translated directly into lost sales. So CTC decided to put the servers in a data center that boastes zero down time. Features of the facility include a TXU TXU Texas Utilities (Electric and Gas Company) TXU Transmitter Unit power substation in the parking garage and three diverse fiber entry points into the building to minimize the chance of a fiber cut. The data center has redundant 15 ton air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. systems, zone specific dry pipe fire suppression, room UPS and an independent back up generator in addition to redundant core network equipment. Another reason Schmoker selected Fort Worth to host the servers is because of the city's geographic location and its distance from natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes. Coast to Coast Power Sports (http://www.coasttocoastpowersports.com) sells sports bikes, Sea-Doos and ATV's in Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. Based in Dallas, TX, privately held Aspen Communications (http://www.aspenTX.com) offers Internet access See how to access the Internet. , network, managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality and co-location for businesses. |
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