ColoServe Enhances Infrastructure with State-of-the-Art CAT6 Wiring.Customers Can Now Request 10 Gbps Connectivity to Cabinets or Dedicated Servers SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- ColoServe, a leading San Francisco colocation See co-location. and managed service provider, today announced it has enhanced its infrastructure by upgrading its facility to CAT6 cabling. The upgrade is part of a major capital project to install a new main distribution frame (MDF (1) (Main Distribution Frame) A wiring rack that connects outside lines with internal lines. It is used to connect public or private lines coming into the building to internal networks. ), rewiring ColoServe's entire San Francisco data center. The upgrade enables ColoServe's San Francisco colocation customers to connect directly to the dedicated servers offered by ServePath, its parent company, and request up to 10 gigabytes per second (Gbps) Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the connectivity without having to buy or install specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. equipment. "ColoServe is a forward-thinking company, which is why we made the decision to upgrade to CAT6," said John Keagy, president, ColoServe. "CAT6 supports communications at more than twice the speed of CAT5e, which is a huge advantage to our customers." ColoServe's data center now features state-of-the-art CAT6-enhanced cabling infrastructure designed to support the next generation of intensive Internet applications such as IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. and allow up to 10 gigabytes per second hand-offs to a cabinet or cage. The facility is further optimized for modern Internet server infrastructure requirements with ample power and cooling to ensure 24/7/365 operation for customers with mission-critical uptime requirements. "No other provider can offer customers both colocation services and dedicated servers in one facility," Keagy continued. "This is a huge advantage to customers because it allows us to quickly configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. and deploy, sometimes in a day or two, solutions that might take other providers months to prepare. And with the superior performance of CAT6, our customers can be assured of receiving the highest possible speed available for their applications." ColoServe plans to roll out additional enhancements in coming months, expanding its CAT6/MDF wiring throughout the entire facility. ColoServe's colocation services are immediately available. For more information, please contact ColoServe at www.ColoServe.com, or call 1-800-979-COLO. About ColoServe ColoServe is a leading San Francisco colocation and managed service provider. It is a division of ServePath, which provides dedicated server hosting solutions to thousands of customers worldwide. The company was founded in January January: see month. 2001 and has offices and its data center facility in San Francisco. For more information on ColoServe, please visit http://www.ColoServe.com. Copyright 2006 ColoServe. All rights reserved. Any trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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