Cushman & Wakefield inks alliance with AFS.Cushman & Wakefield and American Fiber Systems (AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System ), a national provider of dark-fiber-optic metropolitan communications networks The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. , have announced a unique strategic alliance that will establish a new standard for the telecommunications industry. Through the strategic alliance, Cushman & Wakefield will negotiate arrangements that allow for the interconnection of AFS's dark fiber (fiber-optic cable without electronics equipment attached) with the equipment of other telecommunications companies See telecom company. . In addition, Cushman & Wakefield will negotiate agreements for telecom hotels and switching center A switching center is a node in a telecommunications Circuit switching network which is connected to either another switching center and/or to end user devices. Switching centers are aware of other centers and possible routes between them such that on demand a center can establish leases, as well as agreements that will allow AFS to access a customer's building to facilitate high-speed broadband data transmission. Cushman & Wakefield executive vice president Q.B. (Barney) Upton III said, "We're excited about providing this type of service to the telecommunications industry. This is a truly unique alliance that will become an outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. model." Voice traffic is no longer the dominant aspect of the telecommunications industry. New media communication: data, video, Internet, e-mail, and graphics require broadband communication over fiber optic cables Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power and have passed voice communication in usage. American Fiber Systems vice president of operations and engineering David M. Baxter said speed to market is critical in the telecommunications business and Cushman & Wakefield "enables AFS to efficiently deploy our dark-fiber networks in mid-size American cities." Mac McReynolds, account director of Cushman & Wakefield for the AFS business, a 20-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, said C&W is utilizing its technological advantages for AFS by using the Business Integration Group's (BIG) big-e-real estate transaction tracking software. This will access transaction information and allow AFS managers to communicate via the Web regarding work done by C&W. |
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