Good connections.To Siamak Farah the 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 is like a river, with various streams collecting into larger arteries Arteries Blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body. Mentioned in: Adrenergic Blockers, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Antihypertensive Drugs, Hypertension, Thrombolytic Therapy, that make for faster connections with more information. A recent move by InfoStreet, Inc., the Tarzana-based company of which Farah is president, puts the firm in one of the main telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. arteries of the world. InfoStreet now keeps its servers at One Wilshire in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , a fiber-optic equipped building serving as a nexus for telecommunications traffic. "We're fortunate to have it in our neck of the woods," Farah said. "Even if it wasn't I would still have our equipment even if we were in Utah." InfoStreet provides "software as a service,"--productivity and business software accessed via the Internet. The service provides a cost-savings to clients because they do not need to have their own hardware and servers. All software updgrades and virus detection is done through the InfoStreet servers, Farah said. The benefit having the InfoStreet equipment at One Wilshire is that it can route traffic more efficiently and more reliably. The 34-story building houses over 300 telecom companies, including AT&T, Time Warner, Qwest Communications
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