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RAD Data Communications has won its second consecutive Best Product award for a Carrier Ethernet Demarcation Device; this time the ETX-203A was the winner.
Dec 02, 2011 - For the second time this year RAD Data Communications has won a Best Product Award at a Carrier Ethernet World Congress event.
This latest award, for Best Carrier Ethernet Demarcation Product in Asia-Pacific, was presented at the Carrier Ethernet APAC 2011 in Singapore. The winning product is RAD’s ETX-203A Carrier Ethernet Demarcation Device.
“The ETX-203A stands out among its peers by its incomparable price-performance advantage,” said Amir Karo, Vice President of Marketing at RAD Data Communications. “This is especially relevant in APAC, where, until now, high CapEx has slowed the introduction of premium Carrier Ethernet services.”
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LOUISVILLE, Colo. – December 2, 2011 – Zayo announces today it completed its transaction to purchase 360networks. The resulting company is one of the largest Bandwidth Infrastructure companies in North America with an estimated annualized pro forma revenue of $393M. The company’s fiber network totals more than 44,000 route miles and nearly two million fiber miles.
“The combination of the two companies’ operations provides us with a platform to greatly expand our market and service coverage,” states Dan Caruso, President and CEO of Zayo Group. “Given both companies’ focus on simple, Bandwidth Infrastructure services, we anticipate a rapid and smooth integration of the businesses. With the integration of systems and networks already underway, customers can purchase services across our expanded footprint starting today.”
The completion of this acquisition will add 360networks’ 18,500 route miles of metro and intercity fiber to Zayo’s network, interconnecting 73 markets across the central and western United States, including 24 existing Zayo fiber markets. In addition to its intercity network, 360networks operates metropolitan fiber networks across 25 markets. The acquisition also provides Zayo access to a number of new markets including Albuquerque, Bismarck, Des Moines, San Diego, San Francisco and Tucson.
Nan Chen, President of the MEF, talks about the good progress on the technology front and significances of new carrier Ethernet specifications.
Key issues for the APAC Market region include Carrier Ethernet Multiple Classes of Service (Multi-CoS), Ethernet mobile backhaul, and the rise of wholesale Ethernet services – and all three issues were addressed by new technical specifications progressed at the Quarterly meeting, says MEF President Nan Chen. He was speaking at the recent NetEvents 2011 APAC Press & Analyst Summit in thailand.
He also announced strong support for the new MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional (CECP) certification program, which is already boosting the skills availability in a highly competitive market.
Nan Chen explained how the letter ballot acceptance of the MEF’s Phase 2 on Multi-CoS and Mobile Backhaul Implementation Agreements – extending MEF 23 and MEF 22 respectively – is an especially important issue for the region where, without a strong legacy network of fixed line connections, it is doubly attractive to leapfrog traditional leased line connections from cell cites to core network and go for an all-Ethernet solution. According to Infonetics’ Michael Howard: “IP/Ethernet MBH is the universally accepted solution to lower the costs of growing mobile data traffic, and to facilitate migration to next generation all-IP/Ethernet networks. This two Implementation Agreements will be especially welcome for addressing explosive growth of mobile Internet traffic, as well as pointing the way to simpler 4G migration.”
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Austin, TX – December 1, 2011 - Data Foundry, a leading provider of data center outsourcing, secure colocation and disaster recovery solutions, announces that its Texas 1 and ADC data centers have successfully obtained a SOC1 Type II unqualified opinion according to the guidelines of SSAE 16.
SSAE 16 replaces the previous auditing standard, SAS 70. The requirements of SSAE 16 are very similar to the SAS 70 requirements with one main difference in the report – the inclusion of a written assertion from management regarding the design and operating effectiveness of the controls being audited.
As in previous years, Data Foundry obtained a Type II report which requires the company to obtain an audit of the operating effectiveness of the internal controls at the data centers in addition to obtaining an audit verifying that the design of the internal control environment was appropriate.
“As an online service provider, it’s imperative that we keep our customers’ data safe as part of our overall commitment to exceptional customer service,” explains Chris Mack, CFO of Apptix, a current Data Foundry customer. “Having our IT infrastructure in a SSAE 16 audited data center is an absolute requirement of our business.
“We understand that it is important to our customers to be colocated within an SSAE 16 audited data center,” states Shane Menking, President of Data Foundry. “Obtaining a SOC 1 Type II unqualified opinion according to the guidelines of SSAE 16 for both our Texas 1 and ADC data centers affirms Data Foundry’s commitment to maintaining the highest industry standards.”
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The Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF's) upcoming adoption, E-Access, will be used to address issues left behind by its last adoption of a "Phase One" External Network-to-Network Interconnection (ENNI) standard that was meant to ensure smoother interoperability, according to the latest report from Heavy Reading Insider (www.heavyreading.com/insider), a paid research service of Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com).
Ethernet Interop Center Stage 2012: MEF Builds on ENNI With E-Access identifies and analyzes progress made toward developing a standardized approach to Carrier Ethernet interconnection, focusing on the role played by the MEF in supporting Ethernet interconnect. The report assesses the role that the new E-Access standard will play in facilitating Carrier Ethernet service interconnection. It also updates the status of Carrier Ethernet exchange (CEE) services and evaluates the role that exchanges will have in Ethernet service interconnect.
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