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January 23, 2013
27 Years and Counting...
Vertical Systems Group, Inc. was founded in Boston twenty-seven years ago today. Thanks to all of our valued clients, colleagues, and families! Our company has evolved through several major shifts in the networking industry; however our mission has not changed. We provide quality custom consulting services, 'real world' analysis, and in-depth statistics focused on the business data networking services used throughout the world.
New Article
How Ethernet Enables Cloud Connectivity
By Rosemary Cochran, Principal and Co-Founder
Enterprise IT managers cite cloud computing as among their most important initiatives this year. Nearly two-thirds of them have already begun transitioning their business-critical applications to the cloud. A driving force is the exponential rise of big data that requires massive storage, virtualized computing, and ready accessibility from anywhere in the world.
Carrier Ethernet has emerged as a strategic technology for enabling cloud connectivity in this environment. Worldwide demand for business Ethernet services will reach $45.1 billion by 2016 based on Vertical Systems Group's projections. An evolving market driver is the migration of legacy wide area network architectures to a new generation of public, private and hybrid cloud computing models. Read entire article here on Fierce Telecom
Upcoming Release - 2012 U.S. Business Ethernet LEADERBOARD
Our year-end 2012 U.S. Business Ethernet LEADERBOARD rankings will be released publicly at the MEF Carrier Ethernet Summit in San Diego on Tuesday, January 29. Vertical Systems Group's LEADERBOARDs are industry benchmarks for recognizing top Service Providers based on market presence. This release will also include companies in the Challenge Tier of the market.
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See You at the MEF Carrier Ethernet Summit - January 29 & 30, San Diego
Rosemary Cochran will conduct an on-stage interview with Ethernet inventor Dr. Bob Metcalfe following his Keynote address, Innovation and Ethernet: Synonymous. She will also participate on the panel,
The Outlook for CE 2.0 in 2013
Erin Dunne will moderate the Carrier Ethernet and Wholesale Access Roundtable. She will also participate in the Market Insights Analyst Panel.
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How Ethernet Enables Cloud Connectivity
Great article written by Rosemary Cochran, principal at Vertical Systems Group.
Excerpt:
Standards for Ethernet-based cloud connectivity continue to advance. The MEF's Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) initiative provides guidelines for cloud-ready Ethernet services and equipment. Developments are focused on multi-network Interconnectivity, end-to-end SLAs (Service Level Agreements), application-aware QoS (Quality of Service) and dynamic bandwidth provisioning. A new CE 2.0 certification process aims to ensure standards adherence.
New York, NY, USA – January 23, 2013 – TELEHOUSE America (www.telehouse.com), the United States' leading provider of dedicated data centers, international Internet exchanges, and managed IT services, announcesits new Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Toshiro Ogino. Formerly with KDDI Japan, Mr. Ogino is now part of the Senior Management team at TELEHOUSE America, headquartered in Staten Island, New York.
Mr. Ogino joined KDDI Japan in April 1986 shortly after obtaining a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Graduate School of Waseda University in Tokyo. Since that time Mr. Ogino has worked in various Senior Management positions at KDDI and its associated subsidiary companies.
Previously, Mr. Ogino served as Managing Director/CEO/CFO for more than two years in the KDDI & BT Global Solutions Corporation in Tokyo, Japan, a joint venture between KDDI and British Telecom plc. In this capacity, he played an integral role on the management board and exercised the company's business objectives, operational policies, procedures and goals over the past four years.
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(NASHVILLE, TN and WASHINGTON, DC) January 22, 2013 – Nashville-based Equinox Information Systems is pleased to announce a newly-formed partnership with Rimhub, Inc., a leading provider of Outsourced Telecom BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Services, including fraud management and OSS/BSS services. Equinox Information Systems offers a full range of business assurance solutions for the telecommunications industry, including the Protector fraud management system. Through the partnership, Rimhub continues to add value for its clients by offering innovative services, such Equinox’s best-of-breed fraud management system.
As part of its PBX solutions offering, Rimhub provides a comprehensive, 24x7x365 fraud management service designed to protect providers from telecom fraud. Rimhub’s fraud management specialists utilize premium surveillance tools and have over five years of experience utilizing Equinox’s Protector platform and preventing millions of dollars’ worth of fraud for its clients.
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Find Out More About FiberMedia’s Channel Partner Program by Scheduling a Meeting with Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, John Panzica and Director of Channels Matt Alexander
Secaucus, NJ – January 22, 2013 – FiberMedia Group, LLC, a leading data center services provider with facilities throughout the New York metropolitan area and Cleveland, OH, invite you to join them at ITEXPO East, taking place Wednesday, January 30 through Friday, February 1 in Miami, FL at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
FiberMedia’s Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing, John Panzica, and Director of Channels, Matt Alexander, will be available for meetings to discuss the company’s newly launched Channel Partner Program. FiberMedia’s Accelerate Partner Program offers agents and resellers the opportunity to gain a competitive edge by accelerating their service offerings and positively impacting their client’s business productivity with FiberMedia’s reliable infrastructure solutions.
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