EdgeConneXOcotber 18, 2017 — EdgeConneX®, specializing in global data center solutions at the edge of the network, today announces that Phill Lawson-Shanks, chief architect and vice president of innovation, will be speaking at Bisnow’s Data Center Investment Conference & Expo, Northeast, taking place October 26, 2017 at 7 World Trade Center in New York.  He will be participating on the panel, “The Cloud Revolution: From Fiber to Cyber.”  EdgeConneX Edge Data Centers® (EDCs) are proximity-based, strategically located nearest to the end-user’s point of access to reduce network latency and optimize performance.  Mr. Lawson-Shanks, who is also a Host in Ireland Executive Committee member, will discuss how local proximity access brings the cloud closer to the enterprise, enabling more secure, real-time access to cloud applications and services while offering reduced backbone transport costs.

Mr. Phill Lawson-Shanks will be joined at the event by Garry Connolly, Founder and President of Host in Ireland, a strategic global initiative created to increase awareness of the benefits of hosting digital assets in Ireland, and winner of the Datacloud Europe 2016 award for Innovative Data Center Location.  He will be participating on the panel, “Data Center Site Selection: Big Picture Strategy, Cost of Land & Power, Economic Incentive and Beyond.”  Mr. Connolly, who is also co-chair of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Awareness Coalition, has more than 30 years’ experience in data center site selection, demonstrating a pragmatic and commonsense approach to sales, negotiation, company start-ups and strategic thinking.

WHAT:

Panel: The Cloud Revolution: From Fiber to Cyber

Panel: “Data Center Site Selection: Big Picture Strategy, Cost of Land & Power, Economic Incentive and Beyond”

WHERE:

Data Center Investment Conference & Expo, Northeast
7 World Trade Center
New York

WHEN:

October 26, 2017

“The Cloud Revolution: From Fiber to Cyber”
11:15 a.m. ET

Data Center Site Selection: Big Picture Strategy, Cost of Land & Power, Economic Incentive and Beyond.”
9:05 a.m. ET

WHO:

“The Cloud Revolution: From Fiber to Cyber” panel members include:

Phill Lawson-Shanks, Chief Architect & ​VP, Innovation, EdgeConneX
Michael Higgins, Senior VP, Colocation Business Unit, Internap Corporation (INAP)
Peter Feldman​​, CEO & Principal, DataGryd
Phil Koblence​​, Co-Founder & COO, New York Internet
Christian Koch, Manager, Core Network Planning, Pilot Fiber
Jeff Moerdler, Member, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC

“Data Center Site Selection” panel members include:

Garry Connolly, Founder and President, Host in Ireland
Stephen Campbell, Manager, Business Development, Con Edison
Gerald Marshall, President and CEO, Netrality Properties
Scott Millar, President, Catawba County Economic Development Corporation
Todd Raymond, CEO and Managing Partner, fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty
Tony Rossabi, EVP and Chief Revenue Officer, TierPoint
Moderator: Sonia Khanna, Director, Commercial Real Estate Finance, CapitalSource

About EdgeConneX®

EdgeConneX® is the only global Edge Data Center® provider.  Creating purpose-built, edge-of-network infrastructure solutions that extend the internet’s reach, EdgeConneX enables the fastest and most secure delivery of content, cloud services and applications.  Edge Data Centers host bandwidth-intensive and latency-sensitive data closer to end users, establishing a more secure, reliable and cost-effective distribution model for the internet.  For more information, please visit the EdgeConneX Internet of Everywhere® at edgeconnex.com.

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