GTT to Sponsor and Speak at Channel Partners Conference & Expo
McLean, VA, April 16, 2018 — GTT Communications, Inc. (NYSE: GTT), the leading global cloud networking provider to multinational clients, announced today that it will sponsor and speak at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. The event brings the...
Seeking Network Agility and Enhanced Cloud Connectivity, APAC Enterprises Turn to SD-WAN
The Asia-Pacific is home to the world’s largest population of internet users, driven by a strong growth in the mobile sector, recent government initiatives in support of digitalization, and multinational companies seeking to expand their business operations across the...
GTT to Sponsor and Speak at WAN Summit New York
McLean, VA, April 12, 2018 — GTT Communications, Inc. (NYSE: GTT), the leading global cloud networking provider to multinational clients, announced today that it will sponsor and speak at the WAN Summit New York. The conference will examine wide area networking (WAN)...
Making Waves Across the North Atlantic
Originally posted to Data Center POST Data Center POST Interview With Nigel Bayliff, CEO of Aqua Comms DAC By Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu Nigel Bayliff has been Chief Executive Officer of Aqua Comms DAC since October 2016. He has more than 25 years of experience in...
NANOG’s 2018-2019 Program Committee Appointed and CFP Schedule Announced for NANOG 73
Originally posted to Data Center POST Deadline for NANOG 73 submissions is May 8, 2018 A key driver of The North American Network Operators’ Group (NANOG) is its Program Committee. The Program Committee is a Board-appointed group of industry professionals who are the...
Hyperspeed Deployments for Hyperscalers: Data Center POST Interview with AJ Byers, President and CEO of Root Data Center
By Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu ROOT Data Center President and CEO AJ Byers is a data center industry veteran with two decades of experience, including time as President of Rogers Data Centers. He has helmed ROOT to its industry-leading position, providing...
Managed Services Require Dark Fiber: Data Center POST Interview with Jose Antonio Barradas Acosta, Product Manager, American Tower
By Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu American Tower provides a variety of wireless infrastructure solutions around the world, including towers, Distributed Antenna System (DAS) networks, backup power systems, project management, and site development services. Jose Antonio...
PacketFabric to Speak at WAN Summit New York 2018
April 3, 2018 -- PacketFabric, the highly scalable Connectivity-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform and a member of the NantWorks ecosystem of companies, announces today that its Senior Vice President of Business Development, Jezzibell Gilmore, will speak at WAN Summit New...
Addressing Acute Capacity Demand in Pakistan: Data Center POST Interview with Tarique Aslam Qureshi, Deputy GM of Multinet Pakistan
By Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu Multinet Pakistan addresses the diversified communication requirements of its enterprise customers with an extensive product portfolio, a nationwide long-haul network across Pakistan, and a footprint of international points-of-presence...
The Importance of Fiber and Wireless-Based Access Networks in Support of IoT: Data Center POST Interview with Don MacNeil, CEO, FiberLight
FiberLight currently owns more than 1,900,000 miles of dense fiber optic infrastructure over a growing footprint of U.S. metropolitan areas. Through its backbone of more than 26,000 access points, the company delivers Ethernet, IP and data transport services, as well...
The Future of 4G and Connecting Rural America: Data Center POST Interview with James Taylor, Director of Carrier Sales, Bluebird Network
By Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu Based in Columbia, Missouri, Bluebird Network has over 6,000 fiber route miles of high-speed broadband and fiber-optic connections, and 135 Points of Presence (PoP) sites spanning the Midwest, including Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City,...
Increasing Uptime with AI in the Data Center: Data Center POST Interview with Ryan Oro, SVP of EdgeCore Internet Real Estate
Q&A with Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu Ryan Oro is the Senior Vice President of EdgeCore Internet Real Estate, a U.S.-based provider of highly scalable, cloud-connected data center solutions to the world’s most demanding customers. Ryan is an experienced business...
Reinforcing the Performance of the World’s Digital Super Highways
Today, there are more than 420 submarine cables in service, stretching over 700,000 miles around the world. This complex subsea network is primarily clustered around information economy hotspots such as New York, London, and Singapore, but subsea cables can connect to...
Pivotal Year Ahead for UK Telecoms: Data Center POST Interview with Conrad Mallon, Chief Network Architect at SSE Enterprise Telecoms
Q&A with Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu Conrad Mallon is the Chief Network Architect for SSE Enterprise Telecoms, which operates a 13,700 km private telecoms network and 15 data centers across the UK to provide a competitive range of leading edge Ethernet, cloud...
Host in Ireland to Speak at CAPRE’s Seventh Annual Greater New York Data Center Summit
March 29, 2018 -- Host in Ireland, a strategic global initiative created to increase awareness of the benefits of hosting digital assets in Ireland, announces today that its Founder and President, Garry Connolly, will speak at CAPRE’s Greater New York Data Center...
Changing Consumer Demands and Automation Shaking Up Voice Market for Telecoms: Data Center POST Interview with Hugo Roseiro, Director of Partnerships, SpeakIntelligence
Q&A with Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu As the Director of Partnerships for SpeakIntelligence, Hugo Roseiro loves building strategic relationships. He has more than 12 years of experience in the telecom industry, and is responsible for the acquisition and...
Changing Consumer and Business Habits Create Continuous Disruption: Data Center POST Interview with Rob Myatt, Director, Wholesale, Shaw Communications
Q&A with Contributing Editor, Kathy Xu Rob Myatt is the National Director of Wholesale Sales at Shaw Communications, a network company with 860,000km of fiber, providing services to businesses and consumers. Shaw Broadcast Services also provides satellite-based...
Enterprise Data Center Outsourcing and Cloud Services Are Driving Data Center M&As
According to Synergy Research Group, the total volume of data center mergers and acquisitions that closed last year was approximately $20 billion. Those 48 transactions surpassed a total of 45 deals that transpired during the previous two years combined. While it’s...
As the Enactment of the GDPR Draws Near, Multinational Companies Must Prepare
As multinational companies prepare for the rollout of the most significant changes to the European Union’s data protection framework in recent memory, every organization generating or manipulating personal data records, regardless of location, now needs to closely...
NANOG 72: A Forum for Innovation, Networking and Education
Originally posted to Data Center POST, NANOG 72, which took place at the Loews Atlanta Hotel, February 19-21, 2018, kicked off with a very well-received keynote address, “A History of the Internet: Hint, It Was Not the Bomb,” delivered by Scott Bradner. It’s...