AboveNet Information Exchange January 2010

Volume 10

AboveNet - Delivering lowest latency throughput

Dear Valued AboveNet Customers and Partners,

Housing many critical business applications, often at a distance from the primary data center, offsite data centers typically rely on centralized IT support and already hard-pressed central IT staff for management and protection.

What happens when the network providing access to these vital remote data centers slows down or crashes?

Unfortunately, such scenarios are all too common. Every year, thousands of enterprise data centers experience significant service interruptions resulting in lost data and revenue.  The usual culprit: unreliable Internet and switched Ethernet connectivity in the MAN/WAN.  And networks don’t have to crash to hurt a business.  Slow response times due to traffic overloads, bandwidth bottlenecks and link failures hit the bottom line too.

Unreliable connectivity to remote data centers is not an acceptable risk for any business. 

Virtualized solutions present a good alternative. By virtualizing either at the remote site or back to the data center, organizations can continue to leverage existing data center IT and personnel resources while reducing cost, effort, and downtime.  But in order to effectively deploy virtualization over the MAN/WAN, the solution must use fiber optic connectivity. 

AboveNet’s fully managed and monitored high bandwidth connectivity is that solution, with the power to interconnect enterprise data/technology centers, business sites, and hosted data centers in a highly reliable, secure MAN/WAN.  Our managed fiber optic connectivity solutions address any organization’s most aggressive mission-critical requirements. These custom solutions provide near 100% continuous availability for an enterprise’s vital applications.

AboveNet’s high bandwidth connectivity solutions deliver:

  • Managed, high-availability access customized to support an enterprise's operational environment
  • Cost-effectiveness for high-speed data transfer, and real-time network monitoring to meet increased processing demands including virtualization and BC/DR
  • Uninterrupted service, even in the event of a single point of failure
  • Scalable bandwidth and management of unpredictable traffic volumes
  • Non-disruptive upgrade of service and capacity, seamlessly meeting the enterprise’s current and future growth

Increasingly, all enterprises recognize that their data is their business.  AboveNet’s business is ensuring that organizations always have reliable access to all vital data, 24/7, wherever it may reside.

We look forward to continuing to serve your needs.

MaryBeth Nance
Executive Director, Business Development

 

Did You Know?

AboveNet Named America's Finalist in 2009 MEF Service provider awards

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About AboveNet
AboveNet, Inc. provides high bandwidth connectivity solutions for business and carriers. Its private optical network delivers key network and IP services in and among top U.S. metro markets and globally. AboveNet's network is widely used in demanding markets such as financial services, media, health care, retail and government.

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