BSO announced today that the company is adding Financial Cloud to its service portfolio to provide a unique and fully-integrated low latency network and cloud offering specifically engineered for the global financial community. This build will include the key FX marketplaces of London, New York and Tokyo with a presence in Equinix LD4, NY4 and TY3. The project [...]
Where do the technologies of Big Data and SDN intercept? SDN is changing the networking ecosystem by building the intelligent network for big data analytics. Intelligent networks that are highly customizable, scalable and meet the requirements of Big Data on-demand will be the future of networking and business best practices. Find out next Tuesday from three [...]
Lightower Fiber Networks announced today the closing of its $1.9 billion merger with Fibertech Networks. The merger further solidifies the company's leadership role in the U.S. fiber-networking market. The combined company will operate under the Lightower brand and serve customers across a service footprint roughly double the size of each independent company. Lightower's new network offers more than 30,000 route [...]
FirstLight Fiber, a facilities-based telecommunications service provider, announced today it has secured an expanded line of credit with its lenders GE Capital, and Webster Bank. The expanded credit line enables FirstLight to expand its fiber network operating in Upstate New York and Northern New England and to take full advantage of robust market demand in [...]
NGN Connect announced today that it has acquired Appalachian Broadband Technologies (ABT), a locally owned wireless Internet service provider located in Cleveland, Georgia. This acquisition allows NGN Connect to expand its service area by utilizing ABT’s wireless infrastructure to effectively deploy high speed broadband to areas that are otherwise underserved by fiber optic service. “We are very excited [...]
“Growth hacking” is one of the most talked-about terms in my household, being married to a technology startup entrepreneur. For the longest time I assumed I would need to know how to code to be able to access or implement growth hacking fundamentals and techniques. Then I took a closer look online to define “growth hacking” [...]
Lightower Fiber Networks, the premier provider of custom, high-capacity network services that ensure optimal application and business performance, announced today that the State of Maryland Department of Information Technology has awarded the company a Data Telecommunications Services Master Contract. The award enables Lightower to offer Ethernet, Wavelengths, DS1, DS3, Flexible Private Line, and Internet to state [...]
325 Hudson, the rising Carrier Hotel and Meet Me Room in New York City, welcomes FirstLight Fiber, the facilities-based telecommunications service provider operating in Upstate New York and Northern New England, to its growing customer list. 325 Hudson will serve as FirstLight’s primary Point of Presence (PoP) in New York City, allowing carrier and enterprises full access [...]
