May 24, 2016 | By Greg Dougherty
Long Island’s Most Secure, Fully-Redundant Data Center Enhances Connectivity to Carrier Hotels, Cloud Providers, Global Internet Exchanges and Managed Infrastructure
NEW YORK – May 24, 2016 – Opti9, a leader in fully managed Cloud, Colocation and Managed solutions, today announces that it has completed the build of its new Meet-Me Room (MMR) and corresponding network fabric platform in its NY1 data center. The MMR enables Opti9 to enhance its direct, secure and fast connectivity to premier carrier hotels, leading cloud providers, and global Internet exchanges, in addition to an expansive suite of fully managed infrastructure solutions deployed on-premises. Another driving force for the build-out was the unprecedented growth of premier carriers building into the facility.
Opti9’s advanced interconnection fabric enables NY1 customers to directly connect their hosted infrastructure to leading public clouds, global Internet exchanges and interconnection fabrics such as Console and Megaport, providing them with endless connectivity options. NY1’s MMR and network fabric also extends into the New York metro area’s largest Points of Presence (PoPs), including 60 Hudson Street, 325 Hudson Street, 111 8th Ave., and 32 Avenue of the Americas, allowing customers to directly connect to any third-party network at those locations.
The launch of Opti9’s new MMR and corresponding network fabric platform stems from the Company’s beliefs that the future of its customers’ businesses is reliant on fast, secure, automated and low-latency connectivity to their partners and customers. Through these physical and virtual cross-connects available in Opti9’s NY1, customers can also access an expansive suite of fully managed infrastructure solutions that are installed and managed on-site, and can be leveraged at a moment’s notice. These include enterprise Public and Private Clouds, Storage-as-a-Service (SaaS), Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS), Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS), Managed Firewalls, Load Balancing-as-a-Service, and Enhanced IP Transit with built-in DDoS monitoring and mitigation. By providing these managed services within NY1’s “four walls,” customers can choose to outsource or virtualize at their own pace, leverage the solutions for scaling capabilities, and utilize services cohesively with their existing infrastructure via direct, secure and low latency connectivity to their internal on-premise networks — allowing them to future-proof their businesses.
NY1 is the first and only U.S. data center East of Manhattan to meet the stringent requirements of OPEN-IX® OIX-2 certification, and is the only OIX-certified U.S. data center in the region offering access to transatlantic cable and Manhattan Bypass fiber via direct and redundant connectivity to 1025Connect, located within several miles of NY1. A Tier III-rated data center, NY1 also holds SAS SSAE 16 and HIPAA certifications, each critical for healthcare and financial services organizations to achieve strenuous compliance requirements. Furthermore, Opti9 offers no monthly charge for cross-connects.
“In a global digital economy, connectivity is the core of any business, large or small,” states Sagi Brody, Chief Technology Officer of Opti9. “NY1’s next-generation physical Meet-Me Room and network fabric are purpose-built to evolve with the ever-changing market; today, that means having the ability to fully adopt automated SDN capabilities. This empowers our customers with the flexibility to efficiently move data over paths that make the most sense for their businesses, regardless if it is a physical cross-connect at a popular PoP, a virtual cross-connect over an interconnection fabric, or direct MPLS tie-in back to their on-premises network.”
“Unlike other colocation facilities looking to offer managed services to remain competitive, Opti9 has been in the managed services business for over 15 years – it’s in our DNA. Our NY1 customers can seamlessly access fully managed services such as SAN and NAS storage and DRaaS via direct physical and low-latency cross-connects. Customers can rest assured that if and when they need access to those platforms, they’re readily available and delivered quickly within the same physical facility,” Brody adds.
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About Opti9
Founded in 1996 and headquartered in New York, Opti9 is an innovative, agile and unique Managed Hosting company focused on providing the right solutions to customer needs as quickly and efficiently as possible. It does this by fully owning and controlling the entire technology stack — from the physical data center to the end-user application. Opti9’s technology solutions portfolio encompasses Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud, Cloud Storage, Bare Metal Servers, Colocation, CDN, Security and Disaster Recovery. Combining industry-leading innovation, expert support and high-touch customer service, Opti9 serves as a true technology partner to enterprises and SMBs, healthcare organizations, IT firms, eCommerce companies and VoIP providers. Opti9 also operates an international network of data centers located in New York, Los Angeles, Montréal and Amsterdam.
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