(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Interconnection and colocation provider Telx (www.telx.com) has been selected as a connectivity partner by SoftLayer (www.softlayer.com), a global provider of on-demand data center, hosting, and cloud services, which has established a presence in Telx's secure, connection-rich colocation facilities in Atlanta and New York City.

According to its announcement this week, Telx's data center and interconnection services will help SoftLayer provide secure, reliable delivery of services across several key US cities quickly.

"In any given market, there are probably 10 or more providers that we could have gone to, especially in a place like New York or Atlanta," SoftLayer chief strategy officer George Karidis said in a statement. "We looked for the best provider that had the right cost structure, the right flexibility, and the right amount of connectivity. Telx was that provider. Today, our customers can directly tap into our infrastructure on a guaranteed, high-speed connection without going over the public Internet. The Telx solution provides high redundancy, security, and limitless scalability."

As a connectivity partner, Telx delivers a secure, connection-rich environment from which SoftLayer can offer low-latency access to its applications and network infrastructure. A customer in Atlanta, for example, can connect to a SoftLayer data center in Dallas, Seattle, or Washington DC, through either a VPN or Metro-LAN connection.

The Telx interconnection replaces the need for a public Internet connection, ensuring that the network is more secure, latency is reduced, quality of service is enhanced, and the number of hops is minimized. This empowers SoftLayer's customers to optimize application performance, while keeping SoftLayer's market entry speed high and operational costs low.

Telx product development VP Rose Klimovich said the company is pleased to become a connectivity partner to SoftLayer. "Telx colocation and interconnection solutions have helped SoftLayer improve the reliability, security, and latency of their on-demand infrastructure, while enabling them to focus on core competencies such as developing competitive cloud offerings and delivering them to customers on a faster time table," Klimovich said.

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