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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- On-demand IT services provider SoftLayer Technologies (www.softlayer.com) added new 10G circuits from Time Warner Cable (www.timewarnercable.com) to each of its data centers nationwide, bringing SoftLayer's total connectivity to 270 Gigabits per second of direct connectivity, with multiple transit and peering providers.
According to SoftLayer's announcement, the new connections provide low latency and added redundancy across SoftLayer's backbone. SoftLayer's capacity is spread across its data centers in Dallas with 110Gb capacity, Seattle with 80Gb capacity, and Washington, DC with 80G capacity.
"Network reliability is the bedrock of all we offer and our customers' first priority," SoftLayer engineering division vice president Ric Moseley said in a statement. "We are committed to continually enhancing network performance and increasing our redundancy to ensure we deliver industry-leading performance and uptime."
SoftLayer's upgraded data center connectivity also extends SoftLayer's ability to provide massive scalability in rapid and sustainable bursts, which has proven essential for online media services providing video streams to global audiences as more and more viewers turn to the web rather than television for live event coverage. One recent event drew 45Gbps of egress bandwidth, leading to a total of more than 100Gbps sustained bandwidth across all SoftLayer facilities.
Earlier this year, SoftLayer chief executive officer Lance Crosby gave WHIR tv a tour of its recently upgraded Dallas data center.
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