A video still from the WHIR tour of the Phoenix NAP facility
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Data center operator Phoenix NAP (www.phoenixnap.com) announced on Tuesday that it has deployed packet-optical solutions from Cyan (http://cyaninc.com) to interconnect the company’s 90,000 square foot colocation facility with a second facility in the Phoenix area.
According to the press release, the Cyan Z-series platforms provide Phoenix NAP with high-performance and low-latency transport between facilities.
Phoenix NAP says that this solution is part of the its plan to bring more carrier connectivity alternatives into the facility in 2011.
“Our state-of-the-art data center facility was designed with the latest technologies to support disaster recovery and business continuity services with secure, highly reliable network access,” Raman Sud, director, network infrastructure for Phoenix NAP said in a statement. “Cyan’s powerful transport solutions provided the rare combination of ultra-low latency transport, architectural scale, and performance, with simple and flexible operations. When you add in Cyan’s incredible customer service, you’ve got the kind of partner that helps us to meet the diverse needs of our customers while keeping infrastructure costs in check.”
Cyan’s Z-series packet-optical transport platform and multi-layer software systems with diverse fiber paths enable customer traffic between the two facilities.
“As a next generation data center facility, Phoenix NAP clearly embraces powerful new solutions for upgrading their infrastructure and scaling their network capacity,” Nick Thomas, head of data center sales, Cyan stated. “By utilizing Cyan’s Z-Series platform and multi-layer software systems, Phoenix NAP is now better equipped to meet the needs of their growing customer base by delivering new higher-performing services, enabling greater visibility into those services and at a lower cost.”
Cyan’s Z-series platform supports Ethernet, DWDM and wavelength selectable switching for 10GB Ethernet transport. The platform has pay-as-you-grow functionality, according to the statement.
In February, Phoenix NAP announced that it will provide the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America with space and data transit for the national office located in Phoenix and its 64 chapters throughout the US.
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