The agreement diversifies connectivity solutions for the data center and fiber optic network provider
Baltimore, MD – April 11 , 2013 – 24/7 Mid – Atlantic Network, LLC , one of the fastest growing regionally – owned and operated fiber optic network service providers on the east coast, announces that it has entered into an agreement with Expedient Data Centers , one of the nation’s premier data center providers, to establish a new presence in their Baltimore Data Center , located in the city’s popular Tide Point business complex.
This agreement, which signifies a new relationship between the two organizations, highlights the continued growth that both companies are experiencing. The agreement adds significant value to both companies’ product offerings. 24/7 is commonly referred to as a “carrier’s carrier” in that it provides access and connectivity to a number of the nation’s leading telecommunications carriers through its fiber footprint and carrier – neutral colocation facility located at the 111 Market Place carrier hotel in downtown Baltimore.
“We are thrilled to be a part of Expedient’s Tide Point Data Center, providing diversity into a location that is increasingly important to many enterprise organizations,” said Christopher Morris , President and COO of 24/7. “Both 24/7 and Expedient share in the belief that our customers deserve access to the highest – quality solutions and service providers. This agreement epitomizes that shared value.”
Expedient’s Baltimore facility, in the rapidly growing area of Tide Point, is 22,000 square feet with fully redundant internal network infrastructure, fully redundant high availability network, 24x7x365 on – site monitoring, and on – site engineers providing 24x7x365 support. This facility is one of eight data centers located across the Midwest and the east coast. “We are proud that our clients often view Expedient as an extension of their internal IT department and we take that responsibility seriously. Providing quality Carriers like 24/7, fiber access into our Enterprise Data Centers are key ways that we are able to provide resilient and redundant solutions for our customers”, said Curtis DePass Regional Vice President for Expedient.
24/7’s extensive and robust fiber – optic network in the Greater Baltimore and Washington, DC areas, including Ashburn, Virginia and the state of Delaware, provides unique high – availability routes that connect to its colocation facility in Baltimore that hosts many of the industry’s leading carriers. 24/7 provides metro dark fiber, managed private networks, last mile transport, wireless backhaul, and the aforementioned carrier – neutral colocation facility.
About 24/7 Mid – Atlantic Network, LLC ( www.247MidAtlantic.com )
24/7 Mid – Atlantic Network is a high – capacity transport and fiber network provider serving the Baltimore, Washington, D.C. metro, Northern Virginia, and Delmarva Peninsula areas. The company designs, constructs, and manages custom, fiber networks to carriers, service providers, enterprise, and government organizations throughout the region. 24/7 offers a wide variety of network configurations including ringed, point – to – point, point – to – multipoint, and mesh topologies. 24/7 Mid – Atlantic Network’s core objective is to provide high quality network solutions to a variety of major data and telecommunication carriers through a carrier – neutral colocation facility. For more information, visit www.247MidAtlantic.com or follow 24/7 on Twitter @247MidAtlantic.
About Expedient Data Centers ( www.Expedient.com )
Expedient is part of a network of eight nationwide data centers that houses over 200,000 sq ft of colocation space and offers a wide range of managed services such as virtualization, cloud computing, remote backups, management of equipment, storage area networks, disaster recovery and more. These proven managed services combined with reliable and redundant SSAE – 16 audited data centers, all interconnected via a 10gb fiber backbone, enables Expedient to deliver premier colocation, network and managed
services .
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