August 22, 2013
Fairway Mortgage deploying VCE Vblock™ Systems within Cologix’s hot aisle containment infrastructure
Dallas, TX – August 22, 2013 – Cologix™, a network neutral interconnection and data center company, announced today that Fairway Independent Mortgage, one of the country’s largest mortgage bankers, has chosen to expand their relationship with Cologix to support their rapid growth by deploying acquired private cloud architecture leveraging Vblock™ Systems in Cologix’s new Dallas data center.
“Due to our rapid growth and strategic decisions to implement our own cloud environment, it was vital for us to partner with a data center provider that could offer a solution to meet our stringent power, cooling and connectivity requirements,” said Bob Orkis, CIO of Fairway Independent Mortgage. “We have a long standing successful relationship with the Cologix Dallas team and their adoption of new hot-aisle containment and in-row cooling technologies reinforced their value as a forward thinking partner, making expanding with them an easy choice.”
Cologix’s INFOMART data center is supported by a robust infrastructure that includes hot aisle containment pods, modular power distribution units and the latest in modular In-Row cooling technology. Customers have the unique ability to directly interconnect with existing customers and 30+ networks in Cologix’s existing MMR at the Dallas INFOMART as well as accessing other tenants in the building.
Fairway Mortgage is the latest of a number of financial institutions who have selected and grown their network infrastructure with Cologix in Dallas. “It is always very satisfying when high caliber customers like Fairway Independent Mortgage choose to grow with us,” said Rob DeVita, General Manager, Cologix Dallas. “We are pleased that our new flexible infrastructure enabled a customized solution to not only meet their technical standards but also their timeframe and budget requirements.”
About Cologix, Inc.
Cologix, Inc. is a network neutral interconnection and colocation company headquartered in Denver, Colorado, that provides massively scalable interconnection services and secure, reliable colocation services in densely connected, strategically located facilities in Dallas, Minneapolis, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. With more than 330 network choices and fourteen prime interconnection locations, Cologix currently serves over 550 carrier, managed services, cloud, media, content, financial services and enterprise customers. The company’s experienced team of communications infrastructure professionals is committed to providing its customers the highest standard of local customer support. www.cologix.com.
About Fairway Independent Mortgage
Founded in 1996 by Steve Jacobson and Dean Anderson, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation is a mortgage banker headquartered in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The company has 150 locations and over 1,500 employees nationwide. The corporate vision is to foster relationships and create a team atmosphere, empowering offices to operate autonomously in their day-to-day operations, while still maintaining strict compliance and consistency across the board. Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation provides all necessary support in the areas of personnel, accounting and compliance. For more information, please visit www.FairwayIndependentMC.com
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For more information:
Julia Kendall – Cologix
Office: +1 720.940.2559
Mobile: +1 303.522.9758
julia.kendall@cologix.com
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