IceWEB, Inc. Announces Service Launch for Carefree Caves Complex
February 12 2014 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
25 million square foot Kansas City area complex
now supports fiber, WiFi & Internet of Things (IofT)
IceWEB, Inc. (OTC BB:IWEB; “IceWEB” or the “Company”), a
provider of wireless and fiber broadband service, co-location space
and related services and the operator of a Network Access Point
(“NAP”) where customers directly interconnect with a network
ecosystem of partners and customers, today announced the launch of
a major project in the Kansas City area to provide the 550 Acre
Carefree Caves complex and 4.2 million square feet of office park
and underground buildings with advanced Internet, Phone, Video,
HVAC and Sensor Control. New services will be delivered by internal
fiber and by high capacity licensed microwave from up to 27
different carriers fed from the Company’s Network Access Point
(NAP), the KCNAP, which was part of IceWEB’s recent merger with
Computers & Tele-Comm, Inc. (“CTC”).
One of the overriding considerations for the Carefree Complex
was carrier diversity and the ability to service everything from
one unified network. Graeme Gibson, Chief Technologist of IceWEB,
Inc., explained: “Because of the vast size of the complex,
measuring more than 7 times the interior volume of the Empire State
Building, we needed one secure network for all client and sub
tenant networking. This included two additional requirements: the
ability to support cell phones in underground roadways and a
sophisticated network of Things. This machine to machine system is
able to combine HVAC, Security, Biometrics, Video Surveillance,
Time clock, door control, and air quality sensors.”
As part of the overall ten year agreement, CTC had worked
collaboratively with Aginova to utilize their advanced CO2
detectors to monitor underground air quality. According to Matthew
Vaughn, Aginova Operations Manager, their new gas sensors were a
perfect fit for the project, where provisioning wired sensors would
be exceedingly difficult as they operate via WiFi. Vaughn
commented, “With a decade of experience with WiFi and cloud based
network architecture, working with IceWEB’s subsidiary CTC was a
joy. Since our sensors work both with local servers, and with the
cloud, we have seen repeatedly how important superior networking is
in deploying reliable service.”
Gibson added: “Our initial deployment covers roughly one-third
of the overall complex volume with cell coverage over three of the
main roadways. Three large sub tenants were included in the pilot
project and we are now prepared to extend service to the entire
complex as demand warrants. During the planning process, full
interconnectivity to our data centers and 27 carriers was made
possible using our Virtual Meet Me Room technology (VMMR). This
includes remote storage, cloud backup and disaster recovery or high
availability services.
Harold Compton, CEO of IceWEB, commented, “We’re thrilled to
provide advanced Internet, Phone, Video, HVAC and Sensor Control to
their vast and expansive complex and 4.2 million square feet of
office park and underground buildings. Considering the total volume
of the complex and services already launched, IceWEB’s opportunity
here is significant now and moving forward. There are a number of
new networking services that we can now launch and look forward to
doing so in the time ahead.”
About IceWEB, Inc.
IceWEB is a provider of wireless and fiber broadband service,
co-location space and related services and the operator of a
Network Access Point (“NAP”) where customers directly interconnect
with a network ecosystem of partners and customers. IceWEB also
manufactures award-winning, high performance unified data storage
appliances with IceWEB´s proprietary IceSTORM™ storage management
software, providing enterprise storage management capabilities at a
fraction of the price of traditional providers. Through thin
provisioning, target deduplication and inline compression, IceWEB´s
unified storage arrays enable standardization, consolidation and
optimized storage utilization for virtual and cloud environments,
saving up to 90% of storage costs, while reducing space, power and
cooling requirements and simplifying storage management.
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