CyrusOne, Alaska Communications Announce Agreement to Deliver Secure and Reliable Connectivity and Data Storage Services
February 09 2016 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE), a global data center provider, and
Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK), Alaska’s leading broadband
and IT solutions provider, announced today they have signed an
agreement to benefit customers of both companies. Alaska
Communications will now provide enterprise businesses and
government agencies secure and reliable connectivity with offsite
data storage at CyrusOne’s advanced, highly secure Houston data
center campus. CyrusOne, which operates 31 carrier-neutral
facilities across the United States, Europe, and Asia, can now
serve customers with secure, reliable connectivity to Alaska on
Alaska Communications’ network.
“Alaska Communications will be an excellent channel partner.
We’re excited to have them join our team. In addition to providing
interconnectivity via the CyrusOne IX [Internet Exchange] to
strategic data center sites throughout the United States, we also
have expertise with our energy customers’ data and IT management
needs. We look forward to working with Alaska Communications to
serve new customers in the region,” said Josh Snowhorn, vice
president and general manager of interconnection, CyrusOne.
“Alaska Communications is pleased to advance our customers’
cloud strategies with private, secure and reliable connectivity to
state-of-the-art data storage on CyrusOne’s Houston campus,” said
Anand Vadapalli, Alaska Communications president and CEO. “Our
customers trust us to securely enable their migration to the cloud,
and this partnership now connects Alaska businesses to any of
CyrusOne’s Lower 48 data centers.”
Alaska Communications has led telecommunications in Alaska for
more than 100 years. It provides broadband and managed IT services
for businesses with a reliable, redundant statewide network. As the
only Alaska-based carrier that’s Ethernet 2.0 certified, it serves
the businesses and organizations that drive Alaska’s growth,
including oil and gas, government, finance, healthcare and
education. Alaska Communications customers enjoy unparalleled
business continuity with the state’s most diverse undersea fiber
optic system connecting Alaska to the Lower 48.
The CyrusOne National IX, coupled with the company’s multiple
dispersed locations and available 100 percent uptime, enables
Fortune 1000 enterprises to implement cost-effective,
multi-location data center platforms that can help manage their
disaster recovery needs and applicable regulatory or
industry-specific requirements such as Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, and
PCI.
Globally, CyrusOne operates 31 carrier-neutral facilities across
the United States, Europe, and Asia to provide customers with the
flexibility and scale to match their specific IT growth needs.
CyrusOne facilities are engineered to include the power-density
infrastructure required to deliver excellent availability,
including an architecture with the highest-available power
redundancy (2N).
CyrusOne helps many of the world’s top energy companies meet
unique IT infrastructure and connectivity needs associated with
energy production, seismic processing, and oil and gas data
management. CyrusOne has vast experience working with large energy
firms and develops solutions for a variety of power densities and
data center configurations. CyrusOne also provides high-density
footprints and high-performance compute capabilities using advanced
cooling technologies to enable customers to efficiently obtain
server densities up to 900 watts per square foot to handle the most
demanding IT environments.
Renowned for exceptional service, building enduring customer
relationships, and high customer satisfaction levels, CyrusOne
serves nine of the Fortune 20 and more than 165 of the Fortune 1000
among its more than 925 customers.
For more information about CyrusOne, call 1-855-908-3662 or
visit www.cyrusone.com. Connect with CyrusOne on Google Plus,
LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
About CyrusOne
CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE) specializes in highly reliable
enterprise-class, carrier-neutral data center properties. The
company provides mission-critical data center facilities that
protect and ensure the continued operation of IT infrastructure for
more than 925 customers, including nine of the Fortune 20 and more
than 165 of the Fortune 1000 or equivalent-sized companies.
CyrusOne’s data center offerings provide the flexibility,
reliability, and security that enterprise customers require and are
delivered through a tailored, customer-service-focused platform
designed to foster long-term relationships. CyrusOne’s National IX
platform provides robust connectivity options to drive revenue,
reduce expenses, and improve service quality for enterprises,
content, and telecommunications companies. CyrusOne is committed to
full transparency in communication, management, and service
delivery throughout its 31 data centers worldwide.
About Alaska Communications
Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK) is the leading provider of
advanced broadband and IT managed services for businesses and
consumers in Alaska. The company operates a highly reliable,
advanced statewide data network with the latest technology and the
most diverse undersea fiber optic system connecting Alaska to the
contiguous United States. For more information, visit
www.AlaskaCommunications.com or www.alsk.com.
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