RIDGELAND, Miss., and REDWOOD
SHORES, Calif., Jan. 10, 2011
/PRNewswire/ -- Spread Networks, LLC, a privately owned
telecommunications provider, today announced it will connect Spread
Networks Low Latency Metropolitan Dark Fiber Network to Equinix's
New York (NY4) International
Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Secaucus, NJ.
Spread Networks, which provides the lowest latency route between
New York and Chicago, has now complemented that route with
the new Low Latency Metropolitan Dark Fiber Network. The new route
was trenched between Carteret, NJ
and the Equinix NY4 IBX data center in Secaucus, NJ.
The dark fiber network offers a managed and secure
point-to-point service with a round trip latency that sets the new
standard connecting these two financial centers. Each
customer receives a dedicated fiber pair on the advanced dark fiber
network and the capacity to light up as many wavelengths as needed
on their own private fiber. Customers can either use that route for
metro-NJ only communications, giving them the fastest path between
Carteret and Secaucus, or they can combine it with Spread
Networks current Chicago to
Carteret route to achieve the
shortest route from Chicago to
Secaucus.
The Equinix NY4 IBX data center in Secaucus hosts many financial market
participants including the Boston Options Exchange and Direct Edge,
and improves network availability through interconnection to
strategic financial partners that require optimized network routes.
"Spread Networks is committed to bringing premium connectivity
to enterprise customers of all kinds. We literally built a brand
new dark fiber network from the ground up to raise the standard for
speed, diversity security and reliability between New York and downtown Chicago. By working with Equinix we can now
provide customers with connectivity between Carteret and Secaucus at the lowest possible latency," said
W. Brennan Carley, SVP Product
Marketing, Spread Networks.
John Knuff, general manager for Equinix Global Financial
Services, said, "We're delighted to collaborate with Spread
Networks on this initiative. Low latency is critical to electronic
trading and the availability of Spread Networks' new service at our
NY4 IBX data center presents an attractive value proposition for
our customers."
Spread Networks inaugurated its private dark fiber network in
August 2010, establishing the
benchmark for ultra low latency connecting New York and Chicago. Together with its certified network
equipment providers, Spread Networks offers a comprehensive
solution that provides customers with infrastructure, equipment and
services needed to run their own private network -- the best way to
manage consistent low latency and network security. Without the
drag of traditional telecommunications offerings, Spread Networks
provides its customers with a private network to achieve a 'clean
speed,' allowing data to run as close as possible to the true speed
of light through fiber.
Spread Networks worked closely with optical equipment
manufacturers in search of the lowest-latency solutions.
These network equipment providers include: ADVA Optical
Networking, Ciena® Corporation and Infinera.
About Spread Networks
Spread Networks, a privately owned telecommunications provider,
built a new fiber network from the ground up, connecting
New York and Chicago to set a new standard for latency.
Without the drag of traditional telecommunications offerings,
Spread Networks provides its customers with a state-of-the-art
diverse and secure fiber optic network to allow data to run as
close as possible to the true speed of light through fiber.
www.spreadnetworks.com
About Equinix in the Global Financial Markets
Equinix provides a neutral meeting place for the world's leading
financial market participants including trading venues, buy
and sell side firms, market data providers, technology providers
and financial networks. These customers locate servers and
infrastructure within Equinix data centers to support mission
critical financial services applications with highly reliable,
low-latency connectivity. Learn more at:
http://www.equinix.com/industries/financial-exchange/
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects businesses with partners
and customers around the world through a global platform of high
performance data centers, containing dynamic ecosystems
and the broadest choice of networks. More
than 3,100 enterprises, cloud, digital content and
financial companies connect to more than 600 network
service providers and rely on Platform Equinix to grow their
business, improve application performance and protect their vital
digital assets. Equinix operates in 35 strategic markets across
North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific and continually invests in
expanding its platform to power customer growth.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ
materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking
statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but
are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and
constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering
Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to
the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into
Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in
recently built out or acquired data centers; failure to complete
any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time;
competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to
generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay
new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business
from our key customers; and other risks described from time to time
in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which
are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume
any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained
in this press release.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc.
International Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix,
Inc.
Contact:
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Sharron Silvers
212-896-1282
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media@spreadnetworks.com
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pr@equinix.com
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SOURCE Spread Networks, LLC