Wall, NJ – NJFX hosted a CEO discussion and networking event called the C-Forum at its headquarters last week with a full house of carriers, providers and enterprise clients. NJFX partners and customers were given the opportunity to learn about each other and discover new interconnection options within NJFX’s robust ecosystem.

The forum included discussions on network best practices as NJFX positions itself as the preeminent East Coast location to redefine global reach. Attendees included executives from China Unicom, Epsilon, AquaComms, Bloomberg, TI Sparkle, Zayo, and PREPA Networks.

“With NJFX as our New York Metro bypass, we have rings on both sides of the Atlantic that are fully diverse, in Europe and the U.S.,” commented  Michael Sauer, Vice President Americas – Partner and Federal for Aqua Comms. The company is continuing its investment in subsea cables by joining the HAVFRUE consortium to create the ‘North Atlantic Loop’ and NJFX plays an integral part in that connectivity.

Connectivity is crucial for China Unicom as well. “We are establishing connections between China and the rest of the world,” stated Chi (Andy) Zhang, Vice President – East Region. “We are focused on two verticals, the financial industry and the media industry, and have zeroed-in on cities around the globe that are hubs for those verticals, including 12 financial hubs and several media hubs such as London, New York and Los Angeles.” The connectivity is part of China Unicom’s ultra low latency global network, a key requirement of the financial industry, where milliseconds can make a difference in stock trading and other financial transactions. China Unicom executives attended the C-Forum to learn more about what NJFX can offer to facilitate the company’s global reach to and within the United States.

Epsilon executives educated attendees about the Infiny platform, deployed at NJFX, which is an on-demand connectivity platform that brings networking into the cloud era. Infiny customers can use the portal-driven platform to order, activate and manage local, regional and global connectivity and communication services.

PREPA Networks executives offered expertise in disaster recovery, after first hand experience post-Hurricane Maria, providing insight and knowledge about the impact of last year’s natural disasters on networks in the Caribbean. “The need for unique and alternative solutions such as the new Sparkle Americas route down to the Caribbean, bypassing New York City and Miami as points of failure, is a must,” commented Jose Casillas, General Manager for PREPA Networks. “ NJFX is working alongside PREPA on creative disaster recovery strategies for customers with traffic down to Caribbean.”

“This was an excellent discussion centered around distributed networks in disruptive times.  One key takeaway:  there needs to be a transformation of network services to a much more interconnected ecosystem, and NJFX can offer that to our customers and partners,” stated Roy Hilliard, VP of Business Development for NJFX.  To learn more about NJFX’s connectivity to markets around the world, visit the NJFX Marketplace.  And to find out about NJFX’s ecosystem of carriers, view the list of network operators.