Subsea World July

Americas session: Americas Spotlight Panel

Exploring diverse new routes and interlinking landing points 17:00-18:00 GMT

This session opens with a series of brief cable update presentations, highlighting the most exciting new projects in the Americas region, followed by a panel discussion on: – How new projects, including Confluence-1, are creating a buzz and the impact they will have – Potential new and emerging landing points, such as Myrtle beach – The efforts to link Latin America directly to Europe, Africa, and Australia / The session will be moderated by Andy Lipman from Morgan, Lewis and Blockius

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Connectivity Ecosystems, the Evolution of the Cable Landing Station and Nurturing Next-Gen Telecom Pros

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Connectivity Ecosystems, the Evolution of the Cable Landing Station and Nurturing Next-Gen Telecom Pros

June 16, 2021

NJFX’s Gil Santaliz recently joined JSA’s Jaymie Scotto Cutaia and tech influencer Evan Kirstel to talk about bringing a new generation of telecom pros into the industry, what motivates him and how he envisions his company will innovate for the future.

Gil’s story starts with an idea sparked more than two decades ago, about making New Jersey a true disaster recovery site for Lower Manhattan.

“OTT’s like Facebook and Google have realized the shortcomings of what to do when landing a cable. In the past, everything landed in Long Island, New Jersey and all went back to a central location in lower Manhattan. We learned quickly in 2012 after Superstorm Sandy that’s a disaster waiting to happen. The OTTs have made investments like the one in our building and they have an open policy. We have future-proofed how communications work.” – Gil Santaliz, Founder/CEO, NJFX

There’s no question that Gil likes to get creative with solutions. He knows technology is changing every day and it’s the industry’s job to just keep up. It’s why he empowers his team to grow, learn and try innovative things. And it’s why his team at NJFX is built on trust and a get-it-done attitude. Gil chooses colleagues that he knows will do what it takes to make the business successful, both by working across the team and alongside their peers. If a potential team member has those qualities, Gil says he can always teach them the business. Core values that define NJFX cannot be taught and must be inherent in whoever he brings on board.

Gil says that is one of the reasons he likes to nurture young talent. While Gil understands, NJFX may be one of the many stepping stones in a young person’s career, he finds satisfaction in being a part of their learning and journey. While under his wing, he expects his team to give it their all, learn from the ground up, and innovate new solutions for customers.

To learn more about NJFX, and its carrier-neutral offerings, watch the full interview here or listen to the podcast now.

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NJFX is a Tier 3 Carrier Neutral Cable Landing Station campus. Our colocation ecosystem has expanded to over 35 network operators offering flexibility, reliability, and security. Our Wall, NJ location provides direct access to multiple subsea cable systems giving our carriers diverse connectivity solutions and offers direct interconnection without recurring cross-connect fees.

The Fourth Utility

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The Fourth Utility

Telecommunications, and the infrastructure that supports the idea of being connected, has almost become as important as utilities such as electricity.

June 10, 2021

If electricity fails, there are plans for backup power. But, if you lose your IT network, then operating a business becomes impossible. If your connectivity is based on only two or three traditional carriers, then it is time to ensure your understanding of whether or not those carrier assets are actually physically diverse.

Today, many scenarios allow common points or what we call “overlaps” in interconnection that create the potential disaster of a single point of failure. The facilities that house these interconnection points are not always purposefully built. Too often they are located in urban environments with unprotected manholes, which make them susceptible to manmade and natural disasters.

As we move into the IoT world, we need the connectivity to be reliably available everywhere. We need devices enabled to coordinate financial transactions, based on real-time information. We need security and life-saving healthcare monitoring applications. And, we need enterprises to be able to offer customers access to goods and services. The luxury of access, what was once simply nice to have, is now a must-have. Just a little more than a decade ago, smartphones were nonexistent. Today’s phones are more powerful than any computer you may have had in your home or at work before. They are becoming the network hub for our daily routines of work productivity, transportation, banking, family connection and daily recreation.

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Windstream Wholesale Boosts Bandwidth Capabilities with Point-of-Presence at NJFX

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Windstream Wholesale Boosts Bandwidth Capabilities with Point-of-Presence at NJFX

Unique Colocation CLS Campus Enables Windstream’s ‘Fast and Flexible’ Offerings

June 7, 2021

Bandwidth is crucial for live online interactions that are more prevalent today than ever. Windstream Wholesale is making sure that its network can serve those increasing bandwidth needs in several ways. In this customer spotlight, NJFX would like to highlight the long-standing relationship between Windstream Wholesale and NJFX.

More Americans spent the last year at home and online, than any other time in history. There has never been a greater demand for bandwidth allowing high-speed and high capacity connectivity. Windstream Wholesale is prepared to meet and exceed those expectations. Gaming, streaming services and remote education are just a few of the online activities that require speeds that allow users to experience these platforms in real time.

Three main pillars mark Windstream Wholesale’s superior offerings: optical technology leadership, flexible partnerships and network expansion. Windstream Wholesale has been at the forefront of connecting strategic Tier 1, 2 and 3 markets across the U.S. with its new Intelligent Converged Optical Network. By partnering with innovative companies such as NJFX, Windstream can further increase capabilities. And by expanding its network, Windstream solidifies its reach across its nationwide network.

“The NJFX ecosystem truly helps to enable more capacity, more routes and move diversity for our customers,” states Joe Scattareggia, Executive Vice President of Windstream Wholesale. “As NJFX continues to build out this already vast ecosystem and provide networks like Windstream access to those subsea routes, we can pass those numerous, resilient and reliable connectivity options on to our customers. And we can do this in a very fast and flexible way. Our customers are amazed at our speed to market capabilities.”

For its part, NJFX provides multiple routes without multiple hops, which helps eliminate points of failure and keeps high-speed traffic flowing. NJFX also allows for alternate routes in case of any contingency in congested or legacy areas.

“As we see an increase on the importance of secure routes, we are able to offer diversity to our partners. If a legacy connection hub like New York City is compromised, NJFX can enable internet traffic to continue uninterrupted via our diverse ecosystem,” comments NJFX General Manager, Felix Seda. “That includes terrestrial and an ever-growing subsea cable network.”

“At Windstream, we value our partnerships. We want to take the time to build that trust and credibility. We nurture our customers long term, not just at the outset of our relationship. We feel that way about our providers as well. We appreciate the partnership between NJFX and Windstream Wholesale,” continued Scattareggia.

To learn more about Windstream Wholesale, visit the company website here.

Hear more from Gil Santaliz, NJFX CEO and Windstream’s Joe Scattareggia on the Connect the Dots podcast HERE.

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Telecommunications During Crisis: New Models for Rising to the Challenge

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Telecommunications During Crisis: New Models for Rising to the Challenge

By Gil Santaliz. Originally published by Disaster Recovery Journal in May 2021.

June 1, 2021

Disasters cause thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in damage worldwide each year. In the aftermath of a disaster, in addition to immediate and direct assistance to victims, communication is crucial. In fact, communication and access to information have become as important as water and electricity as a basic necessity. This is even more important at a time of crisis. Events that have the potential to cause connectivity interruptions can be predictable or completely unexpected. In either case, continuity of communication must be a priority.

The Internet is Essential

The internet becomes our go to place for news and information. During the past year, it also enabled an entirely homebound society. From access to learning, work, entertainment, banking and more, organizations around the world rose to the challenge of increased traffic and demand. Our internet infrastructure must be able to withstand any eventuality. Consider the issues that have affected connectivity this year alone: below-freezing temperatures, ice storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods, the bombing of a major metro area and a global pandemic. You may have not noticed any major or permanent disruption to your internet connection. You may not have realized that your bank was down momentarily. Maybe you were wondering why you couldn’t make a cell phone call for a few hours. While disruption was minimized, in today’s instant on-demand society, a few hours can seem like an eternity. What’s worse, even limited interruption can infuriate customers and put your brand at risk. During such an emergency, telecommunications professionals at every level are scrambling behind the scenes to keep those connections up and running.

The Dawn of Communications

North American telecommunications originated in New York, with the first transatlantic cable. The first of the legacy carriers, “Ma” Bell, AT&T and others being headquartered at the source of those very first international communications, led to a centralization of communications in the better part of the last century. Even as connectivity branched out from that origination point, those legacy routes and origination points remained the same. One U.S. route that has become chronically congested and dilapidated is the Northeast Coast Corridor. Major tax incentives have led to a clustering of massive data centers in Virginia and the Carolinas. Northern Virginia alone is flush with 4.7 million square feet of commissioned data center space, according to market research from datacenterHawk. Carrier consolidation led to many long-haul networks being used for local distribution, which made record keeping impossible during the many integrations. Institutions historically engineered multiple paths but were beholden to what was offered by carriers as to routes and diversity. Telecom is as collaborative as it is competitive. Fiber providers often lease access from one another. In addition, it’s very difficult to ascertain the underground routes that these fiber links take in the last mile. In the always on, always available climate, network design must get smarter for both the steady state and when systems are disrupted. Flexibility to control and redirect the network needs to be the new norm. The ability to do so comes back to having access to hubs that can maintain connectivity, as well as offer alternate pathways.

The Key Lies in Operational Independence

There are a few ways to ensure internet traffic does not come to a standstill. The first is network diversity. Sometimes, diversity and redundancy are used interchangeably. But they are completely different, and both must be in place. There may be a false sense of security, as organizations misinterpret diversity vs. redundancy. For example, a redundant system will help if one path goes down. But there may be several carriers in the same ductwork. Even if an organization buys capacity from three or four different carriers, the flow of data could still be impacted. It’s a false sense of security. There also needs to be a physically diverse path. And even if there are diverse physical routes, those routes might go through the same building at some point in the path. If the building has issues, you’re in the same situation. So the best way to handle network security is a mesh solution, where you have redundant routes, resilient routes AND physically diverse routes. In other words, a plan A, B, and C. This is considered operational independence.

One way to ensure operational independence is with an interconnectivity hub. A carrier-neutral location with access to multiple terrestrial and subsea routes is an ideal situation. With this model, organizations can control the network. The right way forward is to provide this operational independence to orchestrate how networks function. If there is a hard cut, (a fiber optic cable is damaged) traffic can be redirected. If there is a soft cut, such as a hacker, the organization can also redirect traffic. In the past, networks were hard coded, it was difficult to turn paths on and off. If a large circuit went down, it stayed down. With advances such as SD-WAN and network function virtualization (NFV), institutions can react quickly and redirect data traffic. Organizations should have the flexibility to control and redirect the network whenever needed. But in order to do this, a hub environment is required.

As more advances in telecommunications develop – such as 5G, Edge computing, blockchain and more – data needs to be as close to the end-user as possible. Getting close to the edge means bringing the interconnection point to the source. When it comes to a global business, that includes subsea systems. A new model of connectivity also includes bringing the data center to the landing point of subsea cables. This creates a low-latency connection. In addition, organizations should consider disaster recovery sites that are away from a major metro hub. At the time of the September 11th attacks, lower Manhattan was not only the epicenter of the terrorists’ targets, it was also where most of the major network hubs were housed. Since then, we have learned to have backup locations that are far enough away from strategic sites to be secure, but close enough to provide an alternate route, quickly.

Expect the Unexpected

As we have seen with many natural, manmade and even biological events, preparation is key to keeping connectivity up and information flowing. For the infrastructure sector, this means plan and prepare. Consider uncertainties before they become a reality. No one could have predicted a global pandemic that stretched on for more than a year would change the way most of us live and work. At the heart of this disruption was our connectivity. If the pandemic hit just a decade ago, it would not be possible to remotely do very much of anything for an extended period of time. Increased capacity this past year put a demand on global networks, and those networks and their operators rose to the challenge. While it was certainly stretched thin, the internet did not break. One reason for this is the behind-the-scenes efforts to provide increased capacity and connectivity to organizations. In order to do this, essential workers remained on site at data centers, cable landing stations and IT departments around the world. To have that team in place, operations-based preparedness measures are critical to avoiding any and all downtime for customers. For a predictable event like a storm, those measures should include:

Daily operations team meetings. This could include things like reviewing an impending storm’s status, and the potential impact it could have.
Inventory of the supplies on hand across key areas of the facility
Supply enough food to last a minimum of 72 hours for two people
Ensure there are supplies available in case of emergency, such as ropes, sandbags, tarps, flashlights, batteries, ratchets, etc.
Assess diesel fuel levels to make sure there is sufficient reserve to ensure the facility doesn’t lose power.
Determine what current building load is and how long the fuel will last.
Closely coordinate with critical vendors such as those that maintain generators and switchgear in the building.
Maintain clear lines of communication with vendors to ensure support.
Arrange to have satellite phones for one person on-site and one person off-site in case phone lines are impacted.
Walk the grounds, perimeter and rooftop to make sure everything is secure and bring items inside as needed.

This high level of preparedness has become imperative. Extreme weather is no longer limited to the coasts. This year we saw a deep freeze in Texas, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, and flooding. Expect the unexpected. It’s a lesson learned from past natural and manmade disasters and one that we have all been forced to contend with during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ZenFi Networks: Leading the Charge on Next-Gen Infrastructure

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ZenFi Networks: Leading the Charge on Next-Gen Infrastructure

With a fiber network spanning over 1300 route miles throughout NY and NJ metro regions, ZenFi’s purpose-built communications infrastructure network is also accessible at NJFX’s CLS colocation campus.

May 5, 2021

Optimism is in full swing as we look ahead to a post-pandemic world. Many organizations have had to do some rebalancing this past year and make investments in their network infrastructures – increasing security and modernizing legacy networks – all to pave the way for new applications and capabilities. Enterprises, as well as telecom wholesalers, have spent time fortifying core areas, so that their networks have the capacity to support their end-users’ digital engagement. This has been an especially transformative year for ZenFi Networks, the ‘Go-To’ provider for wireless siting, network edge colocation and dense fiber connectivity across the greater New York and New Jersey metro regions. The company helps large enterprises, wireless providers and wholesale telecommunications providers shore up capacity, leverage new routes and expand to meet the increasing demands for low latency and ultra-reliable connectivity.

“ZenFi Networks is made up of industry veterans, many of whom have known Gil and his team for over a decade. We were all big fans of NJFX right from the start and had faith that NJFX would build a unique and impactful CLS ecosystem. The investment we made at their CLS campus has really paid off.” – Thomas Schemly, Executive Director, Telecom Solutions for ZenFi Networks

NJFX’s unique carrier ecosystem has grown to over 20 terrestrial carriers and four subsea cable systems since it launched five years ago. By collaborating closely with our carrier partners, our facility and services have not only expanded but we have been able to stay agile. We are always looking for ways to adapt based on what our clients require – everything from offering higher availability to better security and better network architecture solutions.

And we believe that it is that spirit of finding ways to get more business done, that has made NJFX what it is today. Our team strives to always be on the cusp on the next new idea, helping our customers solve challenges and just flat-out making things happen.

Today, ZenFi is seeing a ton of growth not only from their point to point and custom dark fiber builds, but also with passive wavelengths and at the 1G, 10Gig and up to 100Gig levels. The company also provides robust options to connect to the cloud via numerous onramps across leading global cloud platforms.

“We’ve seen tremendous growth stem from our point of presence at NJFX. Their team has been a great partner for ZenFi as our services complement each other, and as such we are seeing a lot of new business coming out of NJFX,” continued Schemly.

Disrupting the Connectivity Landscape

ZenFi Network’s sweet spot is its’ robust and dense dark fiber network. The company designs and builds routes that are dedicated to each customer, with specific routes purpose-built to support their clients’ strategic infrastructure requirements. ZenFi also has some of the fastest routes out of NJFX to Carteret, Woodbridge, Newark and Mahwah.

“Latency still matters, and we own it, along with many options that reach the North Jersey data center market. Not only can we provide transport, but we have a super dense network with high capacity in NYC metro. We built our network to suit to support applications like 5G and with our built-in conduit assembly, it makes the network more accessible than legacy fiber networks.” – Walter Cannon, VP of Business Development for ZenFi Networks

Enabling Mobile Densification

“When it comes to supporting wireless, whether it’s 5G, 4G, 4G LTE or Wi-Fi, we are continuing to densify our network by adding more features and by building out network edge colocation facilities to support higher speeds and changing technologies. The good news for our clients is that we can support rapid deployments, get creative and build-to-suit whenever necessary. Add all of that to the fact that we can connect any client at NJFX to 147 strategic enterprise buildings, as well as to all major data centers across the NY and NJ metro area. It’s a win for all,” continued Cannon.

The company plans to continuously densify its network based on expansions by mobile carriers to support 5G and other applications. In addition to their purpose-built fiber network, ZenFi also offers wireless siting and network edge colocation solutions which, combined, offer a total cost-effective solution to aggregating traffic and enabling digital transmissions closer to end users.

As Schemly noted, “We are on the cutting edge of mobile and wireless demands and applications and are positioned well as our network was purpose built for innovation and to be future proof.In short, we are ahead of the curve in the way we approach wireless solutions and deployments.”

Swiss Army Knife of Telecom

“ZenFi Network’s point of presence at NJFX is what I describe as being ‘globally local’. Our marketplace platform enables the world to use ZenFi’s world-class infrastructure in NY/NJ to enable route diversity. The company has so many network routes that our global community can diversify greatly due to their dense network and core competencies.” – Gil Santaliz, CEO for NJFX

By having its fiber network available at the NJFX CLS, ZenFi deploys custom solutions to make sure its customers can get beyond the data center – and connected to the subsea cables, that extend connectivity for them to Europe, South America, and other parts of the globe.

The ZenFi Networks team believes that NJFX’s strategic location, away from NYC metro, and away from all the other carrier hotels and data centers is one of its many advantages. The subsea industry is skyrocketing with an estimated 30+ new subsea cable projects expected for the U.S. east coast over the next ten years. This makes NJFX a big draw for ZenFi customers as they can also leverage all the options stemming from the many subsea cable systems.

Santaliz continued, “In this very close connected industry, it’s important to build relationships. NJFX is all about aligning with good people who keep doing good things. Our team is always focused on creating synergies and has established many long-term industry partnerships with best of breed providers, like ZenFi Networks. A lot of our customers like the routes that ZenFi designs and deploys because they are unique, and the team is also great to work with.”

For more on how ZenFi Networks is building the network of the future, check out this read from Co-Founder and CEO, Ray LaChance HERE. You can also catch more about the company on their YouTube Channel or at zenfi.com.

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2020/08/07 03:58 EST

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Utility Power Outage: Tropical Storm Isaias

As of Friday, August 7th at 3:58 am NJFX electric utility was restored. At 7:05am NJFX went from N+1 Generator power back to utility service. We will continue to monitor but expect no additional electric utility issues at this point. If we do, NJFX will provide additional updates.

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2020/08/04 21:50 EST

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Utility Power Outage: Tropical Storm Isaias

Today at 11:55 am NJFX began experiencing intermittent loss of electric utility service and has chosen to go on N+1 generator power until the storm subsides. There has been no impact to customers and all other systems are operating as designed.

NJFX staff will provide an update once it returns to normal electric utility service.
Please refer to the NJFX Client Portal for the latest information.

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NJFX Wins Prestigious Data Center Interconnection Award at PTC 2020

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Aloha from Honolulu!

We are proud to announce that NJFX, has been recognized as an outstanding leader by the Pacific Telecoms Council (PTC) at the PTC 2020 conference in Hawaii. The company was recognized last night at the PTC awards ceremony for Excellence in the Category: Outstanding Cloud, Data Center, or Interconnection Company. This is a significant achievement for the company, as PTC is an extremely prestigious industry organization comprised of vested professionals that collaborate to know and grow the world’s global communications infrastructure. “PTC is a must-participate for organizations across the globe,” commented Gil Santaliz, CEO for NJFX. “PTC is exciting for NJFX, as well as for our industry as a whole, as it represents the telecommunications’ industry kick-off to each year and sets the tone for the year ahead.”

Carrier Neutral CLS Campus

NJFX is the only carrier-neutral facility colocated at a cable landing site, and is the most uniquely designed data center campus in North America. With four subsea cables to Europe and South America, seven independent US fiber-based backhaul providers, the NJFX model significantly decreases latency, increases network resiliency and connectivity options for high capacity, network-dependent organizations. NJFX brings transparency to all network providers who can collaborate to provide the best connectivity for their customers, clearly supporting PTC’s vision to innovatively leverage communications infrastructure to drive advancements for all. “To be recognized as an industry leader by such a highly regarded organization is truly an honor,” says Gil Santaliz, CEO of NJFX. “This achievement confirms that our efforts to bring unprecedented interconnection via our world-class ecosystem of carriers and subsea providers is truly the model that the industry is looking for. To be selected among so many other impressive industry leaders is the icing on the cake.” The NJFX team was honored to have won the award and looks forward to a great year ahead expanding its carrier and subsea cable landing station campus ecosystem. NJFX tells more about the CLS story in its Why CLS Matter series: Unprecedented Ecosystem and also in its Backhaul Edition.

NJFX wins the 2020 PTC award for “Outstanding Cloud, Data Center, or Interconnection Company”.

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The Future of Subsea Connectivity lies in the Collaboration

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The Future of Subsea Connectivity lies in the Collaboration

December 12, 2019

The state of subsea was the main focus at Subsea Americas 2019 conference in Washington, DC this week. And the consensus was that that the state of subsea is currently in flux. Subsea is changing rapidly, to accommodate the exponential increases in capacity demands the industry will soon see, and in many cases is already seeing. With many cables reaching their end of life and at least one to be decommissioned in the very near future, the spotlight is on next-generation connectivity, what shape that takes and what players are involved.

One highlight of the event was a panel entitled, “Changing Dynamics of U.S. East Coast Network Architectures.” NJFX Founder and CEO Gil Santaliz served as the moderator, with insight from panelists Jim Cataudella, SVP, Network Platform & Critical Infrastructure Engineering for Bank of America, Ivo Pascucci, VP, Telia Carrier, Paul Scott, CEO, Confluence Networks and Joe Scattareggia, EVP, Wholesale, Windstream Wholesale.

While there are many viewpoints and perspectives, all of the panelists agreed that one thing is clear: The old model of the Cable Landing Station (CLS) as a passive, pass through location is no more. Carriers, cable system operators and others are realizing that the CLS must now be a hub with a rich and diverse ecosystem.

“The old model is not necessarily something we want to invest in,” says Ivo Pascucci, VP, Telia Carrier.

“For us, we see a lot of opportunities along the eastern seaboard. What we’ve found is that selling something one-off is a transaction, but when partnering with cable system operators, who compliment each other, bring together fiber assets on both sides of the Atlantic, plus the wet portion, that brings great, long-term value for us and our customers.” Pascucci says the model that NJFX has promoted is beginning to be mimicked more and more in places like Virginia Beach, VA and Jacksonville, FL.

Joe Scattareggia EVP, Wholesale, Windstream Wholesale, agrees, adding: “What used to be a passthrough today is an ecosystem. You’ve got cables landing, cloud services, carriers providing backhaul and internet provider presence. We look at these partnerships, what opportunities best offer us potential to sell our services.” Windstream Wholesale recently took a significant step in bridging those CLS ecosystems, by creating the first-ever CLS-to-CLS terrestrial route between Virginia Beach, VA and NJFX in Wall Township, NJ.

Santaliz asked panelists what it would take for enterprises to truly understand the vulnerability of their routes. Jim Cataudella, SVP, Network Platform & Critical Infrastructure Engineering for Bank of America answered, “At Bank of America we know there is a change of life coming, we are planning for the upcoming decommissioning of a cable. When we look at terrestrial maintenance, we are seeing things like a 400% increase in dual carrier outages, planned or unplanned. At one time, enterprises were covered with two paths. Today four routes have become the norm.” Cataudella adds it critical not only for Bank of America, but all banks in today’s global economy. Bank of America has operational excellence with a zero tolerance for customer facing outages. “The benefit of being at a CLS hub is that it brings us closer to the subsea edge. Having a multi-service CLS, with carrier neutrality, and making it a one stop shop with IP access, peering for cloud providers and high capacity internet is very attractive.”

The final step in creating a diverse north-south route on the East Coast comes from Confluence Networks. Paul Scott, CEO, announced CONFLUENCE-1, the first subsea cable connecting several CLSs along the Atlantic Coast. “This won’t solve it all, but it will provide solutions to latency, scalability and national security that we believe really enriches the architecture on many levels. A cable with 16 fiber pairs and 300 terabits of capacity is a very compelling business case.” He adds that the next step is to bring enterprise customers into the community, to provide direct connectivity at the cable landing site.

The changing landscape, indeed SEAscape, brings an exciting shift for the entire subsea and terrestrial ecosystem. Hubs like NJFX will increase, bringing a new level of secure, diverse, high capacity connectivity. The leadership at NJFX looks forward to playing a key role in the evolution. You can next find the team at PTC 2020 in Honolulu, HI, January 19-22, where CEO Gil Sanatliz will participate on a panel entitled, “Data Centers and Networks on the (Cutting) Edge”. To book a meeting, email [email protected].

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