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The Factors Driving Disruption in the Subsea Industry

March 2, 2018

Subsea industry leaders fresh off a game changing conference have a lot to think about. Submarine Networks Europe 2018 brought together cable operators, carriers, builders and OTTs to talk about what’s ahead for the industry, what’s changing within the subsea sector and where we go from here.

Perhaps the most obvious development is the sheer number of projects currently in the works or on the horizon. This is the second building boom since the internet came to be. Before this latest round of new cable project announcements, when the internet was still in its infancy, the demand for capacity was nowhere near the levels it is today. It’s becoming clear the current cable building boom is not only timely, but necessary. These new projects are as the most recent cables near their end of life.

“We are seeing the next generation of subsea deployments, not seen since 2000, which will support the next 20 years of as we experience an explosion in the amount of data that traverses the globe,” comments Gil Santaliz, Founder and CEO of NJFX. “These new cables have a new financial model driven by the OTT’s with fewer carriers involved. Some carriers will be left to operate in the secondary market only. NJFX’s unique Tier 3 colocation model allows us to address the requirements that subsea cable operators have for higher capacity, reliability, security, and flexible interconnection options to North America, South America and Europe.”

Santaliz adds that it is inevitable that OTT players would have a huge role to play in the financing of future subsea projects and that the industry must learn to work with them. “Companies like Facebook, Google and the rest represent stable tenants for operators,” he says.

Today subsea cables are critical infrastructure completely necessary to keep up to date and functioning at the fastest rate possible. “Fundamentally, we need the internet to work and for that to happen we need those subsea connecting cables to work. Today, Internet of Things technology is no longer a nice to have – it’s a must have,” Santaliz said.

The carrier- neutral model at the cable landing station is becoming very beneficial. Massive bandwidth demands and the need for highly reliable network infrastructure are driving the need to locate multiple subsea cable systems in one place. “There are huge economies of scale in this model,” continues Santaliz. “Operators are recognizing that it’s extremely hard to have all of these elements – elevation, backhaul optionality, and power in one place. A carrier-neutral CLS allows for a best of breed community versus the traditional monopoly carrier landlord model and paves the way for the new economy.”

It wasn’t that long ago that the Internet was just email. Now it’s live broadcast, applications and services. “I expect to be in a driverless car in the next five to ten years, making my life a lot easier as I get older. The last thing I want to hear is that my car won’t work because they lost some application that was being supported out of France or Frankfurt and there is no connectivity and the cars aren’t working. We need to modernize our infrastructure to support how important it is that these things continue to work,” comments Santaliz.

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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.

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NJFX Spotlight on Epsilon: The Age of Digital Transformation

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NJFX Spotlight on Epsilon: The Age of Digital Transformation

February 19, 2018

Global communications are changing at a very fast pace in large part due to the rise of Internet of Things, video streaming, social media, big data, multi-cloud use and a ton of new applications. It is estimated that the total amount of data created by any device will more than double, reaching 847 zettabytes (ZB) per year by 2021. There is no doubt that telecommunications infrastructure must be bolstered to keep up. As seen, through a multitude of new subsea cable projects led by both content providers and telecommunications carriers.

Carriers and service providers are also positioning to meet this challenge by increasing capabilities and capacities for themselves as well as for their end-users. Epsilon, a global connectivity and communications service provider, operates a carrier-grade, next-generation terabit optical backbone and has a presence in the NJFX colocation facility in Wall, NJ. Its Global Interconnect Fabric includes a dense mesh of service providers, data center providers, subsea cable operators, internet exchanges and carriers.

“A lot of people are just now realizing that networking needs to be more fluid and agile than ever before. It’s the way it has to be moving forward,” commented Paul Verhoeven, General Manager Americas for Epsilon. With over 15 years of providing global infrastructure, Epsilon provides a foundation for the applications and ecosystems of the future. The company enables digital transformation and helps its partners to leverage new technologies and prepare for the future. Epsilon delivers connectivity and communications services globally via innovative automation, flexible portals and APIs. Its unique on-demand networking technology is deployed to over 90 PoPs, connecting 600 network operators and cloud service providers and has a reach to over 170 countries.

Enabling Innovation

Operating a Tier 3 carrier-neutral colocation campus, NJFX is an integral part of an ecosystem of key connectivity providers such as Epsilon, as well as new subsea cable projects and connects them all at the cable landing station where the cables make landfall. “Epsilon sees real value in working with partners like NJFX,” continued Verhoeven. “What Epsilon is presenting to the tenants in the NJFX ecosystem is the ability to turn up services in between our 90+ points of presence. All this can be done through our platform-based model which interlinks data center ecosystems to make it a much more fluid fabric. This is where companies can transit to clouds, other data centers and other carriers where ever and whenever they need it.”

To help providers and enterprises keep up with the fast pace of innovation, Epsilon is taking the ordering of bandwidth beyond the standard approach. “The whole industry is shifting,” stated Verhoeven. “We are removing the pain points that have been traditionally a part of managing network infrastructure. By providing the power that supports cloud services and allows all the apps to run on it, we can reduce lead times that used to take weeks and now spin up capacity in a couple of minutes.”

Epsilon enables services through an automated API function and offers an on-demand interconnected mesh fabric of subsea cable providers that stretches across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. This allows organizations to turn up bandwidth when they need it – whether it’s to another cloud, data center, or to bridge the last mile.

With the rise of data intensive applications, organizations also need to migrate, back up and move data, often using larger bandwidth capacities and for shorter timeframes. Epsilon enables the connection of platforms and networks through APIs with a click of a button. Use cases include:

Data replication providers – help enterprises and IT departments move infrastructure into cloud services; for example, an organization may need a 10Gig pipe for only 3 months for the initial back up.
The rise of hybrid cloud usage – using multiple clouds instead of just one; can replicate data from one cloud to another or to a hosted service.
Data center operators – need to offer connections beyond space and power; NJFX offers direct interconnections to the Epsilon fabric.

Flexible models are also important as seen in the next-gen breed of managed service providers. Consumer and enterprise models are changing due to the vast amount of content and applications that are out there stemming from gaming, watching videos/movie content and more. For gaming companies, requirements can quickly change from 100Mbps to 10Gig. So, it is not always about deploying temporary bandwidth, but more about having the ability to scale as the provider’s requirements change and grow. In addition, these providers require certain traffic volumes to get to other parts of the world.

These use cases are a perfect fit for Epsilon. Enabling innovation, these scalable models translate to a new breed of next-gen managed service providers. As Verhoeven stated, “The industry is used to having on-demand capabilities with cloud computing and now Epsilon is enabling the agility of the network infrastructure to catch up.”

Epsilon is a true enabler, allowing companies to white label new platforms without investing in the DevOps and operations needed to support and manage them. By partnering with Epsilon, organizations can offload a lot of the time spent in development and allow organizations to transform themselves in this new age.

NJFX provides the flexible foundation that allows it to work with like-minded services providers, such as Epsilon, to transform global communications.

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Global Communications Innovation: A Look at What’s Ahead

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Global Communications Innovation: A Look at What’s Ahead

July 22, 2022

Subsea cable systems play an integral role in today’s communications, serving as the primary backbone to transport data, video and voice traffic globally. Spanning continent to continent, and across the world’s oceans, subsea cables are the foundation in which content is served up, videos are viewed, phone calls are made, social media is posted and businesses operate. And despite popular perception, more than 95 percent of all U.S. international voice, data, and Internet traffic travels by submarine cable. Submarine cables provide higher quality, more reliable, more secure, and less expensive communications than satellites provide.

The physical point in which subsea cables make landfall is at a Cable Landing Station (CLS). It is at these critical network junctures where the cable is brought from the ocean into a terrestrial hub and then broken out into terrestrial fiber paths to connect with metro and long haul routes. Carriers, content and service providers, as well as enterprises and financials are all clamoring to be closer to the edge, which means – closer to where the cable is physically accessed to avoid unnecessary points of failure.

While subsea cable systems have been around since the 1850’s, the landscape of today’s Cable Landing Stations and their role are rapidly changing. Gil Santaliz, CEO and Founder of NJFX, believes the future of Cable Landing Stations lies within the ecosystem effect where a healthy density of diverse networks is created and attracts other infrastructure development. NJFX, known as Tier 3 by the Subsea, offers a Subsea Exchange ecosystem, which combines the right number of carriers participating in a marketplace to interexchange capacity. This offers the capability of tapping into the network at the Cable Landing Station, which can in turn lower latencies, increase speeds, increase capacity options and remove single points of failure.

”When a campus has resiliency, redundancy and also the capability for tenants to now have a choice of using shared services or not – or remain completely separate in a hardened facility – you’ve got a good combination. It’s a unique ecosystem-type approach,“ says Amy Marks, CEO of XSite Modular, a design-builder of Cable Landing Stations. “There are only so many routes you can go through. But what NJFX is doing in terms of creating diverse routes to and from a protected campus is really the perfect solution and quite innovative.”

A Cable Landing Station that is located at a coastal, terrestrial, secure site with high elevation, reliable power and direct accessibility to multiple backhaul providers is crucial, and exactly what NJFX offers. Santaliz believes this combination of ingredients will be hard to achieve in the future and why NJFX is uniquely positioned. NJFX is the result of the innovation of the world’s first colocation campus that strategically intersects a carrier-neutral subsea cable landing station meet-me room with a Tier 3, carrier-neutral data center. Its facility is a 64,800-square foot purpose-built data center, which offers direct access to multiple independent subsea cable systems that interconnect North America, Europe, and South America.

There is a definite need for networks to interconnect, and the benefits of the Tier 3 CLS campus infrastructure include having multiple operationally independent builds, each with two sets of independent bores to the ocean that are miles apart, and with two independent buildings. Additional benefits include:

Tier 3 concurrently maintainable systems
Location proven to withstand natural disasters at 65 feet above sea level
Multiple Points of Points entry
Eight independent fiber based providers
Multiple independent meet-me rooms supported by audited Department of Homeland Security standards

All of this is enclosed in a fenced campus which has independent access roads, further providing a secure solution.

Bypassing the typical telecom route through NYC metro, NJFX offers a smart way for organizations to plan their network architectures with resiliency. In addition, NJFX’s close proximity to a power substation further ensures high reliability. “Cable Landing Stations and cable operators need extremely reliable power, as evidenced by the issues from some of the 2017 hurricanes, which caused outages lasting for weeks,” comments Santaliz. “Data centers and carrier hotels are not meant to run on generators for that long. In times of disaster, power utilities have to be turned back on as fast as possible.”

Crosslake Fibre is using a high fiber count submarine cable from NJFX to reach an independent Cable Landing Station on Long Island bypassing NYC, which further increases network diversity and resilience. “The power of being able to cost-effectively shift traffic across different TransAtlantic routes is now possible, because of new connectivity options,” comments Mike Cunningham, CEO of Crosslake Fibre. “These new routes, like the Wall-LI cable, can be segments within larger mesh networks enabling flexibility and necessary resilience around Tier 3 infrastructure.”

Massive bandwidth demands and the need for highly reliable network infrastructure are driving the need to locate multiple subsea cable systems in one place. “There are huge economies of scale in this model,” continues Santaliz. “Operators are recognizing that it’s extremely hard to have all of these elements – elevation, backhaul optionality, and power in one place. A carrier-neutral CLS allows for a best of breed community versus the traditional monopoly carrier landlord model and paves the way for the new economy.”

For more information and to learn more about the changing subsea cable landscape, visit www.njfx.net.

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About XSite Modular

XSite Modular is the most well-known and prolific design-builder of cable landing stations. XSite stations are built in a controlled environment with experienced labor forces while their process provides design flexibility to meet clients’ requirements, both technically and aesthetically. Unlike containers, XSite’s modular building process provides large column free spaces with gracious ceiling heights for ease of equipment installation.

XSite’s design-build process dramatically reduces project schedules and provides cost certainty from the earliest concept phases through completion. XSite utilizes an engineered, optimized and productized approach that is easily customized for clients’ specific telecom DC power requirements and space/program needs. This transformational approach allows us to dramatically reduce risk for clients by providing a turnkey landing station to deliver time-sensitive, critical infrastructure to often challenging locations.

XSite has worked on six of the seven continents in both urban and remote locations on systems including ECLink, CFX-1, SEACOM, Matrix, Fibralink, TGN Pacific G6, Seabras-1, Hawaiian Telcom Makaha CLS (SEA-US), Atisa and SPM. XSite also provides PFE shelters, ILA huts, modular data centers and all types of terrestrial telecommunications buildings. For more information on XSite Modular, please visit http://www.xsitemodular.com

About Crosslake Fibre

Crosslake Fibre was established to develop fibre-optic projects throughout North America. Crosslake’s innovative approach to developing next-generation networks will bring new backbone routes to telecommunications carriers and web-centric customers, and last mile broadband to consumers. Crosslake Fibre’s leading project is its Lake Ontario project to construct a new subsea cable from Toronto, Canada to Buffalo, New York. For additional information, see www.crosslakefibre.ca.

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NJFX GENERAL MANAGER, FELIX SEDA, BRINGS NJFX INTO 2018 AND BEYOND

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Felix Seda: Big data and the submarine cable building boom

We live in a digital universe, and data is at the center of it. This universe is growing exponentially – 40 percent each year into the next decade.

July 22, 2022

Not only are more people and businesses doing everything online, but all of those “smart” devices connected to the internet: your phone, your television, your watch, your home security system, and more, are generating or receiving data. By 2020, this digital universe may contain as many digital bits as there are stars in the ACTUAL universe. It is doubling in size every two years, and by 2020 will reach 44 zettabytes, or 44 trillion gigabytes.According to Cisco, global internet traffic reached the zettabyte era last year, with a run rate of 1.2 ZB annually. Annual global IP traffic will reach 3.3 ZB per year by 2021. Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) will carry 71 percent of Internet traffic by 2021. And smartphone traffic will exceed PC traffic.

Who needs space?

If you’ve seen the Disney-Pixar movie WALL-E, you may remember the scene of Earth shown from space many decades in the future. It’s depicted as shrouded in thousands and thousands of orbiting satellites. It seems a logical prediction by the Disney-Pixar animators, but the fact is, the vast majority of the massive amount of data that is generated in the next decade, will travel via submarine cable.It might seem that space would better connect the Internet than running really long cables (no thicker than a garden hose) thousands of miles across the ocean floor.

Which, by the way, is a method developed more than a hundred years ago. But as it turns out, it’s not. Submarine cables are simply faster and cheaper than satellites.So as content increases, content giants will drive the demand for submarine cables. Market research firm Telegeography estimates an increase of new cable deployments worth more than $8.1 billion over the next three years.Google, Microsoft and Facebook, once just customers, are now financing cable ventures and joining submarine cable projects. Microsoft and Facebook have partnered for the MAREA transatlantic submarine cable system just deployed. The 4,100-mile (6,600 km) cable system is the first new system built south of the North Atlantic since 1999. Google dipped its toe in the water with the Monet cable, a link between Florida and Brazil. And more are sure to come.It’s clear submarine cables dominate data delivery. But, how does that data get on land, across continents and to your device?

Cable landing stations are that meeting point. Once data has traveled thousands of miles along the submarine cable, it comes ashore at landing station. The landing station is an important component of the submarine cable system.Sites are generally chosen for gently sloping coastline, little marine traffic, accessibility to power source and secure location. But what should also be part of the equation is carrier access closer to the edge, as well as route diversity, which are both addressed by colocation.It’s becoming clear that it can be cost prohibitive for networks and carriers to set up individual data centers. A colocation campus is a much less expensive option that can still provide the interconnection necessary.

Felix Seda is the General Manager for NJFX

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NJFX’s Rapid Growth and 2018 Expansion Spur Key Additions to Core Team

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NJFX's Rapid Growth and 2018 Expansion Spur Key Additions to Core Team

November 21, 2017

WALL, NJ – November 21, 2017 – NJFX, the first and only colocation campus to sit at a cable landing station in the U.S and offer Tier 3, carrier neutral data center capabilities, announces the hire of two industry professionals to address its growing ecosystem and rapid expansion.

The robust NJFX ecosystem includes direct access to:

Ten telecommunications carriers
Four subsea cable systems
Over one million route miles21
More than one million square feet of global data center space across 240 countries

NJFX is also planning to expand its data center campus to a total of 58 acres in 2018.

Cliff Gasior joins NJFX as Director of Engineering and is responsible for managing operational quality to ensure maximum uptime for clients. Mr. Gasior brings vast experience as a mechanical systems engineer and project manager for large mission critical facilities such as Google, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank. As a professional engineer (PE) and Commissioning Process Management Professional (CPMP), Mr. Gasior will ensure all engineering projects and processes are in compliance with essential industry standards and best practices.

In addition, NJFX welcomes Amanda Norman, who will serve as Ecosystem Development Manager for NJFX. Ms. Norman is responsible for helping partners and customers within the NJFX network collaborate and take advantage of all that the ecosystem offers. Amanda will also oversee all site visits and leverage her strong background in sales, management, sales operations, consulting and customer service to further ensure success for NJFX clients.

“We know its imperative to have the best team in place to address our rapid growth and to support our expansion throughout 2018,” states Gil Santaliz, NJFX Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “We are excited to bring Cliff and Amanda on board, as both are highly dedicated to serving our clients. We know our strong customer focus will be key to further our success and our clients’ success in the years to come.”

This news comes on the heels of NJFX announcing its breakout capabilities, which offer new direct ways for global carriers, content providers and enterprises to reach the US, while eliminating traditional points of failure when providing US-Europe, US-Brazil, US-Asia connectivity.

To learn more about NJFX’s ecosystem and how to increase reliability, backhaul and disaster recovery options, please contact info@njfx.net.

About NJFX
NJFX operates “Tier 3 by the Subsea,” the world’s first colocation campus that strategically intersects a carrier neutral subsea cable landing station meet-me room with a Tier 3, carrier neutral data center. The 64,800-square foot purpose-built data center offers direct access to multiple independent subsea cable systems that interconnect North America, Europe, and South America. High and low-density colocation solutions are available with 24/7 support as well as unique US fiber back-haul solutions that avoid traditional legacy network points of failure. NJFX’s offerings provide the flexibility, reliability and security that global carriers, content providers, enterprise and government entities require to drive revenue, reduce expenses and improve service quality.

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NJFX ANNOUNCES INTERCONNECTION TO MORE THAN A MILLION ROUTE MILES AND 200+ COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AROUND THE GLOBE

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NJFX ANNOUNCES INTERCONNECTION TO MORE THAN A MILLION ROUTE MILES AND 200+ COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AROUND THE GLOBE

New Transatlantic Connectivity Map Shows Tremendous Reach

October 2, 2017

WALL, NJ – New Jersey Fiber Exchange (NJFX), the first and only colocation campus to sit at a cable landing station in the U.S. and offer Tier 3, carrier neutral data center capabilities, announces today its interconnection to over one million route miles, both subsea and terrestrial, and more than one million square feet of global data center space across 200+ countries and territories.

The company has reached incredible milestones, and is well positioned for even further growth of the global connectivity ecosystem it began just a year ago. A new transatlantic connectivity map shows route diversity across the major interconnection points.

“Route diversity is paramount to telecom providers. Our rich carrier ecosystem without recurring fees for cross connects, goes a long way to further ensure these providers aren’t single threaded and exposed,” says Gil Santaliz, CEO for NJFX. “We have demonstrated tremendous value to our customers with the ability to interconnect to major international subsea networks complimented by terrestrial networks in the U.S.”

Through its partnerships, NJFX clients can strategically diversify their connectivity options to key hubs across North America, Europe, and South America, bypassing legacy chokepoints.

The next major milestone is the completion and expansion of the NJFX colocation campus adding 48 acres to its footprint. This flexible site plan will include a new, two-story 80,000 square foot data center and premium disaster recovery space adjacent to NJFX’s current Tier 3 facility – just 60 miles from New York City.

Click Here to check out the new Trans-Atlantic Connectivity map.

For more information, please visit www.njfx.net.

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Hurricane Irma – How NJFX is Supporting Critical Global Infrastructure

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Hurricane Irma - How NJFX is Supporting Critical Global Infrastructure

November 12, 2017

Hurricane Irma swept through the Caribbean, Florida and up through the southeast over the last few days. Thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed, communities were flooded and trees were uprooted all through the region. Its full effects are yet to be completely known. One thing that is certain is that power outages are widespread. Residences and companies in the affected areas may be without power for weeks to come.

Operating the first and only colocation campus to sit at a US cable landing station, NJFX is working with major carriers to expedite circuits that support a big telecom hub in Florida. NJFX’s secure facility is 64 feet above sea level, making it impervious to tidal surge and ideal for disaster recovery. This 64,800-square foot purpose-built data center offers direct access to multiple independent subsea cable systems that interconnect North America, Europe, South America, and the Caribbean.

“The way we communicate worldwide is through the Miami, Puerto Rico and New York City gateways,” states Gil Santaliz, CEO for NJFX. “If Miami went down, the only way to communicate to Europe and South America is through Puerto Rico. We are in contact right now with major carriers that supply connectivity to large, international companies and are looking to keep networks up and running. They are confidently turning to NJFX and rest assured that their needs will be met.”

Santaliz adds, “If New York’s telecom infrastructure is impacted either through natural or other disasters, then major carriers and telecoms will be adversely affected. Because NJFX has an optimal location in New Jersey, which bypasses legacy chokepoints and the congested NYC routes, we play a major a role in making networks work. NJFX offers a critical solution for multinational businesses and carriers in the U.S.”

NJFX offers Tier 3, carrier neutral data center capabilities and through its more than 10 carriers and service provider partners, NJFX clients have direct access to any carrier’s suite of services in the NJFX ecosystem, without incurring cross-connect fees.

To schedule a tour of the NJFX campus email: meetings@NJFX.net or call (732) 978 4100.

For the latest news, follow NJFX on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. For more information, visit www.njfx.net.

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NJFX Unveils New Resources – Offering Clients and Carriers Added Value

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NJFX Unveils New Resources – Offering Clients and Carriers Added Value

August 31, 2017

WALL, NJ – Committed to delivering excellent service and unmatched Tier 3 carrier neutral data center services, NJFX has completed the SSAE16/18 Type II Audit on its data center control policies and procedures. This allows customers to stay up to date with new international service organization reporting standards, and helps mitigate any worries regarding compliance.

NJFX is now also providing 24 x 7 x 365 on-site physical support. With a simple call or ticket request via the online portal, customers can receive full access to on-site staff. Customers can contact NJFX round the clock to help with service requests, hands-on support and technical assistance.

Other resources on our new website include:

NJFX Info Center – your source for data center campus details and our new Video Vault
NJFX Marketplace – a global ecosystem designed to help you securely purchase/sell services with other customers
NJFX Tier 3 Sub Sea Map

By colocating in in the NJFX Carrier Neutral CLS-Colocation Facility, customers gain clear ADVANTAGES including:

ZERO recurring cross connect fees
Ability to leverage NJFX Customer Portal to connect with buyers and sellers
Direct access to ten dark fiber and network service providers

NJFX is also offering Cable Landing Station tours and various customer events throughout September. To Request a Tour, click here.

Keep up with the latest developments on the NJFX news page and by following the NJFX communities: Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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Connectivity for the Holidays

December 21, 2016

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell… How are you going to jingle bell rock out without proper connectivity this holiday season? Christmas just isn’t Christmas without streaming music, video chatting, and your Pinterest wish list! All joking aside, the Internet really has revolutionized Christmas, in so many ways. It’s the time to get connected and have a swell time this holiday season.

Busy sidewalks, the slog to the shopping mall, the treachery that is finding a parking spot, and fighting over the last Cabbage Patch Doll is no longer necessary, in fact, neither are pants. According to statista.com, 23.3% of all shopping is done online, and that number rises annually. Silver bells are now delivered directly to your door.

While there’s no place like home for the holidays, there are any number of reasons that being away from your family is a reality. Nowadays, you’re but a video call away. Your computer, your tablet, even your phone act as your portal right into your elementary student’s holiday concert, your Grandma’s dinner table, or your parents’ living room. Home for the holidays doesn’t necessarily need to mean you’re physically home sweet home any more.

Last Christmas you mailed out your cards; Think of how expensive that postage was! Not to mention getting them signed, sealed, and off to the post office. E-cards have been around for a while, but e-cards of 2016 are far different from e-cards of Christmas past. Now, not only do you have a plethora of generic online options, you also have access to graphic designers all over the world thanks to online marketplaces. Save some cash, save some clutter, and rest assured that no one will be giving these away the very next day.

The chestnuts are roasting on an open fire, jack frost has sufficiently nipped at your nose, and the yuletide carols are being streamed directly to your mobile device. Making holiday playlists is akin to the holiday mix tapes and burnt CDs from days of yore, but way easier. With a click of your mouse, or the tap of your finger suddenly curates your holiday favorites, from Dolly & Kenny to Bing & Bowie, your eyes and ears will be all a-glow.

Connectivity has changed and evolved the holidays, and allowed families to create new traditions. All of the Christmas connectivity is possible thanks to flexible, reliable and secure networks.

Although it’s been said many times, many ways, NJFX wishes you a merry holiday season, and a happy connected 2017!

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Eliminating Backhaul for Low Latency, Financial Networks

December 14, 2016

Low latency is a common concern for many network providers, especially those who support customers within the finance sector, who heavily rely on speedy connections to maintain a competitive advantage and achieve optimal business performance. To successfully offer that low latency financial institutions crave, network providers always have to go back to the question of backhaul.

The key to maintaining a low latency network is having a clear and short fiber route. A clear fiber route has by far the biggest impact on latency and if a data center has two routing options, then the shortest one of the two is always the better option.

Unfortunately, fiber is not always routed along the most direct path between locations, and the cost of rerouting fiber can be very high, which has caused some operators to build new low latency fiber routes between key financial centers and employ low-latency systems to run over these links. Luckily, in NJFX’s case, we took this into account when building our Tier III facility in Wall, NJ.

NJFX offers a unique opportunity, as our campus sits atop the landing points of subsea cables from around the globe, allowing customers to bypass bottlenecks like New York, Newark and Piscataway, thereby eliminating the need for traditional backhaul solutions. By facilitating direct interconnection options at the cable-end and eliminating the need for backhaul altogether, control is put back in the hands of the carrier-neutral operators, enterprises and of course, financial firms.

As you can guess, the facility’s location and proximity to key subsea cable landing points is a highly sought after location that fosters domestic and international strategic partnerships for interconnection. This allows financial exchanges between the US, Europe and LATAM to have lower latency going through NJFX’s data center in Wall than, say, one in other locations across the Northeast. That isn’t all either, to compliment its already robust low latency network, NJFX will be investing in the development of a strategically placed monopole. Stay tuned for more details!

To learn more about how we can eliminate unnecessary backhaul for your business, visit www.NJFX.net and don’t forget to connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn!

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http://www.exaltcom.com/HFT-ALC.aspx

http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/print/volume-29/issue-6/feature/network-latency-how-low-can-you-go.html

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