The demand for high quality Internet connections has given rise to numerous Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as well as the emergence of key areas in the information industry, such as Internet search engines and countless other Internet-based services.

Dedicated Internet Access Service

Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) is a dependable, ‘always-on’ Internet connection that provides high-quality connections for businesses looking to host their own servers. Connecting directly to a provider’s core equipment, your DIA connection is solely dedicated to you – not shared with other business clients – allowing for greater performance and scalability. In addition, DIA streamlines bandwidth intensive multimedia services, such as streaming and webcasting, and supplies the foundation for value added services, including virtual private networking.

Ethernet Solutions Services

Ethernet Private Line (EPL) Services provide transparent location-to-location Ethernet connections to several dedicated User-Network Interfaces (UNIs). Whether for file transfer, email, or accessing the World Wide Web, EPLs can provide a low overhead, high quality connection. By replacing legacy Frame Relay and ATM services with Ethernet based services, companies can reduce costs and simplify network administration by using LAN technology over the Metropolitan Area Network and Wide Area Network.

Hosting and Colocation Services

Data Hosting Services allows customers to store digital or analog data, i.e. audio, video or other multimedia, onto a server which can be accessed directly by users through the use of specialized computer programs. One of the most prevalent and in-demand Data Services is Web hosting, wherein online content is stored in a server that allows the data to be accessed by users online. Data services also include the conversion of old data files or even whole databases into much simpler configurations and formatting, and are capable of producing reports which contains summarized content for faster and easier analyses of clients.

Colocation hosting is ideal for businesses looking to run their servers in a high availability data center without taking on the infrastructure and staff costs required to run a world class data center. With Colocation services, you place your equipment in racks, cages or private colocation suites. The colocation data center provides and manages the physical security, filtered uninterruptable power, back-up generators, cooling, Internet connectivity and network security for your servers. Colocation services such as remote server monitoring and control, managed back-up across geographically dispersed data centers, advanced network security and remote hands and eyes can significantly reduce the IT staff and overhead required to manage your data center applications.

In addition, Colocation allows you to buy your data center incrementally. Rather than invest upfront to build a data center that can meet your needs for the next 5 years, with colocation, you can buy your data center a rack at a time. Colocation also lets you leverage the on-site expertise and training of the colocation operator’s staff, rather than invest in development and retaining of data center expertise on your staff.

Multi-Protocol Label Switching Services

Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is quickly replacing frame relay and ATM as the technology of choice for carrying high-speed data and digital voice on a single connection. MPLS not only provides better reliability and increased performance, but can often decrease overall costs through increased network efficiency. Its ability to assign priority of mission-critical traffic such as voice, video and data applications over non-urgent traffic types such as e-mail and Web browsing makes it the perfect solution for traffic across your network.

The key to MPLS is its ability to label data packets. In traditional IP networks, packets are routed based solely upon the data’s network-layer header. The arrival of each packet forces a router to “decide” where it should go next with no regard for its actual content.

Private Line Services

Private Line Services protect your critical business traffic and provide exceptional reliability and accessibility. Private Line Services transmit your internal business traffic quickly and securely via an end-to-end private connection. A complete range of digital and analog Private Line services is available for growing businesses seeking end-to-end provisioning, extensive domestic and international availability, industry-leading service level agreements (SLAs) and competitive pricing. Service providers and resellers provide various options for monitoring, diagnostic capabilities, and transmission privacy.