[June 19, 2013]

TE Connectivity and Power & Tel Help COMLINK Build New Advanced Data Center in Grand Rapids

TE Connectivity (News - Alert) (TE) and distribution partner, Power & Tel teamed up to support COMLINK in the construction of their state-of-the-art data center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Incorporating TIA (News - Alert)-942 design principles for telecom-grade network durability and access methods, COMLINK's data center will offer scalable, best-in-class colocation and VARCloud hosting services for business and residential customers.

"COMLINK will serve as a model for other data center builds across the U.S.," said Jaxon Lang, vice president of TE Telecom Networks. "It highlights three principles that are critical for success: 1) Agility - the physical layer can readily support all of the moves, adds, and changes that occur over the life of the data center; 2) Availability - the physical layer design ensures the data center can deliver service without interruption; and 3) Efficiency - innovative connectivity solutions and best cable management practices lower overall deployment costs and allow faster turn-up of new customers and services."

COMLINK's mix of colocation and hosting equipment in one area of the center drove the need for a centralized cross-connect solution. TE proposed a data center architecture built around TIA-942 guidelines for cable management, equipment setup and maintenance to help ensure the COMLINK data center will meet the challenges of future service requirements. Plug-and-play innovations such as TE's Rapid Fiber panel, MPO cable assemblies, plenum-rated microcable, and copper Cat 6 panels and cabling provide fast cable installation and service turn-ups. Ultimately, TE's breadth of connectivity solutions, along with Power & Tel's supply chain, allowed COMLINK to construct the data center and place it into operation in a timely and efficient manner.

"We asked several vendors to provide a turnkey soltion, including engineering, furnishing and installation of our entire low voltage infrastructure," said Brett Kirby, director of Network Management and Data Center Operations. "TE and Power & Tel (News - Alert) came together to provide the best solution. TE's suite of innovative, standards-compliant products, teamed with Power & Tel's consultative selling and distribution horsepower, came together to deliver a quality, reliable solution with an impressively short timeline. With their help, and the installation forces of KLA Laboratories, Inc., we could not be happier with the end result."

About TE Connectivity
TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL) is a $13 billion world leader in connectivity. The company designs and manufactures products at the heart of electronic connections for the world's leading industries including automotive, energy and industrial, broadband communications, consumer devices, healthcare, and aerospace and defense. TE Connectivity's long-standing commitment to innovation and engineering excellence helps its customers solve the need for more energy efficiency, always-on communications and ever-increasing productivity. With nearly 90,000 employees in over 50 countries, TE Connectivity makes connections the world relies on to work flawlessly every day. To connect with the company, visit: www.TE.com.

About Power & Tel
Power & Tel is an industry leader in the sales, inventory management, and logistics of products to the global communications marketplace. Founded in 1963, the company's headquarters are located in Memphis, TN, with branch offices and distribution centers throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. Their extensive distribution system provides you a cost-effective way to get the wide-range of products needed to build and maintain communication networks. Power & Tel also offers efficient technology-based solutions for product investment; transaction and asset management; and maximizing your resource/facility capacity. For more information, please visit www.ptsupply.com.

About COMLINK
With DATA CENTERS that host clients residing in over 100 countries, COMLINK is a leading provider of CLOUD SERVICES, dedicated and virtual private servers, storage, colocation, all CONNECTED over a private, protected Ethernet backbone with bandwidths up to 100Gb. Using our private fiber network and multiple certified data centers (HIPAA, SAE 16, PCI (News - Alert)) strategically located, COMLINK can provide your business with redundant (Hot) servers, granular backup and restore capabilities, a true disaster recovery and business continuity plan. To learn more about COMLINK, visit www.COMLINK.net.

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