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EarthLink Opens New Miami Data Center [Professional Services Close - Up]
[August 04, 2013]

EarthLink Opens New Miami Data Center [Professional Services Close - Up]


(Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) As part of its nationwide IT services and data center network expansion, EarthLink, Inc., a IT services and communications provider, announced the opening of its newest data center on its next-generation cloud hosting platform, located at 50 NE 9th Street in Miami, Fla.



According to a release, EarthLink's new Miami data center will enable the company to fulfill business demand for its highly-secure IT solutions including cloud hosting, Cloud Workspace, managed security, colocation, Cloud Server Backup and application solutions in South Florida.

The Company noted that one of the first EarthLink customers in the new Miami data center is SuperClubs, an all-inclusive resort company, including Breezes, Rooms on the Beach and the Negril Villa. With an IT staff in South Florida supporting a user base throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, SuperClubs selected EarthLink for a virtual data center solution with Platinum-level Managed Hosting and data center firewall security.


On July 25, Anthony Cheng, SuperClubs IT Director, spoke about his company's decision to virtualize with EarthLink at EarthLink's complimentary 'Join the Cloud Evolution' seminar at the J.W. Marriott Marquis Hotel. The event showcased how services such as Cloud Hosting, Dedicated Exchange and Data Center Firewalls help businesses improve cost structures and mitigate risk. Industry experts from Cisco and NetApp joined SuperClubs as speakers at this informational event.

Leveraging geographically-diverse data centers, EarthLink noted it is creating fault-tolerant, enterprise class IT solutions with nationwide availability and high performing network connectivity. Click here for a video highlighting the business value of EarthLink's next-generation cloud platform in the data centers. In addition to Miami, recently EarthLink held seminar events to mark the opening of its data centers in San Jose, Chicago and Dallas. Combined with EarthLink's current data centers in Pittsford, NY; Marlborough, MA; Columbia, SC and Atlanta, EarthLink now operates eight data centers linked to its nationwide IP network.

"Miami is one of the country's technology hotspots and a vibrant, growing market," noted Michael D. Toplisek, EarthLink Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "A vital communications hub for IP traffic, Miami also serves as a gateway to Latin America and beyond. Adding a robust, new state of the art data center in the city enables EarthLink to easily scale to support our customers' current and future IT service demands as they seek to virtualize their businesses." More Information: www.earthlink.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2013 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved.

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