AboveNet Virtual Data Center

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AboveNet Virtual Data Center

Changing the way companies access

their data centers

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In this webinar we will address:

• Best strategies to effectively expand your operations in cities with limited

Data Center space

• How to seamlessly connect your Data Centers regardless of geographic

location as if they were all on the same LAN/WAN extension

• Data Center Diversity for disaster recovery (City to City, Intra-city, Inter-city)

• Load Balancing between Data Centers (city to city or within Metro)

• Solutions to run multiple class of services between Data Centers:

FiberChannel, ESCON, Ethernet

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Broadband Services &

Mobile Data

New Enterprise and

Government Deployments

Power and Cooling Trends

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Multimedia – video, music, gaming

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VOIP

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Internet traffic growth

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Low tolerance for latency

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Disaster recovery

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IP enabled applications

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Multi-network connectivity

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SaaS

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Next generation hardware

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Increased server density

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Power limitations

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Too complex to handle in-house

Growth Drivers

* Tier 1 Research “Internet Datacenter Supply Report: Midyear 2007”

North American data center demand is up 14.67% in

the last twelve months*

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Today’s Moderator:

MaryBeth Nance

Executive Director, Business Development & Marketing

MaryBeth Nance is Executive Director of Business Development, Marketing and

Communications for AboveNet, Inc. She has been with the company since 2005

and a telecommunications industry veteran. While at AboveNet, Ms. Nance has

developed and brought to fruition several key initiatives resulting in a 300%

increase in WDM sales as well as launching an Agent program which

contributes more than 10% of AboveNet’s new sales. Prior to joining AboveNet,

Ms. Nance held management positions in Sales and Business Development at

several start ups within the telecommunications industry.

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AboveNet: Who We Are

• Leading provider of solutions for fiber connectivity

• Singular mission, unsurpassed expertise and flexibility

• Each network CUSTOMIZED to meet the specific needs of our clients

• Relied upon by the world’s most demanding customers

• Majority of the top commercial banks and investment firms

• Key established and emerging media & entertainment companies

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AboveNet Asset Strength

• Metro Fiber

• Top 14 markets

• 2 million fiber miles

• Deep WDM & Ethernet expertise

• Nationwide Long Haul

• Huge bandwidth capability between metro markets

• Express network with minimum regen locations

• Building Connectivity

• Connectivity to every major datacenter, carrier hotel & CO

• Largest enterprise & web-centric locations on-net

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AboveNet’s Building Blocks for Tomorrow’s High

Bandwidth Fiber Optic Connectivity Solutions

Fiber Optic

Infrastructure

Metro

WDM

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Ethernet

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The Benefits of AboveNet

• Secure & Low Latency

• Delivers focused higher quality service

• Scales incrementally based on actual usage

• Distributes data efficiently

• Extends management visibility edge-to-edge

• Reliable & Cost-Effective

• Revolutionizes network price/performance ratio

• Collapses costs and offers virtually unlimited capacity

• Real-time information exchange

drives efficiencies and increases revenue

• Impacts your bottom line in a positive manner

• Applications Enabler

• Integrates network resources and IT resources

• Enables new business processes

• Speeds applications time-to-market

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AboveNet Services Focus

• High bandwidth

• Metro services: 1Gbps+

• WAN services: 100mbps+

• Ethernet & WDM focus: don’t do T-1s

• _{High performance}

• Fiber quality focus with direct routing

• Minimum equipment interfaces

• Next generation technology & capability

• _{Scalability & Flexibility}

• Dedicated fiber provides unlimited scalability

• Customized, private solutions to meet specific needs

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What Makes AboveNet Different?

AboveNet vs. Traditional Telcos

AboveNet - Private

Private

Fiber

Enterprise HQ 1

Enterprise HQ 2

Dedicated Bandwidth

Traditional Telco - Shared

Central Office

Central

Office

Central

Office

Enterprise HQ 2

Enterprise HQ 1

Shared

Bandwidth

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AboveNet Service Differentiators

• Network is custom built with fibers in either a point to point or ring topology

• Providing the highest level of protection with buried fiber

• Type I dedicated fiber optic solution vs. Type II patchwork. Eliminates finger

pointing

• The fibers and equipment are dedicated and do not transport other customer’s

traffic, providing you with a totally private and secure network

• Custom tools to provide management and monitoring of fiber optic

connectivity solutions

• The latest generation of fiber enables you to push more applications at greater

speeds and distances with less infrastructure costs

• AND… did we mention?

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Network Management Center

Herndon, VA

• 24/7/365 Monitoring

• Single Point of Contact for all Network Issues

• Surveillance

• Network Event Command & Control

• Network Monitoring and Security

• Change Management

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Repair and Upgrade

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Splice Open/Close

• Emergency Locate Processing

• Optical and IP Operations

• Network Administration

• Trouble Resolution

• Change Management

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Assist Surveillance with Impact Assessment

• 2nd and 3rd Level Tech Support to Field Operations

• Install

• As-Built Documentation Verification

• Alarm Verification

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AboveNet Virtual Data Center Connectivity

• Provides Enterprises, Carriers and Data Center Operators the ability to

interconnect their various data centers in different markets together on one

private network

• Benefits of using AboveNet’s Private Network:

• Native connectivity of Storage Area Networks across different data centers

• Enables data centers constrained for space and power in one market to provide another market as

option to a customer and connect back to main data center via AboveNet’s network.

• Compliancy with HIPPA and Sarbanes Oxley

• Run multiple class of services between data centers: FiberChannel, ESCON, D1, Ethernet

• Load balancing between data centers

• How do we do it?

• Leverage AboveNet’s private metro fiber and IP or Long Haul backbone to interconnect data centers in

different markets. Enables an Enterprise, Carriers to place IT infrastructure in any data center in our 14

markets and interconnect through our network to other data centers or corporate facilities.

• Connectivity Options:

• EWAN: Private line connection offered from 20 Megs to 250 Megs, native Ethernet

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Data Centers & AboveNet…

…Working Together:

• _{AboveNet has connectivity to over 220 of the 350 data centers}

in our territory

• _{Meeting Enterprise and Carrier Requirements}

• Connecting Data Center to Data Center in the US

• Across the ‘Pond’ to London

• _Enterprise

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Intracity Data Center to Data Center

Connectivity

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Intercity Data Center to Data Center

Connectivity

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Next Generation Central Office

Data Center

CO

Data Center

Customer Site

CO

Customer Site

ILEC Rings

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Red” and “Blue” Providers deliver

diversity until “Red” buys “Blue”..

Just lost your vendor diversity…..

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Applying the Virtual Data Center Concept City

and City Example

Customer Requirements—

• Customer is at Equinix data center in New York and Los Angeles and

wants to replicate data between both data centers. They would like a 1

Gig connection between both sites.

AboveNet Solution–

• Leveraging AboveNet’s Metro Fiber and Long Haul Network

AboveNet can deliver a 1 Gig Long Haul circuit with managed tails

to connect both data centers

Private Metro Tails and

1 Gig Connection Between

Sites, Native Ethernet

99% SLA

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Customer Requirements–

• Customer is at Internap data center in Dallas and Chicago and their applications

at each site need to share information with each other. Customer wants

minimum of 20 Meg connection.

AboveNet Solution–

• Leveraging AboveNet’s Metro Fiber and AboveNet’s private MPLS network we

can deliver 20 Megs Ethernet to interconnect the two data centers. The solution

would also allow the customer to burst beyond initial 20 megs.

Applying the Virtual Data Center Concept City

to City Example

Private Line Connection via

AboveNet MPLS Network

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Q & A

Thank You

• For more information or a copy of today’s presentation contact:

Tammy Hallett

Regional Marketing Manager

713-344-2172

[email protected]

• Today’s presentation will be available to view again within 10 business

days at: www.above.net