Data102 Turns Up Peering With CoreSite’s Any2 Exchange

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Randal Kohutek

The Colorado Springs datacenter announces direct peering with Any2, the second largest Internet peering exchange in the USA and the largest Internet exchange on the west coast. Peering, or connecting separate networks in order to exchange IP traffic, will increase traffic capacity, routing control and overall performance and efficiency

“Data102’s decision to peer with Any2 in Los Angeles is going to yield benefits for the clients at our Colorado Springs datacenter,” states Randal Kohutek, Operations Director at Data102, “by peering with Any2, Data102’s network will be faster and more stable, improving latency and fault tolerance.”

Peering, in the realm of computer networking, is when a connection is established between administratively separate networks. The purpose of peering is to exchange IP traffic between those networks. Peering benefits both companies involved in the interconnection, as it increases the routing control. Moreover, the users of each network participating in the exchange will benefit since peering increases a network’s capacity and increases overall performance, decreasing the amount of network hops for a direct connection to more routes.

Colorado datacenter Data102 is peering with Any2, the largest Internet Exchange on the west coast and the second largest Internet peering exchange in the United States. Any2 is a layer 2, IPv6-supporting, physical network switch that streamlines the exchange of Internet traffic between Internet service providers (ISPs) and content networks. Any2 is owned and operated by CoreSite and has over 200 participants locally and internationally.

Data102 is dedicated to providing an outstanding level of service, which is why, in addition to peering, power and cooling are combined with top-rated technology in order to drive both of the Data102 datacenters. Data102’s Colorado colocation is designed to further fulfill business IT needs, implementing a fast and reliable network that is up and running at least 99.999 percent of the time.

In addition to a fast and stable network aided by peering with CoreSite’s Any2 switch, Data102 remains up-to-date with frequent technical upgrades, and offers a range of IT products and services for various businesses throughout Colorado and beyond.

ABOUT DATA102
Data102 is a Colorado Springs IT services provider and datacenter. The company is proud to be able to offer products and services such as managed firewalls, hosting, collocation and bandwidth. The team at Data102 is proud to be able to deliver affordability, reliability and flexibility, as well as an unparalleled level of customer service. For more information about Data102 LLC, visit data102.com.

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Data102 – Southern Colorado’s Largest Public Colocation Service Provider Partners with Roaring Penguin to Permanently CAN Spam

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Randal Kohutek

New case study: Roaring Penguin’s CanIt anti-spam solution. Data102’s search for an intelligent and easy-to-use email filter is over!

Based out of Colorado Springs, Data102 has worked steadily to become Colorado’s most reliable public provider of Colocation Services and bandwidth serving thousands of customers across the United States. At its two SSAE16 compliant datacenters, Data102 is able to boast better than 99.999% uptime.

To maintain numbers like that it only makes sense that Director of Business Development Travis Taylor and his team would battle spam the same way they have built their business: by focusing on reliability, expertise, quality and innovation.

Who says Penguins aren’t pretty?

Previously, Data102 used an internally fabricated platform to weed out spam but as business grew they realized it would be more efficient to leverage a commercially developed solution.

Some research turned up Roaring Penguin and the CanIt-Domain-PRO antispam solution. As Travis, Randal and their engineers considered the CanIt solution they developed a dialogue with the team at Roaring Penguin. Says Randal, “We could see from the specs that there were a lot of very smart features but it was in talking to them that we realized they were ‘Technology people’, like us.”

The implementation of CanIt-Domain-PRO at Data102 commenced internally and externally at the same time. Says Randal, “We use the same platform as our customers — we believe in taking our own medicine.” One of the advantages of this philosophy is that it allowed the team at Data102 to find and correct unexpected hiccups immediately. This combined with Roaring Penguin’s dedication to after-sale customer support meant that Data102 has been able to expand the application of CanIt-Domain-PRO beyond an initial two-server installation to the current six-server system plus a dedicated outbound email scanner and redundant databases “without skipping a beat and while entirely live and in production,” continues Randal.

Roaring Penguin’s focus on working WITH customers allows for higher customer satisfaction all around!

Travis and Randal have been very happy with the CanIt results so far. Randal is thrilled that, since they rolled out CanIt, the support crew hasn’t had a single spam-related support ticket. Randal says, “Right now we’re processing 130k to 160k emails per day and we’re sure we could do ten times that amount without changing a thing.”

Travis’s review is even more glowing, “The only thing previous products did for us consistently was crash. CanIt-Domain-PRO offers all kinds of killer features but the ease and power of the delegation and permission options is truly our silver bullet to block spam.”

Preserve Your Brand Integrity

Data102 was able to theme its implementation of CanIt-Domain-PRO (branded as directMX) to match its corporate branding and colors.

A Family Thing

As a rapidly growing company, Data102 offers various managed service options to its data center customers. Small and medium sized businesses as well as residential customers looking for Data102 style support, expertise and service are increasingly turning to partner company Simpleworks (simpleworksit.com), a full service MSP offering everything from in 24/7 tech support to VoIP services — and of course utilizing CanIt-Domain-PRO.

“Roaring Penguin speaks the same language as its customers. CanItDomainPRO is designed by Technology people for Technology people.” -Randal Kohutek, Director of Network Operations, Data102.

About Data102

Type: Hosting Solutions provider.
Infrastructure: Two SSAE16 compliant data centers.
Speed: 4 X 1Gbps and 1 X 10Gbps incoming data pipes from 5 different reliable suppliers help guarantee and maintain customer up-time.

Email Environment and Use

Dell Servers.
CanIt-Domain-PRO antispam filter branded as “directMX“

CanIt Results

Process 130-160k emails per day.
80% of spam stopped while using CanIt’s basic settings 97% success rate in identifying spam.
Saves support staff hours.
Thorough anti-spam control for all clients and staff.
Minimal administrative involvement is required.

“Roaring Penguin speaks the same language as its customers. CanItDomainPRO is designed by Technology people for Technology people.” Randal Kohutek, Director of Network Operations, Data102.

About Roaring Penguin

Roaring Penguin Software Inc.:

The e-mail filtering experts. We are committed to providing intelligent, cost-effective solutions to Web Hosts, ISPs, enterprises, and campuses. Our acclaimed mail-filtering and networking products include MIMEDefang e-mail inspection software and CanIt enterprise anti-spam solutions. Red Hat 8, 9 and RHEL are Tier-1 platforms for CanIt.http://www.roaringpenguin.com

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Colorado Springs Datacenter Data102 Announces 10 Gigabit Networking

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Randal Kohutek

Data102, a Colorado Springs datacenter, has upgraded to a 10Gbps network in order to provide customers all over the world with an unbeatable network in terms of speed, price and reliability. This upgrade, combined with a variety of services and fantastic customer support, is why this Colorado Springs data center is the number-one privately held colocation facility in Southern Colorado

Data102’s recent upgrade will ensure that itsColorado Springs datacenters remain the leading facilities in Southern Colorado. Data102’s upgrade to a 10Gbps network increases the network’s speed and reliability, while driving down costs and improving customer satisfaction.

A 10Gbps network refers to a rate of data transfer, which is the average number of blocks, bits or characters flowing in a data transmission system. A 10Gbps network describes a transfer speed of 10 gigabits per second; this is a measurement for an extremely high-speed network. The choice to upgrade to a 10Gbps network means that customers will receive extremely fast service and that the network will be even more robust than it was previously.

The recent upgrade makes this Colorado Springs datacenter far more appealing to IT customers than competing datacenters. In addition to a fast network, Data102 remains up-to-date with other technical upgrades, and offers many great products and services at an incredibly affordable price.

Data102 understands the importance of a network’s reliability and is dedicated to providing the highest level of service, which is why power, connectivity and cooling are combined with state-of-the-art technology in order to provide a comprehensive IT solution to the Front Range. In addition to this, Data102 has two facilities in order to better meet various business’ needs. Their Colorado Springs colocation is designed to fulfill small, medium and enterprise business needs, and both centers have the same goal in mind: network up-time. A reliable network is one that is up and running more than 99.999 percent of the time.

Another factor that makes Data102 unlike any other Colorado Springs data center is that the reliable network and systems upgrades are combined with a knowledgeable management team, experienced engineers, and a 24-hour support team. In the case of a problem, support is available any time of the day or night so that problems are resolved as soon as possible.

Data102 offers a range of IT products and services, all of which have benefited from the recent network upgrade. A few of the products and services offered by Data102 include colocation, Tier 1 bandwidth, T1s, DSL and Metro Ethernet, backups and disaster recovery solutions, virtual private servers, managed firewalls, and hosted anti-SPAM solutions.

ABOUT DATA102
Data102 is a Colorado Springs datacenter and IT services provider. The company offers a variety of products and services including colocation, bandwidth, last-mile Internet and Voice-over-IP, virtualization, managed firewalls, hosting and more. The team at Data102 is dedicated to supplying customers all over the world with IT products and services that will aid their business. For more information about Data102 LLC, visit http://data102.com.

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