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June 17, 2010
American Fiber Systems Continues Successful Expansion
By Susan J. Campbell, TMCnet Contributing Editor
(Editor's Note: This article refers to a video interview shot at CBX 2010. To view TMCnet's entire library of videos from CBX and other industry shows, demonstrations and interviews in our in-house studio, visit our Video News home page.)
What better place to capture the essence of the latest happenings in the dynamic telecommunications space than to go where the action is and talk to those in the thick of it? TMCnet did just that at Telx's CBX 2010 in New York.
One of the companies offering insight into their current opportunities is American Fiber Systems (News - Alert). Mike Rosato, Senior Director of Carrier Sales for American Fiber Systems stopped by to talk briefly with TMCnet's Erik Linask in an interview captured on video.
American Fiber Systems is a metro service provider, connecting high value targets within 10 metro markets. The company recently announced that in addition to its metro markets, they have expanded their backbone to provide intercity services. They are known as the most well-connected network in the city of Las Vegas.
Why selected cities? The original model for American Fiber Systems 10 years ago was to be the fiber network in underserved markets. The company designed and built fiber networks to go to those cities and this approach gave them their first five markets. Other markets have come through acquisition.
In the connection of western markets, this was originally done for an internal use to optimize IP backbone. The company then found that with a small network in place and great demand, they were able to beef up the backbone and got into mini long haul.
As for Las Vegas? 'Las Vegas is really one of our best acquisitions because it is what I like to call a Tier 1 growth market,' said Rosato. 'We are seeing a tremendous amount of growth not just in the gaming industry, but in the commercial industry as well. A lot of companies are moving their data center operations there. Yet, historically it is not a market where a lot of metro providers have built out.'
Data centers are moving out to Las Vegas as a result of a combination of environment, moving away from the fault lines of California and other issues. Power is an important factor, as well as diversifying where these companies house their data.
As for industry trends, Rosato noted that video growth is the obvious, particularly mobile video growth. A lot of companies are moving to more of a managed services model. As a result, they are moving IT operations into the data center, seeing growth SaaS (News - Alert) and cloud computing model.
When asked about CBX, Risato noted it is a great event and the company has been participating for the last 6 years. It is a community of the telecom industry they deal with regularly and also an opportunity to expand out people networks and make new connections and business opportunities. 'We're trying to sell stuff,' Rosato added with a laugh.
View the full video interview below (Apple (News - Alert) users click here):
What better place to capture the essence of the latest happenings in the dynamic telecommunications space than to go where the action is and talk to those in the thick of it? TMCnet did just that at Telx's CBX 2010 in New York.
One of the companies offering insight into their current opportunities is American Fiber Systems (News - Alert). Mike Rosato, Senior Director of Carrier Sales for American Fiber Systems stopped by to talk briefly with TMCnet's Erik Linask in an interview captured on video.
American Fiber Systems is a metro service provider, connecting high value targets within 10 metro markets. The company recently announced that in addition to its metro markets, they have expanded their backbone to provide intercity services. They are known as the most well-connected network in the city of Las Vegas.
Why selected cities? The original model for American Fiber Systems 10 years ago was to be the fiber network in underserved markets. The company designed and built fiber networks to go to those cities and this approach gave them their first five markets. Other markets have come through acquisition.
In the connection of western markets, this was originally done for an internal use to optimize IP backbone. The company then found that with a small network in place and great demand, they were able to beef up the backbone and got into mini long haul.
As for Las Vegas? 'Las Vegas is really one of our best acquisitions because it is what I like to call a Tier 1 growth market,' said Rosato. 'We are seeing a tremendous amount of growth not just in the gaming industry, but in the commercial industry as well. A lot of companies are moving their data center operations there. Yet, historically it is not a market where a lot of metro providers have built out.'
Data centers are moving out to Las Vegas as a result of a combination of environment, moving away from the fault lines of California and other issues. Power is an important factor, as well as diversifying where these companies house their data.
As for industry trends, Rosato noted that video growth is the obvious, particularly mobile video growth. A lot of companies are moving to more of a managed services model. As a result, they are moving IT operations into the data center, seeing growth SaaS (News - Alert) and cloud computing model.
When asked about CBX, Risato noted it is a great event and the company has been participating for the last 6 years. It is a community of the telecom industry they deal with regularly and also an opportunity to expand out people networks and make new connections and business opportunities. 'We're trying to sell stuff,' Rosato added with a laugh.
View the full video interview below (Apple (News - Alert) users click here):
Susan J. Campbell is a contributing editor for TMCnet and has also written for eastbiz.com. To read more of Susan's articles, please visit her columnist page.
Edited by Patrick Barnard
