FairPoint Communications, Inc(Nasdaq: FRP), a leading provider of advanced communications technology in northern New England and the largest in Vermont, opened a new data center Thursday inManchester, NH.Located in downtownManchester, FairPoint's newest data center provides businesses and organizations with network connectivity and rack space in a physically secure, convenient location. Businesses can use this location and FairPoint's data center inLaconia, NH, as primary or secondary data center sites or as part of a comprehensive disaster recovery strategy. FairPoint's data centers are strictly controlled environments with essential power, cooling, connectivity and physical security features.
"We are pleased that FairPoint choseManchesteras its newest data center location," saidManchesterMayorTed Gatsas. "We have a vibrant downtown, exciting arts and culture and, of course, a supportive infrastructure for businesses. This data center opening builds on that foundation."
"The technology sector is vital to the state ofNew Hampshire, not only for businesses that rely on the industry to compete and prosper, but also to our economy," said Executive CouncilorChris Pappaswho represents District 4 covering southernNew Hampshireon theState of New Hampshire'sExecutive Council. "I thank everyone at FairPoint for their continued work inNew Hampshireto keep us connected and to help fuel our economy."
"With the opening of this new data center, FairPoint is demonstrating a strong commitment toNew Hampshireand its economy," saidJeffrey Rose, commissioner of the Department of Resources and Economic Development. "The center will create new high tech, high paying jobs that will have a multiplier effect throughout the economy. This investment reflects confidence in the state and FairPoint's position as leader in high tech communications."
"At FairPoint, we work every day to be the 21stcentury telecommunications providerNew Hampshire'seconomy needs, and that Granite Staters want and deserve," saidPat McHugh, FairPoint's state president forNew Hampshire. "We have already made tremendous investments inNew Hampshire. The additional$2.5 millionwe've invested in building this new data center and creating a team of employees dedicated to supporting our new Advanced Services signifies our commitment to continuing to support our community and evolve our services with the evolving needs of our customers."
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"I've had the opportunity to speak with many business owners and IT executives who have expressed a need for data center space in northern New England," said FairPoint's Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue OfficerTony Tomae. "These executives are supportive and excited about our decision to create new data centers because they want to focus on their core business – not on building and managing on-premise data centers.Manchesteris centrally located for many companies, especially those within approximately 60 miles that would find it convenient to use FairPoint's space as a primary or secondary data center. Plus, our customers inMaineandVermontwill consider our space for housing disaster recovery servers because we are a safe, yet manageable, distance from their primary data center. We are also considering additional data center locations within our service area."
FairPoint'sManchesterdata center has been designed to accommodate banks, hospitals, government agencies and other companies − from Fortune 100 multinational corporations to small start-ups. Organizations of all sizes can reap benefits from offloading their data center needs to one trusted service provider. FairPoint's Data Center Services offer a flexible, pay-as-you-grow license model, with configurations ranging from half-rack and full-rack to customized cages. FairPoint's account managers work closely with customers to develop customized plans to address their specific requirements. And, with Remote Hands service, customers can let the FairPoint Advanced Services Team handle routine equipment maintenance and troubleshooting.
The benefits of FairPoint's Data Center Services include:
- A cost-effective approach to addressing IT expansion – With the pay-as-you-grow model, customers license only the space they need. There is no need to overbuild on-premises data center space or to take on the high capital expenditure associated with new construction or expansion.
- An essential part of an effective business continuity and disaster recovery strategy – Avoid downtime and loss of business due to IT disruption. FairPoint's data centers can withstand adverse weather conditions, and are designed with the safety, physical security, and power backup features to ensure it stays up and running.
- An effective way to help maintain IT security – An off-site, physically secure data center limits physical access and reduces opportunities for disruptions and deliberate sabotage while mitigating the high costs of building a secure and compliant on-premises data center.
- Both an alternative and a bridge to cloud migration – An ideal solution for businesses that are concerned about regulatory compliance and are not ready to put legacy and critical applications and data on multi-tenant cloud platforms.
- Access to northern New England's largest fiber network – FairPoint's data center customers have access to a 16,000 route-mile fiber network, and can leverage our Carrier Ethernet Services at speeds up to 1 Gbps.
FairPoint opened its first data center inLaconia, N.H., inJune 2014. To learn more, visitwww.FairPoint.com/datacenterservices.
About FairPoint Communications, Inc.FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: FRP) provides advanced data, voice and video technologies to single and multi-site businesses, public and private institutions, consumers, wireless companies and wholesale re-sellers in 17 states. Leveraging an owned, fiber-core Ethernet network — including more than 16,000 route miles of fiber in northern New England — FairPoint has the network coverage, scalable bandwidth and transport capacity to support enhanced applications, including the next generation of mobile and cloud-based communications, such as small cell wireless backhaul technology, voice over IP, data center colocation services, managed services and disaster recovery. For more information, visitwww.FairPoint.com.
SOURCE MANCHESTER, N.H.,June 11, 2015/PRNewswire/ --FairPoint Communications, Inc.