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T5 Data Centers™ and Carpathia Forge Alliance to Deliver Custom IT Infrastructure and Cloud Solutions

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New Alliance Combines T5’s Wholesale Data Centers with Cloud Services and Managed Hosting to Deliver Reliable, Versatile, Compliant Computing Environments.

Atlanta, GA, USA (November 4, 2014) — T5 Data Centers™ (http://www.t5datacenters.com), innovators in providing state-of-the-art, customizable and highly reliable computing support environments for any enterprise, today announced a new alliance with Carpathia (http://www.carpathia.com), a trusted cloud operator and leading provider of compliance services and managed hosting, to deliver cloud, managed hosting, and colocation services for enterprises and federal agencies.

Under the terms of the new alliance, Carpathia will be responsible for providing 24×365 On-Site Technical support to T5 in their purpose-built, enterprise-grade data center facility locations. T5’s Data Centers are enterprise-grade, server-ready facilities delivering secure, reliable, redundant data center and power capacity to maintain critical systems uptime. T5 will offer its customers on-site support, including incident response, hardware troubleshooting and repair, visual verification inspections, and audit preparation, delivered by Carpathia’s professionally trained team. Carpathia will offer its fully managed data center services, including private, hybrid, and community cloud solutions.

“More of our customers are coming to us looking for a full suite of IT services and cloud solutions in combination with the robust design and reliable operations of T5’s data centers,” said Craig McKesson, EVP T5 Enterprise Solutions for T5 Data Centers. “By partnering with Carpathia, we can now meet any customer’s data infrastructure needs, whether it’s building out a new data center from the ground-up, or providing an enterprise-ready approach that combines T5’s physical infrastructure with Carpathia’s cloud and managed hosting expertise. It’s the ideal way to future-proof any organization’s data center needs in a rapidly changing market.”

Initial marketing and sales strategies will target enterprise customers in digital media, healthcare, financial services, and government sectors; markets where both T5 and Carpathia already have a strong presence. Working together, the two companies will be able to provide the secure, redundant services needed to comply with regulatory standards such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act), and DIACAP (DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Program).

“Carpathia is pleased to have been selected by T5 to enable them to expand their offerings to include on-site technical services.” said Philip Hedlund, Vice President, Business Operations for Carpathia. “By Combining Carpathia’s deep, proven experience in enterprise IT management and cloud operations with T5’s state-of-the-art data center infrastructure, together can meet the needs of any business or mission.”

T5 offers customizable or server-ready turnkey, single or multi-tenant colocation data centers strategically located throughout the United States. Carpathia is a trusted provider of cloud services and managed hosting for secure, reliable, compliant IT infrastructures.

About T5 Data Centers

T5 Data Centers (T5) is a leading national data center owner and operator, committed to delivering customizable, scalable data centers that provide an “always on” computing environment to power mission critical business applications. T5 Data Centers provides enterprise and wholesale colocation data center services to organizations across North America using proven, best-in-class technology and techniques to design and develop facilities that deliver the lowest possible total cost of operations for its clients. T5 currently has business-critical data center facilities in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Charlotte with new projects announced in Portland, New York, and Colorado. All of T5’s data center projects are purpose-built facilities featuring robust design, redundant and reliable power and telecommunications and have 24-hour staff to support mission-critical computing applications.

For more information, visit http://www.t5datacenters.com.

About Carpathia

Carpathia is a trusted cloud operator and leading provider of cloud services and managed hosting, providing secure, reliable and compliant IT infrastructure and management for some of the world’s most demanding enterprises and federal agencies. Carpathia’s cloud platform delivers solutions for every stage of the cloud journey, empowering organizations to meet their unique security and compliance requirements. Carpathia’s experienced customer care team and innovative data center facilities provide 24×7 global support to ensure optimum performance and reliability. Backed by its E3 Promise™, Carpathia consistently delivers an experience that exceeds expectations.

Contact Carpathia at 1.888.200.9494, or visit http://www.carpathia.com for more information.

Media Contacts:
Aaron Wangenheim for T5 Data Centers
(415) 292-7700
aaron@t5datacenters.com

Melissa Chadwick for Carpathia
(571) 383-8513
chadwick@merritgrp.com

Business

FPL Efficiency Experts Help Loggerhead Marinelife Center

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“I always thought it would be cool to give back in a different way, like putting our training and expertise to use for others,” said Matt Barrows, manager of Florida Power & Light’s Distribution Quality and Analytics Group.

Juno Beach, Fla. (March 23, 2012) — Like having a car filled with gas and no key to drive it, Loggerhead Marinelife Center of Juno Beach, Fla. had a lot of data, and no analysts to make sense of it.

Then, Matt Barrows, manager of Florida Power & Light’s Distribution Quality and Analytics Group, called the center in February, looking for off-site space to hold a two-day strategy meeting.

Barrows also had an idea – something he had always wanted to try, but never had the right opportunity to do. Since FPL supports Loggerhead and its environmental programs that help endangered sea turtles, maybe his group of efficiency experts could do a Six Sigma exercise for the nonprofit organization as a side project. Six Sigma is a business strategy that employs quality management and statistics to improve results.

“I always thought it would be cool to give back in a different way, like putting our training and expertise to use for others,” Barrows said. “Sometimes, we lose sight of the fact that what we learn and do here professionally may be just as valuable as volunteering in a more traditional sense. When I mentioned it to my supervisor, he said ‘go for it.’”

Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s development director Deborah Jaffe gave the group access to the data the center’s visitors provided about themselves, which was primarily addresses, and Barrows’ six-person team went to work.

Barrows and his team of efficiency experts volunteered to create an analytical report that cross-referenced the center’s visitor information with residential demographic data. The resulting presentation helped the Loggerhead development staff see clearly who they were serving and who they were missing, including where the majority of their visitors lived, an assessment of their demographics and whether they were Spanish-speaking residents.

Overall, the project will help development staff hone their marketing programs, better serve underprivileged audiences and improve communication with potential donors and supporters, Jaffe said.

“They did an absolutely fabulous job at Florida Power & Light with the analytical data project for the Loggerhead Marinelife Center. I’m a huge fan, and I’m so grateful,” Jaffe said. “The time and effort they spent (on this report) would have taken me a year-plus to do. The analysis helps us realize there is potential for us to reach more people from underprivileged neighborhoods who we assumed were visiting the center. The information not only puts us in touch with those in the low-income housing areas we are serving, but it also shows where we can do a better job in soliciting funds, since we are a free facility. It was a huge project that Matt Barrows’ team did for us.”

Barrows and his supervisor, Craig Stepien, FPL director of Technology & Quality, credit the company’s cultural focus on innovation with inspiring the collaboration.

“Often innovation can be stifled before it has a chance to take off. Much like a coach, my job as a supervisor is to encourage employees to swing the bat without fear of missing the ball,” Stepien said. “Creativity and original idea creation do not take predetermined paths, so it’s important to encourage employees to explore and try. Fostering that kind of environment is what enables innovation to take place.”

Loggerhead Marinelife Center, 14200 U.S. Highway 1, Juno Beach, FL, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the conservation of Florida’s coastal ecosystems with a special focus on threatened and endangered sea turtles. In 2010, the center successfully rehabilitated and released a record-breaking 122 sea turtle patients. To learn more, visit http://www.marinelife.org.

About Florida Power & Light Company
Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in Florida and one of the largest rate-regulated utilities in the United States. FPL serves 4.5 million customer accounts in Florida and is a leading employer in the state with approximately 10,000 employees. The company consistently outperforms national averages for service reliability while customer bills are below the national average. A clean energy leader, FPL has one of the lowest emissions profiles and one of the leading energy efficiency programs among utilities nationwide. FPL is a subsidiary of Juno Beach, Fla. – based NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE). For more information, visit http://www.FPL.com.

Media Contact:
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Florida Power & Light Company
700 Universe Blvd.
Juno Beach, FL 33408
305-552-3888
amelia.gomez@rbbpr.com
http://www.fpl.com

Technology

hSo:compare Leased Line Pricing Website Launched

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MPLS network provider hSo has launched a UK-wide price comparison tool that provides best market pricing for connectivity in real-time, direct to the enquirer.

London, UK, February 02, 2012 – The carrier-independent MPLS network provider, hSo, has launched a new tool to help businesses pricing up their networks to budget their IT and telecoms expenditure.

A beta version of the hSo:compare website has been running for over 12 months, and has already provided thousands of quotes. With cost effective next generation access circuits, such as EFM, becoming available across the country, MPLS solutions are gaining popularity amongst companies looking to take advantage of new cloud strategies.

Replacing the traditional lengthy process of salesperson-led quotations, hSo:compare provides real-time, location-specific pricing for multiple sites. It has been developed with the company’s carrier partners and offers an all-inclusive cost of ownership, which includes the managed kit and 24/7 support for the service. It is currently the only site of its kind widely available on the Internet.

hSo:compare enables organisations across the UK and their IT consultants, to plan and budget for their network upgrade, an important part of implementing a sound cloud computing strategy. hSo’s networks are cloud-ready, which is vital for companies that safely operate multiple services between offices and cloud providers. Coupled with the scalable solutions on offer, allowing IT managers to expand or contract their networks and service as fast as they like, the communication system can evolve with the business making it effectively future-proof.

“Business users have become accustomed, as consumers in their own right, to the instant availability of pricing on the net. We believe it is time for business-class telecoms to become more transparent too”, said Avner Peleg, Director at hSo.

“Decision makers should take best pricing for granted and look at service-related factors such as access to cloud services and high levels of customer service when making decisions about such a critical element of their IT infrastructure.”

Peter Rusling, IT Director at Parity Group, who found hSo through the comparison site, had this to say: “hSo’s online quoting tool is extremely useful … it gave us a really good sense of what we were looking for.”

The tool has proven to be extremely popular with IT consultants and resellers, working on behalf of clients. Accordingly, hSo has developed a range of features to allow those users to manage their own campaigns and clients’ requirements.

Furthermore, hSo:compare has proved a hit with the UK’s tier-1 carriers; according to Jason King, Head of Wholesale Voice & Data at Virgin Media Business: “hSo’s revolutionary pricing website enables business’ of all sizes to gain access to Virgin Media Business’ nationwide fibre optic network with ease and benefit from the advantages that superfast connectivity can bring.”

hSo:compare is available at www.hso-compare.com.

About the company:
hSo is one of only a handful of providers to combine its own MPLS network with other Tier 1 carriers, providing an end-to-end next generation solution to its partners and customers. In addition, a substantial investment in data centre platforms allows hSo to provide managed solutions across the full spectrum of voice, data and security backed by a single technical support centre.

Contact:
Shirin MacDonald
hSo
Epworth House
25 City Road
London EC1Y 1AA
+44 (0) 20 7847 4500
shirin.macdonald@hso.co.uk
http://www.hso-compare.com