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Entrepreneur Challenges, Subject of Forbes Roundtable

February 21, 2012 By IlissaMiller Leave a Comment

It’s been rough on the minds of Entrepreneurs – say for the last few years.  Finding capital, finding sales growth, economic turmoil, uncertainty… then late 2011, the US economy started showing signs of increasing confidence, putting would be entrepreneurs in a better position.

At the same time, consider that it is a political year.  Upbeat forecasts can easily get lost in the doom and gloom of media attention that typically trend in a Presidential election year.  It’s been said that politicians don’t get elected unless they can convince people that things are going badly.. Perhaps this explains research studies that demonstrate election years as generally unfavorable for business.  The entrepreneur really has to overcome the negative focus and rhetoric, as well as prevailing thoughts of world economic turmoil and uncertainty.

With that said, Forbes sponsors an event geared towards the challenges facing entrepreneurs. CEOs, Owners, Managing Directors and General Managers at small and mid-size companies (over 1M in sales), “The Forbes Small Business and Entrepreneurs Roundtable”. The event is an exclusive gathering of entrepreneurs in the New York Metro area who will share their thoughts and insights into the challenges faced as they launched new businesses.

Michael Bucheit, CEO of FiberMedia Group, has been selected to participate, bringing his insights as the business leader of a high growth data center provider with five mission-critical facilities in the New York region. Mr. Bucheit commented, “There are tremendous challenges my team faces every day to ensure that our customer’s critical IT systems can perform at their optimum levels 24/7/365.  This is a great forum to share some of the insights and lessons learned serving leading tri-state companies in fast growing industries such as financial services, healthcare, media and IT.”

Various issues of particular concern to growing businesses including technology, staffing, financing, tax regulations and more will be discussed, and how these challenges  can be overcome with rapid strategies to accelerate growth. Forbes Publisher Rich Karlgaard will lead the group.  Karlgaard is also set to share his own entrepreneurial insights as co-founder of Upside Magazine and as angel investor.

The Forbes Small Business and Entrepreneurs Roundtable takes place on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 at the newly renovated Forbes Galleries located at 60 Fifth Ave., corner of 12th Street in New York City.  The meeting will run from 6:30pm-8:30pm. Food and drinks will be served. The event is FREE.  Space is limited. Requests to attend this COMPLIMENTARY event should be sent to AENGEL@FORBES.COM. For more information on FiberMedia, please visit www.fibermedia.net.

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FiberMedia Group has a Banner Year in 2011, 2012 Set For Further Growth

February 21, 2012 By IlissaMiller 1 Comment

2011 was a banner year for FiberMedia Group. The company grew 43% and was the best year the company has ever had.  With new ownership and a proven management team, the company has launched new products, made vast improvements to its data center facilities – including 2N capabilities – and expanded their footprint throughout the New York metro area.

One of the company’s achievements in 2011 was the launch of its private cloud platform.  The platform leverages a network five data centers located throughout the New York Metro market and a sixth that’s located in Cleveland, OH.  FiberMedia’s flagship facility, located in Secaucus, NJ, boasts tons of power, fiber right of way and is one of the lowest latency connections to the financial exchange located in Secaucus.

One of their keys to success in 2011 is their flexibility showcased through their Flex Power and Flex Cloud service solutions.  The company understands the requirements of its customers and helps them plan around their growth with everything from space, power, and the design of virtual and private environments.  The team of experts provides a consultative approach to helping companies transform their IT and network environments into a more efficient and reliable solution.  This is truly FiberMedia’s value-added differentiator.

The company’s CEO, Michael Bucheit, has observed the market maturing over the past year.  Enterprise businesses are experiencing power issues, forcing them to virtualize environments and seek outsourced partners.  This is a different approach to what they have done in the past.  It’s no longer a build it mentality – but a seek the right partner solution.  The maturity of the enterprise markets is indicated by the move from a CAPEX to an OPEX mentality.

What’s next for FiberMedia?  2012 will expand and upgrade their facilities, add more power capabilities and offer greater opportunities for enterprise businesses in the financial, healthcare and media industries to leverage the resources it offers.  2012 is set to be another banner year for FiberMedia as it sets its sight on an international expansion through its cloud platform, which provides flexible, on-demand resources for growing businesses.

There are plenty of opportunities for FiberMedia to provide the right support to businesses that need reliable solutions in the New York metro market.  Their team of industry-proven professionals is only a call away.  To tap into this knowledge-base call us 855.808.3300 or email info@fibermedia.net for a consultative experience that will help you transform your business.

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Protect Your Business from the Unexpected

February 9, 2012 By IlissaMiller Leave a Comment
Business continuity – We know, it’s critical that your business is available to all of your customers, suppliers, regulators and all the other entities that count on you to stay open.  The success of your corporate business continuity program rests, in a large part, on the capabilities brought to bear to help successfully execute that program.

For your convenience, FiberMedia maintains basic IT infrastructure at every one of our secure facilities, including storage and backup systems for data migration, as well as typical Windows, Linux & Unix hardware for server migration requirements.  Coupled with our managed services suite, availability of bubble equipment allows our clients flexibility while migrating from an existing environment without impacting business and mitigating migration risks.  See our list of extensive resources we provide for you here.

Worried about Disaster Recovery? Don’t panic, we’ve got you and your data covered.  Of course, we hope you never need to test our broad skill set in dealing with unfortunate disaster recovery situations, but we know, that sometimes naturel and even man made events occur.  Fortunately, we’ve made preparations for just about anything that could arise for your business.  FiberMedia can cover your your  continuity and disaster recovery needs. FiberMedia offers the ability to deliver any, or all, of the four key elements (Power, Technology, Space, Connectivity) of business continuity services to get your business up and running through our flexible workgroup recovery options through any disaster.

Our six strategically selected facilities are your back up solution.  With us, your data is secure, you have hands on support 24/7, an on-demand infrastructure to handle back up and recovery needs and business continuity planning.  We’re here, we’ve got your backup.  For more info about how we’re ready to support your business’ data needs, contact us today at saleshelp@fibermedia.net or call us at 855-808-3300.

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Cloud Computing Services Within the FX Trading Environment: Are Early Adopter Tags Running Out?

February 3, 2012 By JhoanCheco Leave a Comment

By Jhoan Checho, Sales Director, Financial Services Practice, FiberMedia Group

It seems the “early adopter” tags are going fast when it comes to implementing cloud based services in many arenas. Meanwhile, everyone else maintaining a sideline stance needs to understand and appreciate the competitive advantage that goes with the strategic decision. Reality is – cloud services have been in play for some years now, and in some arenas, early adopters have charged forward with a wealth of business advantage. Howard Tolman, Managing Director at Cloud Trading Technologies Ltd. offered some thoughts in an article that appeared in eForex, January 2012, Mythbusters.

Common concerns include reliability, scalability and security

Mr. Tolman addressed some relevant concerns in his comments from the perspective of the FX trading environment. Leading the thought process are concerns for high availability and reliability, especially in mission critical trading systems. Technical reliability in the form of cloud computing mechanisms are largely regarded as more reliable than internal systems. There is redundancy built-in as well as the benefit of highly maintained hardware and software applications, which drive the holy grail of uptime.

The efficiencies open to institutions large or small is exactly what makes the agile premise so appealing. Cloud techniques benefit organizations of all sizes, and allow IT resources to focus on IT processing issues instead of server updates and the like. Scalability, to “massive” demand, is achieved through agile provisioning of virtual servers and storage. This methodology utilizes infrastructure resources based on real-time demand. Especially in the financial trading side where volumes are highly volatile, demand needs change rapidly. This makes the appeal of provisioning cloud services as demanded more efficient than owning, configuring and maintaining. Consider the value of paying only for what you use, as you use it…

Cloud security stirs ongoing discussion, though stringent standards have evolved to support an extremely strong level of protection. As Mr. Tolman pointed out, The United States Air Force has placed confidence in current capabilities, which should suffice for most organizations.

The loyalty of a trusted business partner, combined with the cost-savings of an outside vendor

Gartner analysts identified IT costs amassed in financial institutions run approximately 250% higher than non-banking institutions. With a gap that significant …there exists opportunity. Of course, cost-savings is a primary driver of cloud based implementations. No longer having to worry about constant server updates and other computing issues, your IT Team’s time is free to concentrate on your business’ continued innovation and growth. Perhaps one of the more interesting points made by Tolman comes in the fact that nearly one third of a financial institution’s staff is typically involved in IT. Imagine the benefit of having a larger percentage of an institution’s associates focused on core revenue producing activities… Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions enable cost-effective cloud networking solutions that provide virtualized bandwidth, colocation, storage and back-up facilities, on-demand. Further, financial services institutions would do well to ensure that their partners in cloud computing can support their unique needs, delivering an efficient, flexible, cost-effective model. Options of dedicated/private or public hybrid clouds, aligned with access to market data providers, electronic news feeds and low latency performance are all features that can readily be configured and deployed in the name of significant competitive advantage.

FiberMedia knows that reliability, scalability, and security are the key foundations to delivering fully customizable, cloud based computing and on-demand storage solution options. The company also recognizes that budgets to manage all aspects of a business are being constrained. For 36-months, FiberMedia offers a guaranteed rate-lock for its services. This provides revenue assurance for companies as they are challenged with managing budgets to ensure business growth. With static costs in-tow, access to a competitive service provider landscape and proximity to the trading engines that propel your business, FiberMedia’s cloud computing service solutions can be the anchor you need to keep your business on the competitive edge.

Find out more by contacting saleshelp@fibermedia.net today.

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The Pressure for Improved Technology to Support the Financial Services Market is Here

January 30, 2012 By JhoanCheco Leave a Comment

by Jhoan Checho, Sales Director, Financial Services Practice, FiberMedia Group

An article written by Alison Crosthwait, managing director of Global Market Structure Research titled ‘Pockets of Opportunity in 2012’ caught my attention a couple of weeks ago.  She writes about the new trends facing traders today while also observing the development made over the past years that will create ‘pockets of opportunities,’ which she predicts, will create a competitively fierce market.

The seven global market structure trends cited in Crosthwait’s article are 1) consolidation, 2) The politicizing of regulation, 3) Execution Management Systems, 4) maturation of high frequency trading, 5) complex spread trading technology, 6) merger failures and resource constraints, 7) new market competition:  Australia, Brazil and Korea.

While consolidation has occurred, Crosthwait is quick to observe that trading volumes have not picked up as a result. An area of interest she explores is the cost of technology and regulatory compliance.  According to Crosthwait it has skyrocketed – but has it?

Yes there are greater capital requirements and the implementations to prepare for the Volcker Rule, a specific section of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the technology changes required by companies will be expensive to implement.  But does it have to be?

Certainly there are network providers that are designing and constructing new dark fiber systems to support the strict requirements outlined by the Acts, but there are also new technologies that can be deployed that can keep costs manageable.  Let’s consider Cloud Computing as a manageable cost platform that financial companies can leverage.  Cloud Computing, though not necessarily the optimal infrastructure for complex or even simplex transactions, it can be a highly efficient way to connect to general day-to-day operation systems and could offer a varied and effective back-up system to a number of other type of transactions.  If Cloud Computing isn’t your ‘thing,’ consider the flexibility and dynamic capabilities of Ethernet switching.  But that’s just the network side of it all.

A network needs a good home – a place where it has the foundation to connect to information, reliable power sources and can be in a secure – sometimes even hidden – environment that protects and assures the uptime capabilities of the equipment it contains.  A company needs a data center that offers a unique infrastructure with redundant capabilities, scalable footprint that can be managed by a trusted team.  And proximity to other marketplace enablers like trading exchanges and market engines as well as data platforms is inherent to finding the right data center partner.

FiberMedia knows that reliability, scalability, and security are the key foundations of the right data center partner for the financial services industry. The company also knows that budgets to manage all aspects of a business are being constrained.  For 36-months, FiberMedia has guarantees a rate-lock for its services.  This provides revenue assurance for companies as they are challenged with managing budgets to ensure business growth.  With static costs in-tow, access to a competitive service provider landscape and proximity to the trading engines that propel your business, FiberMedia’s managed data center solutions can be the anchor you need to keep your business a float.

Find out more by contacting saleshelp@fibermedia.net today.

Originally posted on Broadband Nation.

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Low Latency Solutions for 2012

January 19, 2012 By JhoanCheco Leave a Comment
by Jhoan Checo, Account Director, FiberMedia Group

There’s a lot of discussion out there about Low Latency in the Financial Services industry.  With 2012 just starting, we wanted to compile some predictions and observations shared in a variety of sources, related to the Financial Services industry.

One Size DOES NOT Fit All

The one size fits all mentality is a thing of the past.  Financial Service companies have a specific need for specialized feeds direct from exchanges.  There is a growing need in the market for improved latency for the more traditional and larger real time subscriber base of the financial services industry, where speed is important but other attributes that are antithetical to speed are valued such as tick integrity for pre-trade analytics and strategy back testing.  Those techniques are increasingly important to the trade cycle, book depth management, synthetic NBBO’s, risk obligations, and credible exchange models offering protection against high frequency strategies.

Since one size DOES NOT fit all, FiberMedia works with its clients to combine traditional capabilities with cutting-edge technology in order to support their specific needs.

Low Latency Solutions Still Have a Place

Financial Services Technology DealIt is proven that Low-Latency applications run more effectively with a one-source infrastructure support solution.  FiberMedia has partnered with Hudson Fiber Network (HFN), to provide high-bandwidth, low-latency networking solutions for the financial industry.  Last fall, HFN has extended its dark fiber network into FiberMedia’s Secaucus, New Jersey data center to ensure low latency connectivity is available.  This is important because ultra low latency for single digit microsecond performance will continue to be a core requirement for algorithmic traders, access to real-time market feeds and an array of other real-time financial trading applications that depend on speed to beat the market.

In 2012, trading firms recognize that they need optimized, high performance trading applications with low latency and ultra fast access to market liquidity and trading venues.  Reducing latency is crucial to gain visibility and manage the fluidity between IT supply and the ever-increasing industry demand.

2012 Is About Efficiency, Proximity, and Accessibility

FiberMedia is the one-source infrastructure support solution of choice for a growing list of buy-side and sell-side firms, hedge funds, execution venues, market data suppliers, network providers and trading technology suppliers. For starters, FiberMedia’s network of centers has been carefully located to provide clients like you with easy access to Wall Street, and all major financial markets and exchanges.  Combined with 100% carrier-neutral network connectivity in all our centers, this ensures your low-latency applications run more effectively.

HFN is just one of the examples of how FiberMedia serves the needs of the market.  Its 100% carrier-neutral network connectivity in all of their data centers ensures low-latency applications run effectively.

FiberMedia features the only network of five data centers throughout the New York Metro area that delivers secure, robust and redundant facilities for co-location, disaster recovery and business continuity.  Each center is certified to stringent SAS70 Type2 audit standards, so that you can rest assured all processes and infrastructure are geared to supporting the highest levels of service and uptime requirements.  Market data rates will continue to grow at an even faster rate in 2012.  Fortunately you don’t have to worry about rising costs.  With FiberMedia’s Three Year Rate Lock, you count on fixed rates, which should make you and your CFO very happy.  Contact me to discuss how FiberMedia can change the way you do business either by Email or call

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Six Reasons To Choose Cloud Networking in 2012

January 4, 2012 By IlissaMiller 1 Comment

If cloud networking is in your 2012 business plan, FiberMedia Group’s affordable, comprehensive disaster and business continuity solutions are for you.

FiberMedia Group 2012 AdStill contemplating using an external data center for your needs? We know, making choices and upgrading your technology solutions for your business is a job unto itself. We’ll make it easy for you, here are six excellent reasons to partner with FiberMedia Group in 2012:

1. More Mobility

Your growing business can access information wherever you are. With the 2nd largest footprint in the NY Metro Area, we’ve got the real estate to manage your precious data, whether you’re in NYC or travling the world.

2. Increased Storage

Your business can store all the data it needs to, and there’s room to grow. Using our cloud networing solution means you can store a lot more data than on your private computer systems.

3. Flexibility

Cloud computing offers much more flexibility than past computing methods. You will be pleasantly surprised how your business will flourish and expand with cloud networking solutions from FiberMedia Group.

3. Highly Automated

Don’t worry about keeping software up to date, we have you covered. All of our data centers are up to date with the latest technology and software updates. We’re also on top of compatibility and stringent guidelines laid out by industries like financial services, content management, healthcare and others.

4. Your IT Team Can Shift Focus

No longer having to worry about constant server updates and other computing issues, your IT Team’s time will be free to concentrate on your business’ continued innovation and growth.

5. Reduced Cost

Cloud technology is paid incrementally, saving organizations money. With our new 3-Year Rate Lock program, there’s no better time to connect with us.

FiberMedia’s carrier neutral data centers support a full range of services including highly reliable colocation, private data center suites, business continuity office suites and managed services with access to network connectivity options from multiple providers. In addition, its Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions enable cost-effective cloud networking solutions that provide virtualized bandwidth, colocation, storage and back-up facilities, on-demand.

Are your goals to be more productive and prosperous in 2012? Of course they are. Call FiberMedia today and make it happen tel: 201.453.5300. Oh and don’t forget to mention the 3-year rate lock to guarantee. Be prepared to see smiles on the faces of your IT Team and your CFO.

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FiberMedia Set to Support Future Data Demand

December 22, 2011 By IlissaMiller 1 Comment

The data center business is growing, but have you thought about how much?

According to Emerson’s new ‘State of the Data Center 2011 Report’ (http://gigaom.com/cloud/fun-facts-for-data-center-geeks-infographic/) … Have you been wondering what regular social media users are doing with your internet bandwidth?

Get this, every second 1157 people start watching a YouTube video, that’s a 1,000,000,000 videos a day…

Every day last year, people tweeted 50 million Tweets a day, that’s nothing compared to the 140 million Tweets clocked in every day in February 2011.

1 in ever 13 people on planet Earth use Facebook, that’s 500,000 people.

What does it take to fuel this bulging internet traffic? 509,147 data centers, that’s 285,831,541 sq feet of space equivalent to 5955 football fields. Holy cow!

This year, mankind will create 1.2 trillion gigabytes (GB) of data, equivalent to 75 billion 16 GB iPods. That’s more than enough for every person on earth to own 10 iPods.

People are using a lot of data with just their social media needs alone. The web is busting at the seams with information. What’s a business like yours supposed to do? Let’s face it, your data is important, and you value it over all the Tweets that this growing number of Tweeps can generate. Will your data be safe when all these regular users are eating up so much digital real estate? The answer is YES! If you’re business is plugged into one of FiberMedia Group’s six data centers, you’re in luck because you’re business is getting 100% carrier-neutral connectivity with reliable and efficient power throughout its data center network.

Get plugged in! If you’re business generates information, and you’re looking for a flexible data center who understands remaining compliant and growing along side your business, then it is time to call FiberMedia Group and see how they can ensure your 411 keeps moving (and tweeting). For more information contact: saleshelp@fibermedia.net.

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NJBIZ Recognizes FiberMedia Group

December 9, 2011 By IlissaMiller Leave a Comment

NJBIZ Recognizes FiberMedia During the 2011 Business Of the Year Award Ceremony. This photo captures the presentation. The sponsor representatives in the photo are (from L to R): Frank L. Politano, Partner, K&L Gates; David Politziner, Partner, EisnerAmper LLP; Thomas X. Geisel, President & CEO, Sun National Bank and Lincoln Acholonu, Regional Marketing Director, CIGNA.

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Introducing the 3-Year Rate Lock

December 9, 2011 By IlissaMiller 2 Comments

In good economic times as well as tough ones, companies want to know what to expect when paying for services. IT and Telecom services are no exception. FiberMedia’s philosophy of working with its customers to create and implement enterprise class resources on-demand are further evident in its new marketplace commitment – a 3-Year rate lock for its services.

Yes the marketplace is competitive, but there are also specific needs and requirements that company’s have. With many options to choose from, identifying the right partner to work with becomes more challenging. FiberMedia has made your decision easier with its 3-year rate lock. Here are more reasons to choose FiberMedia:

- Flexibility
- Managed Solutions
- Cloud computing capabilities (within and outside its own facilities)
- Five data centers throughout the New York metro market
- Six SAS 70 certified facilities
- Custom designed solutions aimed to help your business grow

But don’t just take this blogger’s word for it – talk to them yourself and find out why their services make sense for you tel: 201.453.5300. Oh and don’t forget to mention the 3-year rate lock to guarantee your CFO will be happy too.

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