NAP of the Americas Selected to Serve as the South Florida Access Node for the Florida LambdaRail

HostReview.com
Tuesday, July 27, 2004; 12:00 AM

July 27, 2004 - (HostReview.com) - Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (www.terremark.com), a leading operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet exchanges and best-in-class network services, today announced that Terremark's NAP of the Americas will serve as a primary access node for Florida LambdaRail (FLR) consortium. The FLR has signed a three year contract with a two-year extension to house FLR's core backbone equipment at the NAP of the Americas.
"The FLR and NLR will fundamentally redefine what's possible for researchers to do via the network. These complimentary facilities will eliminate the issue of 'place' in collaboration between scientists and other research partners," said Larry Conrad, Chair of the FLR Board from Florida State University.

"The FLR network will provide researchers access at the lowest layers of the network and include both switched or point-to-point circuits over a wide area," said David Pokorney, the FLR Chief Technology Officer from the University of Florida. "With the NAP's security, connectivity and concentration of carriers, placing the FLR Network Node at the NAP of the Americas was the most logical choice."

The Florida LambdaRail (FLR) is a consortium of higher education institutions cooperating to build a state-wide high-bandwidth research and education network in Florida and is a founding member of the National LambdaRail (NLR) organization. The NLR is an initiative of U.S. research universities and private-sector technology companies that is implementing and operating a nationwide backbone infrastructure for research and experimentation in networking technologies and 'big science" applications.

Members of the FLR include Florida Atlantic University, Florida Institute of Technology, Florida International University, Florida State University, Nova Southeastern University, University of Central Florida, University of Miami, University of West Florida and the University of Florida.

"Terremark welcomes the FLR's South Florida core node and its members to the NAP of the Americas, which today serves as the home for Internet2's South Florida Gigapop and for FIU's AMPATH project. We are strong supporters of research and educational networks because they serve as the foundation for a growing and successful technology industry in the State as a whole, and in our region in particular," said Manuel D. Medina, Chairman and CEO of Terremark Worldwide Inc.

Terremark will provide the FLR with highly secure and redundant colocation space and power, and the capability to quickly and easily access the 85+ carriers housed at the NAP of the Americas facility for their project needs. In addition FLR can access other managed and professional services available on the NAP of the Americas services platform, such as IP transit, storage, network management and monitoring. Colocating the South Florida node of the FLR within the NAP of the Americas establishes Miami as a major connectivity point for research and development in networking technologies and applications.