Speakeasy Expands Business Class Voice and Data Offerings to Include Managed Services for Small Businesses
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Seattle, WA —Speakeasy (www.speakeasy.net), one of the nation's largest independent providers of broadband communication services, has expanded its offerings so that small businesses can now benefit from Colocation and Managed Hosting solutions. The move marks Speakeasy's arrival as a full-service provider to small businesses offering business-class broadband, voice and high-end infrastructure of colocation and hosting service.
Speakeasy's Colocation and Managed Hosting solutions address the needs of small business customers who require customized solutions and more than cabinet space in a "big-box" data center. The company's experienced engineers manage existing servers or can architect a customized infrastructure solution to fit individual company needs. These services are ideal for organizations requiring a secure, available, and redundant IT environment to support their business-critical systems and applications. Small businesses can now leverage Speakeasy's nationwide infrastructure investments rather than build and manage one themselves.
Speakeasy's Managed Services provide custom-engineered solutions from eight nationwide facilities. Solutions include:
- Colocation - A controlled, secured environment where customers can host their own servers.
- Managed Hosting - Customers lease and manage dedicated servers custom designed by Speakeasy with a choice of value-added features.
- Web Hosting - Enhanced business-class web hosting.
"With Managed Services, Speakeasy is truly the single solution provider for small businesses today," said Bruce Chatterley, Speakeasy CEO. "With one provider, businesses can receive high quality voice, data and infrastructure services, combined in one bill, and administered by a single-point of contact. If you are a small- or medium-sized business, it really doesn't get any easier than Speakeasy."
Colocation
Speakeasy provides a controlled, secured environment where customers can host their own servers. The solution includes:
- Equipment space: Includes secured rack space
- Power: Includes AC/DC, UPS battery back-up and generator fail-over
- Environmental Controls (AC)
- IP Transit provider (Speakeasy Network plus redundant failover)
- Remote Hands Services (Network and Systems Administration)
- Value-added Options
Managed Hosting
Managed Hosting combines a dedicated server with a choice of value-added features and the customer leases and manages a custom designed server built by Speakeasy.
- Speakeasy is responsible for designing and building the hardware, maintenance, OS installations, rack space, power and bandwidth.
- Customer pays for bandwidth consumption and remote hands services for troubleshooting (i.e., Systems & Network Administration).
- Windows, Linux, and UNIX operating systems are supported.
Customers may choose any of the following services as part of their colocation and managed hosting solutions: Load Balancing, Geographic Load Balancing, Server Monitoring, Automated Server Back-up, Network Attached Storage (NAS), Firewall & VPN Management, Power Management, Remote Hands and Cross Connections.
Web Hosting
Speakeasy continues to offer web, mail and DNS hosting services primarily for the consumer segment. However, it will now offer business class web hosting as part of Managed Services.
Speakeasy has 11 years of experience satisfying small businesses and technically demanding professionals. They offer a nationwide private IP network, industry-leading customer support, and a complete portfolio of voice, data, and hosting solutions.
About Speakeasy
Speakeasy, one of the nation's largest independent broadband services providers is focused on meeting the voice, data, and IT needs of smaller businesses. Speakeasy manages its own private fiber-optic national network, ensuring fast connections, low latency, and an unparalleled degree of security and protection from the public Internet. Speakeasy offers a full range of innovative services, including Voice over IP (VoIP), Managed Hosting and Colocation, OneLink™ dedicated DSL, Business Class T1 and multiple business-grade connectivity options. Customers rave about the personalized and highly competent support they receive from Speakeasy's Seattle-based customer service team. Speakeasy's services are available in most metropolitan areas within the 48 contiguous United States. Those interested in Speakeasy can visit http://www.speakeasy.net or call 800.556.5829.