Google says that this is the first multi-tenant cloud application suite that has received FISMA certification at a FISMA-Moderate level, which gives it the ability to store and serve sensitive (but not classified) information. Google’s Matthew Glotzbach says this encompasses 80-90% of all government information.
Read more: Google Launches Apps for Government, with Servers on US Soil
Recently, Twitter began using BitTorrent to speed deployments across its thousands of servers:
“It was time for something completely different, something decentralized, something more like.. BitTorrent.. running inside of our datacenter to quickly copy files around,” Twitter engineer Larry Gadea explains.
The new BitTorrent-powered system “turned a 40 minute deploy process into one that lasted just 12 seconds.”
Read more: BitTorrent Makes Twitter’s Server Deployment 75x Faster | TorrentFreak.
It has been a very difficult year for 1Velocity and our communities. Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada have been number one on many lists of which we are not proud, including the highest rate of foreclosures, unemployment, and bankruptcies in the nation. Many of our largest companies have been on the brink or have filed bankruptcy in the last year.
However, despite all the challenges, 1Velocity has made some very important progress.
As we begin our fourth year, 1Velocity continues to grow.
We just closed out the fiscal year, and despite the recession, 1Velocity had record revenues last year. This year is off to a good start as well. Revenues for the first quarter of this fiscal year are up from the previous year. Remarkably, we have also cut expenses over the last year.
As the economy continues to improve and more organizations learn about 1Velocity’s unique services, we hope to continue to help more organizations improve redundancy, save money, and get more done quickly with Internet and private Ethernet connections over wireless fiber.
Mike Hartman, former executive at Verizon Wireless and GTE, has joined the 1Velocity board of directors.
Retired since 2002, Mr. Hartman was president of Verizon Wireless’ Telecommunication Services, Inc. (TSI) for two years until he sold the company for more than $800 million to a private equity group. Prior to TSI, Mr. Hartman was with GTE for 28 years, ultimately rising to Area President. He oversaw operations from Ohio to Texas to Florida, responsible for over $600 million in annual revenues and 1.25 million customers.
Mr. Hartman brings excellent telecom and leadership experience to the company and says he sees great potential in 1Velocity.
Happy Birthday to us! Today is 1Velocity’s fourth birthday.
In four years, the 1Velocity network has gone from zero locations to over one hundred. We’ve built state-of-the-art Metro Ethernet carrier networks in Las Vegas and Reno using wireless GigE millimeter-wave and microwave technology.
Banks, governments, airlines, healthcare, mobile phone carriers, public safety, and many other organizations have used 1Velocity to save thousands in trenching costs, improve redundancy, and get installed quickly. In fact, we have site-walked over six hundred locations.
For years, carriers had to share the phone company’s infrastructure. 1Velocity has shown how to provide enterprise-class bandwidth on a wireless backhaul that completely bypasses the phone company’s trenches, poles, and central offices.
1Velocity provides Internet and metro Ethernet connections from 8 Mbps to 1 Gbps over its network to businesses, government, and carriers.
Thank you to all our customers, investors, and staff over the years who helped get us to this point. We could not have done it without you.
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