I am looking to use Aperian as a lead datacenter for my company. They offer 5 different data centers. They are a public company, which makes them somewhat legal. They are also a Tier 1 company on the biggest backbone in the world, being a OC-192. Let me know your thoughts.

http://www.aperian.com

Joe

[Edited by JBIZ718 on 02-03-2001 at 08:43 AM]

Since I havent heard from anyone.

Take a look at

http://www.aperian.com

JBIZ718,

I tried to contact their sales department 2 times about locating some servers with them... They never even bothered to get back to me. That said it all to me about their service.

Scott

JBIZ718,

No, they're definitely not a TIER 1

I dont want to be a promoter for them, because I am in the process of signing contracts and havent used them yet, but look at there backbone providers.

Genuity
UUNET

Genuity alone is huge.

I also did have a problem getting in contact with them at first. When I finally got in touch with them, I found though very aggravated, it seemed worth the wait. I mean 5 datacenters is alot to bring to the table.

Thats a little on my story. I think they are a tier 1.

Scottlaw, Im with you though, they did suck with there response time.

Jbiz

Here is the article on there site:

Located Here: http://www.aperian.com/products/afactory/afactory_docc.asp

DOCC TECHNOLOGY
As the world migrates towards broadband, e-businesses will be forced to measure success by their ability to scale bandwidth to meet periods of peak demand. Aperian offers a unique competitive advantage with the ability to deliver virtually unlimited bandwidth on demand. Due to our physical proximity to two of the world's largest Tier-1 Internet backbones, scaling bandwidth has never been faster or more cost effective. Aperian has established the first data centers to access bandwidth directly from the source. Think of it as having "ocean front" property on the Internet: there is no need to travel when you are already there.

Our Competitive Advantage Becomes Yours
Aperian's Direct Optical Co-location Connection Technology is the cornerstone for long-term e-business success. With Aperian managing the technology that runs your e-business, you can take advantage of the same direct connection. Aperian's DOCC Technology assures top performance in every area of your e-business.

Direct Connection to a Tier-1 Internet Backbone


Provides many strategic advantages:

Direct access to virtually unlimited bandwidth and the ability to "burst" on-demand
No local loop congestion means faster response times created by dramatically accelerated end-to-end Internet connectivity
Instant access to the Internet's ever-growing content
Elimination of the cost, congestion and failure rates associated with local access lines
Direct optical connections to Tier-1 Internet backbones means consistently fast delivery and high performance of application services and streaming video
Cost savings and precision accountability from a usage-based billing system; you're only billed for bandwidth actually consumed
Multi-homed networks: reliability based on redundancy, load sharing and balance between multiple networks


Aperian's DOCC Technology meets the exploding demand from end-users for enriched multimedia content by providing access to virtually unlimited bandwidth on-demand. We are returning data to the land of opportunity, and in the process, facilitating the success of the next generation of e-business.

Originally posted by JBIZ718
I dont want to be a promoter for them, because I am in the process of signing contracts and havent used them yet, but look at there backbone providers.

Genuity
UUNET

Genuity alone is huge.


2 things (and please don't interpret this as disparaging Aperian, I have never heard of them, though I am sure they are a great company).

1. UUNET has got a significantly larger backbone than Genuity, so you would probably want to emphasize that :).

2. If your service is provided by Tier 1 providers, at best you are a Tier 2 provider. But, if you only offer Data Center Access, then you cannot, by definition, be a Tier anything. In order to be a "Tiered" provider you would have to run your own fiber. Aperian is not running their own fiber, they are using fiber from other providers into their data center. There is nothing wrong with this business model, it is the same model Exodus and Abovenet have used very successfully, but they are not Tier 1 one providers either.

allan

uuallan, Abovenet does own it's own fiber, and their own backbone.

Im not sure how much you know about Genuity, but Genuity is the creator of this. They were the first company to lay down fiberobtics. There biggest clients are AOL, and Microsoft. They have been doing goverment fiber obtics for over 30 years.

Please remember Genuity, was once GTE.

UUallan, I do agree with you though, that Aperian is not a Tier 1 company. This doesnt mean there bad, but they are not a Tier 1.

Actually Genuity formerly GTE has a lease with Qwest for I believe 29 lines, of which four are active and the rest not currently turned on.

-BW

I'll tell you what I know about Aperian. A tour of their facility here in Tampa was impressive. Very impressive. We will be buying a half rack from them. I was impressed by their sales team, because when I talked about buying bandwidth and made a guess as to how much I'd need, they suggested we go with a LOWER and less costly initial bandwidth purchase. They could have had more money per month from us, but based on their billing practices (95th percentile, lower of inbound and outbound use tossed out each month) they feel we won't need it.

While they do not own their own backbone, here's how they have it set up--at least here:

They're in the telecomm hotel in downtown Tampa, the same building that Genuity and UUNet are in. Instead of using the local telecomm carrier, Aperian is actually DIRECTLY CABLED from their center down 1 floor and up 2 floors to connect DIRECTLY into UUNet and Genuity's core routers.

We are looking at there Arizona and Texas Facility. I havent been there yet, but I hear its quite impressive. I will let you know how it goes.