
All viable collocation facilities are going to have varying degrees of the necessary critical infrastructure across the space, power, cooling, connectivity, and services categories. At 1102 GRAND, we believe there is also another component that is often overlooked when evaluating facilities and that is the team who owns and operates the data center your organization is considering. At the end of the day, it all comes down to people, and the 1102 GRAND team loves helping connect our tenants, vendors, and service providers to each other. People purchase products and services, recommend service providers to peers, and create innovative solutions to real world business problems. That is why 1102 GRAND puts together regular networking events for our tenants, vendors, and others in the industry. Our goal is to help facilitate business by bringing entities together both from a business development and physical interconnection standpoint. 1102 GRAND is more than a major Midwestern hub for the internet… we are a hub for commerce, and we hope that you will choose to be a part of the experience we are building here one interconnection at a time.

Our most recent event was our 4th annual golf tournament held June 9th at Deer Creek Golf Club in Overland Park, KS (a suburb of Kansas City). Although rain and hail kept us from playing, we saw a strong turnout of registered players. We could not have done it without our ongoing support from event sponsors including: Fluke Networks, Cogent Communications, Media Venture Partners, Stallard Technologies, Graybar, Time Warner Cable Business Class, LanTel, K&W Underground, Kim Wilson Construction, K-PowerNet, Westhues Electric, KCNAP, Apex Systems Inc., Missouri Network Alliance, Bick Group, ATNI, DAMAC Products, The Kansas City Business Journal, Multiwave Digital Solutions, and Jennings PR.
In addition to the sponsors above, the following organizations registered to participate in the tournament: Acknowledge, Asurion Insurance Services, Balance Point, Black & Veatch, Coffman Group, Commercial Capital Company, Core Mechanical, DataEdge, Examinetics, FuseMail, GSI, Holland International, Hovey Williams LLP, KNK Telecom, JamesNetworks, LK Communications, MDL Technologies, Mersoft, NIC, North American Savings Bank, Occu-Tec, Polsinelli Shughart PC, Ruxter, ServiceMark Telecom, ShoMe Technologies, Sprint, State of Missouri, SureWest, tw telecom, University of Phoenix, US Fiberworks, Verizon Business, and Westlake Ace Hardware.

Despite the stormy weather that kept everyone inside, the turnout was fantastic and a good time was had by all. Hot dogs and hamburgers were enjoyed and prizes were given out as well. Several people commented that without golf, more networking opportunities were available throughout the day.
Stay tuned as the tournament is rescheduled for June 23 at Deer Creek Golf Club.
by Greg Elliott
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