Midwest Internet Hub and Collocation Facility Archives

Return home

info@1102grand.com

noc@1102grand.com

Home Colocation Services Connectivity 1102 Overview Blog Contact Us

Join 1102 Grandon

1102 GRAND Updates and Announcements

Address:
1102 Grand Ave., Suite 2000
Kansas City, MO 64106
816-471-7872

View Larger Map

Bios

Greg Elliott
Greg joined 1102 GRAND in 2008 where he has been active in attracting bootstrapping startups to Inc. 500 and Fortune 500 companies from around the region and the world

Press Contact

Valerie Jennings
816-221-1040
valerie@jenningssocialmedia.com
To submit a story idea to our blog email valerie@jenningssocialmedia.com

Tags

Technology & Science Blogs - Blog Catalog Blog Directory

Web Directory

Posts Tagged ‘Midwest Internet Hub and Collocation Facility’

InformationWeek.com Announces IT Management Challenges For The Social Security Administration’s Data Center

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Posted By: Darren Bonawitz

I would like to comment on an article from InformationWeek.com, written by Elizabeth Montalbano, highlighting the many IT management challenges facing the Social Security Administration in the near future.

The article is in response to a report by the Social Security Administration’s Inspector General Patrick P. O’Carroll Jr., stating the IT concerns that the Social Security Administration has in the upcoming new year. Montalbano primarily focuses on the SSA’s transition to a new data center from the outdated National Computer Center (NCC). The article also reviews concerns with modernizing business applications and the transition from traditional customer service to web-based.

Click Here to read the full article:

I think it is a safe bet that we all knew that Social Security was in trouble. What I don’t think we realized is that when discussing its collapse, it actually pertained to the physical structure of their data center. Unfortunately, although very scary to consider, the issues and challenges they are facing with regard to their data center infrastructure are not unique. It is not even isolated to the government sector. Many companies are facing similar issues with their existing privately owned and operated data centers albeit at different levels of scale.

Companies need to step back and take a look at the big picture and carefully evaluate all of the options. Just because owning and operating a data center made sense in the past, it does not mean it is the best solution going forward. The requirements of the business itself may have changed and certainly the alternatives available have whether it is collocation, hosted environments, cloud services, or a hybrid solution.

Tags: 1102 GRAND, 1102 Grand Network Operations Center, application modernization, COBOL, colocation centers, colocation facility, colocation provider, colocation services, cross-border communication services, Darren Bonawitz, data center, data center collapse, data center cost, data center knowledge, data center network, data center operations, Data Center Security, data center server, data center servers, data colocation, datacenter, efficiency, electric energy, electric utility grid, electrical energy, Elizabeth Montalbano, Energy, energy advantages, energy conservation, Information Week, Informationweek.com, Internet Hub, Kansas City data center, KC colocation, KC data center, Midwest data center, Midwest Internet hub, Midwest Internet Hub and Collocation Facility, National Computer Center, NCC, Networking, Patrick P. O'Carroll Jr., Social Security, Social Security Administration, Social Security Administration (SSA), social security data center, SSA, voice over ip, VoIP, voip phones
Posted in 1102 GRAND, Colocation Information, Data Center Security, Energy, Green IT, Location, Midwest data center, Networking, Saving Money | No Comments »

Thank You to David Twiddy of The Kansas City Business Journal for Featuring Darren Bonawitz, Principal of 1102 GRAND, in a Recent Article

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Thank you David Twiddy, staff writer for the Kansas City Business Journal, for featuring Darren Bonawitz, principal of 1102 GRAND, in recent article: Bonawitz is wired into IT scene. According to the article, networking and personal connections has helped Bonawitz thrive in the data center industry.

It’s a November evening, and the Press Bar and Panini Grill in downtown Kansas City is packed with IT workers, tech entrepreneurs and a smattering of angel investors.

Some are looking for jobs, some are searching for business partners, and others just want to learn more about the depth of local tech companies.

Darren Bonawitz stands near the center of the action, raffling off iPads and flat-screen televisions, thanking the event’s sponsors and then diving back into his favorite activity — introducing people.

As a founder of KCNext, the organization hosting the “happy hour,” Bonawitz long has enjoyed expanding tech…

Tags: 1102 GRAND, 1102 Grand Network Operations Center, colocation provider, colocation services, cross-border communication services, Darren Bonawitz, data center, data center cost, data center knowledge, data center network, data center operations, Data Center Security, data center server, data center servers, data colocation, datacenter, David Twiddy, efficiency, electric company, electric energy, electric utility grid, electric utility substation, electrical, electrical energy, electrical substations, electricity, Energy, energy advantages, energy conservation, Kansas City Business Journal, Midwest data center, Midwest Internet hub, Midwest Internet Hub and Collocation Facility, Networking
Posted in 1102 GRAND, Colocation Information, Data Center Cooling, Data Center Security, Disaster Recovery Solution, Green IT, Midwest data center, Networking | No Comments »

Kansas City Data Center & CPI Communications Co-hosts Lunch & Tour for the Kansas City Association of Call Center Professionals

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

By: Greg Elliott

1102 GRAND (www.1102Grand.com), a Midwest Internet Hub and Collocation Facility, and CPI Communications (www.cpitelecom.net), co-hosted a lunch and tour for the Kansas City Association of Call Center Professionals (ACCP)

ACCP is a professional, non-profit association whose members represent customer contact organizations and the vendors who support them. Membership consists of organizations of all sizes, from a variety of industries including manufacturing, healthcare, financial, outsource, legal, technology, staffing and more. The company has first and third-party focused members, including telemarketing, call centers, collections, customer service facilities, help desks, client retention, etc.

1102 GRAND shared the benefits that a carrier hotel can offer:

Clients can benefit by moving dialers and server equipment to a collocation facility to reduce current infrastructure and overhead costs at the on-site data center.

Clients can take advantage of the many carrier/provider options afforded at a carrier hotel, giving them flexibility as their business model changes or grows.

Many carriers/providers have PoPs at carrier hotels, saving costly voice and data loop/access charges in most cases.

CPI Communications shared the benefits that a carrier neutral telecommunications provider can offer clients:

CPI Communications will thoroughly research a client’s data and telecommunication connectivity needs and offer solutions from multiple carriers. The prices they quote come directly from the carriers and are the same as or lower than what a client would receive if they contacted the carriers directly.

CPI Communications manages the solution within the selected carrier from the start to implementation. They talk directly with the technicians, order writers, testers, engineers and any other individuals involved with providing the solution.

The best part to clients, CPI Communications service is free!

After the lunch, ACCP members embarked on a guided tour of 1102 GRAND’s collocation areas including private cabinets, cage space, and the 1102 GRAND Network Operations Center.

Thank you to the KCACCP for visiting 1102 GRAND!

Tags: 1102 GRAND, 1102 Grand Network Operations Center, call centers, carrier neutral data facility, collocation, cpi communications, Darren Bonawitz, data centers, data management, Data Suites, green information technology, Green IT, green technology, healthcare, Internet Hub, Internet hub and data center, Kansas City Association of Call Center Professionals, Kansas City carrier hotel, Midwest Internet Hub and Collocation Facility, technology, telecommunication, VoIP
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »