NETWORK CENTERS

IKANO manages its network infrastructure through its Network Operations Centers (NOCs). IKANO has strategically located NOCs in Salt Lake City, Cincinnati, and Toronto, Canada.

IKANO's NOCs provide redundant fiber connections with high network availability supplied by multiple carriers with the Internet's largest bandwidth capacities. Clients can select the connectivity and bandwidth needed to meet their needs.

At all NOCs, IKANO provides best-of-breed technology to ensure high availability for co-location and hosting services.

All of the hardware is cutting edge, from gigabit Ethernet layer3 and layer4 switches to Lucent access servers. Data backup is performed daily and all systems are monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year by experienced, certified engineers.

Experience and flexibility is a key advantage of IKANO. IKANO hosts and manages an array of different applications and platforms. Clients can work with IKANO's team of experienced engineers to develop customized solutions to meet the clients' co-location needs.

If you are looking for a way to give your company high speed Internet access without paying outrageous prices for equipment, network management and monitoring fees, then try IKANO's co-location service. Co-location from IKANO lets you place your own computer on our high-speed network. You can remotely control your system, and take advantage of our line access -- for a fraction of the cost of T-1 service.

Redundancy:
Each IKANO NOC is equipped with fully redundant hardware:

• Multiple Cisco/Enterasys core routers
• Redundant DS3s to upstream providers
• Redundant Liebert systems power management and cooling equipment
• Redundant Power supplies (UPS and diesel generators)
• Redundant WAN access switches (TNT Max)

• Data backup to SLC from multiple NOC locations
• Offsite data storage
• Utilization of a SAN (Storage Area Network) for expanding data storage needs
• Data restoration services
• Four-hour equipment replacement/service agreements with vendors

• The combination of multiple NOCs and traffic caching enables IKANO to reduce network traffic and speed the delivery of content. This content is dubbed "close to the edge" -- or caching of content from the most requested Web sites and files. Files are delivered in less time than it would normally take to get the data from the Web site.