Connect South Enters Colocation Market

By Rich Miller
CarrierHotels News Staff

Dec. 4, 2000 -- ConnectSouth, a provider of high-speed connectivity and Internet business tools, said today that it would begin to offer colocation services, calling them "a critical piece" of the company's strategy.
Connect South, which targets small and medium-sized businesses in the South, said colocation space in its Austin, Texas data center is available immediately. The company plans to add six additional colocation centers by the end of the first quarter of 2001, located in Charlotte, N.C.; New Orleans; Kansas City; Oklahoma City, Memphis and Birmingham, Ala.
"ConnectSouth is committed to providing our customers with a complete suite of e-enabling products and services,'' said Jeff Mucci, CEO of ConnectSouth. ``By ConnectSouth adding colocation to our customer offerings, we allow small to medium sized businesses to have access to state-of-the-art Internet ready facilities, that were once only reserved for very large companies.''
In addition to basic colocation, ConnectSouth will offer customers a suite of managed services, including high-speed Internet access, VPNs, firewall management, e-commerce and data backup and storage.
ConnectSouth Communications, Inc., headquartered in Austin, Texas, is an ``e-enabler,'' providing a full range of high-speed connectivity and Internet business application tools for small and medium-sized businesses in the Southern Region of the United States.