Sep, 2001 : Rogers Dials in Q9 Networks for Radio Hosting

📅 September 25, 2001 - Q9 Networks Inc (q9.com -> equinix.com), a leading Canadian provider ofmanaged Internet infrastructure services, today announces that it willprovide Rogers Media with a suite of managed hosting services for 17 of itsCanadian radio properties. Services provided by Q9 include physical space,managed bandwidth, firewalls, switches and load balancing.

Among the stations to be hosted at Q9 are Vancouver's NEWS1130, Calgary's96CHFM, Winnipeg's 92CITI.FM, Toronto's 680News and Ottawa's Chez106.1.
"Q9's managed services, high-availability network and ultra securefacilities allowed us to quickly and cost-effectively consolidate theinfrastructure requirements for the stations," says Geoff Poulton, generalmanager, Internet radio, Rogers Media. "As well, Q9's technical expertiseand proactive, hands-on approach gave us considerable peace of mind before,during and after the transition."
Q9 delivers highly redundant Internet connectivity services through asophisticated internal network of high-speed equipment and data links,connected directly to multiple Internet backbones. If one backboneexperiences an outage or delay, Q9 routes traffic around the problem toensure that Internet users have uninterrupted access to Web sites co-locatedin its facilities.
"The addition of these radio stations marks an expansion of the relationshipbetween Q9 and Rogers as we also host Rogers' national shopping service, TheShopping Channel," says Osama Arafat, CEO, Q9 Networks. "We are extremelypleased with this vote of confidence from one of Canada's largest mediacompanies and we look forward to providing a reliable Web experience forRogers listeners across Canada."
Q9 data centres are engineered for 100 percent uptime, with redundant powerfeeds, HVAC, and advanced fire detection and suppression systems. Multiplelayers of security, including video surveillance, security officers andbiometric authentication systems, protect the facility itself. All systemsare monitored from the Q9 Network Operations Centre 24 hours a day, sevendays a week.