Frontier Presented Most Innovative Network Service at
NetWorld+Interop Infr@structure Awards
Inter@ctive Week awards Frontier GlobalCenter for leading
in Web and application hosting
SUNNYVALE, Calif., -- September 15, 1999 - Frontier GlobalCenter,
the data and Internet arm of Frontier Communications, was presented
the Most Innovative Network Service award for taking the lead in
Web and application hosting, according to Inter@ctive Week. The
award is part of Inter@ctive Week and NetWorld+Interop's 1999
Interop Infr@structure Awards presented at N+I in Atlanta, Georgia
on September 14, 1999.
"Although Web hosting has now become an expected service for ISPs,
Frontier GlobalCenter pioneered the major data center approach and
has stayed focused on delivering high-capacity service," commented
Dennis Mendyk, Inter@ctive Week's Telecommunications Editor. "This
is especially remarkable given the potential distractions of
Frontier's merger with Global Crossing, and the merger battles with
Qwest Communications."
"It is a great honor to be presented this award at N+I," said Don
Detampel, president of Frontier GlobalCenter. "As Frontier
GlobalCenter grows beyond basic Web hosting, we look forward to the
ability to move existing and future customers up the value chain.
When customers look to us for outsourced solutions, they are able
to take advantage of a scalable, highly available, complex hosting
infrastructure that runs on its own OC-48 network. It is very
exciting to receive recognition from Inter@ctive Week for these
efforts."
The Frontier GlobalCenter complex hosting infrastructure is
comprised of three centers of excellence:
ú The Frontier Optronics NetworkSM - a 20,000 route mile, fiber
optic, redundant ring architecture designed to deliver unrivaled
speed, scalability and reliability. The Frontier Optronics Network
currently connects over 120 major U.S. metropolitan areas and
includes a Cisco powered IP network operating at OC-48 (2.5 Gbps).
ú Frontier GlobalCenter's Media Distribution Centers -
geographically distributed, 24x7x365, on-net data centers designed
to high-security, disaster-resistant specifications to ensure
guaranteed uptime.
ú Frontier Application Networking Services - highly available,
reliable and flexible utility applications and services that enable
anytime, anywhere computing.
Frontier GlobalCenter's MDCs host more than 300 top Internet brands
- some of the best known names in the business, including Yahoo!,
ZDNet, Red Hat and eToys. Frontier GlobalCenter facilitates 60
percent of all Internet searches and delivers more than 8.8 billion
page views per month, nearly 2 million hits per minute.
About Frontier GlobalCenter
Frontier GlobalCenter, a unit of Frontier Corporation (NYSE: FRO),
is a leading international Internet Protocol (IP) applications and
communications services provider. Frontier recently agreed to merge
with Global Crossing Ltd. (NASDAQ: GBLX). The combined company will
own and operate the first seamless global IP network with 88,100
ultra-high bandwidth route miles connecting 170 major cities in 24
countries. For more information, visit the Frontier Web site at
www.frontiercorp.com or Frontier GlobalCenter at
www.globalcenter.net. |
