<div dir="ltr">Come tonight and see.... see you all there!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>...Skeeve</div><div><br></div><div><div><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">Skeeve Stevens - </b><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">eintellego Networks Pty Ltd</span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px"><a href="mailto:skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com" target="_blank">skeeve@eintellegonetworks.com</a> ; <a href="http://www.eintellegonetworks.com/" target="_blank">www.eintellegonetworks.com</a></span><font><p style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px;margin:0px">Phone: 1300 239 038; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; <a>skype://skeeve</a></p><p style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px;margin:0px"><a href="http://facebook.com/eintellegonetworks" target="_blank">facebook.com/eintellegonetworks</a> ; <a href="http://twitter.com/networkceoau" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/skeeve" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/skeeve</a> </p><p style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px;margin:0px"><a href="http://twitter.com/theispguy" target="_blank">twitter.com/theispguy</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> ; blog: </span><a href="http://www.theispguy.com/" target="_blank">www.theispguy.com</a><br></p><p style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px;margin:0px"><img src="http://eintellegonetworks.com/logos/ein09.png"><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(127,0,127);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The Experts Who The Experts Call</span></p></font></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(127,0,127)"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13px">Juniper - Cisco </span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13px">- Cloud</span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13px">- Consulting</span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-size:13px">- IPv4 Brokering</span></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 October 2014 08:27, Joseph Goldman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joe@apcs.com.au" target="_blank">joe@apcs.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I guess this is what tonight's event is about - Commsday breaking the story too early? Or is there more in the works for tonights event?<br>
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On 27/10/14 08:20, Skeeve Stevens wrote:<br>
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I am sure this will be of great interest to the operations space.<br>
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*From Communications Day: Issue: 4770*<br>
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*Megaport goes global, Microsoft vet tapped as new CEO*<br>
<br>
Megaport, the flexible network interconnection specialist founded by<br>
Bevan Slattery, has unveiled plans for a massive global expansion blitz<br>
just over a year after launching in Australia.<br>
<br>
The firm is aiming to hit 25 key markets in the US, Europe and Asia<br>
within eighteen months – targeting break-even for each within a year –<br>
and has brought on Denver Maddux, a Microsoft and Limelight veteran, to<br>
lead the charge as CEO. Slattery himself will remain on board as<br>
executive chairman.<br>
<br>
Shortly after its mid-2013 launch, Megaport pushed dep into Asia in<br>
response to growing demand for scalable cloud interconnectivity<br>
services. Singapore and Hong Kong were two of its first expansion areas,<br>
with a Japanese deployment also on the cards. But he company has now<br>
committed to an accelerated growth plan that will see it service more<br>
than two dozen key markets.<br>
<br>
“In some of those, we have some services that we’re already working<br>
through contracts on. to acquire the appropriate level of commercial<br>
services we might ned to launch the business; some are tied to<br>
partnerships that we’re working on [with] either multinational or<br>
regional players,” Maddux told CommsDay.<br>
<br>
“Most of the licensing and contracting that we’ve done so far has ben<br>
focused on the Asian markets, and we’re working on what we ned to get<br>
done in North America and Europe right now.”<br>
<br>
“Those markets will follow a lot of the common internet infrastructure<br>
in North America. Seattle, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, Virginia, New<br>
York, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas.and there’s some other secondary markets<br>
that are of interest like Phoenix, Arizona, maybe Houston, Texas and so<br>
on,” he added. “Markets that are pretty well established in terms of<br>
critical infrastructure and locations, where our service would be most<br>
useful. But we’re looking for opportunity markets to, and we’re looking<br>
for partners in [those] markets that are really interested in helping<br>
with location differentiation and footprint expansion.”<br>
<br>
“In Europe [we’re targeting] London, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam.<br>
we’re also looking at some other markets like Spain, Italy, Sweden and<br>
potentially some other countries that don’t have such highly established<br>
infrastructure.”<br>
<br>
“The cloud services business in both of these markets – the likes of<br>
Amazon. and of Microsoft with its Azure ExpresRoute product, and Google<br>
Compute which is coming out in the next couple of weeks – they’ve al got<br>
some reach challenges with their connectivity products,” continued<br>
Maddux. “We’re working with those connectivity partners to make sure<br>
that, from a strategic direction, the places we want o build also align<br>
with the things they ned to help solve.”<br>
<br>
While Megaport has built physical fibre infrastructure in some of its<br>
early markets, Slattery told CommsDay that wouldn’t be the case for the<br>
accelerated global expansion. “We expect o be partnering and acquiring<br>
network infrastructure from existing providers in those markets,” he<br>
said, adding that in fact Megaport was in the process of splitting out<br>
its existing fibre assets into a completely separate business (se next<br>
story).<br>
<br>
“We’ve always said that Megaport isn’t about Australia – it’s about<br>
taking it o the world. What we’ve focused on is making sure that he<br>
product is right. [that] we’ve got an understanding of how we approach<br>
the sales side when we go to markets through partnerships. I’m really<br>
happy with how we’ve got hat; the Australian network, operationally, has<br>
already broken even. and we’re not seeing competition [in terms of]<br>
anyone delivering a product of similar scale, technology and capability<br>
to what we’ve got. So now is the time to expand!”<br>
<br>
Slattery expects to spends somewhere around A$10 million on the<br>
expansion between Capex and Opex over the next twelve months. On the<br>
revenue side, Megaport isn’t disclosing targets, but Slattery said that<br>
“once we roll out a region or a market, we expect hat market o break<br>
even within the first twelve months of operation.”<br>
<br>
Maddux’s most recent experience will bear directly on his leadership at<br>
Megaport. As network technology and architecture VP of global digital<br>
content player Limelight Networks he was responsible for engineering –<br>
underpinning global expansion plans – plus network and services supply<br>
chains and partnership opportunities.<br>
<br>
“I really spent a lot of time trying to take what started as a very<br>
small regional content distribution network and deploying that in a<br>
global fashion,” he said. “I tok the network from two sites to over 150<br>
by the time I left he company!”<br>
<br>
More recently, Maddux served as senior director of global network<br>
services at Microsoft. “[The company] was really wanting to invest<br>
heavily into its network strategy in order to propagate its cloud<br>
services platform, Azure, globally; I spent a lot of time inside the<br>
company bringing in the appropriate staff. and pushing Microsoft into<br>
its first foray into dark fibre acquisitions, both terrestrially and<br>
submarine, as well as increasing its participation in the internet<br>
ecosystem – not just as a network operator but as a network innovator.”<br>
<br>
Maddux has known Slattery for years – indeed, he describes the Megaport<br>
founder as a “mentor” while he was helping to roll out Limelight in<br>
Australia – and was intrigued by Megaport’s model, leaping at he chance<br>
to take on the top spot. His first priority is “finding the right people<br>
to help us come and execute on the plans we’re laying out here; I will<br>
always be recruiting and hunting for the next great person to join the<br>
company.”<br>
<br>
“The other is making sure our platform gets propagated. there’s a<br>
tremendous interest. and I believe it’s revolutionary, so making sure we<br>
actually go and attack that distribution plan. on a global basis, as<br>
well as finding the appropriate partnerships that want o help enable<br>
that,” he aded. “And of course we’re going to keep a really strong eye<br>
on emerging technologies, to se what else we can do [with] the platform!”<br>
<br>
To support Maddux, Megaport has promoted Belinda Flanders to executive<br>
VP for APAC and MEA, and appointed Bryn Maddux – also from Microsoft –<br>
as EVP for the Americas and Europe.<br>
<br>
Slattery, meanwhile, will remain involved at a strategic level as<br>
executive chairman. “It’s more like a partnership, I suppose, than<br>
anything else. But Denver’s going to lead it; he’s the CEO,” he said.<br>
“We’ve developed the technology, we’ve proven the model. I’ve probably<br>
got, at times, pretty good vision and I commit do things, but [there’s<br>
a] level of energy and excitement in Denver. [and a] tremendous amount<br>
of global credibility.”<br>
<br>
“He understands – he’s rolled out a global network. he’s connected it o<br>
al these different markets around the world, to Asia and to Europe, the<br>
Middle East, Africa, the United States. I really wanted him to be<br>
involved, and I really wanted him to lead it!”<br>
<br>
*Petroc Wilton*<br>
<br>
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<br>
...as *Megaport launches Superloop fibre spinoff*<br>
<br>
As it gears for rapid global expansion, Megaport has announced that it<br>
will spin of its fibre assets to launch a new, dedicated infrastructure<br>
company called Superloop.<br>
<br>
The new firm will aim to drive innovation within the fibre<br>
infrastructure layer in key areas of the APAC region. Its initial<br>
network is slated to go live in Australia in January 2015, with its own<br>
diverse dark fibre connectivity between the major internet points<br>
operated by firms like Global Switch, Equinix, NEXTDC and more.<br>
<br>
The firm has also announced that it expects to bring forward the<br>
commissioning of its Singapore network after securing aces to over 150km<br>
of strategic duct throughout he country; over some 70% of the Singapore<br>
network is expected to go live in March, with rollout completion around<br>
July 2015. The network will provide diverse connectivity to key cable<br>
landing stations in locations such as Katong, Tuas and Changi, as well<br>
as key datacentres including Equinix facilities.<br>
<br>
“The fibre network was developed as an enabler for Megaport in its<br>
initial markets. The accelerated growth of the network has created a<br>
stand-alone business, warranting independent strategy and resourcing<br>
that can be provided within Superloop,” said Megaport founder Bevan<br>
Slattery, who will be heading up the new firm. “We are building the only<br>
independent, pan-Asian fibre infrastructure provider which is something<br>
rather special and unique, so much so that – based upon early customer<br>
demand – I expect Superloop to break even in its first full year of<br>
operation.”<br>
<br>
“[In Singapore], our strategic duct aces arrangement greatly reduces the<br>
time and cost to rollout the network,” he aded. “This means we can offer<br>
certainty, and provide services to our cornerstone clients sooner.”<br>
<br>
Working with Slattery at he new company will be PIPE Networks alumnus<br>
and current SubPartners COO Mat Whitlock, appointed to the role of<br>
Superloop COO. Mat Howard, who built NextDC’s M1 data centre, will be<br>
project leader for Singapore. Howard’s Hong Kong counterpart will be<br>
Susana Halliday, who has over 20 years in infrastructure development<br>
experience in the territory and was previously a director at Atkins,<br>
responsible for utilities engineering and environmental services.<br>
Project leader for Australia will be ex-PIPE Networks fibre operations<br>
manager Mick Fama.<br>
<br>
CommsDay also understands that Superloop has already engaged advisors<br>
for a possible Initial Public Offering on the Australian Securities<br>
Exchange.<br>
<br>
*Petroc Wilton*<br>
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