The demand for high-speed internet has grown exponentially over the past few years. With the disruption of the traditional work model that saw more people working remotely and the rise of cloud-based computing, to the proliferation of streaming services, and the rise of telemedicine and online education – the demand for broadband access has never been greater. As a fiber infrastructure provider with more than 20 years of experience building and operating mission-critical, high-bandwidth networks, FiberLight is a leader in delivering the products that ignite digital transformation. FiberLight’s Director of Product Bart Rogers submitted to a company Q&A session to provide some insights on the organization. Q: What are your primary responsibilities as product director for FiberLight? Rogers: “My primary role is to continue to evolve the existing product portfolio and to ensure we are meeting the current needs of the organizations we serve. I am also focusing on the future and creating a roadmap for new areas of product development to anticipate the strategic goals and initiatives of our existing and new customers to position them for continued growth.” Q: Why did you choose to join the team at FiberLight? What about the organization appealed to you? Rogers: “I have a history of working with service providers with over 40,000 employees, and really liked the idea of joining a smaller company where I can work more efficiently and create more of an impact at the corporate level, quickly.” Q: What do you see as the key advantages that FiberLight offers to the industry? Rogers: “FiberLight offers the industry deep network penetration, particularly in the state of Texas. In addition, we provide critical network infrastructure in Central Florida, Virginia, Maryland and in the greater Atlanta area. As a result, we have been able to provide appropriate solutions to meet the needs of our wholesale market and are enabling strategic technology for our hyperscale or cloud service providers, mobile network operators, and large enterprise customers. We are also delivering high performing and reliable infrastructure to our channel module with dark fiber, wavelength services, Ethernet connectivity, and Internet services.” Q: FiberLight recently announced it signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Morrison and Co. How does that acquisition impact you in terms of developing new products and services? Rogers: “The acquisition shows this is an industry positioned for long-term growth, and Morrison’s investment in FiberLight provides us with the resources necessary to explore new markets and services needed for businesses to achieve their success and for FiberLight to grow.” Q: What about FiberLight capabilities are you most excited about? What makes them stand out in the industry? Rogers: “Our portfolio is enabled today by extensive infrastructure. Where FiberLight has network assets, we have a great deal of strength. One could visualize FiberLight’s network capacity like a very dense tree that spreads across the state of Texas, for example, that enables us to build solutions that branch into those different verticals. We have the capability of providing the infrastructure businesses need - whether that is high bandwidth infrastructure to deliver services, Internet connectivity, private layer two Ethernet solutions, DWDM wavelength services, colocated network solutions, or dark fiber.” Q: What are the most important messages that you would want to communicate about FiberLight’s products? Rogers: “FiberLight is extremely focused on delivering the high-speed network connectivity solutions that organizations need, and we are looking at how we can deliver that from a customer’s premises or from a tower and all the way to a data center. We are bullish in growing our network to be able to meet businesses where the bandwidth needs are greatest, and leading the industry in building next-gen, scalable transport to connect to our high-performing application serving data centers or anywhere in the world through our dedicated internet access. “The second thing we are focusing on is understanding where end users and applications are moving so that we are delivering those network services at the right locations. Access to applications has become more distributed. We are excited about working with cloud service providers to connect back to customers’ data center infrastructure and incorporate connectivity to 5G towers where IoT end points and end users are getting more and more access to the Internet.” Q: What do you think the industry should be most excited about when it comes to FiberLight? Rogers: “Our ability to be able to deliver full line rate,10 Gigabit private switched Ethernet connections to network customers and locations across 100 gig backbone and across our Ethernet architecture. That differentiates FiberLight from some of the household name competitors that we are going up against.” p To learn more about FiberLight, visit with company reps at booth 101 in the Expo Hall or make a deal at Table 1 in the Deal Center. 8 THE INCOMPAS SHOW I OCTOBER 24 - 26, 2022 www.bekabusinessmedia.com DAY 1 Y 2 FiberLight Introduces Director of Product As organizations take advantage of today’s remote work environment, it’s more important than ever to create an instant, reliable and secure connection to their employees, clients and partners. With a Blackfoot and Cradlepoint solution, you receive: • Day-1 connectivity • Failover management for branch continuity • A true hybrid redundant solution “We are excited to deliver a near-instant connectivity service for businesses of all sizes through a proven wireless WAN solution,” said Todd Twete, Vice President of Enterprise Business and Wholesale with Blackfoot Communications. “Combining Cradlepoint’s NetCloud platform with our engineering, support and account services creates a winning solution for our clients.” Cradlepoint Senior Vice President of Global Partner and Alliances Eric Purcell added, “There’s a massive opportunity to provide organizations with robust wireless WAN solutions that create a secure, controllable and manageable infrastructure. As a member of the Cradlepoint Partner program, Blackfoot Communications can deliver unique and best-in-class wireless WAN to help their customers transform businesses with flexible broadband access.” p For more information, read interview Blackfoot Communications interview with the Cradlepoint team at: GoBlackfoot.com/Cradlepoint. Blackfoot Joins Cradlepoint Partner Program
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