 Welcome, welcome, welcome. It's our winter wonderland of tech telecom and data centers. We are getting ready to celebrate another holly jolly edition of JSA's Fast Forward. That's right. Thanks for joining us as we broadcast live from Santa's workshop via LinkedIn and YouTube into our very own JSA TV newsroom. I'm Dean Deck the Halls, Perine Executive Vice President at JSA. Okay, Jay, I'm Jingle Bells. Jingle All the Way, Jamie Scado-Cataya. Okay, that's silly. Founder and CEO of JSA. And okay, Dean, the real question here. Have you got a real tree set up this year? Artificial? Which way are you going? You know, Jay, I'm glad you asked, because I'm very happy about this. Lindsay, my partner and I, we have actually built a houseplant Christmas tree. I've got old record crates and I, and I stacked them like a pyramid and we put my plants in it. So it's both kind of, you know, sustainable, but also as you know, I am a big, I'm big into keeping things in order and so on. So it's also kind of a quick teardown after the holiday. So I don't have to worry about any mess or any fussing or anything like that. But yeah, sustainable plant tree, Christmas tree, houseplants, pretty cool. Yeah. That's awesome. And order and efficiency. So I'm going to go right into it. Just right over to Christmas to New Year. Get going. I did. And I've been listening to Christmas carols primarily by being Crosby, big fans of being Crosby from when I was a kid, my grandfather, my father, all big being Crosby fans. Oh, I love, love, love being, okay. And yeah, my husband will kill me if I play one more time. And he's sung by Mariah Carey and her Christmas song. All I want for Christmas, you got to almost say it. It's like part of Christmas celebrations these days. But yeah, one more time, you know, it's going to be. But you could just feed him a couple of your famous ginger snaps and he won't even notice. Do you have famous ginger snaps, Jay? No, no. I tried to stay away from the kitchen in general, but all very good. And as we are celebrating, we should also mention that tomorrow is a big day for you, Dino. You turned 35 again, so happy Eve today. Yeah, thank you very much. 35 never felt so good, Jay. Well, before all, we, all the champagne gets popping, all that eggnog. Let us get ready for another big edition of Fast Forward. Ready to jump right in with this month's industry news, Dean? I sure am. So much has happened since our last episode. Let's see. In the past few weeks, there was the data center summit, the international conference for high performance computing and the connect base customer summit, plus JSA hosted not one, but two virtual roundtables. What's going on? So much going on. And we cannot forget DCD connect Virginia happened in place and we were there on the floor with great interviews throughout the event. So go ahead and check out JSA TV's YouTube page to, to just hear all those great insights coming straight from the top data center leaders themselves. Outstanding. Another major industry event that happened since we last checked in is the 2023 I am 100 awards from I Masons. It's a big award, relatively new award, and everyone's clamoring for that one. So big congrats to all who were recognized. Definitely. I'm so glad you mentioned it in particular. I want to add out some love to our good friends that made the I am 100 list this year, including our friends over at bloom energy, connect base, dark points, edge connects, Lantana LED, the grand stream, Scala and TV five. Sorry if I'm missing anyone, but all very well deserved all around. Great name. I feel like you just read like 25% of the entire roster at JSA. Yeah, that's so, so awesome. So awesome. And speaking of awards, should we jump into the first segment of today's show? Let's do it. All right, guys. Let's get ready for the movers and shakers from this past month. Chrissy of JSA is fast forward. Here are your movers and shakers news from new hires to award wins, events and publishing news. Jay. All right. We're going to go ahead and get kicking off with Zenlayer's big award win. They were named AWS rising star partner of the year. This is a big deal, guys. It all took place at reinvent 2023. Of course, the industry's largest cloud computing event organized by none other than Amazon Web Services. So way to go Zenlayer. Huge, huge congrats there. Yeah. AWS awards. Come on. That's the big stuff there. Another announcement came from Toniquant, who made a big personnel move recently. They appointed Jordan Gray as vice president of channel sales and alliances. He'll be in charge of all channel initiatives and strategic partnerships for Toniquant. So way to go, Jordan. You know, and also of no, congrats, by the way, Jordan. Our friends at Ascend now have a really new look. They recently unveiled an impressive rebrand, including a new logo and a website. Go ahead and check that out. Ascentcorp.com, A-S-C-E-N-T-C-O-R-P.com. It's also their 25th anniversary, y'all. So they're doing it in style. 25 years. I'd be willing to wager that the new Ascent website looks way better than it did. Well, way better than I did at age 25. Oh, come on, Dino. That's just birthday talk here. I bet you look just as dapper as you do today. 25 years. Yeah, Jay, I don't know. But let's just say my experience with both pant styles and facial hair were, as the kids would say, sus. Suspect. Sus. Sus. Yeah. Well, I mean, come on. We were children of the 80s. We were that, yeah. All right. So, yeah, you know what? Hey, great idea. Maybe next show. Things to tease up for 2024. Next episode of Fast Forward, we can have a look at Dean's college grad photo. That's such a bad idea. Such a bad idea. Well, you know, we can also throw in my teased bangs and headbands from like high school. Now that's a much better idea. I like that idea a lot more. Anyway, we might need a content advisory, so we don't scar any children on the next episode. But Jamie, why don't you tell our viewers what's next for Movers and Shakers? Yeah, and you know what? We cannot not mention this other award. I mean, we need to mention it, right? Oh, you know what? I think I do know what you're talking about, and we'd better toot our own horn at least once during Fast Forward. You know, we just kind of have to. This is big stuff, guys. JSA was named to the PR news agency only top 100 list. So top 100 agencies globally as rated by PR news. It's really incredible. And this is a three-peak, y'all, three consecutive years in a row. So we're really honored. We're almost the Michael Jordan of PR agencies right now, Jay. It's very, very cool. It's a prestigious recognition, and we're very, very proud of it. So make sure to check out jsa.net to learn more. Oh, glad you mentioned jsa.net. We just did a launch of our new website. So definitely go ahead and check it out. There's nice new jewel colors. I think you'll love it. And it's, that's a great way, I think, to wrap up this section on movers and shakers. Absolutely. The next up is collaboration and innovation. All aboard. Collaboration and innovation. All aboard. Okay, guys. Welcome to our collaboration and innovation segment where we break down new partnerships, new products, new services, new sustainability initiatives, basically new across the board. No. All right. Everything is new. I love it. Our first piece of news comes from net number, the world leading provider of phone number intelligence data. The company just announced the launch of number lock and number watch, which can provide real time phone number protection and monitoring to mitigate fraud. I could certainly use that myself. It works with the net number services registry and is available for US telecom providers, brands and financial institutions. I love that number lock and number watch. I love that. Also, talking net number, they just made waves to with a new partnership with WMC global. WMC global for those who might know, not know specializes in the area of threat intelligence. And so together net number and WMC global teaming up to take the lead against mobile messaging fraud, all powered to them. We certainly need that around here. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. I suspect we're going to hear a lot more about fraud and things like that in the new year. So more to come on that. We've also got more partnership news as well. This time it's from toniquant, who announced a new relationship with console connect. We know both of those companies quite well. The partnership is all about toniquant's data center in Boise, Idaho with console connect. They will now be able to provide even fuller range of on-demand connectivity services. So congratulations on that partnership with console connect. I love that. I love great, great brands, great people coming together to do great things. Love it. And we should say our final collaboration and innovation story, big one here comes from Verne global Finland. They recently announced the integration of direct liquid cooling technology at their data center campus in Finland, which by the way is known as the rock. The solution here is a hybrid air liquid cooling strategy meant to address customers current needs while also optimizing for new AI workloads. So great stuff. Always thinking forward. I absolutely know we will hear more about liquid cooling in 2024 as well. And that's the last of our collaboration and innovative news for the month. Well done. Well done. Okay guys, let's talk deals and big wins. Welcome. Welcome to deals and big wins segment. This section all about mergers, acquisitions, expansions, and projects. We've got seven kind of up seven lucky seven notable pieces of news to tell you about. So let's get moving. All right. Here we go. Our first story comes from Nova data centers. They recently announced a plan to build their newest facility in San Francisco. They're fifth in the US. And when finished, it will have 18 megawatts of capacity and will feature innovations like water free cooling and cutting edge battery technology. Amazing. Amazing. Staying in California guys. City side fiber. I love these guys recently launched new fiber optic internet services right here in Orange County. We love SoCal. Now the communities of Tustin, Dana point, Lake forest will all boast over five gigabits per second on their network. Well done. Yeah. Excellent. And now we're going to talk about the acquisition news. Toniquin. We're hearing a lot about them today. Aren't we? Toniquin data centers expanded their footprint this month with the acquisition of edge X in Oklahoma city. This is a new market for toniquin who have established data centers in Utah and Idaho. So lots of news this month from from toniquin for sure. For sure. Let's now go ahead and transition over to project news. We're going to talk about SVP who specialize in the area of in building wireless connectivity. Their most recent project. Pretty awesome. Actually successfully deploying a distributed radio access network in a shopping mall in Roseville, California. Get this guys. This mall is over 1.3 million square feet. I just that. That's a lot of square feet, Jay. That's a lot of mall. That's a lot of shopping. But they managed to service this building in just six weeks. Talk about a big win. Wow. Yeah, absolutely. That's amazing. And that's perfect for dads and husbands everywhere who need to make sure that they have blazing fast Wi-Fi in any mall so that they can scroll sports scores while they wait for their family members to be done shopping. I would be one of those dads. It is the time for holiday shopping and the dread of it for some. You know, my mind goes straight to also teenage girls loading their tick tock videos. But yeah, there's a board dads and husbands market also very big at these malls these days. Maybe they should have like some kind of drop off area where all the dads and husbands can just like hang out while they're waiting. I think it would be cool to have a dads and husbands tick tock area too. Yeah. How good would we be at that, right? Yeah. Moving on. But as long as it was right next to the food court, then I think the idea could really fly, Jay. But anyway, we better get back to the news before I start thinking about this too hard and we start building a pitch presentation for Shark Tank. What? No, no. You're here at JSA, my friend. OK. All right. So let's get focused right back on two industry news guys. This time, Scala is on the lips of many. They are a leader in the Latin American Hyperscale data center market, of course. This month Scala data centers announced an expansion plan for 215 million in new data center construction. But guess what guys? Extra interesting is that the funding for the new projects come in the form of green bonds, a form of borrowing where the finances will be earmarked specifically towards environmentally friendly projects. Again, a trend I think we'll be seeing a lot more in 24. Yep. Absolutely. Congratulations to our friends at Scala and speaking of build ex squared technology recently announced plans to begin construction of its all fiber network in Grafton County, New Hampshire. It'll all happen in the spring of 2024 and will serve the businesses and residents of 24 under served communities. Of course, they project near and dear to my heart as well. 24 communities just like this. OK. Get ready guys. We are now down to our final piece of news for in the deals and big wins section this time. Bell Canada and first light to phenomenal companies there as well. They have announced the renew high speed data routes between Canada and the US. We're talking the routes that go between New York City, Toronto and Montreal. So sounds like a win, win, win. It sounds like a lot of win in there, Jay. And well, that does it for the deals and the big wins on JSA fast forward. That that does it for fast forward this time around our special holiday edition. Also be sure to read up on all the details of these stories more on our newly launched newly updated JSA.net. OK, we'll see you next month for all the latest in the world of telecom and data centers with fast forward as we kick off 2024. And we will also be seeing everyone at PTC and Honolulu in the new year. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, but we do have you here. Right. The next couple of weeks. Oh my gosh. Cool weeks. But we will prepare you guys for those who are about to take off to fabulous Honolulu. We have a know before you go video that just dropped. We interviewed the PTC CEO as well as net numbers. CEO is also a great speaker. And of course, we do those in in collaboration with the PTC CEO. And we also have a couple of other things that we do. And of course, we do those in in collaboration and partnership with telegeography. So one of their principal analysts also joining in to tell us what are people talking about on site where the trends we should know before we go as well as some great event logistics from PTC CEO himself. So we are preparing you before you go before you fly. So check that out again on our YouTube page for Jamie Scott or TV. And there's like over 14,000 hits on that video and counting. So we'll see what it's like on the other side of the year, I guess. But all right, guys, we are reporting all the news from the events that you are hopefully planning to go to, including, of course, PTC cares to a fabulous 2024 together. Here's to it, Jay. What a great year, Jay. Cheers, cheers and happy birthday, my friend. Thank you very much. And for everybody out there. Thanks for listening. Thanks for tuning in. We love you. It's been a fabulous year and we look forward to a phenomenal one to come. Happy holidays. And as always, happy networking. See you later.