 And can you believe it? We are already in the middle of summer. Welcome, welcome, welcome everyone to the June edition of JSA's Fast Forward, where we bring you the biggest headlines from our past month. From JSA's own industry resource, telecom news now, TNN, our blog. I'm Jamie Scott of Kataya, CEO and founder of JSA. And I'm Dean Perine, Executive Vice President at JSA. And thanks for joining us as we broadcast live online via LinkedIn and YouTube through our very own JSA TV newsroom. We love that you check that out every week. And we're going to continue to provide the best content we possibly can for you, which brings me, Jay, before we get into this, you're back. It's kind of day one after the fourth. You still have all your fingers, correct? Yes, yes. Last count, all 10. And you were just cute for the July because it was Ava's first, like, fireworks display. She just, like, sat back. She was awake, you know, to see her first round of fireworks and her face. I love it. You just can't beat it. Yeah. Yeah, no, that's awesome. My kids, I remember when they were about her age, the first explosion, they were like, let's go inside. Yeah. So they were really not about it so much. But we're going to be bringing you an explosive lineup of tech telecom. See what we did there? Tech telecom and data center news with a sprinkle of fireworks to celebrate the 4th of July all week long. So let's go ahead and ignite this new segment first with our first headline in the past month. Jay, take it away. Sounds exciting, Dean. OK, picking it off. Light Path is setting off their own fireworks by announcing the launch of Cloud Connect for AWS. It's like fireworks for the cloud. I would imagine. But most cloud engineers probably don't like to refer to it as that. But for the sake of the 4th of July, we should do that. And speaking of connectivity, DF&I is lighting up data center alley by bringing Data Bank, another close front of ours, on that to enhance connectivity. And they are turning up the heat. Yeah, DF&I and Data Bank, good combination of high quality folks there. All right, Dino, get ready for some explosive tech news because we're introducing KULRAN. Cool ran. I'm not sure. It is a game-changing precision liquid-cooled service solution from Icyotope, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Intel. Big names there. Hotter than a 4th of July firework display. Boom. I could just see it going off in the air right now. That's a tech revolution in the making, Jay. So now let's celebrate another partnership lighting up the tech world. X-Tel has inked a deal with major wireless carrier to deliver 5G services. So get ready to experience digital firework show with lightning fast speeds. X-Tel style. X-Tel style, that's right. And while we're talking about fireworks, let's give a big shout out to wireless infrastructure providers, strategic venue partners, SVP, who, oh yeah, winning more favor with Wall Street, their success skyrocketing. Outstanding. This is this theme. I just love it. So anyway, so now let's explore the sparks generated by bandwidth IG's dark fiber network. They're bringing connectivity to the EdgeCorp. They're bringing connectivity to EdgeCorp digital infrastructure. Let me try this again, Jayme. They're bringing connectivity to EdgeCorp digital infrastructure's Silicon Valley campus, lighting up the tech scene like a fireworks display. Well done. Well done. Thank you. You say it again, Sammy, today. My lips are exploding over here is what's happening. And by the way, we're getting some great little posts live here and we enjoy you guys for tuning in. Thanks so much. Big shout out there. And go ahead and add more comments as we try to get through this script. So moving forward and we're going to shift our focus now, guys, to West Africa, really incredible region to follow these days. Powerhouse data centers, blending a helping hand in the region's digital transformation. They are igniting tech opportunities like fireworks in the night sky. And the fireworks continue with Airtel Business, who has been selected as the cloud and CDN partner for India's Daikasha EdTech platform. That's D-I-K-S-H-A EdTech platform. It's an explosive combination of technology and education. And speaking explosive combinations, Vertec and AT&T, I think you've heard of them, AT&T Cybersecurity Division making a winning team for the modern enterprise. They're like fireworks and sparklers protecting businesses from cyber threats. If only it were that easy. Wouldn't that be great? And you're just like, uh-oh, I sent an attack. Everyone, let's light off explosives. Exactly. Well, I think that would be a lot of explosives, so probably not a good idea. Probably not a good idea. How about a sparkler? A sparkler and some of those little puppet things you throw on the ground. Anyway, let's celebrate that partnership between LightEdge and Avant, who are driving digital transformation to underserved markets. A theme that is kind of near and dear to my heart, getting the kind of transformative infrastructure into those underserved markets. They are lighting up new paths like colorful fireworks streaking across the sky. So congratulations to LightEdge and Avant. Oh, great, great companies there as well. All right, let's talk new hires, guys. Net number appointed Tina Donaldson as their new VP of strategy. I love that title. Tina, welcome to the team. You're joining us just in time for the fireworks. Boom. And in Volta, I have a star-strangled addition to their team as well. Please welcome Michael Jofi. I think I've got that right. J-O-F-F-E as their vice president of Channel. Michael, we hope that your career with in Volta sparkles like the 4th of July. And you know what? That's a great trend, too. A lot of channel action these days that we're seeing both from telecom operators as well, data center folks. So interesting, interesting, a note too. All right, so let's keep the celebration going team with industry leader, Karen Stein, who joins T5 data centers as their new general counsel. Karen, we're sure your expertise will light up the legal department. Dazzling. Yeah, dazzling. We like that. I can see it in the sky now. Now it's time to honor some additional award winners. Software Solutions Guru's 10X people have been selected as a Colorado Companies to Watch winner. So congratulations to the 10X people. They are shining bright in the night sky. And awesome, awesome people. Again, another incredible organization led by stellar, stellar people. Love it. And oh, hey, we can't forget Talking Awards, our own JSA family. Yay, honored with the prestigious 2023 Bulldog PR Award for Best Industry Focused Agency. Yay, team. Our work is on fire, fire work, fire. Definitely making an impact, yes. You know what I love so much about the Bulldog Award, Jay? And every time we win this, I think it is kind of like they're just like, let's see what kind of animal would Jamie Scattle-Cataya have been, say, like 12, 15 years ago? And it is kind of a Bulldog. Because it came in, and you were just like, these are the things that I want, these are the things I'm going to do, and these are the things I'm going to accomplish. And by God, that's exactly what we're doing. So congratulations to JSA. Yeah, family is amazing. And what I love about that one, too, is it's not just best agency of telecom and data center network infrastructure space. It's overall all the agencies across America. We are the best industry focused agency. So that is quite the feather in our cap. So congrats, congrats family again. Congrats to us, yeah. And Envolta continues to light up the tech world with their achievements as well. Let's not forget about Envolta. They've ranked on channel, here we go again with the channel, Jay. They have ranked on Channel Future's global 2023 MSP 501 list for the third time. Congratulations to our friends over and in Envolta. They are killing it, killing it, especially with the channel. All right, we also cannot ignore the star power of Vern's Global Finland's Kim Ginellias. Ginellias, there we are. I love him, Kim, congratulations. You made it to Capacity's Power 100 list. You are shining bright in this tech industry of ours. So congratulations to Capacity Power 100 list, by the way, is awesome. I read it from 100 to 1 every year. And they do a great job of rounding out who's really making the headlines. And Kim with Vern Global, right up there, absolutely. Yep, yep. There's a reason why we call it thought leadership, right? And they're doing a great job over there. So let's take a moment to appreciate some educational resources. Some friends of ours at K&N Engineering are detailing the cost benefits of switching from disposable single-use air filters to washable, reusable filters in a recent release that you can go and check out. They actually give you the list of some of those benefits. And you can check it out at jsa.net. But again, what I love so much about this, Jay, is that every time you wash and reuse one of these air filters in your data center, you are taking an air filter out of the landfill. And it's a really, really good thing. That's well said, well said. Yeah, I love those guys. And oh, we should also talk DC Bytes, guys. DC Bytes has a market spotlight that is illuminating new opportunities in Africa. They're sparking innovation and igniting the flames of progress. Yeah, excellent. DC Bytes, congrats there. You can tune into China Telecom America as they explore the future of telecom and data centers in a post-pandemic world as a special guest on the Data Movers podcast. Jamie, you love that. Don't you? The Data Movers podcast. It's an intellectual fireworks display you don't want to miss. So meta of you, intellectual. I love it, I love it. And guys, lastly, we want to talk Xenlayer and Intel. They are together discussing why edge computing matters. Watch their interview to witness Sparks fly as they illuminate the future of technology. And with that, we conclude our explosive tech news segment filled with fireworks of innovation and excitement. And we still have all of our fingers. Congratulations. We made it through. Guys, we hope you really had a wonderful, fantastic Fourth of July celebration this week. Or I know our friends up north have been celebrating Canada Day. It's just anywhere you are, if you're enjoying your summer weekends with your family, that's definitely a celebration to be noted. So congratulations. I'll hug your family closer. And stay tuned next month while we deliver the top headlines in digital infrastructure news and announcements. And as always, happy networking, y'all. See you. Bye.