 Fast forward. Thanks for joining us as we broadcast from the JSA TV newsroom live to LinkedIn and YouTube. You got it. Hey, Dino, we are here to bring you all the latest and greatest from the world of data centers and telecoms straight from the pages of the telecom news blog, which is what you can get to if you scan over my shoulder. That's correct. I'm Dean Perrine, executive vice president at JSA and joining me as always is the lovely my friend, my mentor, my boss, Jamie Scato-Cataya, founder and CEO of JSA. Thank you. Thank you. And yes, hello out there. Or should I say Aloha? That's for all of you guys recently returning home from PTC in Honolulu. I know you're missing the Aloha love. Well, I wasn't there this year, sadly. But our top brass, right? Dean, we sent them out. And all I hear is it was a huge, huge success with record-breaking attendance. And I especially wish I could have joined that K&N Rooftop party. Sounded like a total blast. Beautiful pictures from there. It did sound like a blast. And Jamie, I don't know. Did you see all the pictures from that? Everyone looked a little sun-kissed. I was very jealous of that. That's what we did. Everyone had that glow. I know. I couldn't make it this year. But fortunately, JSA still had it covered with our crack events team and JSA TV broadcasters. I got to watch all of those. They were awesome. So make sure that you check out the JSA TV YouTube channel for tons of interviews from PTC. We managed to catch lots of great moments and insights that you don't want to miss out on. And you know what? For me, one of those big pieces of news coming out of PTC was the announcement of PTC's new partnership with Columbia Business School Executive Education, which they got together to develop the new top talent leadership development program. So really exciting. Very cool there. Yeah, absolutely. Very, very, very cool. And it kicks off next year in Hawaii with 30 executive participants. And I can't wait to see how that goes. Justine, we will be staying tuned. All right, big congratulations also to the winners from this year's PTC Awards, including our JSA clients. We've got Svala for Outstanding Data Center. You go, guys. Zenlayer for Outstanding Enterprise Solutions of the Year. And Master's Challenger Winner, Divesh Gupta of Console Connect. And CEO of the Year, Markel Finger Console Connect. Yeah, boy, those are some big ins. You know, it is award season, which is always kind of fun. When you're making these announcements, I'm always thinking like best picture and all that stuff. Anyway, the list is stellar, and it's awesome to see so many JSA clients winning some awards. Yeah, absolutely. And to celebrate, I think I'm going to have some pineapple with my lunch today. Honor of all my PTC colleagues around Dean. Maybe you can do a little hula dance or get a grass guard around. I don't know. Say goodbye to PTC, or no. You know, Jamie, that's probably not a good idea. We do that. You're a queer. You're a JSA. But I'm going to reserve. I'm going to reserve the hula dancing for PTC in person. Probably for the best. Yeah, yeah. So for all of you who are going to PTC next year, maybe you'll get your opportunity to see me dance in a skirt. And hopefully it'll be a hula skirt. In my mind, there are hordes of people just shrieking as they run from the loo. All the more pokey for me. So that's it. And spam. Oh, that's right. OK, never mind. I changed my mind. All right. Well, we better get to the news before you change back. So ready to jump in with the first segment of today's show, my friend? Yes. Let's get into it with the Movers and Shakers from the past month. Courtesy of JSA's Fast Forward. Here is your Movers and Shakers news. From new hires to award wins and events and publishing news. But it is mostly hiring announcements this time around. So let's kick it off with publishing first. Light River announced a new study that's all about interoperable networking. Along with partner OpenZR Plus, Light River tested optical transceiver modules with a number of vendors to prove that they can easily integrate with existing infrastructure. Very, very important. So check out their new white paper to learn more about that. Well done. Well done, Dean. OK, our next mover and shaker is T5 data centers. We love those guys. They made a leadership change by adding David Miller as their new EVP of Sales and Marketing. So congratulations, David. He comes with plenty of experience in both sales and data network engineering. So great fit for T5. Yeah, lots of stuff going on over there at T5. And good people too. I love them. There are other new VP appointments around the industry as well with Jim Brinkzma joining Light River as their SVP of software solutions. Jim is a longtime SAS expert. You could say he was sassy. He's been sassy for a while. So Light River is betting on him to lead them into continuing to innovate in the optical networking space. And we can't leave out Involta, our friends there. They also did some great hiring. They announced Gabriel Urru as their senior director of product and also Big Juan announcing Bret Lindsay as CEO. Congratulations. Yeah, and we should say that this move coincides with some other big announcements from Involta, including an expansion into Green Bay and the launch of their new secure power co-location offering. So lots happening over at Involta. Definitely one to watch. Yeah, they are like the overachievers of 2024 already. And it's only number one. All right, so the next up is collaboration and innovation. And here we go. Oh, wait, that was you. Sorry. That's OK. That's OK. And swish, collaboration and innovation. Here we go. And now we're here to the collaboration and innovation segment where we break down new partnerships, new products, new services, and new sustainability initiatives. So Jamie, take it away. Ooh, big, big, high barger set. OK, let's go. We start off with Lantana, LED, who supplies lightning for data halls all over the country. And they recently unveiled two new product lines designed to meet the very demanding needs of data centers. The first one called Ellucent, and the second one, Neotarik. Both specifically designed with data centers in mind. Very cool. I'm glad I didn't have to pronounce some of those words this time around, Jay. And speaking of cool products, there's a new AI service being used by SaskTel, the primary telecom provider for all of Saskatchewan in Canada. It's a virtual agent for mobile customers called Lumbot, created by software company Aleppo. Aleppo is very proud of Lumbot as it's highly adaptive and fine tuned for understanding language. Jamie, we are truly living in the future, and I am truly thrilled that I got through that announcement with all of those words. We really are. And our clients are right there on the bleeding edge of this technology. It's incredible. So with that, let's go ahead and switch gears to some facility construction news right now. It's a city filled with great places, but of course now Vancouver, another great spot to see the Spencer building at the city's Harbor Center recently announced a brand new meet me room called MMR5. It's part of a large effort to renovate the building into a cutting edge connectivity hub. Unfortunately yet, no word on whether there will be great snacks in the room at this time. We will get back to you with that very important data. Because who doesn't love snacks, am I right? Over here. Let's get the word out here. Over in Oklahoma City, Toniquin's Edge X Data Center is undergoing some new upgrades. They're preparing the facility for new demands, including AI workloads. When all is said and done, they're hoping to add up to 12 megawatts more power to their data center. And we say all the power to you. Oh, that's good to mind. All right. How can I follow up? I don't know. All right, Lynx Nova recently marked their 10-year anniversary as Northern Virginia's only multi-site IXP to celebrate the added a brand new capability. Guys, here we are. Microsoft Desire Peering Service. Now all peering partners at Lynx Nova can access network solutions specifically designed for tools like Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, and Dynamics 365. Happy birthday, Lynx Nova. Happy birthday, indeed. And there is a new kind of energy meter in town for data centers. And energy is a big thing right now. LeGrand's Starline brand unveiled the M70 Critical Power Monitor this month. And it's set to be the new standard for data center busway power monitoring around the globe. The M70 can measure up to six current transformers at once. And I'm not talking about Optimus Prime. I'm going to wait to get to that one, Jamie. I could not wait to get to that one. Good job, Dean. Good job. Walking friends, and as I am talking with my friend. But our friends over at 1623 front, and by the way, I don't use that word lightly. Really awesome people there. They are powering up. They recently deployed three new generators at their Omaha facility. Adding three megawatts of power. This was the first bit of news out of 1623 Farnam since naming Bill Severin as president and CEO. Congrats, Bill. We see you. Congratulations, Bill. Bill has been in leadership there since 2019 as an operating partner. So he's now at the helm, making sure everything's got enough juice. He's juicing it up. So that's the last of our collaboration and innovation news for the month. All right, excellent. Now, Dean, let's talk deals and big wins. Okay, guys, welcome to deals and big wins. This section of our program is all about mergers, acquisitions, expansions, and projects. Go ahead, Dino. I would love to. Okay, here we go. Legrand's made a big move with their acquisition of ZPE Systems, a California-based IT services company specializing in remote management of network IT equipment. Adding ZPE Systems is advantageous for, advantageous for Legrand as ZPE service delivery for edge environments will complement Legrand's line of cabinets, PDU switches, and fiber. Interesting. Also, two of the biggest names in digital infrastructure announced a new deal this past month. Guys, get ready. American Tower and IBM teaming up, y'all. American Tower, set to include IBM hybrid cloud platform to all of its access, edge, data center, ecosystem. Big news, guys. It's also leveraging 5G and AI at the edge. AI at the edge. Jamie, I think we're gonna need to get used to hearing about AI this year. What do you think? I'm thinking that's like the topic of 2024. I agree. Plus, plus, plus. Yeah, our new future. All right. Okay, here's another one, by the way, guys. DotPoints recently announcing their new partnership with Virtuous AI. The company makes custom AI models, which DotPoints plans to use for tackling challenges in data delivery, storage, and processing. Talk about a smart move. Sounds like a smart move, Jay, but more big partnership news coming from in the form of Connect-Based joining, we love Connect-Based, by the way. Connect-Based joining forces with carbon technologies that's QAR, B-O-N technologies. The new alliance will combine Connect-Based's customer network with carbon's lattice SAS orchestration software. This is hot on the heels of their previous acquisition of Master Stream, a pricing and quoting platform for telecom companies. Connect-Based cannot stay out of the news right now. No, no. Awesome. All right, let's go ahead and check in on the New York Hudson Valley area, right? Where Archtop Fiber has been busy bridging the digital divide. You know we love these stories. They've acquired three regional carriers there in the last five months, including most recently Warwick Valley Telephone. Congratulations, guys. This new addition will be rebranded as WVT Fiber and Archtop has already begun to deploy the fiber needed to deliver high-speed internet access to their newly acquired end users. It's a great story all around. Yeah, Archtop has no joke. They are getting it done out there in the Hudson Valley. So congrats to them. Over here in the Midwest, LightEdge started the year by expanding into Minneapolis. They acquired 76,000 square feet of 3.6 megawatt data center space to mark their 12th facility and their first in Minnesota. That's one way to ring in the new year. Congrats to our friends over there at LightEdge. Meanwhile, by the way, Ben with IG leaving their heart in San Francisco. On purpose with their new expanded network into the Bay Area this month, they announced a new project that will install the first Marine cable in the San Francisco Bay in over 20 years, two decades, guys. So that's really cool. Wow, true story, Jay. My grandfather used to play. I left my heart in San Francisco on the organ they had in their family room when I was a kid. Oh my God. That's so weird. Oh, I love that. Yeah, no, I miss my grandfather. But anyway, back to this. Powerhouse data centers stayed true to their name this month by announcing not one, but two new expansion projects. The first one is right in data center alley with a new site in Northern Virginia called Powerhouse95. The second big expansion is their first one outside of Virginia. This one is called Powerhouse Reno. It's located in Nevada in case you didn't pick up on that one. Reno, yeah. No, I love their names. Powerhouse95, I feel like I'm gonna get jolted just by saying it. Really good, great, strong names. Anyway, and I think that's it for deals and big wins of the month. That's right, Jay, giddy up, we did it. All right, well, there is plenty more news coming up this month, including lots from Metro Connect USA taking place in Fort Lauderdale on February 26th, 27th and 28th as well as Mobile World Congress, guys. Get your Barcelona in February 26th through the 29th. Yep, and I will be on site doing some JSA TV live from Metro Connect, so we're looking forward to that very much. So make sure that you just follow JSA social media feeds to catch all the interviews from that event. But Jamie, we're beginning to wrap up here, but something big's going on around here too, right? Something weird, something we're not actually talking about in the fast forward today. I know, I know, I know, you're not good until Tuesday, Tuesday's a big day, you guys. Coming up, I know this is like, it's killing me to be talking to our community, our family and not announcing what's coming up, what's coming up, but when JSA has some big news on its way, please stay tuned, guys. Next week should be a big one for us. Yeah, I'm gonna have to use the bathroom after this. So giddy about what it is that we're gonna talk about. For any help with the response we want. Okay, anyway, thanks for watching everyone and happy networking to you and we'll see you next time. Yeah, as always, happy networking.