Aptum

Aptum currently owns and operates our facility in Los Angeles, CA. This location is, by far, the most premier facility for clients seeking fast connections to Asia/Pacific. When clients need shared, VPS, cloud, dedicated, or colo with low latency to China Telecom and China Unicom or zero-packetloss, zero-downtime, enterprise-grade connectivity to the US West Coast, Aptum delivers. Performance benefits include 100% guaranteed uninterrupted transit to the Internet, Zero packet loss on Aptum's internal network, minimal latency and no single point of failure, Cisco powered network using Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), Fastest inter-city times, second to none, and UPS and diesel power generator backup.

Name: Carrier Center, 600 West 7th St, Suite 420, Los Angeles, CA

• 10,000 sq. ft. facility out of 450,000 available in the building
• Anti-static, raised flooring
• (12) 30-ton AC units n+2 around UPS equipment
• Pre-action Smoke Detection System
• Video surveillance, building and facility security card access, security personnel and NOC man trap
• Multiple TXU electrical grids
• (19) 1500Kw Diesel Backup Generators
• Several 225KVA UPS Backups w/ over 15 min of pure battery power
• Standalone PDUs at each cabinet row
• NOC monitors all traffic w/ DDOS and Intrusion Detection

Network Infrastructure
Aptum has engineered one of the fastest and most reliable networks in the world. It delivers the lowest latency in the industry along with zero packet loss. The network is built based on a series of dedicated links between all of our facilities using multiple high-speed connections. We have strategic peering relationships with over 500 networks and we utilize four Tier 1 upstream providers (MCI, Savvis, AT&T and Sprint) to ensure continued high performance. Carrier Center is wired by: MCI Worldcom, AT&T, Qwest, ICG, and Nextlink. HSRP protocol is used for the lowest possible latency. A full Cisco powered network with n+2 "redundent everything" guideline is utilized. Each H4Y Platinum Network client gets a standard 100Mbps uplink to share several Gbps of bandwidth alotted to the facility.

NOC
Our state-of-the-art Network Operations Center (NOC) is manned around the clock by professional technical staff that continuously monitors and maintains the Aptum network and co-location facilities. The best in the business, our highly skilled engineers are always available to assist you on-site 24/7. Their unsurpassed routing and troubleshooting expertise assure you of 100% uptime and maximum network performance.