A Few Predictions for the New Year

As we head into the new year I always spend some time thinking about where the
IT industry is headed. 2011 was a really strong year for numerous innovations that
showed the value IT can bring to the enterprise—for example, mobile and social
network integration— just to name a few. 2012 promises to be equally strong and I
believe that these trends will be among the hot topics that we’ll see in the New Year:

1. Taking the Cloud Plunge. In 2011 companies were worried about using
the cloud, expressing concerns of security, privacy, and governance risks
of moving their data and applications outside their organizations. This
year I don’t see these fears disappearing, but I do see more companies
moving forward with cloud initiatives. This partly has to do with the current
economy. Organizations are compelled to reduce costs while improving
efficiency. Whether your company has decided to virtualize their internal
servers or outsource their complete infrastructure to the cloud, it is
important to work with a trusted partner that can be flexible enough to meet
your organization’s needs. If you have out-grown your existing hosting platform
or you are looking to migrate your servers into a secure and redundant
virtual environment, you should think about developing a custom cloud
solution. Some organizations are training their IT staffs to use public cloud
solutions and others are hiring IT managed service specialists to customize
and implement a private cloud solution that meets their specific business
needs.

2. Continued Data Growth Increase Importance of Compliance, Storage and
Security.
Data Growth has been on everyone’s predictions list for years…
this is not going to change anytime soon. This year we will see continued
exponential growth even though software like deduplication and thin
provisioning will reduce storage requirements. Faced with ongoing data
growth, many IT organizations will struggle with the amount of critical
information they must store, manage, administer, and protect on a daily
basis. At the same time, customers that have been accepting of occasional
public cloud outages will increasingly evaluate SLAs, performance history,
and engage with providers that are dependable. They will also need
solutions to help increase backup reliability, decrease data protection costs
and complexities, and meet stringent compliance regulations. We live in
an ever-changing, complex world full of regulations and keeping track of all
these demanding details can be overwhelming for any business to manage.
Be sure to work with a vendor that has completed a SAS70 Type II Audit and one that
can enable organizations to achieve IT compliance whether it be HIPAA, PCI
DSS, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX).

3. Importance of Business Continuity. With the recent events of devastating
and high profile disasters in 2010 and 2011, organizations require a reliable
business continuity solution. Disaster recovery and backup services will
continue to be important this year to protect critical data. Our goal is to
help customers protect their businesses by replicating an organization’s
computing infrastructure using a variety of business continuity cloud-based
service models. These services will insure that data and application services
are always available.

I look forward to seeing these and other trends unfold in the coming year but would
also welcome your thoughts on the topic. Do you agree with the above, and are
there other areas where you expect considerable growth in 2012? Please feel free to let
me know by commenting below.

– Matthew Lombardi, CEO of Atlantic Metro Communications

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Holiday Donation Success!

Atlantic Metro Communications is proud to announce the success of our Holiday donation to The Food Bank of New York City. In our efforts to support the NYC community, Atlantic Metro Communications raised enough money to feed over 160 people this holiday season. We would like to thank all of our supporters as we strive to make the IT infrastructure as easily accessible and as affordable as possible. 2012 will bring new advancements to Atlantic Metro Communications that will fulfill your desire for an efficient, secure, and painless way in which to create a prosperous gateway to the IT world.

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Atlantic Metro Joins Google Apps Reseller Program

Atlantic Metro Communications Joins Google Apps Reseller Program

PARSIPPANY, NJ–(Marketwire – Dec 20, 2011) – Atlantic Metro Communications, an award winning, full-service Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider offering customized fully managed networks and services, today announced it has become an authorized reseller of the Google Apps™ suite of communication and collaboration tools.

Google Apps brings simple, powerful communication and collaboration tools to organizations of any size — all hosted by Google to streamline setup, minimize maintenance, and reduce IT costs. With Gmail (including Google email security, powered by Postini), Google Calendar, and integrated Google Chat instant messaging, users can stay connected and work together with ease. And, using Google Docs and Google Sites, which include word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and website creation tools, they can share files and collaborate in real-time, keeping versions organized and available wherever and whenever users work.

“Becoming a Google Apps Reseller has expanded our service portfolio and enabled us to offer our clients access to a broad set of powerful and easy to use APIs,” said Stephen Klenert, co-founder of Atlantic Metro Communications. “Google Apps for Business is a cost-effective solution, and the tools provided allow our customers to communicate and collaborate effectively. Our clients have found that using Google Apps has helped them to complete day-to-day tasks such as scheduling and document management more efficiently and improved overall productivity.”

The Google Apps Reseller program includes resellers, consultants and independent software vendors that sell, service and customize Google Apps for Business for their customers. Atlantic Metro Communications offers clients training, support and deployment of Google services, as well as access to APIs for integrating Google Apps into their business operations. Atlantic Metro is able to retain a close relationship with its customers in order to provide additional service and support. The businesses receiving Google Apps will benefit from the additional attention to their specific needs. For more information on Atlantic Metro’s Service Portfolio please visit http://www.atlanticmetro.net/HostedByGoogle and to learn more about the Google Apps Reseller program, go to http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/resellers.

Atlantic Metro is and Authorized Google Apps Reseller

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Tis the Season!

Atlantic Metro Communications is proud to announce our 1st annual holiday donation rally to support Food Bank for New York City.

Now until the end of the year, we will be donating $1 for every new Facebook “Like” and Twitter “Follower” we receive. Each dollar donated will provide 5 meals to someone in need in the greater NYC area this holiday season. We want to do as much as we can to give back to the community Atlantic Metro proudly serves.

Just one click.
There are nearly 3 million New Yorkers who experience what its like to not know where their next meal is coming from. By simply supporting Atlantic Metro’s goal of bringing better Internet solutions to New York City, you will provide 5 meals for some of those people.

With nearly 1,000 community-based food kitchens and distribution centers, Food Bank for New York is one of the largest organizations in America set out to end food poverty on three major fronts; food distribution, income support and nutrition education. Guided by continual research, Food Bank for NYC helps to provide 400,000 meals daily.

Furthermore, in order to reach more New Yorkers an anonymous donor will match our total donation amount until the Food Bank’s million-dollar mark is reached.

With just one click, you can provide up to 10 meals this holiday season.

Visit our Facebook page and @atlanticmetro on Twitter and “like” us today and help us give back to the NYC community!

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Atlantic Metro VPDC is VMware vCloud® Powered

Atlantic Metro Communications’ Virtual Private Data Center (VPDC) as a Service Attains VMware vCloud® Powered Validation

PARSIPPANY, NJ–(Marketwire – Dec 7, 2011) – Atlantic Metro Communications, an award winning, full-service Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider offering customized fully managed networks and services, announced today that its Virtual Private Data Center as a Service has achieved VMware vCloud Powered status, illustrating to customers that the company’s cloud services are underpinned by VMware’s leading virtualization and cloud computing technology, namely VMware vSphere® and VMware vCloud® Director™. A member of the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), Atlantic Metro Communications provides its VMware vCloud Powered service as a set of cloud computing services across a common platform, supporting the largest set of existing applications and offering distinctive application mobility uniquely available from VMware.

“After extensive testing, we chose VMware for its virtualization and cloud computing infrastructure platform because of proven success in the enterprise market space. VMware’s channel partner model and rapid time to market also made the VMware vCloud Powered service the right choice for our company,” according to Stephen Klenert, co-founder of Atlantic Metro Communications.

“The VMware vCloud Powered program was developed to enable our service provider partners to differentiate themselves and help them bring their enterprise-class cloud services to market in this competitive landscape,” said Don Schleicher, Vice President, Service Providers, VMware. “We look forward to supporting Atlantic Metro further as it delivers on the agility and performance customers are looking for in the cloud computing landscape.”

Customers of Atlantic Metro have the ability to move workloads from their VMware vSphere-based virtualized or private cloud environment to the VMware vCloud Powered service and back again. This application portability is a key differentiator allowing customers to achieve the flexibility and security they need while enabling increased IT agility.

Atlantic Metro sought VMware vCloud Powered validation in order to allow clients to have seamless control over their public, private, and hybrid virtualized infrastructure. As a validated provider, Atlantic Metro can now provide users with enhanced responsiveness and agility, and reduced IT costs through increased consolidation, task automation and simplified management. The service will debut on January 1, 2012 in order to enable small and medium sized businesses to leverage a powerful virtual private data center platform.

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