Customer Appreciation Event with 5Nines
Join 5Nines for an late afternoon gathering at the newest downtown Madison bar, The Frequency. Network with other great businesses, meet some of our new staff and enjoy a cold beer or soda and appetizers. June 25 from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Both on-street and ramp parking available!
Quarter Million Dollar Expansion of 5Nines Data Center complete
5Nines Data recently completed a major infrastructure upgrade and data center expansion at its downtown data center, located at 222 West Washington Avenue. 5Nines Data worked exclusively with local businesses to complete this expansion. Private financing assistance was provided by Associated Bank, at its State Street Branch.
The data center facility was expanded by 25 percent to support an additional 35 racks of data servers. The expansion of the data center now includes “unescorted” co-location space in addition to private “Data Suites” for customers requiring 24X7 access to their secure computer racks. As the facility is filled, 5Nines will be able to hire up to 10 additional Madison high tech employees.
H&H Industries of Madison provided upgrades to the Environmental Control System. These upgrades improve efficiency while doubling capacity, and build additional redundancy in the air cooling and conditioning systems which are critical in a commercial data center.
A third UPS (Uninterrupted Power System) subsystem was purchased to provide electrical service in case of a power shortage or outage. It was engineered and installed by QPS (Quality Power Solutions) of Janesville. This state-of-the art UPS has a 96% energy conversion rating, resulting in less waste heat from the system.
The new diesel-powered, 375KVA high-efficiency generator, manufactured by Generac in Whitewater, Wisconsin, runs on diesel or bio-fuel and will deliver continuous and uninterrupted power in case of electrical power loss. The generator and automated power switching systems were installed by Specialized Electric of Verona.
“This expansion gives us full N+1 capability on HVAC, UPS and power to allow for the true 99.999% availability with our data center’s infrastructure”, explains Todd Streicher, 5Nines Data President. “In addition, our data center location is extremely important as we sit not only on the downtown’s dual electrical power grid, but we also are located in the only carrier neutral location in the city of Madison, allowing us unequalled connections to internet providers. We’re very excited that we meet the goal of our company’s namesake and pleased for our customers to get these benefits.”
The data center expansion also allows greater flexibility to meet customer needs. Great Wolf Resorts is the first customer to move into the unescorted data center area. Another customer, Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative, will expand its data center presence to deliver more information and network services to the rural hospitals and clinics that it serves throughout Wisconsin. In addition, several tenants in the same building as 5Nines Data, including Sonic Foundry, will take advantage of the generator in the event of an electrical outage.
5Nines Data accredited as Microsoft Certified Gold Partner for second year
5Nines Data, a leading provider of technology and data center solutions, has retained its accreditation as a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner for the second consecutive year.
“This accreditation is important because it ranks 5Nines Data amongst the highest level of accredited service providers with whom Microsoft is proud to be associated," said Todd Streicher, President of 5Nines Data. Besides our competence with Microsoft technologies, this endorsement is testimony to our proven track record of developing trend-setting innovative IT solutions for our clients.”
Meeting the stringent requirements for certification requires partners to score sufficient points in categories including technical competence, security solutions and client endorsement through references on completed projects. The 5Nines Data team has built a competency around Network Infrastructure Solutions.
New Employee join 5Nines Data
Jon Alvarez's career in IT grew from positions in both Operations and Sales, leading to a broad business-based perspective of technology’s role within a company. He has six years experience supporting databases and implementing Enterprise Reporting solutions. His broad knowledge of technical areas includes Oracle, SQL Server, Progress, Business Objects, Oracle Application Server (Forms, Reports, Discoverer, BI Publisher), Windows (All versions), Programming (PL/SQL), and various Internet & Multimedia technologies. Jon comes to 5Nines as the IT director of a former client.
5Nines sponsors local racing team for second year
Currently leading in two race categories of the Wisconsin Cycling Association, the 5Nines racing team is going full speed. Weekend racings throughout the state keep these cyclers actually spinning their wheels.
As the lead sponsor of the team, 5Nines’ name is prominently placed on this year's new cycling jersey.
Team members include 5Nines own Category 3 racer, Jon Alvarez as well as:
Category 2 Racers: Chad Dean, Brian Hertzberg and Brian Rybarik (also a Ironman Triathlete)
Category 3 Racers: John Danzer, Patrick Flannery, Stephen Balsley, Mark Harms and Dave Ryther and Joe Tavano
Category 4 Racers: Stephen Perry, Jonnie Diederich and Kelson Danielson