Colorado Springs, Colorado and Fremont, California - October 18, 2011 - Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone and colocation provider, today announced that it is providing bandwidth and connectivity solutions to Data102, Southern Colorado’s leading colocation provider. The new relationship will improve Data102’s bandwidth, reliability and congestion management capabilities when delivering next-generation IP access services. It will also give Data102’s customers access to Hurricane Electric’s rich global network.

“With access to Hurricane Electric’s network infrastructure, our customers will benefit from higher throughput and lower latency,” said Travis Taylor, Director of Business Development at Data102. “In addition, this relationship will improve the reliability and fault tolerance of our network.”

“I am delighted that access to Hurricane Electric’s global Internet backbone will help Data102 provide next-generation IP services to its customers,” said Mike Leber, President of Hurricane Electric.

An IPv6 leader for over a decade, Hurricane Electric first deployed IPv6 on its global backbone in 2001. Hurricane Electric’s global Internet backbone is one of the few that is IPv6-native and does not rely on internal tunnels for IPv6 connectivity. IPv6 is offered as a core service and every customer is provided both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity.

About Hurricane Electric
Hurricane Electric operates its own global IPv4 and IPv6 network and is considered the largest IPv6 backbone in the world as measured by number of networks connected. Within its global network, Hurricane Electric has 45 major exchange points with connectivity to more than 1,800 different networks.  Employing a resilient fiber-optic topology, Hurricane Electric has no less than four redundant paths crossing North America, two separate paths between the U.S. and Europe, and rings in Europe and Asia. In addition to its vast global network, Hurricane Electric owns and operates two data centers in Fremont, California - including Fremont2, its newest 200,000 square-foot facility. Hurricane Electric offers IPv4 and IPv6 transit solutions over the same connection at speeds exceeding 10 Gbps.  Additional information can be found at http://he.net.

About Data102
Data102, backed by a team of seasoned managers and engineers, provides Southern Colorado with a nationally competitive destination for comprehensive colocation, bandwidth and design solutions. Data102’s enterprise IT solutions are known for their affordability, flexibility and reliability. Additional information can be found at http://www.data102.com.