PingTone Expands at Equinix's International Business Exchange (IBX) Data Center

HERNDON, Va., May 11, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

PingTone, a market leader of hosted VoIP services to government offices and businesses today announced expansion of their current data center space at Equinix's International Business Exchange(TM) (IBX(R)) data center in Ashburn, VA.

The Herndon-based company is expanding its current data center space in one of Equinix's newest and most advanced facilities. The expansion will provide space for PingTone's recently announced addition of the new BroadSoft BroadWorks plaftform as well as future planned network expansions.

PingTone chose Equinix's industry-leading data center services as it provides for best-of-breed physical security and power usage. PingTone's data center space is configured with robust cable distribution systems and dual AC and DC power distribution raceways, which can utilize Equinix's expansive diesel generators as back-up to dual power grid capabilities. The IBX data center is also equipped with security cameras and biometric hand geometry readers among other security features.

"PingTone provides a robust disaster recovery and reliable business continuity solution to its clients who view voice communication as mission critical to their business," said Glen Gaillard, vice president of Engineering for PingTone. "Equinix enables a critical component of that capability with multiple levels of redundancy and failover measures that no other data centers offer."

"This is PingTone's third expansion since we first came to Equinix in 2006. It's now the largest of our three data center facilities and we expect continued expansion in our footprint based on our rapid customer growth and expanding network requirements," said Bill Smedberg, President of PingTone. The company, founded in 1999, has 20,000 business customers for its business reliable, high quality Voice over Internet services.

About PingTone

PingTone provides Hosted (outsourced) Cisco IP phone systems to corporate, government and military customers in the United States and internationally. Organizations capture all the new operational advantages of Cisco VoIP technology without the complexity of managing these systems internally. Together with PingTone's global PSTN management, hosted VoIP service includes unified messaging, branch office 4-digit dialing and advanced call routing functions. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Northern Virginia. For more information about PingTone Communications and this release, contact John Adams, VP of Sales & Marketing, 703-621-6300.