IX Reach

Equinix IBX platform

IX Reach has partnered with Equinix to provide its range of services at secure Equinix IBX locations:

• Access to Equinix IBX platform
• Focus on low latency and high availability
• SLA backed, tailored to the financial trading and banking markets
• Site to site point to point services available
• Secure colocation available at selected locations

Through our partners, afiliations and network reach we offer a range of tailored peering services:

• Pseudowire “Remote” IX peering
• No far end equipment needed, peer directly from your existing router
• Fully managed connection process and one stop shop invoicing arrangements
• Multipoint VLAN option to aggregate multiple Internet Exchange Points

Available for the following exchange points:

Amsterdam: • AMS-IX • NLIX	Frankfurt: • DE-CIX	London: • LINX • LONAP • LIPEX	Paris: • Equinix • France-IX • PANAP • FreeIX • SFINX
Milan: • MIX • TorIX	Zurich: • Equinix (TIX) • SwissIX
Equinix Financial Exchanges: • London • Frankfurt • Paris • New York		Interxion Financial Exchanges: • London • Frankfurt

Piper Jaffray Reports Equinix Continues To Be Bullish

from Benzinga:

>>In a report published by Piper Jaffray, Equinix (NASDAQ: EQIX) continues to be bullish.

Piper Jaffray said that it recently hosted investor meetings with the senior management of Equinix. “We continue to be bullishly confident about the company's prospects and the current valuation. Investors we met with shared similar concerns with each other, and we think time will help alleviate them, driving the stock higher. While investors were focused on small movements in average revenue per rack, Equinix has maintained a firm pricing discipline. While discounting has always occurred, we do not believe it is any more prevalent; some contract structures with upfront discounts can provide much better longer term economics.”

Analysts’ Price Target Changes

from www.americanbankingnews.com:

>>Dougherty & Co. analysts raised their price target on shares of Immersion Corp (NASDAQ: IMMR) from $7.00 to $9.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

Immersion Corporation (IMMR) is reiterated as a “Buy” rating by Dougherty & Company

from www.favstocks.com:

>>Equities research analysts at Dougherty & Company Reiterate a “Buy” rating for shares of Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ: IMMR) in a research note released to investors today.

Soleil Securities Upgrades Accuray (ARAY) to Buy; Compelling Acquisition of TomoTherapy

from www.streetinsider.com:

>>Soleil Securities upgraded Accuray (NASDAQ: ARAY) from Sell to Buy.

Soleil upgraded Accuray

from Benzinga:

>>Soleil upgraded Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) from “sell” to “buy.” ARAY's shares closed at $8.40 yesterday. Accuray's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $206.04 billion.

Capstone Investments Upgrades Immersion (IMMR) to Buy

from www.streetinsider.com:

>>Capstone Investments upgraded Immersion (NASDAQ: IMMR) from Hold to Buy.

PFGBEST Announces Equinix to Host Typhoon Direct Market Access Platform

Chicago, IL (1888PressRelease) March 11, 2011 -

PFGBEST announced a new partnership to relocate its Typhoon foreign exchange liquidity aggregation system to Equinix's New York International Business Exchange (NY4). With the announcement of this partnership, Equinix will become the host of the PFGBEST direct market access platform Typhoon. PFGBEST is a financial services technology firm with global outreach. With customers, offices, and affiliates in more than eighty countries, PFGBEST is one of the largest non-clearing U.S. Futures Commission Merchants.

Explaining Typhoon, PFGBEST Chief Operating Officer Russ Wasendorf said, "Typhoon is a direct market access (DMA) system that provides straight-through processing of PFGBEST client foreign exchange orders." PFGBEST's Typhoon can be tailored to meet the demands of our clients. In addition, this trading platform offers ease of access through any of the PFGBEST electronic trading applications. Typhoon was created so that PFGBEST clients are never at the mercy of a third-party vendor. According to Wasendorf, "We felt the need to build a platform of this caliber to best serve our clients, and it is a huge success." Since PFGBEST created the Typhoon system for FX clients in 2009, volume has increased 30% each month through the PFGBEST direct market access system.

Equinix General Manager of Global Financial Services John Knuff said having PFGBEST join the growing financial ecosystem means that PFGBEST can offer its clients high speed connectivity achieved in the proximity hosting agreement. He expressed that Equinix "is thrilled" to have PFGBEST as a partner. Hedge funds, execution venues, firms, network providers, market data suppliers and trading technology venders utilize Equinix. Equinix services more than 3,100 enterprises, cloud, digital content, and financial companies connecting to more than 600 network providers, and Knuff said that these entities rely upon proximity hosting solutions Equinix provides to improve and grow their business.

"Equinix is a high-performing global trading ecosystem," noted PFGBEST's Wasendorf. PFGBEST believes that Equinix gives clients access that is efficient and resilient when it comes to exchanges and markets, he added.

"It is important to us at PFGBEST that our FX clients can capitalize on our successful business model that we have created for direct market access and the liquidity hub of the largest banks. We are truly excited about this partnership with Equinix," Wasendorf stated. Wasendorf maintained that PFGBEST provides a single source of liquidity for forex traders. "The partnership between PFGBEST and Equinix adds further value to our forex clients in reducing latency," he continued. Reducing latency is fundamental to getting the available best price. "Traders profit and compete based upon time frames," noted Wasendorf, "and PFGBEST is about offering the best trading experience for our clients."

Making sure that clients' orders match the best available pricing, the PFGBEST Typhoon system functions as a strict no-dealing-desk environment.

Contact PFGBEST online at http://www.PFGBEST.com or call 855-734-2378.

Salesforce.com to Build Its Own Data Centers

from Data Center Knowledge:

>>Salesforce.com is making plans to build its own data centers within the next two or three years, as it expects the scale of its operations to grow to the point where the economics favor operating its own infrastructure. That marks a significant shift for the software-as-a -ervice provider, which currently leases its data center space, primarily from Equinix.

Nearly 18 Million Media Tablets Shipped in 2010

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker, 10.1 million media tablets were shipped in the fourth quarter of 2010 (4Q10) - more than double the 4.5 million shipped in the third quarter. Apple's share came down from 93% in 3Q10 to 73% in 4Q10, but still reflected Apple's strong leadership position. Samsung's Galaxy Tab was the primary competitor in the holiday season, beating other players to market and capturing more than 17% share, while a number of smaller regional players also participated.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110310005523/en/18-Million-Media-Tablets-Shipped-2010-Apple

Exclusive: Accuray, TomoTherapy chiefs explain merger

from www.dotmed.com:

>>But in conversation with DOTmed News, both Accuray CEO and President Euan S. Thomson and TomoTherapy CEO Dr. Frederick A. Robertson have hopes the transaction will have an "emergent" property greater than the sum of its parts.

Both men argue the combined companies will streamline overhead expenses and also combine technological know-how to make TomoTherapy's previously struggling service business break even by the end of the year. They also see benefit to what they're viewing as a melding of Silicon Valley marketing and Madison's engineering strengths.

Immersion Corporation Earnings Preview

Read the whole article at Seeking Alpha:

>>We expect the company to slightly exceed revenues of $6.3 million in the quarter, as royalties from some segments like mobility, semiconductor, and medical simulators should keep growing; we expect gaming to be flat as well as automotive, whose potential will probably impact Immersion's results only starting from 2012.

Immersion Corp. (IMMR) stock increased 4.52 percent to $7.34 in the after-market trading

from www.ibtimes.com:

>>Immersion Corp. (IMMR) stock increased 4.52 percent to $7.34 in the after-market trading. The company announced the release of the MOTIV SDK 1.0, a tool kit for Android developers to integrate tactile feedback, or haptics, into their applications. The availability of the SDK completes the recent launch of Immersion’s MOTIV Haptic Development Platform. The MOTIV SDK gives Android developers access to hundreds of pre-designed haptic effects, code samples and resources to easily incorporate tactile feedback into their applications.

CK vs TOMO

from the yahoo MB, by lamb:

>>From a strictly MEDICAL viewpoint, CK and TOMO are not competitors but compliment each other. CK is an SRS tool and TOMO is terrific for IMRT. Yes these roles can be reversed in some cases but the tech is not designed for this and is unwieldly (eg - using CK for a protracted course of IMRT). TOMO is not an "inferior gantry-based radiation sprayer". TOMO is a fabulous innovation in radiation delivery in which radiation is delivered in thousands of beamlets in a helical pattern like a CT, which mitigates a good deal of the disadvantage in delivering beams in 2D only. Yes I know there has been a good deal of down time and service costs with the initial TOMO units. IMO TOMO is superior to gantry LINACs for IMRT, though this advantage is less than that of CK over gantry LINACs for SRS.

This is the medical aspect. For the financial metrics I turn to this board. My intuition tells me ARAY would have been better off concentrating on CK and SRS, where their technological advantage is greater. Discontinuing TOMO would help Var more than ARAY. And I'm willing to stand corrected by engineers, but it is not obvious to me why ARAY service people who have worked on the miniature Linac and KUKA robot would have particular skills over others working on a helical LINAC like TOMO, completely different technology.

mmersion releases SDK to put haptics in Android, helps smartphones move what their makers gave them

from Engadget:

>>Interested parties can hit up the source link for the SDK download and start indulging in the haptic dark arts immediately.

Samsung, Android Leading the Smartphone Pack

from Seeking Alpha:

>>Samsung phones still lead the pack of phone manufacturers by a wide distance, with everyone else losing share accept the iPhone which should so significant gains in coming months because it will now, for the first time, be available on multiple networks.

(Click to enlarge) from comScore

Market Share Implications of Accuracy's TomoTherapy Acquisition

from Benzinga:

>>Citi released a report today which discusses the implications of Accuracy's (NASDAQ: ARAY) acquisition of TomoTherapy (NASDAQ: TOMO) and its effects on Varian Medical Systems' (NYSE: VAR) market share. While the deal will allow ARAY to expand from radiosurgery into radiotherapy, Citi analysts do not believe this will have near-term impacts on VAR's position in the radiation oncology market. This is due in part to VAR's relatively large market share of 55% compared to the single-digit shares of ARAY and TOMO.

Analysts further note that despite TOMO's recent underperformance, the newly combined organization should be profitable in future quarters. ARAY has expanded its market share but is still trailing key competitors such as Varian, Elekta, and Siemens. Analysts also believe that the ARAY deal is the best possible outcome for TOMO.

NJ's 7th CK at Community Medical Center in Toms River

from the IV MB, by yyy60.

>>http://jobs.nj.com/careers/jobsearch/detail?jobId=35438424

Physician Services Representative - Cyberknife Project

Employer: Community Medical Center
Location: Toms River, NJ
Last Updated: 03/08/2011
Job Code: T452828

Community Medical Center is a 587-bed, fully accredited acute care hospital, offering area residents world-class medical treatment with the comforts of hometown care. Opened in 1961, CMC has evolved into the state's largest non-teaching hospital and Ocean County's largest and most active healthcare facility

The Physician Services Representative will oversee sales and marketing of the Cyberknife Project.

https://www3.apply2jobs.com/alliancehealthcareservices-us/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=1106&CurrentPage=9&sid=24

Job Title: Cyberknife Nurse Coordinator
Position Type: Full Time - (36-40 HRS)
....
State: New Jersey
City: Toms River

Description: Performs a wide variety of duties involving the clinical care of patients receiving Cyberknife program treatment. Works with physicians and staff in providing care to patients and coordinates all aspects of the Cyberknife program including accepting referrals, educating patients and families, scheduling tests and treatments.

Cloud Computing Buyout Game: Is Savvis Next?

Read the whole article at Seeking Alpha:

>>On Friday, PE Hub reported the rumor that Savvis had hired investment bank Qatalyst Partners as its financial adviser, fueling takeover speculation that have surrounded the company since the Terremark (TMRK) and Navisite (NAVI) acquisitions by Verizon (VZ) and Time Warner Cable (TWC) took place.

KDDI America Expands Its Metro Network in the West Coast Area

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - March 7, 2011) -

KDDI America Inc., the U.S. division of KDDI Corporation, a Global Fortune 500 company and worldwide leader in international telecommunications services, today announced that it has launched KDDI America MetroWave in the Los Angeles metropolitan area extending up the West Coast. This service offering provides a wide variety of flexible and affordable, high-performance network services to customers on the West Coast, the International Gateway to Asia Pacific.

The KDDI network will connect between the major data centers on the West Coast such as TELEHOUSE Los Angeles, Equinix LA1 Los Angeles, Equinix SV8 Palo Alto, and Equinix SV1 San Jose. By connecting the metro networks between these data centers, KDDI America can provide Internet or Ethernet services as a very cost effective solution to their customer base. Enterprises, ISPs, or content providers who are seeking access from their data center on the West Coast to Asia or from Asia to their data center will benefit.

By deploying the optical technology of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) in its metro fiber network, KDDI America is capable of accommodating high-capacity circuits within multiple sites in the West Coast area. Through a wavelength of light on an optical fiber, seamless interconnections are available to different transport interfaces such as SDH/SONET, as well as Ethernet transport high-capacity from OC48 scaling up to OC192 and 1Gbps scaling up to 10Gbps. Separated wavelengths of capacity per fiber strand allow KDDI America to provide flexible, high-speed bandwidth and scalability with faster provisioning lead times. MetroWave has backbone capacity of up to 800Gbps.

The KDDI America MetroWave network is seamlessly integrated to connect customers located at any of the four data centers to KDDI America's existing network services including its Internet, IP-VPN and domestic and global Ethernet service offerings, US Powered Ethernet Network (US-PEN) and KDDI Global Powered Ethernet Network (GPEN). As a result, customers can access MetroWave from any of US-PEN's Points of Presence which include New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Palo Alto, CA; Chicago, IL; Ashburn, VA and Dallas, TX. By having access to TELEHOUSE's global network of data centers, KDDI America can offer its customers colocation and network services in safe, secure data centers with low-latency connectivity in 22 cities in 15 countries around the world.

"In the past year, KDDI America has seen a heightened demand for connectivity over wavelength services from several industries such as software providers, entertainment and media firms," said Sandra de Novellis, Director of Marketing, KDDI America. "KDDI America meets its customers' needs by allowing them to expand their network seamlessly from Los Angeles to San Francisco and beyond by connecting them to the International Gateway."

Customers interested in learning more about MetroWave products and pricing should contact KDDI America by dialing 212-295-1200 or email at marketing@kddia.com.

Immersion Corporation Coming Conference Call: A Shareholder's Wish List

The whole article is available at Seeking Alpha:

>>Since it moved to a license only business model, Immersion Corporation (IMMR) has also improved its communication to shareholders, releasing annual guidance for 2010 and a few more data about its business model.

Investors tend to be extremely demanding, and we are no exception. Here is our (shortened) shareholders' wish list for the incoming Q4 conference call, due on next Thursday, March 10:

February performance