JSA Podcasts | Data Center & Digital Infrastructure Insights

JSA Radio welcomes NJFX team members, Felix Seda, General Manager, and Roy Hilliard, VP of Business Development, to JSA TV. Following a hugely successful year in 2018, the gentlemen discuss the company's growth and accolades, including two recent industry award wins - the Global Carrier Award and TMT Data Center award. Mr. Seda also describes some exciting projects for NJFX, including the Havfrue cable will connect the US to Denmark, Ireland and Norway, boosting worldwide data connectivity.

JSA Radio Host Jaymie Scotto Cutaia sat down with Eric Gutshall, President of United Cable Company (UCC) at PTC'19. Eric is excited to unveil the UCC HUDSON BORE PIPE PROJECT, a privately owned, new fiber optic infrastructure connecting NYC and NJ avoiding high-risk, aging public bridge and pathways across the Hudson River. Set to operate in Fall 2019, the project is offered as dark fiber only between major NYC and NJ datacenters. Learn more at http://unitedcablecompany.com.

At TEX Dallas, Jaymie Scotto Cutaia interviews Eric Ballard, Vice President of Network and Cloud for Stream Data Centers. Eric is excited to tell us about the rapid growth Stream is experiencing, and that the company recently acquired a 418,000-square-foot facility on 157 acres of land in Goodyear, Arizona, where it will establish a data center campus for hyperscale and enterprise customers in the Greater Phoenix region.

Live from the Telecom Exchange's first 'Pop-Up' event, TEX Dallas, Jaymie Scotto Cutaia interviews Jordan Whyard, Director of Channel Sales for DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class data center, connectivity and managed services. Mr. Whyard provides his takeaways of TEX Dallas CEO Roundtable, "Pushing 5G to the Edge," and offers insight into the latest news and updates for DataBank in 2019.

Live from Telecom Exchange, Jaymie Scotto Cutaia interviews Sr. Director of North American Markets for DCD, Kurtis Friesen. Mr. Friesen discusses his takeaways from the CEO Roundtable on bringing 5G to the Edge and the increasing demand for data. He also provides an update of what's ahead for DCD in 2019, including the upcoming DCD events in New York, San Francisco, Dallas, London and Singapore.

With the onslaught of IoT and the growing reliance on AI-driven processes, networks and machines, cybersecurity is a critical concern. Enter blockchain, a distributed ledger that allows for public, decentralized transactions without the need for third-party intervention. Since the interaction is public, blockchain technology is often described not just as ‘reliable’, but also as ‘incorruptible infrastructure’. Is blockchain the next battleground arena for preventing cyberattacks?

Aleck Gilner, SVP of Cloud & Strategic Sales for LightRiver, joins JSA Podcasts to tell us all about his experience in joining LightRiver, and as a telecom executive overall. Mr. Gilner brings broad exposure to LightRiver's customers large and small, and a solid sales experience of selling products ranging from "Layer 0 to Layer 3." He describes the value of LightRiver being able to pre-provision the network and training individuals live on the actual network they will be operating in the future.

Jaymie Scotto Cutaia, Founder and CEO of Jaymie Scotto & Associates, is proud to welcome together Infrastructure Members Lee Kirby, Co-Founder / Chairman of Salute Mission Critical, Simon Allen, Executive Director of Infrastructure Masons, and Randy Brouckman, CEO of EdgeconneX, to discuss the very important initiative of helping to transition our veterans into the infrastructure industry, thanks to Salute Mission Critical.

JSA Podcasts welcomes Ms. Jasmine Bedi, Editor-in-Chief of the brand new magazine hitting stands across tech and telecom events worldwide, InterGlobix Magazine. InterGlobix Magazine is the first magazine of its kind in the industry focused on Data Centers, Connectivity, Luxury and Lifestyle. The magazine aims to to allow people to get to know people in the industry much more than knowing them as simply professionals. Ms. Bedi provides a great overview of the magazine - and why you'll want to read it.

We are excited to welcome Mr. Frank McDermott, CEO of Arm Data Center Software. Mr. McDermott is an industry veteran experienced in the construction, operation and management of fiber, microwave, and cellular networks, as well as neutral colocation data centers, and news & sports content delivery via desktop and mobile clients. In this JSA TV interview, Mr. McDermott provides an overview of the exciting, revolutionary new software platform by ARM Data Center Software, called cARMa®.