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Fiber-optic cables provide internet connectivity by sending information through light pulses. Cables that have been installed underground but aren’t in use are called “dark fiber”—also known as black or unlit fiber. There are thousands of miles of unlit fiber-optic cables throughout the country that were installed by telecom providers but haven’t been utilized yet. Organizations in private […]

Evocative today announces the expansion of its global footprint with the acquisition of Carrier-1’s data center in Dallas, TX (DA4). This latest acquisition coincides with Evocative’s recent announcement of its funding round, providing continued growth opportunities for the company. The Carrier-1 acquisition marks the fourth location for Evocative in the Dallas area, enabling Evocative to […]

Evocative, a leading cloud-to-edge computing and IT solutions provider, announced today a $30 million equity investment led by Crestline Investors, Inc. Proceeds will be used to support Evocative’s acquisitive growth strategy and fund continued organic growth. This extends Evocative’s successful partnership with Crestline, which began with a $30 million preferred equity and debt investment in […]

We are excited to announce the expansion of our executive team. Derek Garnier joins VPLS as President and Chief Operating Officer. John Minnix is appointed to the role of Chief Revenue Officer. The pair bring more than 50 years of combined industry experience to VPLS. “We are excited to welcome Derek Garnier back to the […]

As companies race to keep up with a rapidly evolving digital landscape, many IT teams are employing colocation and cloud computing to augment their existing infrastructure and support growth. While both services can improve business efforts, each model has distinct features and benefits. To provide greater insight into colocation vs. cloud computing, review each service with this outline […]

We are excited to announce today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named VPLS to its Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Elite 150 category for 2022. CRN’s annual MSP 500 list identifies the leading service providers in North America whose forward-thinking approaches to managed services are changing the landscape […]

We’re excited to announce that, through our partnership with Polargy, we have successfully completed the installation of a new cold aisle containment system to support a client’s high-density computing needs. During the past year, VPLS’s post-production client experienced significant growth, but their colocation infrastructure was not seamlessly scaling with them.  The client needed to consolidate […]

Security at the perimeter of the network is of utmost importance in today’s threat landscape. First United Methodist Church at Chula Vista (FUMCCV) engaged Evocative to upgrade their existing firewall with a next-generation FortiGate 60E firewall. In addition to this upgrade, Evocative also provided a Managed Firewall service to manage, audit, and monitor the firewall […]

The City of Beaumont, California’s third fastest-growing city, partnered with Evocative for a city-wide network refresh project, which included replacing the City’s aging firewalls, switches, and endpoint protection software with new solutions from Fortinet. In addition to just replacing aging equipment, Evocative also architected and implemented several network enhancements, such as internal network segmentation to […]

VPLS, a cloud-to-edge computing and solutions provider, today announces its acquisition of a data center located in Santa Clara, California. The renamed “SV3” is a 30,000 square feet facility with 3 MW of power, 24/7/365 security staff, and cross-connects to major Bay Area network carriers. The SV3 data center currently has 1.5 MW of available […]