Yipes partners with Exodus

(Telephony) Exodus Communications revealed today that it would resell Yipes Communications’ managed optical metropolitan network services in three markets across the U.S.

The effort is to provide scalable bandwidth and local access alternatives to Exodus customers who need connectivity from the company’s Internet data center to remote application service providers or business locations.

Initially Exodus will roll out Yipes’ services in Boston, Chicago and the Silicon Valley, allowing their customers to have fast and flexible connections between multiple IDCs and also between customers and IDCs, said Ron Young, chief marketing officer for Yipes. “Yipes will provide a virtual IDC extension for Exodus customers,” he said.

In addition to providing IDC-to-IDC connectivity with “smooth, scalable bandwidth,” Exodus will offer its customers connections ranging from 1 Mg/s to 1 Gb/s--in 1 Mg/s increments--thanks to Yipes optical IP network architecture, said Young. “Customers used to only be able to get a drop or a fire hose,” he explained, referring to the nuances of purchasing bandwidth. “Most people are above a drop today. And Yipes can offer a glass or a pint.”

While the partnership initially only includes three markets, it will expand to cover all of Yipes’ networks, said Young. “And as we keep growing, it will keep growing,” he added.

Already Yipes offers services in 20 markets across the country. Exodus will be able to offer on-demand data services into the metro ring, allowing customers to reach from IDCs to other locations across various regions.