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 About NTT America 

Headquartered in New York with branch offices throughout the United States, NTT America leads the North American engineering, sales and marketing arms of the NTT Communications Group.1 NTT America provides enterprise customers in the US and the Americas with one-stop business ICT (Information and Communication Technology) solutions combining global network, data center, cloud and managed services.

NTT America delivers corporations integrated access to services within the NTT Communications portfolio. With award-winning services and customer support2, NTT America supports multinational companies with operations in North America with expansive reach into Asia-Pacific and around the world.

 

 History 

NTT America was established in November 1987 as a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT. With NTT's reorganization and the inauguration of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) as a Global service provider in 1999[5], NTT America is the leading Americas organization in the NTT Communications Group.3

 

<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> Portfolio of Services </b>

<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Network</b>

<p class=MsoNormal>The NTT Communications Tier-1 Global IP network is one of the largest IP networks in the world4 and the first to deliver trans-pacific 100G service5. This is driven by financially-backed service level agreements (SLAs), secure networking and managed VPNs, and global implementation of IPv6.

<p class=MsoNormal>NTT America's private network services are grouped under the Arcstar™ brand name. Arcstar Universal One (UNO) is a private network service for global enterprise companies. It is comprised of virtualized network functions and access to cloud resources via a single, secure private network with a broad range of connectivity options. It offers global coverage with POP presence in some 196 countries/regions, hybrid network integration, cloud connectivity and a customer portal with automation.6

<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Nexcenter Data Center</b>

<p class=MsoNormal>NTT America’s Nexcenter Data Center services provide cloud hosting for applications, application hosting, collaborative messaging, and a range of managed hosting services, backed by the company’s high quality customer care and engineering. Over 140 Nexcenter data centers around the world and total server space exceeding 350,000 square meters support client needs for global expansion.

<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Enterprise Cloud</b>

<p class=MsoNormal>Leveraging the combined resources of the world’s second largest data center facilities7 and one of the world’s largest IP and submarine cable networks, NTT America offers a large portfolio of global cloud services.8

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<p class=MsoNormal>Supporting cloud capabilities are the NTT Communication data centers branded Nexcenter.9 NTT Nexcenters offer a wide range of services such as hosting, co-location, and network services in ISO compliant facilities with globally standardized operations. Nexcenter data centers support cloud hosting for applications, and a range of managed hosting services.

<p class=MsoNormal>NTT America offers public, private and hybrid cloud solutions. Enterprise Cloud (EC), powered by VMware10 technology, claims to be the first to globally launch11 with a self-managed globally consistent cloud incorporating SDN12 technology that virtualizes datacenters and networks allowing users to manage resources as needed through a single portal.

<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Operations Management</b>

<p class=MsoNormal>Global Management One (GMOne) provides a complete, single pane ITSM (Information Technology Service Management)13 solution across a global network footprint allowing enterprise-class resource and allocation control of all ICT resources. Due to a modular design, the GMOne service portfolio covers the end-to-end IT environment and can be customized to suit individual needs.14

<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>WideAngle Security</b>

<p class=MsoNormal>Managed Network Security Services solutions provide protection for NTT America-hosted environments to ensure safety, privacy, and continuity. Our Managed Security Services offer Managed Firewall Services based on Check Point, and Cisco platforms, Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention

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<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> Offices </b>

<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Headquarters</b>: New York, NY; Regional offices: Jersey City, NJ; Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; San Jose, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Vienna, VA; Sterling, VA; Redmond, WA.

<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Japanese data centers</b>

<p class=MsoNormal>Tokyo, Sapporo, Aomori, Morioka, Sendai, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima, Mito, Utsunomiya, Iidabashi, Kachidoki, Ikebukuro, Yokohama, Fukjisawa, Kofu, Nagano, Niigata, Toyama, Kanazawa, Fukui, Shizuoka, Gifu, Ogaki, Nagoya, Tsu, Kyoto, Osaka, Awaji, Kobe, Wakayama, Tottori, Okayama, Hiroshima, Takamatsu, Matsuyama, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Naha, Kudan, Hitotsubashi, Kinrakuji, Kawasaki.

<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Asia-Pacific region data centers</b>

<p class=MsoNormal>Serangoon, Singapore; Tai Seng, Singapore; Jurong, Singapore; Bangalore, India; Noida, India; Cyberjaya, Malaysia; Bangna, Thailand; Amata, Thailand; Melbourne, Australia; Sydney, Australia; Hanoi, Vietnam; Taipei, Taiwan; Hong Kong, China; Shanghai, China; Mumbai, India; Chennai, India; Jakarta, Indonesia; Bangkok, Thailand;

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<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Europe data centers</b>

<p class=MsoNormal>Saint Denis, France; Frankfurt, Germany; Madrid, Spain; Slough, UK; Woking, UK; Hemel Hempstead, UK; London, UK; Berlin, Germany, Munich, Germany; Zurich, Switzerland; Wien, Austria; Hamburg, Germany.

<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>US data centers16</b>

<p class=MsoNormal>San Jose, CA; Santa Clara, CA; Sacramento, CA; New York, NY; Ashburn, VA; Sterling, VA; Milwaukee, WI.

<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Involvement with other companies</b> (and/or Acquisitions)

<p class=MsoNormal>On April 1, 2015, NTT America, Inc. merged with Verio Inc., which was a wholly owned subsidiary company of NTT America17

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<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Awards</b>

<p class=MsoNormal>In December 2015, NTT Communications was named “Best Wholesale Carrier” at the 2015 World Communications Awards (WCA).18

<p class=MsoNormal>In November 2015, IDC awarded NTT Communications an award for “Most Innovative Enterprise Offering” for its Arcstar Universal One (UNO) service which was recognized for its overall SDN/NFV vision in Asia and product leadership and differentiation. 19

<p class=MsoNormal>In November 2015, NTT Communications was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Enabled Managed Hosting, Asia/Pacific” (Magic Quadrant) report published by Gartner Inc.20

<p class=MsoNormal>In November 2015, NTT Communications was named “Best North American Wholesale Carrier” at Global Carrier Awards 2015 for the second year in a row.21

<p class=MsoNormal>In October 2015 NTT Communications announced that its Arcstar Universal One global VPN service received a No.1 Customer Satisfaction designation from the UK marketing services firm Ocean82, Ltd. for the fourth consecutive time. The selection was published recently in &quot;Voice of the Customer: Global Data VPN, Issue 19,&quot; a benchmarking report.22

<p class=MsoNormal>In July 2015, NTT Communications was named a Leader in the “IDC ITMarketSpace Worldwide Telecom Service Provider Vendor Assessment” report.23

<p class=MsoNormal>In June 2015 NTT Communications was named as a Leader in IDC ITMarketScape: Asia/Pacific Managed Security Services 2015 Vendor Assessment24

<p class=MsoNormal>In April 2015 NTT was recognized for its Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery services and positioned as a leader in the “Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)” report G00270861* issued by Gartner Inc.25

<p class=MsoNormal>In January 2015 NTT Communications was positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the &quot;Magic Quadrant for Network Services, Global&quot; (Magic Quadrant) report published by Gartner Inc.26

<p class=MsoNormal>In January 2015 NTT was named a Challenger in Q4 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Security Services, Worldwide report.27

<p class=MsoNormal>In December 2014 NTT Communications won the Best Global Operator at World Communication Awards 2014.28

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<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> In the News </b>

<p class=MsoNormal>On December 02, 2015 NTT Communications announced the availability of its global infrastructure as a service (IaaS) portfolio of solutions to Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) customers, made possible by a partnership between HPE and NTT America.29

<p class=MsoNormal>On September 15, 2015, NTT America announced that its Global Solutions Channel Partner Program beat portfolio growth expectations.30

<p class=MsoNormal>In June 2015 NTT America announced the appointment of Jeffrey Bannister to the position of Executive Vice President of Sales for the Global Enterprise Services division.31

<p class=MsoNormal>In April 2015 NTT Communications announced the opening of subsidiary Raging Wire’s 180,000 square foot CA3 Data Center in Sacramento, California.32

<p class=MsoNormal>On June 2, 2014 NTT Communications, Cisco and Cyan announced the three technology companies were collaborating and partnering with others to provide 100G IP connectivity to NANOG 61, taking place in Bellevue, WA.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The North American Network Operators Group (NANOG), an association for Internet engineering and architecture professionals that focuses on the technologies and systems that make the Internet function, hosts NANOG meetings across North America three times per year.33

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<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> Notes </b>

<p class=MsoNormal>[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTT_Communications_Corp

<p class=MsoNormal>[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology

<p class=MsoNormal>[3] http://www.us.ntt.com/en/about-us/our-company-vision/key-facts/nttamerica.html

<p class=MsoNormal>[4] http://research.dyn.com/2015/02/bakers-dozen-2014-edition/

<p class=MsoNormal>[5] http://www.submarinenetworks.com/systems/trans-pacific/pc-1/pc-1-runs-with-100g-per-wavelength

<p class=MsoNormal>[6] http://www.ntt.com/universalone_e/ - Is there a third-party reference link? consider: FIND A SOURCE

<p class=MsoNormal>[7] Colocation Database 2014; TeleGeography, PriMetrica, Inc. https://www.telegeography.com/research-services/colocation-database/ - Not a usable reference - confirmation is behind a paid download

<p class=MsoNormal>FIND A SOURCE

<p class=MsoNormal>[8] http://www.us.ntt.com/en/services/cloud.html

<p class=MsoNormal>[9] http://www.us.ntt.com/en/services/data-center/nexcenter.html

<p class=MsoNormal>[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware

<p class=MsoNormal>[11] http://www.lightreading.com/carrier-sdn/sdn-architectures/ntt-shares-critical-sdn-lessons/d/d-id/713839

<p class=MsoNormal>[12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_networking

<p class=MsoNormal>[13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IT_service_management

<p class=MsoNormal>[14] http://www.ntt.com/gmone/

<p class=MsoNormal>[15] http://www.us.ntt.com/en/services/managed-security.html

<p class=MsoNormal>[16] http://www.us.ntt.com/en/services/data-center/nexcenter/area-of-service.html TRY NEW LINK

<p class=MsoNormal>[17] http://www.bsminfo.com/doc/ntt-america-to-merge-verio-0001

<p class=MsoNormal>[18] http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ntt-communications-named-best-wholesale-060000353.html;_ylt=AwrTcdNtIoRWmnAAdAgnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByM3V1YTVuBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--

<p class=MsoNormal>[19] http://newswire.telecomramblings.com/2015/11/ntt-communications-wins-award-of-the-most-innovative-enterprise-offering-for-the-3rd-consecutive-year/

<p class=MsoNormal>[20] https://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/ntt_com/273077.html

<p class=MsoNormal>[21] http://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/ntt-communications-named-best-north-american-wholesale-carrier-at-global-carrier-awards-2015-20151110-00214

<p class=MsoNormal>[22] https://www.ocean82.co.uk/library/newsroom/data-vpn-operators-world-wide-brand-advocates-equal-brand-critics/

<p class=MsoNormal>[23] http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150730005643/en/NTT-Named-Leader-IDC-ITMarketScape-Worldwide-Telecom

<p class=MsoNormal>[24] IDC, IDC ITMarketScape: Asia/Pacific Managed Security Services 2015 Vendor Assessment&quot; report (doc # AP251064, May 2015). https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=AP251064

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<p class=MsoNormal>[25] https://www.gartner.com/doc/3033519/magic-quadrant-disaster-recovery-service USE IF NO ALTERNATIVE SOURCE

<p class=MsoNormal>[26] http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/ntt_com/270193.html

<p class=MsoNormal>[27] Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Global MSSPs, Kelly M. Kavanagh, 26 February 2014. http://www.4-traders.com/NTT-COM-SECURITY-AG-449940/news/NTT-Named-a-Challenger-in-Q4-2014-Gartner-Magic-Quadrant-for-Managed-Security-Services-Worldwide-19729757/

<p class=MsoNormal>[28] http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20141202007030/en/NTT-Communications-Wins-Global-Operator-World-Communication

<p class=MsoNormal>[29] http://www.businesscloudnews.com/2015/12/03/hpe-to-give-customer-access-to-iaas-from-ntt-communications/

<p class=MsoNormal>[30] http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150915005242/en/NTT-America-Channel-Partner-Program-Beats-Portfolio

<p class=MsoNormal>[31] http://www.nfvzone.com/topics/nfv/articles/405383-ntt-america-taps-jeffrey-bannister-new-enterprise-customer.htm

<p class=MsoNormal>[32] http://www.ragingwire.com/news/ragingwire-opens-the-third-data-center-in-sacramento-california

<p class=MsoNormal>[33] https://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog61/home

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