Neris has over 30 years of experience in Financial, Accounting and Administrative area, working in several domestic and international companies. Neris was for many years Auditor of Coopers and Lybrand and later acted in MSI / Marconi Telecommunications, Cummins Filtration, Symantec Software and BuscaPé. He was the first CFO of Multiplus Fidelidade Capital Stock, carrying out operations such as contracting R$ 600 million in Hedge/Accounting and structuring the company after spin-off with a TAM. Later, Neris was the CFO of Holding Sforza, which controlled the Multi language group (Skil, Yazigi, Microlins, SOS, Wizard). He also worked in Vale Presente and participated in the entire process of selling Pearson British Multi Group in an operation of R$ 1.7 billion. Prior to joining Ascenty, he was Chief Financial Officer of Private Equity 2 + Capital of Grupo Boticário, coordinating the participation of Scalina (Trifill), CIATC (Pizzaria Braz, Piraja, ICI and Lanchonete da Cidade), Frajo Cosméticos and others. André holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting with a post-graduate degree in Business Management from FGV and an extension from the University of California Irvine.
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Martin Antunez | VP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LATAM
Martin holds over 20 years of experience in the technology/telecommunications industry and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago among other industry certifications and recognitions.
Previously, with Digital Realty, Martin participated in the design, construction, commissioning, operation and sales process of over 200 MW of UPS capacity on over 90 data center projects throughout the United States, Madrid and Mexico City. In these projects Martin participated and observed the credential certifications such as; LEED Platinum & Gold, UPTIME TIER III & IV, and ICREA IV.
In addition, Martin as the VP of Sales for HEIT Consulting lead a team that designed and delivered VoIP, Security and Compliance solutions for the financial services industry. Martin was also a senior manager in several organizations within SBC Communications (prior to AT&T merger) leading technical sale teams delivering complex WAN/LAN solutions to Fortune 500 and Enterprise customers in Silicon Valley.
Sérgio Abela | DIRECTOR OF DATA CENTER OPERATIONS
Abela has worked in the Telecom Infrastructure segment since 1997. He started off working at PROMON, helping implement fixed telephony centers and hubs for Netstream. He also worked in TIVIT’s Data Center startup, where he climbed from Infrastructure Engineer to Senior Infrastructure Executive. He was responsible for managing and operating all of the company’s Data Centers, offices and warehouses.
Abela has a degree in Civil Engineering from USP’s Escola Politécnica.
Alexandre Demarchi | ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION DIRECTOR
Alexandre has over 20 years of experience in the implementation of large projects and works, working directly in Telecommunications Infrastructure and Electrical Engineering. Prior to starting his activities at Ascenty, he worked for 10 years as a team leader of engineers and designers for major industrial projects such as refineries, petrochemical hubs and oil refining and storage platforms (FPSO) for Petrobrás and mining plants for Vale. Alexandre is Electrical Engineer with specialization in Electronics and Electrotechnology from the Paulista University and the Polytechnic School of USP.
Rodrigo Radaieski | DIRECTOR OF SERVICES
With more than 20 years of experience in the Internet and Data Center market, Radaieski has been active in these segments since they emerged in Brazil. With a solid career as a manager in IT areas focused on providing services, Radaieski presents solid knowledge of the technology market. At Ascenty he is responsible for the Service Delivery teams (Projects, NOC and Smart Hands), Networking and IT.
Fábio Matos | EXECUTIVE MANAGER OF DATA CENTER OPERATIONS
Electrical engineer with a degree from Universidade Paulista and 20 years of experience in the electrical and automation industry. Matos has been in the Data Center business since 2008, helping operate and expand IBM’s Data Center in Hortolândia along with the company Manserv, leading critical operations and maintenance teams and supporting critical system deployment activities.
He joined Ascenty in 2013 to spearhead operations at the Data Center in Jundiaí – Ascenty’s first in high density – and currently manages the operations of all of the company’s Data Centers.
Vinícus Minetto | SALES DIRECTOR
Vinícius has extensive experience in the Data Center and Telecommunications market, where he has worked for over 15 years. He has held positions at major players in the Brazilian market, and joined Ascenty in 2012 to strengthen the sales team. He has an undergraduate and a graduate degree from FATEC with an MBA in Sales Management from FGV (Getúlio Vargas Foundation). At Ascenty, he is responsible for the Sales, Solutions Architecture, and Products teams.
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Colocation
Colocation is a Data Center outsourcing solution. With it, your company uses acquired servers to store and process data within Ascenty’s dedicated facilities.
Through Colocation, your company has a physical space entirely dedicated to the demand related to storage and superior data security.
Smart Hands
The Smart Hands solution provides your Colocation with a set of complex tasks supported by Ascenty’s staff.
Among the main services are the physical installation of new equipment, media management, cable management and issues in power and cooling distribution units.
Smart Hands can be the local and effective support you need to manage your Data Center Colocation’s operations.
Work Areas
Work Areas as offices located within Ascenty’s data centers. All of these areas are connected to your work environment and can be used as remote headquarters in case of isolated events, or even as professional settings for daily use, ensuring regular performance for your company’s strategic personnel in any emergency.
Deployment Solutions
Ascenty offers specialized support to its clients to help install or migrate their IT environments.
This is a high-level service that follows all layout, cabling, energy density and security specifications, meeting all layout demands in colocation environments, security, monitoring, connectivity and other solutions for your business.
Disaster Recovery
Ascenty’s Disaster Recovery solution involves a set of state-of-the-art procedures and policies to be adopted, allowing the full recovery of your company’s technology infrastructure. The service is designed to eliminate issues arising from natural disasters, equipment problems, operation errors, lack of connectivity and hacker attacks.
Infrastructure and Professionalism
Infrastructure and Professionalism
- Maximum availability within Ascenty’s network to ensure a steady flow of voice, data and other multimedia communications.
- High-quality, dedicated fiber-optic network spanning across more than 5,000 kilometers, recently built and distributed across strategic regions of Brazil, including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and the Fortaleza region.
- Metropolitan network topology and ring backbone ensure superior reliability.
- Automatic and high-precision system to monitor and quickly recover from eventual interruptions.
- Dedicated technical support and maintenance staff strategically located throughout the country.
High Capacity and Low Latency
High Capacity and Low Latency
- Leading Brazilian company in Data Center infrastructure, as well as availability and quality assurance in connectivity solutions.
- Ascenty’s distributed network strategy enables circuits with low latency and high capacity.
- Corporate support with escalation structure climbing all the way up to the executive team.
Agile Installation and Support
Agile Installation and Support
- Special installation deadlines for controlled services.
- Escalation list with all access levels to the executive team, superior efficiency in corporate service.
Benefits of a Carrier-Neutral Data Center
Benefits of a Carrier-Neutral Data Center
- Ascentyt’s Data Centers aren’t tied to a single telecom carrier or other service providers. This translates into a huge opportunity for your company: you’ll never be limited to a single service option, with only a handful of connectivity choices.
- In Ascenty’s Data Centers, you can link up to multiple carriers. The choice is always yours. This vast diversity of vendors ultimately boosts competitiveness and generates gains in redundancy, ideal activity time and optimal cost-to-benefit ratio for your business.
Lan to Lan
Ascenty’s Lan to Lan solution connects your company through a private network to different business points, such as head office and branches. All with complete control, security and performance to boost your business.
With a high-performance dedicated fiber-optic network spanning across more than 5,000 kilometers, Ascenty guarantees availability, high capacity and direct connection with the top Cloud Providers in the market.
MPLS
A growing trend in organizations worldwide, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a unique network that allows transmitting and sharing data applications.
Through its MPLS tool (backed by SLA), Ascenty delivers stability and high performance, transmitting strategic information at the right speed for your company.
DWDM
The DWDM is a high-speed network solution with outstanding cost-to-benefit to enhance your company’s network interconnection capacity. Through it, all data communication is processed through the same fiber optic, providing flexibility for agile expansion.
Ascenty’s DWDM solution can interconnect all network points without using any middlemen. In addition, DWDM networks are redundant and offer low-latency connections, enabling the transfer of any file type and synchronized data reapplication.
IP Link
The IP Link solution integrates a wide range of telecom carriers to Ascenty’s physical structure to boost the offer of connectivity via IP redundancy.
If any carrier in Ascenty’s backbone becomes unavailable, all of the data are relayed through another carrier automatically and immediately, in order to mitigate any potential downtime in your services.
Last Mile
In some regions, telecom services are simply unable to meet client needs. Unfortunately, this happens because of how far these regions are from major urban centers.
Ascenty developed the Last Mile solution precisely for these regions that are just out of reach. It allows carrier services to reach future clients who are still out of their communication networks due to their geographical location.
Cross Connect
Cross Connect enables direct connection between different environments within a Data Center, ensuring high performance for your corporate network.
This solution connects your company to other service providers hosted in the Data Centers, including telecom carriers and/or Cloud Computing providers, directly on your IT environment. This entire range of possibilities offers new benefits in terms of overall costs and connection redundancy.
PIX
By acquiring an IX (Internet Exchange) connection in PIX (IX Interconnection Point) of Ascenty, your company will have a direct link to the networks of the main Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and companies with AS (Autonomous System), making it much easier to share information and traffic between them.
Ascenty’s IX connection rounds up connectivity services across the entire Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (Greater São Paulo) and Fortaleza. In fact, Ascenty’s PTT structure in São Paulo is redundant.
Grupo Intercompany
- The Intercompany group looked to Ascenty to provide the quality and security needed to innovate its services, ensuring satisfactory results and full-time service to its customers.
- Specialized in managed services and business continuity, the company was looking for a provider to host its operations in order to build a new service-focused business (cloud-based backup, approval, migration and disaster recovery).
- The cloud strategy opened up a range of possibilities for developing and growing company, ensuring the uptime of various operating environments.
“Thanks to the increased capacity of remote services, the partnership with Ascenty allowed us to expand our customer base by providing us with availability and security, meeting the industry’s evolving technical requirements.”
Renan Flavio Varnier
Technology Leader
MD Systems
- MD Systems needed to guarantee uptime for its customers, making sure they were in a reliable and redundant infrastructure.
- With its colocation and connectivity solutions, Ascenty guaranteed the high-availability environment that MD Systems needed to offer its customers.
- Now the company enjoys all the benefits of a world-class infrastructure, without worrying about the finer details of running a data center.
“Ascenty presented us a flexible business model, in addition to the best Data Center infrastructure that we had the opportunity to visit. And we are even more satisfied because of their staff, who are very attentive and always willing to help develop projects that meet our actual needs.”
Vicente Moredo
Sales Director
Marabraz
- Marabraz needed to migrate its on-premise environment to the cloud, and the biggest challenge was to have a direct, secure and fast connection with that environment.
- With its cloud connect solution, Ascenty connected Marabraz head offices to its entire Oracle cloud environment.
- Now Marabraz has a flexible and scalable environment in the Oracle cloud. In addition, the company relies on maximum security and the lowest latency in the market to connect this environment.
“We chose Ascenty mainly because of their excellent structure, which has been demonstrated during their visits, and because of the trust that their large customers have placed on them. Some of their key differentials include service stability, flexibility and the assurance of a hassle-free handling of issues that demand agility. They really offer superior service, especially when it comes to escalating all the way up to the CEO. This shows how it is a serious company, committed to the success of its clients.”
Gerson Nascimento Junior
IT Infrastructure Manager
Dpaschoal
- Through Colocation solutions at two different data centers, combined with the Connectivity provided by its own optical fiber, Ascenty was charged with keeping DPaschoal’s IT infrastructure up and running.
- The production environment and the disaster environment (DR) were connected through a dedicated L2L link, which also connects the company’s headquarters. There is also a Cloud Connect connection, which physically and directly interconnects the DPaschoal Azure cloud environment.
- With the change in its IT environment, DPaschoal now has a safer and scalable environment.
“We place great trust in the company, which, in addition to the data center solution, also offers a fiber optic network to connect our customers. Everything related to facility access control (physical security), electricity and air conditioning is managed by Ascenty, which brings great peace of mind. We are very satisfied because we haven’t had any issues since we started our partnership.”
Marcos Ap. de Lima
Infrastructure and Information Security Manager
Elekeiroz
- With its Colocation and Connectivity solutions, Ascenty is part of Elekeiroz’s Disaster Recovery Plan.
- The design includes a dedicated and redundant connection (L2L) between the environments where the data is replicated, Colocation – a space for hosting the equipment that supports critical applications and the firewall and switches infrastructure needed to help Elekeiroz implement its recovery plan.
- Now Elekeiroz relies on a disaster-ready redundant operation. Its critical systems are replicated to a data center that follows all the standards and certifications required by the industry.
“We value fast and efficient service, we like to interact and learn from our partners. Ascenty brought these qualities with its services, and over these 5 years of partnership, we feel extremely confident in relying on its services. I recommend Ascenty for the quality they delivered, their after-sales staff and their support, accessibility and value generation. I am grateful for the differentiated service they have provided in all the projects we have done with them. I’m honored to be giving this testimonial.”
Tise Sonoda Fagundez
IT Coordinator
DataSafer
- DataSafer faced the challenge of implementing its own high-quality cloud infrastructure (to match that of leading cloud providers), with few financial resources to start the project.
- Ascenty sealed the strategic partnership by offering competitively priced, world-class data center infrastructure certified by industry-leading institutions, helping the company solidify its position in the cloud sector.
- The flexibility to expand the hosting environment quickly and gradually was another key factor in sustaining DataSafer’s growth in the market.
“The choice of Ascenty as a private cloud infrastructure was supported by Ascenty’s vision for the quality of services, high availability and differentiated customer service. Ascenty combines a reliable operation with a close working relationship to meet our needs. Year after year, DataSafer is increasingly satisfied with having chosen Ascenty as a data center provider and a strategic partner.’
Walber Alexandre
Sales Director
TW Solutions
- TW Solutions faced the challenge of looking for a partner with Tier 3 certified infrastructure, as it was experiencing downtime issues and constant instability in the environment hosted at a competing data center.
- Ascenty made a simple starting offer: Colocation with 25 Mbps of IP bandwidth.
- With the agreement, TW Solutions gained stability and confidence in its environment, which are passed along to its customers by extension.
“What I like most about Ascenty is actually the entire set of benefits they offer. Easy access to activate smart hands services, easy-to-handle emergency activities and a structured process for visiting the data center, in addition to excellent service stability, of course – it has never been down since we acquired the service. These are the reasons why I am 100% satisfied with Ascenty’s services, including their sales support, design and technical implementation.”
Lucas Lobo
Information Technology Coordinator
Vianet Telecom
- Due to its accelerated growth, Vianet Telecom started having issues with its internal infrastructure, and so it started looking for a data center to migrate its environment. The key requirement is that it should focus on the company’s core business: telecom solutions.
- In order to ensure a successful migration, the solution was designed in partnership. At first, integrating the data center with different fiber routes to the old Vianet site, before migrating the environment to the data center.
- After joining forces with Ascenty, Vianet has enjoyed very high availability in its network core and ease of connection, in addition to cost savings with IP traffic for large content providers.
We found Ascenty to be the ideal partner, in that it not only met, but exceeded all technical and contingency requirements defined in our scope. And we couldn’t be any happier with our choice. We consider it to be one of the most relevant strategic decisions when it comes to improving our network. We were able to raise the quality and reliability of our services through our partnership with Ascenty, and it’s been all compliments on their service so far.”
Marcelo Szeer
Planning Director
Environment|ISO 14001
Amidst rising concerns with the destruction of natural areas, higher pollution areas and climate changes, adopting sustainable practices has never been so important. In this sense, Ascenty is a pioneer in its segment: in 2016, it became the first Data Center company to receive the ISO 14001 certification.
The certification is based on the international standard established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It defines the requirements to properly implement and operate a sustainable environmental management system. Companies that adopt this standard invest and contribute to disseminating proper social and environmental practices across a wide range of aspects:
- Environmental quality;
- Corporate social responsibility;
- Occupational health and safety.
Benefits for your company
The ISO 14001 certification attests that Ascenty operates in accordance with applicable laws and with complete respect to the environment, thus contributing towards promoting proper social and environmental quality across the globe.
- Security of having data hosted in Data Centers that use renewable energy;
- Environment designed to detect and eradicate fires with eco-friendly foam;
- Efficiency and real-time monitoring of processes, since all of Ascenty’s processes are duly registered in management tools, based on the Zero Paper program.
Anti-bribery|ISO 37001
Guided by the commitment of conducting business activities in an ethical and professional manner, Ascenty is currently undergoing the ISO 37001 certification process, which is the Anti-Bribery Management System developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
This certification attests to Ascenty’s integrity across all areas of operation, guaranteeing the deployment and application of effective anti-bribery and anti-corruption systems.
Benefits for your company
- Assurance that the company focuses on ensuring honest and ethical business activities;
- Assurance of efficient anti-bribery and anti-corruption controls;
- In addition, this certification reassures Ascenty’s total dedication to operating with integrity and ethics
Energy Management|ISO 50001
Energy is the primary input for the seamless operation of a data center. With that in mind, Ascenty, which has more than 20 high-energy data centers, is focused on ensuring that its systems are energy efficient. The company works to train and empower its technical staff to ensure the continuous improvement of its processes, always in compliance with the applicable legal requirements.
Benefits for your company
- Guarantee that Ascenty is concerned with operating its infrastructure as efficiently as possible.
- The satisfaction of knowing that the highest energy efficiency provides a greener performance.
Information Security|ISO 27001
The growing volume of information available and constant threats to corporate environments require more investment and attention from companies. The ISO 27001 standard was created in this scenario to establish the global standard for Information Security management in IT environments.
The ISO 27001 is granted by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the leading certifying organization in the development and publication of international standards. The ISO defines the proper standard to establish, implement, operate, monitor, review and manage Information Security Management Systems. The ISO 27001 covers more than 100 aspects, such as:
- Information Security Organization and Policies;
- Access Control;
- Encryption;
- Supply Chain;
- Human Resources, among several others.
Benefits for your company
The ISO 27001 certification acknowledges Ascenty’s commitment to protect the strategic value of its customers’ information, across all aspects and stages:
- Reliability – restricting access to information;
- Integrity – ensuring that the original content and characteristics of information are preserved, even when the information is processed;
- Availability – keeping the information always available for its rightful use.
Services|ISO 20000
Finding a reliable partner for your company raises a few questions. This is also true when contracting a Data Center. Will the IT infrastructure available be enough? Is it aligned to the business needs? Do they have proper technical support?
Considering these doubts and uncertainties, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) created the ISO/IEC 20000 certification: the first global standard specifically targeting the quality of IT services. It reassures businessowners that the contracted solutions and/or partners comply with best practices and constantly improve all services offered.
Benefits for your company
- Assurance that all services are standardized and based on best market practices;
- Assurance of efficient control over the quality of contracted services;
- In addition, this certification reassures Ascenty’s total dedication to service each client based on their specific needs.
Financial Transactions|PCI-DDS
The higher the volume of financial transactions, the more attempts of fraud, password theft and other virtual threats. The PCI Security Standards Council was created to tackle these threats: an organization created under an initiative of the payment industry. Its goal is to develop and disseminate security standards regarding data protection.
The PCI standard was created in 2006 by a committee featuring the top credit card brands worldwide. From that point on, the IT environment security requirements to process data from these cards were established. The PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Security Standard) ensures the security of environments and protection of data from credit card transactions
Benefits for your company
With the PCI-DSS certification, Ascenty ensures full compliance with international security requirements to process credit cards, including the protection of credit card data environments against unauthorized access.
Ascenty begins construction of two Data Centers in Mexico
Ascenty, the leading data center company in Latin America, announced the beginning of construction of two sites in Mexico, simultaneously. This expansion consolidates the company’s leading position in the region. With these two new additions, Ascenty will have a total of 22 data centers across three countries, further expanding its ability to meet the needs of national and multinational clients.
Based in the state of Queretaro, the two new data centers should go live in 2021. Each unit covers an area of 24,000 sqm and has a load capacity of 30 MVA. Total investments to build both units amount to $ 300 million.
“Mexico is a promising region for Ascenty’s expansion, and our strategy is always to assess the possibility of building new data centers based on demands that justifies such investment. The facilities in Mexico as well as Chile generate new business opportunities and further expand our reach, consolidating the position of Ascenty and Digital Realty as global leaders in Colocation infrastructure,” said Chris Torto, Ascenty’s CEO.
Ascenty also has an interconnection ecosystem that features 4,500 kilometers of dedicated fiber-optic network, connecting all of the data centers in operation with the world’s leading cloud providers and cable landing stations in Brazil. The company’s facilities are carrier neutral, which allows its customers to connect through any carrier or through its own dedicated network.
Ascenty’s VP of Marketing and Institutional Relations, Roberto Rio Branco, underlines the benefits of being able to rely on Ascenty’s connectivity structure. “Interconnection forces companies to roll out a digital migration process to the cloud. That is the only way they can truly harness the power of features such as remote access, mobility and big data, among other trends, which should account for more than 50% of businesses in a few years.”