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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday August 30, 2008 - 33 BUSINESS PROFILE Blink Communications Celebrating 10 years of continued success at high speeds Over the past 10 years as Oakville itself has been progressively developing, so has its industries. One such organization that has come a long way within the past ten years, Blink Communications. What started out as a niche facilities-based, high speed data communications service provider has now grown to become the provider of choice for some of North America's largest organizations. Based in Oakville, Blink enjoys continuous growth and market expansion both organically and through acquisitions. Acquiring the telecom assets of Enersource (Hydro Mississauga) in 2006, along with the more recent acquisition of Milton Hydro Telecom's assets, Blink has poised itself with a foothold within some of the fastest growing regions in Ontario. Blink had realized early on from its customer base that there was a trend towards a more responsive and accountable service provider. An interesting and sometimes overlooked means of ensuring success is the interactivity with those willing to buy your services. As a business services provider solely concentrating its efforts exclusively to the business market, Blink took on the challenge of responding to such an invaluable source. In doing so, Blink has developed and deployed a consultative proactive approach to the market. Providing efficient and scalable data solutions that allow their customers the ability to grow as they go rather than growing into a predetermined service that offers the provider greater efficiencies. What also sets them apart, they allow their customers to contact specific individuals that would otherwise be hidden or sheltered in similar competing provider environments. Strong insights and understanding of pending trends in the areas of business continuity and disaster recovery lead Blink to build out a completely separate fibre optic network and datacenter from that of the larger carriers. "Our tailored approach to network services continues to generate interest from organizations of all sizes." Says Troy Hare, President and COO, Blink Communications Inc. "Not only for the speed and reliability with which we deliver our services, but also for our commitment to working with existing and prospective customers on solutions that are specific to their needs." Continuous requests from their customer base has also seen Blink build a data centre right here in Oakville. A data center is a site that allows organizations to rent cabinets or caged floor space to house their networking equipment and/or mission critical servers as part of their business continuity planning. Providing backup power, extensive cooling and redundant network connectivity in a single, secure location. The newly renovated facility has also been in demand for those companies looking to leave the congestion prevalent of the downtown Toronto core. "Most companies want the ability to access their equipment and remote sites in an expedient manner" contributes Terry Crawford, Director of Facilities and Infrastructure, Blink Communications." A place that is geographically far enough away from the core in the event of a mishap and relatively easy to get to for immediate access to critical data. "Our tailored approach to network services continues to generate interest from organizations of all sizes. Not only for the speed and reliability with which we deliver our services, but also for our commitment to working with existing and prospective customers on solutions that are specific to their needs." -Troy Hare, President and COO, Blink Communications Inc. In essence, creating a natural diverse solution for those companies looking to ensure continuity in their data communications in the event of mishap of any nature. With over 1000km of diverse fibre optic routes and a state of the art network, Blink provides companies with data solutions as part of their primary needs or as part of their redundancy strategy. Blink Communications 1-877-BLINK-IP or 905-825-4421 · www.blink.ca · 861 Redwood Square, Oakville Better Broadband for Business Dedicated Business Internet Co-location - Disaster Recovery Solutions Ethernet - Private Line - WDM