ASE Labs
Welcome Guest. Please register or log in now. There are 70 people online (0 Friends).
  • Home
  • Articles
  • News
  • Forum
  • Register/Login

Halyard Capital Launches Digital Fortress

Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 8:49:01 AM
Halyard Capital Launches Digital Fortress

New Data Center Colocation Platform Established to Consolidate Pacific Northwest

NEW YORK, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Halyard Capital, a New York-based private equity firm, announces the formation of Digital Fortress, a new data center colocation platform, along with two initial acquisitions of digital.forest, Inc. and Fortress Colocation Services. Headquartered in Seattle, Digital Fortress capitalizes on the underserved market of regional small to medium sized enterprises seeking to enhance their overall IT infrastructure capabilities through outsourcing with colocation service providers. The company is also well-positioned to meet the growing demand among national corporations for data centers that have access to abundant low-cost electricity with a high concentration of renewable energy.

Recognizing the favorable industry secular trends of: i) supply/demand imbalance; ii) IT outsourcing; iii) growth in Internet traffic and bandwidth demand; and iv) an increased focus on disaster recovery and regulatory demands, Halyard has been proactively pursuing investment opportunities within the IT Infrastructure & Services sector. Halyard has significant experience with data center infrastructure and IP networking solutions businesses, having previously been an investor in Inflow Communications.  Inflow managed data centers that provided colocation services and other value-added network services, and was ultimately acquired by SunGard Data Systems. The creation of Digital Fortress leverages Halyard's data center industry expertise and represents the culmination of this multi-year investment initiative effort. Furthermore, this is a continuation of Halyard's investment strategy of combining research-driven thesis formulation with deep sector expertise and an extensive executive network to create buy-and-build platforms.

"During the past few years, we have seen increasing demand in the market for high quality, power dense colocation services, driven by significant growth in digital information and enterprise migration towards IT outsourcing, as well as fundamental advancements in computing technologies, which Digital Fortress is uniquely positioned to deliver," said Robert Pistilli, Vice President at Halyard Capital.

Digital Fortress also serves as a platform for consolidating the highly fragmented data center marketplace in the Pacific Northwest and for select organic new data center build or refurbishment opportunities. The company is currently evaluating the refurbishment of an existing data center space located in downtown Seattle, which would provide Digital Fortress customers with multi-site data center redundancy and increased growth capacity.

Halyard is partnering with Meritage Funds and Sweetwater Capital in forming Digital Fortress, with Mark Hughes, former Chief Financial Officer of Inflow Communications and Executive Vice President of Operations at SunGard Availability Services, serving as Executive Chairman.

"Digital Fortress will differentiate its service offering by delivering high-density power applications serviced with a highly efficient and effective operating model," said Mark Hughes. "We believe this model will deliver best-in-class infrastructure solutions comparable to nationally recognized competitors, but at a more attractive value to customers."

About Halyard Capital

Halyard Capital is a New York-based private equity firm with over $600 million of capital under management, focused on leveraged buyout and growth equity investment opportunities within the media, communications and business services industries. The firm has extensive experience and a proven track record within these sectors, having invested in businesses that include Inflow Communications, EducationDynamics, Engauge, HCPro, NETGEAR, Presidio Networks, TRANZACT and Practice Insight. Additional information regarding Halyard's strategy, principals and investments can be found at http://www.halyard.com.

About Digital Fortress

Digital Fortress, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise colocation and related services to large and medium-sized enterprise customers. The Company operates two data center facilities, principally located in the Pacific Northwest, drawing on the region's low-cost, high-renewable energy content power sources. Digital Fortress specializes in serving customers with high-density power information technology applications.

SOURCE  Halyard Capital

Halyard Capital

CONTACT: James Coronios, +1-646-460-8936, jcorornios@hlgrp.com

Web Site: http://www.halyard.com
 
Print This Entry
Tags PR Press Release
Related Articles
  • Huntkey Has Launched Its New Power Strips with USB Chargers on Amazon US
  • Inspur Releases TensorFlow-Supported FPGA Compute Acceleration Engine TF2
  • Hot Pepper Introduces Spicy New Smartphones in US Markets
  • Sharp Introduces New Desktop Printers For The Advanced Office
  • DJI Introduces Mavic 2 Pro And Mavic 2 Zoom: A New Era For Camera Drones
Login
Welcome Guest. Please register or log in now.
Forgot your password?
Navigation
  • Home
  • Articles
  • News
  • Register/Login
  • Shopping
  • ASE Forums
  • Anime Threads
  • HardwareLogic
  • ASE Adnet
Latest News
  • Kingston HyperX Cloud 2 Pro Gaming Headset Unboxing
  • Synology DS415+ Unboxing
  • D-Link DCS-5020L Wireless IP Pan/Tilt IP Camera
  • Actiontec WiFi Powerline Network Extender Kit Unboxing
  • Durovis Dive Unboxing
  • Bass Egg Verb Unboxing
  • Welcome to the new server
  • Gmail Gets Optional Preview Pane
  • HBO Go on Consoles
  • HP Touchpad Update
Latest Articles
  • D-Link Exo AC2600 Smart Mesh Wi-Fi Router DIR-2660-US
  • HyperX Double Shot PBT Keys
  • Avantree ANC032 Wireless Active Noise Cancelling Headphones
  • ScharkSpark Beginner Drones
  • HyperX Alloy FPS RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
  • D-Link DCS-8300LH Full HD 2-Way Audio Camera
  • Contour Unimouse Wireless Ergonomic Mouse
  • HyperX Cloud Alpha Pro Gaming Headset
  • Linksys Wemo Smart Home Suite
  • Fully Jarvis Adjustable Standing Desk
Latest Topics
  • Hello
  • Welcome to the new server at ASE Labs
  • Evercool Royal NP-901 Notebook Cooler at ASE Labs
  • HyperX Double Shot PBT Keys at ASE Labs
  • Avantree ANC032 Wireless Active Noise Cancelling Headphones at ASE Labs
  • ScharkSpark Beginner Drones at ASE Labs
  • HyperX Alloy FPS RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard at ASE Labs
  • D-Link DCS-8300LH Full HD 2-Way Audio Camera at ASE Labs
  • Kingston SDX10V/128GB SDXC Memory at ASE Labs
  • What are you listening to now?
  • Antec Six Hundred v2 Gaming Case at HardwareLogic
  • Sans Digital TR5UTP 5-Bay RAID Tower at HardwareLogic
  • Crucial Ballistix Smart Tracer 6GB PC3-12800 BL3KIT25664ST1608OB at HardwareLogic
  • Cooler Master Storm Enforcer Mid-Tower Gaming Case at HardwareLogic
  • Arctic M571-L Gaming Laser Mouse at ASE Labs
  • Contour Unimouse Wireless Ergonomic Mouse at ASE Labs
Advertisement
Advertisement
Press Release
  • Huntkey Has Launched Its New Power Strips with USB Chargers on Amazon US
  • Inspur Releases TensorFlow-Supported FPGA Compute Acceleration Engine TF2
  • Hot Pepper Introduces Spicy New Smartphones in US Markets
  • Sharp Introduces New Desktop Printers For The Advanced Office
  • DJI Introduces Mavic 2 Pro And Mavic 2 Zoom: A New Era For Camera Drones
  • DJI Introduces Mavic 2 Pro And Mavic 2 Zoom: A New Era For Camera Drones
  • Fujifilm launches "instax SQUARE SQ6 Taylor Swift Edition", designed by instax global partner Taylor Swift
  • Huawei nova 3 With Best-in-class AI Capabilities Goes on Sale Today
  • Rand McNally Introduces Its Most Advanced Dashboard Camera
  • =?UTF-8?Q?My_Size_to_Showcase_Its_MySizeId=E2=84=A2_Mobil?= =?UTF-8?Q?e_Measurement_Technology_at_CurvyCon_NYC?=
Home - ASE Publishing - About Us
© 2010 Aron Schatz (ASE Publishing) [Queries: 16 (8 Cached)] [Rows: 292 Fetched: 35] [Page Generation time: 0.010722875595093]