NextLevel Internet Expands Executive Management Team

NextLevel Internet, Inc., a leader in mission-critical Internet access and hosted voice services, today announced that the company has expanded its executive management team with two new key appointments for inside sales engineering manager and channel development manager.

NextLevel Internet increased its employee count by 26 percent last year and achieved its most profitable and successful year since the company was founded in 1999. To support this progression, NextLevel Internet has brought in two seasoned veterans to manage this expanded workforce as the company continues to grow its IT focused operation.

Al Allen has been promoted from business development executive to inside sales engineering manager. Having worked at NextLevel Internet for the previous three years, Mr. Allen brings over 20 years of telecommunications, technology management and sales experience. In his new position, Mr. Allen will focus his talents on supporting a sales engineer team determined to deliver unparalleled customer service, support and strategy for companies that rely on NextLevel Internet’s mission-critical Internet and hosted phone solutions.

“Al joined NextLevel Internet in February 2009 as an outside sales and business development executive for the Los Angeles and Orange County markets,” said Jerry Morris, founder of NextLevel Internet, Inc. “His in depth knowledge of NextLevel Internet’s services and client-focused culture made him the easy choice to come in, develop and run the sales engineer team. His previous management experience and style is a perfect complement to NextLevel Internet’s ongoing objectives.”

Mickey Chapatte is joining the NextLevel Internet team as the channel development manager. Mr. Chapatte brings with him over 25 years of proven telecommunications experience a director of channel management, direct sales and marketing. His previous experience provides a proactive, relationship-oriented approach that has generated record breaking growth by penetrating new markets and creating new strategic partnerships while at TelePacific, Nextlink, Internap and Cable & Wireless.

“Mickey brings with him a new focus and dynamic to NextLevel Internet with his stellar track record of building successful relationships, developing reseller channels and a ‘never quit’ attitude,” said Morris. “As NextLevel Internet expands, so does the need to increase our reach to new audiences and vertical markets. Mickey will be instrumental in guiding this process, while crafting strong, long term relationships to support our channel program and partners.”

For organizations that would like to request more information on NextLevel Internet’s business-to-business co-location, Internet, hosted voice, and managed data services, please visit www.nextlevelinternet.com.

 

Data Privacy Day and Thoughts from a Security CEO

January 28^th is the annual Data Privacy Day.  Data Privacy Day is an international celebration designed to promote awareness about privacy and education about best privacy practices.

Stina Ehrensvard, CEO for Yubico shares her thoughts on the importance of this day.

“The Internet was designed for sharing, not security. As we have moved our business, e-governments and social lives online, and as these digital services become more and more sophisticated, so do fraudsters. Online identity theft is today the fastest going crime, with trillions of dollars in yearly losses.

However, just as the safety belt for cars was not adopted in larger scale until it was a simple one second procedure, users will not adopt online identity protection if it is too complicated to use. And just as your driver license verifies your identity across multiple services, a secure and simple identity and authentication method that can be re-used across the range of Internet services will be needed for mass implementation. White House Initiative National Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) could make a difference here, driving mass implementation of online identity protection for US citizens and services, based on open identity standards and new authentication technologies.”

 

Data Locker DL3 USB 3.0 AES Encrypted Portable Hard Drive Debuts at 2011 CES

Data Locker Inc. (www.lockerdrive.com), a leading developer of encrypted data storage products, announced the new Data Locker DL3,  encrypted USB 3.0 portable hard drive at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.   Data Locker DL3 is billed as the most secure portable hard drive in the industry due to its 256 bit AES XTS mode full drive encryption, two factor authentication and patented touch screen authentication panel. 

The Data Locker DL3 builds on the success of Data Locker’s previous award winning personal secured storage devices that feature an enhanced touch screen, secure external USB hard drive with PIN-only access.  The encryption and data management is performed at the device level and is completely platform and operating system independent, eliminating the need for any software and drivers.

“We’ve had considerable success with our Data Locker secure portable hard drives with the federal government and in business environments that require an easy to use and implement portable data security solution which is compatible with all operating systems and environments” said Jay Kim, Founder and COO, Data Locker.  “By launching the DL3 at CES, we believe there are a significant number of customers who can appreciate the amazing simplicity of our approach to securing their portable data.”

Additional features of Data Locker 3 include:

• SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface
• 256 bit AES XTS mode crypto engine
• Absolutely no drivers or software
• Two factor authentication with option RFID mode
• Up to 1 TB storage capacity
• Rapid key zeroization for secure redeployment
• Multi-lingual user interface
• Firmware-based anti-malware protection
• Self-destruct mode for brute force attack defense
• Randomized keypad to eliminate fingerprint-lifting and shoulder hacks
• Tamper evident enclosure
• Shock and drop resistant

Pricing and Availability

The Data Locker DL3 pricing starts at $299 and is available in 500GB, 1TB and 128GB SSD capacities.  The unit will be available in March 2011.

Based in Overland Park, Kansas, Data Locker has developed a strong track record of combining the convenience of portable external storage devices with enhanced data security features.  Data Locker products are easy-to-use storage devices perfect for storing sensitive or confidential data, all with the assurance of a secure touch screen interface.  These devices insure that all data on the hard drive is completely protected from unauthorized access should the external drive get lost or stolen.

Demonstrations of Data Locker DL3 will be at the company’s booth #31849 in the South Hall on the Upper Level of the Hilton Las Vegas Convention Center.