Officials at DEXAGON Inc., a Canada-based company with roots as a hosting facility, have found that success can be achieved through diversification.
In its six years in existence, the company has evolved into a network solutions provider and leading hosting service supplier. In recent months, with a familiarity of the needs and issues facing interactive gaming, the company has looked to increase its market share within the industry and become a leading supplier for online casinos and sports books.
The Company
DEXAGON was founded in 1997 and has established itself as a leading network and Internet services provider in Canada. The company began as a network and engineering company, but grew to meet the demands of its global clients that require co-location and managed hosting solutions. The company's background in managed hosting services, security and disaster recovery gives it additional expertise in ensuring that gaming servers are continuously up and running.
The company's multiple points of presence in the greater Toronto area allow it to offer a range of custom solutions, like load balancing and fail-over services. Their multi-homed network connects to multiple tier-one providers supplying robust and reliable hosting facilities.
DEXAGON serves a broad client base in a variety of sectors, including real estate, advertising and media, the gaming industry, retail, and arts and education. Solutions they've provided range from full network design (from LANs to WANs to network upgrades), IT support and security assessment to Internet-based services like connectivity, managed hosting, mail server solutions and Web-based mail.
The group is targeting the gaming industry through custom-managed hosting and mail-server solutions.
The Products
DEXAGON provides a range of support and services--all of which can be customized for interactive gaming companies.
The company made substantial investments, and continues to make significant investments, in hardware, software and people to ensure quality service. The firm's technical, administrative and sales staffs work together to meet and exceed the requirements of business clients. Using a team-based service approach has enabled the group to develop strong partnerships with both clients and suppliers.
The company is committed to assisting clients in making their network and the Internet strategic and competitive business tools. Its range of solutions for network design, security, IT support and Internet services are aimed to help businesses succeed in the digital economy. With its offerings in high-end network consultation to customized security and disaster recovery plans, the company considers itself a complete source for network and Internet solutions.
Solutions offered by DEXAGON include:
- managed hosting services with 24/7 monitoring of connectivity and on-site technical support, server rental and management of hardware, operating system and applications;
- unlimited bandwidth speeds starting at 1M;
- bandwidth that can be burstable or limited;
- unlimited data transfer;
- firewall services;
- failover and load balancing services that can be provided within and between each DEXAGON POP or between the group's primary POP and an outside global location;
- setup of Telnet and VPNs;
- disaster recovery plans;
- data backup services;
- traffic analysis reports; and
- mail servers
The Future
Officials with DEXAGON say the company is always expanding its products and services and exploring other ways to customize solutions for its clients. The company has proceeded with an approach that takes a unique look at each client's requirements and creates a customized plan to meet those requirements.
A key part of the company's growth will focus on increasing its market share within the interactive gaming community.