| The Santa Barbara Technology 
              Group is a state-of-the-art business greenhouse located in Santa 
              Barbara, California.  The 40,000 square foot facility provides 
              its high-tech tenants with fast Internet connectivity, flexible 
              web hosting, office, and executive services, and a unique collaborative 
              atmosphere. Geared for early-phase technology start-ups, SBTG is 
              a cost-effective way for  small groups to launch big ideas. 
             Supplied with dual OC-12 
              fiber feeds from Cox and Time Warner, the  building can accommodate 
              even high-bandwidth Internet applications, such as video conferencing 
              and realtime imaging. BeckNet provides high-speed Internet service 
              over secure Ethernet VLANs to all tenants, but tenants can also 
              order services directly from any upstream provider. .  The building's vaulted 
              ceilings and open ladder rack cabling system are both aesthetically 
              pleasing and functional. An advanced Avaya Definity phone switch 
              provides advanced telephone capabilities for all tenants, and an 
              environmentally conditioned server room securely houses tenant host 
              systems.  BeckNet supports the facility 
              with 24x7 network monitoring and trouble handling, and provides 
              network engineering services to many of the tenants. (Visit 
              the SBTG home page)  |