Cloud Computing Confidence Expected to Drive Economic Growth, According to Global Savvis Study

More Than Two-Thirds of IT Decision Makers Say Cloud Computing Could Help Businesses Recover from Economic Downturn

ST. LOUIS, July 21, 2010 - The flexibility of cloud computing could help organizations recover from
the current global economic downturn, according to 68 percent of IT and
businesses decision makers who participated in an annual study commissioned
by Savvis, Inc. (www.savvis.net) (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in
cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises.

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Vanson Bourne, an international research firm, surveyed more than 600 IT
and business decision makers across the United States, United Kingdom and
Singapore, revealing an underlying pressure to do more with less budget (the
biggest issue facing organizations, cited by 54 percent of respondents) and
demand for lower cost, more flexible IT provisioning.

The study, in its second year, reveals that IT decision makers are
confident in cloud computing's ability to deliver budget savings. Commercial
and public sector respondents predict cloud use will decrease IT budgets by
an average of 15 percent, with some respondents expecting savings of more
than 40 percent.

"Flexibility and pay-as-you-go elasticity are driving many of our clients
toward cloud computing," said Bryan Doerr, chief technology officer at
Savvis. "However, it's important, especially for our large enterprise
clients, to work with an IT provider that not only delivers cost savings, but
also tightly integrates technologies, applications and infrastructure on a
global scale."

A lack of access to IT capacity is clearly identified as a barrier to
business progress, with 76 percent of business decision makers reporting they
have been prevented from developing or piloting projects due to the cost or
constraints within IT. For 55 percent of respondents, this remains an issue.

Global research highlights indicate that:

    - Confidence in cloud continues to grow - 96 percent of IT decision
      makers are as confident or more confident in cloud computing being
      enterprise ready now than they were in 2009.
    - 70 percent of IT decision makers are using or plan to be using
      enterprise-class cloud within two years.
    - Singapore is leading the shift to cloud, with 76 percent of responding
      organizations using cloud computing. The U.S. follows with 66 percent,
      with the U.K. at 57 percent.
    - The ability to scale resources up and down in order to manage
      fluctuating business demand was the most cited benefit influencing
      cloud adoption in the U.S. (30 percent) and Singapore (42 percent). The
      top factor driving U.K. adoption is lower cost of total ownership (41
      percent).
    - Security concerns remain a key barrier to cloud adoption, with 52
      percent of respondents who do not use cloud citing security of
      sensitive data as a concern. Yet 73 percent of all respondents want
      cloud providers to fully manage security or to fully manage security
      while allowing configuration change requests from the client.
    - Seventy-nine percent of IT decision makers see cloud as a
      straightforward way to integrate with corporate systems.

A copy of the Rising to the Challenge IT decision maker report can be
found at savvis.itleadership.info/. Details about the Savvis Symphony
suite of cloud services can be found at www.savvisknowscloud.com.

About Savvis

Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS) is a global leader in cloud infrastructure
and hosted IT solutions for enterprises. More than 2,500 unique clients,
including 30 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500, use Savvis to
reduce capital expense, improve service levels and harness the latest
advances in cloud computing. For more information, please visit
www.savvis.net.

About the survey

This independent survey was commissioned by Savvis and carried out with
456 chief information officers, chief technology officers, IT directors and
heads of IT and 202 chief executive officers, managing directors, directors
and senior managers of global mid-size and large organizations based in the
United Kingdom, Singapore and United States. The research was conducted by
Vanson Bourne, a research-based technology marketing consultancy. This year's
study also surveyed 202 senior business decision makers from U.K.- and
U.S.-based organizations. Both elements used an online fieldwork methodology,
and all research carried out by Vanson Bourne adheres to the latest MRS Code
of Conduct. Demographic detailing respondent communities includes industry
sector, country in which the respondents were based and size of business.

Media, Allan Edwards, +44(0)207-309-1012, or Sue Lynn Goh, +44(0)207-309-1016, both of Ogilvy PR Worldwide (U.K.), savvisuk at uk.ogivypr.com; or Justin Lopinot, Public Relations Manager, +1-314-628-7053, justin.lopinot at savvis.net, or Michelle Hoyle, International Marketing Director, +44(0)118-322-6378, michelle.hoyle at savvis.net, or Peggy Reilly Tharp, Investor Relations, +1-314-628-7491, peggy.tharp at savvis.net, all of Savvis, Inc.