Savvis and Cisco Deliver Private Clouds for the Enterprise

Expanded go-to-market strategy features private clouds and the selection of Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) powering Savvis Symphony

ST. LOUIS, December 7 - Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in outsourced Internet
infrastructure services for the enterprise, and Cisco today announced an
expanded relationship focused on the development of private clouds for the
enterprise.

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Savvis will integrate the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) as the
cornerstone of Savvis Symphony, Savvis' next-generation private clouds
platform, previously dubbed Project Spirit, that will power the industry's
first enterprise-class Virtual Private Data Center (VPDC) with multi-tiered
security and quality of service capabilities. Cisco UCS unites computational,
network, storage access, and virtualization into a scalable, modular
architecture that is managed as a single system.

The Cisco Unified Service Delivery solution optimally utilizes pools of
resources within any given data center and applies them to any service
offering as well as interconnects data center islands to further combine
resources, which can significantly reduce capital and operational costs.
Savvis is using the Cisco Unified Service Delivery solution for service
delivery which combines the Cisco UCS architecture with the Cisco Nexus
solutions, ACE and MPLS next-generation network.

As part of an expanded go-to-market strategy, Savvis and Cisco are also
working together to deliver managed IT infrastructure solutions and
enterprise private clouds. The companies have collaborated on the development
of a reference architecture that will help enable enterprises' customers to
take advantage of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) benefits available in
Savvis Symphony. This architecture was tested and validated end to end in
Cisco's labs, which should enable Savvis to quickly bring these services to
market.

"Savvis is one of the first service providers to deliver private cloud
and Cisco Unified Computing System benefits to the enterprise," said Rob
Lloyd, executive vice president of worldwide operations, Cisco. "The Cisco
Unified Computing System is a key element in the Cisco service provider
portfolio, which is evolving the data center to a more consolidated,
virtualized and automated environment that lays the foundation for cloud
computing. We are working closely to support Savvis and Savvis Symphony to
provide our mutual customers with cloud IT infrastructure services based on
Cisco's Unified Service Delivery architecture."

"The market for IT infrastructure is undergoing profound change as
virtualization and new technologies impact cost strategies and alignment with
the business," said Phil Koen, chief executive officer, Savvis, Inc.
"Enterprises want all the benefits of cloud computing, but acquiring,
integrating and managing the new technologies is not for everyone. We look
forward to working with Cisco's global sales force experts with deep
experience in virtualization and Cisco technologies, with a unified vision of
private clouds for the enterprise."

Today's announcement of Cisco UCS being selected for Savvis Symphony
builds on the progressive relationship Savvis has had with Cisco in providing
managed IT infrastructure solutions since 2006. Savvis is using Cisco's
Unified Service Delivery architecture for key elements of service delivery
which also includes the following solutions:

    -- Savvis selecting the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, Cisco ACE blade and
       Firewall Services Module to deliver virtualized network infrastructure
       for its next-generation hosted area network architecture;
    -- Cisco and Savvis announcing Savvis' global next-generation MPLS
       network that unified Savvis' data center infrastructure and management
       systems enhancing Savvis' ability to deliver IT IaaS; and
    -- Savvis announcing the Cisco Nexus 5000 and 7000 Series switches
       serving as the virtualized network backbone for the VPDCs powered by
       Savvis Symphony, along with the Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch with VN-Link
       technology enabling virtual machines and network connectivity to be
       seamlessly linked.

Savvis operates a global tier one application transport network and 28
data centers globally encompassing more than 1.4 million square feet of
raised floor space designed to support enterprise IT operations. In addition,
Savvis was recently positioned as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for
Web Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure (on Demand), 2009, and can be accessed
at www.savvis.net/magicquadrantleader

About Savvis

Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS) is a global leader in outsourced internet
infrastructure services for the enterprise. More than 4,000 customers,
including 40 percent 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 about Savvis, visit
www.savvis.net

About Cisco

Cisco, (NASDAQ: CSCO), is the worldwide leader in networking that
transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about
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newsroom.cisco.com.

Savvis Forward-Looking Statements

This document may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may
differ materially from Savvis' expectations. Certain factors that could
affect actual results are set forth as risk factors in Savvis' SEC reports
and filings, including its annual report on Form 10-K and all subsequent
filings as well as the risk that potential product cost and performance
benefits may not be realized for any particular customer. Savvis assumes no
obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements.

Carter Cromley of Savvis, Inc., +1-703-667-6110, carter.cromley at savvis.net; or David Friedman of Ogilvy PR Worldwide, +1-303-634-2674, david.friedman at ogilvypr.com