Savvis Expands Chicago Data Center
By Savvis Inc., PRNETuesday, February 2, 2010
Electronic Trading, Thomson Reuters Collaboration and Hosting Demand Fueling Growth
CHICAGO, February 3 - Responding to growing customer demand in electronic trading and for
access to financial markets and internet infrastructure services, Savvis,
Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), today announced that it is expanding one of its two
premier Chicago data centers.
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To serve new and existing clients, Savvis will add approximately 10,000
square feet of raised floor space to its Cermak Road facility in downtown
Chicago. The data center will subsequently feature 200 watts per square foot
of power.
The expansion serves growing demand from financial customers interested
in hosting their trading applications in close proximity to major derivatives
markets via Savvis. Customers can also connect to the facility with
world-class Ethernet network services, using Savvis' Exchange Express
service.
Savvis' expanded Chicago facility will encompass approximately 30,000
square feet of raised floor and enable access to key execution venues, such
as the CME Group, among others. It will also serve as one of the global
delivery points for the Thomson Reuters Hosting Solution, which is initially
being offered in six Savvis data centers (announced October 5, 2009).
The expanded facility offers a full portfolio of technology-agnostic
managed hosting and network services, including colocation, virtualized
utility services and managed security services, in addition to proximity
hosting. Customers will also be able to take advantage of Savvis' Application
Transport Network (ATN), which enables optimized network performance,
scalability and delivery.
"Chicago is an important financial center, and we are pleased to meet
existing demand and expand our proximity hosting and IT infrastructure
services on East Cermak," said Varghese Thomas, global head of financial
services for Savvis. "The financial services industry is increasingly moving
toward converged solutions featuring high-availability application hosting
and world-class network access for the leading global trading venues and
liquidity pools across all asset classes."
The expanded Chicago data center adds to Savvis' existing portfolio of
managed IT infrastructure services for the financial industry. Savvis offers
secure, high-availability, direct connectivity to hundreds of exchange feeds
and other execution venues around the world, such as NASDAQ(R), BATS Global
Markets and the London Stock Exchange. For more information on Savvis
financial services visit www.savvis.net/financial.
Savvis currently operates 28 data centers globally, with more than 1.4
million square feet of high-quality, raised floor space, which is designed to
support enterprise IT operations. In addition, Savvis is positioned as a
leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure
(on Demand), 2009 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% 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.
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
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