Savvis Meets European Cloud Infrastructure Demand Through UK Data Centre Expansion
By Savvis Inc., PRNETuesday, April 27, 2010
20m pounds Sterling investment in Slough data centre expansion for enterprise cloud computing and IT infrastructure services
ST. LOUIS, April 28, 2010 - Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in cloud infrastructure and
hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced the 20 million pounds
Sterling expansion of its Slough data centre in the UK. The development is
expected to meet growing European demand for its cloud computing and IT
infrastructure services and also comes in anticipation of the Savvis Symphony
Virtual Private Data Centre (VPDC) launch in Europe later this year.
The ISO 27001 accredited facility will be expanded by 20,000 square feet
of saleable data centre space. The development will be completed in September
2010 and will result in a total of 43,000 square feet of saleable data centre
floor space.
Savvis has a global data centre footprint of approximately 1.4 million
square feet of raised floor space, encompassing 28 data centres worldwide,
three of which are in the UK. The new expansion is one of four worldwide that
are expected to be completed in 2010.
The Slough facility currently offers Savvis Symphony Open, its public
cloud solution, which is the second cloud solution available from the Slough
data centre. It complements the broad portfolio of managed and virtualised
hosting, private cloud, and network services that Savvis currently provides
to enterprises and the public sector. In addition, Savvis offers proximity
hosting for the financial community.
"Following a rise in enterprise adoption of managed hosting services in
Europe, we are now experiencing increasing demand for both private and public
cloud infrastructure services," said Brian Klingbeil, managing director EMEA
for Savvis. "From our highly secure data centre in Slough, European customers
can access some of the industry's highest levels of IT infrastructure
flexibility - from colocation and managed hosting to cloud computing and
network services. This breadth and depth of solutions continues to attract
enterprise customers into our Slough facility," added Klingbeil.
The full suite of Savvis Symphony offerings, including VPDC, is expected
to be available in the UK in the third quarter of this year through the
company's data centre in Slough. With Symphony VPDC, Savvis will be
introducing one of the industry's first enterprise-grade VPDC solutions with
multi-tiered security and Quality of Service levels.
Globally, Savvis operates a Tier 1 application transport network and was
positioned as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and
Cloud Infrastructure (on Demand), 2009, which can be accessed at
www.savvis.net/magicquadrantleader.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Savvis Symphony Open offers customer organisations the freedom to choose
a "right-sized" compute environment via a purchase-by-the-instance cost model
and flexible month-to-month terms for each instance. This is a true utility
computing environment, where customer teams can control an agile
infrastructure themselves through the SavvisStation Portal, deploying
resources as required in a matter of minutes, scaling resource up and down as
required to match business demand.
About Savvis
Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS) is a global leader in cloud infrastructure
and hosted IT solutions for enterprises. More than 2,500 unique customers,
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.
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 realised for any particular customer. Savvis assumes no
obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements.
Elizabeth Shumacker, International Marketing Director, Savvis, Inc., +44-118-322-6000, elizabeth.shumacker at savvis.net; or Sue Lynn Goh of Ogilvy PR Worldwide, +44-(0)-207-309-1016, savvisuk at uk.ogilvypr.com for Savvis, Inc.
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