Cisco and Savvis to launch next-generation network for enterprise applications
December 20, 2006
SAN JOSE, Calif. and ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Cisco® (NASDAQ: CSCO) and SAVVIS, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS), a global leader in IT infrastructure services for business applications, today announced an agreement to enable deployment of a next-generation Internet Protocol (IP) network based on Cisco products and services. This new network will enhance SAVVIS' global application infrastructure and expand SAVVIS' ability to deliver "IT-Infrastructure-as-a-Service" through:
Integration of network and hosting infrastructures tuned to the unique needs of individual applications;
An architected service provider model that connects network and hosting services to virtualized applications, policy decisions and automated management and provisioning systems;
Rapid provisioning of new network-based high-availability services such as business continuity systems, packet-flow optimization with "bursting" capacity, and managed security services;
MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) core services combined with high-speed Metro-Ethernet access;
End-to-end monitoring and management resulting in application-specific service-level guarantees; and Pay-as-you-go managed utility services.
"The concept of a global, high speed, QoS sensitive, interconnected IT infrastructure is something that the IT industry is embracing," said Melanie Posey, Research Director at IDC. "The integration of SAVVIS' global networking and hosting infrastructures creates the type of service-oriented architecture needed to support the high performance, high availability application delivery environments that business and government enterprises increasingly require."
Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO)
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