Jul, 2001 : Univision Selects Loudcloud to Outsource Web Operations

📅 July 25, 2001 - Loudcloud Inc. (loudcloud.com), a leading managed services provider, today announced that Univision (univision.com), the largest Internet destination for the Spanish speaking community in the United States, has outsourced its Internet operations to Loudcloud.

Univision.com will now be deployed, scaled, managed and monitored using theLoudcloud service, and its Opsware automation technology.
Univision.com provides the Spanish speaking community with the up-to-datenews and proprietary content from the Univision television properties.Univision.com experiences large spikes in traffic, driven by major news andtelevision events. To more effectively handle the traffic load ande-commerce capabilities, Univision.com selected Loudcloud to provide andmanage the supporting Web site infrastructure. Loudcloud's services willsupport Univision.com's ability to scale on demand, as well as to provideusers with a secure, reliable site from which they can purchase.
"Our readers count on Univision.com as a one-stop shop for reliable andconsistent news, information and commerce," said Javier Saralegui, UnivisionOnline's president & COO. Loudcloud's technical expertise and Opswaretechnology allow us to provide a consistently high-quality experience to ourusers, whether they are reading the latest news, viewing content fromtelevision shows, or making purchases on the site."
Loudcloud's Opsware automation technology provides the foundation forLoudcloud's managed Internet infrastructure services. Opsware captures andmanages the numerous pieces of information, decisions and processes requiredto deploy, manage and grow an Internet infrastructure.
"Our services offering, based on Opsware technology's capabilities, fillsUnivision's need to scale their Web site as news and sales dictates, withoutmanaging the dramatic and inefficient expense of purchasing and running thesite's underlying infrastructure themselves," said Ben Horowitz, CEO andco-founder of Loudcloud.

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