Feb 14, 2008 : Q9 Networks Hosts Wal-Mart Canada

📅 February 14, 2008 - Managed hosting and data center infrastructure provider Q9 Networks (q9.com -> equinix.com) announced on Tuesday that it has been selected to provide a fully managed hosting solution for Wal-Mart Canada's website (walmart.ca).


Wal-Mart Canada's website offers descriptions and pricing for more than 5,000 items carried in-store and has up to four million visitors per month during peak periods. Q9's hosting solution consists of servers, firewalls, tape back-ups and managed bandwidth, ensuring the around the clock security, reliability and performance of the Wal-Mart Canada site, says the company.

Q9 designs, builds and operates its data centers to meet the most demanding IT infrastructure requirements, including the increased power and cooling demands of today's high density computing devices. Customers connect to the Internet via Q9's unique network and are protected by Q9's 100 percent, SLA-backed uptime guarantees on both power and network availability. Customer equipment and data center environmental parameters are monitored around the clock by Q9's Control Centre, staffed by experts versed in all aspects of IT and facilities management.

"We are delighted to have been chosen by Wal-Mart, one of Canada's top retailers and a company that is known for striving to be the best in everything it does," says Osama Arafat, CEO of Q9 Networks. "Our data center services are designed with exactly this type of customer in mind. We look forward to providing Wal-Mart with the robust and secure infrastructure it needs to ensure high-availability."