Mar 5, 2009 : Savvis to Host Hallmark.com

📅 March 5, 2009 - IT infrastructure services provider Savvis (savvis.net 👉 Total Reviews: 3
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Under the agreement, Savvis provides Hallmark.com with a managed IT infrastructure and web hosting solution consisting of virtualized compute and storage services and managed network and security services, deployed and managed by Savvis.

Hallmark is the world's largest producer of greeting cards, with nearly 16,000 full-time employees worldwide and producing some 19,000 new and redesigned greeting cards and related products per year.

Consumers can personalize paper greeting cards on Hallmark.com and use services to make greeting card sending easy, including reminder services and the ability to have Hallmark send the card directly to the recipient.

In 2008, consumers sent more than 47 million e-cards from Hallmark.com.

To accomodate this heavy traffic, Hallmark.com requires maximum uptime, particularly on holidays when transactions on the site are especially high, such as Valentine's Day.

The greeting card company was looking for an IT solution that could increase control and reliability of its online business, allowing it to accommodate the significant dynamics in seasonality.

Savvis' Consulting Services has developed a dual purpose IT solution for Hallmark.com that allows for "like for like" quality assurance and production environments.

This includes the integration of advanced testing and development services from cloud tester SOASTA, enabling Hallmark.com to easily develop and deliver new products and services without the risk of business disruption.

Most of Hallmark.com's business has migrated to the Savvis solution, including legacy applications and infrastructure.

Savvis also built in performance-based service level agreements based on customers' experiences at Hallmark.com.

"Leveraging our experience in IT infrastructure outsourcing, Savvis identified key insights to Hallmark`s business needs and delivered the complex infrastructure solution that Hallmark required for maximum reliability and end user performance," says Bryan Doerr, chief

technology officer at Savvis. "We look forward to building a long-term relationship with Hallmark as a trusted IT services provider as their on-line business continues to grow."