Sep 28, 2005 : Web Host SAVVIS Adds to Utility Service

📅 September 28, 2005 - Managed hosting and utility services provider SAVVIS (savvis.com) announced on Wednesday that it had enhanced its virtualized IT utility services platform.
 SAVVIS says its platform is the first to integrate network, hosting, storage and compute architectures into a unified service delivery model. The company has already deployed more than 650 virtual servers and 220 terabytes of virtualized storage and 800 virtual firewalls. Accoriding to SAVVIS, the company's utility services platform reduces operating costs, enables quicker deployments and is significantly more scalable than conventional IT deployments.  "In 2004 we unveiled a new architecture for corporate computing from which we launched the industry's first enterprise-class IT utility services," says Rob McCormick, president and CEO of SAVVIS. "We are continuing to innovate, offering new features that empower businesses to easily adopt best practices for their IT systems, automatically expand or contract their IT infrastructure based on thresholds defined in software, and leverage a metered billing model to match expense to usage with fine grain accuracy."