Savvis Expands Cloud Infrastructure Solutions in Asia-Pacific

SINGAPORE, March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced that Savvis Symphony Open cloud infrastructure services will be available to clients in Asia-Pacific through its Singapore data center later this month.

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Due to high client demand in Asia-Pacific, Savvis is expanding its cloud infrastructure services offering to this region. Savvis Symphony Open will be the second cloud solution available from its Singapore data center, complementing the broad portfolio of managed and virtualized hosting and network services that Savvis currently offers to enterprises and the public sector in Singapore.

Key Business Benefits of Savvis Symphony Open for Asian Enterprises:

• Drive data center consolidation -- Rein in server sprawl, curtail overbuying and tackle underutilization of servers
• Respond to seasonality and unexpected events -- Scalable resources are available on-demand and with flexible business terms
• Greater control and on-demand  -- Self service management and reporting through a client portal and on-demand provisioning to provide greater control
• Testing and development made easy -- Ability to dial-up pools of temporary resources, resulting in cost control and the opportunity to avoid large capital expenditures
• Control IT costs while maintaining QoS -- Mix-and-match hosting models allow clients to cost effectively meet application requirements

"We are pleased to add Savvis Symphony Open cloud infrastructure to our growing portfolio of managed IT services to meet the needs of enterprises across Asia-Pacific," said Suan Soon Cheng, managing director for Savvis Asia Pacific. "New and existing clients can now benefit from Savvis Symphony Open's on-demand, dynamically scalable resources allowing them to control their IT costs and tailor their usage and set-up to meet their individual needs."

Savvis Singapore already offers Savvis Symphony Dedicated, which allows enterprise customers to establish a dedicated cloud environment to provide baseline compute and storage resources for web applications, such as ecommerce.  

Savvis' Singapore data center serves local enterprises, government departments and global clients, including the Thomson Reuters Hosting Solution.  Savvis' Singapore data center is a world-class facility, which offers ISO 27001 security certification and provides approximately 18,000 square feet of raised floor of space.

Globally, Savvis operates a Tier 1 application transport network and 28 data centers with more than 1.4 million square feet of raised floor space designed to support enterprise IT operations.  In addition, Savvis was positioned as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure (on Demand), 2009, which can be accessed at www.savvis.net/magicquadrantleader.

About Savvis

Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS) is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises.  More than 2,500 unique clients, including 30 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500, use Savvis to reduce capital expense, improve service levels and harness the latest advances in cloud computing.  For more information, please visit www.savvis.net / www.savvis.sg.

Savvis Forward-Looking Statements

This document may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from Savvis' expectations. Certain factors that could affect actual results are set forth as risk factors in Savvis' SEC reports and filings, including its annual report on Form 10-K and all subsequent filings as well as the risk that potential product cost and performance benefits may not be realized for any particular customer.  Savvis assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements.

SOURCE Savvis, Inc.