Savvis Delivers Millions of E-Cards
Flexible Managed Hosting Solution Supports Growing, And Highly
Seasonal, E-Card Business
ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVVS), a global leader in outsourced managed
computing and network infrastructure for IT applications, today
announced an agreement to provide an advanced web hosting solution
supporting Hallmark.com, the online presence for Hallmark Cards, Inc.
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 and best known producer of greeting
cards. The company employs nearly 16,000 full-time worldwide and
produces approximately 19,000 new and redesigned greeting cards and
related products per year, including a broad product offering on
Hallmark.com. Consumers can personalize paper greeting cards on
Hallmark.com and utilize a variety of services to make greeting card
sending easy – such as reminder services and the ability to have
Hallmark send the card directly to the recipient. Hallmark also offers a
broad variety of e-cards, many of which feature exclusive content.
Hallmark.com is a heavily visited site. For instance, in 2008, consumers
sent more than 47 million e-cards from Hallmark.com. As a result,
Hallmark.com requires maximum uptime, particularly on holidays when
transactions on the site are especially high, such as Valentine’s Day.
Savvis delivered 5 million e-cards in 2009 through Valentine’s Day.
Hallmark.com is focused on providing its customers with the best web
experience possible. It sought to increase control and reliability of
its on-line business through a new, more flexible IT solution that could
accommodate the significant dynamics in seasonality.
Savvis’ Consulting Services team responded with an innovative, dual
purpose IT solution that created ‘like for like’ quality assurance and
production environments. This included the integration of advanced
testing and development services from SOASTA, a leader in cloud testing,
used in pre-production environments that enable affordable, highly
scaleable load and performance testing of web applications and services.
This allows Hallmark.com to easily develop and deliver new products and
services without the risk of business disruption.
Most of Hallmark.com’s business migrated to the Savvis solution,
including legacy applications and infrastructure. In addition, Savvis
built in innovative performance-based service level agreements (SLAs)
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,” said Bryan Doerr, chief
technology officer, 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.”
About Savvis
Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVVS) is an outsourcing provider of managed
computing and network infrastructure for IT applications. By outsourcing
to Savvis, enterprises can focus on their core business while Savvis
ensures the quality of their IT infrastructure. Leading IT organizations
around the world have selected Savvis to help them improve their service
levels, reduce capital expense and deal with the rising costs of
bandwidth, energy, real estate, staff and expertise. As a pioneer in
utility computing, Savvis understands and harnesses the latest advances
in technology like virtualization, cloud computing and support process
automation. For more information about Savvis, visit www.savvis.net.
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.
Savvis, Inc.
Carter Cromley, 703-667-6110
carter.cromley@savvis.net
or
OgilvyPR
Worldwide
David Friedman, 303-634-2674
david.friedman@ogilvypr.com
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