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Savvis Delivers Millions of E-Cards
2009-03-04
Flexible Managed Hosting Solution Supports Growing, And Highly Seasonal,
E-Card Business
ST. LOUIS, Mo., — March 4, 2009 — 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.
CONTACTS:
Carter Cromley
Savvis, Inc.
(703) 667-6110
carter.cromley@savvis.net
David Friedman
OgilvyPR Worldwide
(303) 634-2674
david.friedman@ogilvypr.com
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