Sunday 14 March 2010
Savvis, Inc., a global leader in outsourced internet IT infrastructure services for enterprises, announced today that David Shacochis, vice president of research and development, will be participating in a panel discussion at the Thomas Weisel Partners Emerging Communications Conference at 11 a.m. ET on November 18. The panel discussion will focus on cloud computing services, the technologies that make cloud computing possible, as well as the practicality of using cloud servers versus dedicated servers. Greg Freiberg, chief financial officer for Savvis, will also be in attendance.
A webcast will be available at the investor relations section of the Savvis Web site, savvis.net. A recorded replay will be available on the same site, following the live event.
About Savvis
Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS) is a global leader in outsourced internet infrastructure services for enterprises. More than 4,000 customers, including 40 percent 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 visit www.savvis.net
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Objectivity, Inc. is providing a new way for customers to use its unique distributed database, Objectivity/DB, by making a free 60-day evaluation of the product available on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). The launch makes Objectivity/DB the first federated, distributed database product accessible in a cloud computing environment.
Cloud computing has rapidly gained popularity as an efficient model for application development, and Objectivity’s management team recognized that with Objectivity/DB’s flexible architecture, deploying in a cloud environment was a natural progression.
“Launching our product in the cloud represents an exciting step for our company,” said Jay Jarrell, Objectivity’s president and CEO. “The cloud computing environment is an ideal distribution platform for us to gain new users and increase awareness, and it is also a new way to prove to potential customers that we are the best choice for large-scale, distributed applications.”
Developers who want to try Objectivity/DB on Amazon EC2 can access the product via two Linux-based Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with bundled software for both 32 and 64 bit platforms. Both are based on the CentOS 5.2 operating system - a binary-compatible version of RedHat Enterprise Linux. Objectivity/DB images may also be used in other cloud environments, including Savvis, TerreMark, Mosso (RackSpace), and others.
Objectivity/DB has a strong reputation for solving distributed computing challenges. The product’s original architects eschewed the single server design in traditional databases in order to focus on providing a distributed database that could scale nearly infinitely. Objectivity/DB was the first database to demonstrate the ability to run in batch and online modes required by the IBM grid compliant application model; cloud computing uses grid concepts to provide distributed service and storage resources across the Internet on demand.
“Cloud computing uses a distributed processing model that perfectly aligns with Objectivity/DB’s distributed architecture,” said Brian Clark, Objectivity’s vice president of product management. “Our product allows users to scale incrementally from several nodes to thousands of nodes, and the cloud supports that ability by giving users a way to access that additional compute power without major capital expenditures. Other databases don’t offer the same advantages.”
About Objectivity, Inc.
Objectivity, Inc.’s flagship product, Objectivity/DB, has a fully scalable, cloud-ready distributed processing architecture that manages localized, centralized or distributed databases by synthesizing large, complicated streams of data into a single logical view. Objectivity works directly with clients in government, security, complex manufacturing, commercial services, science, and engineering organizations to build customized programs, find solutions to complicated challenges and seamlessly integrate technology across multiple platforms and languages.
Objectivity, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. Please contact us by visiting Objectivity.com or calling (408) 992-7100. A 60-day free trial of Objectivity/DB is available on the website, and Objectivity also provides free web-based Object Database Training Courses.
Savvis, Inc., a global leader in outsourced Internet infrastructure services for the enterprise, today previewed its next-generation cloud compute platform. Dubbed Project Spirit, the platform will power the industry’s first enterprise-class Virtual Private Data Center (VPDC) with multi-tiered Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities.
Cloud infrastructure is a style of application infrastructure in which dynamically scalable resources are provided as a service. Users need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure in the “cloud” that supports them.
Project Spirit focuses on complete virtual data center provisioning that extends far beyond the simple application deployment designs available in many cloud service offerings today. Savvis expects to launch the beta version of the new offering later this year and believes it will be the industry’s most feature-rich cloud delivery platform available for the enterprise. Project Spirit will advance Savvis’ current suite of dedicated and open cloud solutions which are gaining traction worldwide.
“In terms of cloud services for the enterprise, we are moving from a world of limited user controls, to a world of complete virtual data center provisioning with advanced user design in the portal,” said Bryan Doerr, chief technology officer of Savvis. “Our next generation cloud services and resulting virtual private data center will, for the first time, enable push button web application hosting for the enterprise.”
Key advancements in Savvis’ Project Spirit will include:
* Increased automation - Project Spirit will enable the transition from creating virtual machines to being able to create an entire virtual data center at the push of a button.
* Lower cost and feature-rich - Cloud compute, storage, security and network layers will be fully virtualized delivering more features faster at significantly lower costs.
* Greater scale - Savvis’ VPDC, powered by the new cloud compute platform, will feature increased capacity to flex to higher levels more rapidly than current offerings.
* Broader quality-of-service (QoS) - Savvis’ new platform will offer multiple grades of user selectable QoS levels via the Savvis portal and enforced by next-generation QoS controls.
* Enhanced security - The new cloud platform will deliver enterprise-grade cloud services that offer security practices previously used only in dedicated IT environments such as firewalling, file integrity monitoring and intrusion detection/prevention services.
Cisco and VMware Play Key Roles
In conjunction with today’s news, Savvis also announced that the Cisco(R) Nexus 5000 and 7000 Series switches will serve as the virtualized network backbone, and that VMware vSphere(TM) 4 will serve as the virtualization platform for VPDC’s powered by Project Spirit. Using these technologies, Savvis will be able to deliver services over a converged fabric data center network and service provider-enabling virtualization platform.
The Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch with VN-Link technology provides a new generation of virtualized data center networking, helping enable virtual machines and network connectivity to be seamlessly linked and moved at the touch of a button while the VMware VMsafe API, included in VMware vSphere 4, and Savvis’ integrated virtual firewall will deliver deeper security into the virtualized environment. The VMware VMsafe API delivers fine-grained visibility over virtual machine and cloud IT resources, making it possible to monitor every aspect of the execution of the system and stop previously undetectable viruses, rootkits and malware before they can infect a system.
“Savvis was an industry pioneer in virtualized utility services who has now evolved into an industry leader in cloud services for the enterprise,” said Prem Jain, senior vice president, Server Access and Virtualization Group, Cisco. “Cisco is collaborating closely with Savvis on what we believe will result in the industry’s first truly enterprise-class virtual private data center solution with multi-tiered QoS.”
“As a leading cloud service provider focused on the enterprise, and a founding member of the VMware vCloud initiative, Savvis clearly recognizes the importance of carrier-grade security services,” said Dr. Stephen Herrod, chief technology officer and senior vice president of R&D, VMware. “We are pleased that Savvis has chosen VMware vSphere(TM) 4 and the VMware VMsafe API as key components in the next generation of their cloud service platform, and we look forward to continuing our work with Savvis to further cloud adoption in the enterprise.”
Project Spirit takes its name from the famed aviator Charles Lindbergh’s flight “The Spirit of St. Louis,” in honor of his supporters from St. Louis, where Savvis is headquartered today. Just as Lindbergh broke new ground with flight launching the commercial aviation industry, cloud computing has the potential to transform the way IT services are purchased, deployed and delivered to businesses and consumers globally.
Savvis operates 28 data centers globally encompassing more than 1.4 million square feet of raised floor space designed to support enterprise IT operations. In addition, Savvis was recently positioned as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure (on Demand), 2009, and can be accessed at www.savvis.net/magicquadrantleader.
About Savvis
Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS) is a global leader in outsourced internet infrastructure services for the enterprise. More than 4,000 customers, including 40 percent 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 about Savvis, visit www.savvis.net.
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.
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Website: http://www.savvis.net
Cloud Computing Conference Call
Savvis, Inc. , a global leader in outsourced internet IT infrastructure services for enterprises, today announced that it will be participating in a call to discuss the cloud landscape and technologies and the company’s position in the cloud market.
“Cloud computing is one example of how virtualization is bringing a new level of service provider opportunity,” said Bryan Doerr, chief technology officer of Savvis. “Cloud infrastructure services offer on-demand, scalable and pay-as-you-use resources that can be used to address two major challenges facing IT departments today: keeping costs down to stay competitive and investing in IT initiatives that will enhance new products and services.”
The event, hosted by Srinivas Anantha, Oppenheimer’s Internet Services Analyst, will be held at 10:00 a.m. ET on August 4 and will feature Doerr. To access the call, please get in touch with your OPCO salesperson or OPCO’s conference call planning desk at (212) 667-7990 for dial-in instructions.
About Savvis
Savvis, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS) is a global leader in outsourced internet infrastructure services for enterprises. More than 4,000 customers, including 40 percent 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 visit www.savvis.net
In high tech as elsewhere, it’s often a matter of historical accident and political maneuvering that determines which approach wins out in a particular area of technology. And it can be a high-stakes game for the companies involved, with big players often seeking to position their approach as a “standard” even if it’s only standard in the sense of being ubiquitous (think Microsoft Windows) while the smaller guys tend to favor approaches blessed by standards bodies or at least industry corsortia. In cloud computing, we’re seeing almost all the forms of standards-making coming into play with the primary goal of promoting interoperability among different cloud service providers and between private and public clouds. On the de jure side, the most significant standards-making effort is taking place under the auspices of the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), an established organization in the management standards space. AMD, Cisco, Citrix, EMC, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Novell, Red Hat, Savvis, Sun Microsystems, and VMware announced in April 2009 (PDF) that they would comprise the board for an Open Cloud Standards Incubator within the DMTF.
And it’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) that has clearly emerged as the de facto standard for IaaS. The fact that Amazon is one of the first vendors that comes to mind in just about any discussion of public clouds is one indication. Another is the growing ecosystem of companies like RightScale that add additional features to AWS–not uniquely, but first and foremost. We now even have an open-source project and company, Eucalyptus, that lets organizations implement their own clouds that are compatible with many AWS services. This announcement doesn’t fundamentally change the landscape. However, it does give an already well-established IaaS vendor a point of clear differentiation from its biggest competitor.
