Savvis, Global Provider of Outsourced IT Infrastructure Services, Recognized for Cloud Computing and SaaS Delivery

3PAR announced today that 3PAR customer Savvis, Inc., was chosen byTHINKstrategies, Inc., as the first managed services provider to win the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) award. Savvis was chosen for the award based on the service provider’s use of virtualization, cloud computing, and support process automation in delivering IT Infrastructure- and Software-as-a-Service on a global scale. A 3PAR customer since 2004, Savvis has built a virtualized utility service delivery infrastructure that relies on highly virtualized 3PAR Utility Storage. To date, Savvis has deployed more than 31 3PAR InServ Storage Servers throughout its 28 datacenters around the globe for a total of 2.6 petabytes of 3PAR Utility Storage.

The BoSS award received by Savvis follows on the recent introduction of the new Savvis Cloud Compute service, a virtual datacenter hosting and private cloud computing offering from Savvis that allows enterprises to cut costs without sacrificing security or performance. Savvis Cloud Compute is the first in a series of new, integrated, value-added IT cloud technology offerings that Savvis has announced for rollout in 2009.

"Savvis’ Cloud Compute platform evolved from our virtualized utility compute platform that has long been a key differentiator for us—enhancing our competitive advantage in the market for hosting, network, and application services," said Tim Beerman, Senior Director, Storage Product Management and Engineering for Savvis. "3PAR has been a key contributor to this and we now look forward to further enhancing our portfolio of cloud and managed storage services."

The THINKstrategies BoSS awards program brings attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies that are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

“The efficiencies that 3PAR brings through our utility storage platform enable providers like Savvis to build utility computing infrastructures that support service delivery via the cloud,” said David Scott, CEO and President of 3PAR. "This new model is radically different from the outmoded xSP model, which was built on legacy architectures that are still on the market today. We are extremely excited to see Savvis recognized for delivering a comprehensive set of managed utility services with unprecedented cost savings, security, and agility—the same core benefits also delivered by 3PAR Utility Storage,” said Scott.

The BoSS Awards program is an ongoing initiative to identify and promote SaaS and cloud computing companies offering on-demand solutions that generate measurable business benefits for their customers. BoSS award winners are recognized as part of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Showplace (www.saas-showplace.com), a service of THINKstrategies, Inc. The SaaS Showplace is the largest and highest-ranked vendor-independent online directory and resource center of industry best practices in the SaaS market.