New data center offers colocation and web hosting services to meet growing demand for hosting Intranets, Extranets and Internet web sites worldwide
FAIRFAX, VA., February 10, 2000-UUNET, an MCI WorldCom Company and a recognized leader in Web hosting, today announced the opening of its newest Internet data center in Atlanta, Georgia. The new data center will offer businesses enhanced colocation and managed hosting services that deliver the performance and security necessary to run business-critical applications over the World Wide Web.
As part of its UUhost Data Center build-out initially announced last year, Atlanta is the first of eight new data centers to open in the United States in 2000. The company currently operates eight Internet data centers globally in San Jose, California; Washington, D.C.; Columbus, Ohio; Paris, France; London, England; Manchester, England; Brussels, Belgium; and Dortmund, Germany. UUNET will own and operate a total of 16 centers worldwide.
The Atlanta data center is the first of UUNET's network-embedded data centers which are directly integrated into the UUNET OC-48 backbone. This offers colocation and managed hosting customers high bandwidth availability for maximum performance and quick scalability.
The data center utilizes a Gigabit LAN infrastructure to provide maximum bandwidth flexibility. Continuity of electrical power to the data center is provided by an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), backed by a diesel generator.
"This data center will provide our hosting and colocation customers in the Southeast with direct access to UUNET's global IP network," said Mark Spagnolo, president and CEO of UUNET. "This is a great advantage as businesses are constantly looking to quickly and efficiently upgrade and enhance their Web services and applications."
UUNET's Atlanta data center is a world-class facility featuring:
- Highly secure hosting area - UUNET offers Atlanta-area businesses a more secure environment for their servers including 24 x 7 guard services, biometric and card key controlled access, electronic tracking, locking racks and full camera coverage.
- Technical Support Services - 24 x 7 on-site technical support services staffed by professionals with extensive experience and expertise in high-end solutions.
- Convenient geographical access to local businesses - For businesses that prefer to manage their own servers, but require infrastructure-based services, the Atlanta data center offers an ideal environment conveniently located near their place of business.
- Customer Work Areas - The Atlanta UUhost facility is accessible 24 x 7 and is designed to meet the needs of businesses. UUNET provides customers with work space with desks, phones and analog lines, and Internet connectivity.
UUhost Data Center facilities offer businesses unparalleled technical advantages, including:
- Direct Access to UUNET's Global IP Network - All Web servers are directly connected to the UUNET network to provide flexible, high performance infrastructure-based services for businesses requiring superior reliability and overall site performance.
- High Performance and Reliability - UUNET offers businesses the highest level of performance in its UUhost data center facilities by providing uninterrupted power supply (UPS) protection, diesel generator backup, HVAC climate control, redundant connectivity and special environmental protection depending on location.
- Monitoring & Support - All UUhost Data Center customer servers are monitored 24 x7 from UUNET's central operations center. And, UUNET provides a Web-based, remote administrative tool for viewing and generating usage reports and system status. Users can also use this tool to set system monitoring controls.
- Service Level Agreement guarantees (SLAs) - UUNET stands behind its services by providing SLAs covering installation, network availability, outage notification, backbone latency and uninterrupted power - an industry first guarantee. Please reference our web site at http://www.us.uu.net/support/sla/terms/colocation.html for exact SLA terms.
For a virtual tour of UUNET's UUhost Data Center facilities, please visit http://www.usa.uu.net/products/hosting/datacenter/.
