SAVVIS, COLO.COM to Partner

By Rich Miller
CarrierHotels News Staff

Sept. 5, 2000 -- SAVVIS Communications Corp. today announced a partnership with COLO.COM that will spur the launch of new PrivateNAP Colocation Services in 12 cities in the U.S. and Europe.
SAVVIS will provide highly reliable and secure colocation facilities along with Internet service into its Private Network Access Points (PrivateNAPs), which allow for high-speed, high-performance transmission of data by bypassing traditional Internet bottlenecks.
The PrivateNAP(SM) Colocation Services, using both SAVVIS owned and operated facilities and COLO.COM facilities, will be provided in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Vienna, Va., and in London.
"This partnership with COLO.COM adds to our leadership position in the industry by enabling us to provide the kind of direct connection colocation that our content-intensive customers are demanding,'' said Jack Finlayson, president and chief operating officer of SAVVIS.
PrivateNAP Colocation Services will feature secure data center facilities where customers can locate their equipment. SAVVIS then provides direct ethernet connectivity into its PrivateNAPs with speeds ranging from 10 Mbps up to 155 Mbps
COLO.COM builds and maintains Neutral Optical Hub colocation facilities for the deployment of distributed networks and services close to end-users.