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IT infrastructure services company, SAVVIS has announced that it will be using Cisco products and services to enable the deployment of next-generation Internet Protocol (IP) networks for its enterprise customers. The company recently struck an agreement with Cisco for the same.
According to SAVVIS this new initiative will enhance its global application infrastructure and expand its ability to deliver “IT-Infrastructure-as-a-Service” through:
• Integration of network and hosting infrastructures tuned to the unique needs of individual applications
• An architected service provider model which will connect network and hosting services to virtualized applications, policy decisions and automated management and provisioning systems
• Rapid provisioning of new network-based high-availability services such as business continuity systems, packet-flow optimization with “bursting” capacity, and managed security services
• MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) core services combined with high-speed Metro-Ethernet access
• End-to-end monitoring and management resulting in application-specific service-level guarantees
• Pay-as-you-go managed utility services
The new SAVVIS infrastructure will be based on a combination of the Cisco IP Next Generation Network (IP NGN) service provider architecture which features Cisco CRS-1 routers, Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS) XR software, Cisco 12000 Series routers and Cisco Service Oriented Network Architecture (SONA).
The services offered through SAVVIS’ next-generation infrastructure will include business continuance and disaster recovery, application performance management and business-to-business integration services.
SAVVIS has already begun planning and deployment of the core and edge infrastructure and intends to start offering services over the network in mid-2007.