February 23, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Fusepoint Managed Services (fusepoint.com) has added Whistler.com, a destination travel site, to its client roster, the company announced on Monday. Under the deal, Fusepoint will provide a fully managed Web hosting and IT solution for Whistler.com's e-business and reservation system, managing all components of its IT infrastructure, including the hardware, Web servers, email servers, operating systems and database applications. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"Fusepoint has, in short order, become a seamless extension of our operations," says Chad Nantais, manager of information systems at Whistler.com Systems, Inc. "With increased interest in the resort since winning the Olympic bid, we have to support higher loads on our server. Fusepoint's service has been consistently timely, responsive and beyond the scope of what I expected in a managed services provider."
The company said the contract win follows a year in which it achieved 115 percent growth.
Fuespoint said that companies like Whistler.com are increasingly looking to IT service providers to provide cost-effective solutions for securing and operating their IT infrastructures and data.
"Fusepoint understands that a one-size-fits-all method to outsourcing isn't what organizations want," says Robert Offley, president and chief executive officer of Fusepoint Managed Services. "Our approach creates customized managed IT solutions - at affordable price points - that give customers the critical services and support they need, when they need it. The market is growing, yet migrating toward a utility-based computing model, or 'apps-on-tap,' approach."
