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Canadian Automobile Association Consolidates at Q9 Data Center
January 6, 2010 -- Canadian data center operator Q9 Networks announced on Wednesday that the Canadian Automobile Association South Central Ontario has selected Q9 to provide a "comprehensive data center colocation solution".
Canadian Law Firm Consolidates at Q9 Data Center
November 13, 2009 -- Canadian data center operator Q9 Networks announced this week that law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain had chosen the company to provide a “comprehensive data center outsourcing solution” that will see the customer consolidate IT assets from six offices across Canada into one Q9 facility.
Q9 Opens First Phase of Calgary Data Center
October 30, 2009 -- Two years after launching its second Calgary data center, Canadian outsourced data center infrastructure provider Q9 Networks (www.q9.com) has opened its third data center in the Calgary area, which has a potential total capacity of more than 10,000 cabinet equivalents.
Q9 Signs on to $100M BC Gov Data Center Deal
April 2, 2009 -- Canadian outsourced data center infrastructure provider Q9 Networks has signed a 15-year, more than $100 million data center services agreement with public sector business process and information technology outsourcing provider EDS Advanced Solutions to support EAS' recently announced contract to provide data center services to the British Columbia Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services.
Q9 Hosting Labatt Breweries Properties
February 12, 2009 -- Canadian web hosting and data center provider Q9 Networks announced on Thursday it is providing managed hosting services for Labatt Breweries of Canada's web properties including labatt.com, labattblue.ca, budweiser.ca, budlight.ca, keiths.ca and kokaneebeer.ca.
Q9 Moves Forward Amid Acquisition
September 2, 2008 -- Hoping to take advantage of this upward growth, ABRY Partners approached Q9 regarding an acquisition, says company CEO Osama Arafat.
ABRY To Buy Q9 Networks For $361m
August 25, 2008 -- Canadian internet and data center services provider Q9 Networks has announced it has signed a definitive acquisition agreement with ABRY Partners affiliate CDC Acquisition to allow it to purchase Q9 for approximately $361 million.
The Web Host Industry Week in Review
August 22, 2008 -- Along with a healthy dash of data center energy efficiency news, this week the web hosting industry saw, most notably several significant new appointments, as well as news of a range of major new data center development announcements.
Q9 Networks Hosts Wal-Mart Canada
February 14, 2008 -- Managed hosting and data center infrastructure provider Q9 Networks announced on Tuesday that it has been selected to provide a fully managed hosting solution for Wal-Mart Canada's website.
Q9 Reports Quarter Results, Growth
March 15, 2007 -- Data center infrastructure provider Q9 Networks announced on Tuesday its first quarter results for the period ended January 31.
The Web Host Industry Week in Review
February 9, 2007 -- This Week's biggest news from the Web hosting business included the acquisition of a very significant service provider, as well as new data center announcements from some major operators, including Google.
Q9 Opens New Data Center
February 6, 2007 -- Canadian data center operator and Web hosting provider Q9 Networks announced on Monday it has opened a new data center facility in Toronto, Ontario.
Q9 Networks Signs Deal with IBM
November 22, 2006 -- Data center infrastructure provider Q9 Networks announced on Wednesday it has signed a reseller agreement with IBM, where IBM will sell under its own brand all of Q9's data center services.
Q9 Networks Signs $20m Contract
November 17, 2006 -- Data center infrastructure provider Q9 Networks announced on Thursday that it has signed an existing customer to a new five-year agreement valued at approximately $20 million.
Canadian MedicAlert Picks Q9 Networks
May 3, 2006 -- Managed service provider Q9 Networks announced on Wednesday it has been selected by the Canadian MedicAlert Foundation to provide disaster recovery services for the foundation's Web site and the medical records of its Canadian members.
EISI Picks Q9 Networks for Hosting
February 7, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Q9 Networks (q9networks.com) announced on Monday that it has signed financial software developer Emerging Information Systems Inc. to a multi-year contract. Under the terms of the agreement, Q9 will host the new ASP version of EISI's financial planning solution NaviPlan Enterprise Solution.
VFM Picks Web Host Q9 Networks
February 2, 2005 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Q9 Networks (q9.com) announced on Wednesday that it has signed VFM Interactive, a producer and distributor of online marketing content for the lodging and travel industry, as a new managed hosting customer. Under the terms of the agreement, Q9 will provide physical space, servers, firewalls, load balancers and Internet bandwidth.
Q9 to Open Additional Data Center
September 30, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Q9 Networks (q9.com) announced on Wednesday that it will open its Brampton, Ontario data center facility to meet demand from a new five-year contract to provide Internet infrastructure and managed services to an unidentified "major new customer," and other clients.
Q9 Launches Additional Data Center
September 22, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting and colocation provider Q9 Networks (q9.com) announced on Wednesday that it has expanded its downtown Toronto data center, adding the equivalent of approximately 300 cabinets and enabling the company to meet the continued strong demand from customers with critical data and Internet applications.
Q9 Provides Web Hosting for ASP
July 22, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed Web hosting provider Q9 Networks (q9.com) announced on Thursday that it has secured a managed services contract to support Marlborough Stirling's hosted mortgage origination and servicing solutions.
Q9 Picked to Host Co-operators Group
May 25, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Managed Web hosting provider Q9 Networks (q9.com) announced on Tuesday that it has secured a contract to provide managed services and host Web sites for The Co-operators Group and several of its subsidiaries. Under the agreement, Q9 will provide managed servers, firewalls, bandwidth and physical space in data center facilities.
Q9 Stock Offering Falls Short of Expectations
May 25, 2004 -- When Q9 Networks Inc. (q9.net) recently made its debut on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the Web hosting industry?s first IPO in years fell somewhat short of expectations, raising a smaller sum than anticipated.
Q9 Delivers 33 Months of Uptime for Customer
Those 33 consecutive months of uptime, said Q9, included the massive power outage that hit Ontario and the eastern seaboard of the United States in August of last year.
Q9 Selected to Host Online Wagering Site
Under the terms of the deal, Q9 will provide a fully managed hosting solution to Woodbine, including servers, firewalls, load balancing, backup and storage, for its new online horse racing wagering site (hpibet.com).
Q9 Networks Adds Toronto Star to Client Roster
November 13, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Q9 Networks Inc. (q9.com), a managed hosting provider based in Toronto, announced on Thursday that it has added newspaper publisher Torstar Corporation to its roster of clients. Under the agreement, Q9 will provide Torstar with managed Internet bandwidth services for its key media properties, including the Toronto Star and the Hamilton Spectator.
Q9 Networks Adds Redundancy Services
September 29, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Q9 Networks (q9.com) announced today the addition of a Global Redundancy Service to its suite of "high-availability" service offerings.
Massive Power Outage Tests Web Hosts
August 18, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Thursday's power outage was a significant test for Web hosting companies located in eastern North America, as most firms scrambled to address a massive failure that forced some regions to spend the entire weekend in the dark.
Massive Power Outage Tests Web Hosts
August 18, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Thursday's power outage was a significant test for Web hosting companies located in eastern North America, as most firms scrambled to address a massive failure that forced some regions to spend the entire weekend in the dark.
Q9 Networks Wins Ontario Government Contract
July 22, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Q9 Networks, Inc. (q9.com) announced today it has won a contract from the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) to host a new Web-based information system. The ORC oversees all aspects of the horse racing industry in Ontario.
Q9 to Host the Running Room
July 10, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Q9 Networks Inc. (q9.com) announced today it had been awarded an outsourcing contract by the Running Room, a running retailer based in Canada.
Q9 to Host WWF Canada
June 24, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Q9 Networks Inc. (q9.com) announced today it has been awarded a managed hosting contract by World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada), a Canadian-based conservation organization. Under the terms of the agreement, Q9 will provide a Q9express dedicated hosting bundle comprised of servers, centralized tape back-up and a managed firewall.
Q9, Kaboose Expand Hosting Contract
May 20, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Q9 Networks Inc. (q9.com) announced today that it has won an expanded Web hosting contract from Kaboose Inc. after a year of service marked by zero downtime.
