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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Qwest Communications International (www.qwest.com/) announced on Thursday that web-based video marketing and distribution provider The NewsMarket (www.thenewsmarket.com) has expanded its Qwest hosting solution to include customized, secure and redundant managed hosting services.
This is the latest customer announcement for Qwest, following news in March that monitoring and reporting services provider Fat Spaniel Technologies transferred its data center operations to a Qwest Communications CyberCenter.
The NewsMarket operates a web-based platform for video news content that is used by more than 16,000 media outlets in 193 countries to share video content with the media, bloggers, consumers, online communities and other audiences.
The company has been a Qwest Hosting customer since 2002, initially leaseding a few dedicated servers. Today, the company uses Qwest's fully redundant hosting solution.
Qwest says it delivers managed firewalls, redundant switches, redundant Internet feeds, tape backup services, power, cooling and around-the-clock technical support on an on-demand basis from its New York-area CyberCenter.
"For companies like The NewsMarket, Qwest eliminates capital outlay and the complexity of installing and maintaining a secure hosting environment," says Teresa Taylor, executive vice president of Qwest Business Markets Group. "Qwest's network backbone complements our hosting environment because we can provide network uptime guarantees and traffic management to help speed data. Those capabilities, along with our national presence and international relationships, give us the reach to deliver hosting solutions to customers worldwide."
As part of this latest agreement, Qwest centralized The NewsMarket's network operations using Ethernet for bandwidth-intensive activities, including information and video sharing on the company's media site, delivering Internet speeds up to 1Gbps.
Qwest Hosting says it offers a range of services, including customizable Internet solutions, voice, data and hosting, out of its CyberCenter facilities. The company recently opened its 15th data center.
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