(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Regional data center operator and managed services provider C7 Data Centers (www.c7dc.com) has signed a multi-year colocation agreement with Answers Corporation, creators of the leading “answer engine” property Answers.com (www.answers.com), as well as WikiAnswers (www.wikianswers.com) and ReferenceAnswers (www.referenceanswers.com).
According to its Tuesday announcement, Answers chose C7 to be the production site for its services to the Midwest and West of the US, and Asia-Pacific. C7′s four data centers total more than 40,000 square feet of space and the company is researching additional acquisition and expansion opportunities.
“We are delighted to welcome another dynamic and innovative company to our customer ranks,” C7 chief executive officer and president Nate Hatch said in a statement. “C7′s facilities offer the resilience, disaster recovery, and data protection required by heavily frequented Top 20 websites like Answers.com. C7′s technical team is completely dedicated to Answers as they further streamline their IT infrastructure.”
Along with its colocation, bandwidth and managed service offerings, C7 offers disaster recovery and remote backup, and many other value-added services.
Answers production operations director Dan Marriott said that the decision to outsource to C7 Data Centers was straight-forward. “In addition to being located in a disaster-free zone, they provide secure, enterprise-level facilities, a range of cost-effective services including local technical and admin support and importantly, the geographic load balancing we require for our organization. We were impressed at how C7 demonstrated great flexibility in accommodating our high growth needs. C7 has built an excellent reputation over the past few years, and through our experiences with their management team and services, we are confident they will continue to provide great value to our company.”
Previously known as Center 7, C7 Data Centers re-branded itself about a year ago when it bought colocation services provider Tier Four (www.tierfour.com) positioning itself as a colocation, managed hosting, business continuance and network business solutions leader in the US Intermountain West region, which begins at the the Rocky Mountains in the east, and stretches west to the Cascades and Sierra Nevada.
Since that acquisition, C7 signed a long-term agreement to provide data center services for managed service provider DirectPointe (www.directpointe.com). Concierge Communications also (www.conciergecom.com) signed a major hosting agreement with C7.
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