January 6, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — SunGard Availability Service (availability.sungard.com), a provider of information availability services and subsidiary of software and business continuity solution developer SunGard (sungard.com) announced early this week that it has completed its acquisition of Web hosting provider Inflow, announced in November.
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SunGard, with 23 data centers, says the acquisition will enhance both its infrastructure and service delivery capabilities. Inflow operates 14 facilities in the US. After the acquisition, SunGard now serves more than 10,000 customers and operates 3.5 million square feet of data space in 39 facilities.
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“SunGard Availability Services’ acquisition of Inflow provides customers of both companies a comprehensive range of information availability services from a single provider,” says Jim Simmons, group chief executive officer of SunGard Availability Services. “It is our mission to provide our customers access to their important business functions according to their need – always on, within minutes, or hours depending on the criticality of their systems.”
