(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Global logistics and transportation management organization BDP International has chosen managed services provider SunGard Availability Services (www.availability.sungard.com) to ensure BDP’s corporate information systems remain highly available and uninterrupted.
According to SunGard’s Thursday announcement, BDP will be using SunGard’s AdvancedHosting, delivered at its newly opened managed services facility in Philadelphia, which combines a redundant backbone network with secure, always available hosting facilities and equipment.
“With freight logistics centers in more than 20 cities throughout North America and a global network of subsidiaries, joint ventures and strategic partnerships in more than 120 countries, it is paramount that our IT systems are always up and running, keeping BDP clients and BDP people throughout the world connected at all times,” BDP International president and chief executive officer Richard J. Bolte Jr. said in a statement.
“We trust SunGard to provide us a world-class facility, helping save us significant time and resources while allowing us to focus on our core business. SunGard’s managed services facility also supports several best practices in energy efficiency to help advance BDP’s environmental sustainability strategies,” Bolte said.
SunGard Availability Services managed services division senior vice president and general manager Dave Colesante said AdvancedHosting will help BDP lower data center costs and improving its system and application uptime.
“Our customers rely on us for a full range of managed IT services that can be tailored to meet their individual requirements,” Colesante said in a statement. “Our entire offering is backed by SunGard’s 30 years of experience in helping customers improve IT availability to support business operations.”
Opening its third data center in Philadelphia in February, SunGard’s new $25 million, 120,000 square foot facility brings the company’s total Philadelphia data center footprint to 350,000 square feet.
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