Teleglobe Announces Alliance with EMC

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July 19, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Teleglobe (teleglobe.com), a global communications company, today announced an alliance with EMC Corporation (emc.com), a leader in information storage, to deliver EMC’s storage systems, software and services to Teleglobe’s next-generation web and application hosting center and eBusiness customers.
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As part of the relationship, Teleglobe will deploy EMC Storage Area
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Networks and Network Attached Storage systems for a range of customized,
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network-based solutions. As part of EMC’s xSPerience Provider program, the
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companies will work together on business and infrastructure planning and
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development, product integration and differentiation as well as sales and
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marketing support.
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“Through this relationship, Teleglobe’s customers will have access to a
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unique platform that provides a valuable layer of support and storage
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management for clients with database-intensive applications,” said Bill
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Nelson, EMC’s senior vice president of content and information center
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markets. “It allows Teleglobe’s clients to add storage on demand, which
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provides superior scalability for growth or unpredicted usage spikes.”
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Teleglobe has recently announced other significant partnerships for its
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hosting and eBusiness initiatives, and yesterday announced an agreement with
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KPNQwest N.V. (a href=”http://www.kpnqwest.com”>kpnqwest.com) for the purchase of US$56 million in multiplev wavelengths on several of KPNQwest’s European routes.

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