Qwest Adds 16th Hosting Center
Qwest Communications has opened its 16th "CyberCenter" outsoured hosting facility in Albuquerque. Qwest hosting centers and nationwide networks provide highly secure, reliable and scalable dedicated hosting services to businesses and government agencies.While the buildout of more than 14,000 square feet will be completed in 2010, the CyberCenter is operational and serving customers today.
Qwest provides expert support for customers implementing disaster recovery plans, conducting e-commerce, operating complex Web sites and managing IT environments, including applications, databases and data storage.
With the addition of Albuquerque, Qwest’s 16 CyberCenters are located in 12 metropolitan areas including Denver.; Burbank, Sacramento and Sunnyvale, Calif.; Chicago; Columbus, Ohio; Minneapolis; Newark, N.J.; Seattle; Sterling, Va. and Tampa, Fla.
Each Qwest CyberCenter includes connectivity to Qwest’s extensive coast-to-coast broadband network, multiple emergency power systems to ensure operations in the event of utility failure and redundant mechanical cooling systems to support higher rack densities.
Each center also feaures fire-detection and fire-suppression systems and equipment, indoor and outdoor security monitoring and biometric access screening, around-the-clock skilled support staff and service level agreements that offer up to 100 percent network availability.
