07.12.2005 08:00:00
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Pfizer Health Solutions Outsources European-based IT Infrastructure and Hosting to SAVVIS
Under terms of the three-year, GBP 1.76 million pound contract,Pfizer Health Solutions will deploy SAVVIS' fully resilient ITinfrastructure solution in Europe. This includes managed networkservices, servers, storage, and disaster recovery services. As part ofthe solution, SAVVIS is also delivering managed security services thatutilise virtualised firewall, load balancing and intrusion detectionfor hosted infrastructure, and in-network firewalling for the widearea network. This IT infrastructure, provided as a service fromSAVVIS, will be delivered, managed, monitored, and fully replicatedvia SAVVIS data centres in Reading, U.K. and Frankfurt, Germany.
SAVVIS' managed hosting environment will support InformaCare(R), acomprehensive, proprietary, Internet-enabled care managementapplication that helps healthcare organisations manage populations andsupport individuals with selected chronic conditions. InformaCareassists nurse care managers in creating targeted, customised careplans for each patient across the health risk continuum, helping toimprove the quality and efficiency of care.
"Our clients currently work with over half a million patients, andwe expect that number to rise over the next year," said John Sory,vice president of Pfizer Health Solutions. "As Pfizer Health Solutionsexpands into Italy and gains additional customers in Europe, werequired an IT partner who could provide us with a reliable, fullymanaged IT solution that could also grow to meet our changing businessneeds. Industry research firms such as Gartner encouraged us to lookat SAVVIS and, after a thorough evaluation process, we determinedSAVVIS was best qualified to provide us with the highly available,scalable and secure hosting infrastructure and services that wouldmeet our demands."
"Innovative applications like InformaCare help to make healthcaremore accessible and reduce overall healthcare costs," said RichardWarley, Managing Director of EMEA for SAVVIS. "SAVVIS' full range ofhosting solutions provide Pfizer Health Solutions with ahigh-performance, cost-effective IT solution that will facilitate thisimportant mission. SAVVIS will be able to offer additional servicesand technologies to address evolving business needs."
About Pfizer Health Solutions
Pfizer Health Solutions Inc, the wholly-owned care managementsubsidiary of Pfizer Inc, partners with healthcare and communityorganisations to implement patient-centred programs that focus onprevention, disease management and care coordination to improvepatient health and efficiency of healthcare delivery. To learn more,visit http://www.pfizerhealthsolutions.com.
About SAVVIS
SAVVIS, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVVS) is a global IT utility servicesprovider that focuses exclusively on IT solutions for businesses. Withan IT services platform that extends to 47 countries, SAVVIS has over5,000 enterprise customers and leads the industry in deliveringsecure, reliable, and scalable hosting, network and applicationservices. These solutions enable customers to focus on their corebusiness while SAVVIS ensures the quality of their IT systems andoperations. SAVVIS' strategic approach combines virtualisationtechnology, a global network, and 25 data centres and automatedmanagement and provisioning systems. For more information aboutSAVVIS, visit: http://www.savvis.net.
Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains forward-looking statements within themeaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.Actual results may differ materially from SAVVIS' expectations.Certain factors that could affect actual results are set forth as riskfactors in SAVVIS' SEC reports and filings, including its annualreport on Form 10-K and all subsequent filings. SAVVIS assumes noobligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements.
InformaCare is a U.S. registered trademark of Pfizer HealthSolutions Inc.
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