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SAVVIS(R) Expands ATN Network in California to Feature High Bandwidth, Optical Network Services From Infinera
| Source: Infinera
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - June 9, 2008) - Infinera (NASDAQ : INFN ) today announced that
it has completed a high bandwidth, regional optical network in California
for SAVVIS, Inc., a global leader in IT infrastructure services for
business applications, which will augment its Application Transport Network
(ATN) (announced separately on December 6, 2007) in California.
Based in St. Louis, Missouri, SAVVIS Communications Corporation (NASDAQ : SVVS ) operates a global IT services platform and 29 data centers spanning
North America, Europe and Asia. SAVVIS uses this infrastructure to deliver
a wide variety of dedicated, managed and virtualized hosting, network and
security services to its customers. SAVVIS' ATN, a Tier 1 Multiprotocol
Label Switching (MPLS) network, enables SAVVIS to further virtualize and
optimize the delivery of customer applications.
Driven by the performance requirements of customer applications hosted in
its data centers, SAVVIS turned to Infinera to expand and enhance the
flexibility of its California network capacity to meet customer
expectations for reduced latency and increased bandwidth. SAVVIS will
upgrade its California network to Infinera's new ILS2 line system, which
becomes available this summer, to take advantage of the scalability,
extended optical reach, and other advanced features in ILS2.
"In order to meet the demands of the market and our customers, we needed to
enhance our network services in California with a highly scalable,
technologically advanced optical transport network. Infinera has enabled
SAVVIS to quickly install new network capacity, and with Infinera's world
class capabilities we are able to grow our data centers and our business
in an environmentally responsible manner," said Dennis Brouwer, Vice
President of Network Business Line Management for SAVVIS.
Infinera's Digital Optical Networking system provides the flexibility and
scalability that SAVVIS needs in California to accommodate the high-volume
demand for bandwidth from its customers. With its digital architecture
based on large-scale photonic integrated circuits, Infinera networks are
very quick to install, turn up and configure. The Infinera deployment in
California was installed and carrying traffic in just a few weeks. The
flexibility of the Infinera system, with client-side modules that can be
swapped in and out in a matter of minutes, enables SAVVIS to reconfigure
the network very quickly. The Infinera DTN system offers integrated
bandwidth management providing SAVVIS with enhanced flexibility and cost
savings as compared to traditional DWDM systems. Infinera's photonic
integrated circuits deliver space and power-saving efficiencies as compared
to traditional systems which are based on discrete optical components.
"SAVVIS' advanced data centers play a key role in critical sectors of the
economy such as the financial and Software-as-a-Service worlds, which
require very large and flexible network resources, often with extremely
tight tolerances on latency and performance. An Infinera Digital Optical
Network is the ideal solution to support the SAVVIS network," said Infinera
CEO Jagdeep Singh.
The Infinera DTN is a Digital ROADM (Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop
Multiplexer) for long-haul and metro core networks based on large-scale
photonic integrated circuits, combining high-capacity DWDM transport,
integrated digital bandwidth management, and GMPLS-powered service
intelligence in a single platform.
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to telecommunications
carriers worldwide. Infinera's systems are unique in their use of a
breakthrough semiconductor technology: the photonic integrated circuit
(PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC technology are designed to provide
optical networks with simpler and more flexible engineering and operations,
faster time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly deliver differentiated
services without reengineering their optical infrastructure. For more
information, please visit www.infinera.com.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on
current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and
uncertainties. These statements are based on information available to
Infinera as of the date hereof; and actual results could differ materially
from those stated or implied, due to risks and uncertainties.
Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Infinera's
expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, such
as the benefits and capabilities of our products and the Digital Optical
Network's architecture, that we believe the ATN enables SAVVIS to further
virtualize and optimize the delivery of customer applications; that
Infinera's Digital Optical Networking system provides the flexibility and
scalability needed to accommodate the high-volume demand for bandwidth,
that Infinera networks are very quick to install, turn up and configure;
that client-side modules that can be swapped in and out in a matter of
minutes, and provides enhanced flexibility and cost savings as compared to
traditional DWDM systems. Such
forward-looking statements can be identified by forward-looking words such
as "anticipated," "believed," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend,"
"may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. There is no
commitment by SAVVIS to deploy Infinera's Digital Optical Networking system
in its network beyond the California deployment. "SAVVIS" is a registered
trademark of SAVVIS Communications Corporation. Nothing in this press
release should be construed as an endorsement by SAVVIS of any Infinera
product or service. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements include aggressive business tactics by our
competitors, our dependence on a single product, our ability to protect our
intellectual property, claims by others that we infringe their intellectual
property, our manufacturing process is very complex, product performance
problems we may encounter, our dependence on sole or limited source
suppliers, our ability to respond to rapid technological changes, our
ability to maintain effective internal controls, the ability of our
contract manufacturers to perform as we expect, a new technology being
developed that replaces the PIC as the dominant technology in optical
networks, general political, economic and market conditions and events,
including war, conflict or acts of terrorism; and other risks and
uncertainties described more fully in our annual report on Form 10-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 19, 2008, our
public announcements and other documents filed with or furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission. These statements are based on
information available to us as of the date hereof and we disclaim any
obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this press
release, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.