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Bazaarvoice Selects Data Foundry's Texas 1 Data CenterJun 23, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Data Foundry, a provider of wholesale and retail data center services, announced that Bazaarvoice, a global Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider, has selected the Texas 1 data center to house its core IT infrastructure. Data Foundry said it was selected because of its 18-year operating history and track record in the data center industry. Bazaarvoice is a social software and data analytics company, helping clients to create, syndicate, and derive actionable insights from online word-of-mouth. With business booming internationally, the company needed to relocate their IT infrastructure into a data center that would provide consistent power, networking, and cooling, as well as room for additional growth. After evaluating a number of top-tier data center operators, Data Foundry noted that it was selected because of Texas 1's feature set and the company's reputation in the market. Data Foundry's Texas 1 data center offers the full redundancy and reliability Bazaarvoice was looking for, with independent and diverse power, water, and network feeds providing no single point of failure and the ability to scale as needed. "We want the best for our company, and we are very pleased with our choice in Data Foundry and their new facility," states Rich Robinson, VP of Business Technology at Bazaarvoice. "The Data Foundry team has been highly responsive and has exceeded our expectations. We take comfort in knowing that our core IT infrastructure is in good hands." The Company added that the Texas 1 data center boasts redundancy at every level, but its redundant power infrastructure is what really stood out to Bazaarvoice during their evaluation process. The facility is fed by two independent feeds from two separate 400 Megawatt-capable substations. The design also showcases an underground power feed enclosed in a concrete duct bank, a rare feature for modern data centers. These dual feeds enter the facility via diverse paths and continue independently to connect to multiple UPS rooms throughout the entire facility, making Texas 1's power design both fault tolerant and 100 percent concurrently maintainable. "Our clients have high expectations for uptime and scalability. When designing Texas 1, Bazaarvoice was exactly the type of new client we had in mind," explains Shane Menking, President of Data Foundry. "We realize that the SaaS industry is experiencing significant growth, and as Bazaarvoice's IT infrastructure demands grow, they can quickly scale within Texas 1, while maintaining the 100 percent availability and uptime their customers require." Data Foundry provides wholesale and retail data center outsourcing, colocation, and disaster recovery services. More Information: www.datafoundry.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |