IBM AND TELEFONICA DATA TEAM TO OFFER BUSINESS CONTINUITY SOLUTIONS.Telefonica Data USA, a subsidiary of Telefonica DataCorp S.A., a provider of global corporate telecommunications services, and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) have announced an agreement to deliver Business Continuity services in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . These on-demand services provide the technology and platforms to support multinational customers' Business Continuity plans. Under the terms of the agreement, IBM technology products will be deployed in Telefonica Data's KeyCenter, the company's next-generation Internet data center in Miami, Florida “Miami” redirects here. For the Native American tribe, see Miami tribe. Miami is a major city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade County. Miami is a gamma world city with an estimated population of 404,048. . IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. personnel will implement the data technology necessary to support the joint offerings. These services help safeguard mission-critical data and systems in multiple Telefonica Data locations, helping customers protect themselves against loss from natural or manmade disasters. "Now more than ever, multinational customers are interested in secure, reliable and scalable solutions to help preserve their data," said William Dyer, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Telefonica Data USA. "With data centers on three continents and a robust global network, we can leverage our combined capabilities to offer world-class business continuity services on-demand, backed by IBM technology and services expertise." As part of the contract, IBM will be the preferred provider of information technology for these offerings to Telefonica Data in the United States, with IBM Global Services acting as the preferred provider for technology integration and installation. Telefonica Data USA will also become an IBM Hosting Advantage partner. IBM technology infrastructure components will initially serve as the foundation for Telefonica Data USA's Business Continuity solutions ranging from sophisticated multi-location on-demand storage of business data, to fully redundant functional operation of global systems. Based on customer need, similar services can be offered to corporations based in other countries served by Telefonica Data who wish to store data in the Miami KeyCenter. "IBM's reliable, scalable and secure infrastructure capabilities enable service providers like Telefonica Data to expand operations and deliver new services rapidly," said Mike Hill, general manager, IBM Global Telecommunications Industry. "Because today's e-business infrastructures are made up of different workloads and different buyers, IBM helps customers implement true e-infrastructures that are reliable, flexible, secure and affordable." IBM eServer This article is about the IBM family of computer servers. For the open access electronic text archive, see EServer.org. IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM Corporation. systems, Shark Storage and software including DB2, Tivoli and WebSphere will be installed in the Miami KeyCenter to support the innovative new service offerings from Telefonica Data USA. Telefonica Data's KeyCenter is the flagship of its interconnected series of data centers located in Miami, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico and Spain. The KeyCenter is directly connected to Telefonica Data's high-speed Internet See broadband. Protocol network. With over 650 points of presence and more than 100 peering agreements with major global carriers, Telefonica Data carries 80% of the world's Spanish language Spanish language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Spain and 19 Latin American nations, Spanish is spoken as a first language by about 330 million persons Internet traffic. The KeyCenter is also connected to Emergia, Telefonica's expansive self-healing 16,000-mile undersea fiber optic ring to Latin America. Telefonica Data's partnership with IBM represents the next stage in computing, in which services, skills and resources are delivered on-demand over the network in a utility-like model. IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable global Service Providers like Telefonica Data to take full advantage of the new era of e-business on demand. |
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