RTM - Rede de Telecomunicacoes para o Mercado -- Chooses SAVVIS To Provide Global Connectivity To The Brazilian Financial Markets.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAO Sa´o n. 1. (Zool.) Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinæcia, especially H. tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture. PAULO, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2003 SAVVIS Continues Global Expansion With New Agreement Opening Channels For SAVVIS Intelligent IP Networking(SM) and SAVVIS Financial Xchange(SM) Platform SAVVIS Communications (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SVVS SVVS Savvis, Inc (stock symbol) SVVS Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society (UK) SVVS Unix System V Verification Suite SVVS System V Verification Suite ), a global managed IP and managed hosting services provider, and RTM (1) (RealTime Model) Refers to a system or architecture that performs operations in real time. See real time. (2) (Release/Released To M - Rede de Telecomunicacoes para o Mercado, the network services provider for the Brazilian financial market, today announced a comprehensive network services agreement. Under terms of the contract, SAVVIS will provide global IP connectivity to RTM to support its customers who demand connections with the global financial market. As a result, RTM, the largest financial extranet in Brazil, can now offer their customers expanded data, voice and image communication services on a global scale. This makes RTM one of only a handful of telecom carriers in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. that can offer global coverage. RTM will also serve as an authorized reseller of SAVVIS' industry-leading Intelligent IP Networking(SM) services and extend the SAVVIS Financial Xchange(SM) platform throughout Brazil. SAVVIS thus becomes the only company in Brazil to provide such services. In addition, it enhances SAVVIS' ability to connect its customers directly with the region. "This agreement with SAVVIS is an important strategic move for our company and for the market we serve," said Andre Mello, RTM's General Director. By leveraging the SAVVIS global network and SAVVIS Financial Xchange(SM), we are able to extend our financial network, the largest private and secure financial extranet in Brazil, to the most important financial centers in the world." SAVVIS Financial Xchange(SM) is unique in the industry in that it combines secure and reliable VPNs, managed hosting, and business-quality Internet access See how to access the Internet. , all tailored to meet the unique requirements of the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industry. Financial Xchange(SM) services already connect more than 4,700 financial institutions, enabling businesses to do network quickly and easily with other financial companies. "RTM, like SAVVIS, has an important heritage in delivering the highest quality network services to the financial services industry, the most demanding customer for real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. and network availability," said Jim Mori, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Americas for SAVVIS. "The partnership with RTM showcases the quality of the SAVVIS network and we look forward to assisting RTM in delivering SAVVIS Financial Xchange(SM) services to Brazil, the most important financial center of Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. ." About RTM RTM, the largest financial extranet in Brazil, was developed with the objective to offer this industry an efficient, fast and economically viable communication channel, and to provide high speed voice, data and image traffic. With more than 500 customers and 25 services and information providers, it supplies access to specialized services, proposing corporate solutions specifically to the companies of the finance industry. About SAVVIS SAVVIS Communications (NASDAQ: SVVS) is a managed services provider that delivers IP VPNs (virtual private networks), hosting, and application services to businesses. SAVVIS solutions are designed for industries with demanding information technology requirements including: legal, media, retail, professional services, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services. Known as The Network that Powers Wall Street(SM), SAVVIS was ranked #3 in IP VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. market share by IDC in its 2003 report, trailing only AT&T and WorldCom, and its network reliability was declared "perfect" in Network World magazine's groundbreaking study of backbone performance. SAVVIS' managed hosting services were awarded the Service Provider Excellence Award by Boardwatch magazine for its virtualized approach to managed hosting and the Market Engineering Award from Frost & Sullivan for product differentiation Product Differentiation A source of competitive advantage that depends on producing some item that is regarded to have unique and valuable characteristics. and innovation. For more information about SAVVIS' Intelligent IP Network(SM) and managed hosting solutions, visit: http://www.savvis.net. |
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