Savvis

Savvis is an American company headquartered in Town and Country, in the State of Missouri, which operates as a Tier 1 carrier one of the largest Internet backbones. The network includes approximately 27,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable in 45 countries. In addition, Savvis operates 29 data centers in the U.S., Europe and Asia with a total area of ​​over 130,000 square meters. Its clients include major corporations and government agencies.

History

The company was founded in 1995 under the name Diamond.Net as an Internet access provider for businesses. As the first large customer Diamond.Net Apple could win, thus large orders from other companies, such as Amazon.com revealed. 1996 Investor rose at a Diamond.Net, prompted the name change to Savvis and forced further expansion.

In April 1999, Savvis was acquired by Bridge Information Systems and went public in February 2000.

In early 2004 bought Savvis to the U.S. subsidiary of Cable & Wireless for 155 million U.S. dollars, including 3,000 contracts with major customers, 15 data centers and global Tier 1 backbone. Cable & Wireless USA had taken over the backbone of MCI 1998 and 2001 the insolvent web host Exodus bought, the next data centers also operated its own backbone.