Savvis Announces Availability of Big Data Solutions

 
Oct 30, 2013 (MarketLine via COMTEX) — Savvis, a CenturyLink company and a provider of cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions, has announced the availability of Savvis Big Data Solutions, a suite of services designed to aid organizations in data analytics.

Savvis Big Data Solutions gives enterprises and government organizations access to the compute, storage and high-bandwidth network capabilities required to power virtually any analytics application. The suite includes Savvis’ managed services for Cloudera and MapR platforms based on Apache Hadoop.

“Businesses wanting to transform their operations and customer experiences through powerful, new analytics capabilities need a robust IT foundation,” said Steve Garrou, vice president, global solutions management, at Savvis.

“Savvis Big Data Solutions helps organizations maximize value from their analytics investments through scalable, secure infrastructure services that deliver faster time to market for competing in today’s dynamic marketplace.”

Big Data Solutions offers hosted, fully managed hardware and software services for optimizing data storage, integration, retrieval and analysis through: enterprise-grade Infrastructure-as-a-Service capabilities; secure, high-bandwidth network connectivity for accessing, integrating and processing massive amounts of data; software licensing and operations management for Cloudera and MapR distributions of Apache Hadoop, including configuration, monitoring, upgrades and security; big data planning and implementation services, including environment design, security planning and project management; and consulting services for client business-case development.