MCI Launches On-Demand Storage Service for Managed Hosting Customers
September 14 2005 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Pay-as-You-Go Model Makes Storage Affordable for Businesses of All
Sizes ASHBURN, Va., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MCI, Inc.
(NASDAQ:MCIP) today introduced a new on-demand storage service to
help companies better manage and store their growing volume of
corporate data. With MCI's new pay-as-you-go service model,
companies utilizing MCI's Enterprise Hosting Services can now more
cost effectively and easily store critical company information
using MCI's new shared infrastructure that leverages its extensive
capabilities in server, IP network and storage management. With
MCI's Utility Storage Service, MCI can quickly provision Storage
Area Networking (SAN) solutions for enterprise customers using its
advanced storage infrastructure. Offering virtually limitless
access to storage, MCI's new ready-made solution allows customers
to buy storage based on current needs rather than building out for
maximum storage capacity. In addition, MCI's new on-demand service
enables customers to consolidate their storage across multiple
platforms-making it an ideal solution for businesses navigating
today's increasingly complex storage landscape. "MCI is bringing
next-generation Hosting Services to market that deliver greater
value and utility for our enterprise customers," said Ed Franklin,
MCI senior vice president of IT Services. "With MCI's on-demand
storage offering, MCI is helping customers take advantage of a
shared storage environment, strengthening their data protection
while driving greater cost and resource efficiencies within their
operations." Combined with MCI's Smart Back Up and Enhanced Smart
Back Up offerings, MCI's utility solution provides high levels of
data protection for customers. According to Enterprise Strategy
Group, 56 percent of corporations know or worry their current back
up and recovery processes leave critical data exposed to potential
loss. Also, 27 percent of apparently successful backups cannot be
restored, leaving a significant portion of information assets at
risk.(1) Gartner estimates that 70 percent of all storage
procurement will be usage-based by 2008.(2) Suited to businesses of
all sizes, MCI Utility Storage Service makes managing storage
easier through its secure, online Client Central portal where
customers can view attached servers, track volumes, monitor
utilization and add, move and delete storage capacity.
Additionally, customers are immediately alerted when their capacity
threshold is reached, allowing them to request additional storage
space. With MCI's new storage option, companies can benefit from
outsourcing the often MCI Launches On-Demand Storage Service for
Managed Hosting Customers complex and tedious task of managing
their storage infrastructure around-the-clock. With MCI's Utility
Storage Service, MCI provides and manages the fully redundant,
shared infrastructure using proven, best-of-breed technology from
3PAR and AppIQ, Inc. MCI's advanced storage service leverages a
multi-Gigabit redundant Fibre Channel network. Data security and
protection is provided through standard mapping, masking and zoning
mechanisms to secure host access all within the confines of MCI's
Smart Centers. As a managed solution, MCI provides back-end
capacity management and planning including SAN discovery and path
management, performance and event management, monitoring and
file-system level storage resource management. MCI's latest
addition to its Enterprise Hosting portfolio complements its broad
array of dedicated storage options from Direct Attached Storage to
dedicated SAN solutions. The utility storage offering is available
immediately to customers located in its U.S. Smart Centers. Using
MCI's fully-automated allocation-based billing, customers are
charged monthly based on the sum of storage allocated to protect
their data. As a leader in delivering advanced hosting services,
MCI offers a complete continuum of innovative managed hosting and
Data Center Services. MCI's Enterprise Hosting, a Digex Service,
and its hosting operations team holds more than 450 individual and
organizational professional certifications from leading technology
companies, including Microsoft, HP and Sun Microsystems. MCI
Hosting is also positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner
Inc.'s Web Hosting Magic Quadrant(3). According to Gartner, leaders
are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of
market direction and are actively building competencies to sustain
their leadership position in the market. About MCI, Inc. MCI, Inc.
(NASDAQ:MCIP) is a leading global communications provider,
delivering innovative, cost-effective, advanced communications
connectivity to businesses, governments and consumers. With the
industry's most expansive global IP backbone, based on the number
of company-owned points of presence, and wholly-owned data
networks, MCI develops the converged communications products and
services that are the foundation for commerce and communications in
today's market. For more information, go to http://www.mci.com/.
(1) ESG Research Report, "The Evolution of Enterprise Data
Protection" (2) "Choosing Among Storage On-Demand Options," by Adam
W. Couture, 1 December 2004 (3) "Magic Quadrant for North American
Web Hosting 2004," by Ted Chamberlin and Lydia Leong, 5 October,
2004, reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical
representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period.
It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure
against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner.
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in
the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select
only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic
Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to
be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties,
express or implied, with respect to this research, including any
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
DATASOURCE: MCI, Inc. CONTACT: Janet Brumfield of MCI, Inc.,
1-800-644-NEWS, Web site: http://www.mci.com/
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