Peak 10 Expands Tampa Data Center
25 April 2006
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- April 25, 2006 -- Peak 10, the Southeast's leading data center operator and managed services provider, today announced plans to expand its Tampa data center to support the company's growth in Florida. The expansion is part of a planned phase two data center build-out that supports Peak 10's rapid customer growth fueled by the need for scalable disaster recovery and economical IT and managed services solutions.
Peak 10 is increasing the size of its Tampa data center by more than 30 percent. By expanding its existing facility with contiguous built-out data center space, Peak 10 maintains its high standards for security and redundancy. All Peak 10 data centers are engineered with multiple levels of security, uninterruptible power, redundant HVAC systems, fire suppression and around-the-clock monitoring and management. They are also interconnected by Peak 10's private network enabling the company to meet its high availability objective and ensure business continuity for its customers' business critical applications.
"This data center expansion is not only a sign of Peak 10's success and unprecedented growth, but also demonstrates our continued commitment and investment to the Tampa market," said David Jones, president and chief executive officer of Peak 10. "The expansion of our facilities in Tampa and our other strategic markets is driven by a clear understanding of technology trends, market conditions and the over-all IT outsourcing landscape. Our success is founded on this approach, allowing us to provide customers with the most robust facilities and hosting services built with an eye on today's needs and our continued growth moving forward."
Peak 10 Tampa provides managed colocation, enterprise hosting, reliable bandwidth and a wide range of managed services including disaster recovery, storage, monitoring, security and data protection. Its world-class Tampa data center is staffed by skilled engineers and support personnel to ensure the security, integrity and availability of its customers' technology infrastructure 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Peak 10 has a growing and diverse portfolio of clients in the Tampa market including eMason, GunnAllen Financial, TriBridge, Ameristeel and the Outback Bowl.
"We continue to see consistent growth from our operation here in Tampa," said Debra Curtiss, vice president and general manager of Peak 10 Tampa. "More organizations are outsourcing the hosting and management of their IT environments. This additional data center space enables Peak 10 to meet this need and provide organizations with a proven option for maintaining the around the clock availability, security and integrity of critical data and business applications."
Peak 10 combines its network of seven data centers and portfolio of managed services with localized engineering and support to serve market-leading companies nationwide. Peak 10 enables its customers to lower costs, improve service levels, meet regulatory compliance and increase revenue growth by maximizing internal IT resources and insuring the security and availability of complex technology infrastructure.
About Peak 10
Peak 10 is the Southeast's leading data center operator and managed services provider, delivering scalable, economical and reliable solutions for hosting and managing complex information technology infrastructure. The company combines its seven data centers and portfolio of managed services with localized engineering and support to serve market-leading companies including the Outback Bowl, Ameristeel, Pergo, GunnAllen Financial, Churchill Downs, LendingTree and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Peak 10 owns and operates world class facilities in Louisville, Ky., Tampa and Jacksonville, Fla. and Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C. The company was recently ranked the 69th fastest growing private company in America by Inc. magazine. For more information on data center solutions from Peak 10, visit www.peak10.com.
