IBM Global Services Taps Connectria As Subcontractor To Provide Managed Hosting Services
ST. LOUIS, MO (May 1, 2000) - IBM has selected Connectria, a St. Louis and Philadelphia-based Hosting
Provider and Lotus Advanced Business Partner, to provide
Lotus application hosting for key IBM Clients. Connectria provides
Lotus hosting
services for Lotus product including Lotus Notes, Domino, LearningSpace, Sametime, QuickPlace and Lotus' new Pathware
product which Lotus acquired from Macromedia Corporation.
According to Richard S. Waidmann, Connectria's president and CEO, "Connectria can bring applications to users with faster speed
and lower cost -advantages that are important on critical projects. Because our teams have adeptly installed these applications
time and time again at both client locations and at our data centers, we can take a new user from ground zero to
'up and running' in record time." Waidmann added, "Typically when installing an unfamiliar application you can expect a
team to move very cautiously because human beings have to overcome a natural amount of inertia when they do something for the
first time; there's often false starts and a steep learning curve. Hosting delivery lets you circumvent these issues."
About IBM & Lotus
Lotus Development Corporation, founded in 1982, is a subsidiary of IBM Corporation. Lotus offers
high-quality software products and services that reflect the company's unique understanding of the new ways in which individuals
and businesses must work together to achieve success. Lotus' innovative approach is evident in a new class of applications
that allows users to access and communicate information in ways never before possible, both within and beyond organizational
boundaries. Lotus markets its products in more than 80 countries worldwide and provides numerous professional consulting,
support and education services through the Lotus Services Group.
About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable, growing and privately held provider of world-class IT Infrastructure Solutions targeted to large and
Midsized organizations worldwide. Connectria's business has been built through reinvesting profits and without any debt or
equity financing. Thus, Connectria is beholden to no one except our customers. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers,
Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA and St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of our clients' IT organizations.
Connectria's services allow our clients to do more and spend less on their IT infrastructures, typically by 25 - 60% or more.
Connectria is staffed 24 hours, 365 days per year to build, monitor and manage mission critical IT environments for our clients.
Connectria offers an array of services including full outsourcing of IT infrastructures, managed hosting, disaster recovery,
remote monitoring, onsite facilities management, and custom software development and engineering services. For more
information, please contact Connectria at 1-800-781-7820 or visit us online at
www.connectria.com.
To learn more about Connectria or to receive a detailed quote on any of our services, please
contact us.
