SoftLayer Technologies ™, the innovator in the data center demand for services, today announced the opening of three new data centers in the pods of the company in Dallas, Seattle and Washington, DC datacenter facility. The new pods add additional server capacity of 20,000, bringing the total capacity SoftLayer more than 45,000 physical machines.
“We continue to gain strength each year. We have broken records and forecasts more than last year, and 2010 will bring even more of the same,” said Lance Crosby, CEO of SoftLayer. “These three new pods against increases in customer demand we expect in the very near future. And they are only preliminary steps in our growth strategy for 2010. We have great plans that we can not wait to share with everyone.”
SoftLayer milestones in 2009 included:
* More than 5,700 active customers in 110 + countries
* More than 23,000 servers deployed
* Placement in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure Services
* Introduction of CloudLayer ™ line of cloud services, including storage CloudLayer, CloudLayer CRC CloudLayer
Computers and Bare Metal Cloud ™
* Industry’s first implementation of Nehalem Microarchitecture Intel ®
* IPv6 support in all data centers
* Multiple additions company in all data centers to a total of 290Gbps
The pods are only part of the new approach SoftLayer data center design. Each of the geographically diverse data centers of the company consists of multiple pods built to the specifications identical to those of the same class Bestin methodologies. This level of standardization in all key geographic locations allow SoftLayer to optimize data center performance variables, including space, power, network, personnel and internal infrastructure.
About SoftLayer Technologies
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer delivers the best in its class, the demand for IT services worldwide from facilities in Dallas, Seattle and Washington, DC. SoftLayer integrates and automates all elements of IT to innovate industry-leading services, including clouds, dedicated, and virtual computing environments, all managed through a single interface. The companies all can benefit from complete control, security, scalability, and ease ofmanagement for IT solution. For more information, please visit www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.
