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2005-10-14 |
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Petfinder.com Selects Equinix |
Signs an agreement to establish operations within one of Equinix's New York area Internet Business Exchange centers.
Equinix, Inc., a provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, recently announced that Petfinder.com, the oldest and largest searchable directory of adoptable pets on the Web, has signed an agreement to establish operations within one of Equinix's New York area Internet Business Exchange (IBX) centers.
The deployment to Equinix will support the operations of Petfinder.com's ongoing mission to help animal placement organizations find homes for their homeless pets, as well as support their new Animal Emergency Response Network, a service that will help match animal victims and caretakers during times of emergency or natural disaster.
"The recent hurricanes in the Gulf States have highlighted both the human and animal toll of natural disasters and the need for an efficient and reliable system of linking animals and caregivers," said Betsy Saul, President and CEO, Petfinder.com. "With our expansion to Equinix, we will deploy a high-performance IT and connectivity infrastructure that will support our ongoing mission as well as the Animal Emergency Response Network during times of crisis."
"We are pleased to work with Petfinder.com which regularly provides a much needed service of connecting potential owners with the overwhelming population of homeless pets, as well as providing an important service during emergency situations," said Margie Backaus, Chief Business Officer, Equinix. "For companies such as Petfinder.com that require, on an everyday basis, reliable and efficient connectivity for critical database applications, Equinix provides a combination of state-of-the-art physical centers with access to a large aggregation of networks to ensure the highest levels of uptime and performance."
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