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GMAC Residential Funding Canada Moves Data Centre to Q9 in Comprehensive Outsourcing Deal
Toronto, ON - May 26, 2008 - Q9 Networks Inc. (TSX:Q) is pleased to announce that GMAC Residential Funding of Canada, Ltd. has moved its data centre to a Q9 facility in a comprehensive outsourcing deal.
GMAC Residential Funding of Canada, Ltd. is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of GMAC ResCap (Residential Capital, LLC), a leading real estate finance company.
Under the terms of the deal, Q9 is providing GMAC Residential Funding of Canada, Ltd. with secure and redundant physical infrastructure in one of its high-security data centres, as well as managed bandwidth and 7x24 monitoring, to ensure the highest levels of performance and reliability for all of its IT systems.
"Our systems are mission-critical and support more than 800 external brokers and more than 350 internal employees across different time zones," said Tracie Tesser, Senior Vice President, Operations, GMAC Residential Funding of Canada, Ltd. "We outgrew our data centre and determined the cost to build a new facility would have been prohibitively expensive. As a result, we decided to outsource. Q9, with its ability to deliver a comprehensive solution, its exceptional responsiveness and its reputation for excellence in data centre infrastructure management, was best able to meet our requirements."
Q9 designs, builds and operates its data centres to meet the most demanding IT infrastructure requirements, including the increased power and cooling demands of today's high density computing devices. Customers connect to the Internet via Q9's unique network and are protected by Q9's 100 percent, SLA-backed uptime guarantees on both power and network availability. Customer equipment and data centre environmental parameters are monitored 7x24 by Q9's Control Centre, staffed by experts versed in all aspects of IT and facilities management.
"We are delighted to be adding GMAC Residential Funding to our extensive list of leading financial services organizations," said Osama Arafat, CEO, Q9 Networks. "GMAC is a forward-thinking organization that understands the value of outsourcing IT infrastructure in order to focus on core competencies. We look forward to providing them with the outstanding performance, reliability and service for which Q9 is known."
About Q9 Networks
Q9 Networks is a leading Canadian provider of outsourced data centre infrastructure for organizations with mission-critical IT operations. Q9's data centres and network are backed by an industry leading SLA which guarantees 100% network and power availability. Q9 managed services, including: bandwidth, dedicated servers, firewalls, load balancing, virtual private networking (VPN) and back-up/restore, enable the rapid provisioning and scalability of client infrastructure.
For further information, please contact:
Kevin Spikes
Director of Corporate & Investor Relations
Q9 Networks Inc.
Toronto: 416-848-3311
Toll Free: 1-888-696-2266
media.relations@Q9.com
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