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High-Growth Environmental Consulting Firm Outsources Data Centre to Q9
High cost of downtime, reliable power & cooling requirements prompt move
Toronto, ON - October 5, 2006 - Q9 Networks Inc. (TSX:Q), a leading Canadian provider of outsourced data centre infrastructure for organizations with mission-critical IT operations, is pleased to announce that Matrix Solutions Inc., a high-growth environmental and engineering consulting firm headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, has outsourced its data centre requirements to Q9 in a comprehensive infrastructure deal.
Providing services such as environmental impact assessments, site assessment and reclamation, monitoring and remediation of contaminated groundwater and soils and river engineering, Matrix operates from six offices in Alberta and British Columbia. It has experienced rapid growth, doubling its headcount to approximately 180 employees over the last two years. With more than 500 clients and 2,000 projects currently underway, its data storage requirements have also increased exponentially.
When Matrix recently went from a single server with 500 gigabytes of storage to a blade server array with three terabytes of storage, the company determined that its existing data centre infrastructure was not capable of supporting the additional load and turned to Q9 for a solution.
"The building that houses our head office and data centre was not able to support the increased power and cooling demands of our blade array," says Mike Morley, Senior Consultant, Information Engineering Team, Matrix Solutions Inc. "We needed to move to a facility that not only had robust power and cooling infrastructure but also a high level of security and reliability. Furthermore, a large number of our employees are consultants working at remote sites or from home, adding to the complexity and risk of downtime. We estimated that every hour of downtime would extract a large penalty in lost fees, not to mention the disruption and lost time to our clients.
"By moving to Q9, we ensure our infrastructure always has an adequate and reliable amount of power and cooling, our clients' data is secure and we can provide the same level of access to our remote employees as we can to those in our corporate head office."
Q9 delivers unparalleled service through an extensive suite of customer care products, including a Web-based portal that provides complete visibility into customer equipment and Q9 services. All Q9 and customer systems are monitored from a Q9 Control Centre 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Experts are also available to customers on an around-the-clock basis to resolve issues and provide advice.
"As a dynamic and rapidly growing company, Matrix understands the substantial benefits of outsourcing to a trusted provider with an extensive track record," says Osama Arafat, CEO, Q9 Networks. "Q9 provides solid reliability and guaranteed power and cooling resources, allowing Matrix to focus on managing the growth of its business."
About Matrix Solutions
Matrix Solutions Inc. is a full service environmental management and engineering consulting company with multi-disciplinary teams of engineers, scientists and technologists. Matrix services include site assessments and reclamation, monitoring and remediation of contaminated groundwater and soils, environmental impact assessments, river engineering and aquatics assessments and project/program peer review and monitoring. From its head office in Calgary, Alberta, and several other offices in Alberta and British Columbia, Matrix serves industry, government and institutional clients throughout western and northern Canada, and worldwide.
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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