SunGard Availability Services opens new data center somewhere in Philadelphia
Wayne-based information-technology company SunGard Availability Services opened a third data center in Philadelphia last week, a spokeswoman told Technically Philly.
“Customers can buy solutions that include hosting, application services, email and collaboration services, network services, managed security services, storage services and replication services,” said company spokeswoman Valeria Maltoni. “The idea is to have a secure, highly available and redundant IT environment. ”
The specific location of the $25 million, 120,000-square foot structure is, well, somewhere on Spring Garden Street, though specific locations are not disclosed by the company for security reasons, said Maltoni.
The unity of parent company SunGard Data Systems has two other data centers amounting to 350,000 square feet in the city, the others being on North Broad and Chestnut streets. These centers offer business continuity, which means your operation keeps chugging, irrespective of power outages, technical failure, attack or accidentally flipping the wrong switch.
