Savvis announced ClientConnect, an online gateway for businesses to connect with others located in one or more of Savvis’ data centers.

The service is aimed at media, financial service, healthcare and consumer-brands who wish to connect with other firms hosted in Savvis data centers.

“Whether you’re a retailer looking for e-commerce services or a trading firm looking for low-latency access to financial exchanges, Savvis ClientConnect gives you visibility into the players that can help accelerate your business growth,” said Drew Leonard, vice president, colocation product management, at Savvis. “Clients that opt in to this service can save time and money connecting with a variety of diverse businesses and carriers found within our global data center network.”

Savvis ClientConnect is an optional tool available to existing Savvis clients through the SavvisStation portal. 

Features include:

Intuitive search functionality for locating other businesses that have opted in by facility, customer type and customer name;

• Client profile pages, giving clients the ability to promote their presence in Savvis’ data centers to other Savvis clients;
• Rapid client-to-client cross-connect provisioning, with a deployment completion target of within 48 hours of ordering via the SavvisStation portal;
• Visibility into interconnectivity opportunities with hundreds of Savvis colocation and managed services clients; and
• Contact information to discuss potential business relationships.

“In today’s competitive economy, companies must focus technology resources on the areas that drive the most business value,” said Joel Odelson, CIO, Morpho Detection. “Savvis provides the infrastructure solutions that help us reduce costs and improve service levels so that we can devote our energy to the right places. Features like Savvis ClientConnect can help companies deliver even more value by highlighting opportunities with potential partners that can fuel growth.”