MT. PROSPECT, Ill., March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago data center service provider, CoreLink Data Centers, LLC  (http://www.corelink.com) today announced a colocation agreement with Lou Malnati's Pizzeria, considered the oldest family name in Chicago pizza. Through the contract, CoreLink will provide the company with its industry-leading flexible and scalable solutions, continuous expert help, and complete transparency grounded on its high performing network connectivity.

"We're pleased to have the opportunity to provide our services to such a big hometown favorite based right here in our own neighborhood," said Michael Duckett, president and COO at CoreLink Data Centers, a provider of Chicago data center services. "CoreLink will provide Lou Malnati's with our relentless service and flexible data center business model, as well as exceptional physical and network security, just as we do with all of our customers."

CoreLink offers all-sized businesses, from large multi-national enterprises to small- and medium-sized businesses, the flexible colocation solutions and expert service they need to maintain critical IT infrastructure. With data centers in Chicago, Phoenix, Seattle, and Las Vegas, CoreLink operates a national network of top-tier colocation facilities.

"We knew CoreLink was the right fit for Lou Malnati's after seeing the attention to detail in the design of their world-class facility and meeting with their enthusiastic team," said Jordan von Kluck, Director of Information Technology for Lou Malnati's. "We feel the 24x7 staffing and operations support provided by CoreLink is second-to-none. Since we moved our critical infrastructure supporting our 32 restaurants to CoreLink, we know we can count on their facility and staff to ensure the guaranteed uptime our locations depend on."

Avant Communication acted as the agent partner who brought CoreLink the Lou Malnati's opportunity. Ian Kieninger, Avant Communication CEO, said, "Selecting CoreLink was easy for our customer, Lou Malnati's, given CoreLink's state-of-the-art facilities and strong focus on customer service."

Lou Malnati's is legendary for its Chicago-style deep dish pizza.  They are a family-owned and operated company with 32 locations throughout Chicago and growing. Lou Malnati's stresses consistency in quality, service, and food offered in a unique environment by a staff committed to the customer and the community. They also offer a drop off catering division and a shipping division that delivers their authentic Chicago-style pizza across the country. Committed to giving back and community involvement, the company was also named a Top Chicago Workplace 2010.

CoreLink's Chicago data center service customers, as well as customers in its 4 other locations, enjoy the following benefits: 

• 100 percent uptime Service Level Agreements for mission critical applications;
• The ability to scale up or down without the usual data center constraints;
• Reduced operating costs due to outsourcing;
• CoreLink's state-of-the-art data center design and industry expertise

Contact CoreLink Data Centers for more information about Chicago data center services and enterprise hosting or call (866) 435-2375.

About CoreLink:

CoreLink is a leading data center hosting and managed services provider of critical infrastructure services delivered on a "state-of-the-art," robust and environmentally friendly technology platform. By leveraging data centers in Chicago, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Seattle with access to massive and diverse network connectivity, CoreLink delivers small, medium and large enterprise customers and service providers with high quality and uniquely agile, data center services. CoreLink's focus is on aligning customer needs with the proper solutions, combined with a relentless focus on service, to provide the flexibility and peace of mind all businesses require from a data center provider.

For more information, please call 866.435.2375 or visit our website or check out more at CoreLink Data Centers' blog, CoreLink on Facebook and @corelinkdata on Twitter.

SOURCE CoreLink Data Centers, LLC