IO Announces New Customers for its Intelligent Control™ Platform

PHOENIX, Nov. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IO, a global leader in software-defined data centers, today announced new customers for its Phoenix and New Jersey data centers. By selecting IO, these organizations gain a high-performance, cloud-ready solution that can scale quickly and is energy-efficient. 

IO's global DCaaS offering is driven by the IO Intelligent Control platform, consisting of standardized, UL-listed IO.Anywhere^® modules that are controlled by the IO.OS data center operating system, software designed to provide unprecedented visibility and the rich data necessary to derive actionable intelligence from data center operations. IO Intelligent Control was created to deliver superior business agility, energy efficiency, physical and logical security, and reliability than competitive offerings, while lowering cost associated with data center deployment and operation. 

The new IO customers at IO Phoenix are:

• ANS Distributing has been supplying service station equipment to petroleum marketers – from single-site service stations and national chains, to wholesalers and technicians – for over three decades.
• Bristol Global Mobility provides global mobility services to meet their clients' unique needs, offering customized and easy to implement solutions such as: a complete range of home sale programs, destination solutions, domestic and international household goods move management, short-term temporary accommodations, full program administration, and ongoing global assignment support.

The new IO customers at IO New Jersey are:

• Drew Marine is the global leader in providing technical solutions and services to the marine industry. Recognized products and services include Water Treatment, Fuel and Energy Management, Maintenance Chemicals and Coatings, Welding and Refrigeration, Sealing Products, and Fire, Safety & Rescue.
• VoiceNEXT Hosted PBX Services use the power of the Internet to take business communication technology into the future. No calls will be missed thanks to a fully redundant network and features such as web based administration and voicemail to email. VoiceNEXT is the phone company that actually answers the phone with award-winning customer support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

"VoiceNEXT has entered into this partnership with IO because we believe that IO, better than any other data center or colocation provider in the country, will keep our communication services up and running under any circumstances, normal or disastrous," said Gary Cooper, CEO, VoiceNEXT.

"IO welcomes these innovative organizations to Data Center 2.0," said Peter McNamara, Executive Leader, Global Sales and Customer Operations, IO. "DCaaS provides customers the best of all worlds. It allows them to achieve cost, energy and operational benefits from IO hardware and software, with minimal capital expenditures, guaranteed uptime, and the ability to stay focused on their core businesses."

IO.DCaaS provides customers the agility to deploy data center capacity quickly that is delivered at secure, reliable locations, which have multiple layers of protection, and are backed with a 100 percent uptime SLA. It offers flexible deployment options, from a single cabinet in a shared environment to dedicated modules and infrastructure. IO provides carrier-neutral data centers with a choice of multiple telecommunications carriers and free cross-connects.

About IO

IO is a global leader in software-defined data centers and has pioneered the next generation of data center infrastructure technology. IO's integrated hardware and software data center technology platform offers enterprises, governments, and service providers an innovative way to deploy, provision, and optimize data center capacity anywhere in the world. IO technology lowers the total cost of data center ownership compared to traditional data centers, enabling dynamic deployment and intelligent control based on the needs of IT equipment and applications in the data center.

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