Blackboard to Open New Data Center in Canada
11 Maggio 2011 - 3:08PM
PR Newswire (Canada)
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2011 /CNW/ -- New Facility Responds to Rising
Demand for In-Region Hosting Services Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq:
BBBB) today announced plans to open a new data center in Canada
this summer, responding to growing interest from Canadian
institutions for an in-region facility to host and manage their
learning environments. The new data center will be located in
Calgary, Alberta, and will be the company's seventh production
facility. It joins Blackboard's existing hosting facilities in the
United States, the Netherlands and Australia. Blackboard Managed
Hosting currently supports about 8.5 million active users and
approximately 950 education, corporate and government clients
worldwide. Overall, the number of clients hosted by Blackboard has
grown by over 20 percent in the last two years. As the management
of learning environments becomes more complex and the need for more
reliable uptime becomes more important, institutions have
increasingly leveraged Blackboard's hosting capabilities. In doing
so, they're achieving greater uptime and a partner with the
technical expertise to manage installations, upgrades, and
day-to-day system maintenance, enabling their institutional IT
staff to spend more time working to improve overall systems to
better support learning programs. With guaranteed uptime rates of
up to 99.9 percent, Blackboard provides a reliable, secure and high
performance infrastructure that supports student and institutional
success. Blackboard's data centers typically average over 150
million Internet hits a day during peak times, and are staffed
around the clock to guard against threats to physical and data
security, natural disasters, and network outages of all types,
while also providing a highly reliable and secure hosting
environment. "Opening a data center in Canada underscores our
commitment to providing the best mix of technology and services to
institutions in Canada," said Harry Choi, vice president of
Blackboard Managed Hosting. "We've seen that clients who rely on
our deep experience and technical expertise spend less time
worrying about system management and can devote more of their
attention to improving and growing programs, so we're excited to
present a stronger set of capabilities to Canadian institutions."
For more information about Blackboard Managed Hosting, please visit
http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Learn/Services/Managed-Hosting.aspx
About Blackboard Inc. Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) is a global
leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that
improve the experience of millions of students and learners around
the world every day. Blackboard's solutions allow thousands of
higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government
organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate
campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with
their communities. Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in
Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and
Australia. Any statements in this press release about future
expectations, plans and prospects for Blackboard and other
statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "plans,"
"expects," "will," and similar expressions, constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
as a result of various important factors, including the factors
discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of our Form 10-Q filed on
May 9, 2011 with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking
statements included in this press release represent the Company's
views as of May 11, 2011. The Company anticipates that subsequent
events and developments will cause the Company's views to change.
However, while the Company may elect to update these
forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company
specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These
forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as
representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to May
11, 2011. Matthew Maurer, Blackboard Inc., +1-202-463-4860, ext.
2637, matthew.maurer@blackboard.com Web Site:
http://www.blackboard.com
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