Intel flips the switch on Web hosting center | ZDNet

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Intel Corp. made an aggressive push into the Web hosting arena last week with the debut of its first data center and the announcement of more than a dozen initial customers for its services. The centers initial offerings will include co-location and managed co-location services and SLAs (service-level agreements) that cover network uptime and operations at the host facilities. By early next year, Intel plans to move to what it is touting as second-generation hosting, which it says will include offering SLAs that guarantee application performance and uptime. "You dont see those kinds of SLAs from other providers," said Steve Murray, an analyst with International Data Corp., in Framingham, Mass. They know how to provide consistency and redundancy," said Jennifer Clark, director of alliances for Webridge Inc., an e-commerce ISV in Portland, Ore. "We sent out RFPs [requests for proposals] to four firms, including Intel, and we went on-site to audit every firm," said Fred Pohl, operations manager and security officer with HealthMagic Inc., in Columbia, S.C. "Intel had the most impressive security of any facility we visited."

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