November 17, 2008 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Education and career transitions site ConnectEDU has selected web host NaviSite (http://www.navisite.com) to provide it with hosting services in a bid to improve IT performance, it was reported recently. NaviSite will cater for the organization’s requirements through a customized solution that includes “a combination of the cloud computing platform, AppStructure and dedicated managed services”. NaviSite’s solution also includes database administration and storage management services.
ConnectEDU provides technology solutions for the high schools, colleges and employers in the ConnectEDU National Network(TM). Its solutions provide “comprehensive tools for curriculum, college and career planning” and are “currently deployed in 2,000 high schools and 275 colleges” across the United States.
"NaviSite's AppStructure provided us with a comprehensive, tightly integrated and highly adaptive virtualized environment that allowed us to easily scale up or down the computing resources to meet our changing infrastructure needs," explained ConnectEDU’s Senior Manager of Operations, Mr. Ed Carnes. "The infrastructure design changes using AppStructure have reached and exceeded any performance expectations. We are extremely pleased with the outcome and look forward to working with NaviSite in the future."
"NaviSite's latest offering -- AppStructure -- virtualizes the computing resources, offers the Web 2.0 tools for facilitating collaboration and integrates applications and information to create a seamless technology environment," added NaviSite’s Senior Vice President of Hosting Services, Mr. Mark Clayman. "We are excited that we were able to solve the challenges faced by ConnectEDU by providing them solutions tailored to their requirements."
NaviSite is a provider of “enterprise hosting and application solutions” and caters to over 1,500 customers. The company runs 17 state-of-the-art data centers through which it offers “a full suite of web-hosting and internet infrastructure options”.
