October 26, 2007 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – Web hosting provider Global Netoptex Inc., or GNi (http://www.gni.com) has been selected by BigWorld Pty Ltd. (http://www.bigworldtech.com) as its global hosting partner, it was announced yesterday. Under the partnership, GNi will provide BigWorld clients with “hosting and management services tailored for multiplayer online games”. The partnership will also allow BigWorld licensees to “access state-of-the-art hosting facilities, the first of which will be housed at GNi’s Oakland, California facility”.
“BigWorld is clearly a world leader in the MMOG (Massive Multiplayer Online Gaming) development space, and partnering enables GNi Games and Digital Media and BigWorld to jointly offer world-class, global hosting facilities and service to BigWorld licensee companies,” explained James Hursthouse, President of GNi’s Games and Digital Media Division. “By extending GNi’s philosophy of customization where necessary, standardization where appropriate, we’ll see increased advantages for BigWorld clients in terms of economies of scale and a centralized technical knowledge base as we build out BigWorld-specific dedicated hosting sites. As with all GNi clients, the BigWorld offering is based around our ‘pay-as-you-grow’ approach. We aim to have BigWorld clients utilizing the basis of what will become their production environment from as early in the production cycle as possible.”
“Hosting a game or virtual world up to a global user base can be a massive, complex undertaking – a huge responsibility,” added BigWorld’s Vice President of Business Development, Mr. Gavin Longhurst. “GNi is the recognized leading provider in this space, with solid technical foundations and a successful portfolio of hosted content already deployed. GNi has proven themselves as a highly focused, reliable and proactive player in the online industry and I am happy to welcome GNi as a preferred services partner.”
GNi offers “customer-centric managed services” catering to customers’ onsite and off-site requirements. Its services include wired and wireless connectivity, network security, disaster recovery, server management and hosting, networking operations and management, and network consulting.
