SAVVIS Incorporated, formerly known as SAVVIS Communications Corporation, was founded in 1995 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm provides 5,000 organizations in 45 countries with hosting, network, and application services. The firm's operations are supported by virtualization, automated software management, and provisioning technologies. The company maintains a network of 25 data centers and a Tier 1 OC-192 Internet backbone. SAVVIS Communications offers clients voice, video, data, private line, community, and Internet network services. The company also provides customers with hosted storage, global content delivery, virtual private network (VPN), security, system performance optimization, system migration, FIX electronic trading, program management, and other products and services. The Retail Avenue (SM) service supports digital brand asset management, customer support, e-commerce, and distance learning processes. The company's Web-based SAVVISStation allows users to monitor IT operations. It includes network and hosting management components. The company markets its services and products to organizations across the retail, e-commerce, publishing, entertainment, marketing, financial services, and government sectors. SAVVIS Communications has formed partnerships with Microsoft (R) and Oracle (R). The company acquired Bridge Information Systems in 1999; WAM!NET in 2003; and Cable & Wireless America in 2004. The firm is listed on NASDAQ under the SVVS symbol. SAVVIS Communications and its products have won recognition from 'Network Magazine,' Gartner, Frost & Sullivan, and 'Network World Magazine.'