Savvis Lands Continental Airlines Deal

Network service provider to power in-house e-commerce initiatives for nation's fifth largest carrier.

by Thor Olavsrud of www.internetnews.com [December 17, 2001]

Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL) has hired Savvis Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: SVVS) to provide the network for the airline's new, high traffic e-commerce initiatives, as well as its employee extranet and intranet services. Continental will connect to the network service provider's backbone through Savvis' private network access point in Houston, Tex., where the airline is headquartered. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

Herndon, Va.-based Savvis is providing the nation's fifth-ranked air passenger carrier with a 20Mbps networking package that is scalable to accommodate additional growth.

"It is imperative that we provide flawless service through our Continental.com portal, because encountering frequent problems with booking flights and conducting other travel-related business online undermines customer loyalty and can potentially mean lost business," said Andre Gold, Continental's technical director of Internet engineering.

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