ITF
and Verio Announce Davis Cup Partnership; Verio Serves
up Performance on Demand for Official Tournament
[March 22, 2005]
ENGLEWOOD,
Colo., Mar 22, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The International
Tennis Federation (ITF) announced today that Verio,
a subsidiary of NTT Communications and a leading global
IP solutions provider, is to become an International
Partner of Davis Cup.
As the Official Hosting Partner of Davis
Cup, Verio will be responsible for hosting the Official
Web site of the event, www.daviscup.com and will also
host the Official Web site of Fed Cup, www.fedcup.com.
The ITF tournament is 105 years old with approximately
140 National Teams and Tennis Associations involved.
The daviscup.com site hosted more than a quarter of
a million visitor sessions during the 2004 Davis Cup
by BNP Paribas Final, and more than one million unique
visitors and nearly 70 million visits in 2004. The Davis
Cup Live Scoreboard section of the site delivered an
extensive range of statistics, serve speeds, trajectories
and related information to Davis Cup fans worldwide.
"Verio has a proven track record
of successfully delivering solutions for sporting bodies
and events and we are delighted to entrust them with
the Web site of our flagship property," said ITF
President Francesco Ricci Bitti. "Interest in Davis
Cup continues to grow worldwide, and delivering dynamic
and unique content on our site is a critical extension
for this growth."
"We are committed to providing
our partners with service on demand and to guaranteeing
the performance and capacity management of sites such
as www.daviscup.com and www.fedcup.com which experience
peaks and troughs of traffic during live games,"
said Martin Davis, vice president for Verio Europe.
"Our integrated SLA demonstrates the commitment
we've made to support sports sites with a scalable solution
and cost effective architecture. This will help the
ITF meet their objective of having the industry's most
reliable site."
Verio is rapidly expanding its capabilities
in the sports industry. High profile wins such as UEFA;
The FA; Subaru World Rally Team; and the Tour de France,
via Agence-France Presse have firmly established Verio
as the technology partner of choice for sport organizations.
Verio delivers the solution that enables sports federations
to use technology to improve their global reach and
increase their competitive appeal to worldwide sports
fans.
About
Davis Cup
Davis
Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international
team competition in sport with 137 nations entered in
2005. The title sponsor is BNP Paribas, the Official
Bank of Davis Cup. International sponsors are Adecco
(Official Recruitment Partner), Fossil (Official Watch),
Getronics (Official ICT Sponsor), Hugo Boss (Official
Men's Fashion Sponsor), Kia Motors (Official Car) and
NH Hoteles (Official Hotel). International partners
are NTT Communications (Official Hosting Partner) and
Wilson Sporting Goods (Official Ball).
About
Verio
Verio
Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications
(NTT Com), which provides complementary global network
access reaching over 200 countries worldwide. Verio
is one of the world's largest operators of Web sites
for businesses and a leading provider of global IP solutions.
The company offers businesses a broad range of Internet
services, including Web hosting, high-end dedicated
access and managed service offerings. Verio supports
its operations with highly reliable and scalable global
infrastructure and systems including the NTT Communications
Global IP Network, and provides business technology
solutions to customers in more than 146 countries. The
combination of Verio and NTT Com offers services to
meet the growing and diverse needs of all businesses,
including small to medium businesses, large global enterprises
and multi-national corporations. More information can
be found at www.verio.com and www.ntt.com/index-e.html.
Verio and the Verio logo are trademarks
and/or service marks of Verio Inc. in the United States
and other countries. All other names are trademarks
or registered marks of their respective owners. (C)2005
Verio Inc. All rights reserved.
SOURCE: Verio Inc.
Verio Inc.
Mona Peloquin, 303-645-1961
mpeloquin@verio.net
or
International Tennis Federation (ITF)
Barbara Travers, +44 208 878 6464
communications@itftennis.com |
