London, Ontario, Canada - Utilismart Corporation, a leading provider of energy management and settlement solutions for electric utilities, has partnered with Primus Business Services to establish a secured data centre environment in Primus' London, Ontario Data Centre location. Under the partnership, Primus is providing additional data centre services to Utilismart, which includes backup, disaster recovery and hosting solutions for Utilismart's Canadian and U.S.-based customers.
One of Utilismart's core business strategies is to ensure system security; redundancy and replication are continuously being streamlined and automated to maximize service availability, reliability and accuracy. The Primus - Utilismart partnership achieves this goal and elevates Utilismart's service standard to a superior level.
"We take the integrity of our customers' data very seriously and we are confident that their data is being managed and operated by one of Primus' ultra-secure, world-class data centres," said Bruce Smith, President & CEO Utilismart Corporation. "Customer driven requirements in Ontario, eastern Canada and the U.S., combined with our own belief that customers would eventually want to do more with the data we were already collecting on their behalf, continues to be central to all of our business decisions and choosing Primus Data Centre Services is a direct reflection of that."
Primus has data centres in Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton, London and Vancouver.
Each facility was built to surpass industry standards for security, reliability, performance, speed, redundancy and scalability. All of Primus' Data Centres were designed to keep web sites, servers and critical applications connected to the Internet for 100% uptime. Each centre has 24-hour monitoring and technical support services; N+1 configurations for power, cooling, and servers to ensure servers are kept on-line; the latest in green technology; and biometric security ensuring only qualified personnel have access to the facility.
About Primus Business Services
Primus Business Services is a leading national full service communications provider offering voice, data, hosting, IP connectivity, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions to over 40,000 Canadian Companies. With 7 world-class, state-of-the-art Data Centres across Canada, Primus Business Services keeps companies' websites, servers, and mission critical applications connected for enhanced business continuity. Primus Business Services is a division of Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc.
About Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc.
Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. is the largest alternative communications carrier in Canada and now serves over 1 million customers across its suite of services. Primus Canada offers the widest selection of consumer and business telecommunications service available nationwide including Home Phone, Internet, Long Distance, VoIP and Wireless services.
Primus Canada is a wholly-owned subsidiary of McLean, Virginia-based Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated (OTCBB: PMUG). Additional information is available at www.primus.ca.
About Utilismart Corporation:
Headquartered in London, Ontario, Canada, Utilismart Corporation is a leading provider of energy and settlement management services to electric and water utilities, commercial, industrial and large use consumers in the Ontario electricity marketplace. Utilismart also provides data collection, storage, and delivery services for utilities residential smart metering and AMI deployments. Utilismart's service offerings are not restricted by geography, as demonstrated by a customer base that includes customers located throughout Ontario, Nova Scotia, Texas, Massachusetts and Mississippi. Utilismart Corporation operates web-based services that provide customers with critical information needed to make informed decisions about electricity and water usage.
Utilismart also owns and operates WattsWorth Analysis Inc. located in Toronto, Ontario. Serving as the consulting arm of Utilismart, WattsWorth Analysis Inc. personnel provide settlement services to commercial - industrial customers, purchasing advice to municipal electricity buying groups and back office support to an Ontario market generator.
For more information, please visit www.utilismartcorp.com:
Contact:
In Canada:
Bruce Smith, Utilismart Corporation
519-652-0689
In U.S.A:
Hannah Arnold or Shannon Vander Hook
Linden Alschuler & Kaplan, Inc.
Public Relations
212-575-4545
