Expands Relationship with Level 3, Selecting Data Center in São Paulo to Enhance Information Up-time, Security and Disaster Recovery for CAIXA SERGUROS’ Nine Million Customers
Jun 9, 2014
SÃO PAULO, June 09, 2014 — Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE:LVLT, news, filings) today announced that it has been selected to manage the contingency site of CAIXA SEGUROS Group as part of an expanded contract with the organization. According to the agreement, Level 3 will manage a disaster recovery solution between Cotia, São Paulo, and the Group’s primary site in Brasília.
CAIXA SEGUROS will use Level 3’s data center as a new operational contingency site in the event of business-impacting disasters to ensure the security and resiliency of its customers’ information. While Level 3 already provides storage solutions for the group, the expanded agreement offers CAIXA SEGUROS protected data storage in a facility with the network accessibility and power reliability necessary to provide seamless service to its nine million customers worldwide. Level 3 will be responsible for managing the contingency site, while the infrastructure team of CAIXA SEGUROS will focus on the internal demand related to insurance and other services provided by the company.
“With this Level 3 data center acting as a contingency site for critical customer information and services, we can assure even more availability and security for our customers. In the event of a cut off in the Group’s main system, the backup environment will automatically be activated, avoiding technology failure or any service disruption for our customers,” said Dominique Dieuzaide, CIO for CAIXA SEGUROS.
“The intelligent contingency plan developed by Level 3 to CAIXA SEGUROS brought an awareness in the internal IT staff for the consumption of professional services, while optimizing the productivity of the area,” said Lincoln Moreira, Executive Manager of Infrastructure for CAIXA SEGUROS.
CAIXA SEGUROS is a private organization dedicated to protection in the insurance, social security, capitalization, consortium, health and dental insurance industries. CNP Assurances, a leader in the insurance market based in France, and Caixa Econômica Federal, one of the largest federally owned banks in Brazil, are shareholders of the company.
“The implementation of these services on a mainframe platform for CAIXA SEGUROS demonstrates Level 3’s ability to support the growing need among enterprises for efficient, reliable and secure access to critical data even in the most dire of circumstances,” said Marcos Malfatti, senior vice president of Sales for Level 3 in Brazil. “For this kind of project, complete confidence between customer and supplier is crucial. We are delighted to know that CAIXA SEGUROS trusts the work and professionalism of Level 3 enough to grow our relationship.”
For more information on Level 3’s advanced network and service offerings, visit www.level3.com.
About CAIXA SEGUROS Group
The fifth largest insurance group in Brazil, CAIXA SEGUROS Group is a private management organization, comprising five companies. Having a complete and democratic portfolio, the Company offers Brazilians more than 40 options of insurance, social security, syndicate, capitalization and health and dental insurance products. Last year it reported R$ 7,9 billion [BRL] in invoices. For further information on the company, please visit www.caixaseguros.com.br.
About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE:LVLT) is a Fortune 500 company that provides local, national and global communications services to enterprise, government and carrier customers. Level 3’s comprehensive portfolio of secure, managed solutions includes fiber and infrastructure solutions; IP-based voice and data communications; wide-area Ethernet services; video and content distribution; data center and cloud-based solutions. Level 3 serves customers in more than 500 markets in over 60 countries across a global services platform anchored by owned fiber networks on three continents and connected by extensive undersea facilities. For more information, please visit www.level3.com or get to know us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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