SunGard opens new $25M data center somewhere on Spring Garden Street

Wayne-based information-technology company SunGard Availability Services opened a third data center in Philadelphia last week, a spokeswoman told Technically Philly.
“Customers can buy solutions that include hosting, application services, email and collaboration services, network services, managed security services, storage services and replication services,” said company spokeswoman Valeria Maltoni. “The idea is to have a secure, highly available and redundant IT environment. ”
The specific location of the $25 million, 120,000-square foot structure is, well, somewhere on Spring Garden Street, though specific locations are not disclosed by the company for security reasons, said Maltoni.
The unity of parent company SunGard Data Systems has two other data centers amounting to 350,000 square feet in the city, the others being on North Broad and Chestnut streets. These centers offer business continuity, which means your operation keeps chugging, irrespective of power outages, technical failure, attack or accidentally flipping the wrong switch.

“It’s like having a condo, you move in with your equipment and can choose to run it yourself, colocation, and take advantage of our infrastructure: power, high security, strong networks or you can also look into us managing the equipment and data for you,” Maltoni said.
The data centers employ more than 400 people in Philadelphia, and SunGard send pay checks to 2,700 in the region. SunGard expects more than 30,000 customers, many from outside the city, in 2009, Maltoni said. The new center has two independent power sources and back-up generators.
The center also features advanced security and environmental monitoring and redundant heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems, as first reported by the Philadelphia Business Journal.
Additionally work stations are available for customers, you know, if they can find the place.
“Having founded disaster recovery more than 30 years ago, we have proven processes that have been tested by experienced staff,” Maltoni said “Our new managed services facility in Philadelphia extends SunGard’s capacity in providing a robust, resilient infrastructure to our customers.”
Maltoni did not disclose whether the Mission Impossible theme plays in the background.