Monumental PARTNERs WITH GNi to offer WORLD CLASS MMO and virtual world hosting solutions
Nottingham, UK. 08 February 2008 - Virtual World, Online Game and Technology developer Monumental Games today announce a strategic partnership with GNi to provide industry- level hosting to a growing list of technology licensees.
Global hosting, infrastructure planning, and roll-out activities are some of the most important decisions facing managers of successful Virtual World and Online Game projects. Monumental's growing list of technology licensees are launching Virtual World and MMO products into the global marketplace. These products depend on mission critical hosting, infrastructure and bandwidth solutions to succeed. Monumental's customers need hosting solutions that provide sustainable competitive advantage, long term cost savings and solid customer support in equal measure both to launch and sustain growth within the global marketplace.
The Monumental Technology Suite (MTS) is a complete suite of tools that allows organisations to develop Virtual Worlds and Online Games for a wide range of applications (including computer based training (CBT), entertainment, corporate intranets, and collaborative environments). It makes sense to partner with organizations that specialise in the hosting of such large scale global projects. Monumental is happy to announce a strategic partnership with Global NetOptex, Inc. (GNi), which will see them offer world-class hosting services and solutions to licensees of the Monumental Technology Suite.
"Making great Virtual Worlds and Massively Multi-player Online games with our technology suite is only one of many aspects of developing and launching a successful product. The GNi guys know what they're doing and specialize in games, so we are proudp and confident to offer their services to our technology licensees. Our partnership with GNi offers MTS licensees a complete hosting solution from pre-production through to launch and beyond" said Rik Alexander, Monumental's CEO.
"Our partnership with Monumental continues to show that great developers know that well built and managed infrastructure is the foundation of delivery of a successful Online Game or Virtual World and we are pleased that Monumental has recognized and chosen GNi to provide this critical foundation", stated Philip Bouchard, GNi CEO
GNi offers a range of industry-leading networking, internet transit and consultancy services, providing world-class 24/7 facilities for the hosting and management of customers' critical data, applications and networks. Data center facilities are located throughout California in San Francisco, San Jose, El Segundo, Sacramento, Oakland as well as Chandler Arizona, Frankfurt Germany, and Tokyo, Japan. GNi has been specializing in the provisioning of high grade hosting solutions for games and digital media companies for over three years making them a leading industry veteran. GNi provides games companies with fully-managed, dedicated game hosting services, comprising best-of-breed server and network infrastructure, and expert network design, deployment and operation.
For further information, please contact:
Paul Mayze, Business Development Director, Technology.
Monumental Games
Floor 2, 11 King Street
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 2AY
United Kingdom.
E-Mail: enquiries@monumentalgames.com
Web: www.monumentalgames.com
Phone: +44 (0) 115 958 3178
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Greg Holsen, Marketing Manager
GNi
75 E Santa Clara St., #800
San Jose, CA USA 95113
E-Mail: marketing@gni.com
Web: www.gni.com
Phone: +1 408 850 8205
About Monumental Games
Monumental Games (Nottingham, UK) is a technology, Online Game and Virtual World development studio specialising in the design, production, operation and management of large-scale consumer Massively Multiplayer Game and Virtual World products for the global marketplace.
Monumental Games develop the Monumental Technology Suite (MTS), a complete Online Game and Virtual World development middleware solution. MTS enables developers to focus on content development, product quality, creativity, added-value, USP features and innovation. MTS contains everything investors, publishers, developers, educators, governments, researchers and media/license owners need to take Online Game and Virtual World products quickly, securely and cost effectively to market.
About GNi
GNi is a leading provider of customer-centric managed services that extend customers' infrastructure while dramatically reducing their total cost of ownership (TCO). GNi provides the expertise, resources and solutions to meet and exceed customers' unique onsite and off-site requirements. Services include wired connectivity, world-class network security, disaster recovery, comprehensive server management and hosting, networking operations and management, and network consulting.
The company's Games and Digital Media division was formed from the recent acquisition of Online Game Services, Inc. and allows GNi to strengthen its game service provider business model with industry-leading, fully-managed dedicated games hosting environments and Internet transit around the world. For further information, visit http://www.gni.com.
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