Ashley Selects Hosting.Com Data Center

HostReview.com
Thursday, November 10, 2005; 01:56 PM

Ashley Furniture HomeStore, a division of Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., the second largest home furniture manufacturer, has centralized its extensive data and information technology systems in Hosting.com's (www.hosting.com) fully-redundant, Louisville, Ky. data center.

Ashley Furniture's comprehensive managed hosting program allows the multi-billion dollar corporation a safe, secure and reliable solution that has included the installation of a Cisco-based IP telephony system to manage the operations of a regional call center, infrastructure that allows real-time communication of billing and delivery information, optimization of Microsoft share-point services allowing employees to communicate through a company-wide intranet and storage of over 60 terabytes of data.

The managed hosting program is secured with Hosting.com's extensive hosted resources that provide 24x7x365 support and monitoring of the Ashley Furniture web based assets.

"Ashley Furniture has a highly optimized communications and IT infrastructure utilizing the internet for critical business functions across multiple locations," said Jonathan Erwin, V.P. Sales and Marketing for Hosting.com.

Brad Gordon, Director of IT for Ashley Furniture HomeStore and President of Narthex Technology, a Louisville-based technology company, expects to expand Ashley Furniture's presence in Hosting.com's data center significantly over the next 3 years.

Ashley Furniture's Worldwide Headquarters in Arcadia, Wisconsin continues to be the core manufacturing and distribution center for the Ashley Companies.

Specializing in occasional tables and wall systems, the building encompassed 35,000 square feet of space and 35 employees. Ashley has grown to become the second largest home furniture manufacturing company.