Former VERITAS executive Michael Tardif joins as VP and GM of Global Hosting Services; will lead SAVVIS' expanding hosting services business.

SAVVIS, Inc., an IT utility services provider, recently announced the appointment of Michael Tardif as Vice President and General Manager of Global Hosting Services.

In this role, Tardif oversees SAVVIS' expanding hosting business and product portfolio. His responsibilities include providing overall direction and strategy, guiding the development of new products and services, identifying and evaluating emerging technologies, and continuing to grow SAVVIS' market share. In addition, Tardif will oversee new customer implementations and the ongoing migration of existing customers to SAVVIS' industry-leading virtualized utility services platform launched last year.

Tardif joins SAVVIS from the Utility Computing Consulting practice of VERITAS, where he assisted businesses with their transformation to a more demand-driven IT infrastructure. He also served as Executive VP Engineering and Operations, and Chief Strategy Officer at Storage Networks, Inc., where he was one of the original employees delivering storage services to Fortune 100 clients. Prior to this, he was VP, Global IT Infrastructure, at Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., where he led technical operations supporting a 2,000 person global IT organization.

"SAVVIS' visionary approach is leading a C-level change in thinking about the deployment architecture of IT for companies large and small," Tardif said. "Businesses are increasingly ready to adopt utility services for new applications, legacy systems, and total IT outsourcing. I look forward to participating in a trend that is breaking new ground in the industry."

Commenting on the appointment, SAVVIS Chairman and CEO Rob McCormick noted, "Michael Tardif's expertise is a great fit for driving SAVVIS' vision of virtualizing the entire IT chain from data center to desktop, enabling our customers to lower their IT costs, reduce their risk, and improve business agility. His experience and creativity will help further SAVVIS' efforts to end the IT headaches that distract businesses from their core competencies."