Offers networking performance and reliability for ThePort's social media platform.

Internap Network Services Corporation, a provider of end-to-end Internet business solutions, today announced its IP networking services and data center colocation are supporting the applications and websites of ThePort Network, Inc., a social media solutions provider. The company avers that as a result of its reliable, secure and scalable solutions, ThePort is able to expand its social media platform and meet the needs of its rapidly growing customer base.

It states that ThePort delivers compelling and complete Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions that empower customers to create, operate and monetize socially enabled online communities. It further states that its Social Media Suite integrates a set of social networking, content aggregation and publishing tools into existing web properties, fostering member-to-member interaction, marketing and new revenue streams. Media companies, nonprofit organizations and associations are among the targets for its services, it adds.

"Social networking communities require 100 percent performance and reliability, and the combination of ThePort applications and Internap network and data center solutions does exactly that," said Tim Sullivan, chief technology officer at Internap. "We are pleased to provide the technology infrastructure for ThePort's fully hosted, powerful and highly scalable platform that integrates social media into any existing website."

"Internap delivers premier networking and data center solutions to support our socially enabled online communities," said Bob Cramer, chief executive officer and co-founder of ThePort Network. "It is clearly integrated into the ongoing success of our business and gives us the scalability we need to add new customers with confidence."
According to Hunter Eskew, director of engineering at ThePort, "We outgrew our previous networking infrastructure and chose Internap to ensure the continued high performance of our SaaS environment. We believe Internap's networking and data center colocation services are unmatched in the industry."