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SYMETRIX'S DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES HELP EIDOS-MONTREAL TO LAUNCH
ITS ACTIVITIES
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Eidos, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of video games, relied on Symetrix to design a highly effective and reliable data center to support its new development studio

Montreal, Canada – December 4, 2007: Symetrix, a leading specialist in data center infrastructure, announced today that it has completed the commissioning for EIDOS-MONTREAL’s data center in its brand new development studio located in the heart of downtown. The new “high density ready” data center, with redundant in-row cooling and scalable, fault-tolerant UPS systems, will help EIDOS-MONTREAL launch its activities with a secured and controlled environment for its critical equipment, while allowing for future growth.

“The Montreal studio is a crucial part of our global strategy to become a bigger player in the video game development and publishing”, said Stéphane D’Astous, General Manager for Eidos in Montreal. “As we began the construction of our new offices, time was a priority and we needed a partner with project management and design capabilities. Symetrix’s skillful planning and engineering expertise in data center designs helped Eidos focus on our core responsibilities with the peace-of-mind that our critical equipment would be hosted in state-of-the-art environment, while knowing it would be delivered on time.”

Eidos’ new data center represented a challenge because a large portion of the equipment was dedicated to video game development, which translated into a constantly fluctuating heat load that needed precision cooling. Symetrix designed a redundant in-row cooling solution that will cancel the heat directly at its source. With today’s ever-growing environmental concerns, this solution represents a significant improvement in energy efficiency over traditional perimeter cooling. The design also includes 2 UPS systems, one of them dedicated to the high density Voice-over-IP telecom equipment. This UPS is linked to the emergency generator, ensuring a 7 x 24 availability that was crucial for Eidos operations. Visitors will be able to see the next generation server room through a secured glass wall.

As one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, Eidos came to Montreal for its thriving game development community and with the idea to become a major force in global videogames publishing. “To be able to succeed, we had to find a company with extensive data center experience that was able to deliver our project on a tight schedule. Symetrix was up to the challenge and met our high expectations. Symetrix exhibited a thorough understanding of our business and IT challenges as well as an implementation know-how that comes from years of experience in data center infrastructure. Most importantly, they have helped us meet our aggressive deadline”, D’Astous added. 

“EIDOS-MONTREAL understands the rewards and added-value that come from choosing a leading edge data center solution from Symetrix”, said Martine Lévesque, VP of Operations at Symetrix. “With Symetrix, companies like Eidos can leverage the unparalleled data center expertise that leads us to be known as the Canadian leader in IT infrastructure. Our constant investment in seeking technological breakthroughs and developing best practices demonstrates Symetrix’s commitment to provide the most advanced high density computing infrastructure solutions to our customers.”

About Symetrix

Founded in 1998, Symetrix is a professional services firm specializing in data center turn key solutions. Symetrix supplies mission critical environments with reliable, scalable infrastructure designs and technologies as well as all collateral services. Symetrix offers cost-effective solutions that ensure optimal use of space, technology and equipment in new or updated computer environments. Symetrix proposes a full range of innovative products to suit the customer needs and growth rate, including state-of-the-art equipment and modular design that will evolve with future requirements. (See www.symetrixcanada.com for more details.)

About Eidos Interactive Ltd

  
Eidos Interactive Ltd is part of SCi Entertainment Group Plc (SEG) one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software. Eidos consists of publishing operations across Europe and the US and several development studios including; Crystal Dynamics, IO Interactive, Beautiful Game Studios, Eidos Studios Hungary, Eidos Sweden and Pivotal Games. The Group has a valuable combined portfolio of intellectual property including: Tomb Raider, Hitman, Deus Ex, Championship Manager, Carmageddon, the Conflict series, Just Cause, Thief, Battlestations, Pony Friends and Kane & Lynch.

Some of the titles currently in development includes: Conflict: Denied Ops and Highlander.

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For further information, please contact:

Philippe Brunet
Director - Strategic Development and Media Relations
Tel: (450) 444-3202 #118
Email: pbrunet@symetrixcanada.com
SYMETRIX

Stephane D’Astous
General Manager
Tel: (514) 670-6314
Email: stephane.dastous@eidosmontreal.com
EIDOS-MONTREAL