MSP Carpathia Hosts Managing E-Commerce Operations for Online Luxury Apparel Retailer Gilt

Carpathia Hosting is now the exclusive hosting provider for Gilt's e-commerce operations, the company announced. Carpathia is providing a managed hosting solution to run the online shopping destination, and will support Gilt as it grows and expands its innovations in online shopping.

Gilt is a provider of online apparel and luxury items, serving millions of customers throughout the world. Carpathia, which offers managed hosting services for enterprises and government agencies, is providing a full hosting solution for Gilt.

This includes managed servers, network, storage and backups.

Carpathia also provides built-in multi-site redundancy through its secure data centers in Ashburn, VA and Phoenix, AZ. This enables the managed service provider (MSP) to process millions of dollars in transactions and also store a massive inventory consisting of images and assets, an extensive mobile presence and communication of daily sales.

"With an online audience that expects consistent uptime and fast speeds 24/7, digital retailers have a difficult task on their hands," said Jon Greaves, chief technology officer at Carpathia. "Combine that with often unpredictable traffic patterns, and you'll see why it's essential for digital enterprises like Gilt to select a hosting provider with experience in these types of engagements. In recent years, much of Carpathia's success can be attributed to our ability to flawlessly meet the complex needs of these digital enterprises."

The MSP has extensive experience managing high-transaction and low-latency networks, as well as managing massive storage requirements. Carpathia is also adept at handling scale-related challenges, and specializes in managing major amounts of data in a reliable and cost-effective manner.

This meshes well with Gilt's goal of providing superior online customer service to their customers, who are typically seeking designer brands and services.

"At Gilt, we've always focused on creating the quickest, most exciting shopping experience online," said Michael Bryzek, cofounder and chief technology officer at Gilt. "Carpathia has been a trusted partner in helping create this innovative shopping experience, and we're looking forward to continuing to work with them as we grow."