CenturyLink to buy Savvis for $2.5B

CenturyLink has agreed to buy hosting company Savvis for about $2.5 billion in cash and shares, the companies announced Wednesday. The merger will allow CenturyLink to offer Savvis' managed hosting services to existing CenturyLink customers, the companies said.[ Follow the cloud with InfoWorld's Cloud Computing blog and Cloud Computing Report newsletter. ]egypt protests obama gun grabbing juliana ramos car accident citizen spy network