UOL HOST is the official web hosting Copa America 2011

Football fans have another reason to celebrate. UOL HOST, Internet services company and Cloud Computing UOL, signed an agreement with Traffic Sports, which holds the commercial rights to the event, to become the official web hosting of the 2011
 Copa America (http://www.ca2011. com /). With this new, Internet users around the world to navigate through the portal of the tournament will have a guarantee of performance, availability and security of data centers in the UOL, which has one of the largest and most advanced data networks in Latin America.

The partnership between UOL HOST and Traffic Sports involves, in addition to the website hosting the event, promotional and institutional actions in the portal YouTube and social media like Facebook and Twitter. The official event profiles on social networks are managed by MTraffic Mobility solutions company Digital Traffic Group. There will also be exhibition of advertising signs in the UOL HOST positioned on the sides of the field in 20 games of the tournament. Copa America, the biggest football event in the world in 2011, will take place between 1 and 24 July in Argentina.

UOL HOST and Traffic Sports estimate a moving record of online surfers on the official website of the 2011 Copa America, with about 20 million page views (page views) and 5 million unique visitors worldwide. In the previous edition of the tournament, which was held in Venezuela in 2007, the online audience reached 2.25 million unique visitors, accounting for 15.5 million page views.

As the official hosting, UOL HOST will be responsible for all data traffic related to the event page, as well as to keep the site up and running continuously between the competition period. To this end, the company has the infrastructure consists of one of the largest data centers in Latin America, composed of six data centers, which together reach 30 million square feet. During the competition, coverage of the television audience expected to reach eight billion viewers in 190 countries.

"This partnership reinforces our goal of consolidating UOL HOST as the most innovative company hosting and Internet services in Latin America. The online audience will remember and we have a network of data centers that ensures greater safety and maximum availability to internet football fans" said Vinicius Pessin, director of UOL HOST.

The first edition of the Copa America was held in 1916 as the first competition between nations. Until today is seen as one of the most contentious, involving historic rivalries, patriotism and football art. There will participate in the 2011 edition the main selections from 12 countries, including the world champions Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.