Nathan Day, Chief Technology Officer at SoftLayer noted, ”CDNLayer is one more way we provide enterprise-class services to customers of any size. Consumer demand for online video and media-rich websites is exploding. Companies and individuals in every industry, from entertainment and gaming to social networking and e-commerce, will benefit from using CDNLayer to optimize their content management and delivery.”

By launching CDNLayer, an industry leading content delivery network (CDN), the solution will optimize the delivery of web content so that it arrives to end-users with increased speed and reliability. The service is priced at only $20.00 per month for the first 200GB of data transferred and only $0.20 per GB thereafter, making it the simplest and most competitive CDN solution in the market.

CDNLayer uses a network of multiple, geographically diverse server nodes running advanced software that organizes, stores, and streams online content. Rather than serving content directly from the host server to the end-user, CDNLayer moves content from the host server to a node that is geographically closer to the end-user. This minimizes the distance the data has to travel, avoiding network traffic jams, and decreasing latency. CDNLayer includes tools for improved management, helping with content monetization. In addition, it features the ease-of-use and increased control for which SoftLayer is known.

Nathan Day, Chief Technology Officer at SoftLayer remarked, ”The Internet originally was not designed to deliver content that requires large transfer rates, leading to poor performance, interruptions, and failed downloads. CDNLayer changes that. Content is delivered faster and more reliably, creating an improved user experience – leading end-users to spend more time on a site and use its services.”

Recently, SoftLayer opened a new data center location in the Washington D.C. area. The addition of this facility increases the company’s total capacity to 45,000 servers throughout their facilities located in Dallas, Seattle, and now D.C.

SoftLayer Washington D.C. is located just 7 miles from Dulles International Airport in a facility designed to full Tier IV standards. It features multiple redundant power connections in addition to the three 2-megawatt generators and eight, fully redundant, 750 kVA UPS systems. As with all SoftLayer data centers, the facility has 24×7 onsite support and multiple security protocols controlling entrance to the building. In addition, the facility boasts infrastructure features including:

• 34 x 480v 3-Phase PDUs
• Redundant 30-ton CRAC Units
• FM-200 Fire Suppression System with VESDA
• Biometric Security System
• Digital Security Video Surveillance

SoftLayer has already begun pre-selling servers in the new data center to current customers, receiving an unprecedented level of demand resulting in a high backlog of server requests. Mr. Crosby added, ”We knew interest in the new location would be high, from both existing and new customers. We wanted to give our current customers an opportunity to request servers here and meet their demand prior to opening sales to the general market.”

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer provides next-generation web hosting and on-demand datacenter services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX and Seattle, WA. Utilizing proprietary management tools coupled with the industry’s first network-within-a-network topology, the company delivers unprecedented power and control to securely manage IT environments while providing unparalleled scalability.

To learn more about SoftLayer, please visit: www.softlayer.com.

Urvish Vashi, Director of Product Management at The Planet explained, ”The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard requires companies to have a secure firewall in place when accepting credit card payments. Companies that are compromised face serious risks as well as the loss of revenue and their hard-gained good reputations if there are breaches to their sites. This promotion signals a great time for companies to review their security profile and to consider an upgrade to their hosting infrastructures.”

The following promotions continue through May 31, 2008, or while promotional supplies last:

• Firewall Upgrades: The Check Point X16, formerly priced at $89 per month, is now available for $69, a 22 percent savings. The Check Point XU is now available for $139 per month – reduced from $189 per month – a savings of 26 percent.
• Double Down Select: This promotion provides customers the choice to double their base bandwidth, hard disk or RAM for free on new orders of the Kentsfield SATA or the Dual Xeon 2.8 IDE.
• Dual Xeon 2.4 SCSI: Now priced at $143 per month – down from $219 – customers can take advantage of a 35 percent savings on this popular server.
• Dedicated Backup Servers: For customers looking for special pricing on backup servers, the company is offering savings ranging from 13 percent to 29 percent on 500GB to 6TB servers.
• Component Upgrades: Existing customers can take advantage of disk space, additional bandwidth and backup at 50 percent off current prices.

Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide:

• High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
• Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
• Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
• Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
• Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting over 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 6.7 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by enhanced facilities and network connectivity.

For more information about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.

Nick Halstead, CEO, Favorit noted, ”In selecting a co-location data centre, I was ultimately looking for a company to protect my IT infrastructure, with a track record of remote hands service excellence. DediPower stood out amongst its competitors and their reputation in the market was critical, as a new company offering innovative technology we need to get off on the right foot.”

With a global coverage in the blogoshere, Favorit required a data centre with solid network resilience and connectivity to house its critical IT infrastructure. Backed by Sun Microsystems, Favorit developed a web 2.0 application that aggregates blogs and centralises the commenting functionality, vastly simplifying the ability to view and comment, without having to access multiple sites. The blogopshere currently stands at more than 80 million blogs and deriving value from this wealth of information requires different ways of leveraging the community to produce new experiences for end users. For Favorit utilising a data centre leverages economies of scale and reduces the risk for their IT investment.

DediPower’s colocation solutions offer customers piece of mind that their servers will be safe and accessible 24×7x365, all housed within a secure environment with fully managed air-conditioning, redundant power supplies and high speed connectivity. Located on the outskirts of Reading, Berkshire, Thames Valley Hosting Centre is also ideal for companies who are designing disaster recovery requirements into their IT infrastructure.

Craig Martin, CEO, DediPower remarked, ”Favorit are at the forefront of technology, delivering an integrated blogging portal. At DediPower it is exciting to work and support companies like Favorit who are pushing the boundaries in how we communicate and operate via the internet. Managed Hosting companies are enablers and help underpin businesses in today’s eBusiness economies.”

DediPower Managed Hosting will also exhibit at the Internet World 2008, Earls Court, London, 29th April – 1st May, at stand E220.

DediPower, one of the UK’s fastest growing managed hosting providers, delivers a range of managed hosting solutions including: dedicated servers, application and exchange hosting, high availability multi-server clusters and co-location. DediPower is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and a RedHat Ready Hosting partner. A winner of numerous awards, hosted sites include Sony, Sam Learning, Institute of Physics, Coca-Cola, Capita, First Great Western and Carphone Warehouse. Established in 1998 and self funded, DediPower runs its own purpose built data centres totalling over 22,000 sq ft situated in Reading, UK.

To learn more, please visit: www.dedipower.com.

Having multiple 10G connections provisioned with Qwest and Internap, Seattle customers are now one hop away from seven IP backbone carriers that are part of the SoftLayer network.

SoftLayer selected Qwest because of it status as the recognized bandwidth leader in the Northwest. George Karidis, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer of SoftLayer noted, ”This was a mandatory step for us to take prior to building out our next Server Pod in Seattle. We know the level of redundancy and quality that our customers expect and we will not deliver anything less.”

SoftLayer has also started its Phase 2 of construction in Seattle to provide space for an additional 3,000 servers; Phase 1 was completely filled in less than three months from initial launch. Phase 2 will come on line in April. When fully built out, the SoftLayer’s Seattle Datacenter Pods will have capacity for more than 10,000 servers.

Mr. Kardis offered, ”We have had strong demand for our Seattle location and have fully utilized the initial 2,000 server capacity. The proximity of our datacenter to high capacity links to Asia has driven much of this demand. We expect demand for access to the SoftLayer infrastructure to only continue to grow as we get closer to the Beijing Olympic Games later this year. We are a natural dropping off point for companies looking for on-demand IT infrastructure to support this global event.”

The SoftLayer datacenter in Seattle is only a short distance from the new Verizon-led consortium bringing an oceanic fiber landing that will provide up to 5.12 Tbps in bandwidth connectivity with Asia. This will be the shortest bandwidth route across the Pacific.

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer provides next-generation web hosting and on-demand datacenter services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX and Seattle, WA. Utilizing proprietary management tools coupled with the industry’s first network-within-a-network topology, the company delivers unprecedented power and control to securely manage IT environments while providing unparalleled scalability.

To learn more about SoftLayer, please visit: www.softlayer.com.

With the immediate availability of the Juniper Networks J-series services routers, Verizon Business becomes the first U.S.-based service provider to deliver a managed serviceto enterprise customers for this class of routers. By offering management of the Juniper Networks J-series services routers, Verizon Business is helping enterprise customers take full advantage of the Juniper platform by reducing the day-to-day management burden so that the customer’s technical staff can focus on critical business initiatives.

The Juniper Networks platform provides the foundation for real-time delivery of critical networking applications and is particularly well-suited to extended enterprises – dispersed organizations with branch and regional offices requiring secure and direct connections with suppliers, partners and customers.

Nancy Gofus, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Verizon Business noted, ”Every customer has specific networking requirements, especially when it comes to connecting their extended network to corporate resources. Adding the Juniper Networks J-series services routers to our broad suite of managed options underscores our commitment to delivering choice and flexibility to large-business and government customers.”

Verizon Business plans to subsequently build on today’s announcement by offering a powerful branch office services delivery platform based on the Juniper Networks J-series services routers and that integrates managed routing, security and other services, including Internet protocol (IP) telephony.

The Juniper Networks J-series services routers join Verizon Business’ already extensive managed services portfolio, end-to-end network management resources and advanced monitoring systems. Leveraging Juniper Networks’ modular JUNOS(TM) software, which provides a single-source operating system, the J-series services routers deliver advanced features and services, consistent implementation, and universal configuration and management tools. The managed Juniper Networks J-series services routers offer predictable high performance and flexibility, providing enterprises fast and secure delivery of business-critical applications across corporate networks, while helping ensure that information-technology initiatives deliver cost-effective and measurable business value.

The new managed service offering is available immediately to U.S.-based medium- and large-sized business and government customers. It has been certified with a variety of Verizon Business networking services, including company’s flagship Private IP, a multi-protocol labeling, system-based virtual private network service, as well as the company’s private line and frame relay services. Verizon Business offers three levels of service to support customers deploying the managed Juniper Networks J-series services router.

The company’s multi-tiered approach to network management enables it to help enterprises reduce the complexity associated with an IP environment. Verizon Business’ IMPACT management platform supports its industry-leading service level commitments and enables the company to offer customer with the fully managed service option an actual time-to-repair commitment as low as 3.5 hours in the U.S.; the majority of Verizon Business’ competitors still offer a mean time-to-repair commitment.

Verizon Business manages 260,000-plus devices on more than 4,200 customer networks in 142 countries and territories, overseeing non-Verizon connections from more than 60 network providers around the world. Verizon Business’ industry-leading service-level commitments and award-winning IMPACT management platform underscore its legacy of service and innovation. Verizon Business also offers a suite of professional network and security services to help customers successfully deploy and manage their IP networks.

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a provider of advanced communications and information technology (IT) hosting solutions to large-business and government customers worldwide. Combining global network reach with advanced communications, security and professional service capabilities, Verizon Business delivers seamless business solutions to customers around the world.

Verizon Business also serves virtually every federal agency. Verizon Business is one of the largest global providers of advanced data, Internet and voice communications services. Verizon Business offers local-to-global-to-local network capabilities coupled with a broad range of telecommunications products and services, including managed network services and systems integration, to all levels of government. With this broad portfolio of services, Verizon Business will make an effort to provide federal agencies with one-stop shopping for their communications or connectivity needs.

For more information about Verizon Business, please visit: www.verizonbusiness.com.

The company plans additional videos over the coming year.

“There’s no one more qualified to talk about The Planet’s products and services than our own customers,” said The Planet’s Vice President of Marketing and Product Management Steve Kahan. “Customers often tell us that they come to The Planet for its world-class data centers and network, and then find additional benefits such as our uptime and customer support. More often than not, they’ve hosted with other providers and are looking for a company with a solid reputation that understands the critical business issues they face. These new videos clearly illustrate why The Planet is the right fit for more than 22,000 businesses around the world.”

The company is now offering four editions of the operating system, available immediately on all servers in The Planet’s broad fleet. The offering includes Windows Server 2008 Web Edition, which is free on single-processor servers.

Windows Server 2008 features enhanced capabilities and powerful tools that build on the strengths of its predecessors. The new operating system delivers enhanced web tools, virtualization technologies and security features that, backed by The Planet’s network and six world-class data centers, provide a secure and scalable hosted IT environment.

Urvish Vashi, Director of Product Management for The Planet noted, ”As more companies move their complex IT infrastructures to hosted environments, they’re looking for the broadest portfolio of offerings to support their strategic business requirements. Windows Server-based solutions are one of the fastest-growing operating system segments in our business, and we expect this growth to accelerate by offering the added security, scalability and unique features that Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0 provide.”

John Zanni, Director of Worldwide Hosting at Microsoft Corp. remarked, ”With the addition of Windows Server 2008, we are excited to help The Planet offer its customers an easy-to-manage and reliable platform for the development and hosting of web applications and services. The new capabilities available in Windows Server 2008, the core of the Microsoft hosting platform for service providers, will allow The Planet’s customers to experience significant new features that enhance their IT infrastructure.”

The most robust Windows Server operating system to date, Microsoft’s latest release delivers new functionality and improvements to the base operating system. Designed to meet the most exacting business requirements, Windows Server 2008:

• Provides a solid foundation for business workloads with technologies that simplify server management such as Server Manager, Windows PowerShell and Windows Deployment Services
• Protects servers from failure and unauthorized connections with security features such as Network Access Protection, enhanced Active Directory services, read-only domain controller and BitLocker drive encryption
• Hosts Web applications with Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS 7.0), a security-enhanced platform that offers greater flexibility and control through a componentized architecture
• Consolidates multiple server roles and runs several operating systems on a single physical machine with built-in virtualization technology.

The Planet will offer Windows Server 2008 in four editions:

• Windows Web Server 2008 enables businesses to rapidly deploy Web pages, sites, applications and services with IIS 7.0, ASP.NET and Microsoft .NET Framework
• Windows Server 2008 Standard features built-in Web and virtualization capabilities and enhanced security features
• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise delivers an enterprise-class platform with consolidated identity management features plus clustering and hot-add processor capabilities
• Windows Server 2008 Unauthenticated Version offers all the Web server power of the Enterprise edition without the ability to run Active Directory and related services.

Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide:

• High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
• Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
• Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
• Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
• Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting over 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 6.7 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by enhanced facilities and network connectivity.

For more information about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.

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This agreement which Momentum calls “the first of its kind” for the company, enables it to offer its complete line of data centre services directly through the partner’s national sales organization, which is comprised of 150 employees. These services include colocation, dedicated servers, fully managed IT services, remote monitoring and automated data back-up.

“We are confident that this agreement will allow Momentum to reach significantly more of those mid-sized organizations who can benefit most from our data center service offerings,” says Phil DeLeon, president of Momentum. “In addition, we believe a partnership with the Canadian arm of one of the world’s largest technology resellers validates our overall strategy to market out data center services through a channel centric, go-to-market model.”

The company recently acquired a 20,000 square foot data center facility with over 8,000 square feet of highly secure and reliable raised floor in Toronto, Canada.

Momentum provides a range of website outsourcing and hosting services, including managed dedicated hosting, colocation and data backup. The company has over 200 industry certifications from leading organizations such as Microsoft, IBM, HP, Sun, Citrix, VMware, Redhat, Symantec and Cisco.

Development on the project begins immediately, and The Planet expects to announce availability in late 2008. IPv6 provides a vast improvement over the current IPv4, deployed in the 1980s, by increasing address space, providing support for mobile devices, and improving quality of service and data security.

Stan Barber, Vice President, Network Operations, at The Planet noted, ”One of our top priorities at The Planet is to make sure all of our customers have access to the best technologies to keep their businesses competitive now and in the future. As the Internet grows in complexity and becomes even more ubiquitous, we’re looking to the future so that we are fully prepared to meet the vast needs of our customers. Working with NTT America allows us to add the considerable benefits of IPv6 to The Planet’s network and to help our customers prepare for the continued impact the Internet will have on their companies.”

As one of the first hosting companies to announce its plans for IPv6, The Planet continues to provide enhancements that give current customers methodologies to be ready today and for the future. By adding NTT America’s IPv6 transit to The Planet network, The Planet will be able to offer each hosting customer an innovative, dual-stack approach, which provides the most efficient approach for using both IPv4 and IPv6 simultaneously.

NTT Communications Group has been directly involved with the development and deployment of IPv6 technology since 1996. With the launch of IPv6 transit services in 2001 and the first IPv6 managed firewall solution in 2005, which was provided by NTT America, the NTT Communications Group established itself as the global leader in commercial IPv6 managed services solutions.

Michael Wheeler, Vice President of Sales and Business Development at NTT America remarked, ”As the operator of the world’s largest commercial IPv6 network and with more than ten years of direct involvement with its development and deployment, we are pleased to be able to be working with The Planet to create long-term sustainable growth for their customers on the Internet. We continue to be committed to bringing superior technology, solutions and services to our customers worldwide.”

The NTT Communications Group provides IPv6 Gateway services that are available globally and allow enterprises to connect to the world’s only commercial-grade Global Tier One IPv6 Backbone operating in four continents-North America, Europe, Asia and Australia-and serving thousands of customers. In addition, NTT has improved upon the inherent security features of IPv6 with the creation of its IntelliSecurity IPv6 Managed Firewall solution. The solution complements the NTT Communications Group’s existing suite of managed IPv6 Gateway Services, and satisfies the need for increased security for IPv6 users. NTT America also provides IPv6 transition solutions through its IPv6 Transition Consultancy, which supports companies’ and federal agencies’ smooth transition to the upgraded IPv6 network with specialized products and knowledge accumulated through the NTT Communications Group’s successful commercial implementation of IPv6 technology.

Ultimately, The Planet’s goal is to provide:

• High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
• Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
• Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
• Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
• Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting over 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 3.1 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by enhanced facilities and network connectivity.

For more information about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.

A direct marketer and value-added reseller (VAR), PC Universe offers approximately 250,000 IT and consumer products from over 700 manufacturers, and provides professional technical services, such as networking design and installation.

Using Internap’s Performance IP and colocation services, PC Universe will be able to take full advantage of the convenience and flexibility of the Internet to seamlessly and reliably connect with its customer base. A rapidly growing company that realized a 35 percent year over year sales increase from 2006 to 2007, PC Universe started as a catalog-based company and evolved into an online reseller that focused primarily on small-to-medium-size businesses. Today, PC Universe sells to US-based Fortune 500 companies, consumers and schools through its e-commerce engine and dedicated sales force.

Josh Spranger, Chief Technology Officer at PC Universe noted, ”As a rapidly growing e-commerce company, it’s critical we invest in our infrastructure to provide our customers with the best online experience possible. PC Universe’s transformation over the years to an online sales engine for some of the most in-demand products and services requires us to form partnerships with technology providers we can trust implicitly. We chose Internap because its reliable technology guarantees a high-quality online experience for our customers and optimizes our ability to successfully conduct business over the Internet.”

Internap’s high-performance IP solutions for business-critical applications, including its patented route-management technology and industry-leading service level guarantees, provide 100 percent Internet availability. They enable customers to bypass congestion points and avoid other difficulties that plague conventional Web connectivity. The company’s carrier-class colocation facilities include modular space, power and cooling, and customized cabinets to suit the needs of high growth companies and ensure fast deployment. As a result, customers like PC Universe enjoy a fast, automated and reliable application and data delivery solution.

Tim Sullivan, Chief Technology Officer at Internap commented, ”PC Universe has become the IT reseller and technology consultant of choice for Fortune 500 companies wanting the best solutions and advice to help continue their success. PC Universe’s recognition by Internet Retailer as one of the hottest places on the Web, along with their broad product offering and exceptional customer service, make it easy to see why shoppers have been returning to their site for more than a decade. PC Universe is the type of online business with whom we often find ourselves aligning, and Internap is proud to offer the reliable, secure e-commerce experience their customers have come to expect.”

PC Universe, Inc. operates as an online value-added reseller (Online VAR) of name brand information technology (IT) products and services. The company offers approximately 250,000 IT products from over 700 manufacturers, including desktops and servers, hard drives, ink and toners, monitors and LCDs, networking products, notebooks, printers, and software products. The company also provides professional technical services, such as networking design and installation. PCUniverse.com is ranked by Internet Retailer magazine as one of the Top 500 retail sites on the Internet. PC Universe, Inc. is based in Boca Raton, Florida.

Internap is an intelligent route control solution, developed to provide reliability, performance and security to the Internet, as well as a global integrated content delivery service, designed to enable businesses to stream digital media over the Internet. The company provides patented and patent-pending technologies that address the inherent weaknesses of the Internet, to enable enterprises to deploy business-critical applications such as e-commerce, VoIP, and audio/video across IP networks. The company provides additional solutions, including video and audio streaming, advertising placement, reporting and analysis, live event broadcasting, media asset management, integrated web hosting and consulting services. Internap currently serves more than 3,000 customers throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

To learn more about Internap, please visit: www.internap.com.