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Web Hosting R1Soft Software Provider Partner Program, Welcomes WpWeb
Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - August 27, 2008 - Developer of near-continuous data protection products for Linux and Windows, R1Soft, has welcomed integrated Internet solutions and media development company, WpWeb S.r.l, into its Hosting Partner Program. WpWeb S.r.l will offer the software maker's next-generation Continuous Data Protection (CDP) solution as a premium add-on to its hosting services. Davide Miccone, CEO of WpWeb noted, ''R1Soft's Continuous Data Protection® provides our clients with a cost effective, robust solution to protect their data. With this technology, our clients have the peace of mind knowing in the event of a disaster or accidental data loss, they will have immediate access to a comprehensive, timely restore point. When data is mission-critical, it is imperative to have a backup that works.'' With Continuous Data Protection, WpWeb offers businesses round-the-clock, disk-based data backups on both Windows and Linux platforms. WpWeb will offer CDP to colocation clients as a complete backup solution, allowing them to back up entire servers with restore point intervals of just minutes. Shared hosting customers can even take advantage of CDP through a special interface in their Parallels H-Sphere control panel. WpWeb is also leveraging CDP to offer an in-office data protection solution for businesses. With the service, businesses have the ability to store and manage restore points internally without relying on a remote server. As a member of the R1Soft Hosting Partner Program, WpWeb gains access to a plethora of R1Soft sales and marketing resources, as well as priority technical support and first-access to new software updates. R1Soft also works with partners to develop their data protection services and maximize sales. David Wartell, Vice President, R1Soft division, BBS Technologies, Inc. remarked, ''We are looking forward to working with WpWeb as it implements our innovative data protection technology for businesses in Europe. A key strength of CDP is its scalability and flexibility, and WpWeb has leveraged its wide variety of partnerships and services to offer world-class data protection services powered by CDP.'' Since 1997, WpWeb has been a leading provider of Internet solutions, including hosting, colocation, connectivity, Web-based e-commerce software and business consulting services for B2B, B2C and B2E solutions for the European market. It hosts more than 4000 small to medium sized businesses in its datacenter facility. Founded in 2003, R1Soft is a provider of disk-based backup solutions. The company's customer list includes some of the world's largest hosting providers. R1soft products provide Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for over 85,000 mission-critical Linux and Windows servers worldwide. In November, 2007 R1Soft was acquired by BBS Technologies, Inc. To learn more about WpWeb, please visit: www.wpweb.com. For more about R1Soft and Continuous Data Protection, please visit: www.r1soft.com.

Hosting Business from BroadSpire, Acquired by Momentum
Ontario, Canada - (The Hosting News) - August 26, 2008 - IT hosting and managed website services, Momentum Advanced Solutions Inc., has acquired the Los Angeles, California based IT hosting division of BroadSpire, Inc. Phil DeLeon, President of Momentum noted, ''Momentum has a 25 year history and a leadership position in large scale, enterprise level, managed hosting. Over the past year, we also added services directed at small and medium sized businesses. We believe that our broad experience will ensure a seamless transition for customers who will now benefit from our expanded service offerings.'' Momentum purchased the business for $2.66M USD before transaction costs with $1.70M USD satisfied by way of cash on closing and the balance by way of a note payable over 24 months, with payments beginning 6 months after the closing date. The addition is expected to add approximately $1.50M to Momentum's current managed services revenues. For 25 years Momentum has managed the IT infrastructure for some of the world s largest companies. Momentum possesses SAS70 certification, four Microsoft Gold certifications, three data center locations and over 150 experts, delivering Obsessive Support(TM). Steve Huot, President of BroadSpire added, ''Pure-play hosting represented only a portion of BroadSpire's overall business but consisted of some very strong customer relationships. We are pleased to have found these customers the ideal home with a strong, focused organization that places an extremely high value on service. We were approached by many firms that were interested in this transaction, but selected Momentum because we felt they could ensure continuity in the quality of service that our customers have come to expect and bridge the gap to serve large and small customers alike.'' Since its inception in 1997, BroadSpire has offered web hosting as a component of a broader portfolio of services. BroadSpire's success pioneering a service it calls Web ecosystem marketing(TM) hastened the company s desire to divest certain assets that were no longer core. Momentum is an IT hosting and managed website services. Its solutions provide customers with the innovation, integration, and operational expertise needed to reduce costs and/or improve productivity by outsourcing their mission critical, web-based applications and infrastructure to Momentum. Headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Momentum has offices in Ottawa, Windsor, and Toronto. Momentum Advanced Solutions is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol WWW. To learn more, please visit: www.momentum.com.

Data Center Investment Reaches $50 Million, for Q9 Networks
Ontario, Canada - (The Hosting News) - August 25, 2008 - Data Center and network facility, Q9 Networks Inc., has acquired a building and property in the Calgary, Alberta area, to house its third data center in the city. Q9 invested $20 million in the building and property and intends to invest up to $30 million more to build out an initial capacity of 1,200 cabinet equivalents. The first phase of capacity in this facility is expected to open in the summer of 2009. Osama Arafat, Chief Executive Officer, Q9 Networks noted, ''Today's announcement represents our commitment to maintaining and growing our leadership position in the Calgary market. With this investment, we are demonstrating to our customers that we can grow along with them for the foreseeable future. We are excited by the opportunity this expansion represents and look forward to continuing to serve this market with state-of-the-art facilities and services.'' The new facility has a potential total capacity of more than 10,000 cabinet equivalents. Capacity will be brought on-stream in a phased approach as required. The investment, Q9's largest initial investment in a single facility to date, is in response to continued strong demand for high-availability data center space and comes just over a year since Q9 opened its second Calgary data center. Including today's announcement, Q9 will have invested approximately $85 million in the Calgary market. The data center's infrastructure will be built to the same exacting standards as all Q9 data centers and is expected to include such features as outside air cooling capability to maximize energy efficiency, biometric security systems, multiple connections to the Internet, redundant power, HVAC and fire suppression systems, as well as 7x24 on-site security and technical support teams. Q9 designs, builds and operates its data centers to meet the most demanding IT infrastructure requirements, including the increased power and cooling demands of today's high density computing devices. Customers connect to the Internet via Q9's unique network and are protected by Q9's 100 percent, SLA-backed uptime guarantees on both power and network availability. Customer equipment and data center environmental parameters are monitored 7x24 by Q9's Control Centre, staffed by experts versed in all aspects of IT and facilities management. Q9 Networks is a leading Canadian provider of outsourced data center infrastructure for organizations with mission-critical IT operations. Q9's data centers and network are backed by an industry leading SLA which guarantees 100% network and power availability. Q9 managed services, including: bandwidth, dedicated servers, firewalls, load balancing, virtual private networking (VPN) and back-up/restore, enable the rapid provisioning and scalability of client infrastructure. To learn more, please visit: http://q9.com.