International Strategies Ezyfind.com Selects Premier Commerce Service Provider, GlobalCenter, to Host Worldwide Community Portals - Company Business and Marketing

Cambridge Telcom Report, Jan 17, 2000

International Strategies Ezyfind.com, a global community Web portal that combines local information sources, e-commerce and Web communications, announced Tuesday it has chosen GlobalCenter Inc., a subsidiary of Global Crossing Ltd, and its Commerce Service Solution to ensure scalability as it expands its network of community portals.

"With online communities spanning from Wagga Wagga, Australia to White Plains, N.Y., Ezyfind.com demands a service provider that can respond to worldwide site traffic and usage," said Tom Cameron, Ezyfind.com's chief technology officer. "Our rapid global expansion dictates that we select a solution that ensures continual back-up, provides the necessary capacity and effectively secures our sites."

The rapidly expanding network of community portals, expected to be fully developed and introduced to consumers in the United States the first quarter of 2000, provides easy access to information such as community notices, employment listings, real estate, classifieds, local news, sports and weather. In addition, links provide access to online shopping, chat rooms, community bulletin boards, online auctions and e-mail.

"GlobalCenter welcomes the opportunity to support Ezyfind.com with our solution, providing them with the Internet infrastructure needed to compete in the digital economy," said Paul Santinelli, GlobalCenter's vice president of technology. "In addition to Ezyfind.com, GlobalCenter's customers include many of the largest and most densely trafficked sites on the Web, including Yahoo!, The Motley Fool, Ziff Davis, MP3.com and eToys."

GlobalCenter Inc. is a subsidiary of Global Crossing Ltd. (Nasdaq: GBLX). As the leading Commerce Service Provider, GlobalCenter delivers the only integrated commerce solution designed for scale in the global "e"conomy. GlobalCenter provides customers the Internet infrastructure to manage an online enterprise that must be highly available, flexible and scalable by seamlessly integrating its proprietary infrastructure, applications and intelligence. GlobalCenter's customers include many of the largest and most densely trafficked sites on the Web, including Yahoo!, The Motley Fool, Ziff Davis, MP3.com and eToys. Global Crossing, GlobalCenter's parent company, is building and offering services over the world's first global fiber optic network with 97,200 announced route miles, serving five continents, 24 countries and more than 200 major cities. The Global Crossing Network and its telecommunications and Internet product offerings will be available to over 80 percent of the world's international communications traffic. Global Crossing is included in both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100. For more information contact GlobalCenter at www.globalcenter.net or Global Crossing at www.globalcrossing.com.

International Strategies, the holding company of Ezyfind.com, was founded in 1994 and delivers community-centric portals and online stores to local geographic communities and to national and international Communities of Interest (COINs). The most effective way to find information about a community over the Internet, Ezyfind.com is a customizable, interactive portal system that combines local information sources, e-commerce, and Web communications to provide access to community notices, employment listings, real estate, classifieds, local businesses and more. Visit the developing Ezyfind.com network at www.ezyfind.com.