Verio Announces Availability of Storage Utility Solution in Premier Data Centers Through Agreement With Arsenal

Business Wire, Oct 25, 2000

Business/High-Tech Editors

Fall Internet World 2000

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2000

Verio teams with Arsenal Digital Solutions to offer customers

secure and scalable solutions to meet critical storage needs

Verio, the world's largest Web hosting company, today announced availability of its managed storage, backup and recovery solutions to Web hosting and colocation customers in its Premier Data Centers. Under the terms of the agreement with Arsenal Digital Solutions (Arsenal), the industry's first storage and applications service provider (SASP), Verio will offer its customers a secure and scalable solution to meet their critical Internet storage needs.

This agreement with Arsenal will enable Verio to offer the backup and recovery solution as a value-added managed service, allowing customers in Verio's hosting facilities to receive enterprise-class storage on a pay-as-you-use basis. The data backup and recovery includes all required hardware, software and associated maintenance. The service offering includes daily incremental and weekly full backups, customer initiated restores, expert installation, implementation and operation, and flexible off-site storage options. By joining with Arsenal, Verio can provide its customers services available on a 24x7 basis, allowing companies to securely back up and protect data and to better predict storage-related costs.

As part of the agreement, Verio has been named a Preferred Provider for colocation and hosting for Arsenal, who will provide customer referrals to Verio for colocation and hosting services.

"With the fully-managed, enterprise-class storage solution that Arsenal provides, we can offer our customers storage services which deliver enhanced protection of their mission-critical data," said Kevin Goulet, vice president of product management for Verio. "In addition, we will monitor key issues such as capacity and contingency planning on an ongoing basis allowing us to provide our customers with the optimal solution at any point in their business cycle. This service offering is another example of Verio's commitment to deploy those services that meet our customers' needs."

Verio recently opened an 80,000-sq ft. Washington, D.C. area Premier Data Center, offering one of the most advanced hosting facilities available. By early 2001, Verio plans to open additional Premier Data Centers in cities such as Seattle, Dallas, Chicago, San Jose and Newark.

"By combining Arsenal's storage utility solutions with Verio's state-of-the-art infrastructure, we have created a unique blend of solutions for both the enterprise and e-commerce customer," said Geoff Sinn, president and COO, Arsenal Digital Solutions. "With the exploding amounts of Internet data in today's businesses, Verio's customers can benefit from our focus on a proven storage technology in a secure environment. In addition, Arsenal intends to leverage this infrastructure to provide remote storage services to the market at large."

About Verio

Verio Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTT Communications (NTT Comm), which provides long distance international telecommunications reaching over 200 countries worldwide. Verio is the world's largest operator of Web sites for businesses and a leading provider of comprehensive Internet services. The company offers customers a broad range of Internet solutions, including high-speed access, Web hosting, eCommerce, virtual private networks and other enhanced services. Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable global infrastructure and systems including a Tier One network and provides Web-hosting services to customers in more than 170 countries. The combination of Verio and NTT Comm offers services to meet the growing and diverse needs of all businesses, including small to medium enterprises, large global enterprises, multi-national corporations, and Web-centric firms. More information can be found at www.verio.com and www.ntt.com/index-e.html.> About Arsenal Digital Solutions

Arsenal Digital Solutions (Arsenal) is a Storage and Application Service Provider (SASP) focused on solving business problems associated with the storing and managing of large amounts of data, moving and sharing large amounts of digital information quickly, securely and cost-effectively, and deriving incremental value from stored data.

Leveraging its proven storage utility experience and expertise, Arsenal is delivering the industry's most comprehensive suite of storage utility services. These services provide companies from start-ups to large enterprises with access to scalable, secure and "pay-as-you-use" storage.

Founded in December 1998, Arsenal is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Durham, NC. For more information on Arsenal, its solutions and services, visit the company Web site at www.arsenaldigital.com.