Frost & Sullivan Invests Further In ASP Model With Interliant; Consultancy Adds INIT Managed Messaging Solution to Facilitate Employee and Customer Communication

Business Wire, Dec 12, 2001

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2001

Interliant, Inc. (Nasdaq:INIT), a leading global application service provider (ASP), today announced that market consultancy Frost & Sullivan has signed an additional contract with Interliant for a managed inbound and outbound email system. The INIT Managed Messaging system using Lotus Notes/Domino was up and running within seven days of the contract being signed.

Frost & Sullivan annually produces more than 500 market reports and subscription services that it delivers to its customers via portals on its Web site. Interliant currently provides its INIT Managed Hosting solution to Frost & Sullivan for the Web site, enabling the company to deliver personalized, customized content to customers. In addition, Interliant provides both managed security and a 24-hour help-desk service to ensure that Frost & Sullivan is confident that its content is secure and that staff have IT advice on hand whenever they require it.

"We needed a company that could implement an email system rapidly to our tight timescales," explained Andrew Small, Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). "Having worked with Interliant in the past, we felt they were the ideal choice. Interliant already hosts and manages our Web site, which has been enormously successful. This relationship, combined with Interliant's record in customer service and secure product delivery, made them the ideal supplier to meet all our needs. We need an IT partner we can rely on, and Interliant has proven itself to be just that."

"Frost & Sullivan has recognized the business benefits of outsourcing non-core business functions like email to a specialist company that can offer them a solution to fit their precise requirements," said Neil Turner, Managing Director for Interliant UK. "They get all of the benefits with none of the IT headaches. Our continuing relationship with a company as prestigious as Frost & Sullivan is testament to the importance Interliant places on customer service."

About Interliant

Interliant, Inc. (Nasdaq:INIT) is a leading global application service provider (ASP) and pioneer in the ASP market. Interliant's INIT Solutions Suite includes managed messaging, managed hosting, security, Web hosting (Branded Solutions/OEM/private label), and professional services. Interliant, headquartered in Purchase, NY, has forged strategic alliances with the world's leading software, networking and hardware manufacturers including Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq:DELL), Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq:ORCL), Verisign/Network Solutions (Nasdaq:VRSN), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW), and Lotus Development Corp. Interliant does business in the UK through its subsidiary, Interliant UK Limited. For more information about Interliant, visit www.interliant.com; for Interliant UK, visit www.interliant.co.uk.

Interliant, INIT Managed Hosting, INIT Managed Messaging, and INIT Solutions Suite are trademarks of Interliant, Inc., in the United States, other countries, or both. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

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