QuantumShift to Use SAVVIS Intelligent IP Networking Services in Strategic Alliance

Business Wire, March 21, 2001

Business Editors

HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)

March 21, 2001-QuantumShift, the leading provider of full-service, single-source solutions enabling businesses to gain control of their increasingly complex communications needs, and SAVVIS Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: SVVS), a premier global network services provider, today announced a strategic alliance in which QuantumShift will use SAVVIS' Intelligent IP networking(SM) services in their business communications solutions.

The agreement enables QuantumShift to deliver to companies of all sizes SAVVIS' #1 performing Internet backbone(a) as well as IP VPNs for intranets and extranets.

The SAVVIS Intelligent Network architecture was designed to make it easier and more cost-efficient for companies of all sizes to implement public and private networking solutions to meet their business challenges. By putting the intelligence in the network as opposed to at the customer premises, SAVVIS offers a complete suite of managed IP networking services that combine the security, reliability and performance of private networking with the affordability and flexibility of the Internet.

"With SAVVIS, our customers can access the benefits of traditional private networks with the ease of execution and cost benefits of Internet VPNs," said Scott Schaefer, chief executive officer of QuantumShift. "QuantumShift is dedicated to simplifying the process of procuring and managing complex communications services, and the SAVVIS solution is a natural ally for companies seeking to take chaos and cost out of networking."

"QuantumShift has built a coalition that delivers `best practices' in communications outsourcing, and SAVVIS built its network from the outset to meet the increasingly demanding needs of customers in all walks of business," said Jack Finlayson, president and chief operating officer of SAVVIS. "SAVVIS joining forces with QuantumShift is a high-impact partnership, extending our reach in the business marketplace and providing QuantumShift customers with networking solutions that are scaleable to meet their needs as they grow."

About QuantumShift

QuantumShift enables leading edge companies to reduce communications expenses and gain greater control over their communications services by combining a Web-based management application, best-of-breed data and voice products and services, and experienced professionals into a full-service, single-source solution. With more than 100 clients, including Del Monte (NYSE:DLM), Broadbase Software (NASDAQ: BBSW), Niku (NASDAQ: NIKU) and InfoWorld, QuantumShift is rapidly changing the way people experience business communications. QuantumShift is backed by leading investors including the Mayfield Fund, Thomas Weisel Partners, In July 2000, QuantumShift announced $58 million in Series C funding with Bowman Capital Partners, and Thomas Weisel Partners as lead investors. Additional investors include Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Mayfield Fund, Texas Pacific Group, Presidio Ventures (Sumitomo Bank), Wilson Sonsini and Comdisco. In January 2001, QuantumShift announced a national expansion, with new offices opening in Phoenix, Boston, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Seattle and Chicago. For more information, visit QuantumShift at www.quantumshift.com or call us at 1-800-454-7339.

About SAVVIS

SAVVIS Communications (NASDAQ: SVVS) is the premier service provider of Intelligent IP solutions, and the first to deliver Internet economics to private IP networks. As a result, the benefits of high-end private networks are now accessible to small and medium-sized businesses, while the Fortune 1000 can be more nimble in the execution of their e-commerce strategies. SAVVIS' state-of-the-art global IP platform provides a full range of customer-specified Internet, intranet and extranet networks, combining the flexibility and fast time-to-market of the Internet, with the QoS, security and reliability of Private IP networks. The company also provides managed hosting and colocation services.

(a) SAVVIS is rated #1 in network performance by Keynote Systems, Inc., an independent Internet auditor, as reported in Boardwatch Magazine. Since 1997, SAVVIS has consistently ranked at or near the top of the Boardwatch/Keynote tests.

For more information about SAVVIS and its Intelligent IP networking, visit: http://www.savvis.net.