International Chemical Conglomerate Renews Application Hosting Agreement with Interliant; Yule Catto Extends IT Services Agreement with Leading ASP

Business Wire, Nov 13, 2001

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2001

Interliant, Inc. (Nasdaq:INIT), a leading global application service provider, today announced that Yule Catto, an international group of companies with interests in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, has signed a two-year renewal of its existing Application Hosting on Domino agreement. Yule Catto also is relocating its data to Interliant's UK data center.

Interliant hosts and manages the company's intranet and 18 Web sites, all of which link to a central corporate site. This gives Yule Catto a clear company identity without losing the individual strengths of the disparate companies that make up the group. Yule Catto employs more than 4,000 staff in 15 countries, and the Web sites give both staff and customers an important channel to information from and about the company.

"Our relationship with Interliant continues to be a strong one," commented Peter Clarke, Group IT Manager Yule Catto. "The original project was our first move into e-Business, and we needed to be confident that the company we were working with understood our needs and could respond to them in a cost-effective manner. We are moving forward with our e-Business strategy and, as part of our ongoing commitment to this model of IT services, we now are choosing to have our data hosted in the UK. This is important to us as it gives us access to a local help desk during UK business hours but still with full support at other times from the US. Interliant recognizes that there is a requirement for local servicing and provides this as an option."

"Yule Catto wants to be able to maintain excellent communications within its companies and with customers without drawing IT resources away from its core business," said Neil Turner, Managing Director, Interliant UK. "By renewing their contract with us they are endorsing not only the ASP model for IT delivery but also Interliant's focus on customer satisfaction and the recognition that each business has individual requirements. We'll continue to work hard to make sure this relationship continues to be beneficial for both parties."

Interliant's Application Hosting for Domino service provides dedicated servers for hosting Domino applications as part of the INIT Managed Messaging solution offering. The service enables customers to focus on their core business, while Interliant's hosting professionals manage the server and the Domino application layers in a state-of-the-art Interliant data center. Interliant provides network support; replication; messaging; and hosting for Internet, Intranet, and extranet content in addition to the Domino applications. Interliant also provides the necessary integrated services, including 24x7 access, customer and technical support, plus multiple access methods to the Domino applications.

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 (private label/OEM), 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

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