Verio, Using Sun Chili!Soft ASP, Extends Active Server Pages to Its Virtual Private Server Hosting Platform On Solaris Operating Environment

Business Wire, Sept 4, 2001

Business Editors/Technology Writers

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2001

Verio Inc., a subsidiary of NTT Communications Corp. (NTT Com) and a leading provider of global IP services, announced that its Virtual Private Server (VPS), based on the Sun's Solaris(TM) Operating Environment (OE), will accept interactive Web sites and other Web-based business applications driven by Sun(TM) Chili!Soft ASP. Sun Chili!Soft ASP allows Web developers to build and deploy dynamic Internet applications, using active server pages (ASP), across many different computing platforms. Verio is the world's largest Web-hosting company and the only company to offer the Solaris OE-based VPS.

Previously, ASP technology was deployed exclusively on Windows-based systems. With Sun, Verio's customers can develop active server page applications for the Solaris O E, providing them the scalability and reliability of the Solaris platform and the flexibility of ASP.

ASP makes it much quicker and easier to create interactive Web sites, and allows users to easily maintain and update their Web pages. It has become a powerful model for connecting databases to the Web and it combines scripting, HTML, custom-server components and database publishing.

Further, with ASP, the design elements of a Web page can be separated from the details of programming access to databases and applications. This benefit increases productivity by freeing programmers to write code and allowing designers the time to concentrate solely on the creative aspect of the Web site.

"Only Verio has the ability to run dedicated Chili! Soft ASPs in a unique shared-hardware environment," said Laura Zung, vice president of product management for Verio. "This gives customers the freedom and flexibility of ASP, the power of the Sun Solaris platform, and the affordability of a VPS."

Chili!Soft targets business customers that outgrow their initial Internet server structures and seek to change and expand their platform choices. It also serves Internet service providers who host Web sites and applications built using ASPs. These customers favor Chili!Soft because it supports ASP applications that operate on multiple Web servers and operating systems.

"The ASP community has grown to include nearly a million Web developers," said John Shell, senior product manager at Sun. "Verio's innovative implementation provides these developers with a secure, private, and scalable hosting environment."

Verio VPS offers the functionality of a dedicated server at a price comparable to most shared-server environments. Using the Solaris Operating Environment, Verio VPS combines its advantages with the stability and high-performance levels of Solaris to deliver an affordable solution.

About Verio Inc.

Verio Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications (NTT Com), which provides long distance and 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 Web hosting, e-commerce, virtual private networks and managed service offerings, among 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 Com 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 Chili!Soft ASP

Chili!Soft ASP (Active Server Pages) is an industry leading web development and hosting solution, enabling the rapid development and cross-platform deployment of dynamic Web applications and Web sites. Chili!Soft ASP, a cross-platform implementation of mature ASP technology, has been bringing the power and flexibility of ASP to non-Windows platforms and Web servers since 1997. Driving the popularity of ASP are multiple Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools such as Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev, Microsoft Visual InterDev and FrontPage 2000, and Adobe GoLive. Chili!Soft ASP brings a critical developer base to many operating system environments including IBM AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, HP-UX and Windows NT and Windows 2000.

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

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