Hanley Wood Trusts UltraDNS to Enhance Network Reliability and Performance; Premier Media Company Employs Managed DNS to Support Its Vast Media Properties

Business Wire, June 15, 2005

BRISBANE, Calif. -- UltraDNS(TM) Corporation, the leading Managed DNS Service provider, today announced that Hanley Wood, LLC, a $225 million media company serving the housing and construction industry, has implemented Managed DNS Services to ensure the continued reliability of its diverse web and e-commerce properties. As an award-winning publisher with five operating divisions, Hanley Wood produces magazines, Web sites, trade shows, events, and custom marketing solutions that are increasingly dependent on a high performance Internet presence.

"We selected UltraDNS after our co-location provider experienced multiple DNS outages in excess of six hours each," said Glenn Stevens, Director of Internet Technologies at Hanley Wood. "Not only has UltraDNS delivered the 100% uptime performance our business requires, but the ease and efficiency of the UltraDNS management capabilities have also significantly streamlined the administration of critical network changes."

Hanley Wood is deployed on the UltraDNS Directory Services Platform. The Platform is a unique combination of patented, proprietary technologies and innovations that together deliver reliability, availability, performance and security for today's information exchange applications. UltraDNS has built a fail-safe, fully redundant server network with the most robust global DNS constellation in the world, backed by an industry leading service level agreement (SLA) guaranteeing 100% uptime.

"Leading print and media companies, like Hanley Wood, have increasingly sought UltraDNS services as their distribution channels migrate to the Web," said Jeffrey Samuels, Vice President, Sales and Marketing of UltraDNS. "UltraDNS ensures the fastest and most reliable DNS propagation and resolution in the world ensuring companies maximize the value of their Internet presence."

About Hanley Wood

Hanley Wood, LLC, is the premier media company serving the housing and construction industry. Through five operating divisions, the company produces award-winning magazines and Web sites, marquee trade shows and events, rich data and custom marketing solutions. The company also is North America's leading publisher of home plans. Hanley Wood e-Media (Washington, D.C.) offers the construction industry's foremost collection of Web sites, including Builder Online, Remodeling Online, and ebuild, the comprehensive online guide to building products, as well as the largest collection of house plans online through eplans.com and Dream Home Source.

Founded in 1976, Hanley Wood is a $225 million company owned by VS&A Communications Partners III, LP, the private-equity affiliate of media industry merchant bank Veronis Suhler Stevenson.

About UltraDNS

Based in Brisbane, Calif., UltraDNS Corporation is the world's leading Managed DNS Service Provider with over twelve million domains currently under management, delivering solutions that enhance the reliability and performance of the world's largest directories and the mission-critical applications that access them. UltraDNS offers highly scalable solutions -- both as a managed services provider and as a developer of custom infrastructure solutions -- built on its unique Directory Services Platform and proprietary, patented technologies. UltraDNS infrastructure services, such as Managed DNS, address the growing need for fast, reliable responses to directory queries in today's converging Internet/telecom environment. By connecting a user's information request to the proper directory and assuring a quick, accurate response, UltraDNS plays a key enabling role in delivering content, information and data to users when, where and on whatever device they choose. The company was founded in 1999 and is funded by Reuters Group PLC, VantagePoint Venture Partners and New Enterprise Associates. For more information please visit www.ultradns.com.