Peak 10, n/Frame and Norlight Telecommunications Announce Hurricane Katrina Business Relief Efforts

Business Wire, Sept 7, 2005

CHARLOTTE, N.C. & INDIANAPOLIS & MILWAUKEE -- Responding to the extraordinary natural disaster inflicted by hurricane Katrina on the Gulf coast region, Peak 10, n|Frame and Norlight Telecommunications, announced today several initiatives to support the relief effort now underway. The companies are pooling resources and focusing efforts to assist businesses resume operations. The companies have also initiated programs to work with their employees, partners and customers to find additional opportunities to support those impacted by hurricane Katrina.

Peak 10, n|Frame and Norlight are industry leading data center operators and managed services companies that specialize in helping businesses protect against and recover from disasters such as flooding, massive power outages, hurricanes and other unexpected events that can halt normal businesses operations. The companies have partnered to provide displaced businesses in New Orleans and other communities in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi assistance in four critical areas:

Data center space: Access to enterprise-class data center space in one of seven facilities, enabling companies to recover critical information quickly and ensure the security and availability of critical IT infrastructure.

Physical infrastructure: Access to workplace recovery stations that come equipped with desks, chairs, phones, computers and other basic office equipment to help businesses resume the process of running operations from answering phones to processing transactions.

Internet connectivity: Access to fast, reliable and fully redundant Internet connectivity for businesses that rely on e-mail, Web sites, Intranets or Extranets to drive revenue and maintain communications with employees, customers, vendors and partners.

Technical Support: Access to engineering assistance to help with installation, data backup, phone transition and project management for transitioning equipment, data and critical human resources to a temporary facility.

Immediate response assistance for critical services will be provided for 30 days free of charge. More in-depth services and longer term arrangements will also be available on a case-by-case basis as companies work through their recovery and continuity plans. For immediate assistance, contact:

Peak10
Charlotte, N.C.
Jeff Spalding
www.peak10.com
(866) 220-2918
jeff.spalding@peak10.com

n|Frame, Inc.
Indianapolis, Ind.
J. Qualls
www.nframe.com
(888) 223-8633
jqualls@nframe.com

Norlight Telecommunications
Milwaukee, Wisc.
Tim Mauck
www.norlight.com
(262) 792-4996
tmauck@norlight.com

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the communities caught in hurricane Katrina's destructive path," said David Jones, president and chief executive officer of Peak 10. "We stand ready alongside n|Frame and Norlight to help businesses in need. We have the people and resources to assist companies in the Gulf coast region become operational again."

"Offering these businesses a safe facility for their technology equipment and employees is the least we can do," said John "J." Qualls, vice president of sales and marketing of n|Frame. "The victims of Katrina should focus on the important things in life, like their family, their health and their homes - not servers. We're trying to do whatever we can to help these businesses recover from this crisis so they can restart business operations and ensure that they have jobs to go back to after the clean up is complete."

"Our hearts go out to those affected by this devastating hurricane," said Jim Ditter, president of Norlight Telecommunications. "We are committed to helping the relief effort by offering our recovery services that will enable companies to re-establish their operations in the shortest time possible."

About Peak 10, Inc.

Peak 10 is the Southeast's leading data center services provider offering a full range of hosting, storage, security and business continuity solutions. Customers such as ATP Tour, LendingTree, RDU Airport, Global Knowledge, Ameristeel and Siemens rely on Peak 10 to keep business critical applications up and running around-the-clock. The company owns and operates five enterprise-class data centers that deliver a higher standard of infrastructure, security and performance to businesses nationwide. Peak 10 has data centers in Louisville, Ky., Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C., as well as Jacksonville and Tampa, Fla. Additional information about Peak 10 is available at www.peak10.com.

About n|Frame, Inc.

n|Frame helps organizations achieve true business continuity through a unique failover model that integrates backup systems with standard operating procedures. This is accomplished through n|Frame's professional data center (one of the largest in Indiana), business-class back-bone Internet connectivity and a new workplace recovery center (also one of the largest in Indiana). n|Frame supports networks, Web sites, call centers and workplaces with premium data center outsourcing; router, firewall and switch management; 24/7 network, system and hardware monitoring; Web, application, data and e-mail system hosting; e-mail management and protection services; and customizable disaster recovery solutions (including Agility(TM) mobile recovery units). n|Frame is privately held and headquartered in Carmel, Ind. near Indianapolis. To learn more about the company, please call 317-805-3759, e-mail sales@nframe.com or visit www.nframe.com.