Verio Strengthens Small and Home Business Hosting Solution Offerings in Worldwide Markets

Business Wire, July 15, 2008

Leading Japanese ISP to offer Verio Shared Hosting Plans

CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Verio, a leading provider of business solutions online, including hosting, applications and managed services, today announced Japan-based NTT Plala Inc. will offer existing and new users in the small and home business segment Verio's high-end Hosting plans.

As a major Japanese internet service provider (ISP), NTT Plala Inc. will migrate over 95 percent of its small and home business users from NTT Plala Inc.'s existing MultiStage platform to Verio's shared hosting platform, affording customers a mid-priced solution designed specifically for these growing businesses. Additionally, select NTT Plala Inc. customers will move to NTT Plala Inc.'s new product line, Business Server-Standard with Virtual Private Server (VPS), built on Verio VPS technology.

With a significant portion of its customers in the Japanese small and home user space, NTT Plala Inc. was looking to include hosting plans that would offer advanced features at affordable price points for customers that were reliant on the web for business growth. Verio's shared hosting platform presents a variety of pricing options based on enhanced features and functionality. These plans are designed for higher security and an enhanced online user experience. Additionally, NTT Plala Inc. can easily migrate both simple site and complex solutions users while providing access to Verio's state-of-the-art data centers and support by Verio's global Tier-1 network.

"With the support of NTT Plala Inc., Verio has gained a significant footprint in the Japanese market. Verio is now able to further build its small and home business user base, a rapidly growing global segment," said Kiyoshi Maeda, president and chief executive officer for Verio. "NTT Plala Inc. can now meet customers' needs for high- and low-end pricing options based on functionality requirements and, with Verio's award-winning quality standards, also surpass the high service level expectations in the Japanese market."

Availability

This new program became available to NTT Plala Inc.'s customers worldwide as of June 2, 2008.

Plan Offers NTT Plala Inc. Simplified Account Management Through Verio Control Panel

In addition to rich feature choices and easy modification, Verio's hosting plans allow NTT Plala Inc. to manage accounts through control panels and to private label the service. The control panel enables NTT Plala Inc.'s customer service teams to upload and modify content, increase disk space, add users, change features, add/delete e-mail and FTP users, restore files, access usage statistics, and more.

About Verio

Verio Inc. enables small to mid-sized companies to conduct better business online through advanced hosting, applications and managed services. Its highly reliable and scalable solutions enable its customers to achieve their business goals and realize meaningful efficiencies with the right technology services customized to spur business growth. Verio is supported through an ecosystem of technology partners and backed by its extensive global infrastructure; including global network access from parent company NTT Communications networked across more the 200 countries. More information can be found at www.verio.com.

About NTT Plala Inc.

Established in 1995, NTT Plala Inc.'s ISP services were subscribed to by 2.56 million customers at the end of 2007. In addition to Internet connection and various security services, the company provides IP telephony services and broadband video distribution services via its in-house system infrastructure. NTT Plala Inc. leads the industry by deploying services that anticipate customer needs as it aims to evolve from an ISP to a BSP (broadband service provider). More information can be found at http://biz.plala.or.jp/