RIS TECHNOLOGY SELECTED BY MISS UNIVERSE ORGANIZATION TO HOST WEBSITE FOR 2006 MISS UNIVERSE®, MISS USA® and MISS TEEN USA® COMPETITIONS

RIS Technology, Inc., a growing Los Angeles-based Internet hosting company, announced today that they have signed a multi-year agreement with the Miss Universe Organization, producers of the MISS UNIVERSE®, MISS USA® and MISS TEEN USA® Competitions.

“We found that the combination of RIS’ expertise and experience in hosting large scale media events and their excellent customer service very attractive,” said Paula M. Shugart, President of the Miss Universe Organization. “We were impressed by RIS’ reliable infrastructure, and are confident that we won’t have to worry about scalability and performance during our upcoming telecasts.”

RIS provides the Miss Universe Organization a managed event hosting solution that combines the RIS’ high-availability hosting platform with dynamic server capacity and global content distribution.  All of the components in the solution are fully redundant and performance optimized, from the enterprise quality servers to the fully meshed network, load balancers, and security devices.

“We have years of experience hosting websites for large scale media events where flash traffic would cripple normal hosting configurations.” says Nate Johnson, RIS’ Chief Technology Officer.  “We combine our high availability network with dynamic server capacity and global content distribution empowering organizations to handle 500 times the amount of traffic they might see on a normal day.”

RIS has become the leading event web hosting provider, servicing high profile clients such as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globe® awards) and The Recording Academy (GRAMMY® awards).  By utilizing multiple, dynamically scaled web-servers and a world-wide content distribution service, RIS ensures that their customers’ sites perform optimally throughout the telecasts.  Additionally, RIS’ active traffic reporting system will allow the Miss Universe Organization to monitor the site performance in real time and to verify world wide availability.

About RIS Technology Inc.
RIS (Reliable Internet Systems) Technology provides high-quality custom hosting solutions through a robust, redundant network infrastructure and top of the line equipment.  This base provides for a scalable, secure, and reliable Internet application hosting environment. Their personal approach is really what differentiates RIS from other hosting companies. RIS’ attention to detail, ability to customize, and the desire to understand their clients’ business and presence on the Internet continues to build on the company’s success. 

About Miss Universe Organization
The Miss Universe Organization, producers of the MISS UNIVERSE*, MISS USA* and MISS TEEN USA* Pageants, are a Donald J. Trump and National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC) partnership.