viaVerio Partner Program Receives Industry Recognition

Verio has been recognized by CMP Technology’s VARBusiness Magazine as one of North America's top technology integrators. Verio placed in the top 25 percent, ranking No. 140 in the 12th annual VARBusiness 500 ranking, which was published earlier this week.

The 500 companies are the leading revenue producers among solution provider organizations in North America and account for $378 billion in sales of information technology (IT) services and products. The complete listing of the VARBusiness 500 was published in the June 12, 2006 issue of the biweekly business magazine that provides strategic insight for technology integrators.

VARBusiness Editor Lawrence M. Walsh noted that, “Companies like Verio play critical roles in providing the proper information-technology strategies and systems to corporations and institutions to help drive business forward.”

Verio is a leading provider of hosting and managed services for small and midsized companies and partners, and its enhanced channel program, viaVerio®, boasts nearly 4000 active resellers around the world. The company offers a range of business-class solutions, including hosting, managed services and value-added professional services offerings. Verio provides resellers and large OEM partners serving the small and midsized business market with high-value managed dedicated, shared and virtual hosting solutions. Partners benefit from volume discounts and private label opportunities, as well as technical, sales and marketing support. The program also offers recurring commissions to channel partners that must meet specific requirements to participate in the program.

Celebrating its 10^th anniversary, Verio is continuing to offer value-added solutions to its partners throughout the year. Earlier in 2006, Verio unveiled Reseller Business Tools, a suite of tools designed to assist viaVerio® partners with the management of their businesses. The service helps to ease the burden of performing many billing and accounting, reporting and other tasks for value-added resellers, enabling them to focus on business growth and customer needs rather than administrative tasks.

To complete the 2006 ranking of the 500 largest North American solution providers, VARBusiness partnered with research firm Answers Research to help collect and analyze the data. VARBusiness designed the survey which was administered on its site between February and April 2006, to collect the data. Independent data sourcing also was conducted. Finalists were ranked according to their fiscal year 2005 revenue, based on their reseller-related services business.

For the past 19 years, VARBusiness’ strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available at its Web site, www.varbusiness.com.

Verio Inc. is a leading provider of hosting and Internet services for small and midmarket companies and partners worldwide, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT America, US subsidiary of NTT Communications, which provides complementary global network access reaching over 200 countries worldwide. The company offers businesses a range of Internet services, including Web hosting, managed services and value-added professional service offerings. Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable global infrastructure and systems including the NTT Communications Global IP Network, and provides business solutions to customers and partners in more than 146 countries. More information can be found at www.verio.com and www.ntt.com/index-e.html.