IWeb Launches Microsoft Private Cloud Hosting To Give Businesses IT Control And Flexibility

MONTREAL /CNW Telbec/ - iWeb,Canada's leading cloud service provider, today announced its new Microsoft Private Cloud service, designed to give businesses complete control and flexibility of their IT infrastructure. Businesses can now choose the Microsoft Private Cloud to quickly add or scale up virtual servers as needed, without the expense or complexity of deploying their own data centers and network infrastructure.

Available immediately, the Microsoft Private Cloud from iWeb takes IT to the next level, allowing businesses to use virtualization to build a software defined data center hosted at iWeb, but managed by their own IT teams. iWeb's dedicated infrastructure is fully-managed in the company's state-of-the-art data centers and delivered on one of the world's most reliable networks, with guaranteed Service Level Agreements and 24/7 support.

With the Microsoft Private Cloud from iWeb, businesses can:

• Extend their in-house data center or move specific workloads to a hosted environment;
• Alleviate concerns about in-house data center space, power and cooling;
• Eliminate capital expenditure for storage infrastructure which potentially addresses in-house data center space;
• Take advantage of on-demand flexibility with virtualization and cloud technologies; and
• Address data sovereignty issues as iWeb provides hosting within Canadian data centers.

"With businesses turning to the cloud more so than ever before, the Microsoft Private Cloud from iWeb provides the best of both worlds with cloud scalability on dedicated private infrastructure," saidChristian Primeau, President and COO of iWeb. "Our team provides rapid deployment, state-of-the-art data centers and network infrastructure, all supported by top-notch professional services, freeing up customers to focus on their core business."

The Microsoft Private Cloud from iWeb is available to organizations as an extension or backup for their in-house data center, or to leverage a hosted environment for specific workloads.

iWeb is a leading Microsoft Canadian Cloud OS Network Partner. For more information about the Microsoft Private Cloud from iWeb, visit http://iweb.com/cloud/private/microsoft.

About iWeb
iWeb, an Internap company, provides the on-demand server and cloud infrastructure that allows over 10,000 customers in more than 150 countries worldwide to deliver today's Internet-based technologies and to create tomorrow's online innovations. Since 1996, Montreal-based iWeb has been rated among the world's top web infrastructure providers based on performance and reliability and among Canada's fastest growing companies.  iWeb's network continues to rank among the most reliable in the world, according to independent internet researcher Netcraft. For more information, visit http://iweb.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements related to our expectations regarding the features and performance of our infrastructure solutions. Because such statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors include the actual performance of our infrastructure solutions; the reaction and behavior of customers and the market to our products and services; our ability to react to trends and challenges in our business and the markets in which we operate; our ability to successfully integrate iWeb into our business; the availability of services from Internet network service providers or network service providers providing network access loops and local loops on favorable terms, or at all; failure of third party suppliers to deliver their products and services on favorable terms, or at all; failures in our network operations centers, data centers, network access points or computer systems; our ability to provide or improve Internet infrastructure services to our customers; and our ability to protect our intellectual property, as well as other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. We undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify any forward-looking statement for any reason.

SOURCE iWeb Group Inc.

For further information:

Nina Velasquez
Media Contact: North 6th Agency (For iWeb)
212-334-9753, iWeb@n6a.com