Aliant Aligns with Sphera to Offer Next-generation Web Hosting

HostReview.com
Tuesday, June 24, 2003; 12:00 AM

NEWTON, MA, June 24, 2003 - Sphera Corporation, the leading global provider of Web hosting automation and management software today announced that Aliant, Atlantic Canada's leading telecommunications and Internet service provider, has chosen Sphera's HostingBusinessT Suite to streamline its Web hosting operations and to increase value for the 80,000 businesses in their region.

The Aliant Business Web site Solution leverages Sphera's HostingBusiness Suite to extend self-serve capabilities to end-users and enhance customer support for small and medium business customers. HostingBusiness Suite is designed to accommodate and manage multiple levels of hosting resellers in addition to direct customers. The solution's extensive branding and customization capabilities benefit Aliant's multi-tiered resellers and their customers. Aliant collaborated with Sphera to reduce customer support costs while empowering customers to provision and manage their hosting experience.

"We needed to enhance our Web site solution to provide richer
feature-functionality and provide business customers with one-stop
shopping including flexible and convenient options in a cost-effective manner," says Dave Grebenc, director of Advanced Business Solutions at Aliant. "Sphera was instrumental in helping us provide our customers with a professional and affordable Web site delivered on a world-class network infrastructure."

Grebenc continued, "These features will help our customers to reduce Web design and maintenance costs, increase revenues and enhance customer support and service. We can also leverage Sphera's open architecture to integrate and deliver additional value-added services to our customers."

"As the access market saturates, carriers need to find additional
services to fuel their growth and increase average revenue per user. Web hosting has proven to be a valuable tool for ccomplishing that goal." says Scott Armour, vice president Americas for Sphera. "The recent deployment at Aliant confirms this need in the carrier space." For more information about Aliant's Business Web site Solution, visit www.aliant.net.

About Sphera
Sphera Corporation is a global leader in Web hosting automation and management software. Sphera provides value to hosting providers and resellers through service differentiation, increased operational efficiencies, enhanced customer satisfaction and increased profitability. Sphera's HostingBusiness SuiteT, which includes HostingDirectorR and ResellerDirectorT, delivers immediate ROI by generating new revenue opportunities, slashing costs and winning customer loyalty. Headquartered in Newton, MA, with EMEA offices in London, Sphera is backed by well-established global venture capital firms including JVP, TLcom Capital Partners, Gemini Israel Funds, Vision Capital, Bank of America and Reuters reenhouse Fund. For more information, visit www.sphera.com, or call 1-866-SPHERA-1.
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