Arsenal Expands into Six Global Markets

Leading Storage Management Services Provider Brings Data Protection and Business Continuity Services to Europe and Asia-Pacific

HostReview.com
Monday, December 15, 2003; 12:00 AM

CARY, NC, December 15, 2003—Arsenal Digital Solutions, the leading Storage Management Services (SMS) provider and a major revenue enabler to hosting, telco and network service providers, today announced that it is bringing its data protection and business continuity services to hosting centers in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Hong Kong, Sydney and Tokyo. Arsenal is live today in Hong Kong and expects to be fully operational in all six new markets by mid-2004.

Through partnerships with major hosting, telco and network service providers, Arsenal provides a complete suite of fully managed, on demand data protection and business continuity services, including backup and restore and SAN services and its new remote, network-based data protection service. With this latest expansion, Arsenal's services are now available through its partners in 25 hosting centers in 19 cities across the globe.

"Arsenal has experienced strong demand in the U.S. for data protection and business continuity services, as attested by the explosive growth in our customer base. We are now seeing similar demand around the world as companies focus on ensuring business continuance," said Frank Brick, chairman and CEO, Arsenal Digital Solutions. "Expanding Arsenal's footprint into Europe and Asia enables our partners to deliver reliable data protection services to new markets as well as establish a global network for those services. Customers can now extend their data protection and business continuity planning beyond international boundaries."

About Arsenal Digital Solutions
Arsenal Digital Solutions, the leading Storage Management Services (SMS) provider, is focused on driving major revenue for hosting, telco and network service providers through value-added, on demand storage services. Leveraging its proven services architecture and storage expertise, Arsenal delivers a comprehensive and flexible suite of data protection and business continuity services through its partners to more than 800 customers in 25 data centers in 19 cities. Headquartered in Cary, N.C., and founded in August 1998, Arsenal is a privately held, venture-backed company. For more information on Arsenal, its solutions and services, visit the company web site at
www.arsenaldigital.com.

For more information, contact: Steve Siegel Arsenal Digital Solutions 919-466-6707 ssiegel@arsenaldigital.com Dave Resnic/Chantal Yang Schwartz Communications, Inc. 781-684-0770 arsenal@schwartz-pr.com