CS Technology Provides Clarity With New Sightmap™ Process

- New Proprietary Process Ensures Optimal Data Center Strategy for Large Enterprises
- Clients Benefit From Clear Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities

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Tuesday, February 17, 2004; 12:00 AM

NEW YORK — February 17, 2004 — CS Technology, a leading international technology strategy and implementation firm, today introduced its proprietary SightMap process, which enables enterprises to benefit from detailed, comprehensive data center strategies that clearly support their business goals and regulatory requirements. The 12-week modular SightMap process is a core offering of the firm s Strategic Consulting Practice and can be implemented by module or as an end-to-end solution.

Today, enterprises are faced with the challenge of creating a data center strategy that meets their business needs, as well as government regulations and compliance issues, JP Rosato, CS Technology Founder and CEO, said. Our SightMap process provides our clients with a powerful, yet flexible, approach for assessing and identifying the most cost-effective data center solution for meeting their current and future requirements.

The SightMap process guides enterprises through the analysis of their data center needs as well as the development of their data center strategy. This process enables enterprises to evaluate the entire range of potential data center solutions available to them including: enhancement of existing capacity; partnership/asset swap; co-location; outsourcing; and new construction.

Each of the five modules comprising the SightMap process takes the enterprise s technical, physical and financial constraints into account, creating a clear view of data center options and opportunities. Highlights of the SightMap modules include:

• Technical architecture definition — provides a comprehensive analysis of the technical components, service provision platforms, and support systems that will reside within the planned data center.
• Site alternatives — identifies prospective sites for either new data center construction or enhancement of existing facilities that meet the requirements identified in the technical architecture definition.
• Third-party options — provides enterprises with a thorough analysis of data center outsourcing, co-location and partnership/peering alternatives as well as a review and recommendation of existing third-party vendor data center solutions.
• Financial analysis — provides a complete review and verification of current operating cost structures, a comparative economic analysis of potential alternatives and project cost verification as well as future operating cost projections to ensure the economic performance
of new data center assets.
• Strategy development and recommendations — delivers a summary of the information developed during the first four modules and provides a comprehensive review and recommendation of potential data center solutions.

In developing the SightMap process, CS Technology utilized its extensive experience in planning, designing and implementing more than 1.5 million square feet of raised floor data center space.
The SightMap process reflects years of experience in developing data center strategies within the framework of an organization s technical, physical infrastructure and financial operating standards and guidelines, Michael Garibaldi, CS Technology Executive Managing Director, said. As a result, the process is thorough and scalable, providing an excellent framework for the evaluation and analysis of alternatives.

In addition to assisting enterprises in the development and implementation of detailed, comprehensive data center strategies, CS Technology s Strategic Consulting Practice also brings clarity to the complexity enterprises find in three other key areas, including corporate relocation, technical architecture and engineering and large scale program and project management.

About CS Technology
CS Technology is a technology strategy and implementation firm that utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach to provide clarity to the complexity that resides within IT- and capital-intensive initiatives. The Company s technology strategy, architecture, engineering and implementation services are focused on optimizing solutions within technology, physical infrastructure and financial constraints. CS Technology s clients include industry leaders, such as Bear Stearns, AIG, Microsoft, Fannie Mae and Convergys, among others. Headquartered in New York, CS Technology is an international firm with offices in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Stamford, San Francisco and London. For more information, visit
www.cstechnology.com.

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