Arsenal Digital Solutions Hires John Neville As Executive Vice Ppresident Of Sales And Business Development

Neville Brings 20 Years of Telecom and Networking Experience Developing Solutions for Leading Hosting and Network Service Providers

HostReview.com
Tuesday, March 23, 2004; 12:00 AM

CARY , NC —March 23, 2004 — Arsenal Digital Solutions, the leading Storage Management Services (SMS) provider and a major revenue enabler to hosting and network service providers, today announced the appointment of John S. Neville to executive vice president of sales and business development. Neville will focus on growing and enhancing Arsenal's partner network and helping it deliver managed storage services to end customers.

The appointment of Neville follows a year of milestones for Arsenal. The company reached EBITDA positive in May of 2003, secured more $21 million in venture and non-equity financing and expanded its services worldwide to six European and Asia-Pacific markets. In addition, Arsenal's revenue and customer base continues to grow, fueled by unprecedented demand for the company's distributed data protection and business continuity services, which drive high-value, recurring revenue to hosting and network service providers.

“John has a long and distinguished career in the telecommunications and networking industries, both on the carrier side and on the OEM side,” said Frank Brick, chairman and CEO of Arsenal Digital Solutions. “His experience in services delivery for the carrier market will be a valuable asset as Arsenal expands its partner network and continues to grow worldwide.”

Neville brings more than 20 years of telecom and networking experience to Arsenal. Most recently, he was g lobal vice president of carrier managed services for Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT). In this role, Neville led the development of wireline, wireless and enterprise solutions enabling carriers to expand their portfolio to customers. Neville has also worked for Bell Atlantic. He started as vice president of large business market management for NYNEX. During the merger with Bell Atlantic, Neville served as vice president of marketing for all business customers and as a member of the Business Markets Merger Integration team. Following the merger, he resumed as vice president of market management for the new entity and later became vice president of sales for emerging markets. While president/general manager at ATS, a joint venture between Bull Information Systems and Cox Cable Communications, Neville played an instrumental role in the company's acquisition. He began his career at Digital Equipment Corporation and holds a degree in business from Southern Methodist University.

About Arsenal Digital Solutions
Arsenal Digital Solutions, the leading Storage Management Services (SMS) provider, drives high-margin revenue for hosting 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 worldwide. Headquartered in Cary , N.C. , Arsenal is a privately held, venture-backed company. For more information on Arsenal, its solutions and services, visit www.arsenaldigital.com.