Arsenal and OpenAccess Partner to Deliver Network-Based Data Protection

New York-based Ethernet Metropolitan Area Network provider to Offer Arsenal’s ViaRemote Service to Businesses on Long Island and Manhattan

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Monday, June 21, 2004; 12:00 AM

CARY, NC / Melville, NY —June 21, 2004 — Arsenal Digital Solutions, the leading provider of Storage Management Services (SMS) and a major revenue enabler to hosting and network service providers, today announced a partnership with OpenAccess, a New York-based Ethernet Metropolitan Area Network provider offering customers a wide array of telecommunications and business services. OpenAccess will now offer Arsenal's ViaRemote, a fully managed, network-based data protection service, to its customers on Long Island and Manhattan.

“With the rise of mission-critical applications and the increasing pressure of regulatory compliance, business continuity plans are rapidly becoming a top priority for our customers,” said Jeff Amorosana , CEO of OpenAccess. “In addition to the policies and procedures being crafted for handling these scenarios, companies are increasingly recognizing the critical need to protect the data at the heart of their business. Arsenal ViaRemote is a turnkey, ultra-reliable utility service that makes it fast, easy and cost-effective for our customers to utilize their network to remotely protect and restore their data in the event of downtime.”

The partnership will leverage OpenAccess' metro area network, which currently has coverage over 500 multi-tenant buildings, universities and major hospital campuses in the Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Brooklyn and New York City markets . OpenAccess will market ViaRemote to both new and existing customers, while relying on Arsenal for service delivery and management.

“Arsenal's ViaRemote helps service providers like OpenAccess significantly enhance their revenue stream with a value-added service that their customers need to operate in today's business climate,” said Frank Brick, chairman and CEO of Arsenal Digital Solutions. “Through its on-demand model, ViaRemote enables OpenAccess customers to cost-effectively back up corporate data to a secure offsite facility—providing business-critical data protection and peace of mind.”

About ViaRemote
ViaRemote delivers secure, bandwidth-efficient, disk-based backup and restore services over the Internet or private network. With ViaRemote, Arsenal and its partners enable data protection services wherever data is located, whether in the data center, remote office or at the mobile workforce. ViaRemote is provided as a complete turnkey utility service, which enables Arsenal partners to realize new revenue and extend the reach of new high value services to existing and new customers.

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.

About OpenAccess, Inc.
OpenAccess, the leading New York metropolitan area network, empowers business users to communicate securely and efficiently to the world, via the next generation extension of their existing local area network, with the simplicity of Ethernet services. OpenAccess provides its customers with an infinite array of telecommunications and business services; all delivered with the performance, reliability, and flexibility that meet their business requirements. Headquartered in Melville , NY , OpenAccess is a privately held, venture-backed company. For more information on OpenAccess, its solutions and services, visit www.openaccessinc.com.

Arsenal Digital Solutions is a service mark of Arsenal Digital Solutions. All other trademarks and service marks mentioned herein are property of their respective owners.

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