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Monday, October 2, 2006; 02:35 AM
iWeb Group Inc.
is proud to announce that the initial phase of the new data center
implementation project was successfully completed earlier this summer
and that hundreds of servers are in operation in the new
state-of-the-art infrastructures located in Saint-Léonard’s industrial
park on the island of Montréal.
The first phase of the datacenter expansion project, that started in
February with aquisition of the new building, consisted in the
installation of generators, raised floor, air conditioning system,
routers, dark fiber and other datacenter equipments in order to quickly
build a secure and resilient server hosting environment to accomodate
servers when iWeb's first facility would reach full capacity. Several
employees are now present on the premises to service customers and
handle server delivery that started at the new datacenter in June.
Now that the first phase has been completed, iWeb is initiating the
second effort in order to expand the new datacenter capacity. During
this new phase, the installation of additional equipments will increase
the data center’s capacity to at least 4000 dedicated servers and
provide enough redundant power to fill 135 colocation racks. Also, a
Network Operation Center will be built in order to manage and monitor
network activities more efficiently. Finally, new office space will
accommodate system administrators and managers.
"We are proud to be able to compete with the largest Web Hosting
companies in the world and to show our customers that our facilities
compares to the ones of our competitors with the addition of numerous
advantages that iWeb can offer. We are also pleased to see that with
our new facilities we raise the bar when it comes to the performance
level and reliability of a web hosting environment," says Martin
Leclair, Cofounder and Chief Operation Officer at iWeb. "Implementing
the new equipments and installing the first servers in the new
datacenter was completed according to schedule. Now, Phase Two will
have to be completed during the second quarter of our new fiscal year
in order to be able to maintain our current growth," he adds.
The complete Datacenter Expansion project is planned to be completed in
the next 3 years. As a result, iWeb’s premises will total more than
25,000 square foot with capacity to host almost 20,000 servers.
Founded in 1996, iWeb offers a full line of advanced web hosting either
through shared hosting, dedicated servers or colocation in its own data
centers featuring the latest technological equipments. Its services are
rendered in English, French or Spanish to clients in more than 95
countries. iWeb Group Inc. is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. under the
IWB stock symbol. For more information, visit the Company's website at
investors.iweb.ca.
Marc Guindon, Chief Financial Officer, Phone: (514) 286-4242
http://investors.iweb.ca
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