Data Return to Provide Hosted Solutions

HostReview.com
Wednesday, August 25, 2004; 12:00 AM

DALLAS (August 24, 2004) - Data Return, a leading tier-one provider of managed hosting, today announced that it has been named by BEA Systems, Inc. as a premier partner, delivering managed hosting services for custom applications on the BEA WebLogic Platform.

"We're delighted to work with BEA to provide customers with a managed solution for their WebLogic applications," said Sunny C. Vanderbeck, chief executive officer of Data Return. "As a BEA go-to partner for managed hosting, customers can be confident that we can provide quality managed services and technical expertise that are designed to help meet the levels of availability, performance and security required for businesscritical applications running on WebLogic."
Data Return has developed a set of best practices and custom systems to help manage WebLogic deployments, creating the Data Return BEA Management Framework, a suite of tools designed to help efficiently perform administrative functions across a WebLogic domain. Data Return's digitalOpsTM Command Center gives customers a comprehensive
Web-based window into the performance of the WebLogic application and supporting infrastructure with live performance metrics, trending data and management tools.

These custom systems can help facilitate effective insight and management for customers using WebLogic technologies.
Data Return's Highly Managed HostingTM full support service for the BEA WebLogic platform is designed to include capacity planning; proactive performance analysis and
optimization; comprehensive change management; and patch management services.

Data Return's digitalOps Code Deployment can provide an intuitive Web-based interface for managing and deploying application code with full version control and single-click
rollback capabilities. Complete production support for custom application code helps free customer operations teams from the burden of application management and enables
customers to more fully concentrate on strategic initiatives and better service their own clients.

"We are pleased to offer customers a robust solution designed to help manage and deploy WebLogic applications in a hosted environment," said Bobby Napiltonia, vice
president and general manager of Worldwide Channels and Alliances, BEA Systems.

"By pairing the BEA application infrastructure with Data Return's managed hosting expertise, customers can now have a comprehensive solution designed to manage their WebLogic applications."

About Data Return
Founded in 1996, Data Return provides IT operations and managed hosting services to leading companies around the world, with thousands of servers under management.
Clients rely on Data Return's experience, proven capabilities, financial stability and innovative digitalOps service delivery platform to manage their business-critical applications on the Windows, Solaris and Enterprise Linux platforms with expertise, flexibility and innovation. For information on Data Return and Highly Managed Hosting, visit www.datareturn.com or call 1.800.767.1514.