Measurement Incorporated Selects Hosted Solutions for Managed Hosting

October 23, 2007; 09:17 AM

Raleigh, NC -- Hosted Solutions, the East Coast's premier data center and managed services provider announces today that Measurement Incorporated, one of the nation’s leading providers of educational and professional assessment services and technologies, has selected Hosted Solutions to provide its managed hosting needs for the next three years. The Durham, NC-based corporation determined the need for securing a partner who could provide best practice recommendations and guidance in regards to hardware and database configuration, and 100% network uptime on a fully managed enterprise infrastructure to support their web based platform. The decision utilizes Hosted Solutions secure network to provide reliability, security, and availability to Measurement Incorporated’s technology hardware and applications.

Measurement Incorporated is receiving Hi-Touch managed dedicated servers, managed firewall, managed load balancing, SQL database administration services, managed backups, and network connectivity, which are monitored and maintained by Hosted Solutions at its Raleigh Data Center facility. In providing all of the services, Measurement Incorporated is entrusting Hosted Solutions to manage a number of mission critical applications.

Dr. Kirk Ridge, Vice President of Software Products with Measurement Incorporated said, "Our business and our solution have both matured to a point where we needed a more complete set of hosting services. We've developed a broad line of testing solutions, and we needed a partner like Hosted Solutions to aid in delivering a more comprehensive set of SLAs as our products increasingly become more automated. Hosted Solutions 100% percent network uptime guarantee and SAS-70 type II certification were key factors and fundamental requirements; but their expertise goes well beyond the basics by also providing excellent customer support across other facets of our IT needs. Hosted Solutions also embraces a collaborative working relationship that's extremely valuable in helping us deliver a quality solution."

Brian Baker, Vice President of Sales with Hosted Solutions said, "On-demand companies are turning to Hosted Solutions for managed hosting and managed services as their businesses evolve, because we offer the breadth of services that enable them to expand very cost-effectively. Measurement Incorporated is a great example of an enterprise that needs to meet high standards of quality and service. This requires a true partnership that redefines managed hosting. Our business model is based upon truly understanding our customer's business. We align ourselves operationally with our customer's goals and provide a complete IT delivery solution. We then back that up with industry leading customer service to align our customer's success with our success."

About Measurement Incorporated
Founded in 1980, Measurement Incorporated is an employee-owned company providing a complete range of educational and professional assessment services and technologies.  Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, the company specializes in the development, administration, scoring, and reporting of large-scale testing programs under contract to state and local education agencies.

In addition to its educational testing expertise, MI also develops and markets leading-edge assessment technologies and delivers a variety of complementary services to support program evaluation, licensure and certification, supplemental education (tutoring) and professional development.

For more information visit www.measinc.com.

About Hosted Solutions
Hosted Solutions delivers enterprise class managed hosting and data center services to organizations with the need for highly available applications and infrastructure.  Hosted Solutions robust line of managed services ensure industry leading network, infrastructure, and hardware uptimes enabling customers to reduce operating costs, focus on their core competencies, and achieve their top business objectives.  The company operates four SAS 70 Type II certified Data Centers in Boston MA, Charlotte NC, Raleigh NC, and Cary NC providing world class data center operations with hardened physical infrastructure, security, and a complete managed services portfolio.

For more information visit www.hostedsolutions.com.