Digex Manages Online Initiatives for National Kidney Foundation

LAUREL, Md., Feb 10, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Digex, Incorporated (DIGX) , a leading provider of managed Web and application hosting services, today announced that the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), a major voluntary health organization seeking to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases and increase the availability of organs for transplantation, has selected Digex to manage its Internet infrastructure.

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The NKF was established in 1950 and its 51 affiliates compose the major voluntary health organization in the United States dedicated to easing the toll of kidney and urinary tract diseases. The Foundation has over 30,000 volunteers and its national headquarters is in New York.

The NKF's online initiatives are fundamental to the organization's mission of informing the public about the many different kinds of kidney disease, and the need for organ donors. Digex hosts the primary site http://www.kidney.org , which provides general information on: patient and family education, health care professionals, clinical practice guidelines, organ and tissue donor recipients, government relations and NKF news and information. This secure site also provides an opportunity to make donations to the NKF or one of their affiliates.

With its e-Enablement Solution, Digex provides a cost-effective, flexible way to establish and grow a vital Internet presence. NKF's online infrastructure is built on a multiserver Windows 2000 environment with a SQL Server database. Like all Digex managed hosting solutions, the platform is supported by the unrivaled reach, performance and reliability of WorldCom's (WCOEQ) facilities-based UUNET global IP network.

"We selected Digex because of the company's reputation for dependability, and because we felt that it provided the Foundation with the best return on investment," said Gary Green, director of new technologies for NKF. "Not only was the proposal for service the most cost-effective for our particular needs, it also came with the reliability of a major player in managed web hosting."

"The National Kidney Foundation provides critical information and services to many people who are concerned about kidney health and the need for more organ donors," said John Callari, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Digex. "We are pleased to provide a secure, highly available solution as NKF spreads its much needed health education efforts."

About National Kidney Foundation

The National Kidney Foundation, Inc., a major voluntary health organization, seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation.

About Digex

Digex is a leading provider of managed Web and application hosting services. Digex customers, from mainstream enterprise corporations to Internet-based businesses, leverage Digex's services to deploy secure, scaleable, high performance e-Enablement, Commerce and Enterprise IT business solutions. Additional information on Digex is available at http://www.digex.com.

About the WorldCom-Digex Affiliation

The WorldCom-Digex affiliation strategically combines the custom managed Web and application hosting expertise of Digex with the shared, dedicated and colocation hosting technologies of WorldCom to offer businesses of all sizes the full continuum of secure, dependable hosting services. Powered by the reach and reliability of the facilities-based WorldCom global network, the WorldCom-Digex affiliation rapidly delivers scalable, high-availability outsourced solutions that enable companies throughout North America, Europe and Asia to better focus on their core business.

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