CMP’S VARBusiness Magazine Selects Verio’s Remote Backup and Virtual Private Server Solutions as Midmarket Products of the Year

Englewood, Colo., May 11, 2005 - Verio, a subsidiary of NTT Communications (NTT Com) and a leader in managed hosting solutions, today announced that its managed solutions have been named VARBusiness' Midmarket Products of the Year. Verio's Remote Backup service and its Virtual Private Server (VPS) solution were both recognized by CMP Media's VARBusiness magazine in their first ever midmarket product selection.

Verio's Remote Backup services and VPS solution were recently profiled in the special May 2 VARBusiness "State of the Midmarket" issue. "Our readers tell us that the middle market is one of the fastest-growing IT categories today," says VARBusiness Publisher Robert C. DeMarzo. "We feel that Verio's Remote Backup managed storage service, as well as the company's VPS with AccrisoftÔ Freedom solution for resellers, meet that segment's needs very well."

"Verio has made the midmarket a priority in its business, which is why this recognition by VARBusiness is particularly gratifying," said David Chao, vice president of product management for Verio. "These awards reinforce our commitment to the midmarket and validate our investments to innovate in this area. Verio will continue to forge ahead with products and services that make it easier for midmarket companies and the resellers that support them to grow their businesses."

Verio's automated Remote Backup, an IP-based managed storage solution, provides network-based remote data protection and recovery for critical data on servers and PCs located at the customer premise in the event of failure. A backup of a company's critical data is created and automatically stored in a Verio Premier Data Center, thus improving data availability while reducing data recovery costs. The fully-automated service is initiated with a fast and easy client/agent setup, and includes all additional required hardware and software, as well as 24x7 management and staffing.

Especially suited for value-added resellers, Verio VPS hosting leverages a virtualized managed environment with partitioning technology enabling developers to leverage a full suite of managed services, account controls and applications at a much more competitive cost. Hosted by Verio and specifically designed for Verio's VPS platform, the Accrisoft Freedom solution -available to resellers with the VPS - eases site management. Freedom combines tools that businesses need to easily manage customer sites, including content and customer information management.

Verio's managed solutions such as remote backup and VPS are available to resellers through the viaVerio® Partner Program. The program provides both resellers and channel partners with access to a variety of high-value hosting services, including hosting on a dedicated, shared, virtual private server or managed private server platform, in addition to a range of managed services and account tools. 

VARBusiness, the biweekly magazine that provides strategic insight to technology integrators, solicited input from information-technology (IT) vendors and solution providers to determine which products and services were best for mid-market customers - companies with between 100 and 999 employees. Entries were considered and reviewed by VARBusiness editors who selected only the top 100 of the more than 400 nominated products.

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For the past 18 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the solution-provider community.  VARBusiness provides unique strategic business and technology insight for solution providers through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers.  VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design.  Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available on the magazine's Web site at www.varbusiness.com.

About Verio

Verio Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications (NTT Com), which provides complementary global network access reaching over 200 countries worldwide. Verio is one of the world's largest operators of Web sites for businesses and a leading provider of global IP solutions. The company offers businesses a broad range of Internet services, including Web hosting, high-end dedicated access and managed service offerings. Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable global infrastructure and systems including the NTT Communications Global IP Network, and provides business technology solutions to customers in more than 146 countries. The combination of Verio and NTT Com offers services to meet the growing and diverse needs of all businesses, including small to medium businesses, large global enterprises and multi-national corporations. More information can be found at www.verio.com and www.ntt.com/index-e.html.

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