Munich, 2008 — amiando, the leading tool for online event organization in Europe, today announced plans to implement Facebook Connect to boost the power of amiando ViralTickets, its recently released social promotion system for events.

“Events are the most important social happening. Therefore we will use Facebook Connect to let event organizers and their guests enjoy, recommend and promote events within the social context of their real identity and friendships on Facebook®. ”, said Felix Haas, CEO of amiando.

The key feature of amiando’s implementation of Facebook Connect will focus on boosting the power of amiando ViralTickets, the recently released social promotion system for events. ViralTickets enables event organizers to leverage the internet’s viral effects for their event marketing. Using word-of-mouth marketing they can sell significantly more tickets with less marketing effort.

Facebook users will be able to easily recommend their favorite events to friends and colleagues. Using ViralTickets, they can offer an exclusive discount to their contacts and will also be rewarded with a referral bonus themselves. This makes recommending and promoting events fun, easy and highly rewarding for all sides – guests, friends and event organizers. Facebook gives everyone the power to share with the people they care about making the world more open and transparent. When Facebook users log in to amiando with Facebook Connect, they are able to publish their actions back on Facebook, which enables them to share more information with their friends than ever before.

About amiando amiando is the leading tool for online event organization in Europe and makes professional event organization easy. It offers online-based tools for invitation management, ticketing and community building for every kind of event. All tools are easy-to-use and have a convenient pay-as-you-go pricing.

amiando’s award-winning tools are being used throughout Europe, US and Asia for organizing more than 50,000 events. Thousands of organizers worldwide are choosing amiando to manage their events online. amiando, a Red Herring 100 Europe 2008 Winner, is backed by renowned venture capital company Wellington Partners.  http://www.amiando.com 

amiando – the simplest way of organizing events.

With more than 50,000 events per year amiando is the leading tool for online event organization in Europe. Invitation management, online promotion, participant registration with integrated invoicing and entrance control – with amiando organizers are able to manage all processes comfortably and independently at any time. Additional services for networking as well as an individual event micro site round of the offer of amiando.  Product  Within minutes event organizers are creating a free website for their event. With the integrated ticket shop the participants are able to comfortably register online for the event. amiando is taking over the handling of payments, invoicing and shipment of the individually designed tickets. In July 2008 amiando was introducing ViralTicketing, a world premiere in the field of online event organization: ViralTicketing is the first event promotion system that is combining the powerful principle of word-of-mouth advertising and recommendation management in the internet for every event organizer.

The easy system is usable for every organizer without extra charge: after ticket purchase the participants receive a code which they can distribute to friends and colleagues. This incentive is the main attraction: for every canvassed customer the agent is getting a bonus and the newly recruited customer is receiving a discount.

Organizers are able to manage all processes comfortably and independently at any time, however a toll free telephone number is provided in the language of your country. By now amiando is available in four different languages (English, Spanish, German, French) and supporting organizers worldwide with the planning of their events.

Moreover, for a simple entrance management amiando is providing a free software called EasyEntry with which organizers are able to check the validity of the tickets with a standard webcam.

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theprintspace has extended their groundbreaking ‘DIY’ photographic printing process to the web. theprintspace.com will be the first online service to incorporate an easy to use professional colour management process. The result – enabling accurate soft proofing of images by clients on their own systems using bespoke print profiles, meaning prints that are as accurate as possible – first time! The process is explained in easy-to-follow video tutorials filmed exclusively by theprintspace, making theprintspace.com the first specialist professional photographic printing lab to utilise the web 2.0 spirit of innovation to its full potential.

London, England — theprintspace has extended their groundbreaking ‘DIY’ photographic printing process to the web. theprintspace.com will be the first online service to incorporate an easy to use professional colour management process. The result – enabling accurate soft proofing of images by clients on their own systems using bespoke print profiles, meaning prints that are as accurate as possible – first time! The process is explained in easy-to-follow video tutorials filmed exclusively by theprintspace, making theprintspace.com the first specialist professional photographic printing lab to utilise the web 2.0 spirit of innovation to its full potential.

theprintspace originated as Europe’s first walk-in DIY professional photographic printing lab. Launched in October 2007 and based in Shoreditch, theprintspace occupies two floors of a 4000sq foot area comprising of exhibition space, for-hire retouching and scanning booths, and large format printers. Since its opening, theprintspace has enjoyed acclaim from both industry professionals and clients alike.

Theprintspace philosophy is to equip the customer with the knowledge and resources necessary to get creative with high-spec professional imaging equipment (www.theprintspace.com/help/Studio.aspx) – which would usually only be accessible by the staff of a pro-lab. Until now, it has been impossible for photographers to have such unbridled control over their images, with a full range of professional print types, from digital C-Type archival prints to Epson Giclees and CYMK proofs. No website has ever made color management so accurate, so professional and yet so accessible and easy to use. In presenting a web interface for its famous creative print process, theprintspace.com acts like a professional standard, fully colour-managed print studio on your desktop.

At theprintspace guidance is available at every stage; from online articles to face-to-face consultations from in-house colour management and print technicians. A key feature of the website is the colour management and profiling tutorials (www.theprintspace.com/Content/colourmanagement.aspx), which are available to stream (www.youtube.com/theprintspace) or download from the website. Offering step-by-step instructions on subjects ranging from monitor calibration to building colour profiles and soft-proofing at home, theprintspace.com will enable users at any level to learn more about colour management.

As well as Epson Giclee (inkjet) prints, theprintspace offer affordable digital C-Type prints (www.theprintspace.com/Content/printtypes.aspx), which are genuine wet lab prints exposed by a real photographic process. theprintspace’s digital C-type professional photographic prints are produced on a Chromira, which is a professional quality, colour-managed, high resolution print device producing exhibition quality archival prints suitable for the professional art market on Fuji Crystal Archive & Kodak Professional paper. The machine prints up to 30” wide, and up to 50 metres long. Alternatively, Epson (inkjet) prints are from the recently released 880 range using Epson’s new Vivid Magenta inkset, exclusive to the range. These ‘Giclee’ prints are printed on professional art papers, such as Hanhemuhle Photorag, Pearl, and Epson Gloss and Semi-gloss. The Epson prints up to 60” wide by 30 meters long.

A straightforward web ordering process allows clients to send disks to the lab or to upload digital files directly via a built-in secure file transfer system. Once received, print turnover is unparalleled. Instead of waiting days for digital prints, files can be transferred, printed, and returned within 72 hours. Theprintspace also offer an in-house mounting service, to exhibition standard on a choice of materials.

The team behind theprintspace.com are no strangers to the demands of the photographic industry, having run retouching and ‘prolab’ printing businesses in London for the past three years. In creating theprintspace, MD Stuart Waplington says, “We wanted to do something different, something that would empower photographers & creatives – really give them tools they need.”

As Dominic Apa, Public Relations Officer explains:

“theprintspace.com is very much a response for what we saw as a need for a democratisation of the top-level of digital printing. With more and more people becoming familiar with Photoshop and an increasing number of photographers even retouching their own work, people simply needed the ability to access the resources which until now had only been avaiable to a very select few. Just as we have made our colour profiles available for download, we have attempted with theprintspace.com to open up our systems to become platforms for user innovation. theprintspace is about enabling our clients to have full creative control over every aspect of their work, from start to finish, while providing guidance and assistance when it is appropriate.”

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Neutraubling, 06. Juni 2008 – Das neue Partnerprogramm für den Online-Backup-Service „SteadyBackup“ von NTT Europe Online, einem der führenden Anbieter von Hosting Services in Europa, vergütet sowohl einfache Klicks als auch Verkaufsabschlüsse. Interessierte Website-Betreiber können sich ab sofort für das Partnerprogramm über das Netzwerk Webgains anmelden: www.webgains.de/signup.html?programid=1333 . Es locken Provisionen von bis zu 200 Prozent des ersten Monatsbetrages.

Steadybackup – Online Backup der Extraklasse

SteadyBackup ist ein vollautomatischer Service, der Daten von PCs und Notebooks absolut sicher gegen Verlust schützt. Der SteadyBackup Manager überträgt die Dateien über eine sichere und verschlüsselte Internetverbindung in das NTT Europe Online Hochsicherheits-Rechenzentrum. Von dort aus können diese dann direkt online wieder hergestellt werden – zum Beispiel im Falle einer versehentlichen Löschung auf dem eigenen Rechner.

Clicks und Sales – ein gutes Geschäft für Affiliate Partner

„Online-Backup-Services gehört die Zukunft. Wir beteiligen unsere Affiliates an diesem Wachstumsmarkt durch hohe Provisionen für Klicks und Sales“, so Kai Morasch, SME Channel Marketing Manager bei NTT Europe Online. So löst jeder Besucher, der über die individuell codierten Links geführt wird, automatisch eine Gutschrift von 0,10 EUR auf dem Konto des Affiliates aus. Entscheidet sich der Besucher danach auch für ein SteadyBackup-Paket, verdient der Website-Betreiber zusätzlich 200 Prozent des jeweiligen ersten Monatsbetrags als Provision. Der Affiliate darf mit einer Provision auch dann rechnen, wenn sich der Besucher erst Wochen oder Monate später entscheidet: Erst nach 120 Tagen verfällt der Anspruch.

Anmeldung bei Webgains

Für höchste Professionalität und Sicherheit bei Umsetzung und Abwicklung sorgt NTT Europe Online durch die Partnerschaft mit Webgains, einem der führenden internationalen Affiliate-Netzwerke: Das Webgains-System bietet modernste Funktionalitäten, umfassende Transaktionsdatenverwaltung und ein ausgeklügeltes Reporting. Die Technologie verfolgt und protokolliert auf effiziente Weise kommerzielle Transaktionen zwischen Merchants und Affiliates und gibt beiden die Möglichkeit, ihre Werbekampagnen und Medieninhalte nahtlos und effizient zu managen. Zudem stellt Webgains eine automatische wöchentliche Zahlung der Provisionen an die Affiliates sicher.

Interessenten können sich online detailliert informieren und anmelden unter www.webgains.de/signup.html?programid=1333

Über NTT Europe Online

NTT Europe Online ist eines der größten weltweit agierenden Webhosting-Unternehmen und bietet Geschäftskunden die gesamte Bandbreite an Internet-Services, wie Managed Hosting, Sicherheitsmanagement, Applikationsmanagement sowie weltweite Netzwerkdienstleistungen für die Auslieferung von Media- bzw. Webinhalten (Content Delivery Network Services), an. Mit maßgeschneiderten Lösungen unterstützt NTT Europe Online die geschäftskritischen E-Business-Aktivitäten von Unternehmen jeder Größenordnung – vom Global Player bis hin zu kleinen und mittelständischen Firmen. NTT Europe Online operiert auf Basis einer extrem zuverlässigen, voll skalierbaren, globalen IT-Infrastruktur inklusive eigenem Tier-1 IP-Netzwerk, dem NTT Communications Global IP Network.
NTT Europe Online ist ein hundertprozentiges Tochterunternehmen von NTT Communications, dem internationalen Dienstleister der NTT Group (Nippon Telegraph & Telecom), dem größten Telekommunikationsunternehmen der Welt.

Weitere Informationen zu NTT Europe Online sind zu finden unter web-hosting.ntteuropeonline.de.

Über Webgains

Webgains ist eines der führenden internationalen Affiliate-Netzwerke.
Seinen mehr als 750 Merchants und 35.000 Websites in Großbritannien, Deutschland, Frankreich, Dänemark, Schweden und den Niederlanden bietet Webgains State-of-the-Art Funktionalitäten, einfache Handhabung und eine hohe Vertrauenswürdigkeit durch Technik und Support. Namhafte Unternehmen aus den unterschiedlichsten Branchen setzen auf Webgains. Kunden sind unter anderem Quelle, Nuon, Otto, Zooplus und GE Money Bank. Webgains wurde 2000 in Großbritannien von Robert Glasgow und Peter Dunham mit der Vision gegründet, alle Funktionalitäten entsprechend modernster Anforderungen und Methoden des Affiliate-Marketings auf Webgains zu vereinen.

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Online printer, Optimalprint is launching their German website.

Oslo, Norway April 23, 2008 -– Online printer, Optimalprint is launching their German website www.optimalprint.de, offering online printing solutions for individuals and small to medium-sized businesses (SMB) providing free design templates and free online storage. Optimalprint continuous to broaden their European frontiers, their expansion to Germany will mark their entry into the world’s third largest economy.

Optimalprint joins the robust German printing industry. A world leader in the export of printing equipment, and home to almost 12,000 printing companies, the German market is dominated by smaller, private printing presses, where 95 percent of the printers employ fewer than 100 workers.

As digital printing technology reshapes the industry, Optimalprint’s array of innovative online printing solutions reduces up to 90 percent of print costs for the SMB market. In terms of online presence, Germany is among Europe’s most developed countries. With a population of over 82 million people, and Internet usage reaching 61.1 percent (Nielsen NetRatings – May 2007), it’s only natural that an online printer would harness this connectivity to help lower business operating costs in Germany. SMBs nationwide will benefit from Optimalprint’s online printing solutions.

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Wedding invitations, birth announcements, christening invitations, party invitations, menu cards, thank you cards, postcards, business cards, letterheads, brochures, flyers, folders and envelopes are only a few of the print items that are now available at www.Optimalprint.de.

Optimalprint offers online printing services to all of Europe. This online printing company has, since its launch in March 2007, grown to become one of the most visited sites for online printing services in Europe. Optimalprint is helping to revolutionize the printing industry by streamlining the printing production process. Optimalprint is committed to bringing the best online printing experience to individuals and professionals throughout the European market, through its innovative software, customer service and Internet offerings. Visit – www.optimalprint.com

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“Foreign companies and entrepreneurs from countries with high tax rates or restrictive business environments are particularly attracted to Singapore. Clients from many Asian and European countries are fast recognizing the benefits of incorporating here.”

Singapore is becoming a top location for starting a business, reports AsiaBiz – a firm focused on company incorporation services in Singapore. The company reports its own recent success with Singapore’s business policies, and provides information for foreign companies and entrepreneurs seeking to relocate.

Singapore November 6, 2007 — With its latest tax incentives, pro-business policies, streamlined regulations and booming economy, Singapore is fast becoming the top location for global entrepreneurs and investors to incorporate a business, reports AsiaBiz, a firm focused on Singapore company incorporation and related corporate services.

“Today more than 26,000 international companies call Singapore home,” says Samir Malhotra, head of business strategy at AsiaBiz. “Foreign companies and entrepreneurs from countries with high tax rates or restrictive business environments are particularly attracted to Singapore. Clients from many Asian and European countries are fast recognizing the benefits of incorporating here.”

AsiaBiz has found success with the country’s attractive business policies. The company is helping increasing number of overseas entrepreneurs and small-to-midsize businesses establish a presence and relocate to Singapore. “The common theme of our clients is that they are all entrepreneurs. On the same day, we could be helping an American hardwood supplier, a hedge fund manager, and an authentic Indian restaurant owner to incorporate and relocate to Singapore,” Malhotra says.

In a recent joint survey by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, Singapore was rated as the world’s best place for incorporating and doing business. Earlier this year, the Republic of Singapore implemented attractive tax exemptions for small-to-mid size companies and further reduced the overall corporate tax rate in Singapore to 18 percent. According to various reports and statistics, Singapore consistently ranks as one of the most competitive and profitable places for business investors.

Singapore owes its stability and economic growth to a sound legal system and clean government, according to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew who was speaking at the opening of the annual International Bar Association conference recently. The Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Competitiveness Yearbook has consistently ranked Singapore in the top two positions since 1997 under the Legal Framework component.

AsiaBiz notes that the growing number of global entrepreneurs and foreign companies incorporating in Singapore is confirmed by business service providers such as accounting, corporate secretarial and legal firms in Singapore, increasing between 20 to 50 percent since last year.

Singapore’s relaxation of its immigration policies is also designed to facilitate the relocation of foreign entrepreneurs and professionals, according to AsiaBiz. This is done through programs such as Entrepreneur Pass.

“In addition to investing heavily in infrastructure and human capital to meet global competition, Singapore is focusing on developing Singapore into the ‘talent capital’ of the global economy,” Malhotra says. “This is good news for those looking for low taxes, a clean regulatory system, high quality of life and a lucrative place to incorporate and base their business.”

For more information about AsiaBiz and its Singapore incorporation services, visit www.asiabizsetup.com.

About AsiaBizSetup
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External connection for top-line data centers upgraded to 120 Gigabit/sec+ & bandwidth of European ring quadrupled. Cost benefits through switch to Ethernet technology and new peerings.

Philadelphia, PA January 21, 2008 — 1&1 Internet Inc., the world’s largest web host by known servers, today completed a comprehensive extension of its wide area network (WAN). An overall bandwidth of more than 120 Gigabit/second is now available for 1&1′s top-of-the-line data centers in Europe and the United States. For the first time, 1&1 is connected directly to a large Internet Exchange point outside of Europe at Equinix in Chicago. The development means that the external connectivity of the world’s largest web host has tripled over the past twelve months.

Andreas Gauger, chairman of the board, 1&1 Internet Inc., said, “With the upgrade of our Internet bandwidth, our millions of web hosting customers in Europe and the U.S. can be sure that their content will reach Internet users worldwide even faster and more reliably. As a result of multimedia applications like video streaming, the demand for bandwidth has grown enormously over the last few years.” The data volume transmitted from 1&1′s data centers has in fact nearly doubled over the past year to 3,500 Terabytes (3.5 million Gigabytes) in January 2007, from 6,500 Terabytes in December 2007.

“The continuous upgrade of 1&1′s data network shows that despite pessimistic forecasts from some, the boundaries of Internet growth have not yet been reached,” adds Gauger.

In November, U.S. research company, Nemertes, warned in a well known study that Internet infrastructure might no longer supply the growing demands of private and business users over the next 3 to 5 years. With its latest network upgrades and further measures planned for 2008, 1&1 feels well prepared for continuously growing demand.

Over the next year, 1&1 will focus on extending its U.S. network. In Chicago, at Equinix, 1&1 is for the first time connected to a large Internet Exchange point outside of Europe. In March, 1&1 will more than double the external connectivity of its Lenexa, Kansas data center. With more than 600,000 customers, 1&1 is presently the fifth-largest web host in the U.S. market.

Besides the upgrade of its wide area network, 1&1 has also made changes to its underlying technology. Instead of SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy), now Ethernet technology – well-known from corporate and home networks – is being utilized. “Ethernet can be handled more easily, and by switching to powerful routers from U.S. based manufacturer Foundry Networks, we can even save money,” comments Andreas Gauger. 1&1 benefits from an additional cost saving potential through the network extension, as data streams can be distributed optimally through new peerings and routing alternatives.

Founded in 1988, 1&1 pioneered the ‘one-stop-shop’ approach to web solutions. Due to 1&1′s scale and technical heritage, the company can deliver an unrivaled combination of value-added services and technological expertise. 1&1 currently manages more than 7 million customer contracts, 9 million registered domains, and 81 million email accounts.

For more information on 1&1 Internet Inc. visit the website at www.1and1.com

About 1&1 Internet Inc.:
1&1 Internet Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public company with a market cap of $4 billion. 1&1 was founded in 1988 and hosts more than 9 million domain names, while more than 40,000 servers run on the company’s five state-of-the-art data centers. 1&1′s global community is over 7 million customer contracts strong. The company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Chesterbrook, PA. For more information, please contact the company at www.1and1.com or 1-877-461-2631.

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Website owners can earn a top rate of 12% commission on Bollywood-inspired clothing, accessories, beauty products, books, music & DVDs in a new Bollywood Affiliate Program launched by TheRedHotShop.com.

London, UK June 15, 2007 — TheRedHotShop, dubbed as the ‘hottest ethnic shop on the net’, has launched a Bollywood Affiliate program offering website owners the chance to earn up to 12% commission on internet sales of Bollywood-inspired clothing, accessories, beauty products, books, music and DVDs. TheRedHotShop, the ecommerce arm of Redhotcurry.com — Britain’s leading South Asian Lifestyle portal which attracts over 40,000 unique users each month — already lists over 2800 products. The company sends goods from stock within 24-48 hours and ships worldwide. The new Bollywood affiliate program, which will be run through Paid on Results, a key affiliate network, will allow TheRedHotShop to reach new audiences and new markets.

Top Five Best Sellers

TheRedHotShop current top five bestsellers are Honey Kalaria’s ‘Bollywood Workout DVD, Sarina Jain’s ‘Masala Bhangra Workout’ DVD, Mark Anthony’s ‘Once A Week Workout’ DVD, ‘The Asian Bridal Look Book’ and ‘Naveeda’s Make-Up’ DVD. “Obviously keeping fit and looking good are common to all Asians so it hardly surprising that we sell these five products to the Indian subcontinent, Australia, South Africa, the Middle East, America as well the UK and Europe,” said Lopa Patel, founder of TheRedHotShop.

From Bollywood to Curry

Indian Celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor is a bestseller in the cookbooks category with his ‘Khana Khazana’ range, although the vogue is for all celebrity chef cookbooks with Camellia Panjabi’s ’50 Great Curries’ and Keith Floyd’s ‘India’ also being bestsellers. Launched in 2005, TheRedHotShop started by selling the Indian spice box and hard-to-come-by curry cookbooks to feed the demand from British curryholics unable to buy these items elsewhere.

Since then, TheRedHotShop started stocking Asian beauty products like mehndi (henna) cones, body paint, tattoos and bindis and demand for more Bollywood ‘bling’ in the form of sequined shoes and bags, pashminas, jewellery and clothing quickly followed.

Patel hopes that the new Bollywood Affiliate Program will be doubly attractive to existing affiliates and niche website owners, stylists, designers, beauticians and fitness fanatics who can earn extra income without the hassle of having to run their own ecommerce operations. A range of visuals (banners, buttons and skyscrapers) are available to use with the program as is a full product feed. “That little bit of work signing up and integrating TheRedHotShop feed will pay handsome dividends because of our above average commission rates which start at 7% and rise to 12%” added Patel. “Affiliates also have the reassurance of being with a well established network that will arrange payments to them and generally manage the process.”

NOTES FOR EDITORS:

ABOUT THEREDHOTSHOP.COM
TheRedHotShop.com, dubbed as the ‘hottest ethnic shop on the net’, sells a broad range of products from hard-to-get Asian kitchen utensils, curry cookbooks, Indian beauty products and incense; fairly-traded, hand-crafted jewellery, clothes and accessories for ladies and children to the latest Bollywood DVDs and Urban Asian Music, which are all despatched from stock within 24-48 hours. TheRedHotShop.com is part of Redhotcurry.com, the UK’s favourite South Asian Lifestyle Portal that attracts 40,000 unique users each month, and offers a full online ordering service at www.theredhotshop.com.

ABOUT AFFILIATE MARKETING
Affiliate marketing is the mutually beneficial relationship between online Merchants and independent affiliates (publishers) who act as a virtual sales force for Merchants and receive a commission on sales achieved. The affiliate network is an intermediary responsible for management and administration of campaigns between merchants and affiliates. The UK market for affiliate marketing was worth approximately £2.16 billion in 2006* with UK online spend likely to grow to £30 billion in the same period. (* Information from the EConsultancy Affiliate Marketing Report, October 2006).

ABOUT PAID ON RESULTS
Paid On Results was formed in 2002 by two long-standing ‘super affiliates’ who had previously worked within the industry since 1997. Recognising that improvements could be made in many areas of the business they addressed this by starting their own company. Voted ‘Best Up and Coming Network’ in 2004 by the UK Affiliate community, Paid On Results continue to evolve and remain responsive and flexible in considering new ideas. Paid on Results currently has 120 merchants and over 11,000 affiliates signed up to its network.

Visit www.paidonresults.com for further information.

Website: www.theredhotshop.com

Easyspace, one of Europe’s largest hosting and managed service companies, has today announced the opening of a new high specification Tier 3 datacentre in the heart of the City of London.

London, United Kingdom May 24, 2007 — Easyspace, one of Europe’s largest hosting and managed service companies, has today announced the opening of a new high specification Tier 3 datacentre in the heart of the City of London.

Constructed specifically for the purpose of large scale server hosting and co-location, the City Of London datacentre offers a combined net capacity of 1,520 m2 (16,000 sq.ft) of high quality, resilient and secure data centre space, across 4 separate data halls.

The City of London datacentre is manned 24 hours per day by Easyspace’s experienced systems and network engineers, contains a state of the art integrated environment and security management system, fully redundant power, dark fibre capability and market leading network infrastructure. A targeted campaign has been launched, titled ‘London’s Best Kept Secret, and is aimed at the Senior IT & Business Executives of Europe’s leading financial and commercial organizations.

Sarah Haran, Managing Director Easyspace stated: “The purpose of the campaign is twofold. Firstly, given the recent predictions that existing UK carrier neutral data centre capacity will effectively run out this year, we wanted to inform companies that such a facility really does exist in the City. Secondly, we wish to invite them along to see the datacentre with their own eyes, hence the Best Kept Secret campaign.”

“We have organized two open days in June, Wednesday 6th and Wednesday 20th, where we will host escorted tours around the centre for interested parties.”

Sarah added: “The key attraction of our Datacentre is that it is a totally new facility and we have not been restricted in its design by any legacy equipment or operations. We have therefore been able to build this facility to incorporate all the critical data management and business continuity features that organizations require both today and tomorrow.”

Finally Sarah added:” With the level of interest that we are already experiencing, we are confident that our datacentre will not remain ‘London’s Best Kept Secret’ for too much longer!”

Organizations who wish to attend the City of London Open Days can register their interest at: www.easyspacehosting.com

Notes to editors:
Easyspace provides a blend of hosting services, ranging from the provision of dedicated and single servers, managed service and co-location facilities, to fully supported data centre solutions, to both the corporate & public sectors.

Easyspace is one of Europe’s largest hosting and managed service companies, serving the needs of over 300,000 customers.

Easyspace currently operates Datacentres in London, Glasgow and Nottingham and will be opening new facilities in Leicester and Leeds later this year.

Easyspace is owned by the iomart group plc.

WebFusion, Pipex’s specialist web hosting brand, has been recognised by research company Netcraft as the UK’s top web host. According to March’s web host reliability findings, WebFusion is ranked sixth in the world, well ahead of competition from other UK-owned web hosts.

London, UK May 3, 2007 — WebFusion, Pipex’s specialist web hosting brand, has been recognised by research company Netcraft as the UK’s top web host. According to March’s web host reliability findings, WebFusion is ranked sixth in the world, well ahead of competition from other UK-owned web hosts.

Netcraft measures and makes available the response times of 50 leading hosting providers’ sites. The performance measurements are made at 15-minute intervals from separate points around the internet, and averages are calculated over the immediately preceding 24-hour period.

“We’re delighted to be recognised by a reputable source such as Netcraft,” says Mark Beyer, sales and marketing director at WebFusion. “Netcraft’s survey is important as it is ranked by the percentage of failed requests, which is much better from a customers’ point of view as they can see the reliability of the hosting company’s network routing capacity and congestion.”

Beyer continues, “If you are choosing where to locate a dedicated or co-located server, it is good to also look at the number of prolonged outages a company has had, rather than necessarily going for the company with the fastest connection time, which fluctuates continually. Again, this is where WebFusion scores highly, reinforcing our credentials as a provider of reliable hosting services for businesses and home-users.”

About WebFusion
WebFusion is the specialist web-hosting operation of Pipex and one of the UK’s largest hosting companies. WebFusion’s service is entirely built around making web-hosting easy, through cost-effective, flexible, reliable, resilient and feature-rich packages that empower the user. The company boasts a diverse customer-base, from home users and business start-ups to professional web developers and large blue-chip corporations.

WebFusion’s customers benefit from market-leading security and service, including 24×7 technical support and state-of-the-art data centres. As part of the Pipex family, WebFusion’s offering is underpinned by one of the UK’s most extensive communications networks.

WebFusion became part of Pipex Communications in May 2004, following Pipex’s acquisition of Host Europe. Pipex is a highly respected tier-one ISP, delivering a powerful set of class-leading hosting and telecommunications services including hosting, connectivity, security products, voice services and managed services.

For further information, please visit www.WebFusion.co.uk and www.pipex.com.

Construction and testing of the one of the most-advanced offshore data centre facilities is now complete, and the Isle of Man Dataport is open for business according to Netcetera, Europe’s leading web hosting company. The facility will allow certain internet-based companies to realise up to 47.5 per cent total tax savings on profits by hosting in the Isle of Man.

Isle of Man, British Isles May 1, 2007 — Construction and testing of the one of the most-advanced offshore data centre facilities is now complete, and the Isle of Man Dataport is open for business according to Netcetera, Europe’s leading web hosting company. The facility will allow certain internet-based companies to realise up to 47.5 per cent total tax savings on profits by hosting in the Isle of Man.

“We are very excited to offer internet-based companies and general businesses the highest quality facility for housing IT infrastructure,” said Peter Skelton, Netcetera’s managing director. “Our new Dataport brings together the most advanced technology available, state-of-the-art security and an experienced support team to provide the highest levels of service. Its offshore location provides the added benefits of significant tax efficiencies.”

The Dataport represents a £10 million investment and is Netcetera’s first data centre to be located offshore, an addition to the three London-based data centres the company already operates.

Its location inside the Isle of Man Freeport offers an excellent combination of physical and virtual security for housing IT infrastructure to ensure business continuity and 100 per cent availability. In addition to advanced access control systems, the Dataport is staffed 24/7 by security and operational personnel who are supported by CCTV technology.

The Freeport location offers ebusinesses the added value of allowing free movement of goods between the Isle of Man and the European Community, reducing many customs duties and eliminating many planning requirements.

The Dataport is now fully functional and is already providing hosting to many of Netcetera’s customers. It boasts 700+ rack hosting capacity (approximately 28,000 servers) and features:

·    scalable and redundant power and cooling
·    VESDA fire protection systems
·    specialised heat and smoke sensors
·    raised flooring
·    a controlled environment – from a 1u shelf to private partitioned areas

The Dataport offers the most-advanced and cost-effective facilities for housing IT infrastructure available anywhere offshore including the following products and services:

·    Co-location services
o    dedicated half or full cabinet co location service
o    dedicated cage co location service
o    custom space
o    power
o    high density hosting

·    Managed network services
o    load balancers
o    switches
o    bandwidth Management

·    Managed security
o    firewalls
o    intrusion detection
o    distributed denial of service
o    virtual private networking

·    Managed hosting
o    windows based hosting
o    dedicated servers
o    database hosting
o    e-commerce and payment gateways
o    domain name registration

Notes to editors: Launched in 1996, Netcetera is one of Europe’s leading Web hosting service providers with customers in more than 60 countries worldwide.

Registered and operated from the Isle of Man, the company provides complete solutions for Web hosting, domain name registration, ecommerce, virtual private server hosting, email, dedicated server hosting and server-based applications hosting.

Netcetera is focused exclusively on providing advanced hosting services and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

Media Contact: Sherrilynne Starkie, Strive Public Relations Limited www.strivepr.com +44(0)1624 628994

Sales Contact: Rebecca Robbins, Sales & Marketing Executive, Netcetera Limited, www.netcetera.im +44 (0) 871 3095968