Hosted Solutions Acquires Boston Datacenters, Inc. -

Managed Hosting and Data Center Leader Expands Footprint to Northeast Region

Boston, MA – November 1, 2006 – Hosted Solutions, a Raleigh, N.C.-based provider of managed hosting and data center services, today announced the acquisition of Boston Datacenters, Inc., Charlestown, Massachusetts, the region’s premier data center provider.

Privately-held Hosted Solutions also runs three SAS 70 Type II certified data centers, located in Charlotte, Cary and Raleigh, North Carolina. In addition to continuing to provide managed hosting and colocation services to Boston Datacenter customers, the company will offer expanded capabilities, including dedicated servers, managed storage, managed load balancing, business continuity and managed security services.

The acquisition expands geographic data management options for Boston Datacenter’s customers, who rely on Boston Datacenters to provide 100 percent availability of managed hosted data, as well as colocation and a variety of data center support services. It also brings one of the fastest growing East Coast managed service providers into the Boston area and will provide New England companies with one of the only facilities able to handle the power and cooling needs of a wide range of companies.

The technical infrastructure of the Boston location, one of the few managed hosting datacenters nationally to be located on two power grids, will be interconnected with Hosted Solutions’ North Carolina sites at the network core. Hosted Solutions, which plans to retain personnel in the Boston data center, also has announced plans to enhance the local infrastructure and implement streamlined operational processes to support customer requirements.

“We are pleased to join forces with Hosted Solutions,” said Vincent Bono, president, Boston Datacenters. “They are keeping a direct Boston presence, have a very powerful set of managed services and are one of the only managed service providers that actually understands the importance of building a properly powered and cooled datacenter.”

“The Boston area needs a managed service provider and data center that is run in Boston by people who understand the area. Hosted Solutions is not simply coming in to take over a building and run the business from across the continent like other large conglomerates in the area,” said Rich Lee, CEO, Hosted Solutions. “We are growing the staff here, we will be improving the facility, and we will provide customers with local support quickly and efficiently. New England’s leading businesses will benefit greatly from our proven track record of providing cost-effective, highly reliable, five-nines managed hosted services.”

About Hosted Solutions

Hosted Solutions’ high quality Data Center and Managed Hosting solutions maintain and protect customers’ mission-critical, back-office IT systems and applications, enabling them to reduce operating costs, lower the risk of downtime, focus on 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 best-of-breed data center operations with hardened physical infrastructure, security, and a complete managed services portfolio.