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BEDFORD, TX (July 25, 2003) - If you've been eager to join the digital photo revolution, here's your chance. And if you've wanted launch your own online enterprise or switch from a faltering hosting company and get rewarded for it, C I Host will make it happen.
C I Host, leader in the Web hosting industry, will give a digital camera to anyone who comes in for a tour of one of their three data centers, each located in the Top 3 Internet cities in the U.S. The camera will be given to the customer at the end of the tour. No purchase is necessary to receive the camera.
Additionally, anyone who signs up after the tour for a C I Host co-location or dedicated server will receive an all-expense paid Carnival cruise for two.
This unique offer is C I Host's way of allowing its customers to rest easy as the company watches over its customer's servers and infrastructure 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
The offer is good for customers who are just getting started with having an online business presence and for those who wish to switch from their current Web host. Any customer who switches to C I Host will have their servers shipped to one of the company's data centers for free.
"Just come in, listen to the pitch and take the tour," said Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host. "We believe once people hear what we have to offer and see our facilities, they will switch to our co-location facilities immediately and become C I Host customers. And we want to reward our new customers with a relaxing trip while we watch over your servers."
C I Host has state-of-the-art data centers in Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles with plans to open a new facility in London by the end of the year.
The Dallas data center recently added 5,000 square feet to accommodate 2,000 new servers and is already at 70 percent capacity. The Chicago data center, which opened in March, is over 20 percent capacity. The Chicago center became profitable, with earnings exceeding expenses before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA positive) within 45 days of its opening. All of C I Host's data centers are EBITDA positive.
C I Host has one of the largest, most robust and redundant networks in the industry and guarantees 99 percent uptime for Web sites. With its three data centers and many POPs around the globe, C I Host can house each customer's data on servers closest to that customer's clients, thus decreasing download time and encouraging Web visitors to stay longer and buy more.
"We go the extra mile to build an online presence for our customers that boosts their bottom line," Faulkner said. "We have all the tools and meet all the requirements that any business would need to be successful in e-Commerce.
For example, in November 2002, C I Host's stringent security measures and systems passed a rigorous audit so it could provide online services to any health care company or facility - allowing those companies to become HIPAA certified. HIPAA-compliant IT services are essential for the more than 2 million firms and nonprofit groups in the U.S. that deal with health care and must comply with federal regulations on how they handle electronic information about patients. HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
In May 2003, C I Host's core data center facility in Texas passed the strict audit called the SAS 70, which is required for companies who want to provide IT services to firms with high security and confidentiality requirements.
Passing the SAS 70, or Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 Type I audit, is a key requirement for companies who wish to perform data center and Web hosting functions for financial, health care and other security-sensitive or regulated organizations
C I Host is also one of the first Web hosting firms to offer hosting on the new OS X Apple servers. C I Host launched a new suite of customized solutions that takes advantage of the power and stability of Apple's Xserve with Mac OS X to offer small and medium sized businesses another option in Web hosting.
All C I Host data centers have the following features:
a.. Diesel-powered generators
b.. Multiple POEs (Point of Entry) for fiber, electricity and generator inputs with n+3 redundancy
c.. Capacity Planning - No fiber optic link will ever peak at more than 33% of its capacity. The capacity-load-ratio of C I Host's network connectivity has always been at least 3:1
d.. 100Mbps connections to C I Host's routers and switches from a customer 's server 1000Mbps (GigE) connections from C I Host's routers and switches to the Internet fiber connectivity
e.. Instant growth and scalability - C I Host can scale and grow as each customer's business demands it. Upgrades take less then 1 hour
f.. Armed guards on staff 24/7
g.. Secured access 24/7 with key swipe entry, biometric thumb print verifier and a double-locking man-trap at every door within the data center and on the exterior
h.. On-site maintenance staff available 24/7 with spare parts for all server configurations
i.. Multiple DS-3, OC-3 and OC-12 fiber optic connections to multiple, redundant carriers. Internet connectivity NEVER goes down
j.. Security system with live monitored internal cameras
k.. Instant on dry-pipe fire protection systems
l.. 19'' and 23'' seismically braced racks
m.. Category 5 & Category 6 Cable
n.. Full daily client-content backups and hourly system backups ensure no data loss to any housed server "Our offerings and prices provide customers, especially small and medium sized businesses, the best value in the industry," Faulkner said. "We look forward to meeting prospective customers and showing them what we have to offer."
C I Host, is a Web hosting and Internet solutions provider, domain name registrar (DNR) and application service provider (ASP) serving 190,000 individual consumers and businesses in 182 countries worldwide.
C I Host creates business-class hosting solutions for the small- and medium-enterprise (SME) market, with the broadest portfolio of managed hosting and value-added services in the industry. C I Host is accredited by ICANN to register domain names.
C I Host has been consistently ranked among the Top 5 Web hosting companies out of 16,000 around the globe by c|net's Ultimate Web Host List, HostPulse, WebHostsOnline.com and HostChart.com. C I Host offers turn-key services ranging from initial domain name registration to custom dedicated servers for e-commerce on today's Web. The company offers innovative packages and services to the Internet community.
C I Host operates three diverse data centers across the United States, with its main facility and Network Operations Center in Bedford, Texas. C I Host also has offices in Los Angeles, Baltimore, Chicago and London.
All telco-grade, tier-1 data centers are wholly-owned and operated by C I Host and consist of redundant diesel generator backups and a temperature-controlled secure environment with fully redundant UPS capability. All server hardware is fully tested and configured for optimal performance. Daily Web server backups and full fire protection guard against any data loss. To deliver speed and reliability, C I Host's servers are connected to two OC-12 fiber connections, five DS-3 and two OC-3 lines from five diverse Internet backbones for a total of more than 2,000 Megabits of available bandwidth.
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