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To: CaraMia who wrote (11500)	7/7/1999 2:33:00 PM
From: Jenne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19700

NaviSite Announces New West Coast Data Center BUSINESS WIRE - July 07, 1999 09:51 SAN JOSE, Calif., Jul 7, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE via COMTEX) -- NaviSite Begins Build-Out of New Data Center Due to Increased Growth - Facility To Open November 1999 and Launch Company into the New Millennium NaviSite, Inc., a leading Application Service Provider (ASP) and Web hosting supplier, and a majority-owned subsidiary of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMGI), today announced the company has begun construction on a new data center. The facility, located at 2720 Zanker Road in San Jose, CA is designed to allow NaviSite to expand its operations into the next millennium. Last month NaviSite also announced the groundbreaking of a new facility in Andover, MA. NaviSite's newest location at Valley Technology Centre should enable the company to meet the growing demand for Web hosting and value-added application services in the industry. NaviSite's expanded facility will be customized to meet the company's specific infrastructure needs, including a Cisco Powered Network, redundant electrical, HVAC, and fiber-optic Internet connectivityinfrastructures. "The addition of another advanced technology data center to NaviSite's resources is an important indicator of our company's steady growth," said Bob Eisenberg, president of NaviSite. "San Jose is an area of critical importance to the e-business market, and our heightened presence in this region is designed to help us cost-effectively market our value-added services and competitive advantage to customers in this region." As businesses increasingly depend on 24x7-peak website performance, the demand for high end Web hosting and application outsourcing is growing rapidly. Using up-to-the-minute technology NaviSite's San Jose data center will be built from the ground up for Y2K compliance and optimized for NaviSite's value-added Web hosting and applications outsourcing product lines. "As more and more companies are moving to electronic commerce for their business transactions, there is a greater need for organizations and facilities that provide the services and technology that enable these high-speed interactions," said Mark Resch, Executive Vice President of CommerceNet, the Electronic Commerce Industry Consortium that is working to make Internet commerce easy, trusted, and ubiquitous. NaviSite's new 67,000 square foot facility will include 25,000 square feet of raised floor and a Network Operations Center, and is expected to be completed in November 1999. The carrier-class data center will be fully outfitted with the latest technology from physical security to next-generation networking equipment. In addition, staff in NaviSite's new facility will focus on providing the highest level of Internet server management and applications expertise available today. The combination of NaviSite's new cutting-edge facility and technology with its highly professional application and server management staff is designed to yield superior service and performance for Web and application hosting customers. About NaviSite, Inc. NaviSite, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of CMGI with minority investments from Dell and Microsoft, is a leading provider of outsourced Web hosting and application services for companies conducting mission-critical business on the Internet. The company's goal is to help customers focus on their core competencies by outsourcing the management and hosting of mission critical Web sites and applications. NaviSite's SiteHarbor(R) Web hosting solutions provide secure, reliable, high-performance hosting and co-location services including high-performance Internet access, and high-availability solutions through load balancing, clustering, mirroring and storage services. NaviSite's SiteHarbor ProApps Application Services help make software more deliverable, as well as more powerful by bundling complementary applications services into highly integrated, comprehensive business solutions. The company's ProApps services, which include application hosting, management and rental, capitalize on NaviSite's synergistic portfolio of e-business services to provide global access to business critical applications and enhance the revenue-generating capabilities of Web sites. For more information, visit NaviSite's Web site at www.navisite.com or call 978.552.3300. NaviSite is headquartered at 100 Brickstone Square, 5th Floor, Andover, MA 01810.