NaviSite to offer application services for Allaire's ColdFusion
Application management for ColdFusion to benefit developers and customers
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 1999--At the Allaire Developer Conference, NaviSite, Inc. (Nasdaq:NAVI - news), a leading application service provider (ASP) and Web hosting provider, announced today that the company will offer application hosting and management services for Allaire Corporation's leading cross platform Web application server, ColdFusion. These new services are designed to enable ColdFusion Developers and customers to bring mission-critical e-business sites online faster, at reduced cost and with the high performance and reliability afforded by 24x7 monitoring and management.
NaviSite's ability to provide managed services for ColdFusion for both Unix and Windows NT environments is expected to offer the vast community of ColdFusion developers enhanced flexibility and increased ease of application deployment. The new services are part of a continuing build out of NaviSite's outsourced applications strategy. In addition, this expanded outsourced application offering supports NaviSite's comprehensive program to help ISVs get their Web applications online quickly, minimize their up-front capital investment and provide them with an expanded marketing capability for their solutions.
''Our ColdFusion Developer community stands to benefit from these high-end hosting services by being able to offer their clients continuous application support and management through a value-added service provider like NaviSite,'' said Steve Clark, vice president of marketing for Allaire. ''Developers and customers alike can feel at ease with the reliability and performance of a mission-critical ColdFusion application running in the protected environment of NaviSite's data centers with the oversight and management of skilled technical staff - 24 hours a day, seven days a week.''
Allaire's ColdFusion
Allaire ColdFusion is a leading cross-platform Web application server. It provides a complete platform for quickly building and deploying enterprise Web systems that integrate browser, server, and database technologies. More than 3,500 companies worldwide depend on ColdFusion to create a variety of transaction-intensive Web solutions on intranets and public Internet sites, including e-commerce, content management, business automation, and more.
NaviSite's application services for Allaire's ColdFusion
Behind the scenes, NaviSite offers hosting and support for ColdFusion applications. NaviSite's services, including application hosting, rental and management, are designed to enhance the performance, reliability and functionality of Web sites. Pre-configured server architectures for NT and Sun, ongoing engineering support and other high performance options ensure a rapid implementation and are designed to offer the highest performance possible. This powerful online business solution offers customers the ideal environment to support any e-business without a large, up-front capital investment in infrastructure or software.
In addition, through a growing network of developers and integrators, NaviSite can assist our customers with other custom Web application services, including site design, development and marketing. NaviSite also assigns each ColdFusion customer a dedicated implementation project manager or Business Solution Manager (BSM) to provide smooth deployment and ongoing oversight.
''NaviSite's current selection of outsourced application management services has given us a powerful offering for customers building highly interactive businesses online,'' said Jay Seaton, vice president of marketing for NaviSite, Inc. ''The success of online business hinges on a company's ability to offer customers the same quality of experience as brick and mortar ventures. The combination of NaviSite's powerful, application-architected infrastructure and management expertise with Allaire's ColdFusion provides the critical underpinnings of a solution that fits customers' needs.''
Pricing and Availability
Pricing for NaviSite's managed services for Allaire's ColdFusion is expected to start at $1,500 per site/month, in addition to the standard monthly fees for the NaviSite SiteHarbor EM managed Web hosting solution. NaviSite's value-added services for ColdFusion are currently in beta test and are expected to be generally available in December of '99.
About NaviSite
NaviSite, Inc., a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. with minority investments from Dell Computer Corporation and Microsoft Corporation, 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® solutions provide secure, reliable, co-location and high-performance hosting services, including high-performance Internet access, and high-availability server management solutions through load balancing, clustering, mirroring and storage services. In addition, NaviSite's enhanced management services, beyond basic co-location and hosting, are designed to meet the expanding needs of businesses as their Web sites and Internet applications become more complex and as their needs for outsourcing all aspects of their online businesses intensify. The company's application services, which include application hosting, management and rental, provide cost-effective access to, as well as rapid deployment and reliable operation of, business-critical applications.
For more information about NaviSite, please visit www.navisite.com , or via phone on the East Coast call 888.298.8222, on the West Coast call 888.755.5525. NaviSite is headquartered at 100 Brickstone Square, 5th Floor, Andover, MA 01810.
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