PACS services family
(Protection, Availability, Continuity, Scalability and Security),
Friday January 14, 11:21 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
eCircles.com Chooses
StorageNetworks Enterprise Data
Storage Services
Leading Data Storage Service Provider Enables Leading Online Community
Site To Expand Rapidly While Achieving Highest Levels Of Reliability and
Information Security
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2000-- StorageNetworks, Inc., the leading
provider of storage services for the e-Economy, today announced that eCircles.com, a private
place on the Web for groups to keep in touch, share photos and music, and coordinate events, will
base its enterprise data infrastructure on StorageNetworks(SM) services. Fast-growing
eCircles.com is using StorageNetworks DataPACS(SM) service to store, protect and keep its
information continuously accessible 7x24x365 for its more than one million members.
''At the pace eCircles.com is growing, we have the same concern that many other dot.coms face:
whether our infrastructure can support our rapid growth,'' said Prescott Lee, founder and CEO of
eCircles.com. ''We chose StorageNetworks DataPACS because it will give us the on-demand
data storage infrastructure to allow us to flexibly grow, as our needs and budget dictate.''
In less than a year, more than a million members have enrolled for the eCircles.com service. Each
''circle'' of users gets 65 megabytes of storage space that grows up to two percent per day.
StorageNetworks DataPACS services will provide the enterprise storage necessary for this large,
continual growth of data.
StorageNetworks DataPACS services, a member of the StorageNetworks PACS services family
(Protection, Availability, Continuity, Scalability and Security), supply the entire backend
infrastructure and expertise eCircles.com requires for a complete primary data storage solution.
eCircles.com's servers access its data at a StorageNetworks S-POP(SM) (Storage
Point-of-Presence(SM)) data center via the StorageNetworks' dedicated high-speed Global Data
Storage(SM) Network (GDSN).
''StorageNetworks understands that its customers need to focus on core business competencies
without being constrained by building and managing a supporting data storage infrastructure,'' said
Peter Bell, co-founder and CEO of StorageNetworks. ''As eCircles.com's membership grows,
the StorageNetworks DataPACS storage solution will effectively scale to meet the company's
evolving data storage needs.''
About eCircles.com
eCircles.com is revolutionizing the way people keep in touch. Selected by PC World as the ''Best
Online Community Site,'' and designated the winner of the ''Investors' Choice'' award at
Technologic Partners' Internet Outlook conference, the service enables your real-life circles of
friends to share and interact on the Web. At www.eCircles.com, you can create private eCircles
and invite your friends to join you there to exchange photos, hold discussions and plan group
activities. Founded in June 1998 and based in San Mateo, Calif., eCircles' leading investors are
CMGI's @Ventures (CMGI), Adobe Systems (ABDE), ZDNet (ZDZ) and Nexus Group LLC.
About StorageNetworks, Inc.
StorageNetworks, Inc. is the leading Storage Service Provider (SSP) for the e-Economy and an
innovator that is making managed data storage services as accessible as phone or electric utility
services. StorageNetworks enables emerging Internet companies, e-commerce companies and
established enterprises to store, protect and access critical information more easily, reliably and
efficiently than ever before. StorageNetworks services let customers focus on building their
business, not their data center, allowing them to achieve greater flexibility, quicker time to market,
the highest levels of reliability and security, and lower operating costs. StorageNetworks services
are available in the leading Internet data center co-location facilities and in major metropolitan
business centers. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, StorageNetworks operates in major business
and government centers nationwide. For further information, please visit the company's Web site
at storagenetworks.com, email info@StorageNetworks.com, or call
1-800-463-7105.
StorageNetworks, Storage Services for the e-Economy, Global Data Storage, StoragePOP,
Storage Point-of-Presence, S-POP, PACS, BackPACS, DataPACS and SafePACS are
servicemarks of StorageNetworks, Inc. All other brand and product names contained in this
release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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