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To: AugustWest who wrote (11368)	10/12/2000 8:27:55 AM
From: bob gauthier	Respond to of 17183

Infocrossing to Offer EMC Enterprise Storage Managed Services - Application Infrastructure Provider Offers Offsite 'Failsafe' Storage - LEONIA, N.J., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Infocrossing, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFOX - news), a fast-growing provider of managed hosting services and application infrastructure solutions, today announced an extension of its relationship with EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC - news), that enables Infocrossing to offer on-demand disk storage services to its hosted customers. The technology behind Infocrossing's superior offerings has been certified by EMC as ``EMC Proven(TM).'' ``This enhancement of our relationship with EMC is another step in our strategy to provide a world-class infrastructure in information storage, management and protection technologies for our customers,'' commented Chuck Auster, president and chief executive officer of Infocrossing. ``In addition, this relationship further strengthens the convergence of IT and IP at Infocrossing and our ability to bridge the gap between the traditional information technology environment and the Internet hosting world. With EMC, we are continuing to build a storage infrastructure that will scale to meet our most aggressive customer service levels,'' Mr. Auster noted. As part of this extended relationship, Infocrossing has been accepted into the EMC Proven(TM) program, which certifies partners and businesses that have invested in best practices for an information infrastructure. It confirms that Infocrossing has a best-of-breed infrastructure that supports the need for reliability, scalability and flexibility, and has the capacity to operate at peak efficiency, adapt to constantly changing business conditions and scale to accommodate growth. ``Today's forward thinking companies like Infocrossing are building their entire business around information,'' said Mike Ruffolo, executive vice president of global sales, service and marketing for EMC. ``EMC Proven E-Infostructure provides organizations operating in the 24 hour Internet workday with the highest levels of information availability, and is a standard upon which investors and clients can measure commitment to future success and the promise of customer satisfaction.'' According to the most recent Forrester Report on storage, ``Companies face a storage boom caused by a wealth of new applications and a flood of eCommerce Data.'' Infocrossing's Internet Data Center customers will have the option of utilizing EMC's E-Infostructure technology for their data management and storage capabilities. These services include: Managed High Availability Storage Enterprise Disaster Protection Non-Disruptive Backups and Restores Liquid Storage Business Continuance Instant Testing Environments Infocrossing is expanding rapidly and plans to build Internet Data Centers in selected markets in the US and abroad. A new facility in the greater Atlanta area is scheduled to open in November, followed by another in the Northern Virginia high tech corridor early next year. About Infocrossing (http://www.infocrossing.com) Infocrossing, Inc. (Nasdaq: IFOX - news) is a premier provider of complex internet hosting and managed services to meet the growing e-commerce and web requirements of Global 2,500 companies. Infocrossing is the leader in legacy integration, enabling companies to web-enable mission-critical data and operations with full reliability, accessibility and security while accelerating time to market. Strategic alliances include Cisco Systems, EMC, Intel, IBM-Tivoli, IT Masters and Sun Microsystems. The national rollout of Infocrossing Internet Data Centers (IDCs) is underway, with facilities also planned for select markets abroad.