INAP up 78% today...gawd!! :-))))))
Press Release Source: Internap Network Services Corporation
Former Sprint Executive to Lead Internap's Government Systems Division
Wednesday November 20, 4:41 pm ET
Internap Poised to Participate in Multi-Billion Dollar Homeland Security Program
ATLANTA, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Internap Network Services Corporation (Nasdaq: INAP - News), a leading provider of intelligent routing services over the Internet, today announced that Allen K. Tothill, a former Vice President for Sprint's e-Solutions government division, has joined Internap as Vice President of Government Systems. In his new role, Tothill will lead Internap's sales efforts in the federal, state, and local government sectors.
"Allen's sales background and specific expertise in working with federal, state, and local governments will allow us to penetrate a very important market for Internap," said Greg Peters, President and CEO of Internap. "Creating our government systems division is a key growth strategy for us. This move demonstrates our commitment to addressing the needs of a large and growing vertical market."
"Internap's fully redundant backbone architecture, which provides industry-leading performance guarantees, is a perfect solution for federal, state, and local government applications," said Tothill. "Internap is uniquely positioned to demonstrate real value to government agencies through reducing risks associated with downtime, and increasing the responsiveness and effectiveness of Internet-enabled applications. I am looking forward to joining a talented and focused management team to increase the awareness of Internap and its capabilities within the government market."
Prior to joining Internap, Tothill led Sprint's e-Solutions Group, a division of Sprint's Global Markets Division, where he managed sales, solution architecture and service delivery for Eastern United States commercial, federal, state, and local government markets. Tothill held other key leadership positions throughout his 17-year career at Sprint, including Vice President, Emerging Markets and Vice President, National Accounts, and brings a wealth of sales experience to Internap. He graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor's of Science in Chemical Engineering.
Internap offers business customers a portfolio of Internet-based services, including its patented ASsimilator® route optimization products, which utilize up to nine domestic IP backbones, VPN, video, network monitoring and management, data storage and retrieval, collocation and content distribution services.
Internap Media Contact Internap Investor Contact
Brian Sibley or Chris Barker Tim Hanson
Text 100 Public Relations Internap Network Services
206-381-3791 206-262-3742
internap@text100.com thanson@internap.com
About Internap
Internap provides customers with certainty over the Internet through its patented route management technology and service guarantees. This managed IP service intelligently routes data across the major Internet backbones through a single connection from a customer's network to one of Internap's Service Points. Internap's customers bypass congestion points on the Internet, avoiding packet loss, latency and other difficulties that can plague conventional Internet connectivity. Founded in 1996 in Seattle, Internap offers services in numerous key markets throughout the United States including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Jose and Seattle. Major companies and networks served by Internap include The Nasdaq Stock Market, Datek Online, Colgate Palmolive, Earthlink, Travelocity and many others. Internap® and P-NAP® are registered trademarks of Internap. All other trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. For more information, visit www.Internap.com. |
