Data393 Selects Inkra Networks Virtual Service Switch for E-Business Services

FREMONT, Calif. & DENVER -- July 26, 2004 -- Inkra Networks today announced that Data393, a premier provider of IT infrastructure, Web hosting, and e-business solutions, has selected Inkra's 1504GX Virtual Service Switches to enhance and expand its service offerings while drastically reducing capital and operational expenses. Data393 joins the ranks of premier forward-thinking e-business solutions providers such as IBM, EDS, and SAVVIS who have selected the Inkra Virtual Service Switch to power their e-business platforms. The company is migrating its customers from the existing platform -- which consists of a variety of disparate systems including Cisco, Foundry, and Checkpoint equipment -- to Inkra's virtualized platform to further differentiate their services offerings with faster, more flexible customer and service provisioning.

Prior to deploying Inkra's Virtual Service Switch, the company had attempted to virtualize its data center infrastructure on competitors' platforms, but ran into a variety of cost, scalability, and management issues that prohibited it from moving forward. After extensive evaluation of the economic and performance benefits of Inkra's virtualized switches, Data393 chose Inkra to replace competitors' equipment based on the ability of Inkra's virtualization technology to scale services while significantly reducing hardware costs. Since beginning the migration of customers from its old infrastructure to the Inkra platform over the past 30 days, Data393 estimates that it has experienced up to a 50 percent reduction in the engineering time required to turn up services and up to an 80 percent reduction in capital expenses associated with purchasing new, non-virtualized equipment.

"Our customers want services that can adapt quickly to changes in their core businesses, and at Data393 we are constantly evaluating new technologies that will enhance the services we offer our customers while reducing the cost and the amount of time it takes to deliver and manage those services," said Adam Hudson, CTO of Data393. "Inkra's virtualized switches reduce the cost, time, and complexity of scaling and delivering new services, which provides us with a competitive advantage by enabling us to easily configure, deploy, and scale new services in a matter of hours. Inkra's solution is the ideal platform for cost-effectively delivering e-business services to the customer that wants services up and running yesterday."

Using Inkra's Virtual Service Switch, Data393 has reduced the deployment time of virtualized network services from weeks to hours, providing the company with a significant service delivery advantage. Inkra's virtualization technology allows any network engineer to centrally configure, modify, and scale network services in a matter of minutes with the simple click of a mouse, eliminating the need for technology experts to travel into the data center to configure services or install hardware. When customers demand more capacity or additional services, Data393 can meet those requirements in less time than expected and pass the resulting operational and capital savings on to their customers.

"Having yet another leading service provider select the Inkra solution as the foundation of its e-business offering is an excellent validation that our Virtual Service Switch is indeed the leading platform for delivering e-business services," said Dave Roberts, CTO of Inkra Networks.

Data393 has deployed Inkra 1504 GXS Virtual Service Switches in its Denver, Colo. data center. Virtualization technology is now a key enabler of Data393's ongoing strategy to offer secure, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure, Web hosting, and e-business solutions that help small and mid-market companies to multinational organizations maintain their competitive edge.

About Data393

Data393 is a leading provider of e-business solutions. The company offers an array of technology services including: Web hosting, colocation, e-commerce development, marketing and a suite of e-business applications designed to effectively manage an organization's entire web strategy. Data393 supports its clients with a reliable, scalable and secure infrastructure that has been built upon a foundation of providing honest value, premier technology and world class service. Data393 is a privately held company headquartered in Denver, Colo. with thousands of clients around the world. For more information please contact Data393 at 303-268-1470, visit www.data393.com or email info@data393.com.

About Inkra Networks

Inkra Networks is the leading provider of virtualized network infrastructure for service provider, government, and enterprise data centers. Inkra's Virtual Service Switch technology integrates multiple network and security functions -- including firewalls, VPNs, intrusion detection and prevention systems, SSL accelerators, and load balancers -- onto a single, centrally managed platform that delivers the functionality of tens to hundreds of legacy appliances. Inkra's Virtual Service Switch slashes the cost of data center operations with simplified service provisioning and management, and the ability to meet future requirements without adding additional hardware. Inkra solutions are commercially deployed in data centers worldwide, and power leading e-business providers such as IBM and EDS.

Inkra is a registered trademark of Inkra Networks Corporation. Center Point, HardWall, OpenRack, Virtual Rack, Virtual Rack Operating System, Virtual Rack Processor, Virtual Service Architecture, Virtual Service Module, and Virtual Service Switch are trademarks of Inkra Networks Corporation.