Increased bandwidth, tighter security means better service for clients

For Immediate Release

DALLAS/EWORLDWIRE/Dec. 4, 2003 --- After only 20 months, C I Host has doubled the size of its Los Angeles Center and upgraded its bandwidth capability to meet its ever-expanding Web hosting and Internet infrastructure business.

At a time when other Internet-based businesses are cutting back or shutting down, C I Host has been able to grow and prosper due to its firm financial footing and focus on its customer's needs.

"We are expanding and our client demand is higher than ever," said Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host. "While other co-location facilities have been shutting down, we continue to grow."

In addition to doubling the size of the LA facility, C I Host has installed two more DS-3 connections from Qwest Communications and Verio and a GigE Connection from Cogent Communications.

"This brings our total bandwidth to a capacity that exceeds 1,100mbits/second," Faulkner said. "We are capable of handling an additional 6,000 clients in our LA facility, from the smallest to the largest."

To protect against physical or electronic attacks, C I Host has strengthened its overall security by installing hot swap Cisco 7206 VXR routers, ten monitored CCTV cameras that record every movement in the secure facility 24 hours a day, redundant firewall systems and additional biometric security measures. The center is now capable of holding 10,000 clients total.

Based in the Dallas-Fort Worth market and ranked #1 in speed by the Adoloma Web Hosting Guide, C I Host (www.cihost.com) is a Web hosting and Internet solutions provider, domain name registrar (C I Host is accredited by ICANN to register domain names) and application service provider (ASP) serving 200,000 individual consumers and businesses in 182 countries worldwide. Consistently ranked among the Top 5 Web hosting companies out of 16,000 around the globe by c|net's Ultimate Web Host List, HostPulse, WebHostsOnline.com, HostChart.com, C I Host was named among the Top 25 Web hosting companies by HostIndex.com.

With the broadest portfolio of managed hosting and value-added services in the industry, C I Host creates business-class Web hosting solutions for the small- and medium-enterprise (SME) market. The company offers turn-key services ranging from initial domain name registration to custom dedicated servers for e-commerce on today's Web.

C I Host operates three diverse data centers across the United States, with its main facility and Network Operations Center in Bedford, Texas. The company has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and London.

All telco-grade, tier-1 data centers are wholly owned and operated by C I Host and consist of redundant diesel generator backups and a temperature-controlled secure environment with fully redundant UPS capability. All server hardware is fully tested and configured for optimal performance. Daily Web server backups and full fire protection guards against data loss. To deliver speed and reliability, C I Host servers are connected to two OC-12 fiber connections, five DS-3 and two OC-3 lines from five diverse Internet backbones for a total of more than 2.6 Gigabits of available bandwidth.

C I Host is HIPAA-compliant and has passed the SAS70 audit.

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CONTACT:
Kent Pingel
C I Host
1851 Central Drive Suite 110
Bedford, TX 76021
PHONE. 817-868-6999
FAX. 817-868-7203
EMAIL: kentpingel@cihost.com
http://www.cihost.com

SOURCE: Dallas