The examinations, performed by Ernst & Young LLP, addressed the sustainability of Verizon Business` design of controls as well as the operating effectiveness of those controls within the processes of its Premium and Smart Data Centers, from which the company delivers managed services.

"Verizon Business is dedicated to delivering performance excellence to enterprise customers," said Nancy Gofus, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Verizon Business. "The successful conclusion of our SAS 70 Type II examinations further underscores the Verizon Business commitment to establishing and maintaining appropriate controls over our processes to help us achieve high standards of quality and stringent metrics for security and reliability."

With the completion of the SAS 70 Type II examinations, Verizon Business can help Internet colocation and managed hosting customers address control requirements over the processing of financial data and other sensitive company information under Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404.

Business and government customers can take advantage of Verizon Business Premium Data Centers located in major business centers across the United States. Premium Data Centers provide world-class hosting environments for companies requiring off-site facilities to securely house servers and other equipment running IP applications.

Verizon Business also offers managed hosting solutions that allow customers to outsource Web-enabled business sites in secure environments with 24x7 management and maintenance. IP Application Hosting services are delivered through Verizon Business Smart Centers located in the United States and London. Managed hosting offers customers a cost-effective solution with competitive service level agreements and high levels of security, scalability and performance.

Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 was established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for service organizations, such as Verizon Business, to provide the basis for examining internal controls related to financial transaction processing and for assessing its operational measures and defined control objectives. Areas of examination for Verizon Business` Data Centers include physical access to facilities, logical access to systems including multi-layered security, network services operations and performance, and environmental controls.

Verizon Business` IT solutions and its hosting operations employees hold more than 600 individual and professional certifications from leading technology companies such as Microsoft, HP and Sun Microsystems. Verizon Business has also received numerous awards and recognitions for leading enterprise services.

About Verizon Business

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications, is a leading provider of advanced communications and information technology (IT) solutions to large business and government customers worldwide.  Combining unsurpassed global network reach with advanced technology and professional service capabilities, Verizon Business delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world.

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Hosted Solutions will provide US SAILING with colocation services. Hosted Solutions` Data Centers offers its colocation customers redundant backup battery systems, diesel-powered generators, rigorous and regular system testing.

"We sought a world-class hosting facility to support US SAILING`s mission to promote the sport of sailing nationwide," said Charlie Leighton, executive director, US SAILING. "Hosted Solutions` Boston data center provides us with an ideal combination of location, experience, and the capacity to handle expansion as US SAILING expands its membership and activities nationwide."

"US SAILING will benefit from working with a managed services partner that can handle scalability and expansion while guaranteeing availability and support for all their systems," stated Rich Lee, CEO, Hosted Solutions. "Our state-of-the-art Boston data center has redundant power, network infrastructure, and security. Our guarantee of 99.999% power and network availability is unsurpassed in the industry."

About Hosted Solutions

Hosted Solutions` high quality Data Center and Managed Hosting solutions maintain and protect customers` mission-critical, back-office IT systems and applications, enabling them to reduce operating costs, lower the risk of downtime, focus on core competencies, and achieve their top business objectives. The company operates four SAS 70 Type II certified Data Centers in Boston, MA, Charlotte, NC, Raleigh, NC and Cary, NC providing best-of-breed data center operations with hardened physical infrastructure, security, and a complete managed services portfolio.

About US Sailing

The United States Sailing Association (US SAILING) is the national governing body for sailing and sailboat racing. Headquartered in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, the organization`s mission is to encourage participation and promote excellence in sailing and racing in the U.S. US SAILING offers training and education programs, supports a wide range of sailing organizations and communities, and provides administration and oversight of competitive sailing across the country, including the US Sailing Teams and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympics Sailing Teams.

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Stargate Holdings Corporation, a global leader in the Information Technology Services industry, today announced 1st quarter sales of its dedicated servers rose nearly 75% over sales of the 4th quarter of 2006. Stargate, which offers colocation, shared hosting and domain names (ICANN accredited), began selling dedicated servers in October 2006, primarily to large corporate customers.

Ken Snider, Network Architect for Federated Media Publishing, who recently selected Stargate to meet its dedicated server needs, said, "Stargate gave us compelling reasons to work with them -- a fair price, a robust network and a willingness to provide a custom offering that would provide a durable, low- latency, highly available network infrastructure for the benefit of our company and our authors who rely on our consistent and fast delivery of content."

In addition to large corporate customers, Stargate also serves, among others, operators in the gaming community, web hosting companies, dedicated server resellers and multi-national corporations.

G. Gary Chaffin, CEO of Stargate, noted, "This tremendous increase in sales reflects our commitment to providing the best, most cost-effective dedicated servers, all of them hosted in our Primary Enterprise-Level server facility. We expect this commitment to continue our growth curve into the 2nd quarter."

Stargate owns and operates a mission critical data center located in the Midwest (located in the western suburbs of Chicago). This space is a high- security, 86,000 square-foot Tier III+ facility that will provide secure colocation and dedicated hosting services when it is completed late summer 2007.

About Stargate

Stargate has been a leader in the global IT services industry for the past twelve years. The company believes in forging strong relationships with its clients to ensure realistic solutions and unmatched support. It serves a wide range of companies from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies around the world.

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