Released on: May 22, 2008, 9:32 am

Press Release Author: Ashlie Lanning

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: East coast's top data center to provide services for major
university project

Press Release Body: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - May 20, 2008 - Hosted Solutions, the East
Coast's premier data center and managed services provider, is pleased to announce
today that it has added the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to its roster
of clients.

Hosted Solutions operates two data centers in Charlotte. The company, based in
Raleigh, North Carolina, recently announced that they had been acquired by a
Boston-based private equity firm, ABRY Partners, for $140 million dollars.

Specifically, Hosted Solutions will provide services for The College of Health and
Human Services' web-based portal, part of a project for the State Center for Health
Statistics. Hosted Solutions will provide bandwidth, managed firewall, collocation,
SPLA licensing, OS management, managed backup services at its SAS 70 Type II
certified Data Center facility.

The web portal is a part of the North Carolina Community Health Assessment
Initiative, which helps health professionals learn about the strengths and health
care needs of people in their community. The data collected in the portal will be
used to assess the health of individual communities, create effective public
programs and policies and evaluate the impact of these initiatives.

Josh Wolff, General Manager for Hosted Solutions says they are proud to align
itself with the fourth largest institution within the University of North Carolina
system and the largest institution in Charlotte. He said, "This web portal will
amplify UNC Charlotte's thought leadership and give them even deeper roots in our
state as it will be integral to the advancement of state health care policies. We
are honored to play a critical role in the project's success."

Hosted Solutions' full suite of services includes colocation, fully-managed servers,
dedicated servers, business continuity services, managed storage, enterprise backup,
managed firewall, intrusion and vulnerability detection, load balancing, high
availability clustering and comprehensive 24/7 Monitoring and for mission critical
applications .

UNC Charlotte, founded in 1946, comprises seven professional colleges and currently
offers 18 doctoral programs, 61 master's degree programs and 89 leading to
bachelor's degrees . UNC Charlotte boasts more than 75,000 living alumni and adds
up to 4,500 new alumni each year.

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About Hosted Solutions:
Hosted Solutions' high quality Data Center and Managed Hosting services maintain and
protect customers' mission-critical 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. Acquired in April 2008 by Boston-based ABRY
Partners, Hosted Solutions operates SAS 70 Certified facilities in Boston MA,
Charlotte NC, Raleigh NC, and Cary NC providing best-of-breed data center operations
with hardened physical infrastructure, the highest level of security, and a complete
managed services portfolio. For more information please visit
www.hostedsolutions.com.

About UNC Charlotte:
A public research university, UNC Charlotte is the fourth largest campus among the
17 institutions of the University of North Carolina system. It is the largest
institution of higher education in the Charlotte region. The university offers 18
doctoral programs, 61 master's degree programs and 89 programs leading to bachelor's
degrees. Fall 2007 enrollment exceeded 23,000 students, including more than 4,800
graduate students.


Web Site: http://www.hostedsolutions.com

Contact Details: Ashlie Lanning
919-459-8158
alanning@919marketing.com