Hosted Solutions Signs Multi-Year, Multi-Million Dollar Deal with Skanska USA Building Inc.

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Daniel Pearson
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Charlotte, N.C. - July 28, 2005 - Hosted Solutions, the Carolinas' premier data center and hosting solutions company, announced today the addition of Skanska USA Building to their high profile client list. Annually ranked one of the top construction firms in the U.S., Skanska USA Building is part of the Swedish-based Skanska AB global group of companies. Skanska has contracted up to 1,000 sq ft of Hosted Solutions' Charlotte Data Center in a long term deal valued at nearly $2 million.

“After reviewing several comparable facilities, we decided that the quality and services offered by Hosted Solutions' Charlotte Data Center were unmatched,” says Chris Stockley, CIO for Skanska USA Building. “Hosted Solutions' state-of-the-art facility, 24/7 tech support and close proximity to Skanska's current Charlotte office made it an obvious choice.”

“We are very excited to play and integral role in this positive move for the Charlotte market,” says Gary McAuliffe, General Manager of Hosted Solutions Charlotte. “Not only is this a great opportunity for Hosted Solutions, it is strong endorsement for Charlotte's Information Technology community.”

Hosted Solutions' full suite of services includes Colocation, Fully-Managed Servers, Dedicated Servers, Business Continuity Services, Managed Storage, Enterprise Backup, Managed Firewall, Intrusion Detection, and Vulnerability Detection, Load Balancing, High Availability Clustering, and comprehensive 24/7 Monitoring and Management of e-commerce infrastructures.

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