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Hosted Solutions' Boston Data Center Provides Colocation Services to US SAILING

Boston, MA and Portsmouth, RI — March 27, 2007

Hosted Solutions, the East Coast's leading Data Center and Managed Services Provider, announced today that its Boston-based data center has signed a two year colocation service agreement with US SAILING, the R.I.-based organization that promotes excellence in sailing and racing throughout the United States.

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."

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For more information:

Noreen Allen
919.882.3048
Hosted Solutions
Steve Friedberg
610.518.7474
MMI Communications

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. For more information, please visit www.ussailing.org.