Raleigh, NC — January 15, 2006
Hosted Solutions, the East Coast's leading Data Center and Managed Services Provider, today announced that it has been selected by Lulu.com to receive the $1.3 million dollar hosting award.
Hosted Solutions will provide Lulu with colocation services. These include a large secure caged environment, network services, and first right of refusal on additional caged space. Hosted Solutions' Data Centers offers its colocation customers redundant backup battery systems, diesel-powered generators, rigorous and regular system testing.
"Our entire business is conducted online, so we were looking for a colocation provider that had the capacity to grow with our business and that can provide us with 100% network availability," stated Bill Montgomery, of Lulu.com.
"Lulu needed a local partner who could meet their current and long-term needs," said Rich Lee, CEO of Hosted Solutions. "Reliability is critical to any online business. We provided them with a flexible technology solution that guarantees network availability and can expand with their fast growing business."
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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. The company operates SAS 70 Type II 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. Hosted Solutions was acquired by Boston-based private equity firm ABRY Partners in April 2008 for $144 million. For more information, please visit www.hostedsolutions.com.
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Lulu.com is the premier marketplace for new digital content on the Internet, with over 100,000 recently published titles, and more than 2500 new titles added each week, created by people in 80 different countries. Lulu is changing the world of publishing by enabling the creators of books, video, periodicals, multimedia and other content to publish their work themselves with complete editorial and copyright control. Lulu empowers these individuals and corporations to create high quality content products to sell directly to their customers and the rest of the Lulu.com marketplace. With storefronts provided as well as other marketing assistance, creators are fully supported to profit from their work. With Lulu offices in the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe Lulu customers can reach the globe.