101 Corridor Getting New Mega Data Center to Meet Internet Needs, Built by ISWest

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – December. 11, 2006 – With its Data Center expected to hit full capacity by the end of this year, ISWest is building an additional 16,500-square-foot facility to house staff as well as server co-location, managed server hosting and Data Center products and services.

"With so many great companies taking up residency along the 101 Corridor, it makes dollars and cents for ISWest to create a world class Data Center that companies can come to for their Internet and offsite data needs,” said Drew Kaplan, ISWest CEO/CFO.

In partnership with Tony Principe, a local developer, ISWest broke ground in June on a new building in Agoura Hills, located about a half-mile from its corporate office and Data Center. The build out of the Data Center and corporate offices will cost ISWest between $2.5 and $3 million. The facility will have enough power to run a small city when it opens in May/June 2007.

"If for some reason the power goes out, our customers will not be affected as massive generators will be installed to ensure maximum uptime. Why have one generator, when you can have two: one for each power supply to our customers' equipment. We will also have double UPS systems, double power distribution and double network drops to each customer cabinet or cage," said Kaplan, adding that ISWest also contracts with the top 8 backbone providers, giving customers unmatched connectivity to the Internet for applications or business solutions. The new ISWest facility sits on an AT&T dual SONET fiber ring – like the big carriers in downtown Los Angeles – giving customers multiple fiber paths to the Internet. The site is also connected via gigabit fiber to ISWest's current Data Center, giving even more redundancy and flexibility between the two facilities in the same city. "This will allow our customers to place equipment at both locations and load balance traffic between them, giving them total piece of mind."

When it comes to placing equipment, choosing ISWest in Agoura Hills over downtown Los Angeles will save time and resources. Especially if a server crashes or a customer needs to install a patch and wants to be physically onsite when the patch is applied.

About ISWest
ISWest prides itself on providing customers with the most reliable business-class broadband Internet service and server co-location services available. For more information, contact Drew Kaplan at ISWest, 818-735-3000 or toll-free at 877-735-1500.