Broadwing to Host PIPE9 Data; Hosting Solution Provides Top Security for Database of 11 Million Businesses.Business Editors & High Tech Writers CINCINNATI and NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2000 Broadwing Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BRW BRW Business Review Weekly (business magazine; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) BRW Business Report Writer BRW Barrow, AK, USA - Barrow (Airport Code) BRW Business Requirement Worksheet ) and PIPE9 Corporation, a supplier of predictive knowledge about the buying and selling behavior of e-business customers, announced today that Broadwing's division, Broadwing Managed Hosting, has been selected to house PIPE9's proprietary data consisting of 11 million business profiles. The three-year agreement will provide PIPE9 with an end-to-end web site infrastructure while also significantly reducing infrastructure costs and increasing efficiency of the site. Under the terms of the agreement, Broadwing Managed Hosting will host PIPE9's web site at its National Hosting Management Center (NHMC NHMC National Hispanic Media Coalition ) located in Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation). Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. . PIPE9 will lease state-of-the-art operating equipment from Broadwing Managed Hosting including SUN servers, Cisco routers and switches, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. disk arrays, Internet firewall A firewall that is used to shield users from the Internet. See firewall. and 100 megabit Internet bandwidth. Additionally, Broadwing will provide engineering services and systems to the PIPE9 web site year round, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. PIPE9 adds value to e-businesses by rapidly accelerating customer acquisition and retention at significantly lower costs through Predictive Knowledge(TM) about customer behavior. Tom Gordon Thomas "Flash" Gordon (born November 18, 1967 in Sebring, Florida) is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who plays for the Philadelphia Phillies. Previously, he played with the Kansas City Royals (1988–95), Boston Red Sox (1996–99), Chicago Cubs , chief information officer for PIPE9, said: "The security of our data is crucial to our success. Broadwing Managed Hosting offers unparalleled protection and superior operating equipment. The result is solid confidence in our ability to boost the productivity of e-businesses and net markets with the most accurate business data available." "We are excited to add PIPE9 to our growing list of clients that support and enhance today's new economy," said Bill Dyer, president and general manager of Broadwing Managed Hosting. "We are finding that our managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality approach to providing Web hosting services is resonating clearly with businesses like PIPE9. The ability to protect capital by `renting' web site infrastructure and the expertise to maintain that infrastructure is a significant benefit to clients that want to stay focused on growing their core business." More information about Broadwing Managed Hosting and PIPE9 Corporation can be found on the Web at www.broadwinghosting.com or www.pipe9.com. About PIPE9 PIPE9 Corporation adds value to e-businesses and Net Markets with predictive knowledge solutions that rapidly increase the acquisition and retention of customers. Key products include Profiler(TM), Instant Registration(TM), and Prospector(TM). PIPE9's principal office is located at 100 West 31st Street, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10001. About Broadwing Managed Hosting and Broadwing Inc. Broadwing Managed Hosting is a business unit of Broadwing Inc. Broadwing Inc. (NYSE:BRW) is an integrated communications powerhouse delivering voice, data and Internet solutions to a variety of customers nationwide. Broadwing combines unparalleled customer service with a premier next-generation fiber network and award-winning IP backbone, to create data and Internet solutions that are innovative, reliable, and provide businesses a competitive advantage. Broadwing sets the standard for customer accountability with its first-in-the-industry Installation Guarantee. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio with 6,000 employees, Broadwing can be found on the Web at www.broadwing.com. |
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