CareerBuilder Receives ``Unmatched'' Customer Service From Inflow; Redundant Connections and Superior Service Allow Leading Recruitment Company's Operations to Flourish.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2002 InFlow, Inc., a leading provider of managed web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. and IT services, today announced continued support to CareerBuilder, the industry's most complete online recruitment source for efficiently finding better candidates and jobs. "Inflow's services and professionals have helped to enhance application performance and allow customers to continue operations without the threat of surprise interruptions," said Mark Scully, general manager for Inflow in Atlanta. "Additionally, our rapid installation process backed by industry-leading security gives businesses a level of confidence not provided by other Internet data centers." CareerBuilder began their business in 1995. Two years ago, the company approached Inflow with very specific requirements. In order to sustain a national online recruitment service with four million active resumes and 400,000 continuously updated job postings, CareerBuilder needed bi-coastal IDC support. By tapping into Inflow's IDCs on the east and west coasts, CareerBuilder was able to create an internal communication network virtually immune of problems associated with Internet downtime. "CareerBuilder uses Inflow as a global load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them solution between the East Coast (Atlanta) and West Coast (San Diego)," said Scully. "We provide them with a redundant connection which they need for their high-volume business. Like most companies, if their website goes down, it instantly affects their operations. Their website is their business." Using Inflow's services, CareerBuilder gains the advantage of allowing job seekers and employers to surf through postings and resumes without interruption. CareerBuilder acquired Headhunter headhunter A popular term for a person–or employment agency who recruits physicians, upper echelon executives or other professionals, matching potential employees with employers .net in November 1991. CareerBuilder's parent company is Career Holdings, Inc. which is principally owned by Tribune Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TRB TRB Transportation Research Board TRB Technical Review Board TRB Teacher Registration Board TRB Test Review Board TRB Total Relationship Balance TRB Tap-Rack-Bang (shooting procedure) TRB Theodore Roosevelt Building ) and Knight Ridder Digital, a subsidiary of Knight-Ridder, Inc. (NYSE:KRI KRI Knight Ridder KRI Kundalini Research Institute KRI Key Risk Indicator KRI Khlopin Radium Institute (Russia) KRI Kapal Republik Indonesia (Republic of Indonesia Ship) KRI Knowledge Research Institute, Inc. ). About Inflow Inflow provides facilities-based IT solutions to companies with critical business and network applications. Founded in 1997, Inflow opened its first Internet Data Center (IDC) in June 1998 and currently serves more than 680 customers from its IDCs in 12 markets throughout the U.S. The company offers customers a cost-effective outsourced alternative that is secure, redundant and fully managed. Core services include colocation, network management, managed security services, application management, data storage and InflowNet(TM) -- a proprietary Internet access service that guarantees 100% availability. Additional services include business continuity, Intelligent Routing for Internet access, content distribution, load balancing and remote enterprise data center management. In June 2002, Inflow completed an equity financing Equity Financing The act of raising money for company activities by selling common or preferred stock to individual or institutional investors. In return for the money paid, shareholders receive ownership interests in the corporation. of $35 million, bringing total capital raised to more than $300 million. Investors include Meritage Private Equity Funds, Centennial Ventures, Telecom Partners, Spire Capital Partners, The Halyard hal·yard also hal·liard n. Nautical A rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, or yard. [Alteration (influenced by yard1) of Middle English halier, from Capital Fund, GE Capital and PNC PNC Purdue University North Central (Westville, Indiana) PnC Point 'n Click PNC Police National Computer PNC People's National Congress (Guyana) PNC People's National Congress Equity. For additional information and IDC locations, please visit www.inflow.com, or call 877/321-2464. To contact the local Atlanta office or to speak with Mark Scully, please call 404/898-9118. |
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