City of Coral Gables To Become First Municipal Customer at Terremark's NAP of the Americas.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2003 Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :TWW TWW The West Wing (TV show) TWW The Wind Waker (Nintendo Zelda video game) TWW Teaming with Wildlife TWW Two-Week Wait TWW The War Within (Transformers comics) ), a leading designer, builder and operator of integrated Tier-1 Network Access points (NAPs) and best-in-class network services, today announced that the City of Coral Gables Coral Gables, city (1990 pop. 40,091), Miami-Dade co., SE Fla., SW of Miami; inc. 1925. Founded at the height of the Florida land boom, Coral Gables is a noted planned city, with tree-lined boulevards and Mediterranean-style buildings. has selected the NAP of the Americas to house its IP router A router that is set up to route IP packets. See router and IP. . The City of Coral Gables is the NAP's first municipal customer and will relocate to the NAP in July of this year. The NAP of the Americas will support the City's mission-critical communication needs and significantly expand its connectivity capabilities, enabling future seamless connections with local municipalities, the county and other organizations, as well as local educational institutions already at the NAP, such as Florida International University Florida International University, primarily at University Park, Miami; coeducational; chartered 1965, opened 1972. A research university, it has 18 colleges and schools and many specialized centers and institutes, including those in biomedical engineering, database . "Locating in the NAP of the Americas will not only save us money in the future, but will allow us to continue to expand City services The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. offered to Coral Gables residents via our web site http://www.coralgables.com," said Coral Gables Mayor Don Slesnick. "The NAP also provides an extremely secure environment that can withstand emergency situations, providing the perfect environment to eventually deploy the City of Coral Gables' back-up and disaster recovery programs." "We are pleased that Mayor Don Slesnick, City Manager David Brown, the Commissioners and City staff had the vision to select the NAP of the Americas to house Coral Gables' critical communications infrastructure," said Manuel D. Medina, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Terremark Worldwide, Inc. "The NAP provides them with the platform to meet their current and future technology needs easily and cost effectively. While Coral Gables is the first municipality at the NAP, we hope others will follow suit and evaluate our unique value proposition and the benefits we have to offer the public sector." About The City of Coral Gables The City of Coral Gables operates a Council/Manager form of government with a budget of just under $100 million, and 15 departments with 856 employees providing personalized municipal services to more than 43,000 residents, within a 14 square mile area. The City is proud of its Class 1 Fire Department, Class 1 Building and Zoning Department, and fully accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. Police and Park & Recreation Departments. Additionally, the City maintains a AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. bonding rating from Standard & Poor's and the City's Automotive Department is an ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. Blue Seal of Excellence shop since 2000. About Terremark Worldwide, Inc. Terremark Worldwide Inc. (AMEX:TWW) is a leading designer, builder and operator of integrated Tier-1 Network Access Points (NAPs) and best-in-class network services, creating technology marketplaces in strategic global locations. Terremark is the owner and operator of the NAP of the Americas, the 5th Tier-1 Network Access Point in the world and the model for TerreNAP(sm) Data Centers the company is deploying in Sao Paulo, Brazil (NAP do Brasil), Madrid, Spain (NAP de las Americas - Madrid) and other emerging markets. The carrier-neutral NAP of the Americas is a state-of-the-art facility providing interconnection between global carriers, ISPs and others, as well as connecting fiber networks in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa to those in the U.S. Terremark is headquartered at 2601 S. Bayshore Drive, 9th Floor, Miami, Florida USA, 305/856-3200. More information about Terremark Worldwide can be found at http://www.terremark.com. Statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Terremark's actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements due to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, as discussed in Terremark's filings with the SEC. These factors include, without limitation, Terremark's ability to obtain funding for its business plans, uncertainty in the demand for Terremark's services or products and Terremark's ability to manage its growth. Terremark does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. |
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