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Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. Deploys Mission-Critical Infrastructure at the NAP of the Americas.


MIAMI Miami, cities, United States
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 -- Leading Provider of Healthcare Staffing Services Chooses Terremark Infrastructure Solutions and Services for Business Continuity

Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX AMEX

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) a leading operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions for government and private sectors, today announced that Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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), one of the leading providers of healthcare staffing services in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , has signed a multi-year contract to house its critical infrastructure at Terremark's NAP of the Americas as part of its business continuity/disaster recovery plans.

Terremark's NAP of the Americas secure, redundant and "always on" environment provides Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton ("bōkə rə-tōn") is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida incorporated in May 1925. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396.  based Cross Country Healthcare with the business continuity environment necessary to keep its key information systems close at hand. Cross Country Healthcare's centralized systems perform key support activities across business lines, such as candidate recruitment and placement, coordinating assignment accommodations, payroll processing, benefits administration, billing and collections, contract processing, customer service and risk management.

"Our customers include more than 3,000 hospitals and other healthcare providers located throughout the country. They rely on us to leverage technology so our operations must be always on-line to meet their staffing requirements, including our single-point of contact service model to manage all job orders, credential verification, candidate testing, invoicing, and management reporting for staff around the country," said Joseph A. Boshart, President 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 Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. "After our experience last year with Hurricane Wilma Hurricane Wilma was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Exceeding the 21 storms of the 1933 season, Wilma was the twenty-second storm (including the subtropical storm discovered in reanalysis), thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, and fourth , we are even more committed to safeguarding our operations and providing the quality of uninterrupted services that we can achieve using Terremark's Internet exchanges and managed IT infrastructure solutions."

"The healthcare industry has grown to be one of the most technology focused sectors of the economy," said Manuel D. Medina, Chairman and CEO of Terremark Worldwide, Inc. "Our unique infrastructure and service offerings provide Cross Country Healthcare with the confidence that they are operating from a 24x7 "always on; always reachable" environment. We welcome Cross Country to the increasing number of healthcare sector customers that are choosing Terremark solutions for their critical infrastructure."

About Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. is a leading provider of healthcare staffing services in the United States. The Company has a national client base of over 3,000 hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare providers. Copies of this and other news releases as well as additional information about Cross Country can be obtained online at http://www.crosscountry.com. Shareholders and prospective investors can also register at the corporate website to automatically receive the Company's press releases by e-mail.

This release contains forward-looking statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions or that include words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "suggests" and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results and performance to be materially different from any future results or performance expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include: our ability to attract and retain qualified nurses and other healthcare personnel, costs and availability of short-term apartment leases for our travel nurses, demand for the healthcare services we provide, both nationally and in the regions in which we operate, the functioning of our information systems, the effect of existing or future government regulation and federal and state legislative and enforcement initiatives on our business, our clients' ability to pay us for our services, our ability to successfully implement our acquisition and development strategies, the effect of liabilities and other claims asserted against us, the effect of competition in the markets we serve, our ability to successfully defend the Company, its subsidiaries, and its officers and directors on the merits on the merits adj. referring to a judgment, decision or ruling of a court based upon the facts presented in evidence and the law applied to that evidence. A judge decides a case "on the merits" when he/she bases the decision on the fundamental issues and considers  of any lawsuit or determine its potential liability, if any, and other factors set forth under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

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 for the year ended December 31, 2005. Although we believe these statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we cannot guarantee future results. Given these uncertainties, the forward-looking statements discussed in this press release might not occur.

About Terremark Worldwide, Inc.

Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW) is a leading operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions for government and private sectors. Terremark delivers its portfolio of services from seven locations in the U.S., Europe and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies.  and from four service aggregation and distribution locations, which aggregate network traffic and distribute network-based services in Europe and Asia to meet specific customer needs. Terremark's flagship facility, the NAP of the Americas, is the model for the carrier-neutral Internet exchanges the company has in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California.  (NAP of the Americas/West), in Sao Paulo, Brazil (NAP do Brasil) and in Madrid, Spain (NAP de las Americas - Madrid). The carrier-neutral NAP of the Americas is a state-of-the-art facility that provides exchange point, colocation and 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 . Terremark is headquartered at 2601 S. Bayshore Drive, 9th Floor, Miami, Florida “Miami” redirects here. For the Native American tribe, see Miami tribe.

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 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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