Datacenter Audit Helps NFIB Save Money, Streamline Operations; Company Endorses Inflow Audit Service That Provide Significant Value and Cost Savings.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2003

InFlow, Inc., a leading provider of managed web hosting and IT services, announced today the success of its new Datacenter Audit program with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). NFIB recently underwent Inflow's Datacenter Audit, a component of Inflow's Enterprise Datacenter Management (EDM) services, and found the results to be extremely helpful for the company's bottom line and for streamlining operations.

"I especially liked the idea of leveraging the experience of the Inflow team who has built a number of the state-of-the-art data centers," said Jeff Cantwell, chief technology officer for NFIB. "The Inflow team confirmed many of the conclusions of our in-house experts but also revealed some new issues and solutions. For example, they were able to identify a storage technology that fits our business needs and will save us as much as $100,000."

"We were happy to help NFIB identify areas for improvement via our audit services," said David Klements, general manager for Inflow in Nashville. "Our services are built around optimizing customers' IT operations and data center environment for success. Understanding the condition and performance of your data center, property, facilities and IT infrastructure gives companies a tremendous advantage."

NFIB was looking at the possibility of upgrading their facility in several areas, including server consolidation, disk storage management, increased cooling, and greater UPS capacity, in order to increase efficiency and meet the needs of a growing organization. They also contemplated adding a generator for enhanced disaster recovery capability.

Before beginning major data center upgrades, NFIB wanted an audit performed. For the audit, Inflow was asked to evaluate three critical components within the company: the data center infrastructure, the IT systems, and the operational processes. The goals of the audit were to recommend necessary improvements in each area and to help NFIB save money in upgrading, maintaining and running their critical systems.

"Prior to the audit I was concerned about the Inflow team being biased, but the findings were vendor-neutral and did not 'pitch' moving systems to Inflow in favor of other solutions," said Cantwell. "In fact, the quality of service was so strong that NFIB is planning to move several applications and servers to Inflow to take advantage of its cost-effective state-of-the-art facility.

Inflow found that NFIB could benefit from incorporating changes into the following areas: the physical property, physical security, power infrastructure, fire protection system, HVAC, and the network and data storage architecture.

"When the Inflow team performed the audit, we were very impressed with the personnel, their experience, flexibility and attitude," Cantwell said.

"We evaluated other firms," said Bob Harris, NFIB director of IT administration. "Inflow was chosen because of its experience, its goal of being ISO 9000 compliant and its convenient location should collocation services be needed. The information we received during a tour of the Nashville facility and excellent references confirmed our decision."

"The most impressive aspect of Inflow is the flexible customer-oriented attitude. I can't think of another vendor that is as consistent and effective in monitoring and continuously optimizing its performance," Cantwell added.

Said Harris, "I would definitely recommend Inflow to anyone planning to perform a datacenter audit, needing assistance for disaster recovery planning, or looking at building a data center."

About Inflow EDM Audit Services

Leveraging Inflow's expertise in planning, designing, building, managing and operating datacenters, Inflow's EDM Audit Services provide a comprehensive assessment of your current datacenter environment. Inflow reviews and measures your existing facilities and processes against industry best practices and Inflow's database of 400+ proprietary ISO-compliant processes. Inflow's audit services encompass four major areas: Property Condition, Datacenter Performance, Facilities Operations and IT Architecture.

About National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is the nation's largest small-business advocacy group. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1943, NFIB represents the consensus views of its 600,000 members in Washington and all 50 state capitals. More information is available on-line at www.nfib.com.

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 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 Capital Fund, GE Capital and PNC Equity.

For additional information and IDC locations please visit www.inflow.com or call 877-321-2464. To call the Nashville IDC or to speak with David Klements, please call 615-565-1005.