NTT/VERIO Enterprise Modular Hosting Solutions Launched as Cornerstone of Expanded Dedicated Web Hosting Offerings.Business Editors/Technology Writers NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2002 NTT/VERIO Solutions Address Critical Business Issues, Needs of Low, Mid-market and Larger Enterprises Verio, a leading provider of global IP solutions and the world's largest 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. provider, today unveiled its NTT/VERIO Enterprise Modular Hosting Solutions (EMHS EMHS Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems EMHS East Meadow High School EMHS Edmond Memorial High School (Oklahoma) EMHS Elkhart Memorial High School (Indiana) ) as the cornerstone cornerstone Ceremonial building block, dated or otherwise inscribed, usually placed in an outer wall of a building to commemorate its dedication. Often the stone is hollowed out to contain newspapers, photographs, or other documents reflecting current customs, with a view to of enhancements to the company's dedicated and enterprise hosting offerings. This expansion includes significant new product and service capabilities. With the NTT/VERIO standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. line of more than 40 complex products and services, businesses can craft hosting configurations more quickly, deliver various elements of their systems faster, count on a consistent level of customer support and take advantage of ease in upgrading. NTT/VERIO EMHS enables companies to build their server solution on a selected operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. (OS) and application platform. Solaris and Windows options include various levels of 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 , SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. accelerator accelerator: see particle accelerator. (1) A key combination such as Alt-G or Ctrl-Shift H that is used to activate a task. (2) An incubator that expects to develop the company considerably faster than normal. See incubator. , clustering solutions, and Web, application and database servers. A managed hosting module is then constructed, including monitoring, security, administration support, and backup and restore services, with advanced options available in each area. In addition to NTT/VERIO EMHS and the new class of server solutions that come with it, new offerings being released today include: - Availability of services: Verio provides load balancing, bandwidth bursting, hot spare hosting services and a multi-homed connectivity environment, which all work to improve the performance and reliability of a Web site through maximized site performance, increased content-delivery speed and by providing one seamless network to keep customers running. - Security: Through its enhanced IntelliSecurity(TM) managed-security services, Verio uses sophisticated security software and around-the-clock monitoring staff to protect companies' intellectual property vigilantly by detecting suspicious online activity and thwarting attacks of computer networks. - Disaster Recovery: Verio's data backup, hot spare environments and storage services assure businesses that data is not lost even if a system failure occurs, and that allow customers the storage capacity on demand to scale their business up and down quickly without taking on the expense of additional servers. - Performance: monitoring and reporting services that ensure client systems are always up and operating. Verio's services range from basic to enhanced monitoring with enhanced monitoring offered in five packages to cover the monitoring of content, Internet services, system health, the total system and additional a la carte elements. Customers also can monitor the overall health of their system with a personalized and secure Web-based portal. For less complex customer needs, the enhanced offerings allow businesses to select from pre-packaged configurations that fit their application availability risk profile and budget. For those more complex application business needs where availability and performance are more critical, typically the mid-sized to larger companies, NTT/VERIO EMHS enables customers to apply basic or more advanced solution components against their specific hosting needs. The solutions give companies many more options for managing their Web sites, regardless of their budget requirements. Product information is available at www.verio.net/products/advhosting or by calling 1-866-NTT-VERIO. "Our standardized approach According to International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, known as Basel II, the standardized approach is a set of risk measurement techniques for banking institutions. The term may be used in the context of credit risk or operational risk. is much more efficient and cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. . The time it takes a company to select a hosting provider, assemble all the elements of its system, and then sign off on the tested site can cost organizations more than they realize," said Isabel Ehringer, president of Verio's Enterprise Hosting Business Unit. "With the NTT/VERIO simpler pre-packaged plans and more complex modular menu plan, a customer can select from certified See certification. , scalable options, drop in the additional components, add 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 , and be online much faster than crafting a system from scratch. In addition, as a customer's needs become more sophisticated, Verio has the platforms, products and solutions required to meet a company's increased business and mission-critical requirements." The enhancements announced today build on Verio's global leadership in the dedicated Web-hosting business. The company serves more than 4,000 dedicated hosting Typically refers to a single Web site that is hosted on a stand-alone server. See dedicated server. customers worldwide with 5,500 dedicated servers online. Further, these expanded offerings represent Verio's continuing strategic vision to deliver robust and industry-leading managed infrastructure services from small sized needs to those of large enterprises. NTT/VERIO EMHS, and the existing product set--including state-of-the-art data centers and the NTT/VERIO Global IP Network--all serve to provide a menu of options to businesses seeking solutions from their "business critical" to "mission critical" Web needs. Many of customers' concerns are focused on the availability of their application or site and also in areas of security, disaster recovery and performance. The NTT/VERIO solutions address these areas with the following services: - Availability of services: Verio provides load balancing, bandwidth bursting, hot spare hosting services and a multi-homed connectivity environment, which all work to improve the performance and reliability of a Web site through maximized site performance, increased content-delivery speed and by providing one seamless network to keep customers running. - Security: Through its enhanced IntelliSecurity(TM) managed-security services, Verio uses sophisticated security software and around-the-clock monitoring staff to protect companies' intellectual property vigilantly by detecting suspicious online activity and thwarting attacks of computer networks. - Disaster Recovery: Verio's data backup, hot spare environments and storage services assure businesses that data is not lost even if a system failure occurs, and that allow customers the storage capacity on demand to scale their business up and down quickly without taking on the expense of additional servers. - Performance: monitoring and reporting services that ensure client systems are always up and operating. Verio's services range from basic to enhanced monitoring with enhanced monitoring offered in five packages to cover the monitoring of content, Internet services, system health, the total system and additional a la carte elements. Customers also can monitor the overall health of their system with a personalized and secure Web-based portal. "In the near term, a client must be able to quickly and reliably assemble all the components of their hosting site to match their needs, along with the applications needed to drive online business. Companies want to ensure the investments they make in these areas are with a stable provider that is here for the long-term," added Ehringer. "We see today's announcement as the next logical step in our mission to meet those business demands for managed services that really are the cornerstone of what all clients require from their hosting provider." About Verio Verio Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Communications (NTT Com), is the world's largest operator of Web sites for businesses and a leading provider of global IP solutions. The company offers businesses a broad range of Internet services, including Web hosting, network access, virtual private networks, and managed service offerings, among other enhanced services Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; . Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable global infrastructure and systems including a Global IP Network, and provides Web hosting services A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing to customers in more than 170 countries. The combination of Verio and NTT Com offers services to meet the growing and diverse needs of small-to-medium businesses, large global enterprises and multinational corporations
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