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ST. LOUIS, MO (September 3, 2009) – Connectria Corporation, a leading provider of world-class managed hosting and IT infrastructure outsourcing solutions, today announced it has successfully completed a SAS 70 Type II Audit.

The Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS No. 70) is a widely recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). It’s geared toward service organizations or service providers of information technology and related processes. Organizations under SAS 70 Type II audit scrutiny must demonstrate adequate controls and safeguards when they host or process data belonging to customers.

Both Connectria and REDPLAID Managed Hosting (a division of Connectria Corporation) completed a successful audit, which included all of their world-class data centers and operations.

“We are very pleased to have once again successfully achieved our annual audit, noted Rich Waidmann, Connectria President and CEO. “Our customers around the globe rely upon Connectria to keep their businesses running and their data secure. Successful completion of the SAS 70 Type II audit provides them added assurance that we have the necessary policies, procedures and controls in place.”

About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable and growing global provider of Managed Hosting and Data Center Services. Connectria offers an array of services, including managed hosting, disaster recovery, remote monitoring, custom software development and engineering consulting. A privately held company, Connectria has built its business through reinvesting profits and without any debt or equity financing. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers, Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in St. Louis, Missouri and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of its clients’ IT organizations. For more information, please contact Connectria at 1-800-781-7820 or visit www.connectria.com.

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ST. LOUIS, MO (August 17, 2009) – Connectria Corporation, a leading provider of world-class managed hosting and IT infrastructure outsourcing solutions, has once again been ranked in the annual Inc. 5000 List of fastest growing private companies in America.

The annual Inc. 5000 includes companies with reported aggregate revenue of $214 billion and median three-year growth of 126 percent. It is the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy – America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. In order to qualify for the annual Inc. 5000, companies must be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies – as of December 31, 2008. They must also have achieved revenues of at least $200,000 in 2005, and $2 million in 2008.

Connectria vastly improved its position in 2008, moving its ranking ahead by over 1,000. “We are pleased and honored to be included once again within Inc. 5000’s annual ranking, noted Connectria President and CEO, Rich Waidmann. “We take particular pride in the fact that we were able to achieve such a high level of growth despite a difficult economy. This is a tribute to the entire Connectria community – its customers, partners and employees. We hope to continue this trend over the years to come.”

Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and a list of the fastest-growing companies that can be sorted by industry and region can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000/2009

About Inc. Magazine
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc. (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 712,961, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology. Visit us online at Inc.com.

About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable and growing global provider of Managed Hosting and Data Center Services. Connectria offers an array of services, including managed hosting, disaster recovery, remote monitoring, custom software development and engineering consulting. A privately held company, Connectria has built its business through reinvesting profits and without any debt or equity financing. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers, Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in St. Louis, Missouri and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of its clients’ IT organizations.

For more information, please contact Connectria at 1-800-781-7820 or visit: www.connectria.com.

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Connectria Further Distinguishes Itself by Earning a Microsoft Competency in Hosting and Networking Infrastructure Solutions

ST. LOUIS, MO (August 17, 2009) – Connectria Corporation, a leading provider of world-class managed hosting and IT infrastructure outsourcing solutions, and REDPLAID, a division of Connectria Corporation, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in Hosting Solutions and Networking Infrastructure Solutions. This marks the third year in a row that Connectria has achieved the Gold Certified Partner distinction with Microsoft, recognizing Connectria’s expertise and impact in the technology marketplace.

As a Gold Certified Partner, both Connectria and REDPLAID have demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to meet customers’ needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the channel. While both Connectria and REDPLAID offer hosting solutions utilizing Microsoft technologies, Connectria focuses upon the mid-to-large enterprise organization whereas REDPLAID targets small-to-medium sized businesses.

“We are extremely pleased to have retained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program. This allows us to clearly promote our expertise and relationship with Microsoft to our customers,” said Rich Waidmann, Connectria President and CEO. “The benefits provided through our Gold Certified Partner status will allow Connectria and REDPLAID to continue to enhance the offerings that we provide for customers across a wide range of industries and segments.”

“Customers are looking for partner companies that can bridge the gap between their business demands and technology capabilities,” said Allison Watson, corporate vice president of the Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft Corp. “They need to trust in a company that can act as an expert adviser for their long-term strategic technology plans. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, which have certified expertise and direct training and support from Microsoft, can build a positive customer experience with our technologies. Today, Microsoft again recognizes Connectria as a Gold Certified Partner for demonstrating its expertise in providing customer satisfaction using Microsoft products and technology.”

About The Microsoft Partner Program
The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in December 2003 and represents Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners’ businesses be successful. More information can be found at partner.microsoft.com.

About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable and growing global provider of Managed Hosting and Data Center Services. Connectria offers an array of services, including managed hosting, disaster recovery, remote monitoring, custom software development and engineering consulting. A privately held company, Connectria has built its business through reinvesting profits and without any debt or equity financing. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers, Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in St. Louis, Missouri and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of its clients’ IT organizations.

For more information, please contact Connectria at 1-800-781-7820 or visit: www.connectria.com.

About REDPLAID Managed Hosting
REDPLAID Managed Hosting, a division of Connectria Corporation, provides the most reliable and affordable dedicated hosting for Windows and Linux environments. For business-critical 24/7 applications and ecommerce environments, REDPLAID offers the highest level of security in the dedicated hosting industry. REDPLAID’s 100% Secure Guarantee is backed by the industry’s leading Service Level Agreement, including refund provisions should strict security standards not be met. REDPLAID is also Microsoft hosting partner within the BizSpark program for startup software companies (bizspark.redplaid.com). More information on REDPLAID can be found at www.redplaid.com.

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ST. LOUIS, MO (August 13, 2009) – Connectria Corporation, a leading provider of world-class managed hosting and IT infrastructure outsourcing solutions, has been recognized by Inc.com as one of the 50 fastest growing private companies in St. Louis. Inc.com’s Inc. 5000 has also ranked Connectria as one of the top 5000 fastest growing private companies in America.

Inc. 5000 is the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy – America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. This is the second consecutive year that Connectria has been named an Inc.com Top 50 company within the St. Louis area.

“As a company founded and headquartered in St. Louis, we are proud to be recognized by Inc.com,” said Rich Waidmann, Connectria President and CEO. “We value our economic and community ties to the St. Louis region, and look forward to its continued growth.”

Complete results of Inc.com’s Top 50 fastest growing private companies in the St. Louis Metro Region can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000/2009/lists/top-metro-regions-st–louis–mo-il.html.

About Inc. Magazine
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures LLC, Inc. (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 712,961, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology. Visit us online at Inc.com.

About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable and growing global provider of Managed Hosting and Data Center Services. Connectria offers an array of services, including managed hosting, disaster recovery, remote monitoring, custom software development and engineering consulting. A privately held company, Connectria has built its business through reinvesting profits and without any debt or equity financing. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers, Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in St. Louis, Missouri and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of its clients’ IT organizations.

For more information, please contact Connectria at 1-800-781-7820 or visit: www.connectria.com.

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ST. LOUIS, MO (July 14, 2009) – Connectria Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a renewal contract to provide Microsoft Production and Disaster Recovery Managed Hosting for an Electric Utility Company.

A niche organizational unit within the Electric Utility Company is experiencing high growth due to a software application that collects and tracks electrical generation attribute data in compliance with state-based Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). The proprietary application environment utilizes Microsoft IIS and SQL 2000. By engaging Connectria, the Company is able to focus on application development, support and sales activities while Connectria ensures the day-to-day operation of the site.

Connectria passed a rigorous Security Audit by the firm to ensure compliance with the Utility Industries Security requirements in the post 9/11 world.

Connectria’s highly secure, dedicated hosting solution will utilize its Philadelphia-based enterprise class Data Center in providing 24/7 Monitoring, Administration and Management of the Firewalls, Private Connections and Servers. Connectria will also provide Database Administration services for the SQL 2000 environment, as well as customized Disaster Recovery services to ensure ongoing availability in the event of an issue. Connectria is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Provider.

About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable and growing global provider of managed hosting and data center services. Connectria offers an array of services, including managed hosting, disaster recovery, remote monitoring, custom software development and engineering consulting. A privately held company, Connectria has built its business through reinvesting profits and without any debt or equity financing. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers, Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in St. Louis, Missouri and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of its clients’ IT organizations.

For more information, please contact Connectria at 1-800-781-7820 or visit: www.connectria.com

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ST. LOUIS, MO (July 10, 2009) – Connectria Corporation today announced that it has signed a long term agreement to provide Production and Disaster Recovery IBM iSeries Managed Hosting services to SPX Dehydration and Filtration. Connectria will provide and host a production IBM iSeries Model E4A server, which will be a 24/7 mission-critical environment that runs SPX’s core business operations. In addition to the primary iSeries server hosted within its St. Louis enterprise class data center, Connectria will be providing SPX Subscription Based iSeries Disaster Recovery Support services to ensure timely recovery. The iSeries Disaster Recovery solution will be based within Connectria’s Philadelphia data center.

Connectria’s flexibility in designing this iSeries Managed Hosting Solution was a key differentiator to SPX management. By providing a solution that included comprehensive iSeries support services to augment SPX’s staff, with Production and Disaster Recovery components governed by committed services levels at a fixed price, Connectria’s solution was selected. This engagement will also include Connectria’s engineering and migration expertise during the transition from SPX’s internal data center. Connectria is a Premier IBM Business Partner and 3-time IBM Beacon Award winner.

About SPX Dehydration & Filtration
SPX Dehydration & Filtration provides global leadership in advancing the development, production and distribution of dehydration and filtration technologies worldwide. The company’s leading market share and global growth is the result of creative product positioning, innovative engineering, commitment to quality, and superior customer service to industry worldwide. www.spxdehydration.com/

About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable and growing global provider of managed hosting and data center services. Connectria offers an array of services, including managed hosting, disaster recovery, remote monitoring, custom software development and engineering consulting. A privately held company, Connectria has built its business through reinvesting profits and without any debt or equity financing. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers, Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in St. Louis, Missouri and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of its clients’ IT organizations.

For more information, please contact Connectria at 1-800-781-7820 or visit: www.connectria.com

ST. LOUIS, MO (July 2, 2009) – Connectria Corporation today announced that it has entered into a long term agreement with Directions Research to provide 24/7 Lotus Notes Remote Administration and Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) Services. Connectria’s award winning Lotus Services and BES Services will enable Directions Research to retain its systems in its local data center, with remote administration services from Connectria’s Network Operations Center, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Connectria’s Lotus support team will transition the Directions Research environment from its current internal support model, and will consolidate and upgrade servers to Notes r.8.5. Throughout the term of the contract Connectria will be responsible for the 24/7 Administration of the Domino infrastructure located within Direction Research’s data center. Connectria’s solution will allow Directions Research to focus on its core business while enabling them to take advantage of the full functionality of tool sets that Connectria professionals will optimize.

About Directions Research
Directions Research’s sole focus is meeting or exceeding the expectations of its clients. The company specializes in taking information and transforming it into motivating principles that become the inspiration behind every business decision. http://www.directionsresearch.com/

About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable and growing global provider of managed hosting and data center services. Connectria offers an array of services, including managed hosting, disaster recovery, remote monitoring, custom software development and engineering consulting. A privately held company, Connectria has built its business through reinvesting profits and without any debt or equity financing. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers, Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in St. Louis, Missouri and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of its clients’ IT organizations.

For more information, please contact Connectria at 1-800-781-7820 or visit: www.connectria.com

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ST. LOUIS, MO (June 11, 2009) – Connectria Corporation, a global provider of hosting solutions, today announced that it has added Private Cloud Computing to its portfolio of managed services.

Connectria’s Private Cloud Computing offer follows REDPLAID’s 2008 launch of Cloud Computing and REDPLAID’s recent announcement of its Private Cloud Computing offer (REDPLAID is a division of Connectria).

Connectria’s Private Cloud Computing is aimed at its traditional enterprise-class customers. Similar to typical Cloud Computing solutions, Private Clouds are intended to deliver the benefits of Cloud Computing, however the computing environment is fully dedicated for the sole use of a specific customer.

Connectria’s Private Cloud Computing will enable customers to specify a custom configuration of virtualization software, servers and storage from a multitude of vendors, along with a customized approach for delivering managed services to each customer.

According to Rich Waidmann, President and CEO of Connectria, “our Private Cloud solutions are a natural extension of the Company’s services and expertise. By combining our cloud computing knowledge with our ability to deliver customized hosting solutions, we’re in a unique position to provide secure, reliable Private Clouds to our enterprise-class customers.”

Waidmann further added, “our customers view Private Cloud Computing as an opportunity to reduce their costs and increase their responsiveness to the needs of their business. By relying upon Connectria to build and manage their Private Cloud environment, our customers can immediately gain the benefits of Cloud Computing without having to confront the significant technical challenges and investment required to build a Private Cloud on their own.”

For more information on Connectria’s Private Cloud Computing, please visit: www.connectria.com/private_cloud.asp

About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable and growing global provider of Managed Hosting and Data Center Services. Connectria offers an array of services, including managed hosting, disaster recovery, remote monitoring, custom software development and engineering consulting. A privately held company, Connectria has built its business through reinvesting profits and without any debt or equity financing. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers, Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in St. Louis, Missouri and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of its clients’ IT organizations.

For more information, please contact Connectria at 1-800-781-7820 or visit: www.connectria.com

About REDPLAID Managed Hosting
REDPLAID Managed Hosting, a division of Connectria Corporation, provides the most reliable and affordable dedicated hosting for Windows and Linux environments. For business-critical 24/7 applications and ecommerce environments, REDPLAID offers the highest level of security in the dedicated hosting industry. REDPLAID’s 100% Secure Guarantee is backed by the industry’s leading Service Level Agreement, including refund provisions should strict security standards not be met. More information can be found at www.redplaid.com.

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Data center security and compliance are top of mind as Connectria continues high level of customer support

ST. LOUIS, MO (June 08, 2009) – Connectria Corporation, a global managed hosting and data center services provider announced today that it has adopted Tripwire Enterprise by Tripwire®, the market leader in configuration control solutions. Tripwire Enterprise allows Connectria to support security and compliance processes across all its world-class data center locations. The net result for the company is increased system availability and customer satisfaction.

Two of Connectria’s strong differentiators are its high degree of security and cost-efficiency. With partners such as Cisco, Dell, Lotus and VMware, it is important to establish proactive solutions that continue to mitigate risk. Tripwire Enterprise provides automated detection, enhanced file integrity monitoring, compliance assessments and remediation processes for any change or configuration that seems suspect or at risk for non-compliance.

“Our customers rely on us for the highest degree of IT security and compliance from a centrally managed data center,” said Rich Waidmann, President and CEO, Connectria, Inc. “With Tripwire, we can enable our customers to meet their audit requirements, while maintaining optimum system security and availability levels.”

Several of Connectria’s customers have business and audit requirements that require they have historical security audit data available to them. Tripwire gives Connectria a state-of-the-art server security solution with the ability to create individual secure logins on a per customer basis. This allows Connectria’s customers to have immediate access to their data without any assignment of Connectria resources. This keeps the process efficient and secure for all of Connectria’s customers.

“Connectria continues its legacy of being proactive in mitigating risk, a policy that has helped it secure the biggest names in technology among its customer base,” said Dan Schoenbaum, COO of Products at Tripwire, Inc. “Tripwire Enterprise will help Connectria maintain its reputation for secure and compliant data centers.”

About Tripwire Inc.
Tripwire helps over 6,500 enterprises worldwide reduce security risk, attain compliance and increase operational efficiency throughout their virtual and physical environments. Using Tripwire’s industry-leading configuration assessment and change auditing solutions, organizations successfully achieve and maintain IT configuration control. Tripwire is headquartered in Portland, Ore. with offices worldwide. http://www.tripwire.com/

About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable and growing global provider of managed hosting and data center services. Connectria offers an array of services, including managed hosting, disaster recovery, remote monitoring, custom software development and engineering consulting. A privately held company, Connectria has built its business through reinvesting profits and without any debt or equity financing. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers, Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in St. Louis, Missouri and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of its clients’ IT organizations. http://www.connectria.com

ST. LOUIS, MO (June 5, 2009) – Connectria Corporation today announced that DeVry University has extended its contract for managed Windows application hosting. DeVry’s Managed Hosting requirements have grown due to an array of applications required to support their new online learning suite. This is DeVry’s third major expansion with Connectria, validating Connectria’s commitment to DeVry’s customer satisfaction, as well as DeVry’s trust in Connectria’s expertise for managing complex hosting environments.

About DeVry University
As one of the largest degree-granting higher education systems in North America, DeVry University provides high-quality, career-oriented associate, bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in technology, healthcare technology, business and management. More than 57,000 students are enrolled at its 92 locations in 26 states and Canada, as well as through DeVry University Online. DeVry University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association (NCA). More information can be found at www.devry.edu.

About Connectria
Connectria is a profitable and growing global provider of managed hosting and data center services. Connectria offers an array of services, including managed hosting, disaster recovery, remote monitoring, custom software development and engineering consulting. A privately held company, Connectria has built its business through reinvesting profits and without any debt or equity financing. Connectria operates world-class Data Centers, Network Operations Centers, and Engineering Centers located in St. Louis, Missouri and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From these facilities, Connectria operates as a virtual extension of its clients’ IT organizations.

For more information, please contact Connectria at 1-800-781-7820 or visit: www.connectria.com