Denver, CO - July 13, 2006 - USA.NET, the leading hosted eMessaging service provider in North America, has been recognized by Microsoft as the winner of the 2006 Excellence Award for Microsoft Exchange Hosting Solutions.

The Excellence Award, which was presented to the company’s President & CEO David Ramon, at the 2006 Microsoft Partner Program Awards ceremony in Boston on July 12, recognizes USA.NET’s proven proficiency in delivering consistent, high-quality hosted services built on Microsoft technology.

USA.NET Microsoft Exchange Hosting provides complete reliability, security and scalability backed by a commitment to operational excellence. Subscribers can choose from three tiers of Microsoft Exchange Hosting with all tiers including virus scanning, spam protection, multiple secure access methods and a 99.9 percent Service Level Agreement. USA.NET is the only messaging hosting provider that is SAS 70-Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold Certified, salesforce.com Certified and a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange 2007 providing the highest compliance with best practices for security, privacy and operational controls.

“We are honored to receive such a distinguished award from our partners at Microsoft,” said David Ramon, USA.NET’s president and chief executive officer. “The USA.NET team of dedicated professionals is committed to providing operational excellence, industry-leading customer service, and a superior hosted email experience for our customers.”

Awards were presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a pool of more than 2,700 entrants worldwide. The Hosting Excellence Award is part of the Advanced Infrastructure Solutions Specialization and recognizes partner excellence in the Hosting category by showing the skills and expertise to design and implement innovative, cost-effective solutions that incorporate Microsoft technologies.

Receipt of the Specialization Excellence Award is based on a partner’s demonstrated ability to deliver exemplary solutions within a specialized subset of Microsoft’s competency areas, solutions categories that represent a particular business practice area or partner business model. Requirements to achieving a specialization competency include certifications, exams and customer references.

About USA.NET
USA.NET, The Global eMessaging Service Provider®, is the only hosting provider that is SAS 70 Type II Audited, Microsoft Gold and salesforce.com certified, a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program for Exchange 2007, and winner of the 2006 Microsoft Excellence Award for Exchange Hosting Solutions. USA.NET eMessaging solutions are modular and infinitely scalable to ensure customers can grow their business without having to invest additional resources, time or capital into their mission-critical messaging infrastructure. More information can be found at www.usa.net or by calling 1.800.653.0179.