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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
PR Contact
Bob McCarthy
415-517-9658
bmccarthy@365main.com
GLOBAL WEB COMPANY
MOVES TO 365 MAIN’S
DATA CENTER IN BAY AREA AFTER MAJOR RENO FIRE
Colossus Moves Company
Infrastructure To Bay Area
After Major Building Disaster
SAN FRANCISCO, CA., July
19, 2004 – 365 Main, the Bay
Area’s safest, most secure and reliable critical facility,
today announced that Colossus, a substantial Web hosting company
serving nearly 71,000 domains with customers in Africa, Antarctica,
Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, North America, and
South America moved into 365 Main’s critical facility
after a transformer explosion and flaming oil heavily damaged
their Reno office and rocked downtown Reno businesses last
year.
In addition to its downtown San
Francisco location, beginning in 1999, 365 Main underwent
a $130 million renovation to transform its critical facility
into a secure, state-of-the-art, and seismically base-isolated
data center. 365 Main is equipped with state of the art pre-action
laser-based and particulate sampling VEDSA (Very Early Smoke
Detection Alarms) systems to provide smoke and fire detection
to isolate and extinguish incidents before they begin.
“We scoured the country looking
for a cost-effective colocation facility, before we found
365 Main,” Eric Klien, President, Colossus Web Hosting
Services. “We found northern California facilities to
be the best deal, probably due to the aftermath of the dot
com implosion. 365 Main’s facility was the most rugged
structure we found in northern California and since it was
reasonably priced, we decided to relocate our operations to
their building.”
365 Main’s building has been
granted “Essential Facility” status, assuring
that its facility will remain operational and safe during
and after a major earthquake, fire or other disaster, and
that tenants will be allowed on-site without the city inspection
required of non-essential structures to enable continuous
business activity.
“We are happy Colossus made
the decision to choose us as the place to relocate their core
business structure,” Says Kevin Shanahan, Vice President
for 365 Main. “With our world class facility and solid,
safe and reliable infrastructure, Colossus can focus on growing
their business now instead of worrying about protecting it
against future disasters.”
In addition, 365 Main also meets
and surpasses the highest possible building standards set
by the Uniform Building Code (UBC) and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA). 365 Main is built to such a high
safety standard that it is the only data center pre-qualified
for an expedited disaster recovery process by the City and
County of San Francisco’s Building Occupancy Resumption
Program and was the only data center chosen by California
Department of Mines and Geology for their study of seismic
integrity.
About Colossus:
Colossus is a privately held company serving customers in
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe,
North America, and South America, even serving unusual places
such as the residents of McMurdo Station, surrounded by penguins.
Colossus hosts nearly 71,000 domains and has no setup fees
on Colossus accounts. For more information please visit www.colossus.net.
About 365 Main
365 Main is an industry leading data center providing a superior,
neutral environment that uniquely ensures continuous operations.
In partnership with Union Property Capital, Inc. and Rockwood
Capital, 365 Main provides a trusted, secure, world-class
service for companies and delivers superior, flexible colocation
infrastructure that adapts to customer needs. Equipped with
ten 2.1 Megawatt continuous power systems, N+2 facility-wide
redundancy, award-winning base-isolation system, 60,000 gallons
of fuel on-site and carrier neutral charter, makes 365 Main
one of the most intelligently designed buildings in the United
States. 365 Main is privately held company based in San Francisco.
For more information about 365 Main, please contact 877-365-6246
or visit www.365main.com
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