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Online Shopping Resource Cairo Moves Colocation to 365 Main

365 Main Gains New Online Shopping Resource for Local Sales in Time for Holiday Season

SAN FRANCISCO, CA., OCTOBER 15, 2004 –– 365 Main, the Bay Area’s safest, most secure and reliable data center today announced that the newest and most comprehensive online shopping resource, Cairo.com has chosen 365 Main as its colocation facility. After evaluating numerous colocation centers in the Bay Area, Cairo chose 365 Main based on the numerous customer services they offer partnered with its sound award-winning infrastructure and competitive pricing.

365 Main is one of the only Bay Area critical facility’s that has a neutral carrier platform enabling them to offer multiple ISP services to customers. 365 Main’s strict 24/7/365 security and accessibility of service technicians 24/7 makes it easier for customers like Cairo to take advantage of simple changes to their infrastructure such as rebooting and rewiring servers.

“By providing a safe and reliable critical facility, Cairo can stay focused on its customers and growing their business during a pivotal time of the year,” says Chris Dolan, President of 365 Main. “365 Main offers a vast array of multiple benefits to local companies like Cairo who have stringent demands that other facilities don’t offer. We are proud to be hosting their infrastructure and look forward to helping them grow their business.”

Just in time for the busiest shopping season of the year, Cairo went live October 25 to rave reviews from media such as the Washington Post and the New York Times. With 75 percent of U.S. households shopping at a discount department store on a monthly basis and 35 percent shopping monthly at a supercenter, Cairo caters to the growing segment of consumers who prefer to shop on sale. Cairo is the most extensive local sale comparison site, allowing consumers to search by retailer, category or brand to shop the way they want. To find the best offline sales before hitting the road, consumers simply enter their zip code or street address and the product they are interested in purchasing. Cairo also allows the user to view sales information from online retailers as well – truly representing the best sale prices available to the consumer.

“Cairo’s business depends on continuous uptime and accessibility for consumers and 365 Main has proven to be the right solution for us,” said Andrew Moss, founder and CEO of Cairo. “365 Main is focused solely on infrastructure and uptime so that we can focus on growing our business.”

With business continuity and security being one of the top critical business decisions in today’s market, 365 Main has strategically aligned themselves with some of the industry’s leading telecommunications, security software, equipment and IP Networking companies enabling them to offer world-class services to customers at a fraction of the cost of its competitors. These services, along with its intelligent building design and architecture are making 365 Main the leading Data Center in the market today.

About Cairo
Founded in 2003 and headquartered in San Ramon, California, Cairo, Inc. provides online services that help people save time and money when shopping offline at the “bricks and mortar” stores of major retail chains, such as Target, Safeway and Best Buy, within a local market. Cairo aggregates regularly published pricing and promotion information within each market, delivering price transparency across retail stores near to a consumer’s zip code or street address, and applies provide Internet business models, such as price comparison and sponsored links, to extend online influences upon consumer shopping behaviors. In addition, Cairo enables a unique customer-centric channel for both retailers and manufacturers.

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, 365 Main is 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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