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FAIRFAX, VA., (March 10, 1997) --
UUNET Technologies, Inc., the world's largest provider of Internet
services and a subsidiary of WorldCom, Inc. (NASDAQ: WCOM), today
announced it will offer its web hosting customers the ability to host
web sites at multiple locations around the world. This service provides
UUNET customers with "one-stop shopping" for global hosting
services. The key feature of this service offering is that a UUNET
customer receives hosting in multiple international locations with a
common hardware platform and software configuration.
Global hosting provides a number of customer benefits. Foremost is
the capability to utilize bandwidth that is local to a specific country
or region. In many regions of the world, the best way to assure
sufficient bandwidth to the end user is to host a server in that
particular region.
UUNET's first global hosting customer is TN Technologies, the
new media division of True North Communications, one of the world's
largest advertising agencies, serving clients such as Levi Strauss, SC
Johnson, Aramark and Fila. TN Technologies will be using servers hosted
in both the U.S. (Fairfax, VA) and the U.K. (London).
"For an international company, a web site has to serve many
markets," said Mike Dunn, Technologist of TN Technologies.
"UUNET put in place a common infrastructure so that TN
Technologies could easily develop this presence."
The UUNET global hosting service leverages UUNET's international
scope. The company has focused intensively on establishing a global
presence and now owns or has a majority interest in operations in the
U.K., Canada, Germany, and Benelux. Each UUNET subsidiary in these
regions will be offering hosting services under the global UUNET
umbrella.
With this announcement, UUNET's U.K., Germany, and U.S.
operations will have the ability to offer customers web hosting at any
of the three locations. UUNET's global hosting service is
immediately available in the U.K. and will very soon be expanded to
include Germany. Over the next several months, it will be rolled out to
include other locations in Europe and Asia.
"The web is inherently a global medium," said Dave Foster,
UUNET vice president and general manager, Web Services Business.
"But in real life, cross-national access to web sites has often
been plagued by less than optimal performance. It really makes sense to
put the content closer to where the users are."
By providing customers with a single source for buying global web
hosting, UUNET has greatly simplified the process of deploying web
sites in multiple locations. Prior to UUNET's service offering,
companies interested in putting web sites in multiple worldwide
locations had to find hosting providers or facilities in each location,
negotiate agreements and install servers. In each location, companies
were confronted with the issue of finding reliable Internet
connectivity to the web server that is sufficiently inter-connected to
serve the local market. With this announcement, UUNET has a solution to
provide all of these services under a single contract.
An additional feature of the UUNET global hosting service is that
all of these hosting services are provided on a single bill. Apart from
the convenience this feature offers, it also provides predictability
since the service will be billed in a single currency.
The first phase of UUNET's global hosting service offering
provides hosting with Microsoft NT and BackOffice technology. The
servers use NT 4.0, IIS 3.0, SQL Server 6.5 and Allaire's
ColdFusion running on Compaq hardware.
The UUNET Web hosting service provides companies with a
cost-effective means to deploy a high-performance Web site. UUNET
reduces the complexities of implementing and supporting a Web site by
providing a complete solution, including hardware, software, high-speed
Internet connectivity, on-going management and reporting. The service
also includes support for a company's own domain name (i.e.,
www.company.com). Web sites hosted at UUNET's state-of-the-art
computer facilities are directly connected to the Internet, ensuring
high performance, high reliability and a secure hosting
environment.
About UUNET Technologies Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., UUNET
Technologies, Inc. is the world's largest provider of Internet
services, offering a comprehensive range of access options, World Wide
Web hosting services, security products and consulting services to
businesses, professionals, and on-line service providers. The
company's network is comprised of Points of Presence (POPs)
throughout the United States and in Canada, Europe and the Asia-Pacific
region, as well as connections to Internet service providers around the
world. Founded in 1987, UUNET is recognized as the first commercial
Internet service provider. UUNET is a subsidiary of WorldCom, Inc.
(NASDAQ:WCOM). UUNET's World Wide Web address is
http://www.uu.net.
WorldCom is a global business telecommunications company. Operating
in more than 50 countries, the company is a premier provider of
facilities-based and fully integrated local, long distance,
international and Internet services. WorldCom's World Wide Web
address is: http://www.wcom.com. The common and depository shares of
WorldCom trade on the Nasdaq National Market (U.S.) under the symbol
WCOM and WCOMP, respectively.
