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October 18, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Sprint Corp. (www.sprint.com) announced that it is expanding its services to the Peach State by opening another Sprint E|Solutions Internet Center in Atlanta, Ga.
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The 100,000-square-foot Internet center will be the seventh Sprint
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E|Solutions has opened across the country. Pre-selling for the Atlanta
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center has begun and the state-of-the-art facility is available for
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customer occupancy today. A grand opening event is scheduled for Nov. 16,
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2001.
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The Atlanta Internet center will offer Sprint’s customers application and
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Web-hosting support, collocation, monitoring and reporting performance,
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and IT professional services. Sprint E|Solutions also provides managed
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services for customers, including Business Continuity Planning, security,
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Internet VPN, and Mobile Computing Solutions.
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“More businesses are recognizing the need for security and the benefits
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that products like IT professional services can provide,” said Keith
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Paglusch, president of Sprint E|Solutions. “Our Atlanta customers can now
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enjoy these advantages as well as Sprint’s expertise in managed and Web
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services, security and customer service. Sprint also brings to the market
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the unsurpassed reliability and performance that can only be realized by
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using a center that is not just connected to the Internet, but is actually
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a part of the Internet.”
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The Atlanta Sprint E|Solutions Internet center sits directly on Sprint’s
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high-speed, fiber-optic Tier 1 IP backbone, enabling performance with
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unsurpassed reliability needed for mission-critical applications. In
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addition, Sprint’s comprehensive support provides a variety of
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managed-server applications and transport services, all backed by
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award-winning customer service.
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The Atlanta Internet center features a secure and reliable physical
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environment to safeguard the data that is at the heart of every business.
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This world-class facility is custom designed with raised floors, HVAC
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temperature-control systems and private, locked cabinets and cages. In
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addition, the Internet data center offers the widest range of physical
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security features, including smoke detection and fire suppression systems,
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in-facility security personnel, and 24×7 secured access system that, as
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well as video surveillance and security breach alarms.
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Sprint has previously stated its plans to expand its Internet data center
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capacity through year-end 2002. The Atlanta facility joins other
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operational Sprint E|Solutions Internet Centers in New York City, Boston,
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Dallas, Kansas City, Reston, Va., and Sacramento, Calif. Additional
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centers planned for opening in 2001 include Denver, Los Angeles and San
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Jose, Calif.
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Currently, Sprint manages more than 1.5 million square feet of hosting
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space.
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