1/13/03
XO Extends Hosting Provider Contract with Microsoft Business Solutions for bCentral Web Hosting
Microsoft bCentral, the leading Internet Resource for Web-based Business Applications and Tools, Continues to Leverage XO as its Private Label Hosting Provider
Reston, VA - XO Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: XOXOQ) today announced the extension of its existing strategic relationship with Microsoft Business Solutions through which XO will continue as the private label hosting provider for its growing base of Microsoft bCentral subscribers.
Microsoft bCentral is the leading Internet resource for web-based business tools and applications and offers an easy-to-use suite of services, specifically designed to help small companies better manage their everyday business processes. bCentral is available on the web at www.bcentral.com. As its private label web hosting partner, XO will continue to provide hosting services to bCentral, ensuring small businesses have the advantage of state-of-the-art hosting services with superior performance. XO designed its hosting platform specifically for private labeling capability, enabling bCentral customers to leverage superior flexibility and customer control over available disk space, data transfers, email boxes and web site performance reporting. These capabilities also scale to allow small businesses to continually expand their website requirements as they grow their own businesses.
“Our ongoing relationship with Microsoft bCentral is a tremendous validation of our hosting strength and customer care experience, ” said John Jacquay, President of National Sales at XO. “We’ve developed an extremely capable hosting platform and view this relationship as a confirmation of the success of our efforts. We continue to work with Microsoft on a number of levels and have also benefited from our integration of key bCentral services into our XOption packages, allowing XO to deliver even more value within our cost effective, flat-rate telecommunication bundles.”
“Our relationship with XO has proven to be a win-win-win – for XO, for bCentral and most importantly, for small businesses,” said Jeff Riley, general manager of small business marketing for Microsoft Business Solutions. “Our bCentral customers have benefited from XO’s solid track record for superior performance and scalability. Moreover, XO has designed a dedicated customer care team that has provided excellent support to our valued bCentral users.”
The XO shared hosting platform being offered to Microsoft bCentral’s customers is comprised of fault tolerant, load sharing server clusters that provide enhanced and reliable service by sharing user request loads across multiple servers. This sharing capability allows for top performance, even amid large network traffic spikes or individual hardware failures.
About XO Communications
XO Communications is a leading broadband communications service provider offering a complete set of communications services, including: local and long distance voice, Internet access, Virtual Private Networking (VPN), Ethernet, Wavelength, Web Hosting and Integrated voice and data services. XO has assembled an unrivaled set of facilities-based broadband networks and Tier One Internet peering relationships in the United States. XO currently offers facilities-based broadband communications services in more than 60 markets throughout the United States.
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Jenna Dee / XO Communications
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