VIA
NET.WORKS Selects Ensim Unify to Roll-out Its Pan-European
Microsoft Hosting Platform [June 30, 2004]
SUNNYVALE,
Calif., June 29, 2004 – Ensim Corporation, the
global leader in hosting automation software, today
announced that VIA NET.WORKS, Inc. a leading provider
of business communications solutions to small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs), has selected the Ensim Unify multi-service
delivery platform and suite of service manager software
to enable its pan-European roll-out of the Microsoft
hosting platform. The expandability of Ensim Unify will
give VIA NET.WORKS the flexibility to easily launch
additional hosted solutions without development risks.
Ensim Unify, jointly developed with
Microsoft Corporation, is the industry’s first
carrier grade, multi-service delivery platform with
a suite of service manager solutions for hosted services,
including ASP.NET Web sites, Windows SharePoint Services
and Microsoft Exchange 2003. Ensim Unify offers hosting
service providers and telecom operators a common framework
and a set of processes that streamlines the delivery
of Windows-based services, gaining a single point of
integration for existing business systems, new services
and emerging technologies.
“Ensim Unify easily provides a
critical component of our infrastructure offering which
sets us apart from others in the European market,”
said Rhett Williams, Chief Executive Officer of VIA
NET.WORKS, Inc. “It is customizable and scalable
for developers, resellers and SMEs, and gives their
businesses the total control they are looking for. We
now have the flexibility to offer Microsoft-based solutions
today and to build and expand on these solutions tomorrow.”
Ensim Unify enables VIA NET.WORKS to
successfully launch its hosted services within an aggressive
time schedule with minimum upfront costs and risks.
The platform offers VIA NET.WORKS the necessary expandability
to rapidly introduce future solutions with ease and
efficiency. Ensim Unify also lets VIA NET.WORKS deploy
and deliver a full range of tiered services with the
opportunity to maximize on revenues per customer. In
addition to English, Ensim Unify enables VIA NET.WORKS
offer its services to the French, Spanish, Portuguese,
German and Swiss markets.
“Microsoft’s hosted solutions
offer customers the wide range of services they need
to effectively operate and grow their businesses,”
said Micheline Germanos, director, Microsoft Hosting
EMEA. “Our joint solution with Ensim provides
customers with the services they need to efficiently
accomplish their goals, while optimizing their investment
returns.”
“We are very excited that an international
leader of VIA NET.WORKS’s caliber has chosen Ensim
Unify as their solution for offering hosted services,”
said Sandip Gupta, president and CEO of Ensim Corporation.
“Their reputation for providing leading-edge solutions,
coupled with our feature rich and rightly priced software,
will enable their industry partners and business customers
to benefit at a level never before experienced.”
About VIA NET.WORKS, Inc.
VIA NET.WORKS, Inc. (Nasdaq:VNWI; Euronext) is a leading
provider of business communication solutions to small
and medium-sized businesses in Europe and the United
States. With the acquisition of European hosting company,
AMEN S.A.S., the combined businesses serve more than
200,000 customers. The group’s comprehensive portfolio
of business communications services includes hosting,
security, connectivity, networks, voice and professional
services. Through its solutions, partnerships and focused
Industry Solutions and VIA NET.WORKS Express sales channels,
VIA NET.WORKS is in a unique position to deliver long-
term value-added services to its many customers and
reseller partners. For further information, please visit
our website: www.vianetworks.com.
About Ensim Corporation
Ensim Corporation is the global leader in developing
and providing software solutions for the Web and application
hosting industry. More than 80 Tier 1 hosting service
providers (HSPs), including over one half of the top
U.S. HSPs, use Ensim’s products to automate the
provisioning, metering and management of their hosting
offerings. Ensim’s professional-grade software
currently hosts more than 750,000 Web sites and five
million mailboxes, with an annual growth rate exceeding
100 percent. The company's comprehensive product line
includes the industry’s first multi-service delivery
platform, control panels, virtual private servers, and
server management software. For more information, please
visit our Web site at www.ensim.com, or call toll free
1/877-693-6746 within the United States, or 1/408-745-3300
if you are calling from outside the United States.
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