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Globix Corporation Launches Managed Hosting Service

Posted on: Monday, 6 February 2006, 09:00 CST

NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Globix Corporation (Amex:GEX), a leading provider of Internet infrastructure and network services, has announced today the launch of its Managed Hosting Service in the U.S.

Globix' Managed Hosting Service bundles best-of-breed hardware, security, storage, and monitoring services with ongoing management, making sourcing a hosting solution straightforward and painless. Through this offering, Globix has committed itself to helping customers lower IT costs, increase quality, mitigate risk, and improve agility -- all backed up by a Service Level Agreement. The new offering will run on industry-standard x86-based HP ProLiant servers.

"Globix Managed Hosting allows customers to leverage the power of the Internet while focusing on their core competencies," said Pete Stevenson, CEO of Globix. "At the heart of this service are best practices, policies, and procedures combined with professional technicians trained to address the strategic infrastructure challenges our customers face. We provide peace of mind, keeping customers informed of the day-to-day health and maintenance of their environment."

The basic configuration includes a server, firewall, operating system configuration and installation, server hardening, patch services, and backup and monitoring services. Additional services include high availability application management, additional systems and network management, monthly security audits, as well as intrusion prevention and detection services.

"HP is proud to be the server technology backbone as Globix brings its Managed Hosting Service to market," said Paul Miller, Vice President, Marketing, Industry Standard Servers and BladeSystem, HP. "Our industry-standard, x86-based HP ProLiant servers are built on innovation and deliver customers like Globix the latest technologies to lead in business."

As part of the HP relationship, Globix has certified its engineers on the HP ProLiant servers in order to provide customers with enhanced management, availability, and ease of use. With more than ten million units sold to date, HP's ProLiant servers are forming a standardized foundation for the Adaptive Enterprise, where business and IT are synchronized to capitalize on change.

About Globix:

Globix Corporation (Amex:GEX) is a leading provider of Internet infrastructure and network services. Globix offers a comprehensive suite of services from network bandwidth, to the management of your Web applications, servers, and databases, to security, media streaming, and colocation. Globix and its subsidiaries have operations in New York, NY, Westborough, MA, London, UK, Santa Clara, CA, and Fairfield, NJ. For more information, visit www.globix.com.

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CONTACT: PFS Marketwyse on behalf of Globix Media Contacts: Danny Jovic 973-812-8883 ext. 249 djovic@pfsmarketwyse.com

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