February 12, 2006

By: Dora Clarke
Website: http://www.1st-in-web-hosting.com

VeriSign Global registry services and Powerb@se announce cooperative effort in Hosting internet's domain name servers

VeriSign, Inc., the leading provider of Internet trust services, today announced that VeriSign Global Registry Services (a division of Network Solutions, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of VeriSign, Inc.) signed an agreement with Powerb@se, the data center service business of Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW) based in Hong Kong. Powerb@se will host one of the global domain name system (DNS) computing clusters owned by VeriSign Global Registry Services that support the .com, .net and .org top-level domains.

The DNS servers are critical to the basic functioning of the Internet. The information they propagate enables users to find a Web site using a domain name (e.g., www.verisign.com). Under the agreement, Powerb@se will provide co-location facilities, Internet connectivity and remote hands-on support for the name server in its Hong Kong data centers.

"Positioning a DNS server in China, as well as in other key geographic locations throughout the world, helps improve response time and availability to support the growing Internet community in those regions," said Bruce Chovnick, general manager of VeriSign Global Registry Services. "We selected Powerb@se as a partner in hosting the name servers because of their professional service, outstanding performance in network architectures and their excellent system reliability and availability."

"We are delighted that VeriSign GRS has selected Powerb@se to host the Hong Kong name server, leveraging the proven network performance of our data centers for high-volume data transmission over the Internet. This partnership is further evidence of our commitment to become the leading provider of e-business infrastructure services for mission-critical Internet operations of enterprise corporations and for the overall development of e-business in Hong Kong and Asia," said Joseph Ma, president of Data Center and Web-Hosting Services, Net Enterprises of PCCW.

To meet an ever-increasing volume of data traffic generated by cross-border Internet activities, Powerb@se plans to upgrade existing Internet connectivity with OC3 (Optical Carrier Level 3 at 155 Mbps) connection internationally and enhance Hong Kong exchange network speed.

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