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HOUSTON COMPANIES PARTNER WITH CYRUSONE

Houston, TX • October 8, 2001 • Three Houston-based companies have partnered with CyrusOne (www.cyrusone.com), a provider of end-to-end data center services and technology infrastructure solutions. Allied Mortgage, Hispanic Teleservices, and IT Works have signed on with CyrusOne's 65,000-square-foot Enterprise Data Center (EDC) located in Houston. The EDC was designed from the ground up to offer Houston businesses the most secure, available, scalable and cost-effective IT infrastructure solutions.

"When we recently upgraded our IT systems, we realized we couldn't provide the necessary level of IT security in- house," said Steve Froseth, Allied Mortgage's chief financial officer. "We decided to partner with CyrusOne because their IT staff listened to our needs and developed a custom solution that provides us with the level of security, protection and redund ancies we need for our business."

The Houston-based mortgage broker has 600 branches nationwide, but needed an EDC in Houston. In addition to wanting its IT equipment in Houston, Allied will be able to use CyrusOne's satellite office space in the event of a disaster or emergency.

Many Houston executives and IT professionals are beginning to realize that a higher level of security and protection is required today. Businesses have lost mission critical data during this summer's Tropical Storm Allison, and because of recent viruses like Code Red and Nimda. Alarms and firewalls, which used to be adequate a few years ago, aren't sufficient today. CyrusOne provides multiple layers of security, system and power redundancies, and a highly trained IT staff that can manage a company's data and business applications.

"By outsourcing to CyrusOne, Allied Mortgage, IT Works, and Hispanic Teleservices can now focus on their core competencies and focus on growing their business. They know their company data and business applications are secure and are being managed by a well- trained staff," said David Ferdman, CyrusOne's president and chief executive officer."

About CyrusOne
CyrusOne is Houston’s largest full service data center providing managed hosting, colocation and enterprise management services to companies to ensure application availability, data security, and superior network performance. With a client-centric focus, CyrusOne was the first within the industry to offer a 100% availability guarantee and continues to push the envelope by offering the industry’s highest application availability SLA as well. CyrusOne’s client base includes a spectrum of emerging service providers and Fortune 500 companies who leverage the security and redundancy of CyrusOne’s Enterprise Data Center and Technology Campus. For additional information on the company, visit www.cyrusone.com.

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Elena Perales
CyrusOne
713.821.1260 x1374
eperales@cyrusone.com

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