Verio Ranked Among North America's Top Technology Service Providers By CMP’s VARBusiness Magazine [July 8, 2004]

Englewood, Colo., July 8, 2004 - Verio, a subsidiary of NTT Communications and a leader in global IP solutions, today announced it has been recognized by CMP Media's VARBusiness magazine as one of North America's top technology service providers. Verio placed in the top 25 percent of the list, improving its position again this year to #113 in the 10th annual VARBusiness 500 ranking.

Verio provides many of the services and high growth technologies increasing in importance to solution providers and the customers they serve, including managed security solutions and storage network infrastructure.

The 500 companies are the leading revenue producers among approximately 90,000 solution provider organizations and account for $324 billion in sales of information-technology services and products. The complete listing of the VARBusiness 500 was published in a recent issue of the biweekly business magazine that provides strategic insight for technology integrators.

Robert C. DeMarzo, VARBusiness editorial director, says, “Companies such as Verio are an integral part of the decision-making process for implementing technological innovations for business and government.”

“Verio's placement on the VARBusiness 500 is a strong indication of our growing base of channel partners,” said James Treuting, president of global sales for Verio. “By giving our partners complete access to a variety of higher value hosting services and a range of Internet services unavailable from many other hosting vendors, our channel program has seen tremendous success over the past year and we intend to continue to this trend throughout the year.”

To complete the 2004 ranking of the 500 largest North American solution providers, VARBusiness partnered with research firms Bernett Research and Answers Research to help collect and analyze the data. VARBusiness designed the survey which was administered on its Web site from early February through mid-April, as a means to collect the data. Finalists were ranked according to their fiscal year 2003 revenue.

The viaVerio Partner Program was also recognized earlier this year with a five-star rating awarded from VARBusiness Magazine. This program assessment reviewed more than 280 partner programs for the coveted five-star rating in the magazine's 10th annual Partner Programs Guide survey.

The combined recognition for viaVerio Partner Program reiterates the breadth and depth of the channel program offerings and benefits to viaVerio partners, and the importance of the partner channel to Verio's strategic long-term goals.

The viaVerio Partner Program provides small to medium enterprise resellers and larger channel partners with access to a variety of high-value hosting services, including hosting on a dedicated, shared, virtual private server or managed private server platform, in addition to a range of Internet services such as managed services and network access. In addition, viaVerio resellers receive volume discounts, private label opportunities, and technical, sales and marketing support based on program participation.

More information about the viaVerio Partner Program may be found at http://www.verio.com/partners/. More information about Verio and NTT Com may be found at www.verio.com and www.ntt.com.

About VARBusiness magazine
For the past 17 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the Solution Provider community. VARBusiness provides unique strategic business and technology insight for Solution Providers through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design. Additional information about VARBusiness products, events and services, is available on the magazine's Web site at www.varbusiness.com.

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About Verio
Verio Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications (NTT Com), which provides complementary global network access reaching over 200 countries worldwide. Verio is one of the world's largest operator of Web sites for businesses and a leading provider of global IP solutions. NTT Com and Verio market their global IP solutions under the NTT/VERIO brand. The company offers businesses a broad range of Internet services, including Web hosting, dedicated access, virtual private networks, and managed service offerings, among other enhanced services. Verio supports its operations with highly reliable and scalable global infrastructure and systems including the NTT/VERIO Global IP Network, and provides Web hosting services to customers in more than 146 countries. The combination of Verio and NTT Com offers services to meet the growing and diverse needs of all businesses, including small to medium businesses, large global enterprises and multi-national corporations. More information can be found at www.verio.com and www.ntt.com/index-e.html.