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Exodus to host Microsoft Web site, corporate servers
By Jennifer Mears SANTA CLARA - Microsoft has chosen Exodus Communications to provide hosting services for its corporate Web site, as well as several other Internet sites, under an agreement that gives Microsoft access to 45,000 square feet of space at an Exodus Internet Data Center in Seattle. The agreement, announced Wednesday, also calls for Exodus to host several of Microsoft's corporate servers for company intranets. Terms of the deal were not released. Arne Josefsberg, Microsoft's general manager, says the company chose Exodus for its state-of-the-art facilities, as well as for its expertise in managing and scaling Internet operations. Exodus data centers have raised floors, heating, ventilation and cooling temperature control systems with separate cooling zones, and seismically braced racks. Other features include fire suppression systems, 24-7 security and back-up power and communications systems. The agreement is an expansion of the existing relationship between the two companies. Exodus has hosted Hotmail since 1997. Melanie Posey, program manager of Web hosting at IDC, a market research firm, says Microsoft's decision is good news for the Web hosting market. "It kind of validates the whole concept of outsourcing your Web hosting. A lot of corporations think it has to be right there in their facility where they can see it or they can't control it," she says. "So companies might say if Microsoft is doing it, then it's OK to do it." Contact Senior Writer Jennifer MearsSend this article to a colleague
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