Recognized Among the Fastest U.S. Companies

Dallas, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/26/2010 -- SoftLayer Technologies®, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, today announced its inclusion in the 2010 Inc. 500|5000 list. The company was ranked 155th overall, and 12th in the IT Services industry, based on revenue growth from 2006 to 2009.

Issued annually, the Inc. 500|5000 list ranks the fastest growing companies in the U.S. Companies were required to have minimum revenues of $80,000 in 2006 and minimum revenues of $2 million in 2009 to qualify for the 2010 list, and must be privately held, for profit, and independent as of December 31, 2009.

"We are very pleased to be included in the Inc. 500. It is an honor to be listed among America's top private companies and leading entrepreneurs," said George Karidis, SoftLayer Chief Strategy Officer. "We have seen strong revenue growth and remarkable success since our founding in 2005, even through a challenging, turbulent economic climate."

SoftLayer's growth has been enabled by its strategic position to address the dynamic needs of businesses in an unstable economy. SoftLayer's IT solutions offers an option for enterprises of any size, from any industry, to outsource their data center infrastructure needs and focus their resources on operational needs rather than capital expenditures.

For more information on SoftLayer's inclusion in the 2010 Inc. 500|5000 and the complete list, please visit http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2010/index.html.

About SoftLayer Technologies
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, SoftLayer is a best-in-class, infrastructure-as-a-service provider with data centers in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC, and network Points of Presence across the US. SoftLayer integrates and automates all IT elements, allowing customers to create cloud, dedicated, or seamless hybrid computing environments managed through a single interface. Enterprises of any size can have complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management in an on-demand IT solution. For more information, please visit http://www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

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CTO Nathan Day, COO Sam Fleitman, and CSO George Karidis Scheduled to Speak

Dallas, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/13/2010 -- SoftLayer Technologies®, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, will be a gold sponsor of HostingCon 2010 in Austin, Texas, July 19-21 at the Austin Convention Center. Nathan Day, Chief Technology Officer, Sam Fleitman, Chief Operations Officer, and George Karidis, Chief Strategy Officer for SoftLayer, are scheduled to speak during the event. The company will also exhibit on the trade show floor.

HostingCon is a leading annual conference and trade show for the hosted services industry, bringing professionals together to learn about the latest news, ideas, and technology. This year's projected attendance is 1,500 professionals from over 30 countries.

Mr. Day will present a session entitled "Meeting Changing Business Needs with On-Demand Infrastructure," at 2pm, Tuesday, July 20. The discussion will focus on how computing and network resources can be optimized to give end users flexible configurations, delivery schedules, and budgets.

Mr. Fleitman will appear on a panel entitled "Disruptive Strategies and Technologies: Avoid Them or Lose Ground," at 3pm, Wednesday, July 21. Lead by Dan Ephraim of Digital Realty Trust and Daniel Golding of DH Capital, the panel will discuss the dynamics of owning versus leasing data center facilities and the economic merits of both options.

Mr. Karidis will participate in the conference's capstone panel entitled "What Tomorrow Brings—Open Q&A to Prepare for the Future," at 3pm, Wednesday, July 21. The panel will include representatives from other industry-leading firms including Parallels, Microsoft, UK2 Group, Tier1 Research, and CloudLinux.

"HostingCon is a highlight of our calendar—it's one of the best opportunities for us to connect with our customers and partners face to face," said Mr. Karidis. "We're proud that our presence and role at the show has grown each year that we've participated. And this year, we're particularly excited about everything that the week has in store."

SoftLayer representatives will be available during all exhibition hours at booth #213.

About SoftLayer Technologies
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, SoftLayer is a best-in-class, infrastructure-as-a-service provider with data centers in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC, and network Points of Presence across the US. SoftLayer integrates and automates all IT elements, allowing customers to create cloud, dedicated, or seamless hybrid computing environments managed through a single interface. Enterprises of any size can have complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management in an on-demand IT solution. For more information, please visit http://www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

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Delivers SoftLayer Server and Resource Management Tool for Android-based Devices

Dallas, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/06/2010 -- SoftLayer Technologies®, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, today announced the recent release of its SoftLayer Mobile Client for Android™. The application brings much of the functionality of SoftLayer's highly valued Customer Portal in a native client for Android OS-based devices.

SoftLayer Mobile Client for Android includes capabilities for managing:

- Tickets: Allows the creation and viewing of tickets for support questions or requests.
- Servers: Provides details about Dedicated Servers, Virtual Servers, and CloudLayer™ Computing Instances, as well as the ability to manage system startup, shutdown, pinging, and reboot.
- Bandwidth: Delivers bandwidth usage information for Dedicated Servers, CloudLayer Computing Instances, and Virtual Racks.

"SoftLayer is committed to making hosting and server management as easy and convenient as possible for our customers. So we've leveraged the power, security, and connectivity of the latest mobile devices to take that convenience even farther—literally wherever our customers go," said Nathan Day, SoftLayer Chief Technology Officer. "And as a native application, Mobile Client for Android truly provides robustness and a level of control that just isn't possible with a mere mobile-web version of a management portal."

SoftLayer Mobile Client for Android is available for free download through the Android Marketplace or the SoftLayer website. A native Mobile Client for iPhone®, iPod touch®, and iPad™ is already available, and applications for additional mobile devices will be released soon.

About SoftLayer Technologies
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer is a best-in-class, infrastructure-as-a-service provider with data centers in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC, and network Points of Presence across the US. SoftLayer integrates and automates all IT elements, allowing customers to create cloud, dedicated, or seamless hybrid computing environments managed through a single interface. Enterprises of any size can have complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management in an on-demand IT solution. For more information, please visit http://www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

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Dallas, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/16/2010 -- SoftLayer Technologies®, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, announced today it has been selected as a Finalist for Red Herring's North America 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year's most promising private technology ventures from the world North American business region.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across North America. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the "buzz" and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

"This year was especially difficult," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. "Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. SoftLayer shows great promise therefore deserves to be among the Finalists. Now we're faced with the difficult task of selecting the Top 100 winners of Red Herring North America award. We know that this year's crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to go far."

"We're excited to be selected as a Finalist for this award," said Lance Crosby, SoftLayer Chief Executive Officer. "Our commitment to innovation continues to drive the development of our products and services; being recognized for this commitment is truly an honor."

Finalists for the 2010 edition of the Red Herring 100 North America award are selected based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the telecommunications, security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech, and clean tech industries sent in their submissions to qualify for the award.

The Finalists are invited to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring North America Conference in San Diego, June 22-24, 2010. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony on June 24 at the event.

About SoftLayer Technologies
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer is a best-in-class, infrastructure-as-a-service provider with data centers in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC, and network Points of Presence across the US. SoftLayer integrates and automates all IT elements, allowing customers to create cloud, dedicated, or seamless hybrid computing environments managed through a single interface. Enterprises of any size can have complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management in an on-demand IT solution. For more information, please visit www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

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Will Uniquely Offer Cloud Solutions for Trials and Demos and Provide Turnkey Cloud On-Boarding Capabilities

San Francisco, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/13/2010 -- SoftLayer Technologies®, the innovative on-demand data center services provider will enable customers to take advantage of Citrix Cloud Solutions announced today at Citrix Synergy™ 2010. SoftLayer has partnered with Citrix to host the Virtual Demo Center which demonstrates how these initiatives can be implemented in SoftLayer's infrastructure-as-a-service model.

Citrix Cloud Solutions are based on an open technology stack with deep interoperability between layers, enabling enterprises to support existing investments including third-party virtualization technologies and tools. A key solution highlighted by the Virtual Demo Center is the Citrix Cloud Solution for On-Demand Demos, which enables companies to leverage cloud computing to dynamically create customer training environments to demonstrate how a product functions.

"The Virtual Demo Center, running on SoftLayer CloudLayer™, shows the value cloud can bring to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)," said Lance Crosby, CEO of SoftLayer. "Using the Citrix Cloud Solution for On-Demand Demos, SoftLayer can enable ISVs to stand up fully isolated Proof of Concept (PoC) environments on demand without having to burden the sales force, channel, or customers with concerns over provisioning and configuring the PoC hardware and software capacity."

"SoftLayer's CloudLayer solution offers a highly effective environment to operate a hosted Citrix deployment," said Klaus Oestermann, Group VP and GM, Networking and Cloud Product Group, Citrix Systems. "In fact, deploying XenDesktop® PoCs in SoftLayer has been a large contributor to helping Citrix accelerate its market lead in desktop virtualization by allowing partners to instantly demonstrate the value of Citrix solutions to their customers."

The addition of Citrix Cloud Solutions into the SoftLayer portfolio of cloud-based services increases the value that NetScaler® VPX and XenServer® already provide. Offering its customers application delivery controllers as an on-demand, cloud-based service with NetScaler VPX, SoftLayer can deliver the industry's best load balancing, application optimization, and "pay-as-you-grow" pricing. Citrix XenServer allows SoftLayer to provide a dynamic server virtualization tool that maximizes efficiency and increases hardware utilization. SoftLayer chose Citrix over other providers such as F5 and VMware® because its technologies provide the lowest TCO and highest level of cloud innovation.

SoftLayer is participating in this year's Citrix Synergy as a Gold Level Sponsor. Please visit SoftLayer at booth 306 for more information on SoftLayer's hosted Citrix Cloud Solutions environment.

About SoftLayer Technologies
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer is a best-in-class, infrastructure-as-a-service provider with data centers in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC, and network Points of Presence across the US. SoftLayer integrates and automates all IT elements, allowing customers to create cloud, dedicated, or seamless hybrid computing environments managed through a single interface. Enterprises of any size can have complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management in an on-demand IT solution. For more information, please visit http://www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

Contact: James McDowell, marketing@softlayer.com, +1 214 442 0600

Citrix®, Citrix Synergy™, NetScaler®, XenDesktop® and XenServer® are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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Supplies Infrastructure for Training Labs at Citrix Synergy™ 2010

San Francisco, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/11/2010 -- SoftLayer Technologies®, the innovative on-demand data center services provider, is providing the infrastructure support for learning labs and live demos of multiple Citrix Cloud Solutions at Citrix Synergy™ 2010. The demos are part of an environment that will provide hands-on training sessions for hundreds of attendees during the conference, showcasing Citrix virtualization and cloud technologies.

Citrix solutions running on SoftLayer infrastructure for the Citrix Synergy 2010 include:

- XenServer®
- XenApp™
- XenDesktop®
- Citrix Provisioning Services™ NetScaler® VPX™

"SoftLayer prides itself on rapidly and cost-effectively giving our customers the server, storage, and networking services they need to run their applications," said Nathan Day, CTO of SoftLayer. "We utilized this capability to deliver an infrastructure as a service solution for the Citrix Synergy Hands-On Learning Lab."

SoftLayer is participating in this year's Citrix Synergy as a Gold Level Sponsor as well as presenting the value of infrastructure as a service. Please visit SoftLayer at booth 306 for more information on SoftLayer's hosted Citrix environments.

About SoftLayer Technologies
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer is a best-in-class, infrastructure-as-a-service provider with data centers in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC, and network Points of Presence across the US. SoftLayer integrates and automates all IT elements, allowing customers to create cloud, dedicated, or seamless hybrid computing environments managed through a single interface. Enterprises of any size can have complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management in an on-demand IT solution. For more information, please visit www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

Contact: James McDowell, marketing@softlayer.com, +1 214 442 0600

Citrix®, Citrix Provisioning Services™, Citrix Synergy™, NetScaler®, XenApp™, XenDesktop®, XenServer® and VPX™ are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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High-Performance Hosting Service Finds Rapid Success

Dallas, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/10/2010 -- UK2 Group has logged exceptional growth courtesy of the March launch of http://www.100TB.com, its new hosting service. 100TB leverages the automated infrastructure services and recently expanded network of SoftLayer Technologies®, the innovative on-demand data center services provider.

100TB.com replaced 10TB.com as UK2 Group's high-power, high-performance offering, designed to provide more bandwidth than other options in the market. Each 100TB.com server comes standard with a dedicated 1000Mbit port and 100TB of unrestricted bandwidth per month. The move to 100TB has brought UK2 Group more than 500 new server customers and increased the company's total network usage by 300%.

"Customers like UK2 Group are exactly who we had in mind when we began planning our network expansion. It's gratifying to see it help bring them great results," said Lance Crosby, Chief Executive Officer of SoftLayer. "Our automated services and unique network architecture have long given our customers the ability to create highly scalable, rock solid solutions. Our increased network speed and connectivity gives them even more advantages that they can extend directly to their own customers."

"10TB.com was powered by SoftLayer because they were the right resource for the level of infrastructure that 10TB's value proposition required," said Ditlev Bredahl, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for UK2 Group. "So when SoftLayer expanded its network, it gave us the opportunity to push that proposition so far out, the right thing to do was to create a new brand with an even better brand promise—100TB.com."

SoftLayer's recently completed network expansion included the addition of seven network Points of Presence (PoPs) across the U.S. and an increase of total network capacity from approximately 300Gbps to more than 1,000Gbps. The changes greatly improve end user experience through direct or shorter connections for lower latency and provide SoftLayer greater network control. The company's network presence now spans:

- Atlanta, GA
- Chicago, IL
- Dallas, TX
- Denver, CO
- Los Angeles, CA
- Miami, FL
- New York City, NY
- San Jose, CA
- Seattle, WA
- Washington, D.C.

About UK2.net and UK2 Group
UK2 Group has been a significant player in the U.K., European and U.S. hosting markets since 1998. UK2
Group provides domain name registration, Web site hosting and server hosting to many global customers
through its large family of hosting brands - UK2.net, Midphase, 100TB.com, Resell.biz, WingSix, ANHosting,
Autica, Supreme Support, Dotable, VPS.NET, WestHost and VI.NET. The group is accredited by ICANN and
an official Akamai partner. UK2 Group is committed to providing reliable, secure, great value products and
services underpinned with excellent support. For more information about UK2 Group, please visit
http://uk2group.com.

About SoftLayer Technologies
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer is a best-in-class, infrastructure-as-a-service provider with data
centers in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC, and network Points of Presence across the US. SoftLayer
integrates and automates all IT elements, allowing customers to create cloud, dedicated, or seamless hybrid
computing environments managed through a single interface. Enterprises of any size can have complete
control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management in an on-demand IT solution. For more information,
please visit http://www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

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Carrollton, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/21/2006 -- Today, on-demand hosting provider, SoftLayer Technologies, announced the addition of Intel's new Clovertown Quad Core Xeon™ Servers. "The expansion of our Xeon server line to include quad core processors gives our customers an upgrade path to meet any growth cycle," said Sam Fleitman, Chief Operating Officer at SoftLayer. "Through the selection of our workhorse chassis and motherboard combinations, our customers can grow from single processor dual core Woodcrest servers to dual processor quad core Clovertown servers with a simple CPU upgrade."

SoftLayer now offers three new Xeon 5300 series CPU choices: the 5310 (1.60GHz), the 5320 (1.86GHz) and the 5345 (2.33GHz). Each processor has 8MB of shared CPU cache, a front side bus of 1066/1333 and is available in single or dual processor configurations starting at $219 per month. All servers are hot-swap rack mount units utilizing SATA II and SA-SCSI technologies for maximum performance or storage capabilities.

According to Mr. Fleitman, SoftLayer was built and designed to scale with the needs of their customers. "From flexible server upgrades and ancillary services that can be added on-the-fly, a customer's entire IT environment is one continuous expansion of their business cycle," he said. Starting at $179, the low cost entry point of the Intel Xeon server line can expand on demand to a full 8-way server with up to 16GB of RAM, 3TB of storage and full gigabit Ethernet capability in a matter of minutes.

"With our private network design, unique approach to infrastructure and standing inventory of servers, customers can add customized hot-swap rack mount servers in two to four hours from order," concluded Mr. Fleitman. "Our goal is to consolidate the infrastructure required to effectively manage an emerging enterprise by letting SoftLayer do the heavy lifting."

About SoftLayer Technologies
Located in the INFOMART in Dallas, Texas, SoftLayer was formed in June 2005 by a team of industry executives seeking to deliver low cost next generation on-demand hosting services for the small to medium enterprise (SME). Utilizing proprietary software, coupled with the industry's first network-within-a-network topology, the company delivers unprecedented power and control to securely manage IT environments while providing unparalleled scalability. For more information please visit www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

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Dallas, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/14/2006 -- Dedicated host SoftLayer Technologies continues to develop scalable utility services aimed at meeting the needs of the emerging Web 2.0 market. "As a company, we recognize the importance of IT scalability," said Lance Crosby, President and Chief Executive Officer at SoftLayer. "With the needs of businesses changing as rapidly as the technology that powers them, we understand that the ability to expand on demand is paramount."

According to Mr. Crosby, SoftLayer's unique hosting architecture caters to startups, streaming video and social networking sites, IPTV companies, VOIP exchanges, emerging small- to medium-sized businesses, virtualization, grid computing and companies delivering software as a service. "There is a glaring shortage of infrastructure scalability in the world of Web 2.0," he said. "More sites work in conjunction with one another for an entirely integrated experience. We're creating the infrastructure to address this. SoftLayer will allow your company to grow from one server to one thousand servers - overnight."

Included in this new suite of services are a host of highly scalable, on-demand servers that can be online in an hour, centralized mass storage, and a full suite of security services. Additionally, SoftLayer customers can expand from a single processor, dual core server to a dual processor quad core server in minutes. "We offer companies the tools they need to grow," said Mr. Crosby. "Whether customers need to connect server to server or company to company with our private Gigabit network or gain complete management and control over their servers, the options to grow, interact, mashup and expand are infinite."

SoftLayer offers these features and services with month-to-month commitments, no setup fees, no capital expenditures and future services can be added in real-time with no downtime. "SoftLayer has extensive experience in large scale IT infrastructures; we want to take that guesswork out of the equation."

About SoftLayer Technologies
Located in the INFOMART in Dallas, Texas, SoftLayer was formed in June 2005 by a team of industry executives seeking to deliver low cost next generation on-demand hosting services for the small to medium enterprise (SME). Utilizing proprietary software, coupled with the industry's first network-within-a-network topology, the company delivers unprecedented power and control to securely manage IT environments while providing unparalleled scalability. For more information please visit www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

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Dallas, TX -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/14/2006 -- Dedicated host SoftLayer Technologies continues to develop scalable utility services aimed at meeting the needs of the emerging Web 2.0 market. "As a company, we recognize the importance of IT scalability," said Lance Crosby, President and Chief Executive Officer at SoftLayer. "With the needs of businesses changing as rapidly as the technology that powers them, we understand that the ability to expand on demand is paramount."

According to Mr. Crosby, SoftLayer's unique hosting architecture caters to startups, streaming video and social networking sites, IPTV companies, VOIP exchanges, emerging small- to medium-sized businesses, virtualization, grid computing and companies delivering software as a service. "There is a glaring shortage of infrastructure scalability in the world of Web 2.0," he said. "More sites work in conjunction with one another for an entirely integrated experience. We're creating the infrastructure to address this. SoftLayer will allow your company to grow from one server to one thousand servers - overnight."

Included in this new suite of services are a host of highly scalable, on-demand servers that can be online in an hour, centralized mass storage, and a full suite of security services. Additionally, SoftLayer customers can expand from a single processor, dual core server to a dual processor quad core server in minutes. "We offer companies the tools they need to grow," said Mr. Crosby. "Whether customers need to connect server to server or company to company with our private Gigabit network or gain complete management and control over their servers, the options to grow, interact, mashup and expand are infinite."

SoftLayer offers these features and services with month-to-month commitments, no setup fees, no capital expenditures and future services can be added in real-time with no downtime. "SoftLayer has extensive experience in large scale IT infrastructures; we want to take that guesswork out of the equation."

About SoftLayer Technologies

Located in the INFOMART in Dallas, Texas, SoftLayer was formed in June 2005 by a team of industry executives seeking to deliver low cost next generation on-demand hosting services for the small to medium enterprise (SME). Utilizing proprietary software, coupled with the industry's first network-within-a-network topology, the company delivers unprecedented power and control to securely manage IT environments while providing unparalleled scalability. For more information please visit www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

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