NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Globix Corporation (OTCBB:GBXX) announced today that it is providing infrastructure services for Friendster.com, a free online service and leading community website.
Under the terms of the agreement, Globix is providing advanced data center services including specialize power and bandwidth. Friendster users have noticed significantly faster response times and page downloads.
"We approached Globix because we needed to change infrastructure companies," said Steve Crusenberry, Vice President, Operations. "As we scaled out our infrastructure, it proved challenging to find a hosting provider that could handle our advanced needs. Globix, however, delivered a customized, scalable and high-performance infrastructure that significantly enhances our response time and capacity. Thanks to Globix, we can continue to meet the increasingly rapid growth of the Friendster service."
"We are pleased that a company with the innovation and the capabilities of Friendster should choose Globix for its hosting needs," said Pete Stevenson, Chief Executive Officer of Globix. "We work diligently to deliver Friendster's high-quality solution coupled with reliable uptime that supports their brand integrity. "
About Friendster:
With over 9 million members, Friendster is a free online service that allows you to make new friends, communicate with existing friends, share information, organize activities, find dates, and reconnect with lost friends. Friendster has received several industry awards, including Time Magazine's 50 Coolest Websites of 2004 and Coolest Inventions of 2003. The Company was also nominated for the 2004 Wired Rave Awards and for a 2004 Webby Award and has been profiled in publications from Newsweek to Rolling Stone. Friendster is a privately held corporation headquartered in Mountain View, California and is backed by Kleiner Perkins, Benchmark Capital, Battery Ventures and individual investors.
About Globix:
Globix (http://www.globix.com)(OTCBB:GBXX) is a leading provider of application, media and infrastructure management services. Globix provides flexible business solutions which combine skills, support, technology and experience to enable our customers to use the Internet as a way to provide business benefits and sustain a competitive advantage. By managing complex application, media and infrastructure environments, we help our clients protect Internet revenue streams, improve user satisfaction and reduce technology operating costs and risks. Our clients include operating divisions of Fortune 100 companies as well as mid-sized enterprises in a number of vertical markets including media and publishing, technology, financial services, health care and government. Globix and its subsidiaries have operations in New York NY, London UK, Santa Clara CA, Fairfield NJ, Fairfax VA and Atlanta GA.
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