NaviSite Announces New Data Center in Charlotte, North Carolina

Online, October 8, 2009 (Newswire.com) - NaviSite (NASDAQ: NAVI), a leading provider of cloud enabled enterprise hosting and application management services, today announced the addition of a new data center facility located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The new data center enables NaviSite to meet increasing hosting demands of both existing and new customers in the southeastern region of the United States. The facility meets stringent data center standards and offers best in class specifications in space, redundancy, connectivity, cooling, and security. It is conveniently located just southwest of downtown Charlotte and only a few miles from the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, making the center easily accessible. In addition, it is outside the area of risk from flooding, seismic activity, and hurricanes - offering a safe environment to customers for both production and disaster recovery.

With the Charlotte facility, customers get a technologically advanced data center space to locate their servers and applications, along with a significant cost advantage. Power and HVAC systems are equipped with full redundancy and are expandable for higher density installations. The UPS systems and generator backup systems are equipped with N+2 redundancies, ensuring uninterrupted power and availability for the data center. All the systems are monitored 24×7 to deliver greater reliability and improved power efficiency. The facility design allows optimized space usage and as with every NaviSite data center, the customers' IT infrastructure and information are supported with two redundant NOCs staffed 7×24x365 along with an extensive array of monitoring tools and security systems that ensure high performance, availability, and protection for customer environments.

"Our extensive, enterprise class data center network is the mainstay of our business. We continue to experience increasing demand for our innovative cloud based enterprise hosting and application offerings," said R. Brooks Borcherding, Chief Revenue Officer at NaviSite. "The Charlotte data center extends our presence into the southeastern region and offers our customers another option for the provisioning of our suite of hosting solutions."

"We are pleased to have a company like NaviSite be our partner in our Charlotte facility," said Dan Schryer, Managing Partner, DCI Tech Holdings, the facility's owner. "With their proven track record of success and the wide variety of services offered, we expect them to make a significant impact in this region quickly."

NaviSite offers a complete suite of managed hosting solutions and application services delivered through its enterprise class data centers. NaviSite's hosting and infrastructure expertise, complemented by extensive data center capabilities, offers multiple benefits including cost savings, 99.99% SLA guarantees, quicker deployment, service flexibility, regulatory compliance, and better alignment of IT functions with business goals. For more information, please visit http://www.navisite.com.

About NaviSite
NaviSite is a leading provider of cloud enabled enterprise hosting and application management services. It provides customized and scalable solutions leveraging its industry leading hosting infrastructure, full suite of managed services and custom and packaged application life cycle management expertise. Over 1,500 customers depend on NaviSite for customized solutions delivered through its global footprint, comprising 16 state-of-the-art data centers supported by approximately 650 professionals. For more information, please visit www.navisite.com.