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Dedigate Takes Quantum Leap with Terremark
Belgium, (August 8, 2005) - The leading operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet Exchanges and best-in-class network services Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW), announced the acquisition of Dedigate N.V. (Dedigate). Terremark acquired all of the outstanding stock of Dedigate. Dedigate’s annual recurring revenue is approximately $ 7 million, with projected revenues over the next twelve months to exceed $10 million and is expected to be accretive for Terremark’s fiscal year ending March 31, 2006.
“Dedigate’s technological expertise, automated systems and deep understanding of the dedicated hosting business has allowed it to successfully compete head to head with large global players for a share of the European enterprise hosting market” said Herman Oggel, Chairman and CEO of Dedigate. “We believe that by uniting our services with Terremark’s Internet exchanges in Europe, the U.S. and Latin America, we will create a powerful combination that will change the competitive dynamic of this business.”
“We have been examining acquisitions that are accretive both on the basis of revenue and technology. Acquiring Dedigate is consistent with our strategy of maximizing our revenue yield by layering managed services onto our existing infrastructure services and connectivity platform.” said Manuel D. Medina, Chairman and CEO of Terremark Worldwide. “Adding a family of scalable, proven hosting and infrastructure management products allows us to better address the business continuity and disaster recovery needs of the enterprise and government sectors and gives us the ability to provide a complete solution to our new and existing customers.”
Dedigate prides itself in offering secure hosting services to enterprise customers, e-commerce marketplaces, system integrators, ASP’s and web designers using proprietary technology to remain automated and scalable across geographically remote locations. The Dedigate solution allows for the rapid integration and deployment of their products in Terremark’s Internet exchanges around the world.
Over 70 U.S., European and Asian enterprises are customers of Dedigate, including Exostar, Quadrem, Kelkoo, Pfizer, Samsonite and Pioneer (www.pioneer-eur.com).
According to the Gartner Group, 48% of the Fortune 1000 companies look to managed hosting providers when externally hosting their websites. Dedigate’s comprehensive and proven product portfolio accelerates Terremark’s penetration of the enterprise sector. Its European presence is highly complementary to Terremark’s strategic growth plans and provides the market with a geographic offering combining the U.S., Europe and Latin America.
Additional information regarding this acquisition will be provided at Terremark’s quarterly earnings call scheduled for August 10, 2005 at 11:00a.m. ET. For more details about the earnings call visit Terremark’s Investor Relations site at www.terremark.com.
About Terremark Worldwide, Inc.: Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW) operates Internet exchange points from which it provides colocation, interconnection and managed services to the government and commercial sectors. The company’s Internet exchange point facilities, or IXs, are strategically located in Miami, Florida; Santa Clara, California; Madrid, Spain and Sao Paulo, Brazil and allow networks to interconnect and exchange Internet and telecommunications traffic. Terremark’s flagship facility, the NAP of the Americas, in Miami, Florida was designed and built to disaster-resistant standards with maximum security to house mission-critical systems infrastructure. The company’s secure presence in Miami, a key gateway to North American, Latin America and European telecommunications networks, has enabled it to establish customer relationships with U.S. Federal government agencies, including the Department of State and the Department of Defense. Terremark is headquartered at 2601 S. Bayshore Drive, 9th Floor, Miami Florida USA, (305) 856-3200. More information about Terremark Worldwide Inc. can be found atwww.terremark.com
About Dedigate:
Dedigate, The Uptime Company, is a European technology company specialized in Managed Dedicated Hosting services for complex (Internet) infrastructures. Managed (Dedicated) Hosting Services are designed to deliver availability, scalability and security towards mission critical business applications like ERP and CRM systems, communication platforms and high volume e-commerce sites.
The technology of the company consists of an integrated package of solutions, which fully automates the labor intensive jobs in the management of (internet) data centers.
Dedigate serves, out of 6 Europe-based data centers, over 70 customers including, Exostar, Quadrem, Kelkoo, Pfizer, Samsonite and Pioneer.
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