European Basketball Takes Another Giant Leap With NTT Europe Online

NTT Europe Online Provides Secure and Scalable Online Architecture for FIBA, the European Basketball Federation with https://www.EuroBasket2009.org

LONDON, November 25 - FIBA Europe, the European Basketball Federation, worked with NTT Europe
Online to showcase EuroBasket 2009 which reached a record online audience of
eight million visitors and distributed over four terabytes of data during the
duration of the tournament.

This year's European championship tournament, held in Poland, was
successfully delivered online with a tailored managed hosting solution from
NTT Europe Online which provided the availability and reliability needed to
take audience numbers to a new level.

Fans watched live games and caught up with in-depth news, pictures, and
videos on the FIBA Europe website which received a total of 30 million page
views with peak traffic numbers nearing one million on September 9th which
saw the final games of the preliminary round of the competition take place.

A central component of the solution was NTT Europe Online's content
delivery network (CDN). NTT Europe Online's special cache server prevents
interruptions and website crashes by managing peak traffic loads. The CDN
allows FIBA Europe to deliver rich content such as live images and videos to
unpredictable traffic spikes.

"Millions of basketball fans around the world expect comprehensive, live
information and images from the EuroBasket games and a reliable, secure web
presence is essential to satisfy them," said Nick Marzoli, responsible for
Information Technology at the FIBA Europe. "Big traffic spikes can only be
handled by a managed hosting partner such as NTT Europe Online, which not
only has a proven experience of sporting events, but also understands FIBA's
high standards regarding quality, reliability and service fulfilment."

Other NTT Europe Online sports sector clients include FIFA, UEFA and
International Tennis Federation (responsible for the Davis Cup). One of NTT
Europe's online sporting highlights last year was the European Football
Championship. All peak loads on the UEFA website euro2008.com were handled
successfully by NTT Europe Online's virtualization and managed hosting
technology.

About NTT Europe Online

NTT Europe Online provides managed hosting, security and application
management services to businesses globally. These services provide the
reliability, availability, security and scalability needed to underpin
business success online.

NTT Europe Online is certified to ISO27001 for Information Security
Management and, as part of NTT Communications, has the global reach and scale
to support businesses of all sizes. NTT Communications is the global data and
IP services arm of the Fortune Global 500 telecom leader, Nippon Telegraph &
Telephone Corporation (NTT). For further information visit
www.ntteuropeonline.com

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