Joyent Partners With Switch to Offer the Most Secure, Reliable Cloud Hosting for High-Performance Application and Data Delivery

By Joyent, PRNE
Sunday, September 12, 2010

Joyent Launches First Public Cloud in the Switch SuperNAP, Expands Smart Technology Footprint to Meet Global Demand

SAN FRANCISCO, September 13, 2010 - Joyent, a leading global provider of smart computing solutions
(www.joyent.com/), announced today that it has partnered with Switch
to power the first public and hybrid cloud offering in the world's most
efficient, high-density, ultra-scale data center, the Switch SuperNAP in Las
Vegas
.

In addition to expanding the global reach of Joyent's smart computing,
the partnership will enable Joyent and Switch to offer unprecedented
performance, security and connectivity to meet the demands of
high-sensitivity and data-heavy customers, including gaming and media
companies, financial firms and government agencies.

"We're excited to add Switch as a key partner and service provider using
Joyent's Smart Technologies to deliver a public cloud. The combination of the
SuperNAP's pervasive connectivity and iron-clad security with Joyent's
high-performance Smart Technologies delivers infrastructure and platform as a
service with an unprecedented level of reliability and scale that is
unmatched anywhere in the world," said David Young, CEO and founder of
Joyent.

The Switch SuperNAP is a 407,000 square foot facility and is the worlds
most efficient, high density, ultra-scale data center. The highly secure
SuperNAP's patented designs deliver up to 1,500 watts per square foot,
support its 100% uptime guarantee, and has capacity for over 6,000 cabinets.
This unique environment will provide Joyent's customers with access to
Switch|C.O.R.E., a multiple carrier telecommunications connectivity hub that
enables unparalleled speed to delivery and provides the lowest total cost of
ownership in the industry.

This exclusive partnership also positions Joyent as a founding member of
Switch|Cloud I.C.E., the United States Inter-Cloud Exchange, designed to
allow a collection of private and public cloud vendors to co-exist and
integrate seamlessly alongside the public cloud powered by Joyent Smart
Technology. By providing customers with the option for both private and
public hosting, as well as the ability to move data from one to the other,
Switch|Cloud I.C.E allows Joyent smart computing to function in concert with
nearby large private cloud or collocated services, minimizing latency and
optimizing data throughput versus standard public cloud architecture.

"By leveraging the performance and security of the SuperNAP and the power
of the United States Inter-Cloud Exchange, Joyent's highly-scalable
architecture will provide a robust platform for hybrid cloud deployments and
computationally intensive applications," said Rob Roy, CEO and founder of
Switch.

In addition to improving app delivery and performance, minimizing network
latency and reducing administrative costs, the new Joyent solution powered by
the SuperNAP extends Joyent's professional management services to help
customers create and manage the environment that best suits their needs. With
Joyent smart computing continuing to expand to leading global service
providers, customers can now define the best application architecture to
minimize latency, enhance business continuity, and make adjustments on the
fly to meet evolving global demands.

For more information about Joyent's purpose-built stack of carrier grade
Smart Technologies for cloud computing, visit www.joyent.com,
www.joyent.com.

About Joyent

Joyent is the premier Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider offering cloud computing solutions
worldwide since 2004. Delivering billions of page views per month, Joyent's
Smart Technologies improve performance, scalability, manageability and
security for thousands of web and mobile applications. Serving a network of
service providers and thousands of customers, Joyent is the only company that
runs a major public cloud infrastructure, builds the technologies that power
that infrastructure, and uses those technologies to enable multiple
third-party public, private, and hybrid clouds.

About Switch

Switch delivers Truth in Technology(TM). Switch has created a new model
for technology delivery - a world-class telecommunications hub delivering the
best cloud computing platforms all in the world's most efficient, high
density, ultra scale data centers - the Switch SuperNAPs. The patented
SuperNAPs serve as the foundation for the U.S. Inter-Cloud Exchange
(SwitchCloud I.C.E.) where the industry's leading burst-ready computing
platforms are accessed from one secure facility. Switch is America's premier
communications gateway. With the acquisition of the Enron Broadband Services
peering arbitrage data center, Switch created SwitchC.O.R.E. (Combined Order
Retail Ecosystem). SwitchC.O.R.E. aggregates the combined power of all its
customers into one carrier-neutral consortium for an unmatched return on
infrastructure investment. The sum of these parts is what Switch calls Truth
in Technology(TM) - the best solutions intelligently integrated on the
highest quality infrastructure. For more information call +1-702-444-4000 or
visit www.switchnap.com.

Maya Zarchan of SSPR, +1-719-634-8279, mzarchan at sspr.com, for Joyent

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