Emeryville's Pictopia Lights Up Optical Connectivity!

EMERYVILLE, California (June 30, 2004) Paxio, Inc. and The EmeryTech Data Center today announced that they have completed the first installation of their multi-gigabit optical fiber data network linking Emeryville businesses with EmeryTech Data Center and the Internet. Pictopia is the first customer to leverage this exceptional new resource for Emeryville businesses and residential developments.

Pictopia's business delivering museum-grade photographs to consumers across the U.S. has grown by leaps and bounds. In just eighteen months Pictopia's client list has grown from zero to 1,100 organizations. Pictopia's IT staff took up the challenge to accommodate this huge growth in demand.

The first step was for Pictopia to relocate their Internet servers to the EmeryTech Data Center. In making this move Pictopia's servers could handle the 100 times increase in Internet traffic. By leveraging EmeryTech's backup power, environmental attributes and site security, Pictopia has significantly enhanced the up-time and quality of service to its clients and consumers.

The next task was to figure out how to move Pictopia's specialized imaging computers out of its building and into Emery Tech -- no mean feat! Pictopia's internal image computing -- 64-bit Sun Solaris servers -- have to generate and deliver multi-gigabyte image files every five minutes to the darkrooms. Mark Liebman, Pictopia's founder and President said, "In order to relocate Pictopia's internal ’heavy-iron’ to EmeryTech, we needed to find a gigabit solution. We looked at roof-top digital radio solutions but found nothing for gigabit speeds anywhere close to our budget."

When PAXIO came to Emeryville to run optical fiber from the EmeryTech Data Center to local businesses, the solution for Pictopia was at hand. Pictopia could connect its facility to EmeryTech through Paxio's fiber at gigabit data rates. With this link in place, Pictopia could move its imaging servers into EmeryTech, with gigabit connectivity. "Now we're connected at full speed from our darkrooms all the way to our machines in EmeryTech. We couldn't do any better if we were on an academic supercomputing site," said Liebman

Two extra benefits resulted from its optical fibers connecting with EmeryTech. First, Pictopia was able to relay the Ethernet connectivity from EmeryTech right to the desktops of its office workers. This connectivity replaced the T-1 internet line which Pictopia had operated for several years, increasing Pictopia's Internet bandwidth 100-fold while realizing a significant monthly cost savings. Second, Pictopia relocated its internal Microsoft networking and CRM servers into the data center.

Sean Holzknecht, General Manager of EmeryTech Data Center said, "It's exciting to see what this product offering has done to help bullet-proof Pictopia's IT infrastructure and save the company money. There are now hundreds of businesses in Emeryville that will be able to take advantage of PAXIO's Gigabit Ethernet to their office as well as direct fiber connectivity to their colocation space at EmeryTech Data Center."

In summary, Liebman remarked, "While we've never had any disasters, it's easy to imagine any number of scenarios. Now with all of Pictopia's critical computing systems housed in the safe, controlled, cool environment of Emerytech Data Center we have enhanced the levels of service and reliability we provide for both ourselves and our clients. We are meeting the rapid growth challenges in our business now and for the future."

About Pictopia
Pictopia, located in Emeryville, Calif., is the premier photo commerce provider to the owners of large image collections, including the world's top media companies, enabling them to sell their photos and related products directly to consumers. Clients include the San Francisco Chronicle, The Associated Press, Gannett, Knight Ridder, The Washington Post and PowerOne Media. Pictopia also provides museum-grade photographic services to professional and amateur photographers, other photo labs, museums, galleries and corporations. For more information, please visit www.pictopia.com.

Pictopia Contact: Mark Liebman, President Pictopia.
http://www.pictopia.com Tel: 510-658-6500 ext. 101

About PAXIO
PAXIO Inc., a leader in private fiber deployments, provides complete fiber optic technology, communication and service solutions. With operations throughout California, PAXIO enables new and existing communities to improve broadband access 100 to 1000 fold over current options. Communities and business serviced by PAXIO benefit from virtually limitless broadband services allowing increases in productivity and quality of life.

Paxio Contact: Phillip Clark, President PAXIO,pclark@paxio.com
http://www.paxio.com Tel: 714-220-9160

About The EmeryTech Data Center
Located between Berkeley and Oakland in the East Bay's growing technology hub with easy access to San Francisco, our 15,000 square foot Emeryville, California data center offers cabinet, cage and custom colocation space. Ethernet connectivity, as well as roof rights for all wireless applications, is also available.

http://www.emerytech.com Tel: 510-652-7500

EA CONSULTING AND
RAGINGWIRE TEAM UP!

SACRAMENTO, Calif. and FOLSOM, Calif. (July 12, 2004) -- RagingWire Enterprise Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of fully hosted managed services and world-class information technology (IT) outsourcing solutions, and ea consulting, an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) consulting and hosting company, today announced a strategic alliance that will provide the SAP market with a seamless, end-to-end Application Management Services solution. By combining best-of-breed SAP services with world-class IT management and infrastructure solutions, the new SAP Joint Service Offering provides enterprise companies with the highest level of availability, reliability and security for their mission-critical, back-office ERP systems.

"The ea/RagingWire partnership brings together the business strengths of two leading high technology companies and demonstrates our continued commitment to provide cost-effective, tailor-made solutions that meet the specific needs and IT requirements of enterprise organizations," said CK Wong, CEO of ea. "The SAP Joint Service Offering is a one-stop-shop that removes labor-intensive and costly technology burdens. As a result, organizations are able to reduce operational costs, streamline business processes, increase domestic and offshore development resources, and focus on their core business initiatives."

As a certified SAP Implementation Partner and a certified SAP Applications Hosting Provider, ea brings a wealth of industry-specific experience and expertise to deliver best-in-class SAP services that range from software products, implementation procedures, and technical support. This allows customers to recognize a lower total cost of ownership, increase service levels and added functionality.

RagingWire's state-of-the-art, Class "A+" data center and ERP hosting solutions provide companies with a highly reliable and secure IT managed environment to collocate and manage their systems. By combining these strengths, the SAP Joint Service Offering helps enterprise companies eliminate the difficulty and costs of implementing and maintaining complex back-office ERP systems so they can focus on their core business solutions.

"The ea/RagingWire SAP Joint Service Offering is an ideal solution for data-intensive companies that need to improve the availability, reliability and security of their mission-critical IT systems and applications," said Yatish Mishra, president and chief technology officer at RagingWire. "Together, we have laid the foundation for companies looking to mitigate the high costs and risks of their most important business assets, maintain competitiveness, and increase operational productivity."

About RagingWire

RagingWire Enterprise Solutions provides highly custom and flexible managed services and world-class IT infrastructure solutions that accommodate the business needs of large, data-intensive enterprise companies. RagingWire operates a reliable and secure Enterprise Data CenterSM facility that offers "five nines" (99.999%) availability and highly scalable power and cooling in conjunction with managed IT solutions that maintain FORTUNE 1000 companies' mission-critical, back-office IT systems and applications. RagingWire enables its clients to reduce their operating costs, speed time to market, and focus on their core competencies. For more information about RagingWire, access www.ragingwire.com.

About ea

ea provides SAP products, services and hosting to the commercial and the public sector. ea is a certified SAP Services Partner, a certified SAP Hosting Partner, and a National Accelerated SAP Partner. ea's industry-specific best-practice solutions include financials, human resources, sales and distribution, and purchasing based on the world's leading ERP software, SAP. Along with its ASP offering, ea can remove the burdens and costs of implementing and maintaining complex systems for small, midsize or large organizations. For more information, visit us at www.ea-inc.com.

About SAP

SAP is the world's leading provider of business software solutions. Through mySAP(tm) Business Suite, people in businesses around the globe are improving relationships with customers and partners, streamlining operations, and achieving significant efficiencies throughout their supply chains. The unique core processes of various industries, from Aerospace to Utilities, are supported effectively by SAP's 23 industry solutions. Today, more than 19,600 companies in over 120 countries run more than 62,000 installations of SAP® software. With subsidiaries in over 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP." The SAP Web site can be found at www.sap.com.

Contacts:

Douglas Adams

RagingWire Enterprise Solutions, Inc.

(916) 286-3056 phone

dadams@ragingwire.com

Rowland Fellows

ea consulting inc.

(916) 608-1880 phone

Rowland.Fellows@ea-inc.com

RAGINGWIRE EXPANDS DATA CENTER CAPACITY

SACRAMENTO, California (June 28, 2004) -- RagingWire Enterprise Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of fully hosted managed services and world-class information technology (IT) outsourcing solutions, today announced the expansion of more than 43,000 square feet to its Sacramento-based Enterprise Data Center. The expansion is part of a planned Phase 2 data center build-out that supports the company's rapid customer growth and an increasing demand for highly available and secure IT solutions spurred on by changes in financial regulations, legislation and insurance mandates. RagingWire expects the build-out to be completed in Q4 2004.

In addition to the build-out of its Sacramento data center, RagingWire is actively looking to acquire a Class A facility in an additional market to expand its national reach. Both expansion efforts will support the company's rich portfolio of IT monitoring and management services, which comprises of more than 70 percent of RagingWire's overall revenue.

"Today's highly competitive business environment is forcing organizations to rely more heavily on the availability and reliability of primary systems that support everything from manufacturing and back-office operations to customer facing applications," said George Macricostas, CEO of RagingWire. "RagingWire provides cost-effective, world-class IT solutions that enable companies to access their mission-critical systems whenever they need to, and in doing so, gain a competitive edge in the market place."

RagingWire's 200,000-square-foot facility is strategically located in the Sacramento Valley to accommodate San Francisco Bay area companies seeking a safe, offsite location to host and support their important business systems. The region is seismically stable and a short drive from the Bay Area, which enables customers to use their existing IT staff at either location.

"RagingWire's IT outsourcing solutions provide a safety net for enterprise companies' overall business operations," said Yatish Mishra, president and chief technology officer at RagingWire. "We work closely with each customer to tailor a solution that meets their specific IT requirements and ensures their mission-critical business data is not disrupted by any number of unforeseen events that can have a tremendous impact on their business operations and subsequently, their bottom line."

About RagingWire

RagingWire Enterprise Solutions provides highly custom and flexible managed services and world-class IT infrastructure solutions that accommodate the business needs of large, data-intensive enterprise companies. RagingWire operates a reliable and secure Enterprise Data CenterSM facility that offers "five nines" (99.999%) availability and highly scalable power and cooling in conjunction with managed IT solutions that maintain FORTUNE 1000 companies' mission-critical, back-office IT systems and applications. RagingWire enables its clients to reduce their operating costs, speed time to market, and focus on their core competencies. For more information about RagingWire, access www.ragingwire.com.