IXEurope selected to provide NCMX with premier colocation facilities from its Heathrow IXDatacentre™

Seattle, WA, January 17, 2002 - IXEurope, the pan-European provider of mission critical infrastructure and colocation facilities, has been selected by NCMX, a US based industry leader in remote, automated networked PC infrastructure management services, to provide colocation and bandwidth services from its IXDatacentre™ at Heathrow.

NCMX delivers fully remote, automated PC Asset Management and Automated Software Delivery services to clients of all sizes from a centralized, remote facility, and will be using IXEurope’s quality assured (ISO9002) Heathrow datacentre to colocate and support its technology infrastructure across Europe. NCMX will be the first customer to benefit from IXEurope’s newly launched managed service offering; IXBandwidth.

NCMX has a growing presence in the UK and is set to continue its expansion across Europe. Colocating with IXEurope will facilitate its development plans and provide the company with a secure, technically advanced and quality approved service on which to control its proprietary technology infrastructure. IXEurope’s colocation facilities allow companies, such as NCMX, the opportunity to expand through the cost-benefit of an outsourced solution coupled with choice, flexibility, confidence and overall control of the performance of their operation.

A key deciding factor in NCMX’s choice to colocate with IXEurope was its established ISO9002 accreditation for quality management, which it has retained for two years.

Andrew R. Farthing, VP of Business Development and Managing Director - NCMX Europe commented, “IXEurope is our preferred colocation partner. The ISO9002 accreditation compliments our service delivery discipline, LANqa, in the provision of NCMX’s managed services on a 24/7/365 basis. We are looking forward to taking advantage of IXEurope’s facilities management across its multi-carrier, high security datacentres as we expand in the UK and Europe.”

NCMX will also be joining IXEurope’s regular networking forum, IXExchange. The IXExchange program allows IXEurope’s clients to gain access to a structured networking environment. These events have proven successful in enabling customers to develop partnerships which maximize their business potential, whilst still concentrating on their core competencies.

Russell Poole, UK Country Manager at IXEurope commented, “ We are delighted that NCMX has chosen IXEurope to support its technology infrastructure. Using our quality assured IXDatacentre facilities will provide an opportunity for NCMX to give full attention to its core business as it continues to expand. By joining our IXExchange program, we feel that NCMX will benefit from the industry contacts, wealth of knowledge and opportunities available to members of this technical community.”

About IXEurope
IXEurope provides mission critical infrastructure and quality datacentre facilities to corporate, Internet and telecoms organisations, allowing them speedier access to market and the freedom to focus on their core business. IXDatacentres™ are present across Europe in all major business centres, including London (Heathrow and City), Paris, Frankfurt, Zurich, Nice and Dusseldorf. IXEurope is an ISO9002 Quality Certified Company and a founding member of the Colocation and Hosting Association and its customers include Hewlett Packard, NTT, Nikon and Cable & Wireless. IXEurope's funders include Bank of America, JPMorgan and European Acquisition Capital. For more information please visit the website at http://www.ixeurope.com

For more information please contact:
Cat Allport
IXEurope
Email:cat.allport@ixeurope.com
Telephone: 020 7689 1400