ViaWest Presentation8.6.08

Company Information

ViaWest Milestones - A Long History of Growth & Success

ViaWestFounded

Wazee(Denver)Opens

Las VegasOpens

Arapahoe(Denver)Opens

Lindon(Provo)Opens

AwardedState of

ColoradoContract

Cottonwood (SLC) Opens

Dallas IVOpens

70%of Colocation &

Hosting Companies Fail

SLC I Opens

Dallas I Opens

ViaWestSurvives the

Crash

AustinOpens

Dallas IIOpens ViaWest

ReachesEBITDA

Profitability

Plano(Dallas)Opens

Dallas IIIOpens

ViaWestAcquires Dataside

Hillsboro(Portland)

Opens

SLC IIOpens

Champa (Denver)Opens

ViaWestAcquiresVerado

ViaWest Raises9.3 Million

Raised 21 Million with

SG Capital Partners

“Top 10Places to work”

DBJ

Roy Dimoff named finalist

‘Entrepreneur of theYear’ by Ernst

& Young

“Service Provider of

the Year”CSIA

Nancy Phillips ‘Business-Woman

of theYear’CSIA

ViaWestAcquires

Fortix

“Technology Company of

the Year”CSIA

Company Information

Industry trends driving our businessGrowing Awareness of Regulatory Requirements

• Reaction to Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI, etc…• Businesses are storing an ever-increasing amount of data in secure off-site facilities• Enhanced focus on risk mitigation • By the end of 2007 - 77% of large merchants & 62% of mid-sized merchants were PCI DSS compliant (Source: Uptime Institute)

Increasing Power & Cooling Requirements• Customers require additional power and cooling infrastructure for their computing and networking installations• On average data center energy requirements grew 20-30% from 2006-2007 (Source: Uptime Institute)

Increased Outsourcing of IT Infrastructure• Growing complexity of enterprise computing and constrained capital resources drive increased spending on outsourced IT

services• Expanding need for off-site & mirroring for DR (Disaster Recovery) & BC (Business Continuity)

Growth in Internet Traffic• Increased broadband penetration and bandwidth intensive services represent significant opportunities for the providers of

network-neutral interconnection and colocation services

Services & Support

Adaptable Solutions - Flexibility to fit your NeedsColocation

• Cabinets• Cages• Private Suites • Custom Data Centers• Data Center Operations

Managed Services• Security Services• Database Management• System Administration• Virtualization• Load Balancing• Data Protection• Managed Storage• Managed IP

Hybrid Hosting• Combination of colocation & managed services options

Managed Hosting• Server Management• Custom Platform• Solution Design• Patch and OS Updates

Colocation

Managed Solution

Hybrid Hosting

Network & Data Centers

Coverage - 15 Data Centers in 7 Major Markets

ProvoProvo

AustinAustin

DallasDallas

Las VegasLas Vegas

DenverDenver

Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City

PortlandPortland

Added in Dataside acquisition completed in March 2008

The buzz words

• Recovery Time Objective (RTO)– when can we get the App live?

• Recovery Point Objective (RPO) – How much Data did we lose? (critical data point)

So what do we have here?

• Do you really know?

• Documentation • Policy • Procedures• Enforcement

Who Needs it?

• Business Impact Analysis • Systems • Applications • Data • Priorities • Interdependencies

What are you dodging?

• Power • Telecom • Facility• Mad Cow

Current Customer

• 2 x Data Centers • Mixture of Colo and

Managed Services• Local redundancy is

first• RTO <2 hours • RPO ~15 min.• Bad Guy Jewelry

We like ESX too!

• 3 year time line• Experience • Process• Procedures• Time • Expertise • Coverage• Cap X

The Basics

The Future

• 1.21 gigawatts of ESX!• Disaster Recovery – full separate environment in separate

Data Center• Portal Functionality • Reporting • Administration • Deployment