ACTIVESERVER ACQUIRES WEB HOSTING COMPANY NUWAY

Acquisition Furthers Active Server's Drive to Accelerate Scale, Profitability

01/08/2003 - Active Server, Inc., offering professional hosting solutions run on rock-solid hardware and the expert services to drive your company's online success, at very competitive prices, today announced it has acquired Miami, Florida-based Web hosting company NuWay. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The acquisition of NuWay demonstrates that Active Server is continuing to build upon its market leadership and scale economics by taking advantage of the current consolidation environment in the Web hosting market. In addition, NuWay should be accretive to Active Server's profitability objectives.

NuWay is a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner and this acquisition solidifies Active Server's leadership position in the small and medium enterprise (SME) hosting space.

Active Server, Inc. offering professional hosting solutions run on rock-solid hardware and the expert services to drive your company's online success, at very competitive prices. More information about Active Server can be found at www.activeserverhosting.com.

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