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REACH MEDIA SELECTS NEOSPIRE MANAGED HOSTING TO
BRING NEW MULTIMEDIA COMPANY TO THE WEB
DALLAS (September 23, 2003)
NeoSpire, Inc., a provider of the highest quality in managed hosting services, announced today that Reach Media, a multimedia company formed by radio personality Tom Joyner and former ABC Radio Networks president David Kantor, has chosen NeoSpire to provide managed hosting services for all of their online properties.
Through the agreement, NeoSpire will host the Web and application servers that house Reach Media’s website
BlackAmericaWeb.com.
The Reach Media environment is comprised of a fully redundant three-tier cluster built on the Microsoft Windows Server Platform and Application Center 2000. The Middleware components include Macromedia ColdFusion and Apache Tomcat. The back-end consists of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 in Active/Passive cluster configuration. The entire solution is supported by NeoSpire’s industry leading Assurance Edge managed hosting services; a comprehensive suite of enhanced features for security, backup, reporting, administration and monitoring which provides the highest levels of reliability and availability.
Utilizing NeoSpire’s advanced migration expertise; Reach Media was able to seamlessly transition from their development platform to the live NeoSpire platform.
"Reach Media was seeking a partner who was experienced in working with the specific needs of a media company and shared the understanding that the environment had to be available at all times. NeoSpire’s expertise in working with media companies made for a perfect fit." said Mitch Gervis, CEO and Co-founder of NeoSpire. "After an extensive industry evaluation, Reach Media chose NeoSpire based on our expertise in hosted applications, superior customer service and industry leading reputation."
About NeoSpire
NeoSpire provides the highest quality managed hosting services to middle market companies. Since 1997, NeoSpire's experienced team and state-of-the-art data center has allowed enterprises to outsource the deployment, configuration, management, and support of their Web sites and Internet applications in a rapid, cost-effective manner. Recognized by the Cox School of Business and the Dallas Business Journal as one of the fastest growing firms in Dallas, NeoSpire provides more than 1,500 customers an outsourcing solution for the hosting, support, and management of multi-layered Web, application, and database servers. For more information, visit the company's web site at
www.neospire.net .
About Reach Media Inc.
Reach Media, founded by radio personality, philanthropist and entrepreneur Tom Joyner, is a multi-media company formed in January 2003 as the parent company of all of The Tom Joyner Morning Show and several other businesses that will target African-Americans through radio, television, event production and the internet. The Morning Show is aired in more than 110 markets throughout the United States, reaching more than 8 million listeners every week. Its website, BlackAmericaWeb.com, which has more than 700,000 members, is a virtual town square for visitors to get daily news, play games, search for jobs and listen to the Morning Show online.
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