In a bold move today US DataVault announced it will immediately begin automatically backing up customer data at a 2nd compliant, off-site facility at no additional cost. Essentially, backing up your back up for multiply redundant storage. This cutting edge move backs up your critical data in 2 separate facilities for double redundant security! Never lose your data! COO Khena Kara states that "to the best of our knowledge, we are the only company providing double redundant data storage to our clients with no additional fee. "

US DataVault, with its high-speed network of 14 POPs in the US and 7 in Europe will mirror all customer data in a 2nd, remote facility hundreds of miles from the original point of storage. In effect providing multiply redundant off site storage to all customer data. Both facilities are fully compliant offering back up power multiple network and Internet connections and 24/7/365 tech support and access.

Concerned about compliance and security for your off site data back ups? We ARE the total solution!

After months of discussion, US DataVault has signed a deal with Tiger Direct, a large IT catalog retailer out of Miami Florida, whereby Tiger will resell US DataVault secure, compliant services to its B2B and retail customers.

The Agreement brings US DataVault an inbound and outbound B2B telemarketing staff of about 500 people in 8 facilities across the US as well as presentation within the famed "Tiger Catalog". USDV will be a lead product in Tiger's effort to expand its product base into more residual income streams as opposed to the standard catalog approach of "buy now, pay now, call me later".

Tiger has long thought about making such a move but finding the right product, one that fits with their IT bent, has not been easy. USDV brings Tiger the ability to provide ongoing services to those customers who buy Servers, office systems and workstations across a wide range of business types.

According to Doug Fowler, Tiger's B2B Manager, the relationship with US DataVault opens a whole new world of potential business for us because it reaches past just making an equipment sale and into the realm of ongoing service provision. This creates numerous new market opportunities for us to explore.

Multiply redundant off site storage, data security to the extreme!

On July 25th 2004, in keeping with our pledge to Customers to be the One-Stop-Shop for all their telecommunications needs, HostAndStream, Inc. proudly introduced another new acquisition for our company: AmVoIP. Since our acquisition of US Data Vault last month we have been inundated with requests for VoIP services and partnerships. Enough so that we felt it was prudent to have an entity to address the need. AmVoIP was the perfect fit!

What Are Some Advantages of VoIP?

Because Internet Voice is digital, it offers numerous features and services that are either not available with a traditional phones, or not economical. If you have a broadband internet connection, you need not maintain and pay the additional cost for a line just to make telephone calls.

With many Internet Voice plans you can talk for as long as you want with any person in the world (the requirement is that the other person has an Internet connection). You can also talk with many people at the same time (conference calling) without any additional cost.

Now with the addition of AmVoIP to our line of services; HostAndStream, Inc. can truly boast a One-Stop-Shop for all small to mid size business communications needs. There is NOTHING in broadband technology that we can't provide to you, and at significant savings when compared to traditional service companies!

AmVoIP.com is currently under heavy construction; but you can contact our sales personnel at sales@hostandstream.com or sales@amvoip.com As always, we can be reached at 615-596-4898.

HostAndStream is VERY proud to announce it's acquisition of US Data Vault, an operation totally devoted to high security data storage. The acquisition brings HostAndStream the expertise and compliance tools it needs to provide our Customers with safe, secure data storage meeting or exceeding all legal or mandated requirements. When added to our existing strengths in off site back up and remote network access, the US Data Vault division of HostAndStream is poised to become an industry leader in BCM and offsite, secure data storage and retrieval.

HostAndStream acquired the assets of US Data Vault the first of this month and expects to have all services integrated into our family of products by the end of June.

Since we reported the news of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act in February, response has been incredible. So good in fact, that we felt the need to expand our internal resources through the acquisition of US Data Vault. Separating our Core levels of service between Hosting and Streaming capabilities and our EDSR/BCM Services will only improve the quality of service that HostAndStream can provide your company.

The Web Site at USDataVault.com is currently under construction and will be ready very soon. However, for now you can get access to ALL of our products, services and prices right here at HostAndStream.com. As always, you can contact any of our sales representatives for any details at sales@hostandstream.com or sales@usdatavault.com

FYI: What is Business Continuity Management (BCM)?

To some extent Business Continuity Management (BCM) grew out of IT Disaster Recovery Planning. While IT disaster recovery plans are still very important, BCM is now regarded as being concerned with every aspect of an organization's operation - not just IT. It is not just about recovering from a disaster such as caused by fire or flood or the failure of computer systems. It can also be about the collapse of a key supplier or customer, an industrial dispute which halts critical supplies, loss of a key executive, an infectious disease epidemic, anthrax-type scares, fraud, unethical operations, environmental pollution and reputation management.

The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) defines BCM as "the act of anticipating incidents which will affect mission-critical functions and processes for the organization and ensuring that it responds in a planned and rehearsed manner".

Gartner estimates that two out of five enterprises that experience a disaster will go out of business within five years. Enterprises can improve these odds - but only after they take the necessary measures before and after the disaster.

-Aftermath: Disaster Recovery, Gartner, September 2001

As we continue to grow by leaps and bounds, so does our sales team. HostAndStream would like to welcome Robert E. (Eddie) Hooper. Eddie was IP and Data Manager at AT&T responsible for developing business solutions for companies in the small and medium business market. He is now the new Agent Channel Manager for HostandStream and we are extremely proud to have him on our team! Good luck Eddie, we know it will be a challenging but rewarding experience! For more information on Eddie, you can read his management bio HERE.

HostAndStream is always looking for qualified, willing sales people who want to make extra commission money. If you are interested in this opportunity go to our front page, click on the Alliance Partner button and sign up today! Or you can contact our agent channel manager, Eddie Hooper, by clicking HERE

HostAndStream has joined forces with IBIS 7 in order to expand our data facilities into the Carrier Hotel at 56 Marietta Street in Atlanta GA. We have acquired space within the facility and have begun to add new equipment in our racks. Joining with IBIS 7 gives HostAndStream the ability to offer you access to the only, private, 100% fiber, National content delivery network in the US. The network spans 14 major POPs, each connected by a minimum of two physically diverse routes across the country. Click HERE to view the network map.

Each of the 14 POPs is configured with state-of-the-art equipment, including high-capacity Avici TSR routers, a Cisco 7206 router with a fully loaded AS5814, a Riverstone 8600, Foundry BI4000s and 8000s, and where required, multiple Cisco Cerent metro ring boxes.

The IBIS 7 partnership also enables HostAndStream to offer our customers Internet access ports at incredible prices, whether you need T-1 (1.544mb) access or a full DS3 (45mb) HostAndStream can deliver this critical service to you at a fraction of what the carriers and CLECs can offer. "This offer is limited to the 14 metropolitan areas in which we have a Point of Presence (POP)".

Sounds impressive huh? Trust us, it is. We take great pride in our ability to provide you with the highest quality and security and still do it less expensivly than anyone else. HostAndStream continuously strives to improve the quality and value of all its services in order to serve you better.

WOW! Still 99.94% service uptime to brag about! Our multiply redundant servers are serving us well. BUT! To improve your service through HostAndStream, we are upgrading all of our equipment by switching to top of the line Dell servers. It will take a few months to co-ordinate the move so you don't feel anything but SPEED! Keep watch here to learn when the new systems will be on-line!

If you can answer just one of these questions with yes, then you need to give us a call:

Do you get email in your office?

Do you handle medical records, legal files, and confidential documents?

Does your company handle financial documents and transactions?

Did you know that to be in compliance with a recent Federal law called the "Sarbanes-Oxley Act", you now must back up all of your email and Corporate records for 3 years! That's right! Due to the corporate scandals a few years ago involving Enron, MCI and others, Congress passed a set of laws to provide an audit trail and prevent fraudulent behavior in companies. Hence, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Click the button for a copy of the original Act.

Another year is upon us and we are ready for ANYTHING!

To start the New Year off right, we are pleased to announce that Mr. Khena Kara, formerly the Business Internet Manager of BellSouth has joined the HostAndStream team as COO and is "acting agent channel manager" while taking responsibility for the development of our local TN sales team.

For more information on Khena, you can read his management bio HERE. Welcome Khena, we are extremely proud to have you on our team!

HostAndStream is very proud to introduce our Alliance Partner Group. On September 22, 2003 HostAndStream will Officially Launch this program Nationwide. We have been working with AT&T Channel People for a number of months developing a Sales Agent program that is second to none. As a result, this Alliance brings us numerous benefits and challenges. To better position ourselves to meet some of these challenges, we will be moving our data center out of the IBM eCenter and into the AT&T eCenter also located in Atlanta. We will provide more details in days to come about the relocation.

Not only have we created alliances with AT&T, we have also teamed up with Wilhagan Ventures, IBIS7/WVFiber and the 3rd largest WebUseNet service in the World, to provide you with the widest range of products and services and the best level of service all at the lowest cost possible.

Wilhagan brings us the ability to provide you with high quality, name brand equipment such as Sun, Cisco, Lucent, 3Com (just to name a few) at rock bottom pricing. Please contact our sales office at 615-977-9457 or email us at sales@hostandstream.com for any inquires on availability and pricing of equipment.

IBIS7/WVFiber is located at 56 Marietta in Atlanta, the 3rd most lit building in the United States and will soon become one of our hosting facilities. This Alliance allows us to introduce new packages and services such as a very low end dedicated server for well under $400.00 (one time set up) and under $100.00 a month, in a highly secure data facility, and you own the equipment.

Just some more ways we strive to keep the quality high and the cost low.

And third in our new Alliance Partner Group is WebUseNet. Definitely a 400# gorilla in the Usenet news server business. HostAndStream and WebUseNet have developed an Affiliate Program to resell WebUseNet's UseNet News access products to consumers via thousands of web sites. This is just one of the added convenience services that we are providing to our Agents and Clients.

You will notice constant changes taking place within the site as well, so be patient with us as we grow. After all, we're growing to better serve you.

Many changes are taking place within the walls of HostAndStream, Inc. Since we opened our doors last year, we have dedicated a great number of hours to forming alliances, researching services and products to develop a fascinating resource for many of your web service and hosting needs. The extraordinary thing is we have managed to maintain the very low pricing and superb quality that we have gained an upstanding reputation for. Keep your eyes open. We're growing bigger and stronger everyday.

Hope everyone had an exciting 4th of July holiday. The IBM switch over went seamlessly as suspected. We hope that you will be as pleased with the same level of service provided to you through IBM as you have been in the past. You will notice that our up time average has dropped to 99.8%. This was a result to the switch over at the IBM eCenter and not the result of any outages within HostAndStream.

Well, the news is out and it is official. IBM is taking over the BellSouth data center in Atlanta Tuesday June 24th at Midnight. HostAndStream has a multiply redundant system in place and this switch over should be seemless. As with any technical issue, should you have any difficulty or notice any problems with your site during this transition, e-mail us at any time 24/7 and we'll assist you as needed. We are pleased to continue providing high quality service with such a well known company as IBM.

Mr. Hill has been involved with telco and IT for the past 20 years and will prove to be a very valuable team member to HostAndStream, Inc. Go visit our Management page to see his bio.

Welcome Claude! We are very pleased to have you onboard.

In keeping with HostAndStream's philosophy of meeting or exceeding Customer needs, we are very pleased to announce that we have opened a 2nd Data Center facility at Switch & Data (PAIX) in Atlanta, GA, using Cogent as the primary Pipe access. This Center will allow us to be more competitive with accounts that do not need Certification or have compliance issues.

Switch and Data, Inc., the leading neutral interconnection and colocation provider, recently acquired the assets of PAIX.net, Inc. ("PAIX"), the leading Internet peering exchange provider in the United States, with locations in Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Palo Alto, Seattle, and Vienna. Switch and Data's acquisition is inclusive of all PAIX sites.

HostAndStream is pleased to now be able to offer the space, pricing and inter-connectivity afforded by this new facility.

HostAndStream is proud to announce a NEW Sales Agent Program being carried by AT&T Agents across the Country. As of March 1st 2003, many AT&T Sales Agents will beging offering HostAndStream services to their customers as part of a specially designed Agent Program developed by HostAndStream in conjunction with AT&T's Southern Regional Sales Team.

This program brings you, our customers, the ability to expand your businesses into new products as well as providing opportunities for new market growth World Wide.

AT&T, long the leader in Communications Services for large and small businesses, recognizes HostAndStream as a solid, reliable adjunct to their current offerings and stands ready to assist our clients with their Internet access, Data Transmission and Long Distance needs. Additionally, AT&T can help you develop both Domestic and International markets thereby creating new opportunities for your business growth.

We are pleased and honored to add the AT&T Agent Teams into our family!

After lengthy negotiations, HostAndStream is very pleased to announce that we have completed Authorized Agent Agreements with XO Communications. XO has one of the finest backbones and network operations in the industry today. And, with the recent approval of their plan to come out of bankruptcy, they are well funded and ready to ROCK. HostAndStream is proud to be among the first new Agents signed under their new operating plan.

What does this mean for you? Low cost added services, local co-location in eCenters all over the US as well as expanded tech support and customer service. These are just a few of the added services that HostAndStream is offering to our clients. We at HostAndStream are dedicated to providing the best possible service at the most competitive pricing available. Stay tuned for updates on new services to be available, or contact a HostAndStream Sales Agent today!

As we grow, our relationships with BellSouth, XO and Cogent afford us the ability to meet all of our clients needs as a single source point of contact for all On-line or Telecommunications services and products needs.

The product, called LEDhO (pronounced Lido) is being introduced in two configurations; both starting at less than $1000.00 per month base price and packed with features. The targeted market is small to mid-market companies or large business with departmental needs that want Managed Hosting Services.

Optional Advanced Firewall and Back-up services are available and recommended as well as Tier-2 Applications and additional monthly charges.

Management services include the server platform and operating system housed in our facilities located in BellSouth's world class, Atlanta eBusiness center. Customers are now free to concentrate on their applications. Contracts are based on a 24-month period. Implementation time is 4-7 (estimated) days after order acceptance.

Contact your HostAndStream Account Representative for more details.

We at HostandStream would like to introduce and welcome our newest Team member. General Sales Manager and Senior Account Executive, Ms. Rachel Browning. She is a highly trained, capable young woman and we are very proud to have been able to add her to our company. Go visit our Management page to see her bio.

In our continuing effort to shorten emergency service response time in our, BellSouth Atlanta facility, HostAndStream.com has added the support of another local service company, 3rd Wave Technology Consulting, Inc.

Located less than 2 blocks from the eCenter, 3rd Wave will have primary responsibility for emergency service providing a maximum 30 minute response time with an average time of under 15 minutes. They significantly improve our ability to provide expert technical service to our clients in the most timely manner.

Part of their services includes a 24/7/365 status monitoring of our server systems, thereby adding yet another layer to our redundency planning.

As many of you know, HostandStream was born out of the frustration of dealing with the expensive, poorly equipped and inept technical services provided by many of todays hosting companies. As a result, our main goal has been to provide the best equipment and the best technical service at the best prices possible. We take great pride in our commitment to customer service. After all, if it weren't for you the customer, we wouldn't be in business. We hope you will continue to be pleased as we grow to serve you better.

HostAndStream.com (H&S) has chosen Pomeroy to be their secondary technical support team in Atlanta GA. They will keep all of H&S's servers running, be in charge of all new server setups, and will fix any hardware or software problems with a 1 hour response time 24/7/365.

Pomeroy Consulting Group was formed in 2001 when Pomeroy Computer Resources acquired System 5 Technologies and Ballantyne Consulting Group and formed Pomeroy Consulting Group, a division of Pomeroy Computer Resources.

Both firms have enjoyed a reputation in the last several years as the top firms in their respective technology areas. From repeatedly placing in the top half of numerous fast 50 growth awards, to Oracle's Partner of the year, to receiving the Charlotte' Chamber's Blue Diamond Award in 2001, excellence has always been the prevailing key to success.

The acquisition has provided a common thread to bring these companies together as Pomeroy Consulting Group (PCG). The combination allows us to focus on providing a high degree of innovation, service and support from a single source provider. PCG has quickly integrated into the Pomeroy Corporate structure and has rolled out the consulting model nationally to support 34 offices, 175 Account Executives and 1800 employees as they service, support and bring innovative ideas to a majority of the Fortune 1000 companies nationwide.