Northeast Data Vault Keeps the Boston Marathon Running Marlborough, MA, (April 8, 2004) - For the fourth consecutive year, Northeast Data Vault is the hub of the Boston Marathon's worldwide Internet presence. The company, which has been designated the Official Data Center Service Provider of the Boston Marathon, houses the Boston Athletic Association's web site www.baa.org year-round. But on race day the company's data center in Marlborough is home to additional servers that collect and disseminate real-time information about the progress of the race's 20,000 registered runners. Friends, fellow runners, and race fans throughout the world visit the B.A.A.'s web site www.bostonmarathon.org on race day. Last year Northeast Data Vault sourced more than 60 megabits per second of Internet traffic during the race - about 5 million Web pages overall. This year 6 million page views are expected over the busiest 6 hours of race day. According to Glenn Friedly, President and CEO of Northeast Data Vault, "We are very pleased to be a trusted supplier to the B.A.A. The Boston Marathon is the B.A.A.'s flagship event of the year, and they have demanding needs during the race. Flash crowds like those that visit the Boston Marathon web site on race day provide a unique opportunity for us to showcase the capabilities of our data center and our ability to support challenging customer requirements." John Burgholzer, Technology Coordinator for the Boston Marathon adds, "We have only one opportunity to get this right, so reliability is vital. We work with our technology partners to deploy significant infrastructure to collect, aggregate, and disseminate data on race day. As the hub of our efforts, Northeast Data Vault's facility provides the reliability and network capacity that we need to distribute our data around Boston and worldwide using the Internet." About Northeast Data Vault Northeast Data Vault offers data center services at its 25,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The facility is designed to provide a highly reliable environment in which customers can house their mission-critical systems. It includes dual fiber-optic entrances, redundant Internet connectivity, multi-megawatt diesel backup power generation, dual fire suppression systems, and a state-of-the-art video surveillance system. CONTACT: James Berets Northeast Data Vault (508) 481-0050 pr@nedatavault.com www.nedatavault.com