Syan, specialists in IT outsourcing, will create a new, high-specification data centre, six miles from its existing operations centre at Telford and will provide a high-security disaster recovery option for systems hosted by Syan. In addition to the ground-floor data centre, the top floor of the planned building will accommodate a 125-seat business continuity facility for Syan's staff and will also mark the start of the company's move into providing business continuity services to complement the IT management services already being provided to customers throughout the UK.

NaviSite, Inc. (NASDAQ SC: NAVI), a leader in deploying, managing and enabling software applications and infrastructures for mid-market organizations, and Navint Consulting LLC, a leading technology and solutions consulting firm, today announced that NaviSite has sold its Microsoft Business Solutions (Business Solutions) Software Resell and Professional Services practice, which includes over 500 customers, and had annual revenues of approximately $4.0 million, to its long-time partner, Navint Consulting LLC, for approximately $3.5 million, effective immediately.

Vancouver based Peer 1 Network Enterprises has acquired the dedicated server assets of Interland Inc. for US$14 million including data centres in Fremont; Atlanta, Georgia, and Miami, Florida. Peer 1 has entered into an agreement with two unnamed lenders for up to US$28 million, of which US$24 million was drawn down upon completion of the acquisition. The loan bears interest at a rate per annum equal to Libor plus 6.5 percent, maturing on Sept. 2, 2008, but that can be extended by Peer 1 for two years.

Internap Network Services Corporation, a provider of performance-based routing services for IP networks, has reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2005. Revenues were US$37.6 million, an increase of 4.4% compared to the US$36.0 million reported for the second quarter of 2004. The Company's customer base grew to 2019 customers an increase of 35 net new customers in the quarter. Internap also launched BusinessNetTM a "managed services" for accelerating data intensive TCP-based applications across long distances over the Internet.

Hewlett-Packard has invested some US$100 million in business recovery centres over the last 12 months. The investment - three quarters of it in Europe - has enabled it to open four new business recovery centres, in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and the U.K. in recent months.

Terremark Worldwide, Inc. an operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet Exchanges and network services has acquired Dedigate N.V. (Dedigate), a privately held European managed dedicated hosting provider. Dedigate's existing annual recurring revenue is approximately US$7 million, with projected revenues over the next twelve months to exceed US$10 million. Dedigate delivers its solutions out of six data centres in Europe. The Network Operations Centre (NOC) is located in Ghent, Belgium.