Interxion achieves SUNTone certification for the third year

24 May, 2005 � Interxion, the leading provider of carrier-neutral data centre and managed services in Europe today announced that it has achieved SunTone re-certification for all of its European data centres and collocation services for the third year running, confirming its leadership in the data centre services excellence.

The SunTone Service Excellence program, led by Sun Microsystems, is a collaborative industry effort to define best practices and audit service provider infrastructure, operational practices and overall service delivery excellence. Specifically SunTone certification tests 14 assessment areas, confirming that Interxion meets the stringent requirements to service large corporate and mid tier enterprises across Europe.

With this re-certification Interxion confirms its position as one of an elite group of less than 200 companies worldwide who have achieved SunTone certification for their services since 1999. Interxion holds a unique position in that it is the only vendor amongst carrier independent collocation/data centre providers in Europe to receive SunTone certification for all of its data centres, collocation services and European Support Centre operations.

"Although some data centre vendors have applied for and been awarded ISO9001 accreditation we made a strategic decision to apply for SunTone certification. ISO9001 has been defined for companies operating in any sector, from the manufacturing of fast moving consumer goods to companies offering financial services. SunTone certification, however, is focused on certification of data centre/collocation services and associated applications. This certification gives our customers a clear indication that Interxion provides highly resilient infrastructure, best connectivity, collocation solutions and associated managed services that exceed industry standards,� said Phil Collerton, E.V.P. Operations, Interxion.

"In re-issuing SunTone certification for their carrier-neutral data centres and services, we completed a rigorous review of Interxion�s infrastructure, operational practices, managed and support services. Customers can be confident that Interxion�s infrastructure and services are built and managed according to the industry best practices and standards," says Robbie Turner, vice president of services marketing for Sun Microsystems.

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About Interxion
Interxion is Europe�s leading provider of carrier-neutral data centre and managed services. With 20 data centres across Europe, it has the largest footprint and currently supports 700 customers including enterprises, Systems Integrators, Internet Service Providers, hosting and telecommunications companies.

For more information see www.interxion.com

About the SUNTONE[SM] Service Excellence Program
The SunTone Service Excellence program is Sun's open services model defining end-to-end requirements for service delivery excellence within a heterogeneous service stack. The model's defined and proven service delivery and management best practices help customers instill process excellence in the delivery of IT as a service. More information is available at www.sun.com/suntone.

"Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, SunTone and the SunTone logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.�

"Sun, Sun Microsystems, le logo Sun SunTone and the SunTone logos sont des marques d�pos�es ou enregistr�es de Sun Microsystems, Inc. aux Etats-Unis et dans d'autres pays."

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