Presenting The First Topic in the HRTC IT Forum

1. Presenting The First Topic in the HRTC IT Forum “When Disaster Strikes, Will Your Business Fail? Explore Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Principles” March 8th 2007 10:30AM-1:30PM

2. IT Forum Agenda: 10:30 – 11:00 Registration & Networking 11:00 – 11:10 Welcome, Russ Herrell, IT Forum 11:10 – 11:35 IT Forum ITIL Overview, Russ Herrell 11:35 – 11:40 Cont. VisiNet/Net Telcos, Kim Haden 11:40 - 12:00 Connect to Data Center, Paul Diemer 12:00 – 12:05 Continuity First Intro, Kim Haden 12:05 - 12:30 Business Continuity, Sue Kerr 12:30 – 1:10 Disaster Recovery, Karen Cole 1:10 – 1:20 Q&A 1:20- 1:30 Closing Remarks, Russ Herrell

3. CVB/Net Telcos- Origins • In 2005, Continental VisiNet a leading Hampton Roads Internet Services provider and Net Telcos a leading Data Center & Managed Services provider in the Richmond Market combined assets. • Vision: Merge strengths of Proven Internet provider in marketplace and Top tier Data Center to create a Data Center based Communications provider • Why?- Great Demand for a top Data center in South Eastern Virginia Marketplace, to assist business with Disaster Recovery, Managed Services, SAN and government regulation compliance

4. Net Telcos Vision for Managed Services Provide connectivity back to the Data Center Manage the area’s Top Data Center Deliver service solutions

5. Division of Landmark Division of Landmark Communications: (Weather.com, Weather channel, Virginia Pilot News paper, Dominion (formerly Trader Publishing) Leverage Assets Across Properties: *Net Telcos, Richmond, Data Center Services Anet, Chicago, Data Center Services Web United, Florida, Application Services Expedient, Philadelphia, Ethernet Broadband Data Point, Baltimore, Business Internet nFrame, Indiana, Leading Data Center

6. VisiNet- 10 Years of service in Hampton Roads Marketplace Specialty Provider to Business- no residential, telephone, cable tv Small company support and service, Large parent for reliability and financing Wired and Fixed Wireless connectivity Alternatives Net Telcos- top Data Center in the South East Virginia Market True 24/7/365 Managed Facility 100% up time since inception Carrier neutral Partners Expertise in Disaster Recovery Planning Managed Services

7. The Net Telcos Advantage Price/value Reliability Network performance Bandwidth options Network capacity and reach Customer service and technical support

8. Service Offerings • High Speed Internet over T1, T3, Ethernet, Fixed Wireless, DSL • Hosting Applications- Web Sites, E-mail, Spam Protection, FTP Servers, SAN, NAS • Managed Services- web servers, mail servers, file services, firewalls, VPN, • Consultative Solutions- Disaster Recovery, Data Backup, Outsourced Support

9. CVB/Net Telcos Financially sound Business-oriented Functionally superior Consistent performance Customer Service Excellence

10. Extending The LAN:Connect Your Network to an Enterprise Data Center Paul DiemerGeneral Manager NET Telcos / Continental VisiNETpdiemer@nettelcos.com

11. Presentation Overview • Identify a data center facility • Infrastructure • Location • Subscribe to managed services • Network • Server • Application • Drivers for extending the LAN • Lower costs • Address uncertainties • Increase productivity • Get your network connected • Standard Ethernet Interface • Internet access, point to point, combination • Virtualization Data Center Ethernet Customer Location Customer Servers Customer Servers Customer SAN

12. Drivers for Extending the LAN ADDRESS UNCERTAINTIES INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY LOWER COSTS • Do more (or the same) for less • Subscription-based software licensing • Consolidate support & maintenance costs • Focus on payroll management • Focus on your business • Prepare for the unpredictable • Growth • Disaster • Displaced users • Security concerns • Regulatory changes like HIPPA, SarBox • Flexible infrastructure enables latest technology or quick changes • Decrease time managing IT • Competitive advantage with new technology • Increase operational responsiveness • Do more for only incremental cost • Remote access

13. Drivers for Extending the LAN - Uncertainties • Compelling Events • SEC mandate 9/11  “near-shoring” backup data center • Natural disaster • Sarb-Ox compliance  data archive, business continuity • Regulations • Check 21 - banks must accept facsimiles in lieu of the original check • HIPAA (Health Insurance Privacy & Accountability Act) - privacy  no paperwork / automate  justifies new network • Medicare - PACS Picture Archiving Communications System

14. Drivers for Extending the LAN – Increase Productivity Data Center RemoteUser • VoIP • PBX • Conferencing • Security • VPN • Firewall • Applications • Load balancing • Management & monitoring • Storage • On demand SAN connectivity • Remotely managed back ups • Desktop • E-mail/calendar • Productivity Headquarters Managed Services Regional Office

15. Drivers for Extending the LAN Colocation Systems Networks Monitoring Business Continuity Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity are the two biggest drivers in push for Storage Area Networking Managed Data Center Services Government Regulations More than 10,000 gov’t. regulations affecting storage in US have been implemented over past few years OS ManagementApplication ManagementDatabase ManagementStorageBack UpsVirtual Private NetworksLoad BalancingVoice-Over-IP (VoIP)E-mail/Collaboration The majority of LAN connections in US are Ethernet 10 Gigabit Ethernet will shift focus from LAN-only to a solution integrating LAN & MAN Ethernet Driver Continuum Bandwidth consumption will continue to grow as convergence continues LAN Interconnection Bandwidth Growth

16. Managed Remote Data Back Ups Storage Networking FileServer NAS & SAN Get Your Network Connected Ethernet Voice Voice-Over-IP Back Ups Storage Management Voice Ethernet Remote Management & Monitoring

17. B U Y B U I L D • Control • Dedicated facility • Faster Growth • Privacy = Security • Tailored to your needs • Scalable at incremental costs • Time to market • Operating Expense vs. Capital Expense • Leased Service vs. Private Network • Pay as you Grow • Management and Maintenance Outsourced to Service Provider • “Future proof” Identify Data Center Facility The decision to build a data center facility or buy space and services from a service provider can be made based upon a few key factors.

18. Identify Data Center Facility Data centers offer physical infrastructure to ensure a high availability environment that enables continuous computing including redundant power systems. • Operational features • Conditioned/uninterruptible power • UPS • Generator • Raised Flooring • Under-floor conduit • Detectors • Diverse telecommunications facilities

19. Identify Data Center Facility Data centers offer an environmental infrastructure to maintain a constant temperature and detect and extinguish fire. • Environmental features • Zoned air chilling • Advanced fire detection • Gas-based fire suppression

20. Identify Data Center Facility Data centers offer physical and logical security capabilities from cameras and caged space to biometrics and passwords. • Security features • Physical • Key tag readers • Closed circuit camera system • Biometrics • Logical • SecureID • Passwords

21. Subscribe to managed services • Network • Routing • Routers • Switches • Security • Firewall • VPN • IDS • Load balancing • Break/fix support

22. Subscribe to managed services • System • OS Management • Patching • Performance tuning • Upgrades • Application Management • Database (SQL, Oracle, etc) • Communication (E-mail, voicemail, etc) • Industry-specific customized applications • Remote Storage • Network Attached Storage (NAS) • Storage Area Networks (SAN) • Data back-ups • Break/fix support

23. Subscribe to managed services • Monitoring • Device • Services

24. Can Your Company Benefit from a Managed Service ? Questions to consider: • What is your data protection / storage strategy? • What changes are you planning to your network to support new applications or convergence? • What improvements to your business would be achieved with better information access? • What methods do you use to determine utilization on existing networks (how do you know you have enough, and is there lost productivity based on poor performance)? • Do you require a higher bandwidth solution for data intensive applications? • Are any of your applications latency sensitive (e.g. voice or video)? • Are you interested in convergence of voice/video/data onto one network for simplicity, efficiency, and overall cost reduction? • Do you have metro or regional connectivity requirements? • Do you anticipate geographic growth within your business?

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28. Continental VisiNet & Net Telcos are pleased to present: Sue Kerr and Karen Cole “When Disaster Strikes, Will Your Business Fail? Explore Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Principles”