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Thruport Partners With iPlicity To Offer Hosted Web Content Management Solution For Small to Mid-Size Businesses and Enterprises

ALEXANDRIA, VA and RESTON, VA, March 4, 2003 -- Thruport Technologies, Inc. and iPlicity, Inc. a leading provider of Web content management software, today announced that Thruport has made an equity investment in iPlicity and the two companies have formed a strategic partnership, offering business customers advanced hosting and web content management solutions.

Through this partnership, Thruport will leverage iPlicity's Kashmere Web Management Suite (WMS) and professional services to provide businesses with a comprehensive and cost-effective solution for managing web operations. iPlicity's solution provides unmatched flexibility and scalability by combining web content management, web analytics and web based customer relationship management. Kashmere WMS offers the industry's best capabilities and allows users to customize every aspect of the web site application to suit their specific environment and content management needs. "Thruport's client base is demanding more flexibility, manageability, and control of their web operations," said Rick Smith, COO for Thruport Technologies. "Likewise they are looking to reduce operational costs without sacrificing performance and capabilities, which makes the marriage of Thruport's superior hosting services and iPlicity's content management software such a natural fit."

"We are extremely pleased with the partnership we've formed with Thruport and to have them as a strategic investor in our company," said Michael Cachine, iPlicity's Chief Operating Officer. "The relationship is already showing considerable value for our clients and we look forward to continuing a very successful partnership."

About iPlicity
iPlicity, Inc. (www.iplicity.com) is a privately held company founded in 1999 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia. We are focused on meeting your web content management needs by offering quality software and services. Our mission is to combine our open source software roots with proprietary innovation to deliver the most cost effective and powerful web management solutions available. We have achieved this by building an experienced engineering team, providing knowledgeable support, establishing key partner and customer relationships, and developing leading edge technology. Clients include small to mid-size companies, associations and industry leading Fortune 500 enterprises. Our Kashmere Web Management Suite is creating value in a number of verticals including, Manufacturing, Education, Insurance, BioTech, Financial, Security, Telecommunications, Federal Government and Associations.

About Thruport Hosting
Thruport Technologies' Managed Hosting division (www.thruport.net) offers a broad range of managed services from dedicated platforms to database, security, and clustered configurations. Thruport supports Sun, Apple, Linux, and W2K environments, specializing in serving enterprises with resource-intensive commerce, streaming, and transaction requirements. Thruport's world-class data center and network operations are located in Alexandria, VA.