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$1 Million Committed To Thruport Technologies By Founder Bruce Waldack

ALEXANDRIA, VA, August 14, 2003 - Thruport Technologies, one of the most technologically advanced Internet hosting firms in the world, today announced that it's founder and CEO, Bruce Waldack, has committed $1 million to the company for new development and network and datacenter expansion.

"I'm incredibly excited to be able to make this commitment to Thruport," Waldack said. "We have some great things in store for the company and our clients, expanding our network and service offerings and adding new and powerful features to our products. I've always believed on being on the cutting edge ever since I founded one of the first dedicated server companies in the world almost a decade ago, and this will allow Thruport to continue this tradition of offering the best technology, the best network and the best software."

Thruport Technologies plans a number of major developments in the coming year, including a network expansion to accomodate the increasing bandwidth needs of hosting clients, the introduction of a new low-priced dedicated server line, and new development on their industry leading HotOffice web-based Intranet suite and AdJuggler ad serving technology.

About Bruce Waldack
Bruce Waldack is the founder and CEO of Thruport. Prior to Thruport, he founded and led digitalNation, one of the first dedicated hosting companies, overseeing more than 2,000 servers at the time of its acquisition by Verio (now NTT) in 1999. Bruce is an early pioneer of the Internet and is widely regarded as an expert on Internet architecture and hosting infrastructure. He has been published in numerous periodicals and has been the host of technology radio programs reaching millions. He is a Board member of Diveo and HomeVisit,as well as a managing director of Dome Capital LLC, an early-stage venture capital group.

About Thruport Technologies
Thruport Technologies is a hosting and managed services company that was founded in 1999 by Bruce Waldack, one of the pioneers in the dedicating server hosting business. Thruport's goal is to provide unparalleled customer service and help customers get the perfect server set up for their specific needs. To that end, Thruport has created a state of the art data center with a blazingly fast network, and assembled a staff of experts who can help design and deploy custom solutions for the most demanding customers.

Thruport Technologies (www.thruport.com) 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. Thruport Sales can be contacted at 1-888-358-3400 or sales@thruport.com