Softshare Chooses Redbus for Its Co-Location Facilities

London—November 23, 2004 — Redbus Interhouse (Netherlands) B.V., the Netherlands division of Europe's most advanced, independent colocation and managed services provider, today announces that it has been selected by Softshare to host core electronic commerce services as part of its European expansion plan.

Softshare is one of the US's longest serving providers of e-commerce solutions to a broad spectrum of industry and governmental agencies. Founded in 1982 in California, Softshare has grown rapidly within the US and now seeks to further its global reach with specific emphasis on the European market.

Redbus Interhouse was selected to house the core business environment of Softshare services following an in-depth review of service providers in the Dutch market.

Frank Gott, CEO for Softshare Inc. commented, "Softshare thrives on the quality of its service and solutions for e-commerce trading partners whether in the public or private sector. Today more than 20,000 businesses rely on Softshare and in order to service these customers to the highest levels they expect we must in turn rely on quality, reliable services to ensure continuity of operations at all times. We selected Holland as the location for our European HQ because of its geography, culture and language plus access to a large number of US companies also siting headquarter offices in the Netherlands.

Redbus Interhouse was our partner of choice for a variety of reasons; its facility infrastructure, its attitude and flexibility, and a customer oriented approach which very much mirrored the Softshare customer philosophy. Our selection of Redbus Interhouse was confirmed during the implementation process when we found their engineers to be effective and available – both day and night! We would not hesitate to recommend Redbus Interhouse to other companies seeking a focussed and reliable managed services provider."

Adriaan Oosthoek, Netherlands Country Manager, Redbus Interhouse Netherlands, commented: "We're delighted to welcome Softshare into Redbus Interhouse and look forward to a lengthy and mutually beneficial relationship with the company. Through our ongoing commitment to high standards of service we will continue to offer those qualities for which we were chosen and help contribute to Softshare's success in Europe."

About Softshare
Established in 1982 as a time-sharing service Softshare (www.softshare.com) expanded in 1984 to provide comprehensive government contracting services via proprietary network and e-mail-based solutions. Today Softshare serves more than 20,000 businesses with its cutting-edge suite of web, desktop, data translation and client/server e-commerce solutions.

About Redbus Interhouse
Redbus Interhouse (www.interhouse.net) is Europe's most advanced independent colocation company. For business-critical online, data or telecom applications, Redbus Interhouse offers versatile, cost-effective and secure housing facilities backed-up by state-of-the-art infrastructure and 24/7 engineering and facilities support. Redbus Interhouse offers business resilience services within its own independent colocation facilities in Europe's key business centres allowing its customers to rapidly access markets across Europe without losing focus on their core businesses. The enterprise has data centres in London, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt and Amsterdam. Its independence gives customer's freedom of choice from a wide range of telecommunication providers, Internet Service Providers and Content Providers. Its continued sales success combined with a strong balance sheet, means that Redbus Interhouse enjoys a leading position in this marketplace. In June 04, Redbus Interhouse plc demonstrated its high level of competence in information security management by having the first collocation independent data centre in Europe to be awarded with the BS7799 accreditation, the ultimate benchmark for information security.

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