SALT LAKE CITY, UT - March 3, 2009 - C7 Data Centers, Inc. (C7), the leading provider of colocation, virtualization, remote backup, and disaster recovery solutions in the Intermountain West, today announced it has signed a long-term agreement with DirectPointe, a well-known managed service provider that offers complete computer solutions and support.

DirectPointe's strength is making technology simple, manageable, and affordable. Instead of working with multiple vendors to evaluate, acquire, deploy, and support technology, businesses count on DirectPointe to help with all aspects of their computing infrastructure. DirectPointe creates a centralized and standardized environment that enables its customers to realize economies of scale and remain competitive.

"DirectPointe has been associated with C7 for many years and the time has come to strengthen our partnership as part of our strategy to lead the change in how businesses procure, deploy, and use their IT systems," said Jim Martinos, DirectPointe's CEO. "C7 plays an integral role in a new wave of innovative solutions for DirectPointe's managed network and server customers. We are working with C7 because of their solid technology infrastructure and innovative leadership team."

C7 continues to lower costs and maximize internal IT resources for its data center customers. With its secure networks, purpose-built data centers, and location-based support and engineering teams, C7 excels in serving hundreds of companies nationwide.

"We are pleased that DirectPointe has entrusted us with several of their strategic IT needs," stated Nathan Hatch, CEO and President, C7 Data Centers, Inc. "There is a great level of satisfaction knowing that as DirectPointe continues to grow and its customer requirements become more varied, C7 will deliver the latest in virtualization and connectivity solutions, services, and support to meet their needs."

DirectPointe Inc., of Salt Lake City, Utah, is the nation's most comprehensive Managed Service Provider (MSP), offering both a technology platform and the most complete and advanced managed services for VARs, Service Providers, Broadband Service Providers, and Hardware Manufactures offering services to businesses and/or individuals. Customers can deploy a complete solution to manage their entire environment or a subset of services to complement their existing infrastructure. For more information visit www.directpointe.com or call (801) 805-9700.

C7 has multiple data centers in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area and is a leading provider of colocation, virtualization, remote backup, business continuance, and network business offerings for small, mid-, and enterprise level businesses. The company's mix of advanced systems, technology infrastructure, and personnel resources ensures that customers have the data protection solutions necessary to support their unique business needs. For more information please visit www.c7dc.com or call 801-822-5300.

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