Switch and Data Receives SAS 70 Type II Certification for Operations Support Center, Security Operations Center and Site Expansions

TAMPA, Fla.--(Business Wire)--
Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of network neutral data
center and Internet exchange services, today announced that it has completed a
SAS 70 Type II audit which included its centralized Operations Service Support
Center (OSSC), Security Operations Center (SOC) and human resources groups
located in its Tampa Headquarters. The company also included its new site
expansions in Dallas and Sunnyvale in this SAS 70 Type II audit. The three key
areas for the SAS 70 Type II certification were operations and controls,
physical security, and environmental security. The company`s central
customer-facing groups, which were included in the SAS 70 Type II, support all
34 data centers across North America.

SAS 70 Solutions of Tampa, one of the largest audit firms in the nation that
primarily concentrates in the delivery of SAS 70 audit services, administered
and certified these audits. SAS 70 Solutions previously performed a SAS 70 Type
I audit and certification for Switch and Data.

"Switch and Data continues to invest in its infrastructure and practices,"
explained Ernie Sampera, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer,
Switch and Data. "These certifications compliment our site expansions to give
our customers improved performance specifications combined with operational best
practices. This allows customers to deploy the latest high-density computing
equipment, and gain access to the numerous global and domestic network service
providers, partners and customers present in the company`s established sites."

SAS 70 certification was developed by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants as an auditing standard to assess service providers` internal
processes and controls. The audit certifies that a service provider has
developed and implemented standard controls to manage its business and the
delivery of its service to customers. The evaluation includes controls for the
control consciousness of the organization, physical safeguards to personnel and
information assets, and environmental safeguards to personnel and information.

About Switch and Data

Switch and Data is a premier provider of network-neutral data centers that
house, power and interconnect the Internet. Leading content companies,
enterprises and communications service providers rely on Switch and Data to
connect to customers and exchange Internet traffic. Switch and Data has built a
reputation for world-class service, delivered across the broadest colocation
footprint and richest network of interconnections in North America. Switch and
Data operates 34 sites in the U.S. and Canada, provides one of the highest
customer satisfaction scores for technical and engineering support in the
industry, and is home to PAIX® - the world's first commercial Internet exchange.

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STC Associates
Jennifer Handshew, 212-725-1900 ext. 228
jhandshew@stcassociates.com
or
Switch and Data
Chris Reid, 813-207-7722
creid@switchanddata.com

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