SoftLayer Positioned in the Niche Players Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Cloud Infrastructure Services

Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
DALLAS--(Business Wire)--
SoftLayer Technologies today announced that it has been listed in the "Niche
Players" quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for "Web Hosting and Cloud
Infrastructure Services (On-Demand)" released July 2, 2009, written by Gartner
analysts Lydia Leong and Ted Chamberlain.

"In my opinion, being evaluated in this report is proof that our unique approach
is redefining hosting," said Lance Crosby, CEO of SoftLayer. "Of course, our
core goal is to provide solutions and scalability that impact our customers`
businesses. But to me, being in the Magic Quadrant shows that we`re making a
difference throughout the industry."

SoftLayer has consistently built an effective solution through the complete
integration of multiple IT environments - both in-house and outsourced - through
a common management console and provisioning system. The firm has established a
record of innovation and thought leadership that includes multiple industry
firsts: Private Network for managing servers; fully featured and integrated
portal; and a standards oriented and fully featured API. Most recently,
SoftLayer launched a set of cloud services that include:

* CDN
* Storage
* Computing

All of these are available as standalone services (i.e. no dedicated server
required) as well as being fully integrated with all other SoftLayer offerings.
SoftLayer also offers hourly billing for its CloudLayer Computing platform,
which is available across all SoftLayer data centers.

Each company in the Magic Quadrant was evaluated on its completeness of vision
and ability to execute within five use cases: self-managed hosting,
mainstream-managed hosting, highly complex managed hosting, global solutions
portfolio, and enterprise applications hosting. "We truly are a different breed.
Our on-demand data services provide far more than hosting, and our commitment to
fully automated solutions and complete customer access and control really moves
us out of either the `managed` or `unmanaged` categories," said George Karidis,
SoftLayer Chief Strategy Officer. "With each offering we introduce, we`re not
just extending our portfolio - we`re transforming how those services are
provided. And I`m excited about the new ideas we have on the way."

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted July 2, 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused
with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a
marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of
how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by
Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the
Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those
vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely
as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner
disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research,
including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About SoftLayer Technologies

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer delivers world-class, on-demand virtual
data center services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX;
Seattle, WA; and Washington, DC. SoftLayer integrates all facets of IT to
innovate industry-leading solutions that are fully automated. This empowers
customers with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management
for their IT environment. For more information please visit www.softlayer.com or
call 866.398.7638.

for SoftLayer Technologies
Nathan Huey, 972-755-3206
nathan@belmonticehouse.com

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