Layered Technologies Named to Leading Industry Analyst Firm`s Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Hosted Cloud System Infrastructure Services

PLANO, Texas--(Business Wire)--
Layered Technologies, Inc. (Layered Tech), a leading worldwide provider of
on-demand IT infrastructure, today announced that it has been named to the
Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Web Hosting and Hosted Cloud System Infrastructure
Services (On Demand)" published July 2, 2009, and written by Gartner analysts
Lydia Leong and Ted Chamberlin.

According to the Gartner report which evaluated 16 companies overall, "The Web
hosting market is evolving rapidly and converging with cloud system
infrastructure services, creating new opportunities for cost savings and
business agility." Gartner based its 2009 evaluation on five use cases for
hosting: self-managed hosting, mainstream-managed hosting, highly complex
managed hosting, global solutions portfolio, and enterprise applications
hosting.

"There are hundreds of hosting companies, so Layered Tech is particularly
pleased to be named to Gartner`s Magic Quadrant because we believe that industry
recognition like this validates the strategies we have been implementing during
the past year," said Layered Tech CEO Jack Finlayson. "Layered Tech is committed
to delivering a broad range of managed solutions to our customers. As a
technology innovator, we continue to enhance our solution set while broadening
our roadmap to include automated solutions that support our customers` evolving
needs."

Layered Tech offerings introduced during the past year include:

* Launch of Astro, Layered Tech`s proprietary platform for rapid server
deployment
* The deployment of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 to Astro for rapid server
deployments broadening the existing portfolio which includes Linux and Unix
operating systems
* Expanding Astro offerings to include Virtual Firewall Solutions from Fortinet
* Expansion of its DEFCON managed services to include virtual machines

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 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 on 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 Layered Technologies

Layered Technologies is a leading global provider of managed dedicated hosting,
on-demand virtualization/cloud computing and Web services. By providing
high-quality technology, infrastructure and support, Layered Tech enables
customers to eliminate capital expenses and save on operating costs while
focusing on core business issues. Layered Tech`s scalable infrastructure powers
millions of sites and Internet-enabled applications including e-commerce,
software as a service (SaaS), content distribution and more. Our clients range
from leading-edge Web 2.0 startups, successful mid-sized enterprises and some
the world`s largest consultancy and integration firms. For more information
about Layered Technologies, please visit www.LayeredTech.com or call
1-866-584-6784.

Tony Katsulos
Jetstream PR for Layered Technologies
(972) 788-9456, ext. 301
katsulos@jetstreampr.com

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