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Press Release

SoftLayer Reduces Server Packaging by 80%; Eliminates 100,000 Pounds of Waste Product from Shipping per Year

Dallas—June 3, 2008—SoftLayer received its first delivery of servers under a new server packaging program that reduces packing materials by 80-percent. The program was created through several months of close collaboration between SoftLayer and its server manufacturer, Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI).

"From the shipment of our first server in 2006, SoftLayer has actively recycled all its data center materials. But with our rate of growth, it was essential we do even more," stated Joshua Rushe, Vice President of Operations at SoftLayer. "We looked for a way to go beyond recycling and reduce the production of unnecessary material. We hope this program sets a new industry standard that will help reduce the total environmental impact of data centers worldwide."

SoftLayer’s reduced packaging program provides multiple environmental benefits. It eliminates more than 8 pounds of packing material per server, as well as the shipment of user manuals and unnecessary components, thereby greatly reducing the volume of materials produced or recycled. Moreover, these measures reduce the total shipping “footprint,” enabling the same sized shipping containers to carry more units and reducing the amount of fuel consumed and carbon emissions produced when shipping.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that recycling one ton of cardboard and paper products leads to saving:

  • 17 trees
  • 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space
  • 360 gallons of water
  • 100 gallons of gasoline
  • 60 pounds of air pollutants
  • 10,401 kilowatts of electricity

The savings from eliminating the initial production of the cardboard is even more dramatic.

Based on these figures, SoftLayer’s new program will save over 750 trees per year. “But this is only the beginning,” said Mr. Rushe. “We continue working with key partners like Supermicro to create more ways to make data center operations as environmentally efficient as possible.

About SoftLayer Technologies

Headquartered in Dallas, SoftLayer is the innovation leader in Cloud, Dedicated, and Managed Hosting, and the largest private hosting company in the world. SoftLayer provides cloud, dedicated, and seamlessly integrated computing environments, with world-class data centers in Dallas, Houston, San Jose, Seattle, and Washington D.C., and network Points of Presence nationwide. The company integrates and automates all elements of its platform, empowering enterprises of any size with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management via a leading Customer Portal and Open API. For more information, please visit www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

Contact:
Mark Quigley
Director - Corporate Communications
+1 214 442 1842
mquigley@softlayer.com

2008 Press Releases

2008.12.22 SoftLayer Receives SAS 70 Type II Certification
2008.12.16 SoftLayer Increases 10G Network Connections
2008.12.01 SoftLayer Continues Strong Growth; Rising EBITDA and GAAP Profitability
2008.11.24 SoftLayer Sponsors Microsoft Developer Network Conference
2008.11.19 SoftLayer's StorageLayer™ Solution Hits New Capacity
2008.11.13 SoftLayerTM Offers Parallels Virtuozzo Containers for Dedicated Server Solutions
2008.11.12 i365TM, A Seagate® Company, Expands EVaultTM Data Protection Portfolio With New Recovery Products and Services
2008.10.30 Mezeo Personal Cloud Storage Enables Service Providers to Monetize the Online Storage Market
2008.10.06 SoftLayer Launches Global Server Load Balancing
2008.09.30 Softlayer Technologies, Inc. Subscribes to the Financial Radar Screen for Economic Value Added (EVA) Analysis and Reporting
2008.09.29 SoftLayer Launches Digital Media Transcoding Service
2008.09.22 SoftLayer Introduces New StorageLayer Feature
2008.09.16 SoftLayer Partners with Citrix for Advanced Virtualization and Cloud Computing Solutions
2008.09.15 Citrix Unveils Cloud Computing Strategy and Product Line
2008.09.09 SoftLayer Awarded Microsoft Hosting Competency
2008.09.02 Metroplex Technology Business Council Recognizes SoftLayer Technologies Inc. as a Fast 50 Technology Company
2008.08.25 SoftLayer Adds Geographically Redundant DNS to Its Set of Enterprise Class Features
2008.07.28 SoftLayer Technologies Provides Virtualized Firewall Protection with Fortinet Security Solution
2008.07.01 SoftLayer Offers Virtualization with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
2008.06.24 SoftLayer and McAfee Partner to Provide Free Payment Card Industry Standards Compliance
2008.06.17 SoftLayer Adds New Features to CDNLayer; Over 100 Active Customers
2008.06.03 SoftLayer Reduces Server Packaging by 80%; Eliminates 100,000 Pounds of Waste Product from Shipping per Year
2008.05.20 SoftLayer Integrates API with Plesk; Announces Partnership with rackAID
2008.05.12 SoftLayer Launches Content Delivery Network With Industry’s Best Pricing
2008.05.07 SoftLayer Adds Washington, D.C. Data Center and Experiences Record Demand for Servers
2008.04.29 SoftLayer Sponsors eMazing Guitar Hero 3 Competition
2008.04.21 SoftLayer Becomes Exclusive Dedicated Server Solution to EIRCA Ltd. and Announces Managed H-Sphere Partnership
2008.04.15 SoftLayer Expands Online Gaming Presence with MMO Guildsites
2008.04.07 SoftLayer Adds Second 10G Connection in Seattle Datacenter and Begins Next Phase of Build-out
2008.04.01 SoftLayer Announces the Start of a SAS-70, Type II Review
2008.03.17 SoftLayer Expands Its Data Warehouse Capacity and Improves Backend System Performance with Service Oriented Architecture
2008.03.17 SoftLayer Expands Its Data Warehouse Capacity and Improves Backend System Performance with Service Oriented Architecture
2008.03.10 SoftLayer Upgrades Core Network and Adds Second Dallas Datacenter with Space for 10,000 Additional Servers
2008.03.03 SoftLayer Launches Next Generation of Industry’s First Open API
2008.02.27 SoftLayer Adds Windows Server 2008 to its Comprehensive OS Offering
2008.02.14 SoftLayer Announces Record Results for 2007; Pace Accelerating in 2008
2008.01.29 SoftLayer Connects Datacenters with 10G
2008.01.15 SoftLayer Adds Key Executive Management
2008.01.08 SoftLayer Deploys 40G to the Rack
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