Loudcloud Joins UltraDNS' Partner Program

Loudcloud To Resell UltraDNS' Managed DNS Service

SAN MATEO, Calif., August 6, 2002 -- UltraDNS™ Corporation, the leading Directory Infrastructure Services Provider (DISP), today announced a partnership with Loudcloud, Inc. Under the terms of the partnership, Loudcloud will resell UltraDNS' industry leading Managed DNS ServiceTM, providing its elite customer base with carrier-class, 100 percent fail-safe outsourced DNS infrastructure.

UltraDNS' Managed DNS Service, now available to Loudcloud's managed services customers, guarantees mission-critical, 100 percent directory services reliability and high performance - unlike most systems based on the 13-year-old public domain BIND-based software system. Utilizing its proprietary Directory Services Platform, UltraDNS has built the first global, fail-safe server network designed to meet demands for 100 percent, SLA-guaranteed reliability, scalability, security and high performance data management in today's Internet and telecom environment - supporting millions of users managing billions of records.

"The trend for service providers offering their customers UltraDNS' suite of services is a positive one both from a business and end-user perspective," said Andrew Schroepfer, president Tier 1 Research. "This type of market evolution towards one-stop-shopping between managed service leaders like UltraDNS and Loudcloud is what customers want."

"When we started the UltraPartnership Program, we designed it for industry leading service providers such as Loudcloud. Loudcloud's tier one e-commerce and enterprise customers already realize the need for 100 percent reliable managed services and DNS is one of the most critical network infrastructures," said Ben Petro, president and CEO of UltraDNS. "A successful Internet presence depends upon reliable infrastructure. Our advanced routing capabilities improve DNS resolution and page downloads, eliminate single points of failure in DNS lookups, and the UltraDNS network is extremely scalable allowing customers to aggressively build their e-businesses. These are powerful value propositions that Loudcloud can now offer their customers. We look forward to a very successful partnership."

UltraDNS' user interface will be seamlessly integrated into Loudcloud's own myLoudcloud customer portal. Loudcloud's customers will be able to utilize the myLoudcloud portal to manage their DNS in addition to being able to access key Web site statistics and perform operational changes on their site.

About Loudcloud (Nasdaq: LDCL)
Loudcloud, to be re-branded as Opsware Inc, is the leading provider of IT automation software, offering a complete solution for enterprises, government agencies and service providers looking to reduce costs and increase IT efficiencies. The Opsware System automates the complete IT lifecycle including provisioning, deploying, changing, scaling, securing, recovering, consolidating, auditing and reallocating servers and business applications. Opsware was the foundation of Loudcloud's software-powered managed services business and has been proven to lower costs, accelerate change and increase service quality. For more information on Opsware Inc., please visit our Web site at www.opswareinc.com or www.opsware.com.

About UltraDNS
Based in San Mateo, Calif., UltraDNS™ Corporation is the leading Directory Infrastructure Services Provider (DISP), delivering solutions that enhance the reliability and performance of the world's largest directories and the mission-critical applications that access them. UltraDNS provides managed services and also develops custom infrastructure solutions based on its proprietary Directory Services Platform, the first global directory infrastructure capable of the most demanding database problems -- such as Internet site requests. Customers include Oracle, MSN Hotmail, Forbes.com, Corio, and Handspring. For more information, visit www.neustarultraservices.biz.

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