RITZ INTERACTIVE PROFITS FROM UNPARALLELED DNS SERVICE WITH ULTRADNSLeading e-commerce sites rely on benefits of 100% DNS uptime BRISBANE, Calif., June 16, 2004 -- UltraDNS Corporation, the world's leading Managed DNS Service Provider, today showcases Ritz Interactive, one of thousands of companies that have realized 100% DNS uptime by migrating to the UltraDNS platform. Ritz Interactive, an e-commerce network of interactive websites dedicated to providing a wide selection of leisure-time products at the most competitive prices for online shoppers, selected the UltraDNS Managed DNS Service in early 2003 in order to guarantee the performance of the Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure as it continued to scale web operations with the success of its business. The need for 100% reliability and website fail-over protection was paramount to the outsourcing decision as every minute of downtime would translate to lost revenue for the online communities of Ritz Interactive. "A DNS outage in our line of business is unacceptable as it would directly equate to a substantial loss of revenue," stated Peter Tahmin, vice president and COO at Ritz Interactive. "UltraDNS bulletproofs our DNS and enables us to focus on running our business without having to worry about slow connections or loss of online operations due to DNS failure. That kind of reliability is critical to our bottom line and our ability to provide our users with the service experience they have come to expect." UltraDNS provides Ritz Interactive and more than 8,000 other customers with the industry's only fault-tolerant, global directory service. Backed by an industry leading service level agreement (SLA) guaranteeing 100 percent uptime, Managed DNS Service allows companies to hierarchically manage DNS information through a Graphical User Interface (GUI). DNS changes made through the GUI are globally propagated in 2 minutes or less so that end-users always have the most up-to-date information to resolve their content requests. For website fail-over protection, UltraDNS monitors a customer's hosting environment and dynamically updates DNS records so that end users are directed to a secondary location. "Organizations that rely on their web presence for e-commerce continue to migrate to more robust technology platforms with proven reliability and performance," said Ben Petro, president and CEO of UltraDNS. "By prioritizing fault-tolerance, high-availability, and security in the delivery of managed services, UltraDNS is able to provide Ritz Interactive carrier-class DNS solutions that establish the foundation for the successful operation of their mission-critical websites." About Ritz Interactive
About UltraDNS UltraDNS provides a range of global and local DNS solutions - both managed services and custom infrastructure - built on its unique Directory Services Platform and proprietary, patented technologies. Through its thousands of enterprise, service provider and TLD infrastructure customers, UltraDNS powers the resolution of over 15 million domains around the globe. UltraDNS has offices in California, Virginia, Arizona, Chicago and the UK. For more information please visit www.ultradns.com. # # # |