Highwinds employees and their families got down and dirty this past Saturday at the 16th Annual March of Dimes Mud Volleyball Tournament in Orlando, Fla. The event raised over $172,000 dollars in 2009 and this year’s event was expected to raise even more. Highwinds has sponsored a team in the event for each of the past four years. Although wins were harder to come by this year (Highwinds’ team won one out of five games after winning seven out of eight last year), fun was had by all who participated. Highwinds and its employees were most excited about contributing to the March of Dimes whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. Every day, babies are born fighting for their lives, and every day the March of Dimes helps them win.

WINTER PARK, Fla. – August 2, 2010 – Highwinds, a leader in content delivery, network and IP services, today announced that it hired Van Macatee as COO of Content Delivery and Network Services. In this role, he will leverage over three decades of global telecom, network and information technologies experience as he takes overall responsibility for all operational aspects of Highwinds’ Content Delivery and Network Services.

“Van has an impressive history of building efficient operations in high growth companies,” said Steve Liddell, president of Content Delivery and Network Services for Highwinds. “With the recent acquisition of BandCon and our high growth rate, he will be instrumental in ensuring that our customer experience remains a top priority. He is a renowned expert at running successful technical operations and managing groups of talented people in a way that always benefits the customer.”

Macatee’s experience includes high-profile technical leadership roles for the U.S. Department of Defense, Sprint Long Distance, TCI and Level 3. While serving as group vice president, global operations, for Level 3, Macatee organized and ran the company’s worldwide network operations function, overseeing field operations, network provisioning and management, customer service and IT. Most recently, as founder of consultancy The Evermore Group, he assisted international cable and telecom operators in improving their operational strategies, execution and performance.

“Highwinds is a highly profitable company that is growing rapidly, and I am very excited to be part of an executive team that is shaking up the industry,” said Van Macatee, Highwinds’ new COO of Content Delivery and Network Services. “As I take the reins in this new role, my goal is to continuously improve our customer experience.”

About Highwinds Network Group, Inc.
Highwinds is a content delivery, network and IP services business that offers a comprehensive suite of solutions, including colocation, CDN, IP transit, transport, peering, content storage and IP software. The company delivers content and rich media over its high-performance RollingThunder® network to millions of global users every day. Highwinds’ CDN customers gain unprecedented command and control with its StrikeTracker® console and open APIs. Highwinds is headquartered in Winter Park, Fla., and maintains data centers around the world. For more information, visit www.highwinds.com.

Well, it’s time to pack up the booth and say goodbye to a lot of new friends. Thanks to the people of Austin for being great hosts and to everyone who helped put on the show this year. See you in San Diego in 2011!

Neil & Mark open the BandCon booth on Day 1 of HostingCon in Austin, TX.

Highwinds, a leader in content delivery, network and IP services, today announced that BandCon, its newly acquired Internet infrastructure services company, will unveil two new solution packages next week at HostingCon in Austin, Texas. The solution bundles are being offered to online backup companies and cloud computing providers that would benefit from a specific set of products and services from the BandCon Content Delivery System™.

The flexible solutions bundle IP Transit, Transport, Colocation and Support for ease of deployment, seamless integration and cost competitiveness. They include rack and power in secure data centers, high-speed uplinks, pay-for-use Transport, remote hands support, and more. Package pricing is available on both solutions during HostingCon 2010 only. Please e-mail sales@bandcon.com for more
information about the packages, or visit Booth #532 at HostingCon, July 19/21. Visitors to the BandCon booth may also register for a chance to win a Nintendo Wii.

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If you are a current BandCon customer, nothing about your service will change. There is nothing you need to do differently. The professional service, all contact and billing information, and the sales and support processes you are used to all remain the same.

I am staying on in the new role of chief revenue officer for the combined company which will continue to operate from our offices in Costa Mesa, California and Phoenix, Arizona, as well as Highwinds’ headquarters in Winter Park, Florida.

We value the confidence you place in us every day and we thank you for your business. The entire BandCon team looks forward to being of service to you in the months and years to come.

Best regards,
Ari Benowitz

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