Logicworks Managed Hosting Solutions

New York, NY – November 29, 2006 — Logicworks, a premier provider of full-service managed hosting solutions, today announced a deal with b5media Inc., a global new media network with more than 150 blogs, 14 vertical channels and two million unique visitors a month. b5media chose Logicworks for its fully managed high-availability hosting environment consisting of a load-balanced Web front-end and redundant database backend.

Toronto-based b5media selected Logicworks due to the extra management and support the company is offering to b5media's MySQL database. Logicworks provides and manages a Linux-based MySQL-driven operating environment configured for replication and fast server-failover to ensure application high-availability. The solution provides b5media with a scalable platform that supports the company’s growth, IT, and business requirements. Because of the modular approach, Logicworks can add capacity on demand and allow b5media to match its I.T. growth and expenses to users’ needs and b5media’s budget requirements. Logicworks allows b5media to continue to focus on its core competency, which is the building and expansion of its blogging network, while having the full capabilities and capacity of an enterprise-level solution.

"Logicworks devises the best plans for new and growing companies that need that extra redundancy in managing many users at the same time," said Carter Burden, CEO of Logicworks. "Our managed solutions enable business with superior technology solutions to manage business needs and provide piece of mind."

b5media recently closed a $2-million round of venture funding, and one of their first orders of business was to improve the redundancy and availability of their infrastructure. With Logicworks, b5media was able to move to a truly responsive managed environment with complete redundancy of all components in its infrastructure. With the growth of its blogging network, b5media is experiencing increased bandwidth utilization, and relies on Logicworks to reach beyond the thresholds of what their previous environment could handle.

"We chose Logicworks because we needed a fully-managed, high-end solution so we could focus on what we do best: running a high-growth new media network," said Jeremy Wright, b5media's chief executive. "After looking at the competitive landscape, Logicworks emerged as the obvious choice because it was the right solution at the right time in our growth strategy."

About Logicworks

Logicworks delivers fully redundant, fault-tolerant hosting solutions to customers with applications and content requiring 100% uptime. By outsourcing hardware, systems, security, and database administration, Logicworks' global customers are able to focus on their business goals, achieving faster time-to-market, accelerated revenue growth, and greater operating efficiency. Founded in 1993, Logicworks is a SAS 70 Type II certified service provider with servers spanning across 3 data centers. For more information visit http://www.logicworks.net or call 866-FOR-LOGIC.

About b5media, Inc.

b5media (www.b5media.com) is a global new media network featuring more than 150 blogs on a wide variety of subjects ranging from entertainment and news to technology and sports. With content written by passionate people from all over the world and visited by more than two million unique visitors a month, Toronto-based b5media is the third largest new media network in the world.

For more information about b5media, contact Jeremy Wright at jeremy AT b5media.com or Mark Evans at markevans AT b5media.com.