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December 01, 2002: Cybercon voted best colocation provider by Web Host Directory
Cybercon has been recognized as the number one colocation provider by Web Host Directory every month for the past 14 months! Every month, the top hosts are given a rating of 1 to 10 (10 being the best) in 6 areas of performance, including Cost, Features, Support, Reliability and Speed. Once the votes are tabulated, the Web Host Directory Review Board takes a look at the top rated hosts in each category and visits their web sites to make the final determination.

November 05, 2002: Cybercon has added a Qwest GigE Internet backbone connection
While other companies are treading water to survive an economic downturn, Cybercon is gaining ground. A second GigE connection has been added to meet consumer demand for bandwidth. The use of multimedia and media streaming servers is increasing with more end-users getting faster connections, resulting in more data transfer. Additional bandwidth capacity was added to Cybercon's St. Louis Data Center to make sure any bandwidth bottleneck would remain on the user's end. A GigE connection (1000Mbps or 1Gbps) is faster than a traditional OC12 line which can only accomodate about 622Mbps. AT&T, Sprint, Level 3, Genuity and Qwest provide Cybercon with highly scalable Internet connectivity.

October 23, 2002: Cybercon offers ATM Frame Relay service to 127 cities in Missouri
A list of cities where Cybercon's ATM service is available can be found at ATM Frame Relay.

August 21, 2002: Cybercon named 2nd fast-growing hosting company.
Cybercon was named the 2nd fast-growing hosting company based on a Netcraft survey. Netcraft is an Internet consultancy based in Bath, England. Netcraft said in its analysis that, "some companies with more carefully chosen business models have been able grow at rates which would normally be regarded as impressive, but seem outstanding in the current climate".

July 03, 2002: Genuity added to list of multiple top brand tier 1 backbone connections
With the addition of Genuity, Cybercon now has five separate tier 1 backbone connections. Other providers to Cybercon's St. Louis data center include UUNET, Level3, AT&T, and Sprint.

June 26, 2002: Cybercon now offers dedicated high-end dual Intel® Xeon™ servers
These high-end servers are designed especially for enterprise and e-business applications. Basically any application that needs to have continuous operation and high availability will benefit from this service. Perfect for use as database servers and mail servers. Available for Unix and Windows.

June 17, 2002: Telecom hotels promise firms security, swifter access
Cybercon was featured in an article written by the Illinois Business Journal. The article defines what a telecom/carrier hotel is, and how companies can benefit by outsourcing their Internet and IT services to a company like Cybercon.

June 13, 2002: Cybercon expands in New York; leases space in Newark, New Jersey
Cybercon has leased space in Newark, New Jersey, just five minutes from Manhattan. The expansion into New York will help accommodate the expansion by existing customers as well as provide expanded disaster recovery, data backup services, content distribution and redundancy. The space leased by Cybercon is within one of New Jersey's premiere telecom carrier hotels, the third largest in the Northeast. More than eighteen major carriers and service providers have a presence at the site.

June 06, 2002: Cybercon's email cluster has inbound and out bound virus detection
Any email sent through Cybercon's email server cluster will pass through an anti-virus program. The program scans inbound and outbound email for known viruses. If an email has been determined to be infected with a virus, it will be rejected and returned to the sender. An explanation for rejecting the email and a request to check for a virus and patch for known vulnerabilities will be provided.

June 03, 2002: Trio of St. Louis survivors drives past the tech wreck
Cybercon was one of three technology companies featured in the Business section of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as having been able to successfully withstand the sharp downturn in the technology sector. The other two companies featured were GlobalStreams and Asynchrony Solutions.

May 27, 2002: Cybercon named in top 10 of St. Louis' fastest-growing private companies
Cybercon, a privately funded company, was ranked 9 out of 150 fastest-growing private companies in St. Louis for the year 2002 by the St. Louis Business Journal. Cybercon is headquartered in St. Louis, MO where it operates a 20,000 square foot data center in the downtown area.

May 07, 2002: Cybercon becomes a Cisco Authorized Reseller
Cybercon is now an authorized reseller for Cisco Systems. As an authorized reseller, Cybercon will receive product information and communication directly from Cisco and may purchase unrestricted Cisco products and service packages for resale through distribution. Cisco solutions are the networking foundation of thousands of companies, universities, utilities, and government agencies worldwide.

April 05, 2002: Cybercon appears on World Business Review hosted by Alexander Haig
Cybercon appears on World Business Review TV Series hosted by Alexander Haig. Jessica Zhao, Vice President of Business Development at Cybercon discusses Internet Hosting for Mission Critical Operations. Joining the discussion as industry expert is Harris N. Miller, President of the Information Technology Association of America.

March 04, 2002: Cybercon upgrades Level3 connection from an OC3 to GigE
The upgrade of Cybercon's Level3 Internet backbone connection from an OC3 (155Mbps) to GigE (1000Mbps or 1Gbps) was made to accommodate today's demands for more bandwidth from multimedia and streaming media customers. The GigE connection is faster than a traditional OC12 line which can only accomodate about 622Mbps.