NaviSite Chosen By Hyatt Hotels & Resorts To Provide Enterprise Managed Messaging Services

ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NaviSite, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAVI), a leading provider of enterprise hosting and application solutions, today announced that Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, one of the world's premier hotel companies with over 730 hotels and resorts in 45 countries, has chosen NaviSite to provide enterprise-level managed messaging and collaborative infrastructure services for Lotus Domino.

Hyatt selected NaviSite because of its deep expertise in handling the managed messaging and collaboration needs for enterprise organizations as well as its ability to provide managed infrastructure services and application management for other systems. NaviSite will be upgrading and streamlining all of Hyatt’s messaging systems for GroupWise and Lotus Domino. This includes designing and implementing a solution that centralizes and unifies the email messaging platform providing high availability, backups, data retention, instant messaging, self service and global address books. In addition to the global management of iNotes, Lotus Notes and Lotus Sametime, NaviSite is providing Hyatt with a best-in-class, fully managed Lotus Domino solution supported by an expert messaging team across multiple high availability data centers with 24x7 functional and technical support.

“The expert management of our Lotus messaging and collaborative infrastructure is a critical component of Hyatt’s operations and growth,” said Cliff Tamplin, Vice President of Information Technology. “We were impressed with NaviSite’s dedication to designing a flexible solution for the platform that enabled our user groups to operate effectively and efficiently. That combined with the operational and customer support we needed made NaviSite the choice to manage our enterprise messaging systems.”

“We are excited about the opportunity to help Hyatt enhance their global collaboration through a centralized managed messaging platform,” said Mark Clayman, Senior Vice President of Hosting Services, NaviSite. ”As one of the leading hotel chains in the world, it’s important that Hyatt’s stakeholders are empowered with a flexible, secure and scalable messaging platform that meets their changing and immediate needs.”

With more than 100 enterprises relying on its Managed Messaging solutions, NaviSite offers complete Managed Messaging services for both Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino. In addition, NaviSite provides installation, configuration and 24x7 monitoring of the messaging solution, including hardware, operating system and application software in a fully hosted environment. For more information, please visit www.navisite.com/messaging.

About Global Hyatt Corporation

Global Hyatt Corporation, one of the world’s premier hotel companies, offers today’s travelers more than 730 hotels and resorts around the world in 45 countries. The company’s affiliates own, operate, manage and franchise Hyatt-branded hotels and resorts under Park Hyatt®, Grand Hyatt®, Hyatt Regency®, Hyatt Resorts™, Hyatt®, Hyatt Place® and Hyatt Summerfield Suites® brands. In April 2007, Hyatt launched its newest global brand, Andaz™. Global Hyatt Corporation is also the owner of Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Inc., operator of Hyatt Vacation Club® and fractional residential properties and U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc., which franchises Hawthorn Suites and Microtel Inn and Suites. From the U.S. and Canada, reservations for any Hyatt hotel worldwide may be obtained by calling 1-800-233-1234, or logging on to www.hyatt.com.

About NaviSite, Inc.

NaviSite is a leading provider of enterprise hosting and application solutions. More than 1,500 companies depend on NaviSite for application development, implementation and management on its web infrastructure platforms in 18 state-of-the art data centers supported by more than 700 professionals. NaviSite provides customized and scalable solutions leveraging its broad range of application development capabilities, packaged software implementation expertise, deep portfolio of best in class technologies and a full suite of web-hosting and internet infrastructure options. For more information, please visit www.navisite.com.

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