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Vancouver, BC, February 21, 2002--RoundHeaven Communications announced that it is in trials testing Inkra Networks' new Virtual Service Architecture.

Inkra Networks, a Silicon-Valley based company with engineering offices in Burnaby, announced that its Virtual Service Architecture is now in trials by more than half a dozen service providers around the globe, including RoundHeaven Communications, Deutsche Telekom, Exodus (now a Cable and Wireless service), and SAVVIS Communications.

These and other managed service providers are testing Inkra's Profit Center management and provisioning software suite, and are anxiously awaiting delivery of the Inkra hardware platform. Inkra's VSA forms the basis of a new, dynamic, and vastly more profitable service delivery model. "Service providers with data center architectures built on a pile of discrete appliances have no easy way to automate service creation and configuration changes, and they face continually rising capital and operational costs as their business grows," said Sanjay Dhawan, president and CEO of Inkra Networks, "With Inkra's VSA, providers can quickly and cost-effectively provision, manage, and scale services for hundreds of customers or applications without the cost or complexity of discrete appliances. Finally, data center operators can have the performance and security of dedicated appliances along with the simplified management and reduced costs of a shared system."

By virtualizing hardware under a unified management system, VSA enables extremely rapid service additions or changes that are non-disruptive to customers.

"RoundHeaven is one of the leading providers of fully-managed hosting solutions in Canada," said Robert Offley, President and CEO. "We have been testing Inkra's Profit Center management suite for more than a month and are pleased with its automation capabilities that promise to help us keep operational costs under control. Further, Inkra's HardWall technology is an important innovation. Even as we're realizing the time and cost savings from a more centralized, automated approach to service delivery, our customers can be assured that we will be able to deploy our signature Internet Commerce, Intranet, Extranet and Disaster Recovery Solutions quickly and reliably."

Inkra's HardWall technology mimics the performance characteristics of dedicated appliances, providing separation for each customer's configuration. Inkra's Profit Center management suite provides a high degree of automation, allowing service providers to reduce provisioning and configuration change times and increase customer responsiveness. The Profit Center management suite includes interfaces to leading service provider management and billing systems, allowing service providers to leverage the systems they already have.

About RoundHeaven:
RoundHeaven Communications Canada Inc. is a leading provider of fully managed enterprise hosting solutions for established organizations that conduct mission-critical business on the Internet. Our solutions for Internet Commerce, Intranet and Extranet, and Business Continuance (Disaster Recovery Planning) are designed and engineered for optimal scalability, security, reliability and performance. We provide integrated system, security, storage and network management, supporting mission-critical applications that depend on them. Our distinct approach to hosting enables customers to seamlessly outsource their IT chores, focus on their core business, achieve cost savings and reduce time-to-market. For more information, please visit our Website at www.roundheaven.com or call 1-877-HEAVEN-8 (432-8368).

About Inkra Networks
Inkra Networks is building a new class of data center switch that enables the rapid, non-disruptive, and secure delivery of IP services in enterprise and service provider data centers. Inkra's Virtual Service Architecture (VSA) changes the economics of IP service delivery by integrating thousands of firewall, VPN, load balancing, SSL, and other advanced IP service instances into a scalable platform with a superior management system. Inkra's VSA delivers the performance and integrity of today's dedicated service appliances at the economics of shared systems. Headquartered in Fremont, Calif., Inkra is funded by Battery Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Storm Ventures, and Greenstone Venture Partners. Inkra has assembled a world-class management team from Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, Lucent Technologies, Redback Networks, and Motorola alumni. For more information, please visit www.inkra.com

For more information, please contact:

John Bentley
Director, Marketing
RoundHeaven Communications Canada Inc.
Tel: (604) 687-7757
E-mail: john.bentley@roundheaven.com
Web site: www.roundheaven.com

Dave Roberts
VP of Marketing, Inkra Networks
510-623-4225
E-mail: dave@inkra.com
Web site: www.inkra.com