ANN ARBOR, MICH. - (June 9, 2008) – Online Technologies Corporation, a leading data center operator and managed services company, announces today the addition of White Pine Systems, LLC, an emerging provider of online Personal Health Records solutions, to its rapidly growing and diversified customer portfolio.

White Pine Systems’ flagship product, SPINN phr, the Secure Personal Information & Notification Network, is a market leading personal health record system designed to put consumers in control of their personal health information while making that critical information available any time, any place. 

“As our population ages, more and more of us either suffer from a chronic medical condition, or are close to someone with such a condition,” said Doug Dormer, president and co-founder of White Pine Systems.  “Having that information available is critical to our ability to lead active and fulfilling lives.  Availability, security and reliability are absolute requirements for our customers.” 

“We chose Online Technologies because of the company’s reputation for reliability and its responsiveness to customers in support of mission critical applications,” said Mr. Dormer. “We are thrilled to find such a world-class data center right here in Ann Arbor, our home town.”

Online Technologies will host the servers and provide managed services including data backup for White Pine’s SPINN Personal Health Record system out of its newest data center located at Avis Farms, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

 “We are honored to have White Pine Systems in our customer portfolio,” said Yan Ness, Online Technologies’ chief executive officer.  “We have designed and built our business to provide the highest levels of service and support for mission critical solutions like SPINN.  We know SPINN will be of tremendous value for the public, particularly for people dealing with chronic illness.  We are pleased to be a part of this important solution.”

Online Technologies provides colocation, dedicated servers, and managed data center services for always-on computing applications.  Online Technologies delivers the high reliability computing infrastructure so its clients can maximize their return by focusing on their high value applications and services.

A recent article appearing in Metromode, a weekly e-magazine, highlights the opening of Online Technologies' new Avis data center and the companies' growth.

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About Online Technologies

Online Technologies is Michigan's Fort Knox for data and computing. Our secure, highly reliable Michigan data centers provide the infrastructure to ensure our clients' computers are always on; their data is always safe, and they are always connected to the Internet.

For more information on colocating with Online Technologies, please contact our Sales Department: sales@onlinetech.net 

Online Technologies, a Michigan data center and managed service provider, announces a new customer portal. The new-look customer portal offers the same capabilities as before but with some new features.

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ANN ARBOR, MI—Online Technologies Corporation announces the opening of its newest data center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  The 10,500 square foot data center is located in Avis Farms, a technology park south of Ann Arbor.  The Avis Data Center will house its growing colocation, dedicated server and managed service product lines sold to small and mid-sized businesses in Michigan and the Great Lakes region.

The new data center is designed for high availability applications that need to be always-on and always connected to the Internet.  Customers can select redundant power and network options to their computer systems.  Because the data center has dual power generators and redundant uninterruptable power supplies (UPS), there is no single point of failure in the power delivered to a customer’s equipment.

The network infrastructure offers similar high availability with two dedicated gigabit fiber connections between the Avis Data Center and Online Technologies’ other data centers in downtown Ann Arbor and Flint Township.  The network has a redundant Cisco network architecture and is connected to multiple Tier1 Internet suppliers.  Built-in failover across the network and Internet providers eliminates any single point of failure in the Internet delivery.

With the addition of its third corporate-owned data center, Online Technologies has a unique advantage with its multiple data centers dispersed across southeast Michigan.  With a common network infrastructure, the three data centers are knit together into one “virtual data center.”  This gives clients the ability to locate their primary data center in one of Online Technologies’ sites and their disaster recovery equipment in a separate data center separated by 50 miles and different power grids, yet function as if they were in the same data center.

“We take a long term view towards the data center market and see this as an ideal time to bring additional capacity online. The current economic environment provides us the opportunity to gain significant cost advantages through acquisitions that can last the next decade” said Bob Palmerton, Chief Financial Officer. 

Online Technologies' operations include data centers in downtown Ann Arbor in Flint Township. With addition of the Avis Data Center, Online Technologies has grown from a single 800 square foot data center in 2003 to four data centers with a combined total of more than 40,000 square feet. OTC also leases data center space from a partner in Southfield for its clients requiring service closer to the Detroit area.

For more information, contact Online Technologies at 734-213-2020 or email at press@onlinetech.net.

Online Technologies Corporation (www.onlinetech.com) is Michigan’s Fort Knox for computing and data.  Our secure, highly reliable data centers provide the infrastructure to ensure our clients' computers are always on; their data is always safe, and they are always connected to the Internet. 

Ann Arbor, MI—May 8, 2008—Online Technologies Corporation announced today the appointment of Mike Klein as President and Chief Operating Officer.  In this newly created position, Mr. Klein will be responsible for strategic partnerships, commercial activities and managing day-to-day operations.  He brings  close to 30 years of experience in sales, marketing and technology product development to the company as it prepares for the next stage of its growth.  Mr. Klein was also appointed to the company’s board of directors.

Online Technologies, founded in 1994 as one of the first Internet Service Providers in Michigan, has evolved into the region’s premier colocation data center company.  Since 2003, the company has expanded from 1000 square feet to over 40,000 square feet of data center space in southeast Michigan.

Mike Klein, a serial entrepreneur, began his career at Motorola and Rockwell, before founding his first software company fifteen years ago, and has lead several companies since then.  He joins Yan Ness and Bob Palmerton on the executive team at Online Technologies to build the platform for the continued growth of the company. 

“Online Technologies has grown 30 to 40% a year over the last five years.  Maintaining this level of growth for the next 5 years requires us to continue to build an experienced management team” said Yan Ness, CEO of Online Technologies. “I’ve known Mike for a number of years, and I’ve seen the way he works.  He brings the experiences and skills we need to scale Online Technologies to the next level.  Having Mike on board will ensure the company can continue to achieve it’s growth goals.”

“Online Technologies has an impressive track record” said Klein. “They are the leading colocation data center company in southeast Michigan, playing in a rapidly growing market, with a strong customer base and solid of growth over the last 5 years. It’s exciting to join the team and to be able to play a role in one of Michigan’s fast growing technology companies.”

With three data centers across southeast Michigan, Online Technologies provides highly secure, always-on computing operations for its clients.  The company delivers a full range of data center solutions including colocation, dedicated servers, and managed services for small and mid-sized businesses that need professional data centers without the expense of building and maintaining their own IT infrastructure.

For more information please contact Online Technologies Corporation at (734) 213-2020 or email at press@onlinetech.net.

Online Technologies Corporation (www.onlinetech.com), is Michigan’s Fort Knox for computing and data.  Our secure, highly reliable data centers provide the infrastructure to ensure our clients’ computers are always on; their data is always safe, and they are always connected to the Internet. 

Recently, the Edward Lowe Foundation announced that Yan Ness, Online Technologies CEO, is a 2008 recipient of the Impact Award.

The Impact Award is given to alumni of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch. An Edward Lowe Foundation release states, "Awardees have contributed thier time, energy, influence and resources to enhance the alumni network and the Companies to Watch program in a number of ways..." 

The release continues to state, "Yan's willingness to share his enthusiasm and experience with other entreprenuers adds value to the alumni network. Following a 2007 Michigan 50 leadership retreat, Yan was instrumental in bringing together a group of alumni that worked with the foundation to initiate the first Key Managers retreat. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Ann Arbor Angels, providing strategic guidance and hands-on startup assistance to young companies."