Redesigned Application Brings Management Tools to Tablets and More Smartphones

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SoftLayer® Technologies, the innovation leader in Cloud, Dedicated, and Managed Hosting, today announced the release of its Mobile app for Windows Phone 7 and Mobile HD app for iPad. Specifically designed for the Windows Phone 7 environment and iPad's screen size, the new apps bring robust server and account management tools right to SoftLayer customers' fingertips, anywhere they go.

"We focus on giving customers total control over their infrastructure. This means being able to manage your services when, where, how, and on whatever device you want," said Nathan Day, Chief Scientist for SoftLayer. "Our Mobile app for Windows Phone 7 and Mobile HD app for the iPad extend our suite of management clients to the mobile platforms our customers use most, and that includes Android as well. We're already hard at work innovating the next versions of these apps so our customers can take advantage of even more features and functionality."

The new apps feature fast menu navigation and enhanced design, delivering mobile control over many infrastructure management functions also found in SoftLayer's industry-leading Customer Portal including:

• Tickets-Quickly create a new ticket for a support request or view existing support tickets and check their statuses.
• Servers-View performance details and control basic functions for your SoftLayer Dedicated Servers and CloudLayer Computing Instances. Easily turn a server off or on, ping the server to test its network availability, or reboot.
• Bandwidth-Monitor the bandwidth usage of your SoftLayer Dedicated Servers and CloudLayer Computing Instance.
• Accounting-Get up-to-date account information and view and download invoices.

SoftLayer Mobile for Windows Phone 7 is available for free download through Marketplace-Microsoft's virtual store-and SoftLayer Mobile HD for iPad is available for free download through the iTunes® Store.

Updates and enhancements have also been made to iOS versions of the app and are available for free download through the iTunes Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch. SoftLayer applications for other mobile devices, including Android smartphones, are also available for free download.

About SoftLayer Technologies

Headquartered in Dallas, SoftLayer is the innovation leader in Cloud, Dedicated, and Managed hosting and is the largest private hosting company in the world. SoftLayer provides cloud, dedicated, and seamlessly integrated computing environments, with world-class data centers in Dallas, Houston, San Jose, Seattle, Washington D.C., Asia-Pacific (via Singapore), and Europe (via Amsterdam) and has network Points of Presence worldwide. The company integrates and automates all elements of its platform, empowering enterprises of any size with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management via a leading Customer Portal and Open API. For more information, please visit softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

Contacts

SoftLayer Technologies
Andre Fuochi, 469-394-7274
Director, Corporate Communications
afuochi@softlayer.com