EnSite Upgrades Hosted Service Model with Dedicated Data Center

August 21, 2007

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Omaha, Nebraska - EnSite Incorporated, a leading provider of software solutions and transaction management services for energy companies and service providers, went live in July with its new data center partner, CoSentry Business Resiliency Solutions of Omaha. The advent of this new strategic partnership ensures clients utilizing EnSite's hosted EnSite Safari Suite^® ASP Solution will receive the benefits of a secure, fully dedicated data facility.

The EnSite Safari Suite^® ASP Solution provides energy retailers with the benefits of EnSite's proven energy management software suite in a hosted environment, with EnSite managing the application and data locally as clients access the system via the Internet.

Currently, EnSite manages all hosted client data at its Omaha headquarters. Beginning in August 2007, EnSite will begin transfer of its hosted clients' data to CoSentry's state-of-the-art Omaha-based Service Command Center.

CoSentry's Service Command Center facility was built from the ground up with customer data security in mind. It features a raised operations floor, proximity card access restriction and security escorts to shared areas, as well as continuous environmental monitoring, redundant power and cabling, and an onsite generator resulting in guaranteed application availability (uptime) of 99.95%. Web-based access to servers and data hosted at CoSentry's facility allow EnSite staff to efficiently monitor customer data conditions and uptime from any location. Regularly rotated tape backup of customer data, which is stored off site, ensures critical data is recoverable in the event of a disaster at the CoSentry facility.

Coupled with EnSite's recent acquisition of a second T1 line for increased data transfer capabilities, the partnership with CoSentry Business Resiliency Solutions will help EnSite provide enhanced data security, reliable connectivity, and broader bandwidth resulting in expedient and virtually uninterrupted client access to critical operational data and EnSite Safari Suite^® services.

"EnSite's objectives remain centered on continuous improvement of both products and services for our clients, and this new partnership helps serve that goal," said Rod Bates, president of EnSite. "We're impressed with CoSentry's solid infrastructure and proven track record in providing a high level of data integrity and security for our clients, and we look forward to a productive relationship with them in the years to come."

With the finalization of the CoSentry agreement, EnSite has begun the process of transferring its hosted clients' data to the CoSentry facility and expects to complete the process by December 2007.

About EnSite Incorporated

Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, EnSite provides leading-edge software solutions and transaction management services in the restructuring energy marketplace.  EnSite’s hallmark application is EnSite Safari Suite®, which is unique in its approach to provide fully-integrated CIS and utility commodity management at the retail level.  Since 1995, EnSite has built a diverse nationwide client base serving a range of commercial, industrial, government, institutional, and residential markets with multiple commodities and utility services.  EnSite’s extensive domain knowledge of energy, technology, and transaction processing ensure the unique business requirements of each client are met.