Frisco, Texas - (The Hosting News) - August 13, 2007 - Self-managed, dedicated server products and services firm, Layered Technologies, Inc., has been selected by NeXplore Corporation, to host its newly developed web destination, scheduled to be launched during the third quarter of 2007.

NeXplore will utilize The Grid Layer hosting solution from Layered Technologies, in combination with 3Tera Inc.'s virtualization software AppLogic. The bundled solution provides NeXplore with a virtual private data center for efficiently and cost-effectively operating and managing NeXplore Search, as well as future NeXplore Web 2.0 products and destinations.

Dion Hinchliffe, Chief Technology Officer for NeXplore Corporation remarked, ''This comprehensive and robust utility computing solution completely eliminates the cost and complexity associated with traditional infrastructure - datacenter co-location, private racks and managed hosting services, etc.. We needed a hosting and application management system that could scale quickly and easily and, most importantly, would ensure optimal performance. The Grid Layer delivers on all of these requirements.''

Todd Abrams, President and COO of Layered Technologies remarked, ''Web 2.0 companies on the cutting edge need to get their products quickly to market, and the ability to scale rapidly is vital. In the past, each new product or product enhancement required a steep investment in terms of time and money. With The Grid Layer, fast growing Web 2.0 companies such as NeXplore can leverage cost-effective resources from commodity hosting providers, while maintaining complete control of their applications, including visual operation, scaling and on-demand resource provisioning.''

NeXplore Corporation endeavors to improve the online experience by providing Web tools and destinations that empower people to drive and define a World Wide Web perfectly suited for their unique needs, interests, and online pursuits. For advertisers, NeXplore offers a full array of search, display and interactive advertising products to reach and engage targeted consumers.

Based in Frisco Texas, Layered Technologies, Inc. is one of the five largest global providers of on-demand hosting and utility computing solutions, providing dedicated, partially managed server hosting solutions, primarily for the small and medium-sized enterprise (''SME'') market. The firm provides customers with technology, infrastructure and support services designed to enable them to operate servers at secure Tier III/IV data centers, while saving capital and operating costs typically associated with purchasing and maintaining servers at co-location facilities. Layered Technologies servers and associated network facilities are used by customers to host a variety of Internet-enabled applications, including content and e-commerce web sites, software as a service (''SaaS'') offerings, online multiplayer games, shared web site hosting services, and streaming multimedia content distribution and delivery, among other applications.

To learn more about NeXplore Corporation, please visit: www.nexplore.com.

For more information about Layered Technologies, please visit: www.layeredtech.com.