Plano, Texas - (The Hosting News) - September 5, 2007 - Self-managed, dedicated server products and utility services firm, Layered Technologies, Inc., has released the winner of its Monster Server Contest, choosing Timothy Brown from Smithfield, Virginia, among over 300 entries.

As part of its ''12 Days of Christmas in July'' program, Mr. Brown submitted a video entitled ''Yes, Nerds Can Rap'' that pleads to Santa on why he deserves to win the free server. Mr. Brown receives an AMD 2220 Opteron with 4GB RAM, 2 x 1000GB SATA Drives, 6000GB BW, 8IP, 100Mbps Port for 6 months from Layered Technologies.

With clients in over 120 countries, Layered Technologies' custom technology solutions allow both large and small customers to rapidly deploy on-demand hosting and utility computing services, providing all the controls of colocation without the start up costs, capital investments, long term contracts and associated challenges. By partnering with Layered Technologies, companies are able to achieve ROI quickly via reduced capital investment, total cost of ownership (TCO), labor reduction, training, and floor space. Layered Technologies can have a company up and running in days versus months.

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.

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