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MAPEI Americas Safeguards Data and Business Continuity Through Agreement with 1Vault Networks of Fort Lauderdale

(July 17, 2008)-- MAPEI Americas, a manufacturer of tile and stone installation systems, floor covering installation systems and concrete restoration products, has signed a multi-year agreement with 1Vault Networks (www.1vault.net), a South Florida provider for hosted IT services, colocation and disaster recovery services.

MAPEI Americas, a part of MAPEI Group worldwide, operates 14 plants from Canada to Argentina and is headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The Americas subsidiaries have chosen the 66,000-square-foot, Category 5 hurricane-rated 1Vault Networks location for disaster recovery, colocation backup and customized headquarters connectivity with ATT Metro E circuit and 100 MB wireless connections, internet access and five other cross connects.

The state-of-the-art 1Vault Networks Data Center, located in central Fort Lauderdale, remains operational 24/7/365 and can withstand any disruption caused by natural disaster, system failure or human intervention. The company’s comprehensive plan covers business continuity, disaster recovery suites and seats, high-speed connectivity, self-contained power supply, support services, Iron Mountain SAN backup and recovery and SAS 70, Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPPA audit compliance certifications.

“MAPEI Corp. needed a data center to support our operations across all of the Americas no matter what weather Florida threw at us,” said Walt Reister, MAPEI IT Director. “1Vault met all of our needs.”

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