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iaNett International Systems Ltd.
formerly WSi Interactive Corp. (the Company) Suite 500, 750 West Pender St. Vancouver, BC V6C 2T7 NEWS RELEASE January 28, 2002 Symbols: CDNX : INE OTC : INEFF FWB - IAN iaNett/Data Fortress Corporate Update Vancouver, British Columbia,January 28, 2002 Further to the Company's Press Release of December 19th, 2001, the Company is pleased to announce they have scheduled their annual general meeting for March 28, 2002 to seek shareholder approval on iaNett's proposed reverse merger with the Data Fortress Group. Data Fortress Technologies is a collocation and managed server-hosting company that provides customers with a secure environment and access to fiber optic network bandwidth. Data Fortress's managed services products have been well accepted into the marketplace. During the course of the last 30 business days Data Fortress has signed on 5 new managed services clients with a total contract value in excess of $400,000. Managed services consist of internal managed servers and outsourced Information Technology (IT). Internal Managed Services contains dedicated servers that are rented to the customer and equipped with extended support hosted in their tier one data center. The extended support comes in the form of professional set up and configuration of the hardware along with professional installation of server level software such as web, email, ftp and database software. This solution is particularly valuable for a company when its focus is on sales and marketing of its products and the organization does not have the capacity labour wise or physically to build and maintain a dedicated server solution. By implementing an outsourced solution a company can maintain their focus on sales and marketing of their existing products or if in development bring their product to market faster and achieve a greater return on investment (ROI). With Outsourced IT Services capabilities Data Fortress can take over a building and managing their internal networks by providing companies with computers, bandwidth, networking gear and IT expertise, as well as fire walling, data backup, and equipment upgrades all for one monthly fee. Outsource IT allows companies to extend their IT without the capital cost associated with it particularly in labour. Outsourced IT customers in the downtown core of Vancouver can take advantage of Data Fortress's high-speed fiber loop. Data Fortress through Terra Span has installed its own redundant 3.2-kilometer fiber optic cable ring, connecting their data center to the Internet backbone. The fiber loop can be expanded through a local area network (LAN) extension. A LAN extension can connect multiple buildings near the fiber ring creating a secure, cohesive, and continuous, private network. This removes the geographic boundaries for Data Fortress making it possible to operate from multiple locations with no loss of performance or duplication of resources. By implementing an outsourced IT solution from Data-Fortress a company can maintain their focus on sales and marketing of their existing products and achieve a greater ROI through better labor management. About The Data Fortress Group The Data Fortress Group is a related mix of three companies, Pacific Ram Distribution Ltd., Data Fortress Technologies Ltd. and Connect West Networks Ltd., collectively (The Data Fortress Group). The companies in this group have been in business for over 10 years with combined annual revenues in the $5 to $6 million range. The companies collectively provide wholesale manufacturing of equipment ranging from PC's to high-end Servers, data center equipment, high-speed networking, data warehousing, data security, metropolitan area networks, Internet connectivity, data storage services, co-location and managed services. It recently completed the installation of a redundant 3.2-kilometer fibre optic ring in downtown Vancouver, connecting the Data Fortress data center directly to the Internet backbone. Emphasis has been placed on disaster recovery systems for both corporate and government clients. The Data Fortress Group creates synergistic business opportunities and cost sharing amongst each other, allowing a single corporate infrastructure to support the group. The individual companies complement each other by facilitating the acquisition of technology equipment at wholesale prices, providing access to a broader customer base, and creating an environment for the seamless sharing of employee resources. To receive information on the Company by e-mail, please forward your Internet address to info@ianett.com Investor Relations Toll Free: 1-888-388-4636 ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY Gordon Samson Gordon Samson, Director This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including the impact of competitive products and pricing and general economic conditions as they affect the Company's clients. Actual results and developments may therefore differ materially from those described in this release. No regulatory authority has reviewed nor accepted any responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this release. ************************************************************************ The following is from the WS-I's Newshotline. To unsubscribe, simply send an email to LISTSERV@NEWSHOTLINE.COM with ONLY the words SIGNOFF WS-I in the body of the message. ************************************************************************
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