DH Capital Advises SoftLayer on Strategic Investment by GI Partners

NEW YORK, NY and BOULDER, CO -- (Marketwire) -- 08/09/10 -- DH Capital, a leading investment bank specializing in Internet infrastructure, is pleased to announce that it served as exclusive financial advisor to SoftLayer Technologies on its recently completed sale to a group led by the companys senior management and GI Partners, LLC. DH Capital has established a leading advisory practice in the hosting and data center sectors and maintains the largest dedicated team of professionals covering the sector. DH Capital has advised on more than 27 transactions in the hosting and datacenter sectors with a combined value in excess of 1 billion.

"We are very pleased to have assisted Lance Crosby and the SoftLayer team in this exciting transaction," said Peter Hopper, CEO of DH Capital, LLC. "Having worked with the company over the past two years raising growth capital as well as assessing numerous strategic options, we have had a front row seat to the amazing accomplishments SoftLayer has achieved. SoftLayers transaction with GI Partners combines two teams with premier track records of value creation in the Internet infrastructure sector."

DH Capital has long served as a trusted advisor to hosting, colocation, cloud, datacenter, and cable providers; providing MA, strategic investment, credit advisory and consulting services. "The DH Capital team worked with us each step of the way, from securing capital to fuel our growth to this transformative transaction with GI Partners," said Lance Crosby, CEO of SoftLayer. "The deep understanding of the hosting market that DH Capital puts to work for its clients is a real differentiator."

SoftLayer is best known for their innovative hosting services, which include market-leading cloud and dedicated server offerings, tightly integrated with the industrys most advanced automation and management suite. That combination has helped SoftLayer to beat industry growth projections for the last three years. GI Partners has enabled the development of several of the Internet infrastructure sectors most innovative firms including Telx, Digital Realty Trust, and ViaWest.

About SoftLayer Technologies

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, SoftLayer is a best-in-class, infrastructure-as-a-service provider with data centers in Dallas, Seattle, and Washington, DC, as well as network points of presence across the US. SoftLayer integrates and automates all IT elements, allowing customers to create cloud, dedicated, or seamless hybrid computing environments managed through a single interface. Enterprises of any size can have complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management in an on-demand IT solution. For more information, please visit www.softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.

Contact:
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SoftLayer
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About DH Capital, LLC

DH Capital is a private investment banking partnership serving companies in the Communications and Internet infrastructure sectors. Headquartered in New York City with offices in Boulder, Colorado, the firms principals have extensive experience and proven abilities in capital formation, finance, research, business development and operations. DH Capital provides a full range of advisory services to companies and financial institutions, including mergers acquisitions, private capital placements, financial restructuring, and operational consulting. The principals of DH Capital have led hundreds of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions totaling in excess of 10 billion, private equity placements totaling more than 1 billion, and debt placements totaling in excess of 10 billion.

For additional information about DH Capital, please contact us at 212-774-3720 or visit our website at www.dhcapital.com.