| the acquisition, integration and
organic growth of more than 54 local, regional, national and international
providers of Internet connectivity, Web hosting and other enhanced Internet
services. Through a successful IPO in 1998 and acquisitions of iServer,
Hiway, digitalNATION and others, Verio has established itself as the largest
domain-based Web hosting company in the world. Verio provides locally based
sales and engineering support for its Internet services in the top
metropolitan statistical areas in the United States, and provides Web
hosting services to customers in more than 170 countries. |