SAVVIS COMMUNICATIONS AWARDED 'BEST OF SHOW'
FOR VPN SERVICE AT N+I

Networld + INTEROP, Atlanta, Georgia, September 15, 1999 -- SAVVIS Communications Corporation, a leading global internetworking solutions provider, today announced that its Global ProLink Virtual Private Network (VPN) with Quality of Service (QoS) feature has been named "Best Of Show" for WAN Services at the Networld + INTEROP (N+I) show.

The award, cosponsored by InternetWeek and Data Communications, recognizes the products and services that the judges deem most valuable in advancing the state of the art in distributed computing and networking. The judges are editors from both Data Communications and InternetWeek with expertise in the specific category areas.

SAVVIS' Global ProLink VPN is a suite of Internet and networking next generation services designed to enable efficient and economical electronic communications and commerce. The award-winning internetworking service includes both site-to-site and client-to-site VPN services via dedicated T1/T3, DSL, dial-up, Internet, ATM and frame relay networks. ProLink's QoS feature is a key point of differentiation for SAVVIS: the company is the only internetworking service provider to offer its customers global end-to-end Quality of Service. SAVVIS has established this innovative, multi-tiered QoS strategy to allow customers to minimize latency, packet loss, variation, and error rates across their Virtual Private Networks.

"The Networld + INTEROP 'Best Of Show' award is a tremendous endorsement of SAVVIS internetworking technology," said Ian D. Brown, executive vice president of sales and marketing. "The competition is considerable at such a prestigious event, and the InternetWeek and Data Communications editors who granted the award are among the world's top experts in the field of distributed computing and networking. We at SAVVIS believe that the Global ProLink VPN with QoS is an excellent added-value offering for our customers. We could not be more pleased that the judges at N+I concur with our assessment."

NetWorld + Interop is the world's largest technical events-based conference. It provides networking, Internet and telecommunications professional buyers with a uniquely comprehensive forum for education and hands-on products and services in order to make critical purchase decisions. NetWorld + Interop affords buyers from enterprises, carrier/service providers, and resellers/integrators the opportunity to experience live technology demonstrations firsthand.

About SAVVIS

SAVVIS Communications Corporation, headquartered in St. Louis, MO, is a leading global internetworking solutions provider. Together with its parent company, Bridge Information Systems, the largest provider of financial news and information in North America, SAVVIS provides bundled content, security and managed data networking services. With state-of-the-art Lucent (NYSE: LU) ATM switches along with Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT) routers in major cities throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, the Pacific Rim, and the Americas, SAVVIS operates the largest end-to-end QoS IP network in the world. With its unique PrivateNAP^SM architecture, SAVVIS' ProActive^SM network achieves maximum performance and reliability by avoiding congested public data exchange points and utilizing dynamic "on-net" connections to the other major Internet network providers. SAVVIS also provides a complete line of scalable VPN, Internet access, and security solutions, featuring firewall software by Check Point^TM Software Technologies (NASDAQ: CHKP) and Netrex Secure Solutions. In addition, SAVVIS has strategic partnerships with NorthPoint Communications (NASDAQ: NPNT), Rhythms NetConnections (NASDAQ: RTHM), and Critical Path (NASDAQ: CPTH) to deliver premium Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service to over 1,500 access points in the U.S.

For more information on SAVVIS, please visit www.savvis.net, call 1-877-SAVVIS4, or email us at info@savvis.net. Bridge Information Systems can be located at www.bridge.com.

Press Contact:

Susan Bruder
Senior Manager Marketing Communications
SAVVIS Communications
(703) 453-6961
susanb@savvis.net