Halifax, December 28, 2006 – Two data centres operated by Capital District
Health Authority (CDHA) and Health Information Technology Services - Nova
Scotia (HITS-NS) are now linked by redundant fibre-optic telecommunications
service provided by Halifax firm Internetworking Atlantic Incorporated
(IAI).

The link is constructed as a 100% redundant telecommunications facility,
connecting HITS-NS facilities in the Provincial Data Centre on Young Street,
to the CDHA data facilities in the Abbie J. Lane Building. Constructed as a
“redundant ring”, this critical fibre-optic network is virtually immune to
failure. Coupled with unlimited bandwidth, the new facility will provide a
high-performance, low-cost solution to CDHA and HITS-NS’s increasing
data-communications needs. 

IAI’s fibre-optic network also serves other organizations in the health-care
sector including the IWK, and the QEII Foundation.

“These fibre-optic links provide CDHA and HITS-NS with a cost effective
means of connecting two data centres to support critical health care
application in Nova Scotia,” said Leigh Whalen, director technical
operations for HITS-NS. “The links are key pieces of the disaster recovery
plans of both organizations.”

IAI has been supplying fibre-optic communications services to CDHA / HITS-NS
since 2004. This most recent link provides for CDHA and HITS-NS’s critical
data transport requirements.

“We are very pleased with CDHA and HITS-NS’s confidence in our services for
these critical links,” said IAI president Bruce MacDougall earlier today.
“IAI’s direct optical services offer an innovative solution to high-speed,
high-reliability datacom requirements.”

IAI specializes in provision of direct fibre-optic telecommunications
services, and owns a 60 km optical network in the metro Halifax-Dartmouth
area. IAI operates over 220 kilometres of fibre-optic infrastructure in New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and PEI, serving numerous enterprise, institutional
and government customers. 

CONTACTS:

Bruce MacDougall P.Eng. MBA
President, Internetworking Atlantic Inc.
5562 Sackville St., Halifax, NS  B3J 1L1
Tel   (902) 421 6021
Fax  (902) 421 6030
bruce.macdougall@internetworking-atlantic.com
www.internetworking-atlantic.com

Joe Gillis
Capital District Health Authority
Rm-364 Bethune Bldg, 1278 Tower Road, Halifax, NS  B3H 2Y9
Tel 902-473-7225
Cell 902-430-4873
Pager 902-458-5376

Leigh Whalen P.Eng. PMP
Director, Technical Operations
Health Information Technology Services – Nova Scotia
5161 George Street, Halifax, NS, B3J 1M7
Tel   (902) 470-7674
Fax   (902) 470-7601
Leigh.whalen@nshealth.ca

About Internetworking Incorporated Inc (www.internetworking-atlantic.com)

Internetworking Atlantic Incorporated (IAI) is Atlantic Canada's leading
provider of direct fibre-optic telecommunications solutions, and a privately
held CRTC-registered non-dominant telecommunications carrier headquartered
in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The company owns and operates over 220 kilometres
of fibre optic infrastructure around Atlantic Canada, including a
60-kilometre network in Halifax-Dartmouth.

IAI’s direct fibre-optic telecommunication services represent a
revolutionary shift in telecommunications services, and provide unlimited
bandwidth, unprecedented reliability and security for institutional,
commercial, and government consumers in Atlantic Canada. Clients include
InNOVAcorp, Department of Health, Dalhousie University, Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, Capital Health District Authority, HRM, Sobeys, as
well as McCain Foods, Beauséjour Regional Health Authority and the City of
Edmundston, in New Brunswick.

About Health Technology Services – Nova Scotia (HITS-NS)

Health Information Technology Service – Nova Scotia (HITS-NS) is an
organization created to provide operational support for provincial health
applications.

About Capital Health

Capital Health comprises: the Capital District Mental Health Program; Centre
for Clinical Research; Cobequid Community Health Centre; Community Health;
Dartmouth General Hospital; Addition Prevention and Treatment Services; East
Coast Forensic Hospital; Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital; Hants Community
Hospital;  The Nova Scotia Hospital; Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital;
Public Health Services; Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital; the Nova Scotia
Environmental Health Centre; and the QEII Health Sciences Centre.

The Capital Health District also encompasses seven volunteer Community
Health Boards that advise Capital Health through the development of
community health plans and encourage public participation in health
planning. For more information, visit the Capital Health website:
www.cdha.nshealth.ca.