groupSPARK to attend Microsoft Hosting Summit 2008

BURLINGTON, MA - April 9, 2008 - groupSPARK, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and the leading provider of private label hosted software services including hosted Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1, and Dynamics CRM, today announced its participation in the Microsoft Hosting Summit 2008.

Microsoft Hosting Summit 2008 is an exclusive invitation only event that will bring together 400 hosting industry executives, key decision-makers and leading analysts from around the world. The Summit is taking place at the Westin Hotel and Conference Center in Bellevue, Washington, from April 8-10, 2008. Topics include Software plus Service, mobility, small business hosting, and new hosted applications.

groupSPARK and other industry leaders will exchange knowledge, share ideas and provide feedback to help shape the future of the SaaS market. All attendees will have the opportunity to join Microsoft hosting team executives to develop the next generation roadmap for hosted services.

"Software as a Service, and Exchange hosting in particular, is a very dynamic and fast growing market," said Ravi Agarwal, Senior Executive Officer, groupSPARK division of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. "We look forward to working with Microsoft at the Hosting Summit to help shape the future of the hosting industry, enabling us to bring new and innovative hosted services to our reseller channel."

About groupSPARK
Located in Burlington, Massachusetts, groupSPARK, a mindSHIFT company, is a leading provider of SaaS services, such as Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services v3.0, and Dynamics CRM, which can be completely private labeled and resold by partners as a part of their own product offerings saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in development and support costs.

Its partners utilize groupSPARK's turnkey private label platform to provide hosted services to their users in minutes. Partners are able to address scalability and uptime concerns by leveraging groupSPARK's 100% uptime SLA, private label 24x7 U.S.-based support and proactive hardware and software monitoring capabilities. www.groupSPARK.com

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Contacts:

Lisa Masiello
groupSPARK
781-273-6248 x.652
lmasiello@groupspark.com

Jennifer Signorini
Weber Shandwick
617-520-7069
jsignorini@webershandwick.com