Released on = October 4, 2006, 5:51 am

Press Release Author = Hosted Solutions

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = High touch approach and highly available infrastructure
cited as primary factors
in selection


Press Release Body = Raleigh, NC - October 4th, 2006 - Hosted Solutions, the
Carolinas' leading data center and Web hosting company, today announced that Krispy
Kreme, the leading branded retailer and wholesaler of high-quality doughnuts, has
selected the company as its web hosting provider.
Krispy Kreme currently operates approximately 300 Krispy Kreme stores and 90
satellites across the United States, Australia, Canada, Mexico, South Korea and the
United Kingdom. Krispy Kreme's web presence is integral to the company's daily
operations including employee training, franchisee and media relations, apparel and
gift card sales and fundraising. To ensure maximum uptime of these critical
functions, Hosted Solutions will provide Krispy Kreme a fully managed web
application including servers, firewall, tracking software and Microsoft licensing
out of the company's Charlotte data center.
"What impressed us the most about Hosted Solutions was their team's personal
dedication to ensuring that we receive the right technical solutions for our needs,"
said Nathan Mucher, Vice-President of Information Services for Krispy Kreme.
"Hosted Solutions' high touch approach to managed services made them a clear fit for
Krispy Kreme," he added. "Krispy Kreme simply couldn't ask for a better web hosting
partner," commented Kittie Pearson, Interactive Systems Manager for Krispy Kreme.
"It is a great pleasure adding a well-respected North Carolina-based company such as
Krispy Kreme to our client roster," commented Hosted Solutions CEO Rich Lee. "We
work strenuously to demonstrate our commitment to providing unmatched service to
companies in our market. Our clients, including Krispy Kreme, appreciate the time
we dedicate to understanding their unique business challenges and goals in order to
provide winning solutions."
Hosted Solutions' full suite of services includes Colocation, Fully-Managed Servers,
Dedicated Servers, Business Continuity Services, Managed Storage, Enterprise Backup,
Managed Firewall, Intrusion and Vulnerability Detection, Load Balancing, High
Availability Clustering and comprehensive 24/7 Monitoring and Management of
e-commerce infrastructures.
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About Hosted Solutions
Hosted Solutions provides customized managed and dedicated web hosting solutions to
more than 375 clients from its SAS 70 Type II compliant data centers. Hosted
Solutions offers unmatched technical expertise in best practices and best-of-breed
technologies as well as flexible and scalable packages and a la carte services. For
more information about Hosted Solution\'s offerings contact
sales@hostedsolutions.com, call 919-852-0690 in the Triangle, 704-423-9174 in
Charlotte, or visit www.hostedsolutions.com.

About Krispy Kreme

Founded in 1937 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Krispy Kreme is a leading branded
retailer and wholesaler of high-quality doughnuts, including its signature Hot
Original GlazedTM. There are currently approximately 290 Krispy Kreme factory
stores and 90 satellites operating systemwide in the United States of America,
Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mexico, South Korea and the United Kingdom.
Krispy Kreme can be found on the Internet at http://www.krispykreme.com.

Information contained in this press release, other than historical information,
should be considered forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are subject to
various risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual
results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or expected. Among the
key factors that may have a direct bearing on Krispy Kreme\'s operating results,
performance or financial condition are the outcome of the pending formal
investigation by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the
investigation by the United States Attorney\'s Office for the Southern District of
New York, the pending shareholder class action, the pending shareholder derivative
action, the pending ERISA class action, further actions by the Special Committee,
our auditors\' ongoing review of our financial statements, actions taken by lenders
to the Company and its joint ventures and actions taken by our franchisees,
dependence on the ability of our franchisees to execute on their business plans,
supply issues, changes in consumer preferences and perceptions, the failure of new
products or cost saving initiatives to contribute to financial results in the
timeframe or amount currently estimated and numerous other factors discussed in
Krispy Kreme\'s periodic reports and proxy statements filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.



Web Site = http://www.hostedsolutions.com

Contact Details = David Chapman
dchapman@919marketing.com
(919)557-7890