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Monday, July 13, 2009

Cbeyond to Present at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference

ATLANTA, Jul 13, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), a provider of communications and IT solutions to more than 44,000 small businesses across the country, will participate in Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference (July 13-15) at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

The conference provides an opportunity for Microsoft partners around the world to learn about upcoming programs, strategies and technologies. The conference allows the extended Microsoft partner community to learn about business opportunities, innovative solutions, and business development strategies. Jon Harmer, Cbeyond's product manager for messaging and collaboration, will speak on July 15 at 2:00 p.m. CST about how small businesses can evolve from email to unified communications and the positive impact it can have on employee productivity.

Cbeyond currently provides Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Windows Mobile smartphones to small business customers as part of Cbeyond's portfolio of communications and collaboration solutions. Hosted Microsoft Exchange, integrated with Windows Mobile, provides small businesses with enterprise-class email and the benefits of a Microsoft Exchange server, plus mobile synchronization, without the total cost of ownership associated with a typical on-premise solution. Using Hosted Microsoft Exchange, Cbeyond's small business customers can experience the same email and collaboration experience traditionally available only to enterprise-sized businesses with in-house IT departments. Hosted Microsoft Exchange is the latest addition to the Cbeyond product suite designed to help small businesses grow.

About Cbeyond

Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY) is a leading provider of IT and communications services to more than 44,000 small businesses throughout the United States. Recently named as the sixth fastest growing technology company by Forbes magazine, and added to Standard & Poor's Small Cap S&P 600 Index, Cbeyond offers more than 30 productivity-enhancing applications including local and long-distance voice, broadband Internet, mobile, BlackBerry(R), broadband laptop access, voicemail, email, web hosting, fax-to-email, data backup, file-sharing and virtual private networking. Cbeyond delivers these services over a 100 percent private all IP network. For more information on Cbeyond, visit www.cbeyond.net.

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SOURCE: Cbeyond, Inc.

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