CHENNAI, India, July 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Recognizes Excellence of Sify's Next-Generation Data Center at Mumbai

   Sify Technologies Limited (Nasdaq National market: SIFY), a
leader in enterprise data telecom services and consumer Internet with global
delivery capabilities, won the award for the 'Best Telecom Data Center' at
the INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Awards 2009 function in New Delhi on Friday
24th July 09 for its next-generation data center at Airoli, Mumbai.

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CHENNAI, India, July 27 /PRNewswire/ --

INFOCOM along with CMAI, Communications and Manufacturing
Association of India, an apex trade and business promotion body with over 28
international MoU partners and representative offices in eight countries,
jointly announce the National Telecom Awards 2009. The National Telecom
Awards are held annually to recognize and encourage Technology players for
their contribution in building a robust and advanced national telecom network
and infrastructure.

On receiving the award from Shri Gurudas Kamat, Honourable
Minister of State for Communications and IT, Mr. Raju Vegesna, CEO and
Managing Director, Sify Technologies, said, "The Airoli data centre is a key
facet of our strategy to develop the most sophisticated network and data
centre infrastructure in the country to facilitate the evolution and demand
for highly dependable and secure services for ecommerce, online banking,
mission critical applications for enterprises such as ERPs, media and
entertainment content, stock trading, unified communications and disaster
recovery. This award is recognition of this state of the art data center, and
Sify's capabilities in designing, developing and managing world class data
centers. I would like to thank the Government, the Department of
Communications and IT and our customers, without whom this would not have
been possible. I would also like to thank the Sify team, on whose behalf I
receive this award, who made this possible."

This year, in addition to Shri Gurudas Kamat, Honourable
Minister of State for Communications and IT, Shri Siddharth Behura, IAS,
Secretary Telecom; Shri R Chandrashekhar, IAS, Secretary IT; Dr. J S Sarma,
IAS, Chairman Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI); and Hon'ble
Justice Mr. Arun Kumar, Chairman Telecom Disputes Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT)
graced the awards ceremony with their presence.

Sify launched India's first Level 3 data center at Vashi,
Mumbai, in September 2000. Since then the company has continually pioneered
the standards, facilities and services in the data center space in the
country. Over the last 8 years, Sify has invested in centers in Chennai and
Bangalore with increasing levels of sophistication and capability. In August
2008, Sify launched its fourth state-of-the-art data center at Airoli near
Mumbai. While the Airoli Data Center entailed an investment of about $36
million, Sify's total investment in data centers over the next two years is
likely to be about $100 million. Sify is also developing cutting-edge 'Green'
initiatives for its data centers.

About Sify

Sify is among the largest Managed Enterprise and Consumer
Internet Services companies in India, offering end-to-end solutions with a
comprehensive range of products delivered over a common telecom data network
infrastructure reaching 500+ cities and towns in India.

A significant part of the company's revenue is derived from
Corporate Services, which include corporate connectivity, network and
communications solutions, security, network management services, enterprise
applications and hosting. Sify is recognized as an ISO 9001:2008 certified
service provider for network operations, data center operations and customer
support, and for provisioning of VPNs, Internet bandwidth, VoIP solutions and
integrated security solutions, and ISO / IEC 20000 - 1:2005 certified for
Internet Data Center operations. Sify has licenses to operate NLD (National
Long Distance) and ILD (International Long Distance) services and offers VoIP
back haul to long distance subscriber telephony services. The company is
India's first enterprise managed services provider to launch a Security
Operations Center (SOC) to deliver managed security services. A host of blue
chip customers use Sify's corporate service offerings.

Sify also caters to global markets in the specialized domains of
eLearning Services and Remote Infrastructure Management Services. The
eLearning Services business designs, develops, and delivers state-of-the-art
digital learning solutions catering to for-profit, non-profit organizations,
and governmental organizations in the fields of hi-tech, engineering,
environment, healthcare, education, and finance. The Remote Infrastructure
Management Services provides dependable and economical solutions around
managed services, hosting, and monitoring.

Consumer services include broadband home access and the e-port
cyber cafe chain cross 180 cities and towns. Sify.com, the popular consumer
portal, has channels on news, entertainment, finance, sports, games and
shopping. Samachar.com is the popular portal aimed at non-resident Indians
around the globe. The site's content is available in 8 Indian languages,
which include Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil, Punjabi and
Gujarati in addition to English.

For more information about Sify, visit http://www.sifycorp.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The
forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
reflected in the forward-looking statements. Sify undertakes no duty to
update any forward-looking statements.

For a discussion of the risks associated with Sify's business,
please see the discussion under the caption "Risks Related to Our Business"
in the company's report on Form 6-K for the quarter ended September 30, 2008,
which has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and is available by accessing the database maintained by the SEC
at http://www.sec.gov.

Contact information:
    Sify Technologies Limited
    Mr. David Appasamy
    Investor Relations
    +91-44-2254-0770 (ext. 2013)
    david.appasamy@sifycorp.com

    Grayling Investor Relations
    Ms. Truc Nguyen (ext. 418) or
    Mr. Christopher Chu (ext. 426)
    +1-646-284-9400
    truc.nguyen@us.grayling.com or christopher.chu@us.grayling.com

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    Ms. Stacy Dimakakos
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