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Web Hosting Trade Association, Calls for Advisory Members

2008-08-30T08:00:00-04:00

Chicago, Illinois - (The Hosting News) The Association of Internet and Hosting Service Providers (AIHSP), has issued a call for industry professionals, to join its five distinguished advisory subcommittee available slots.

Paul Hirsch, President of the AIHSP Founding Committee explained, ''Our advisory subcommittees will play an important role in shaping the future of this organization, laying the groundwork for the realization of our goals. Today, we are a small but agile group of dedicated volunteers, and we see these advisory subcommittees as an opportunity to involve the greater community and benefit from the collective wisdom therein. It is crucial that AIHSP be driven by its constituents, and that the energy and founding philosophy be widespread among the vast spectrum that is the web hosting and Internet services industry.''

The AIHSP is the first-ever trade association serving the shared interests of providers and vendors in the Web hosting and Internet services industry, today announced a call for qualified industry professionals to join five distinguished key advisory subcommittees, each charged with critiquing and improving the organization's roadmap to implementing core initiatives.

Launched last month at HostingCon 2008, the largest annual gathering of web services professionals, AIHSP has received broad attention for its intention to unify the Web hosting and Internet services industry and use collective power to resolve problems within the marketplace and provide greater public and political representation.

The AIHSP Founding Committee seeks qualified industry professionals to sit on five key advisory subcommittees: AIHSP Benefits and Professional Services Subcommittee; AIHSP Standards and Ethics Subcommittee; AIHSP Industry Representation and Advocacy Subcommittee; AIHSP Systems and Infrastructure Subcommittee; and AIHSP Research Investigatory Subcommittee. Each subcommittee will meet online and in teleconference calls over a six week period to fulfill its charge and provide the necessary guidance and advice to help AIHSP reach its 14 inaugural goals (www.aihsp.org/About-AIHSP/AIHSP-Goals.php).

Tyrone Adams, Ph.D., Director of the AIHSP Founding Committee and the Richard D'Aquin Professor of Journalism and Communications at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette noted, ''The formation of AIHSP advisory subcommittees is critical in terms of getting quality feedback from service providers, and more importantly, is highly relevant in the process of organizational structuration. One of the most important missions of the AIHSP will be to continually generate panoramic snapshots of the industry in action, and build apparatus to address the problems and inefficiencies we find.''

All qualified industry professionals are strongly encouraged to nominate themselves to take part in a subcommittee. The AIHSP Founding Committee will announce the final selection of subcommittee members in early September after careful review of those interested in taking part. Self-nominations may be made at www.aihsp.org/About-AIHSP/Build-AIHSP.php.

The five key Advisory Subcommittees, as charged include:

AIHSP Benefits and Professional Services Subcommittee
The AIHSP Benefits and Professional Services Subcommittee will collaborate to research viable sources for essential employee benefits (medical, dental, vision, life); research viable sources for essential small business services for AIHSP retainer on behalf of its members (accounting, tax preparation, legal, public relations); and compare and contrast providers in order to make recommendations to the founding committee.

AIHSP Standards and Ethics Subcommittee
The AIHSP Ethics, Standards and Certifications Subcommittee will collaborate to establish ethical standards of business operation; establish criteria for businesses to be considered in good standing; establish processes for updating ethical standards; establish grievance processes for businesses and consumers; and establish mediation guidelines and policies.

AIHSP Industry Representation and Advocacy Subcommittee
The AIHSP Industry Representation and Advocacy Subcommittee will collaborate to explore and determine key legislative objectives and priorities to ensure the sustained success and viability of the hosted services marketplace and fair competition within: research the viability and feasibility of implementing a direct lobbying campaign to influence existing and pending legislation; draft an initial series of communication goals and priorities for AIHSP as a representative body for business; and determine the scope, scale and objectives of an AIHSP media relations and crisis communications apparatus.

AIHSP Systems and Infrastructure Subcommittee
The AIHSP Systems and Infrastructure Subcommittee will collaborate to develop a project scope for the following systems: technical certification tracking system, grievance process tracking, research repository database, crisis communication system, intelligent business directory, employment portal and fraud database; determine most appropriate technologies for development of these systems; determine the hosting architecture best suited to these systems; research developers/firms for in-kind work and compensated work; make recommendations regarding custom development versus off-the-shelf application use; and research application security vendors for systems auditing.

AIHSP Research Investigatory Subcommittee
The AIHSP Research Investigatory Subcommittee will collaborate to determine the paramount research priorities and needs of its hosting and Internet service provider constituents; refine these compelling issues into a prioritized, ordered hierarchy for AIHSP advocacy and lobbying efforts; define which research data should be culled for in a members-only State of the Industry quarterly report for longitudinal tracking and archival purposes; and identify and maintain a database of emerging threats to the industry, whether political, economic, technological, or legislative.

Launched in July, 2008, the Association of Internet and Hosting Service Providers (AIHSP) is an innovative collaboration of businesses and professionals in the Web hosting and Internet services industry, working together to unify the industry, achieve meaningful representation, and secure a more prosperous marketplace for all. To nominate yourself to join an AIHSP Advisory Subcommittee, please visit: www.aihsp.org/About-AIHSP/Build-AIHSP.php.

For more about AIHSP, please visit: www.aihsp.org.

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Sedo Appoints Product Management VP

2008-08-30T08:00:00-04:00

Cambridge, Massachusetts - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) Hosting service domain name marketplace, Sedo, online marketplace for the buying and selling of domain names, Sedo, has appointed a new vice president, of its product management department.

Former Oversee.net executive Sam Nunez, will manage the product roadmap for the Sedo online marketplace, define marketing requirements and feature changes and drive their execution.

Tim Schumacher, CEO of Sedo noted, ''A well known insider within the domain industry, Mr. Nunez is an excellent addition to the Sedo team. His extensive, global expertise will help Sedo to enhance its leadership position and expand the company's product offerings.''

Before Sedo, Mr. Nunez worked at Oversee.net, where he was in charge of product management for Domain Sponsor. In this role, he led the internationalization of Domain Sponsor, revamped its publisher extranet by adding a new lander customization engine and 12 new reports, and enhanced Domain Sponsor optimization to include direct and non-traditional advertisers. In addition to the product team, Mr. Nunez managed product designers and the project management office.

Prior to Oversee.net, Mr. Nunez worked at Ask.com as Group Product Manager for Search Personalization and Platforms. Before Ask.com, he was responsible for all e-business initiatives at Silicon Graphics, where he launched, among other things, the company's first online store in 1998.

Mr. Nunez remarked, ''I look forward to helping Sedo strengthen its market position in the global domain name marketplace. Sedo will continue to leverage its tremendous success with online auctions, as it extends other services such as live auctions, globally.''

Mr. Nunez holds a M.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Ecole Centrale in Paris, as well as an MBA from U.C. Berkeley.

Sedo, an acronym for Search Engine for Domain Offers, is the leading online marketplace for buying and selling domain names and websites. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Sedo has assembled the world's largest database of domain names for sale, with more than 14 million listings. The success of Sedo's model has attracted a global membership base of more than 790,000 domain professionals. Sedo is majority-owned by AdLINK Group, which is part of the German United Internet AG (ISIN DE0005089031/ WKN 508903). Sedo offers regional versions of its site for the UK (Sedo.co.uk), France (Sedo.fr), Germany (Sedo.de), and Spain (Sedo.com).

To learn more about Sedo, please visit: www.sedo.com.

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iWeb Group Graners $22M Financing

2008-08-28T03:29:00-04:00

Quebec, Canada - (The Hosting News) iWeb Group Inc., has entered into a partnership for a $22M financing agreement, with Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., covering long term growth of the company's data centers, dedicated server leasing and web hosting operations.

Eric Chouinard, Chief Executive Officer of iWeb remarked, ''With this agreement, Goldman Sachs will provide financing to allow us to further our business objectives.''

iWeb will initially receive $ 10M USD in senior debt, 5 years, 16% and $ 1M in common shares will be issued to Goldman Sachs at $ 1.30 per share, these common shares will be subject to a four-month hold period. A subsequent $ 1M in shares will follow at $ 1.30, subject to certain market conditions. Under the second part of the agreement, Goldman Sachs can provide an additional $ 8M in senior debt with $ 2M in shares to be issued at market price, all subject to certain conditions and performance indicators.

Marc Guindon, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer added, ''A deal of this magnitude will allow us to continue investing in the infrastructures which are vital to maintaining our growth, which has been outstanding thus far.''

Last year, iWeb's financial results indicated a revenue of $3.2 million, with a 62% increase in revenues compared to the first quarter of previous fiscal year.

Other highlights included: - Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $0.8 million, a 65% increase over the first quarter of fiscal 2007 - Closing of a 3.3 million of shares public offering with gross proceeds of $4.1 million - Beginning of installation work of the Nuns' Island premises for a new co-location data center.

For the first quarter of 2008, consolidated revenues increased $1.2 million or 62% to $3.2 million compared to the same quarter of last year. This revenue growth can be attributed primarily to a steady rise in dedicated server demand. Gross profit margin for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 was in line with last year margin at 54%. The benefits of tight operating cost control were offset by the decrease in value of the U.S. dollar against the Canadian dollar, having a negative effect on Company's revenues in the last quarter. More than 70% of iWeb revenues are generated in U.S. currency. Total operating expenses for the quarter ended December 31, 2007, were 53% of revenue, compared to 47% for the same three-month period of fiscal 2007.

As discussed, net earnings for the last quarter were impacted by a stronger Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar, by higher overhead costs in order to support the Company's growing operations, and by a higher non-deductible share-based compensation expenses which have also a negative impact on the Company's effective tax rate, increasing it to 42%, from 32% in the first quarter of fiscal 2007.

Founded in 1996, iWeb offers a full line of advanced IP hosting services either through shared hosting, dedicated servers or co-location in three data centers, featuring over 52,000 square feet of floor space and the latest technological equipment. iWeb provides services in English, French and Spanish to clients in more than 130 countries.

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The Planet Discounts Celeron, Xeon Servers

2008-08-28T03:13:00-04:00

Houston, Texas - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) The Planet has debuted a new promotion offering outsourced IT at a 34 percent savings, priced at $59 per month. The company is also discounting select Dual Xeons.

Featuring two hard drives and two processors, the Dual Xeon 2.8-SCSI is now $125, down from $269. The Dual Xeon 2.8 Monster, equipped with eight 300GB SCSI/SAS drives and two 73GB system drives for exceptional performance, is now priced at $599, a savings of $200 per month. From its line of Ready To Go Servers, available in just one hour, the Dual Opteron 265-SATA is discounted more than $100, now priced at $145 per month.

Urvish Vashi, General Manager for dedicated hosting remarked, ''At The Planet we're committed to offering cost-effective hosting solutions for our SMB customers. By discounting a variety of servers -- from Celerons to Xeons to our Ready To Go Servers(TM) -- we're making it easier and more affordable than ever to host with The Planet.''

The above offers are good through Sept. 7, 2008, or while limited promotional supplies last.

Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide:

High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance

Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic

Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability

Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses

Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting over 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 6.7 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by enhanced facilities and network connectivity.

For additional information about the special offers, please visit: www.theplanet.com/dedicated-servers/server-specials.

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iWeb Group, Expands Network

2008-08-22T13:19:49-04:00

Quebec, Canada - (The Hosting News) - August 22, 2008 - iWeb Group Inc. and subsidiary of iWeb Technologies, will soon be completing its network expansion, to upgrade total network capacity to 15Gbps.

While adding three new carriers, the addition of these three new transit providers will mean better diversity, redundancy and reachability for all our customers and partners.

The following new carriers will be added to iWeb's Network:

- T-Systems / Deutsche Telekom (In production)
- 3Men@Work / Bell Peering (In production)
- Level 3 Communications (Coming at the end of August)

With the additional transit providers, iWeb will be directly linked to more networks which will result in connections being more direct and more efficient for all customers. These additions will affect mostly the High Quality Network customers, but will also enhance incoming routes for its Redundant Unmetered Network customers; while also providing additional redundancy.

The Unmetered Network upgrade includes additional Cogent Bandwidth. Once all the upgrades will be completed, iWeb's network will have a total network capacity of 15 Gbps dedicated to hosting services. The High-Quality Network and incoming routes will combine the networks of 7 carriers for a total of 11 Gbps, while the Redundant Unmetered Network (Cogent-based) now totals 4 Gbps. It is important to note that each part of iWeb's network (High Quality and Unmetered) is configured to backup the other if necessary and that customers of both networks benefit from all available routes for incoming traffic.

Below is complete list of its network composition: - 3 Gbps with Videotron Telecom
- 3 Gbps with Tata Communications, formerly Teleglobe
- 4 Gbps with Cogent Communications (Unmetered Network)
- 1 Gbps with Peer1 Network
- 1 Gbps with Priority Colo (TorIX peering)
- 1 Gbps with Level 3 Communications (Coming at the end of August)
- 1 Gbps from 3 Men @ Work (Bell peering)
- 1 Gbps from T-Systems / Deutsche Telekom

iWeb's first telecom link, back in 2000, was a 100 Mbps link, which had less than 1% of the capacity offered to iWeb customers currently. In the next few months, the company also expects to upgrade its main transit providers to 10Gbps.

Earlier this summer, the company attained ranking among Profit Magazine's top 100 Canadian companies, based on revenue growth over the past 5 years. From 2002 to 2007, the company's revenues have gone from 1.35 million to 9.82 million as of October 1st 2007, an increase of 627%; enough for iWeb to make its entry into the 100th position on the annual ranking.

The PROFIT 100 is the annual ranking which rates the top 100 Canadian companies based on the percentage of their revenue growth over a 5-year span. Produced by the business magazine PROFIT, 2008 marks the 20th edition of the ranking.

Founded in 1996, iWeb offers a full line of advanced IP hosting services either through shared hosting, dedicated servers or colocation in three data centers, featuring over 52,000 square feet of floor space and the latest technological equipment. iWeb provides services in English, French and Spanish to clients in more than 130 countries.

To learn more, please visit: www.iweb.com.

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Web Hosting Software Services, Offered by Radixweb

2008-08-22T12:25:24-04:00

Ahmedabad, India - (Website Hosting Directory) - August 22, 2008 - Software development company, Radixweb, provides Microsoft .NET technologies solutions, such as ASP.NET, C.Net, and VB.NET-based custom web application development services.

.Net Solutions at Radix is a global provider of various internet and custom software solutions, to help better manage businesses, for quality service delivery. The company's Dot Net development model guarantees that clients get the best blending of performance, consistency and cost. The process is a tag-oriented development methodology in each stage of the application development process, to minimize risks and reduce development time, which is very important for further business growth of the both sides.

Radix is in the practice of developing and maintaining Microsoft.NET based applications since many years. The company enlists an efficient and highly skilled team, capable of handling the projects of Radix, is presenting itself as a strong contender for developing Microsoft.NET based application with considerable size and complexity.

Some of the key areas demonstrating capabilities in this practice are:

Development Environment

Testing Server

Database

Source Controls

Coding Standards

Other Best Practices

Expertise

All development systems are loaded with necessary tools/utilities to carry out .NET based development. The key tools installed include:
Development Tools (Based on project Requirement)

MS Visual Studio 2003

MS Visual Studio 2005

.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0

MS Visual Source Safe Client

DBMS Clients (Based on project Requirements)

The testing server environment consists of separate server for deployment of demo or testing versions with full time Sr. Network and Infrastructure Manager and 2 Jr. Engineers to assist on network/connectivity and infrastructure related issues. The updated versions of the developed applications are regularly deployed on the testing server which is utilized for internal as well as client testing.

This environment helps customers and end-user to test the application over the Internet and provided their feedback/comments. The company provides various options on database to the customer based on their requirements and production environment details. The current offerings for databases include.

MS SQL 2000

MS SQL 2005

Oracle 9i

Oracle 10g

MySQL

Radix maintains a separate Source Control Server to for Visual Source Safe and implements scheduled backups of the server as a part of Business Contingency Planning. Radix Microsoft.NET Practice recommends and uses Microsoft .NET Library Standards as a part of naming conventions guidelines. This facility helps in standardization of the code and ease of readability for the reviewers.

Some highlighted items used as the best practices include: Using Microsoft Enterprise Libraries encapsulate the Microsoft recommended best practices for .NET applications.

Using Open Source tools like Cruise Control which is an automated build and integration server.

Using NUnit as a unit-testing framework for .NET based application.

Using Standard 3-Tier Architecture for application development in order to provide the necessary flexibility, scalability and performance gain to the application.

Maintaining standard templates for logging issues, client clarifications, Application Features, etc.

Radix has developed various sort of applications based on Microsoft.NET Platform, catering different sorts of requirements. Some of the key areas of expertise include: B2C applications like Shopping Carts, Auction Sites

Bank Claims Management Systems

Socket based programming using TCP/UDP Protocols, console applications, services

Real Estate / Appraiser Management Systems

Content Management Systems

Systems related to Education Domain for Online course/event/training management Our .Net solutions help businesses lessen their cost of operations, heighten operational efficiencies and amplify customer approval.

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The Planet Revives Double Down, Triple Play Promotions

2008-08-22T08:00:00-04:00

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) The Planet has launched new promotions that offer discounts on a selection of dedicated servers and new technologies.

Leading the promotional lineup are two of the company's most popular options: Double Down and Triple Play. Beginning today, customers can double RAM, hard drive disk space or bandwidth at no additional cost on new server orders. Or, they can triple their performance by doubling RAM, hard disk space and bandwidth for a nominal $47 per month. The above offers are good through Aug. 31, 2008, or while limited promotional supplies last.

The company also unveiled new low pricing on select servers. The Xeon 3210 SAS regularly priced at $249 per month - is now $199, a savings of 20 percent. The Xeon 3210 SATA is now $179 per month, down from $199. Additionally, The Planet is offering the Dual Xeon 2.4 SCSI for $115 per month, a 47 percent discount and its lowest-ever listed price from The Planet. The offer includes free setup, a $25 value.

Urvish Vashi, General Manager for dedicated hosting at The Planet noted, ''As customers begin to ramp up their businesses for the fall, these new promotions offer something for everyone, from low single-server pricing to discounts on our advanced Private Rack solution. Along with the quality of our network and data centers, these promotions mean that businesses can gain a significant competitive advantage by outsourcing their IT infrastructure with The Planet.''

The Planet is offering a free fifth server for customers who purchase four servers in a Dedicated Private Rack, a complex hosting solution with customizable options for bandwidth, networking and advanced hosting technologies such as load balancers and firewalls. Customers can also receive free setup - a savings of up to $1,000 - when they add a load balancer to any Private Rack or Virtual Private Rack order.

Ultimately, The Planet's goal is to provide:

High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance

Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic

Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability

Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses

Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet hosts over 22,000 small and medium-size businesses and 7.7 million Web sites worldwide. The Planet Alpha division provides the widest array of self-managed dedicated servers and advanced services backed by 24x7x365 support. The Planet Northstar Managed Hosting division combines a proactive methodology and seasoned IT experts to deliver a fully managed hosting solution. With the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and an enterprise-class network, The Planet turns IT into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to grow their businesses.

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Netfirms Congratulates Sponsored Olympic Silver Winner, Karen Cockburn

2008-08-22T08:00:00-04:00

Toronto, Canada - (Website Hosting Directory) Netfirms congratulates Olympic Karen Cockburn, a Canadian artistic gymnast, on her triumph in Woman's Trampoline competition, after sponsoring the contender.

Toronto born gymnast Karen Cockburn, competed today and landed herself and Canada a silver medal, bringing her total medal count to three; a bronze in 2000, silver in 2004 and now silver in 2008.

Ms. Cockburn remarked, ''I'd like to thank everyone that made my dream possible. I had a huge outpour of e-mails from my website and blog prior to competition.''

Her journey, to what may be her final trip to any games, has not been an easy one. In 2007 Karen suffered her second knee injury. Her road to recovery began in early 2008 when she stepped foot onto a trampoline for the first time since her surgery.

Though this is her third time competing in the games, Karen never lets this fact go to her head. Facing stiff competition and a past rival there was no room for her injury or cockiness to cloud her mind. Proving that her determination is always present she earned a score of 37.00 and just barely fell short of first place by eight tenths of a point. She is the fourth Canadian ever to win a medal in three straight games.

Thomas Savundra, President, Netfirms Inc. added, ''Congratulations Karen on an excellent performance. It was a strong finish executed with class and poise in one of the most challenging competitions ever.''

After learning that the trampoline was a competitive sport, Ms. Cockburn made the switch. In 1995, Karen injured her knee to the point where she needed reconstructive surgery and had to miss a years worth of training and competitions. Up until 1999 she had to compete with a brace on her knee. Despite the challenges that Karen has faced she still manages to give 110% and never faults on her determination to win.

Touted as the best Canadian thing to happen to gymnastics, Ms. Cockburn is an eight time Canadian champion, a World Champion in women's trampoline and the reigning World Cup Synchronized Trampoline Co-Champion. Ms. Cockburn already has a summer games bronze medal in 2000 and silver medal in 2004.

Netfirms, Inc., founded in 1998, provides web hosting solutions and technology to successful small and medium-sized businesses, home office, entrepreneurs and individuals worldwide. Netfirms hosts over 1,000,000 websites, with offices in the U.S. and Canada. Netfirms was selected in 2006 as one of HostReview.com's Top 10 Fastest Growing Web Hosting Companies. Netfirms has been recognized by CIRA as Canada's largest .CA domain registrars, and will be celebrating their 10 year anniversary in September.

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MidPhase Debuts New Web Design

2008-08-20T13:00:00-04:00

Chicago, Illinois - (Website Hosting Directory) MidPhase has officially relaunched its company website, following its acquisition in December 2007 by UK2.

With a new vision, website and solution that is summed up with one thought: technological expertise should not be a barrier to having an online presence; midPhase provides the tools and solutions to provide everyone with a professional website.

Marc Bollinger, General Manager of midPhase noted, ''Our new website reflects our philosophy: the widest array of easy to access, understand and use services for online customers of any level of technological competency. We don’t want anyone intimidated by the Internet. We want to make the process of having an online presence as painless as possible and give our customers a professional site, even if they're afraid of using a mouse. A customer can literally send us text, pick out a design from the catalogue of over 10,000 , and have a professionally designed website up in less than two days.''

midPhase is the premier shared hosting company for individuals and small businesses that are looking for hands off online turnkey solutions, allowing them to focus on running their businesses. The new website reflects this philosophy with a suite of packages that includes $6.95 hosting and DesignPhase, an exclusive new solution that provides a customer with no design or online experience whatsoever to launch a professional website and have it customized, for as little as $59 a month. The new website represents the first major revision, redesign and upgrade since midPhase was acquired.

DesignPhase provides customers with access to over 10,000 designs including wordpress, Joomla and phpBB designs. Designs can be changed every year and customers have access to 30 minutes of content additions and updates every month. There is no setup fee and the $59 a month fee includes access to professional design teams. The hosting package also includes 750 GB of storage, 10 TB data transfer, 99 MySQL databases and nightly backups.

midPhase provides budget, shared, advanced and other types of web hosting services to a wide range of clients ranging from small business to individuals, and currently hosts over 120,000 websites. midPhase is dedicated to providing the widest array of easy to use tools and solutions to customers seeking an online presence, ranging from advanced users to those with little or no technological expertise. midPhase is able to distinguish itself from countless other providers by offering an incredible value to their customers; a combination of advanced products and affordability has helped midPhase retain a record breaking growth pattern, faster than the industry average every month since inception. midPhase is part of the UK-2 Group (uk2group.com).

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Got Web Host Adds Web Hosting Demo Player

2008-08-19T04:34:00-04:00

Valparaiso, Indiana - (The Hosting News) Got Web Host, web hosting provider, has released its SEO and Web Hosting Demo Player, to provide access for over 160 video tutorials.

The tutorials cover such subjects as the use of the Direct Admin control panel, transferring domains between various registrars, setting up private nameservers, use of phpMyAdmin and many more common tasks that a web host client might undertake.

Tanya Martin, Director of Internet Marketing explained, ''With our demo player you can see Flash tutorials on many web hosting and search engine optimization topics. Plus when we add more demos or tutorials you will get them automatically each time you start the player. You will only need to download a file again when we update the SEO and Web Hosting Demo Player.''

Lloyd Brown, Director of Sales and Business Development, commented, ''We launched our demo player with over 160 tutorials, covering such topics as using phpMyAdmin and managing MySQL, how to manage DNS nameservers and transferring domains with 15 popular registrars like Godaddy and Dotster. We also cover use of popular email programs, use of various FTP clients, and more.''

These tutorials are available free of charge to everyone. New topics will be added regularly and users are free to suggest additional topics.

Mr. Brown added, ''Our tutorials will help people with specific tasks related to web hosting or SEO a lot easier.'' To download the player in either .exe or .zip formats click SEO and Web Hosting Demo.exe for the .EXE or SEO and Web Hosting Demo.zip for the .ZIP file. For more information please go to http://seo.gotwebhost.com/seo-web-hosting-demo-player/. Visit the Got Web Host knowledge base at http://seo.gotwebhost.com/ for more SEO and web hosting related topics.

In June, the company instituted an SEO web hosting plan, for its shared plans, as the latest in its web hosting plan offerings. Got Web Host provides SEO web hosting plans for companies concerned with host crowding penalties associated with search engine optimization. Got Web Host offers Multiple Class C IPs to their users. Many companies specializing in SEO have requested or searched for hosting that provided this type of service, we bring it to you with many different packages.

Got Web Host the SEO web host plans include the following features:

High Bandwidth Virtual hosting with up to 10 GB of storage and 800 GB of transfer.

Standard Value Servers with dedicated servers beginning as low as $149 a month.

SEO Starter web hosting plan with two datacenters, 2 nameservers, 2 Class C IPs.

Virtual SEO web hosting plans ranging up to 30 IPs, 15 individual Class C IPs and multiple or private nameservers. Multiple data centers are available.

Dedicated SEO server plans with up to 50 IPs, with up to 10 individual Class C Subnets and multiple private nameservers.

Customized packages with up to 80 Class C subnets are available upon request.

Streaming dedicated hosting plans with either BTN or multi-tier one lines.

Got Web Host has been hosting websites since 2002, including Multiple Class C IP addresses for users, as well as a variety of different packages, designed for specific business needs.

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Single Entry Point, Offers Free Web Hosting Management

2008-08-20T05:00:00-04:00

Toronto, Canada - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) Marketing consultancy, Single Entry Point, is offering to assist its clients, with free managed web hosting worth $720 per year, at no additional cost.

Mike Lascut, Founder of Single Entry Point explained, ''We're committed to building a better online presence for each one of our clients. Our free managed web hosting provides further unparalleled value to our customers and helps them realize a higher ROI by saving them money right off the bat.''

Single Entry Point's limited-time managed hosting offer is extended to all new clients who engage the company with a search, email, or web analytics project. The managed web hosting package is valued at $720 per year and includes: free website hosting on Microsoft Windows 2003 servers; free DNS hosting and management; free one-time website installation with no setup charges; free FTP access to client website; and a free email server.

Single Entry Point is an online marketing consultancy devoted to giving large, medium and small companies an extreme edge through search marketing, email marketing and web analytics. With 12 years of search engine experience under its belt, the company continues to catch the attention of North America's biggest companies thanks to its unique blend of expertise, proprietary technology, and intelligent application of data, all of which have proven to give its clients an unfair advantage and the prospect of unmatched market share.

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HostMySite.com Debuts Hyper-V Virtualization

2008-08-16T03:45:00-04:00

Newark, Delaware - (The Hosting News) - August 15, 2008 - Web hosting solutions firm, HostMySite, Inc. has added Hyper-V hosting, to its portoflio of service offerings. Hyper-V is the latest in virtualization technology from Microsoft and is a key feature of Windows Server 2008.

HostMySite.com is offering a powerful standard solution or a customized server based on each client's needs. Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based virtualization that provides customers with a fast and scalable virtualization solution. With Hyper-V, it's possible to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single physical machine as a virtual environment.

Matt Ferrari, Virtualization Solution Architect for HostMySite.com noted, ''By taking advantage of Hyper-V with Windows 2008, our clients have the ability to take all of their solutions, such as their production and development environments, and simultaneously run them together in a completely isolated hypervisor-based virtual environment.''
With HostMySite.com's Hyper-V solution, clients get a single hardware server on which they are able to create multiple virtual machines (VMs). Each virtual machine acts as a standalone server running its own operating system, which can be 32-bit/64-bit Windows or Linux. Virtual machines can be configured as application servers, database servers running Microsoft SQL 2008 or MySQL, mail servers, or test environments.
Mr. Ferrari added, ''This technology has brought the reliability of a robust physical environment and combined it with the cost savings of a virtual environment. Additionally, Hyper-V gives tremendous flexibility and ease of management to developers and technology managers who need to deploy virtual environments quickly.''
HostMySite.com was founded by partners Lou Honick and Neil Heuer in 1997. The foundation of the culture at HostMySite.com is a top-down commitment to complete customer satisfaction. HostMySite.com provides individuals, small businesses, and large corporations with dedicated hosting, VPS hosting, and ASP.NET hosting, supported by 24x7x365 live support through toll-free telephone, email, and live online chat.
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Paid Engages Reciprocal Licensing Agreements

2008-08-17T03:30:00-04:00

Boston, Massachusetts - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - August 15, 2008 - Web hosting and services provider, Paid, Inc., has entered into reciprocal licensing agreements, with 3D platform, virtual community environments provider, Worlds.com.

The company's cross licensing agreements are designed to leverage each other's patented software platforms for each company's strategic benefit. The alliance includes Paid's merchandising of WORLDS.COM 3D content development and the integration of PAID's patented e-commerce technology into WORLDS' online 3D marketplace.

The three-year contract with option for renewal is expected to open an evolving series of links to increase web site traffic, enhance the experience of WORLDS.COM users and members of PAID-managed celebrity fan clubs, and aggressively grow the revenue and profits of both companies and their clients. As an early pioneer in 3D online merchandise sales, WORLDS.COM CEO Thom Kidrin clearly places the initial emphasis on PAID's ecommerce capture and fulfillment role.
Mr. Kidrin explained, ''Having operated over 50 online ecommerce stores within 3D worlds for artists such as David Bowie and Aerosmith beginning in 1997, Worlds appreciates the multiple challenges in large scale fulfillment and customer service. Paid's patented platform and experience in the ecommerce market affords Worlds a unique set of features to offer our users with confidence and a seamless user experience. We are also attracted by the nature of PAID's relationship consulting services in the areas of sports and music industry marketing, and we see ourselves creating new revenue-generating strategies together as part of the natural progression of our business relationship.''
PAID's ecommerce technology will be integrated into WORLDS.COM by yearend 2008, and simultaneously PAID will begin to offer its celebrity clients a 3D immersive web presence. This relationship also breaks new ground as a licensing opportunity under which WORLDS.COM can broker the use of PAID, Inc.'s patented shipping calculation technology when signing or renewing contracts with their clients.
Keith Garde, President of Paid Inc. celebrity services noted, ''By establishing an overarching relationship between PAID and WORLDS.COM, we have opened the door to expand further into recording artists, sports figures and other well-known brands to reach greater traffic through partnership.''
This multi-dimensional partnership has such potential for mutual benefit that the natural progression approach should have far-reaching impact in the real world, the virtual world and additional marketplaces such as mobile telephony, sponsorship and advertising sales and the introduction of a 3D fan experience via PAID's membership-driven client web sites.
The Internet is still basically a 2D experience as an outgrowth of print media that emulates other flat forms of traditional media. 3D virtual worlds represent the next trend in the interactive relationship between celebrities and their fan bases and can include exclusive fan-only experiences such as video previews, virtual voice chats with the celebrities, Avatar interaction within the fan community and more. In parallel, WORLDS.COM now has the capability to introduce PAID's one of a kind ecommerce platform to WORLDS' new or existing clients, which today include some of the world's most familiar brands and entertainment entities.
Other exciting developments to watch for include the potential of mobile promotions strategies and the creation and sale of new, PAID-inspired virtual merchandise as the companies fully explore the potential applications of leveraging each other's technology platforms.
Worlds.com, Inc. is the 1st pioneering platform in massive multi-user 3D virtual communities and rich immersive environments. (US Patent 6,219,045 and 7,181,691B1) Worlds leverages its patented proprietary technology in partnership with brand leaders in specific market segments to offer visitors multi-user environments that have interactive Avatars, rich media graphics, text chat, voice-to-voice chat, video/audio, Web 2.0 tools and e-commerce. The 3D communities allow visitors to interact and communicate with each other in their Avatar persona as well as participate in a multitude of shared experiences such as chat, watching movies, listening to music/playlists, shopping, text messaging, sharing profiles, learning, collaborating plus much more throughout the 3D destinations. Besides partnering with existing content providers that have strong brands, rich media assets and an existing following, Worlds also encourages individuals to create their own virtual spaces, communities and unique Avatars with easy-to-use tools.
Paid, Inc.'s celebrity services provides famous people with official web sites and fan club services that include e-commerce storefronts, ticketing and fan experience packages, and web site content. The Company also sponsors autograph signing events and other sports marketing services for sports clientele. Using proprietary patent-pending technology, Paid's patent-pending AuctionInc brand shipping calculation and auction management software and services are utilized to streamline online auctions, ecommerce and web site development and hosting.

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iWeb Group Releases Financials

2008-08-14T01:56:00-04:00

Quebec, Canada - (The Hosting News) - iWeb Group Inc. and subsidiary of iWeb Technologies, has released the financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008, ending June 30, 2008.

Third quarter highlights include:
- Revenue increased 57% to $4.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2008, compared to $2.6 million for the same period in 2007;
- Adjusted EBITDA increased to $1.0 million for the third quarter of 2008, compared to $0.7 million for the same period in 2007;
- Infrastructure work has begun on the fourth and final phase of the Couture Data Center;
- An additional $2.7 million of annually recurring revenue generated in the third quarter.
Eric Chouinard, President and CEO of iWeb noted, '''Revenues have continued to grow steadily in the last quarter. This progress confirms the effectiveness of recently implemented strategies to support our growth: the new web site, launched in March, improved management of advertising strategies, and a new operational structure in the Company's sales department. Combined with our standard operations, these strategies are generating remarkable results. In the past three months, we have added $2.7 million in annual recurring revenue to our existing revenues, which bodes very well for the upcoming quarters.''

Revenues for the third quarter ended June 30, 2008 totalled $4.1 million, compared to $2.6 million for the same period of 2007, an increase of $1.5 million, or 57%.

The gross profit margin for the quarter was 49%, compared to 59% for the same period 12 months ago. The strength of the Canadian dollar compared to the U.S. dollar is the main reason for this decrease. The majority of iWeb's cost of services sold is expensed in Canadian dollars, as opposed to revenues, which are perceived mostly in U.S. dollars. In addition, costs attributed to the co-location site on Nun's Island, which was brought online on May 1, 2008, have affected the gross profit margin, given the modest revenues recorded thus far for this data center.
Operating expenses have increased, from 47% of revenues one year ago, to 49% of revenues for the third quarter. These additional operating expenses are the result of higher financing costs, due to increased debt facilities, this despite a decrease in sales expenses, the result of the improved management of advertising strategies.

Adjusted EBITDA increased to $1.0 million, or 23% or revenues for the third quarter ended June 30, 2008, compared to $0.7 million, or 27% of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2007.

Net earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 are close to break-even, at $13,210 or $0.0005 per share compared to $200,848 or $0.0085 per share for the corresponding period of 2007. This decrease in net earnings is the direct result of the lower gross profit margin.

Earlier this summer, iWeb attained ranking among Profit Magazine's top 100 Canadian companies, based on revenue growth over the past 5 years. From 2002 to 2007, the company's revenues have gone from 1.35 million to 9.82 million as of October 1st 2007, an increase of 627%; enough for iWeb to make its entry into the 100th position on the annual ranking.

The PROFIT 100 is the annual ranking which rates the top 100 Canadian companies based on the percentage of their revenue growth over a 5-year span. Produced by the business magazine PROFIT, 2008 marks the 20th edition of the ranking.

Founded in 1996, iWeb offers a full line of advanced IP hosting services either through shared hosting, dedicated servers or colocation in three data centers, featuring over 52,000 square feet of floor space and the latest technological equipment. iWeb provides services in English, French and Spanish to clients in more than 130 countries.

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Dedicated Hosting Sale, at Aplus.Net

2008-08-14T01:42:00-04:00

Overland Park, Kansas - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - August 14, 2008 - Aplus.Net, has premiered a summer sale on select models of its top-selling line of dedicated servers. New customers purchasing dedicated hosting plans from Aplus.Net receive a discount of up to forty percent off, depending on their choice of sign-up terms, for a limited time.

Amanda Rusich, Marketing Director at Aplus.Net noted, ''At Aplus.Net, we take pride in providing the kinds of value-oriented solutions that today's small business owners need more than ever. Offering deep discounts on our most popular dedicated servers - essential tools on the path to online success for many small businesses - lets us provide maximum value to our customers while also helping to ensure that Aplus.Net remains a competitive force in the consumer market.''

Customers who prepay for a month receive twenty percent off their monthly fee. A thirty percent discount is offered to those customers who choose to prepay for a full year, and customers who prepay for two years receive a discount of forty percent. All discounts last for the duration of the initial sign-up subscription.

Already offering a full range of dedicated hosting solutions that are among the most optimized in the industry, Aplus.Net is offering this promotion on its most popular servers: The Intel Celeron 2.8 GHz , the 2x Intel Xeon 2.8 GHz , and the 2x Intel Xeon 3.0 GHz.

The promotion caps a period in which Aplus.Net has worked to overhaul and better optimize its line of dedicated servers. In recent months, the company has rebranded its entirededicated server line and lowered its prices by amounts of up to hundreds of dollars.

Aplus.Net has provided web services since the Internet's commercial start in 1995. Aplus.Net is one of the top ten privately held hosting companies in the United States. Specializing in helping small businesses build a customer base via the Internet, Aplus.Net offers award-winning services that include web hosting and design, dedicated servers, online marketing, e-commerce, domain name registration, and much more. Aplus.Net has been awarded many honors for excellence, including the prestigious CNET Editors' Choice Award, and has been featured in top U.S. business publications such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, and PC Magazine.

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