Quebec, Canada - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - May 30, 2008 - Web hosting solutions and Internet infrastructure provider firm, iWeb Technologies, has released its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2008.

Martin Leclair, Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of iWeb noted, ”Our financial results show once again a steady growth in revenues and adjusted EBITDA. Everything seems to indicate that our growth will continue: the occupancy rate of our principal data center for dedicated servers is quickly increasing and we will soon begin the work on the last phase for that site; phase one of work of our new co-location data center of Nuns’ Island is almost completed and we already welcomed our first customers; our new website under the domain name iweb.com is now on-line and features additional products and functionalities, and we can already notice that it had a positive impact on the number of visits on our website and on new recurring revenues. Therefore, the current trend is very positive and explains our optimism over our future growth.”

The Q2-2008 Summary includes:

• 56% increase in revenues to $3.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 compared to $2.3 million for the same period of 2007
• Adjusted EBITDA1 of $0.8 million for the second quarter, a 71% increase over the same period of fiscal 2007
• Company’s new website is now on-line: iweb.com
• Completion of work on phase 3 of Couture data center
• Completion of work on phase 1 of Nuns Island data center, and installation of first customers

Consolidated revenues of the second quarter ended March 31, 2008 were $3.6 million, compared to $2.3 million for the same period of 2007, an increase of $1.3 million or an improvement of 56%. Without taking in account the impact of the stronger Canadian dollar against the U.S. currency, growth in revenues would have been even better since 75% of Company’s revenues are generated in U.S. dollars.

Gross profit margin for the quarter was 53%, compared to 56% for the corresponding quarter of fiscal 2007. This decrease is mainly explained by the strength of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. currency. Contrary to revenues, a great portion of cost of services sold is expensed in Canadian dollars.

Operating expenses decreased to 52% of revenues for the second quarter of 2008, compared to 55% for the same period of last year. This improvement is mainly explained by a better control on advertising expenses, and by interest revenues generated by investments in term deposits coming from the net proceeds from the issuance of shares of November 2007. These positive impacts in operating expenses were partly reduced by higher stock-based compensation expenses.

Adjusted EBITDA increased to $0.8 million, or 23% of revenues, for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, compared to $0.5 million, or 21% of revenues for the same three-month period of previous fiscal year, an improvement of 71% year-over-year.

Net earnings remained nearly at the same level of the preceding year and were $19,225 or $0.0007 per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, compared to $21,710 or $0.0009 per share for the same period one year-ago.

Second quarter ended March 31 (2008 vs 2007) includes:

Revenues : $3,574,627 $2,290,877
Gross profit : $1,896,807 $1,281,904
Net earnings : $19,225 $21,710
Earnings per share - basic : $0.0007 $0.0009
Adjusted EBITDA(1) : $837,976 $489,144
Total assets : $21,516,345 *$14,788,031
Shareholders equity : $5,814,903 *$1,957,453
Cash and term deposits : $2,287,568 *$844,456

Founded in 1996, iWeb is one of the leading Canadian providers 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 more than 13,000 clients from more than 135 countries.

For more information about iWeb, please visit: www.iweb.com.

Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - May 29, 2008 - Dedicated hosting company, The Planet’s Vice President of Facilities, Jeff Lowenberg, has been awarded with the first-ever ”Data Center Manager of the Year” award from SearchDataCenter.com.

The award recognizes excellence in data center project management, according to senior site editor Matt Stansberry. Mr. Lowenberg was recognized for his work that will save the company over $1 million on energy costs in 2008 alone, based on the implementation of new ”green” data center efficiencies.

Mr. Lowenberg provided a guided tour that outlines the efficiencies the company has implemented. Douglas J. Erwin, Chairman and CEO of The Planet remarked, ”From our own research and through discussions with customers, they choose The Planet based on the quality of our world-class data centers and network, as well as our reputation for customer service. With more than 50,000 servers across our data centers, energy is our fourth-largest expense. Jeff Lowenberg’s work contributes significantly to customer satisfaction, as well as to our bottom line. Jeff’s award is a resounding commentary on the quality of our data centers, which our customers will appreciate.”

Mr. Lowenberg conducted a six-month trial to reduce power consumption and increase data center operating efficiency. Initial results demonstrate that while critical server loads increased by 5 percent, power used for cooling decreased by 31 percent. Overall, the company experienced power reductions of up to 13.5 percent through a broad range of improvements. The new green initiatives were conducted across its six world-class data centers.

Armin Heinlein with Panalpina Group was a runner-up, followed by finalists Ben Stewart with Terremark and William Stewart with Sempra Energy.

The Planet operates more than 150 30-ton computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units across its six data centers. In one data center alone, the company was able to turn off four of the units. The cooling requirement on two of the units was reduced to 50 percent of capacity, while another nine now operate at 25 percent of capacity. The company also extended the return air plenums on all of its down-flow CRAC units to optimize efficiency. In some cases, The Planet team was able to increase CRAC unit temperature settings by as much as 10 degrees while still meeting the thermal guidelines for data processing environments set by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

Across the board, the company evaluated both its data center footprint and recommended guidelines from the Site Uptime Network, an invitation-only consortium of companies that operate data centers around the globe. The Planet also evaluated standards for air conditioning efficiency from ASHRAE to optimize operating performance. Among these improvements are the following:

• Rearranged floor tiles to better manage cold airflow
• Installed seals and grommets in the ceilings, walls and floors to reduce bypass airflow
• Installed blanking plates in server cabinets to direct airflow more efficiently
• Sealed power distribution units to reduce bypass airflow

Last month, The Planet added an automated recovery solution, which is now available on all of its new and existing servers within the company’s extensive offerings. The Automated Rescue Environment (ARE) allows customers to self-restore and repair their servers directly from The Planet customer portal in the event of a critical software failure.

Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide the following:

• High level 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 more than 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 state-of-the-art facilities and network connectivity.

For more information about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.

Vancouver, British Columbia - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - May 29, 2008 - Provider of shared, reseller, and dedicated hosting solutions, AptHost, has debuted the release of new VPS Hosting plans, exclusively tailored to developers.

Also designed for video streaming with configurations pre-configured with FFmpeg and Red5 applications pre-installed, the the plans allow for a completely private enviroment with its own independent operating system, web server, mail server and software.

AptHost’s VPS solutions will allow webmasters and web developers to build their website by allowing more creative freedom while reducing expenses.

Brian French, President and CEO of AptHost remarked, ”We are pleased to offer yet another hosting service to our already all-inclusive list of web hosting services. Our new vps hosting plans will allow developers and webmasters alike to run custom applications and scripts with full control of the server enviroment.”

AptHost’s new VPS Hosting plans will be completely managed allowing any novice or expert to focus on the more important aspects of their website without having to worry about the backend. AptHost’’s comprehensive list of security tweaks and applications allow for optimal website performance and uptime. Additionally several applications are pre-installed and ready for immediate use; these applications include Red5, FFmpeg, PHP, MySQL, Apache and more. All VPS Hosting plans will be coupled with cPanel, powered by Virtuozzo 4 technology.

With cPanel, customers will be able to manage their websites through an easy to use web interface. Additionally with the PowerPanel from Virtuozzo, customers will have the ability to reboot their server, monitor resources, create backups and much more. AptHost is launching three Linux based VPS Hosting plans. The plans offer disk space ranging from 30GB to 100GB and bandwidth ranges from 600GB to 2000GB. All of the plans allow for unlimited domains to be hosted with no additional limits other then the disk space, bandwidth and memory limits.

Additionally, all plans include root access along with Free Technical Support available via Toll-Free Telephone, Live Chat and Tickets.

Founded in 2000, AptHost.com started its enterprise on the web in early 2003. Since then, AptHost.com has become a leading provider of cPanel web hosting services for Personal, Small, and Medium Sized businesses.

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

London, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - May 28, 2008 - UK2.net hosting, has debuted a newly enhanced, instant domain look up tool, as part of its larger effort to completely upgrade its order process application.

Intended to modernise the way customers buy hosting products and services, the new domain look up tool allows customers to search for multiple domains, and make changes to their shopping basket, in a single browser window. It also uses Ajax technology for searching instantly - beginning the search as soon as you start typing. All of this means that if a customer wants to register multiple Domain Names and multiple types of TLD in a single order, they can do this in a fast and efficient way by using the new UK2 domain look up.

Ditlev Bredahl, CEO / MD of UK2.net noted, ”Our new domain look up tool and order process are the result of several weeks of hard week, so we are very pleased to announce the launch. UK2 is a very innovative company, always looking for ways to improve our services to customers, and looking at the significant amount of Domain Names registered each day we knew that making registration even easier would be a welcome development.”

Using expert input from the leading research company Marketing Experiments, once a Domain Name has been selected customers then enter a much simplified and more intuitive order process. The rationale behind the new order process was to follow the Marketing Experiments guidelines of removing friction and reducing anxiety, so customers are only asked for essential information. This new rationale also applies when ordering a UK2 Web Hosting package, where traditionally the order process involved several steps. Now, with UK2.net this order process takes just a few clicks, as customers first place the Web Hosting order and then decide on what domains they would like to use or buy afterwards.

The new look up tool means that customers can now secure their online identity, quickly and efficiently, without having to place multiple orders. UK2.net offer a range of the most popular Domain Names, starting from 2.99 pounds per year exc. VAT.

In April, UK-2 Group released its first quarter results, indicating the best ever, since the domain name registration highs of the early 2000’s.
In addition, the excellent growth seen by the company is in the higher revenue and profit areas of shared and dedicated hosting, not just domain names.

UK2.net has been a significant player in the British and European hosting markets since 1998, and is the founder brand of the UK-2 Group. UK2.net underwent a large organisational and strategic restructure in 2006, so to take advantage of the increase in popularity of hosting services and associated growth in the hosting market. The company has significantly increased customer numbers since then, and continues to challenge the other leading hosting brands.

Earlier this year, the company acquired clients from US host Stargate and midPhase Services Inc.’s Shared and Virtual Private Server businesses. UK-2 Group has been a significant player in the British and European hosting markets for many years, and recently underwent a large restructure, making important organizational changes in readiness for customer growth plans and challenging the bigger hosting brands. UK-2 is one of the largest domain registrars in the UK having registered over 1 million domain names.

UK-2 Group intends to continue operation of midPhase’s various brands, including: midPhase.com, ANHosting.com and Autica.com, due to its successful approach and market leadership to date. UK2 will not integrate midPhase into any existing UK-2 Group brand. This means there will be no impact on existing midPhase customers in terms of products, services, prices and support. UK-2 does not plan to migrate servers and has chosen to collocate the existing midPhase servers with SingleHop, Inc., a company owned and operated by Zak Boca and Dan Ushman.

UK-2 Group, a major player in the hosting industry since the late nineties, provides domain name registration and web hosting services to many customers through its family of hosting brands - UK2.net, US2.net, midPhase Services, AN Hosting, Autica and Resell.biz. The group operates its services out of several multi million pound data centres and are committed to providing reliable, secure and great value products and services underpinned with excellent support. UK2-Group is also a major shareholder in the merged Redbus Interhouse and Telecity Group, the leading European data centre provider.

To learn more about UK.Net, please visit: www.uk2.net.

Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - May 28, 2008 - Go Daddy has extended its contract with its star racing car driver representative and IndyCar’s most popular driver, Danica Patrick.

Hours before the legendary Indianapolis 500.race, GoDaddy.com announced that Ms. Patrick will represent the company through 2009 and as part of the deal, Danica’s IndyCar will sport an even bigger GoDaddy.com logo at Indy.

The company renewed its commitment with Andretti Green Racing and the sports celebrity well before the deadline, saying there was never any doubt about what Danica does for GoDaddy.com.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of GoDaddy.com noted, ”No other celebrity brings it all to the table like Danica. She’s a class act. She’s a winner. She’s fast. She’s focused. She’s smart. Danica personifies all the things GoDaddy.com is about.”

GoDaddy.com is known for being the top choice in domain names and is nearly three times the size of its closest competitor. GoDaddy.com also is one of the world’s top companies for web hosting and SSL Certificates, which provide online security. GoDaddy.com has a reputation in advertising too, known for its racy Super Bowl commercials - two of which have featured Danica Patrick.

The Go Daddy spokesperson has been a global media sensation since winning the Indy Japan 300 last month, but Parsons recognized Danica Patrick’s star power even before signing her in 2006. Ms. Patrick explained, ”Bob Parsons and Go Daddy have been there for me for years and I think it’s safe to say we are all very excited to deepen the relationship.”

Ms. Patrick starts this year’s Indy 500 in the fifth position (second row middle) and has been named as one of the drivers in contention for the checkered flag at Sunday’s big race. She made history at Indy back in 2005 when she led the race for 19 laps and was voted the league’s Rookie of the Year that same year.

2008 has also been a big year for Ms. Patrick off the track. She is Nickelodeon’s 2008 Kids’ Choice Award Winner for Favorite Female Athlete and also landed on Maxim magazine’s "Hot 100" list for the second consecutive year. She also posed for the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated and was featured on the magazine’s cover just this month.

Millions are expected to tune in to watch Danica in Sunday’s race. GoDaddy.com is proud to be the presenting sponsor for the Indianapolis 500 broadcast on ABC TV again this year. As part of the deal, GoDaddy.com will have its iconic branding on everything from broadcast segments to aerial and in-car views.

Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration plans and web site design and hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on-demand services. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 28 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also the largest paid hosting provider in the world, according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2007, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.

For more information about GoDaddy, please visit: www.godaddy.com.

Renton, Washington - (The Hosting News) - May 27, 2008 - Server virtualization, datacenter automation and SaaS software provider, Parallels, was recently selected for inclusion in the top 100 privately-held technology companies, honored by Red Herring.

Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels noted, ”Being named by Red Herring as one of the 100 top companies in North America is a great honor and further demonstrates our commitment to providing our customers with great technology that delivers real value every day. It is a tribute to our more than 900 employees around the world who continue to develop and market innovative software with the highest level of professionalism and customer service.”

IDC market data has indicated that Parallels is the world’s second-largest virtualization solutions provider. It produces: the #1 desktop virtualization solution, Parallels Desktop for Mac, which was the first to enable Apple computer users to run Windows and Mac OS X simultaneously; the #1 container-based server virtualization solution, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers; and the world’s #1 control panel, Parallels Plesk. Parallels software powers more than 250,000 servers and 1,100,000 desktops, and services more than 10,000,000 end-users every day.

Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring noted, ”Having received more than 800 submissions, it is clear that we are witnessing a new outburst of creativity. With venture capital flowing again, it’s exciting to see technology innovators and business investors collaborate to create disruptive technologies. The Red Herring 100 North America companies are impressive up-and-comers, and definitely the ones to watch.”

Red Herring’s annual lists of top private companies are an important part of the company’s tradition of identifying new and innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs. Companies like Google, eBay and Skype were spotted in their early days by Red Herring editors, and touted as leaders that would change the way we live and work.

Red Herring is a global media company focusing on high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy.

Parallels (formerly SWsoft) is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and service providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with 900 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia.

For more information on Red Herring, please visit: www.redherring.com.

To learn more about Parallels, please visit: www.parallels.com.

Herndon, Virginia - (Website Hosting Directory) - May 27, 2008 - Web hosting and small business applications company, Network Solutions, has partnered with
Open-Xchange, to offer hosted e-mail and collaboration services to small businesses.

Designed for small business owners looking for an affordable alternative to the Microsoft Exchange e-mail platform, may take advantage of the new hosted, cost effective and feature rich email and collaboration service, from Network Solutions and Open-Xchange.

Bill Jolly, Director of Product Development, Network Solutions noted, ”Integrating Open Xchange into our e-mail and hosting platform will provide our customers with enterprise level e-mail and collaboration services at price small businesses can afford. This solution will provide small businesses with access to the functionality that large businesses enjoy today. Our customers will have the ability easily make and receive meeting requests, share calendars, share documents and schedule resources using a state of the art e-mail interface.”

Open-Xchange, Inc., the leading provider of open source collaboration software, and Network Solutions, LLC, the leader in providing e-business services, have partnered to deliver a hosted email service to small and medium sized businesses. In the near future, Network Solutions will offer Open-Xchange’s advanced web-based personal information management (PIM) client as an option to their customers. Based on Open-Xchange’s award-winning Smart Collaboration technology, the agreement will provide Network Solutions customers with highly integrated and feature-rich email, calendaring, contact and task management, through an easy to use interface

Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange remarked, ”We are pleased to work with Network Solutions as this partnership shows how service providers can grow their business by offering new valuable services to their customers using open source technologies. More businesses, small and large, are looking to Software as a Service (SaaS) to deliver the applications they need in a cost effective manner.”

Open-Xchange integrates email, calendaring, contacts and task management with advanced groupware features such as information management and document sharing. Productivity is enhanced through unique teamwork features, like team view, single-password document sharing, and shared calendars, contacts, tasks and documents.

Users can easily upgrade to the full-featured groupware and document management solution and the option of synchronizing with Microsoft Outlook will be available. Later this year, Network Solutions will replace its existing webmail application with the new module from Open-Xchange, which uses an innovative AJAX web interface to deliver enhanced usability.

Further customization by end-users will be possible through the use of web applications including RSS feeds, local weather forecasts, sports and videos, all of which can be integrated with a few clicks into their individual Open-Xchange portal page that uses Netvibes Universal Widget API (UWA). Open-Xchange’s document system can easily be integrated into users’ desktops using WebDAV. This means it can be viewed and used just like any other folder in their system.

Open-Xchange Inc. offers scalable and integrated open source email and collaboration solutions for enterprises, academic institutions, and government authorities. Open-Xchange Hosting Edition enables web-hosting companies to provide an easy-to-use and feature-rich application delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS). Internet service providers (ISPs), telcos and hosting providers, led by 1 and 1 Internet, deliver advanced email and groupware features through Open-Xchange Hosting Edition to millions of users. Open-Xchange Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Tarrytown, NY, with research, development, and operations in Olpe and Nuremberg, Germany. For more information, please visit www.open-xchange.com.

Network Solutions is a provider of e-business solutions and domain name registration service, offering a full range of online services to small and medium enterprises, including web hosting, web design, e-commerce software, search engine marketing, SSL certificates, e-mail services and domain name registration. Network Solutions draws on over 29 years of experience to make it simple and affordable for customers to build and manage an online presence through a one-stop web Solutions provider.

For more information about Network Solutions, please visit: www.networksolutions.com.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – May 20, 2008 – Hosted Solutions, the East Coast’s premier data center and managed services provider, is pleased to announce today that it has added the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to its roster of clients.

Hosted Solutions operates two data centers in Charlotte. The company, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, recently announced that they had been acquired by a Boston-based private equity firm, ABRY Partners, for $140 million dollars.

Specifically, Hosted Solutions will provide services for The College of Health and Human Services’ web-based portal, part of a project for the State Center for Health Statistics.  Hosted Solutions will provide bandwidth, managed firewall, collocation, SPLA licensing, OS management, managed backup services at its SAS 70 Type II certified Data Center facility.

The web portal is a part of the North Carolina Community Health Assessment Initiative, which helps health professionals learn about the strengths and health care needs of people in their community.  The data collected in the portal will be used to assess the health of individual communities, create effective public programs and policies and evaluate the impact of these initiatives.

Josh Wolff, General Manager for Hosted Solutions says they are proud to align itself with the fourth largest institution within the University of North Carolina system and the largest institution in Charlotte.  He said, “This web portal will amplify UNC Charlotte’s thought leadership and give them even deeper roots in our state as it will be integral to the advancement of state health care policies. We are honored to play a critical role in the project’s success.”

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 for mission critical applications .

UNC Charlotte, founded in 1946, comprises seven professional colleges and currently offers 18 doctoral programs, 61 master’s degree programs and 89 leading to bachelor’s degrees .  UNC Charlotte boasts more than 75,000 living alumni and adds up to 4,500 new alumni each year.

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About Hosted Solutions:
Hosted Solutions’ high quality Data Center and Managed Hosting services maintain and protect customers’ mission-critical IT systems and applications, enabling them to reduce operating costs, lower the risk of downtime, focus on core competencies, and achieve their top business objectives. Acquired in April 2008 by Boston-based ABRY Partners, Hosted Solutions operates SAS 70 Certified facilities in Boston MA, Charlotte NC, Raleigh NC, and Cary NC providing best-of-breed data center operations with hardened physical infrastructure, the highest level of security, and a complete managed services portfolio. For more information please visit www.hostedsolutions.com.

About UNC Charlotte:
A public research university, UNC Charlotte is the fourth largest campus among the 17 institutions of the University of North Carolina system. It is the largest institution of higher education in the Charlotte region. The university offers 18 doctoral programs, 61 master’s degree programs and 89 programs leading to bachelor’s degrees. Fall 2007 enrollment exceeded 23,000 students, including more than 4,800 graduate students.

Renton, Washington - (The Hosting News) - May 23, 2008 - Parallels server virtualization firm, will power an Open-Xchange automation solution, through an integrated application. The hosting and service providers will offer open-source based email and collaboration services.

Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels noted, ”Our work with Open-Xchange advances Parallels’ Open Platform initiative to provide customers with a common platform to manage and automate service delivery. The integrated solutions enable service providers to expand their product offerings and include enterprise-proven collaboration technology for the Linux platform, and deliver them to end-users via a profitable, easily accessible SaaS model.”

Parallels and Open-Xchange are creating connectors for Open-Xchange Hosting Edition into Parallels Plesk Control Panel and Parallels Business Automation, enabling hosting and service providers to deploy and run Open-Xchange seamlessly in combination with Parallels’ automation tools via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.

Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange remarked, ”This partnership extends the reach of our SaaS Messaging and Groupware offering to all hosting and service providers in the world. They can now offer hosted groupware and collaboration with zero upfront investment for hardware, software and administration for their customers, thus significantly reducing overall cost of ownership. Customers can get one-stop collaboration solutions including email hosting, disk space, backup, recovery, spam and anti-virus services at an unmatched price point.”

Using Parallels Plesk Control Panel and Parallels Business Automation, service providers will be able to manage and deliver Open-Xchange Smart Collaboration™ through a fully-automated platform. Service providers get the flexibility to bundle and charge separately for individual resources, such as disk space, mailbox storage limits, or shared folders. Additionally, customers will be able to order, maintain, and pay for services online so that the decision to buy or upgrade results in immediate service delivery.

Dan Golding, Vice President and Research Director at Tier 1 Research commented, ”There is significant and growing enterprise demand for hosted messaging and collaboration. At a time when some of the conventional hosted messaging choices are less appealing to hosting providers, adding new alternatives to the mix is a significant positive to the hosting industry and to enterprise customers.”

Oliver Mauss, CEO at 1 and 1 Internet Inc. and partner of Open-Xchange and Parallels added, ”This partnership enriches hosters’ business options dramatically — and changes the way small and midsized companies use software. Parallel’s management tools for Open-Xchange allow us and our resellers to deliver virtually any automated service in real-time. Additionally, this solution provides customers with the ability to independently configure and manage these automated services 24×7.”

Open-Xchange is now certified with the Application Packaging Standard (APS) as well. The APS standard is a packaging format that makes it easier for service providers to deliver hosted applications developed by independent software vendors (ISVs). APS-certified applications can be easily ”plugged into” hosting platforms that conform to the standard.

The Parallels Open Platform enables SaaS with Parallels virtualization and automation technology through integration with a wide range of third-party applications and systems. The APS standard is a key element of the Parallels Open Platform and is used by ISVs and service providers to seamlessly integrate applications to offer to the more than 10 million businesses and individuals that use Parallels products. ISVs and service providers interested in the APS Certification Program can register at www.apsstandard.com/certification.

Open-Xchange offers email, calendar, contacts, tasks and document sharing providing companies with all the tools needed to facilitate communication and efficient teamwork. Users improve their communication and teamwork with simple, intuitive tools and intelligent features, such as smart links between calendar appointments, task lists, contacts, documents, bookmarks and knowledge articles. Users get get access to their data using the AJAX-based Open-Xchange web-client or Microsoft Outlook as client software.

According to the company, the Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is the only groupware solution designed specifically to meet the needs of hosting providers. It has been architected to integrate into a hosting provider’s existing infrastructure such as authentication, provisioning, billing, and email storage rather than require that these systems be replaced. Open-Xchange Hosting Edition is built on enterprise proven open source technologies, such as Apache and MySQL, and is able to scale up to millions of users.

Open-Xchange Hosting Edition offers multi-tenant and multi-domain capabilities, enabling webhosters to serve hundreds of thousand clients in a virtual server environment. This ensures a maximum level of service and customer satisfaction, while making best use of existing hardware resources. Open-Xchange Hosting Edition offers the necessary services and interfaces to integrate into automated administration, deployment and monitoring tools, ensuring 24/7 uptime 365 days a year.

Open-Xchange Inc. created scalable and integrated open source email and collaboration solutions for enterprises, academic institutions, and government authorities. Open-Xchange Hosting Edition enables web-hosting companies to provide an easy-to-use and feature-rich application delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS). Internet service providers (ISPs), telcos and hosting providers, led by 1 and 1 Internet, deliver advanced email and groupware features through Open-Xchange Hosting Edition to millions of users. Open-Xchange Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Tarrytown, NY, with research, development, and operations in Olpe and Nuremberg, Germany.

Parallels (formerly SWsoft) is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and service providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with 900 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia.

For more information on Open-Xchange Inc., please visit www.open-xchange.com.

To learn more about Parallels, please visit: www.parallels.com.

Atlanta, Georgia - (Website Hosting Directory) - May 23, 2008 - Web hosting solutions and ISP company, EarthLink, has made some significant changes to its Board of Director structure, including new appointees.

In addition to Ms. Bowick and Mr. Koretz, the EarthLink Board of Directors includes Sky D. Dayton, Marce Fuller, William H. Harris, Jr., Rolla P. Huff, Terrell B. Jones, Robert M. Kavner and Thomas E. Wheeler.

Rolla P. Huff, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors explained, ”EarthLink is fortunate to attract two very talented people that will bring additional perspective as we continue to focus our company on customer retention and satisfaction while creating shareholder value.”

The appointment of Susan D. Bowick and David Koretz to EarthLink’s Board of Directors was announced, wherein Ms. Bowick will serve on EarthLink’s Leadership and Compensation Committee, and its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Koretz will serve on EarthLink’s Audit Committee, and its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.

Ms. Bowick is a member of the Board of Directors of Comverse Technology, Inc. where she serves as the chairperson of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Ms. Bowick has served as a consultant to several global technology companies, including the joint venture of Nokia Corporation and Siemens A.G. From 1977 to 2004, Ms. Bowick served in various executive positions with Hewlett-Packard Company, most recently as Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Workforce Development. During this time she was instrumental in the spin-off of Agilent Technology from HP in 1999, and the merger of Compaq with HP.

Mr. Koretz is the President and Chief Executive Officer of BlueTie Inc., a provider of web-based applications and monetization platforms for businesses, software developers, and service providers worldwide. Mr. Koretz serves as a member of the Board of Directors of several privately-held companies. Mr. Koretz is a member of the Dean’s Council at the Golisano School of Computing at Rochester Institute of Technology.

EarthLink also announced the retirement of Linwood (Chip) Lacy from the Board of Directors. Mr. Lacy served on the Board of EarthLink (and its predecessor EarthLink Network) since 1996 and served as Chairperson of the Leadership and Compensation Committee since 2000. Mr. Huff added, ”We are very grateful to Chip for his years of dedicated service to EarthLink and we will miss his knowledge and wisdom.”

EarthLink offers its web hosting business customers value-added tools for designing web sites, monitoring site visitor traffic, and encrypting sensitive information EarthLink Business Solutions is the business services unit of Atlanta- based EarthLink Inc. Together with New Edge Networks, EarthLink Business Solutions is a total business communications solutions provider. It is a single source provider for businesses, offering high-speed Internet access, web hosting, ecommerce, remote access to VPNs, and fully managed private wide area networks. Customers include single-location businesses as well as midsize and large enterprises with complex network requirements throughout the United States. EarthLink Business Solutions has offices in Atlanta, Vancouver, Wash., and Pasadena, California.

For more information about Earthlink Business Solutions, please visit: www.earthlink.biz.

London, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - May 22, 2008 - Designed to be powered by renewable energy sources, a new green data center, drawing power from a local combined heat and power plant, has been unveiled by Rackspace Managed Hosting.

Using wood chips, waste paper and fibre fuel to generate electricity, hot water and steam, the data center is located in in Slough, Berkshire.
Power for the data centre comes from the UK’s largest dedicated bio-mass energy plant, which is operated by Scottish and Southern Energy. Rackspace has converted a former warehouse on the Slough Trading Estate, to provide 55,000 square feet of net technical space. Construction has been completed and equipment is being installed in the first data hall. The first customers are scheduled to go live in June. The date centre layout has been built to Rackspace specifications, which were designed to better manage customer needs.

Doug Loewe, Managing Director of Rackspace explained, ”This is a fantastic project which will harness bio-mass fuels to power the data centre. Rackspace is committed to being energy efficient and making a real and positive difference to the environment. We also recognize that customers are increasingly looking for suppliers who can help them meet their own environment related goals. By investing in this facility we continue to strive to exceed the environmental expectations of our customers while delivering their hosting needs.”

Rackspace was one of the UK’s first hosting companies to offer carbon neutral hosting in 2006 by planting trees through its relationship with the International Tree Foundation, the world’s longest standing tree planting charity. The company has already planted more than 2,500 trees to offset the carbon emitted through running servers.

Rackspace delivers a diverse suite of enterprise-class hosted IT services to businesses of all sizes. Customers choose Rackspace for its hosting specialization and expertise, backed by the company’s award-winning Fanatical Support. By integrating the industry’s best technologies and delivering them as services, Rackspace serves as an extension of its customers’ IT departments. Because Rackspace removes the burden of infrastructure maintenance and management, customers can focus on their core business. Rackspace’s portfolio of companies also includes the Mosso (www.mosso.com) cloud computing platform and Mailtrust (www.mailtrust.com) a provider of business-class hosted email solutions.

For more information about Rackspace Managed Hosting, please visit: www.rackspace.com.

San Jose, California - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - March 22, 2008 - Webhosting company, MochaHost.com, has initiated three new sale discount options on its hosting plans, including lifetime domain registrations and free hosting incentives.

Option 1 includes: 2 free domain names with a two year sign up on Business and Mocha plans, with free domain transfer and 6 months of free hosting (final price already discounted).

Opion 2 includes: 1 free domain name with free Domain Identity Protection and 6 months of free hosting, with a two year plan for the Business and Mocha plans.

Option 3 includes: 1 free domain name and 6 months of free hosting, with two years of service, on the SoHo plan.

Recently, the company upgraded all of its reseller hosting plans, with standard packages including thrice more monthly traffic allowance. The plans are offered to all new customers, and will be available to all existing customers for renewal.

The decision for the upgrade is due to the increased consumption of bandwidth of the current online market. Personal and small business clients will benefit from more traffic available for video/audio streaming, blogging, document management, and e-mail; thus, business and E-Commerce clients will enjoy additional resources in order to better serve their customers. The new Mocha2 ($13.95/month) plan is now offered with 150 GB bandwidth, the new Espresso ($19.95/month) plan is upgraded to 300 GB bandwidth and the Premium Latte ($29.95/month) plan now offers 600 GB bandwidth.

Last month, MochaHost added new e-commerce solutions, available in a do-it-yourself hands-on approach, or with completely customizable design and functionality. The Basic e-Commerce solution starts at $3.71 and comes as part of the free site builder which includes support for over 500 ready-to-use web designs, and is offered by MochaHost with any of the available shared hosting plans. In addition, the new e-Commerce solutions come with free Internet promotion packages which includes up to $50 of free pay-per-click credits, a free newsletter solution, and a free search engine submission tool.

MochaHost is located in the heart of Silicon Valley, in San Jose, California, specializing in providing professional hosting, web design, e-commerce, and Internet promotion services. MochaHost’s plans are designed to tailor to specific needs, from personal use/small businesses, to sophisticated e-commerce sites with higher requirements for bandwidth and disk space.

For more information about MochaHost, please visit: www.mochahost.com.