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Interspire Recognized as Parallels Gold Technology Partner

APS Standard Offers Service Providers Access to SaaS Delivery for Instant Revenue

SYDNEY, Australia — July 30, 2008 — Interspire, the global leader in e-commerce, content management and email marketing software, today announced it has achieved Gold Technology Partner status with Parallels, the leading provider of virtualization and automation software for consumers, businesses and service providers. Supporting the Application Packaging Standard (APS), a new application packaging format designed to help implement a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model, will enable web hosting providers to take advantage of Interspire software and have immediate access to Interspire’s revenue generating applications with little to no effort.

“Software as a service (SaaS) is changing the way businesses purchase and use software and now many businesses can take advantage of fixed monthly costs and immediate delivery,” said Eddie Machaalani, CEO of Interspire.

“Parallels’ technology combined with Interspire software enables any web host to run their own profitable SaaS offering. As millions of service providers begin to adopt the APS standard, they can be assured that Interspire products are not only reliable, but will increase their average monthly revenue per customer significantly.”

The first application to integrate with the Plesk control panel is Interspire Shopping Cart, a private label e-commerce software that makes it easy for anyone to setup a profitable e-commerce website with built-in email marketing and auto-responder capabilities.

“The addition of Interspire to our Partner Program will enable thousands of customers to have instant access to an additional revenue stream,” said Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. “Interspire’s products are a great example of how the Parallels Plesk Control Panel is helping to extend the reach of the SaaS market and offering a value for customers.”

About Parallels - Optimized Computing
Parallels 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, please visit www.parallels.com.

About Interspire
Interspire is a worldwide leader in business software delivered on demand. Interspire software enables service providers to deliver ecommerce, email marketing and content management software to their existing customer base, to increase revenue and to reduce customer churn. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Interspire has offices throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. Interspire software is used by more than 20,000 businesses worldwide. For more information on Interspire visit www.interspire.com.

London, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - July 31, 2008 - EveryCity hosting, will support research based marketing agency, CrowdDNA, with its online projects and campaigns, as well as providing advice and consultancy services.

Duncan Malcolm, Sales Director at EveryCity commented, ”CrowdDNA are a perfect client for us, they want a very tailored and reactive service for their busy online projects, to be able deliver the sort of results their clients demand.”

EveryCity will be managing all of CrowdDNA’s server hosting, including domain names, websites, databases and development environments. They will be ensuring that daily fully managed off-site backups are performed, as well as ensuring that the servers hosting CrowdDNA’s websites and applications are optimised to deliver the best possible performance.

EveryCity provide bespoke managed web hosting solutions to Web 2.0s, Digital Agencies, eCommerce companies and corporates. Their approach to managed hosting is one which is personalised and focussed on working closely with their clients during planning, implementation and on an ongoing basis through projects.

CrowdDNA is an audience behaviour agency that is both brand new and blessed with good history. Previously, it was Ramp Industry. Now CrowdDNA focuses on helping brands to harness innovation and authenticity; to square up to 21st Century challenges; to be relevant, useful, entertaining, part of the conversation.

Crowd DNA offers clients robust and dynamic research, strategy and planning. It brings audience understanding to life through content and comms that trigger conversations and acknowledge the soaring value of social currency.

For more information about Crowd DNA, please visit: www.crowddna.com.

To learn more about EveryCity Managed Hosting, please visit: www.everycity.co.uk.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - July 31, 2008 - 1 and 1 Internet, web hosting firm, has indicated that 77 percent of Americans, are concerned about online image, through a web image study recently released.

According to the research conducted, 3 in 4 Americans admit to judging others solely based on their online material, yet 27 percent regret posting material online. Personal websites offer a more accurate and controlled online image.

Oliver Mauss, CEO of 1 and 1 Internet Inc. noted, ”Americans clearly recognize the growing role of online image. As the Internet continues to become a common method of posting and searching about people, it is becoming increasingly important for individuals to manage how they are represented online. Controlling the material published is crucial; therefore having your own website is a secure way to manage your online identity.”

The personal material placed on the Internet refers to data such as blogs, photos, and Facebook profiles. A survey of 1,006 US consumers also found that 27 percent have regretted posting material about themselves online, yet 76 percent of Americans admit to judging individuals solely based on their material online. Over half (58 percent) of Americans now routinely ‘Google’ new people they meet.

Another survey of 700 people who publish their own personal website(2), as opposed to just social networking, found that 85 percent believed this offered more control over their online image, and 77 percent saw their website as providing a better impression than social networks such as MySpace or Facebook.

The ‘1 and 1 Online Identity Survey’ found that an astonishing 77 percent of the American public express some degree of concern regarding the issue of ‘online identity.’ Significantly, the majority of Americans, 89 percent, now believe there to be personal material (such as photos, blog entries, Facebook profiles) relating to them on the Internet. Over 30 percent of people have been embarrassed by what others have published online. Almost 1 in 5 (18 percent) of Americans believe their online image gives an inaccurate portrayal of themselves, with some 27 percent later regretting posting material online.

Despite the level of regret, concern and misrepresentation, Americans still use the Internet to search and quickly judge other individuals. Over half (58 percent) admit to doing a search of people they meet online, whether it be for social reasons, job applicants, work contacts, romantic suitors or potential roommates. More than 75 percent of people judge others solely based on the material online, and believe that you can make a reliable assessment of a person from this. Some 67 percent of Americans recognize that an online image is something that needs to be carefully managed and accurate.

However, when asked the best method for accurately controlling and managing online identity, 70 percent of Americans responded ‘having your own personal website’ as one of the top methods. A further survey of 700 people who publish their own personal website, as opposed to just social networking pages like MySpace or Facebook, found that 85 percent felt significantly more in control over their online image using this medium.

Some 85 percent of people using a personal website believe that their website has given them a positive online image, and 80 percent agree that their resultant online image accurately represents them. Significantly, 77 percent stated that their website has created a more positive overall online image for them than a social networking page could. The research lends weight to the argument that personal websites can be a useful means to generate or make modifications to an online identity.

Of the personal publishers, three-quarters (75 percent) view their websites as an enjoyable activity, and some 85 percent believe it has made a positive contribution to their lives.

Mr. Mauss added, ”Now that web hosts provide the tools for all levels of users to easily develop and publish a personal website, many people are taking advantage of this opportunity. Personal website publishing is an enjoyable activity and the uses of it are endless; from a career portfolio site displaying your resume to a space to share hobbies and photos. Personal websites offer the high level of control and security that social networking sites do not.”

1 and 1 Internet’s global community includes over 10 million domain names. 1 and 1 features an array of services, from instant domain packages to all-inclusive shared hosting plans, dedicated servers and ready-to-run eShops. Combining over 55,000 fully-tuned servers in five data centers. With the performance of Juniper and Cisco routers, 1 and 1 endeavors to utilize the most superior products from the leading technology manufacturers and service providers. 1 and 1 is a Microsoft Joint Development Partner, and works with other paramount companies such as Google, Plesk, Symantec, and HP/Compaq.

To learn more about 1 and 1 Internet, please visit: www.1and1.com.

Chicago, Illinois - (The Hosting News) - July 30, 2008 - Cloud computing, through its presence at the 2008 HostingCon tradeshow in Chicago, Illinois this week, is the focus of Email hosting services, DNAmail.

As part of their attendance, George Mitsopoulos, VP and General Manager of DNAmail will be speaking on mail services and how to help ‘’server huggers” inside organizations let go of their mail server hardware and maintenance and feel comfortable about outsourced ‘cloud computing’ technologies.

DNAmail assists small and mid-sized businesses, organizations, and Internet service vendors to harness the power of web-based mail and messaging tools like Microsoft Exchange 2007, Blackberry Enterprise Services, and Google Apps.

Dean Russ, VP of Information Technology at DNAmail noted, ”There are three economic factors that will drive companies of all sizes to consider outsourcing their email. These include the declining costs of digital storage, the declining costs of servers, and the rising costs of labor in relation to in-house IT maintenance. Internal server administrators can’t keep up with the flood of spam, server filters, fixes, and patches. Most companies were not created to deliver and support email. DNAmail allows IT administrators to focus on their business, customers and employees rather than the constant server upkeep associated with email.”

Information workers in small and mid-sized companies are becoming highly fluent in customer-driven online ”cloud computing” services. Email is still the heart of company communications, and workers are adopting new mobile services including over-the-air push email devices like the iPhone 3G and Blackberry.

George Naspo, CEO, IKANO Communications Inc., parent company of DNAmail remarked, ”Now is the right time for organizations to be outsourcing their mail services. IT administrators can look to DNAmail for their email needs. Microsoft Exchange and Google Apps for businesses and service organizations are serious email solutions that can reduce IT costs and improve uptime and support.” DNAmail is at HostingCon 2008 (Booth #322).

DNAmail provides Microsoft Exchange 2007 email technology to enhance business collaboration and productivity. Connecting employees to a secure, central area for messaging, calendaring, and contacts, DNAmail gives businesses the freedom to easily work between multiple office locations and across multiple mobile devices. With IT professionals who specialize in maintaining guaranteed uptime, spam filtering, virus protection, security and reliability of communication services, DNAmail delivers enterprise-quality e-mail hosting at a fraction of the cost. Plans start at $9.95 a month per mailbox, with a 30-day free trial. DNAmail is a Blackberry Alliance Member, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and Google Apps Aggregator.

IKANO, founded in 1999, is a provider of IP solutions including email, Internet access, hosting, billing and end user support. IKANO makes it easy for customers and service providers to maintain their unique brand while eliminating the hassle of maintaining servers, network contracts and call centers. IKANO provides Google Apps services and support for businesses and organizations. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, the company has offices in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Toronto. IKANO is backed by Insight Venture Partners and other investors.

To learn more about IKANO, please visit: www.ikano.com/googleapps.

HostingCon is the largest conference and trade show for the hosted services industry, this year to be spread over 56,000 square feet reserved specifically for the event, with approximately 20,000 net square feet of booth space in an easy to navigate floorplan. The exhibit hall will feature over 70 vendors displaying products and services, offering demonstrations and activities related to the hosted services industry.

To learn more about HostingCon 2008, please visit: www.HostingCon.com.

Editor’s note: TechPad Agency (parent company of The Hosting News) returns as a HostingCon 2008 media partner, and will be exhibiting in booth #418.

Vision helpdesk (thevisionworld.com), a powerful web-based helpdesk software that integrates various support channels (emails, web based helpdesk, phone or fax) at one central point and further allows maximum control over them, WHMCS (whmcs.com) being a complete all-in-one client management, billing & support solution for Web Hosts & Other Online Businesses, a combination that makes an easy to use client system. Read the rest of this news story »

Houston, Texas - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - July 30, 2008 - Three new promotions that offer enhanced data protection and security for Planet Alpha dedicated server customers, have debuted at The Planet.

New orders of Network Backup and EVault Backup are free for the first 90 days. Both solutions are hosted on The Planet’s world-class managed storage infrastructure and are available in 10GB - 80GB or larger capacities for mission-critical environments.

Planet Alpha Data Protection Servers, equipped with award-winning continuous data protection software from R1Soft, are discounted up to 29 percent, offering savings of up to $140 per month. With storage capacities of up to 6TB, Planet Alpha Data Protection Servers feature bare-metal recovery and block-level backup capabilities.

For existing customers, Planet Alpha firewall solutions are discounted up to 26 percent. The Check Point X16 firewall is available at $139 per month - regularly $189 - and the Check Point XU firewall is now $69 per month, down from $89. Private Rack and Virtual Private Rack customers can order any one of three Cisco ASA solutions at a 15 percent discount. From industry leaders in security, Planet Alpha firewalls ensure a secure hosting environment by blocking malicious site traffic.

Rob Walters, General Manager of Storage and Data Protection at The Planet noted, ”In today’s business environment, a major data loss spells disaster for any company. It’s essential for businesses to have disaster recovery in place, which doesn’t have to be expensive. With The Planet’s backup and data protection solutions, SMBs can gain the simplest form of business continuity insurance at an affordable monthly rate. Coupled with firewalls, customers gain peace of mind knowing that critical information is both protected and recoverable.”

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.

To learn more about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.

Managed hosting and data centre services provider iomart plc has reported a 17 per cent rise in its sales of managed hosting services in the financial year 2007/08.

Revenues from its fledgling data centre and managed services company have increased by 63 per cent to £1.4m, with its established SME web hosting business, Easyspace, seeing a rise of 9 per cent to £6.3m.

Earlier this month the AIM-listed company revealed it had disposed of internet directory search business Ufindus to BT for the sum of £20m to concentrate on its data centre and managed hosting services. 

Angus MacSween, iomart’s CEO stated: “This has been a transformational year with the successful sale of Ufindus for £20m and the development of our complex managed hosting business using our own network of carrier neutral datacentres. We are now well positioned to address our chosen market with the firepower to make strategic acquisitions in combination with our organic growth.”

In February 2007, iomart purchased four data centres and has since opened two fully-refurbished facilities – one in Glasgow, and one in the heart of the City of London. A third will be launched in Nottingham next week, with the final data centre, Leicester, expected to be ready for business during August. 

Despite investing £3m in its data centre infrastructure over the year, the group’s profitability has suffered limited impact with EBITDA of £1M (2007 £1.3M).

The data centre investment allows the company to offer its corporate clients a guarantee of 100 per cent uninterrupted service, or uptime, as the company can now offer a full end to end service proposition from domain name through to data centre.

Angus MacSween, CEO of iomart, said: “Our focus on the data centre offering is paying off and we’re in a great position to win more high-margin corporate business. A complete ‘one source’ managed hosting service is very different to what’s on offer from other providers, ie space and power only, which puts us in a very strong position in the market.”

“We’ve equipped our four data centres with the latest technology and ensured that we have ample power to cope with expected future computing demands. We suffer none of the legacy problems that face many of today’s operators and this, coupled with a decade of hosting expertise, has been a significant selling point for us. This has been demonstrated by the group winning its largest single contract worth £5.75m over 5 years with BT.” 

The average server rack now consumes 10 times more power than it did less than a decade ago. With this trend set to rise, future efficiencies have also been considered in the design of the data centres. In Nottingham for example iomart has installed the latest in efficient down flow units which are estimated to consume 7% less energy annually than the units they have replaced. 

Angus said: “We recognise that we have a corporate, social and commercial responsibility to achieve the most efficient data centres that we can, and we will constantly seek to reduce our environmental impact where possible.”

The company also revealed it will look to use the proceeds of the Ufindus disposal to explore acquisition options over the next 12 months.

Angus MacSween added: “With the sale of Ufindus we find ourselves in the enviable position of having sufficient funding to fully underwrite our current business plans, without having to place reliance on borrowing facilities at this testing time in the credit market. We will be exploring a number of acquisition opportunities during the next year which will enable us to add revenues, skills and savings to the group”

A copy of the results can be downloaded here: www.iomartgroup.com/pdf/financial/iomart_group_prelim_results_310308.pdf

<Houston, Texas - (The Hosting News) - July 18, 2008 - The Planet has made enhancements to the commission structure of its affiliate program, wherein registered affiliates will receive a one-time, 100 percent commission on the referred customer’s total monthly recurring order value.

James P. Treuting, Vice President of Sales and Operations with The Planet noted, ”Since our January launch, our affiliate program has seen tremendous success. Making these improvements to our already competitive commission structure is another way to thank our partners for referring customers to The Planet.”

In May, The Planet announced the addition of Internet-products company Directi, as its largest affiliate. Share-A-Sale is The Planet’s affiliate network partner. The Planet is also shortening the commission-payout waiting period for affiliates. Down from three months, affiliates will now be paid 45 days after a referred customer places an order with The Planet.

Affiliates earn money by referring customers to The Planet on a commission basis, without having to bear the costs of owning and managing the customer relationship. The Planet has optimized its Web site for affiliate-related traffic, and a dedicated team provides affiliates with marketing materials and promotions. Affiliates can also easily track their conversion statistics through a specialized administrative portal.

Registration has been designed to be easy and simple for participants:

1. Affiliates register on Planet Alpha’s affiliate program page located at www.theplanet.com/affiliates.

2. Affiliates gain access to a full-featured management portal, which provides marketing materials, product information and a personalized HTML code to embed on their site.

3. Partners place links on their sites using the marketing materials.

4. Visitors to the affiliate’s Web site click on The Planet links, and a cookie is implanted to designate the source. Concurrently, The Planet Web site integrates with the affiliate vendor to make sales.

5. Affiliates can log into the affiliate portal to monitor sales conversions.

6. Share-A-Sale issues payments to affiliate partners.

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 7.6 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and network connectivity.

To learn more about the affiliate program, please visit: www.theplanet.com/affiliates.

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

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - (Website Hosting Directory) - July 29, 2008 - 1 and 1 Internet, webhosting company, has partnered with customer feedback and online reputation management services firm, RatePoint.

Oliver Mauss, CEO of 1 and 1 Internet Inc. noted, ”As the world’s largest hosting provider, we are in a unique position to understand the needs of businesses with an online presence. Businesses today need to take advantage of online tools that help them build a more personal, engaging experience with site visitors. We’ve partnered with RatePoint as part of our commitment to providing our customer base with progressive tools to maintain an innovative web presence. Not only will RatePoint’s platform help our customers stand out on the Web and promote their business quality, it will have a tremendous impact in converting site visitors into loyal customers and improving customer satisfaction.”

The strategic partnership has been engaged to integrate RatePoint’s platform as a value-added offering within all of 1 and 1’s hosting packages. The partnership also significantly strengthens RatePoint’s international reach by extending its platform to businesses in Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Spain.

Given the proliferation of consumer-generated content on the Web, RatePoint helps businesses manage what is being said about them online by providing a proactive mechanism to collect, manage and promote authentic consumer reviews and feedback directly from their websites. Previously, where any individual’s comments could impact a business, RatePoint’s patent-pending offering provides the most innovative tool for businesses in encouraging customers to speak up. The mutual benefit to consumers is they are given an interactive method to provide feedback directly to a business, where potential issues are more likely to be resolved; and a mechanism to view insightful, honest feedback to help guide purchase decisions.

In addition, the RatePoint platform provides email marketing and survey tools that allow businesses to remain connected with their customers. Businesses can use these tools to create and send targeted email campaigns and detailed surveys that ultimately create a more satisfying customer experience and help drive repeat business.

Neal Creighton, Co-Founder and CEO of RatePoint noted, ”1 and 1 has established its place as a global leader in the Internet marketplace by continually providing progressive services to meet future trends in the marketplace. RatePoint is proud to offer our online reputation management services to help transform business websites into formidable marketing and customer satisfaction tools for 1 and 1’s international customer base.”

Internet Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public company with a market cap of $5 billion. 1 and 1 was founded in 1988 and hosts more than 10 million domain names, while more than 55,000 servers run on the company’s five data centers. 1 and 1’s global community is over 7 million customer contracts strong. The company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania.

For more information about 1 and 1 Internet, please visit: www.1and1.com.

Naugatuck, Connecticut - (The Hosting News) - July 28, 2008 - Web hosting magazine, Ping! Zine, will host its Harley Geek Giveaway, featuring a 2009 Harley Davidson Nightster Motorcycle valued at more than $12,000, at the ongoing HostingCon 2008 event.

Keith Duncan, Ping! Zine publisher noted, ”At HostingCon, we’re out to make it clear to the world that even geeks can be cool. This year’s ‘Harley Geek Giveaway’ allows key industry decision makers and technology leaders to take a chance at the motorcycle life, ditching their hybrid cars and parents’ station wagon for a warm-blooded Harley Davidson Nightster Motorcycle that roars so loud it can be heard even within the windowless walls of the nearest datacenter.”

To enter for a chance to win the grand prize, HostingCon attendees can visit Ping! Zine’s booth #525 in the exhibit hall and sign up for a free subscription to Ping! Zine’s print magazine. Each new subscriber will be given one ticket to place in the official drawing box. At 2:00PM on Wednesday, July 30, three tickets will be drawn randomly, providing three contestants with an opportunity to draw a key of their choice from a bowl of various keys. Only the correct key will unlock a padlock on a box containing the key for the 2009 Harley Davidson Nightster Motorcycle.

Co-sponsors of the giveaway include Gawkwire, DesignVAR, Host4Yourself, BobCares, The Cloud Talk, CRE Loaded, and SeeksAdmin.

Tobby Davasia, Executive Team member at Bobcares remarked, ”As Bobcares enters its fourth consecutive year at HostingCon, we’re excited to mark our presence by sponsoring the ‘Harley Geek Giveaway,’ something sure to add a little spice to this year’s show. We also invite attendees to listen to our very own Sojish Krishnan as he presents ‘Best Practices of Support Teams For Better Customer Retention’.”

Michael Valverde, CEO of CREloaded commented, ”Chain Reaction Ecommerce is thrilled to offer Web hosts with lucrative ecommerce options and, of course a chance to win a boss new hog to boot.”

Steven Clarke, CEO of SeeksAdmin explained, ”We’re proud to be sponsoring such an exciting contest, and of course wish we were riding away with the Harley. We wish everybody the best of luck.”

Evan Kamlet, Web administrator at Host4Yourself added, ”Host4Yourself is utterly thrilled to take part in the ‘Harley Geek Giveaway’ at this year’s HostingCon. We’re out to show that even geeks can live life on the wild side.”

Mario Rodriguez, Community Manager of TheCloudTalk noted, ”TheCloudTalk joins Ping! Zine to present a 2009 Harley Davidson Motorcycle. Ping! Zine always manages to bring exciting attention to the giveaways we are glad to be a part of this unique drawing. I thought only casinos gave away Harleys.”

Contestants who draw a key from the bowl but do not win the grand prize will be awarded a constellation prize valued at more than $200. Official contest rules will be available from organizers at the exhibit hall booth.

To learn more about contest co-sponsors, please visit Gawkwire (www.gawkwire.com).

Founded in 2002, Ping! Zine Web Hosting Magazine is the longest-running and most widely read print magazine for the Web hosting industry, with over 30,000 active readers. Its audience includes web hosting consumers, industry professionals, and business leaders. Ping! Zine Web Hosting Magazine is a publication of the Duncan Publishing Group.

To learn more about Ping! Zine, please visit: http://pingzine.com.

Redwood City, California - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - July 28, 2008 - Hosting domain registrar, GoDaddy, as part of its overall security system, to protect its website and all of its Quick Shopping Cart customers, has initiated the SecureSphere Web Application Firewall (WAF).

Bob Parsons, GoDaddy.com CEO and Founder noted, ”Our Quick Shopping Cart product generated more than 55 million dollars for our customers last year alone. There’s no sign of slowing - in fact, online spending is predicted to grow by more than 17% in the next year according to Forrester Research. We understand the need of top level security for our customers and ourselves. We chose Imperva SecureSphere because we believe they are the very best. Protecting our customers and keeping the Internet safe is a top priority at Go Daddy.”

In addition, SecureSphere enabled Go Daddy to meet the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) June 30th deadline for complying with requirement 6.6, which mandates that a WAF be deployed or code review be performed to secure web applications that process payment card data.

In addition to having more than 30 million domains under management, The Go Daddy Group, Inc. offers a wide range of hosting solutions, Web site creation tools, SSL certificates, email, and e-commerce tools. The Quick Shopping Cart application enables businesses to quickly and easily create and manage ecommerce sites. These stores securely accept PayPal and credit card payments, offer multiple shipping options and issue coupons.

The SecureSphere Web Application Firewall enables businesses to efficiently maintain control over critical data, while providing secure and transparent protection for Web applications. To eliminate costly and complex manual tuning, the SecureSphere WAF uses patent pending Dynamic Profiling technology that automatically builds a model of legitimate behavior and adapts to application changes over time. SecureSphere protects the complete application stack, from the individual application to the server and network. Imperva’s Transparent Inspection technology delivers multi-gigabit performance, sub-millisecond latency and options for high availability that meet the most demanding data center requirements. For large scale deployments, the SecureSphere MX Management Server centralizes and streamlines configuration, monitoring, and reporting across multiple appliances.

Shlomo Kramer, President and CEO of Imperva remarked, ”The SecureSphere Web Application Firewall was designed to meet the requirements of the largest and most demanding environments on the Web, like GoDaddy.com. The decision by GoDaddy.com to deploy Imperva is a powerful endorsement for the robustness of our platform in terms of both security and scalability. Protecting GoDaddy.com and its tens of thousands of Quick Shopping Cart customers is a proud achievement for Imperva.”

Imperva SecureSphere award-winning products deliver activity monitoring, audit and security for business applications and databases. SecureSphere products offer proven, automated capabilities for achieving, maintaining and documenting regulatory compliance. SecureSphere is the industry’s only complete business-critical data security and compliance solution that provides full visibility into data usage by the end-user, through the application and into the database. Automated feeds from the security and compliance experts at the Imperva Application Defense Center (ADC) ensure that SecureSphere is always armed with the latest defenses against new threats, and the most recent regulatory compliance best practices.

Imperva, the leader in application data security, delivers activity monitoring, real-time protection, and risk management solutions for business applications and data. Imperva’s practical solutions provide full visibility into sensitive data, database and application access, enabling granular control and maintenance of critical data. Over 4500 of the world’s leading enterprises and government organizations in over 35 countries rely on Imperva’s automated, scalable and business-relevant solutions to prevent data theft, data abuse and ensure data integrity.

Imperva and SecureSphere are registered trademarks of Imperva, Inc. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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.

GoDaddy.com has also been honored by various industry organizations and publications as Best Registrar and Best Hosting Company already this year. In 2007, Go Daddy was named Arizona’s Most Innovative Company and Business Leader of the Year.

For more information, visit www.imperva.com.

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

Chicago, Illinois - (The Hosting News) - July 25, 2008 - The Association of Internet and Hosting Service Providers, AIHSP, has debuted, as the first-ever trade association serving the shared interests of providers and vendors in the Web hosting and Internet services industry.

The new initiative will be unveiled next week at HostingCon 2008, the largest annual gathering of Web services professionals and exhibitors, scheduled to take place July 28-30, at Chicago’s historic Navy Pier.

Paul Hirsch, President of the AIHSP Founding Committee, the group charged with laying the groundwork for the new organization noted, ”The notion of a professional association for the Web hosting and Internet Services industry has been discussed for many years, each time with widespread enthusiasm but ultimately a lack of dedicated energy. Today, we see a moment of tremendous opportunity, and we believe we have developed the strategy we need to make this a reality. We envision an organization owned by its members with the purpose of serving the industry as a whole.”

Through AIHSP, organizers hope to strengthen the Industry and forge stronger community ties - creating new connections within the marketplace and building relations with the general public, which lacks a fundamental understanding of the Industry and its needs. With these crucial advances, Internet and Hosting Service Providers can secure a more prosperous future and raise the bar of ethics and credibility.

AIHSP has set forth a list of goals it hopes to reach in the next several years. The group hopes to use the collective buying power of Web hosts and vendors to secure affordable access to employee benefits (including health and dental insurance); implement robust business ethics standards to boost Industry credibility; conduct meaningful market research to aid providers in strategic growth initiatives; offer increased networking opportunities for professionals; and develop a public relations team to respond to members of the media and lobby lawmakers for key legislation.

AIHSP will exhibit at booth #221 at HostingCon 2008, to be held next week in Chicago, Ill. Representatives from AIHSP will present ‘Making the Case: The Need for a Professional Association for Web hosts ‘at the conference on Tuesday, July 27 at 2:45pm. The opportunity to enroll as a member is imminent, and AIHSP encourages individuals and businesses to complete an interest form on its Web site (www.aihsp.org/Yes) to receive progress updates and get involved at the grassroots level.

HostingCon is the largest conference and trade show for the hosted services industry, this year to be spread over 56,000 square feet reserved specifically for the event, with approximately 20,000 net square feet of booth space in an easy to navigate floorplan. The exhibit hall will feature over 70 vendors displaying products and services, offering demonstrations and activities related to the hosted services industry.

To view a list of AIHSP goals, please visit http://aihsp.org/About-AIHSP/AIHSP-Goals.php.

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

To learn more about HostingCon 2008, please visit: www.HostingCon.com.

Editor’s note: TechPad Agency (parent company of The Hosting News) returns as a HostingCon 2008 media partner, and will be exhibiting in booth #418.