Pearl River, New York – (Website Hosting Directory) – November 2, 2007 – Windows web hosting provider, Easy CGI, has engaged SWsoft’s Plesk 8.2, to include tools for managing hosted web sites and applications and provide a secure, comprehensive way to manage multiple servers, without technical expertise.

A hosting control panel provides access a variety of tools and applications, with the convenience of single sign-on and multiple account levels for different users. The latest Plesk update gives Easy CGI customers a more comprehensive and secure server management solution for their hosted sites and applications. Even users with little or no technical expertise can manage domains and quickly create new email accounts.

Plesk control panel automates various tasks to help service providers share resources and lower their operating costs. The Plesk 8.2 Hosting Control Panel lets users click on icons to access a variety of management tools and applications to easily manage multiple virtual servers on a single server – thanks to its integration with Virtuozzo. Although the virtual servers behave much as though they were a stand-alone, they can still share hardware, systems management, and applications through the host server.

Other features of Plesk 8.2 include:

• improved security and stability over previous versions
• single sign on for simplified user authentication: users can go between different applications on the server without having to sign on for each one
• multiple account levels, from top-tier administrators to single users who only need to manage email accounts, passwords, spam and anti-virus settings
• convenient templates for creating new domains and setting permissions
• customizable control panel with international language support
• easy integration with other Swsoft products, such as HSPcomplete and Sitebuilder

Dan Richfield, President at Easy CGI noted, ””Easy CGI’s virtual dedicated servers provide a logical upgrade path for customers wanting advanced hosting solutions on a dedicated system. With Plesk 8.2′s improved stability and fully automated features, we can offer affordable, advanced hosting to our customers. We are thrilled to have this latest version of Plesk.”

Easy CGI has been a Windows Web host for over 6 years, with VPS plans that offer flexibility, SQL Server hosting, control panels, and step-by-step instructions with an extensive knowledge base.

SWsoft is a global virtualization and automation software firm that helps consumers, businesses, and service providers optimize their use of technology. The company’s software powers more than 130,000 servers and 600,000 desktops worldwide. The SWsoft product line includes Virtuozzo – an operating system virtualization solution, Parallels – a desktop virtualization product, and the Plesk server control panel. Founded in 1999, the company has offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

Having earned the Better Business Bureau Reliability Seal, Easy CGI’s 30 Day Money Back Guarantee and 99.9% Uptime Guarantee gives consumers a risk free offer that is backed by the Better Business Bureau. Easy CGI has been in the web hosting industry since 1994, offering technology, cost effective, efficient solutions and customer service.

To learn more about SWsoft, please visit: www.swsoft.com.

For more information about Easy CGI, please visit: www.easycgi.com.

Herndon, Virginia – (The Hosting News) – October 17, 2007 – Virtualization software company, SWsoft, has released the beta version of Plesk 8.3 for Windows, designed as the first control panel to support Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7).

SWsoft will be demonstrating the Plesk beta at the Windows Server 2008 Hosting Roadshow, which begins today in the United States with additional dates in cities worldwide. SWsoft Plesk software automates a large number of tasks, allowing service providers to reduce operating costs while increasing efficiency, profitability and customer satisfaction. The Plesk 8.3 beta program gives Windows users an opportunity to test a variety of new features in Plesk, as well as improvements to IIS7 such as the enhanced FastCGI module for faster, more reliable hosting.

Serguei Beloussov, CEO of SWsoft noted, ”As the first control panel to support Windows Server 2008 and IIS7, the Plesk 8.3 beta gives Windows customers an opportunity to provide us with valuable feedback to ensure product quality. Microsoft and SWsoft collaborated so that Windows customers can leverage our industry-leading Plesk control panel and ongoing Open Fusion technology initiative to take advantage of new Windows-based hosting opportunities.”

John Zanni, Managing Director of Worldwide Hosting in the Communications Sector at Microsoft observed, ”Microsoft is pleased to work with SWsoft to offer support for Windows Server 2008 and IIS7 in the next version of Plesk for Windows. SWsoft Plesk 8.3 customers will benefit from new features in IIS7 that directly benefit the hosting community to reduce total cost of ownership, improve manageability and go to market faster with new services.”

The Windows Server 2008 Hosting Roadshow is a free Microsoft event designed for Microsoft hosting partners, available at http://ws08hostingroadshow.msregistration.com. Plesk 8.3 for Windows is available for beta testing now with general availability expected later this year.

Open Fusion is an SWsoft technology initiative to improve integration among a wide range of systems, third-party applications and modules, and custom and in-house solutions. The Open Fusion platform enables optimized delivery of SaaS and traditional hosting services to help independent software vendors (ISVs) and service providers take full advantage of new opportunities in the market.

SWsoft is a virtualization and automation software firm with solutions designed to assist consumers, businesses, and service providers optimize technology use. The company’s software powers more than 130,000 servers and 600,000 desktops worldwide. The SWsoft product line includes Virtuozzo – the leading operating system virtualization solution, Parallels – the leading desktop virtualization product, and Plesk – the leading server control panel. Founded in 1999, the company has offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

For more information about the beta program, please visit: www.swsoft.com/plesk83/beta.

To learn more about SWsoft, please visit: www.swsoft.com.

Vancouver, British Columbia – (The Hosting News) – October 4, 2007 – Internet infrastructure and hosting solutions provider, PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc.,
has upgraded its dedicated hosting services, with the SWsoft Plesk 8.2 for Linux Control Panel application.

Plesk provides server administrators with a simple yet powerful tool to manage their servers and websites. Plesk 8.2 also includes an intuitive interface that allows users without a technical background to create new email accounts and manage domains.

Ted Smith, Vice President of dedicated hosting for PEER 1 offered, ”The decision to incorporate the new version of the SWsoft Plesk control panel was an easy one for PEER 1. SWsoft listens to customer feedback, suggestions, and other criteria and actually implements them in upgrades. This new version includes many features beneficial to our customers like the Single Sign-on (SSO) feature that assists with user authentication, and allows users to go from one application to another without having to sign in for each one.”

The Plesk control panel automates a large number of tasks to help service providers reduce operating costs and resources. The new feature set also includes additional skins and the ability to customize, along with improved security via a redesigned subsystem and support for third-party FTP servers to assist with secure uploads.

Kurt Daniel, Vice President of marketing and alliances at SWsoft added, ”By offering Plesk 8.2 with its managed hosting packages, PEER 1 customers can take advantage of new options for e-commerce and secure email to drive incremental revenue. Plesk 8.2 further advances our OPEN FUSION initiative to deliver an open, integrated platform for SaaS and hosting.”

OPEN FUSION is an SWsoft technology initiative to improve integration among a wide range of systems, third-party applications and modules, and custom and in-house solutions. The OPEN FUSION platform enables optimized delivery of SaaS and traditional hosting services to help ISVs and service providers take full advantage of new opportunities in the market.

SWsoft is a global leader in virtualization and automation software that helps consumers, businesses, and service providers optimize their use of technology. The company’s software powers more than 130,000 servers and 600,000 desktops worldwide. The SWsoft product line includes Virtuozzo — the leading operating system virtualization solution, Parallels — the leading desktop virtualization product, and Plesk — the leading server control panel. Founded in 1999, the company has offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

In September, PEER 1 expanded its EMC Platform, across multiple dedicated hosting data center operations. The IT Infrastructure provider has deployed the EMC Storage Area Network Platform in Atlanta, Miami and Silicon Valley. The EMC platform was developed to provide the best technology available, to optimize PEER 1′s data backup solution, providing managed dedicated hosting customers with faster and more reliable backup and data recovery.

The data backup service from PEER 1 provides customers with either daily or weekly backup options of local server storage to the EMC Storage Area Network in a highly secure area of the PEER 1 data centers. PEER 1′s backup and data recovery solutions are fully managed by internal PEER 1 data backup experts and support professionals.

In addition to backup services, the EMC storage solution allows PEER 1 to offer highly available mass storage options to customers over 4Gbit Fiber Channel connections. This external storage will provide additional scaling options to PEER 1 customers that have traditionally been limited to local server storage.

PEER 1 is an Internet infrastructure provider delivering highly scalable hosting solutions to facilitiate fast performing online presence, with 100% availability. Since its inception in 1999, the company has grown to include data centers and network points of presence in 17 major cities across North America and Europe, all connected by PEER 1′s world class Internet network. PEER 1 serves a variety of small and medium-sized businesses including emerging technology companies, hosting providers, online gaming providers, Internet phone (VoIP) companies, and professional services organizations. The company’s headquarters are in Vancouver, Canada and the stock is traded on the TSX Venture exchange under the symbol PIX.

For more information about Peer 1, please visit: www.peer1.com.

To learn more about SWsoft, please visit: www.swsoft.com.

Herndon, Virginia – (The Hosting News) – August 10, 2007 – Server virtualization and automation software company, SWsoft, has been chosen by French web hosting provider, Internet Fr. SWsoft was selected to integrate its Plesk control panel and Virtuozzo virtualization software into Internet Fr’s line of shared hosting solutions and Plexus Products.

Based on Internet Fr’s expertise in the management of critical web extensions of information systems for large customers, Plexus Products deliver high quality of service and availability and include the following offering packs:

• Plexus Shared Hosting HP (High Performance) pack is the first professional shared hosting solution to offer the Tomcat application server to run and manage enterprise web applications.

• Plexus Shared Hosting OEM pack allows resellers and web agencies to easily complete their offerings with a shared hosting solution using their brand name.

Frederick Coeuille, General Manager at Internet Fr remarked, ”We chose SWsoft products to build the professional solutions required by our customers because of their performance and reliability.”

Powered by Plesk and Virtuozzo software, Plexus Products simplify and unify the online management of web and e-mailing services, and provide continuous follow-up due to integration with Internet Fr Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools. For example, customers can follow the processing of their requests and check their network or system resource usage. By implementing its shared hosting solutions on Virtuozzo, Internet Fr has more control over the hosting environment, including rapid backups, easier migrations, and isolation between blocks of hosting customers.

Soeren von Varchmin, Managing Director for SWsoft’s European and Asian Operations commented, ”SWsoft Virtuozzo and Plesk give Internet Fr a competitive advantage with cutting-edge hosting technology to take advantage of emerging opportunities, such as software-as-a-service (SaaS). Internet Fr is a valued partner and SWsoft will continue to share the progress of our OPEN FUSION technology initiative to deliver open, flexible hosting services that meet the demands of Internet Fr’s customers in France and Italy.”

SWsoft Plesk is the leading multi-platform control panel designed to meet the needs of small to large hosting providers, resellers and end users. With patented hosting technology, the software is easy to use and automates a large number of tasks that allow service providers to reduce operating costs while increasing efficiency, profitability and customer satisfaction.

SWsoft Virtuozzo is the leading virtualization solution for hosting providers. Virtuozzo operating system virtualization software uses patented technology to create multiple, isolated virtual environments – or virtual private servers – on a single physical server and operating system, making the most efficient use of hardware, software and other resources. Each virtual environment has the same performance and functionality as a stand-alone server and can be managed with Plesk, 3rd party control panels or in-house systems.

Created in 1995, Internet Fr hosts and manages more than 15,000 professional sites.
Between 2005 and 2006, Internet Fr increased revenue by 15 percent and is continually growing with 60 people based in France and Italy.

Internet Fr offers a high level of services that respond to today’s demand for reliability and availability. Internet Fr collaborates with over 300 system integrators and web agencies and directly commercializes its offerings to key companies, government organizations, as well as small and middle-sized companies.

Founded in 1999, SWsoft is a recognized leader in server automation and virtualization software. With more than 10,000 customers in over 100 countries, SWsoft’s suite of products delivers proven performance, reliability, manageability and value. With offices around the world; SWsoft is a high growth company, funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners and Intel Capital, offering comprehensive solutions, transparently integrated through the OPEN FUSION Initiative – including Virtuozzo, SiteBuilder, and HSPcomplete.

For more information about Internet Fr, please visit: www.internet-fr.net.

To learn more about SWsoft, please visit: www.swsoft.com.

Herndon, Virginia – (The Hosting News) – July 26, 2007 – Server virtualization firm, SWsoft, through an agreement with Kaspersky Lab, will offer Plesk Anti-Virus, powered by Kaspersky for the Linux and Windows platforms. As a result, service providers using SWsoft Plesk control panel software, may add more protection against spyware, Trojans, worms, key loggers and other malicious programs.

Plesk Anti-Virus Powered by Kaspersky combines reactive antivirus and spyware detection methods with proactive technologies to provide the most effective protection for hosted e-mail. The software is simple to install and set up, while offering advanced users a range of versatile settings for fine-tuning the program. SWsoft is currently offering the software as an add-on for Plesk 8.1 for Windows. The add-on is also available for Linux users in Plesk 8.2.

Serguei Beloussov, CEO of SWsoft remarked, ”We are pleased to offer our Plesk customers an anti-virus option based on technology from Kaspersky Lab, one of the most trusted names in Internet security. This is another example how our OPEN FUSION initiative is helping the growing ecosystem of hosting providers and software vendors diversify their service offerings with open software applications to meet customer demands and take advantage of new opportunities, such as software-as-a-service (SaaS).”

Vitaly Bezrodnykh, Business Development Director at Kaspersky Lab added, ”Through our agreement with SWsoft, we can extend the benefits of dependable anti-virus software to thousands of new web hosting customers. Service providers will be able to drive additional revenue through a greater menu of anti-virus offerings and flexible security options for their customer base.”

Damian Schmidt, CEO of STRATO offered, ”As one of Europe’s leading web hosts, STRATO is pleased to offer a substantial anti-virus solution for our customers with dedicated servers. As a long-term partner of SWsoft, STRATO welcomes the seamless integration of Kaspersky into Plesk, meeting our high standards for ease of use.”

Plesk Anti-Virus Powered by Kaspersky is available now from SWsoft and its partners. Prices are based on the number of mailboxes, from 100 to 10,000 mailboxes per license. Visit www.swsoft.com/en/products/plesk/addons/#kav-win for more information. As part of a previous agreement between the two companies, Kaspersky Internet Security is currently offered as a six-month free trial application pre-loaded with SWsoft’s Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualization product.

OPEN FUSION is an SWsoft technology initiative to improve integration among a wide range of systems, third-party applications and modules, and custom and in-house solutions. The OPEN FUSION platform enables optimized delivery of SaaS and traditional hosting services to help independent software vendors (ISVs) and service providers take full advantage of new opportunities in the market.

Kaspersky Lab delivers protection against IT security threats, including viruses, spyware, crimeware, hackers, phishing and spam. Kaspersky Lab products detection rates and one of the industry’s fastest outbreak response times for home users, SMBs, large enterprises and the mobile computing environment.

Founded in 1999, SWsoft is a recognized leader in server automation and virtualization software. With more than 10,000 customers in over 100 countries, SWsoft’s suite of products delivers proven performance, reliability, manageability and value. With offices around the world; SWsoft is a high growth company, funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners and Intel Capital, offering comprehensive solutions – transparently integrated through the OPEN FUSION Initiative – including Virtuozzo, Plesk, SiteBuilder, HSPcomplete and PEM.

For more information about Kaspersky Lab, please visit: www.kaspersky.com.

To learn more about SWsoft, please visit: www.swsoft.com.

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Ghent, Belgium – (The Hosting News) – March 2, 2007 – Independent Belgian web hosting and domain name registration specialist, Hostbasket, has incorporated SWsoft Plesk 8.1 control panel software, in the standard configuration of its new line of dedicated servers.

Hostbasket, with approximately 800 dedicated servers online, made the decision to include Plesk in its dedicated servers, after its launch in November 2006.

Bert Van Pottelberghe, Product Manager at Hostbasket remarked, “The ease of use of the software and the user interface in particular make Plesk a very attractive product for the hosting market. In addition, Plesk 8.1 has feature parity in the Linux and Windows versions, so we can offer our customers the most advanced control panel solution for both platforms. We are currently launching a new line of dedicated servers, and Plesk 8.1 will be included in the standard configuration of our families of dedicated servers and appliance servers. Thanks to this user-friendly control panel, we can minimize the number of support questions and position our servers at attractive price levels.”

Soeren von Varchmin, Director of European and Asian Operations of SWsoft added, “Plesk 8.1 is a milestone, not only for SWsoft, but also for the hosting market. It gives us a high-quality control panel solution that provides service providers, resellers and end users with greatly enhanced management and customization capabilities. The fact that a major player such as Hostbasket has chosen this product only serves to demonstrate its strength.”

SWsoft Plesk is the leading multi-platform control panel designed to meet the needs of small to large hosting providers, resellers and end users. The software is easy to use and automates a large number of tasks that allow service providers to reduce operating costs while increasing efficiency, profitability and customer satisfaction.

Hostbasket is an independent Belgian specialist in hosting and domain name registration, with more than 15,000 sites, 800 dedicated servers, 30,000 domain names, and a network of more than 600 partners. Hostbasket provides a full spectrum of hosting solutions to commercial and private customers that wish to have an Internet presence or do business via the Internet.

SWsoft is a recognized leader in server automation and virtualization software. With more than 10,000 customers in over 100 countries, SWsoft’s suite of products delivers proven performance, reliability, manageability and value. With offices around the world; SWsoft is a high growth company, funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners and Intel Capital, offering comprehensive solutions – transparently integrated through the OPEN FUSION Initiative – including Virtuozzo, Plesk, SiteBuilder, HSPcomplete and PEM.

To learn more about SWsoft, please visit: www.swsoft.com.

For more information about Hostbasket, please visit: www.hostbasket.com.

Herndon, Virginia – (The Hosting News) – December 8, 2006 – Server virtualization and automation software company, SWsoft, has released its Plesk 8.1 for Linux/Unix and Plesk 8.1 for Windows control panel software, developed to deliver parity, new features, and functionality.

The new software adds to the Windows version many of the features found in the Linux/Unix version, designed to enable web hosting providers the ability to offer comparable solutions to customers on both platforms. Future versions of the software will be released simultaneously.

Lorena Diaz, Product Manager at SWsoft offered, ”Plesk 8.1 marks a major turning point for SWsoft and the hosting market by bringing the capabilities of the Linux/Unix version to the Windows platform. After an intensive product development effort that included the SWsoft Community Technology Preview program, Plesk 8.1 delivers a high quality control panel solution with significantly enhanced customization and management capabilities for providers, resellers and end users.”

Plesk 8.1 for Windows was developed to include functionality — previously offered only with Plesk 8.0 for Linux/Unix — to significantly improve ease-of-use and system management for administrators and customers. Plesk 8.1 for Linux/Unix includes several important updates, including improvements to the custom desktop, new user-friendly news management features and support for Fedora Core 5.

Feature highlights include:

• Plesk Desktop – Gives administrators and clients quick access to major management functions and immediate access to mission critical information and statistics.
• Customizable Interface Templates – Enables administrators to customize templates that can be assigned to individual users.
• Plesk Product News – Provides the latest news and information to Plesk users regarding major product updates and improvements.
• Improved Virtuozzo Integration – Delivers seamless integration with Virtuozzo, allowing hosting providers to manage more customers more efficiently. Plesk 8.1 is optimized to operate within Virtuozzo, enabling users to host up to 15 percent more virtual environments per physical server.
• Acronis True Image Server 9.1- Comes integrated with Acronis True Image 9.1, making it faster and easier for administrators to back-up servers and perform system recovery without interrupting operations.
• Autoinstaller V3 – Lets administrators deploy and upgrade multiple servers in an efficient, cost effective manner. The new architecture improves dependencies tracking and increases speed during installation to simplify support of new operating systems.

Craig Rodenberg, Vice President, Information Security, REDPLAID Managed Hosting added, ”SWsoft continues to set the standard for hosting automation and control panels with this latest release of Plesk. By upgrading the Windows version to match the features and functionality of the Linux/Unix version, Plesk 8.1 gives us the opportunity to offer our customers the most advanced control panel solution for both platforms.”

The improved integration of Plesk 8.1 with SWsoft Virtuozzo virtualization software supports SWsoft’s OPEN FUSION initiative to move all of its products to a common platform and advance integration among a wide range of systems, third party applications, and custom and in-house systems. Platform benefits include reduced time-to-market for service offerings, more automated and integrated systems with single sign-on, among other solutions.

Plesk 8.1 is available now from SWsoft and its partners worldwide. The upgrade is available at no additional charge to existing customers with subscriptions or the SWsoft software update service.

SWsoft is a recognized leader in server automation and virtualization software. With more than 10,000 customers in over 100 countries, SWsoft’s suite of products delivers proven performance, reliability, manageability and value. With offices around the world; SWsoft is a high growth company, funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners and Intel Capital, offering comprehensive solutions – transparently integrated through the OPEN FUSION Initiative – including Virtuozzo, Plesk, SiteBuilder, HSPcomplete and PEM.

For more information on Plesk 8.1, please visit: www.swsoft.com/en/products/plesk.

To learn more about SWsoft, please visit: www.swsoft.com.

For more information about REDPLAID Managed Hosting, please visit: www.redplaid.com/about.html.

ACTSupport bundles TechSupport packages with FREE Phone Support

Coimbatore, India & Plano, TX., Nov 30, 2006 – ACTSupport.com, a leading 24/7 Web Hosting Support Company, announces special offers for its Technical Support Packages. This is in an effort to provide value added services to it’s customers and there by, help them grow their business and give them end to end Customer Support solutions.

The offer bundles Free Phone support for those who signup for a minimum $ 250 / month worth of support package. Conditions apply for the above offer.

Why does your company need Phone support ?

Being available to the customer whenever he/she tries to contact you through whichever mode is key for rapid growth in your business. Can you afford to lose a sale just because the customer rings your office when you are out? Can you afford to lose a customer who wanted to solve a simple problem but chose to report his problem over phone for immediate response and than sending an email ? Would you want your customer to send emails back and forth just because he didn’t understand the tutorial in your website or didn’t have the patience to go through it. Do you want your technicians solving problems on your server than answering phone?

To strike a balance – make your customers happy AND let your techs work on your servers to solve complicated issues AND also inform your customer that their problem is being taken care of or their questions being answered, we have come up with this package.

Benefits this package shall give to your business

• Better service experience for your customers by talking to a real person.
• The calls an swered will have customized greetings geared to your business.
• Increasing profits and cutting costs at the same time by not missing a business opportunity that knocks when you are out, through a service which is free.

On the quality of service, when we pick a call for you, we are your ambassadors of goodwill. We know that the first few seconds make a lasting impression, and we want your customers to feel they were served properly and courteously.

For other Contact center services, please visit www.contactact.net

This support is complementary to our tech support services for which you shall be signing up ( will be charged). Our confidence that this combination package will bring better results for you is directly related to the capabilities of our technicians who will be working alongside to support you and handle requests ( including those received over phone) quickly and effieciently. To check out our tech support services and how well they can help your business, please visit actsupport.com

For more information, Please call 1-888-666-0786 / 972-354-0880 or email to Sales@actsupport.com

About ACTSupport

ACTSupport is a leading 24/7 Web Hosting Support company with a 100+ strong team, offering services since 2001. We offer end to end support solutions to Hosting Companies, Data Centers & ISPs. Our Support Services include Technical Support, Server Monitoring, Server Management, Server Administration, Customer Service, PreSales Support & Billing Support. Support is offered through HelpDesk, Email, LiveChat & Phone on a 24/7/365 basis. We have dedicated teams to offer specialised support for Windows and Linux based servers. We support a wide variety of control panels which include Cpanel, Hsphere, Plesk, Ensim, Helm, Alabanza, DirectAdmin, Cobalt Raq, Webmin, HostingController & HSPComplete. For further details about the company, Please visit www.actsupport.com

Herndon, Virginia – (The Hosting News) – October 12, 2006 – Server automation and virtualization software firm, SWsoft, has been chosen by Russian hosting service provider, .masterhost, to power its control panel with virtualization software, Plesk. SWsoft’s software will help manage services for over 30,000 customers with more than 65,000 registered domain names.

The products from SWsoft, a recognized leader in server automation and virtualization software, will help .masterhost broaden its offerings on both the Windows and Linux platforms. masterhost had initially selected Virtuozzo to maximize its server resources. The company added Plesk because of its integration with Virtuozzo, as part of SWsoft’s OPEN FUSION initiative. Virtuozzo creates multiple virtual environments on a single physical server to share hardware, licenses and management resources.

Using Virtuozzo and Plesk, users can deploy templates of Plesk systems with the complete isolation of a dedicated server. Virtuozzo and Plesk also share a common API for changing the language and locale of all integrated applications. This feature is designed to make it easy for .masterhost to localize its customer interface in Russian, significantly reducing development and translation time.

Aleksandr Ovchinnikov, Chief Commercial Officer at .masterhost remarked, ”SWsoft Virtuozzo and Plesk software support our overall growth strategy by enhancing our ability to deliver reliable and easy-to-use solutions to our customers with greater efficiency and minimal downtime.”

.masterhost is a SWsoft Platinum Partner, providing .masterhost with the highest level of SWsoft support at reasonable prices, including direct access to SWsoft developers, executive management and 24-hour support staff.

Soeren von Varchmin, managing director for European/Asian Operations, SWsoft added, ”As a result of the Virtuozzo and Plesk integration, we expect .masterhost to realize a significant return on investment and generate new revenue. SWsoft’s strategic partnership with Russia’s leading hosting service provider shows our industry leadership and our ability to deliver comprehensive, innovative hosting solutions.”

Founded in 1999, according to the company, .masterhost is the leading content delivery service provider in Russia. With offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg, .masterhost provides a full range of services, including: web hosting, co-location, Virtual Private Server, domain name registration, and Internet access service provisioning to Internet service providers, which are developing wireless and broadband access. .masterhost’s customers include leading investment companies, commercial banks, business centers, corporate customers, enterprises and private subscribers.

SWsoft is a recognized leader in server automation and virtualization software. With more than 10,000 customers in over 100 countries, SWsoft’s suite of products delivers proven performance, reliability, manageability and value. With offices around the world; SWsoft is a high growth company, funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners and Intel Capital, offering comprehensive solutions – transparently integrated through the OPEN FUSION Initiative – including Virtuozzo, Plesk, SiteBuilder, HSPcomplete and PEM.

To learn more about .masterhost, please visit: www.masterhost.net

For more information about SWsoft, please visit: www.swsoft.com.

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Austin, Texas – (The Hosting News) – August 21, 2006 – Apollo Hosting is offering hosting plans using the Windows Server 2003 platform, featuring the IIS6 Web Server, Windows Server 2003, incorporating the most modern security features, targeted at the growing ASP.NET developer market.

Don McLeman, VP of Operations at Apollo Hosting commented, ‘Customers want the choice, and we give it to them. A lot of developers are going to the ASP.NET framework, and we want to accommodate that need. Our plans offer three different versions of ASP: ASP 3.0 Classic, ASP.NET 1.1 and the latest 2.0. If you have an ASP.NET application, we can host it.”

Apollo Hosting’s Window’s hosting plans are run by the advanced Plesk 7.6 for Windows control panel from SWsoft.com. Plesk 7.6 provides a powerful yet comfortable ”XP-like” interface for customers, who can administer their ASP.NET settings right from one convenient location.

Tamara Field, President of Apollo Hosting added, ”Our Windows Hosting offers multiple websites and unlimited MySQL or MS SQL Express databases, something you’re probably not going to find at a lot of other hosting companies.”

For a limited time, Apollo Hosting is offering free setup on all new Windows plans. A $9.95 value, customers may use the coupon code FSTP03 when they sign up.

To learn more about Apollo’s new Windows Hosting plans, please visit: www.apollohosting.com/hosting/compareplanswin.php.

For more information about Apollo Hosting, please visit: www.apollohosting.com.