Chicago, Illinois – (The Hosting News) – August 29, 2008 – The Association of Internet and Hosting Service Providers (AIHSP), has issued a call for industry professionals, to join five distinguished advisory subcommittees.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The five key Advisory Subcommittees, as charged include:

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

AIHSP Standards and Ethics Subcommittee

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

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

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

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

Launched in July, 2008, the Association of Internet and Hosting Service Providers (AIHSP) is an innovative collaboration of businesses and professionals in the Web hosting and Internet services industry, working together to unify the industry, achieve meaningful representation, and secure a more prosperous marketplace for all.

To nominate yourself to join an AIHSP Advisory Subcommittee, please visit: www.aihsp.org/About-AIHSP/Build-AIHSP.php.

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

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Quebec, Canada – (The Hosting News) – August 28, 2008 – Web hosting services company, iWeb Group Inc., has entered into a partnership for a $22M financing agreement, with Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., covering long term growth of the company’s data centers, dedicated server leasing and web hosting operations.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Miami, Florida – (The Hosting News) – August 27, 2008 – Integrated Tier-1 Internet exchange and managed IT infrastructure solutions provider, Terremark, has completed deployment of the Infinistructure utility-computing platform at its facilities in Madrid and Amsterdam.

Manuel D. Medina, Chairman and CEO of Terremark Worldwide, Inc. explained, ”Through our industry-leading Infinistructure utility platform, we are able to deliver world-class IT infrastructure services that are scalable to their needs. Based on Infinistructure’s success in the United States, we anticipate that deploying the Infinistructure platform in Madrid and Amsterdam will continue to spur strong demand for our managed services from our current European customers and prospects.”

The platform is anticipated to benefit Terremark’s European and American customers and has been met with high demand from current customers and prospects. Infinistructure’s enterprise-class server and storage infrastructure combines Terremark’s proprietary service-management platform with leading-edge virtualization technology from partners including VMWare, Cisco, and IBM, providing a highly scalable and flexible high-performance computing platform. Infinistructure’s on-demand network, storage and computing architecture allows customers to precisely match their infrastructure to their business needs, while leveraging a fully managed solution with plug-and-play access to network connectivity from multiple carriers. The Infinistructure platform is connected to the ESpanix exchange point in Spain and the AMS-IX exchange point in The Netherlands, the largest internet connection point in Europe with over 400 Gb/s in peak traffic.

Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW) is a leading operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions for government and private sectors. Terremark delivers its portfolio of services from seven locations in the U.S., Europe and Latin America and from four service aggregation and distribution locations, which aggregate network traffic and distribute network-based services in Europe and Asia to meet specific customer needs. Terremark’s flagship facility, the NAP of the Americas, is the model for the carrier-neutral Internet exchanges the company has in Santa Clara, California (NAP of the Americas/West), in Sao Paulo, Brazil (NAP do Brasil) and in Madrid, Spain (NAP de las Americas – Madrid). The carrier-neutral NAP of the Americas is a state-of-the-art facility that provides exchange point, colocation and managed services. Terremark is headquartered at 2601 S. Bayshore Drive, 9th Floor, Miami, Florida USA, (305) 856-3200.

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Denver, Colorado – (The Hosting News) – August 26, 2008 – Colocation, managed hosting, disaster recovery and IP network services, Data393, has entered into an agreement to deliver high density colocation services to business and technology public pension organization services firm, Sagitec Solutions.

Brett Jones, General Manager of Data393 noted, ”Businesses such as Sagitec are increasingly seeking more power and cooling to support high density blade technology and high density hosting applications. We’re pleased to provide access and services from our 30,000-square-foot data center to provide Sagitec with a customized solution to help it deliver benefit program administration to its plan members and participating employees nationwide.”

Sagitec will take advantage of cage space within Data393′s recently completed 10,000-square-foot, power-rich, high density colocation suite that offers high density power for blade servers, parallel redundant generator capacity, and increased raised flooring and cooling.

Tom Adams, IT Project Manager for Sagitec remarked, ”We are pleased to find a secure and reliable company such as Data393 to assist in our IT infrastructure needs. We are committed to providing exceptional value and helping our public pension organizations achieve their mission and vision through our extensive knowledge, experience, forward thinking and progressive technologies, and Data393 is an important link in our system.”

Founded in 2004, Sagitec is a global technology solutions company that partners with public sector agencies to solve business problems created by complex and frequently changing business rules. Neospin, Sagitec’s flagship solution framework, helps state and local agencies implement business solutions that are agile, evolutionary and interoperable.

Located in the Inverness Business Park in southeast Denver, Data393 offers highly reliable colocation, managed hosting, disaster recovery and IP Network services featuring Cisco, Microsoft, Red Hat, EMC and Compellent technologies from a SAS 70 Type II facility.

Managed Data Holdings (MDH) was founded by three highly experienced industry executives in conjunction with Great Hill Partners and Catalyst Investors. MDH’s strategy is aimed at operating state-of-the-art data centers across Tier I and Tier II markets in the U.S. to meet the increasing demand for managed hosting, managed services, colocation space and disaster recovery services required by small and medium-sized business customers or divisions of large enterprises. Our data centers are SAS70 Type II compliant and are designed to accommodate the changing power density and cooling needs of the colocation market while maintaining consistent high levels of customer service and support.

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Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – August 25, 2008 – Shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting firm, Host Gator, has been ranked by Inc.com, as the 21st fastest-growing private company in the country, on its Inc 5000 list.

Brent Oxley, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of HostGator remarked, ”I started the company with a $1,000 budget from my dorm room in Boca Raton, FL. Today the owners of more than 1.3 million websites depend on our hosting service. We are extremely proud of our strong past growth, but we’re really only getting started.” Mr. Oxley, who turned 25 in March, attributes the growth of the company to its commitment to customer service and dedication to providing customers with the best web hosting experience in the hosting industry.

The 2008 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2004 through 2007. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, for profit, independent – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies – as of December 31, 2007, and have had at least $200,000 in revenue in 2004, and $2 million in 2007.

HostGator revenue grew by 5297% during the measured period. In addition to being ranked #21 overall, HostGator was also ranked #1 for growth in the Houston metro, #2 for growth in the Business Services category, and #1 for growth within the state of Texas.

The Houston-based company had revenues of $18,700,000 in 2007 compared to revenues of $326,000 in 2004 and projects revenues over the next 12 months will reach $50,000,000. Since moving to Houston in 2006, HostGator has created over 155 positions for highly skilled technicians and systems administrators. It recently completed renovations to accommodate a large increase in hiring activity and expects to add at least 100 new employees in Houston over the next few months.

In January, after reporting a successful fiscal year, has given gifts to support cancer fighting initiatives, while promoting education in underdeveloped countries.

The company gave $100,000 to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, and $25,000 to One Laptop per Child. The gifts were decided upon by HostGator management and staff, including a significant contribution to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

In addition. HostGator donated to the international organization, One Laptop Per Child. The Anderson Cancer Center received a gift of $100,000 and One Laptop per Child received $25,000. The goal of One Laptop per Child is spelled out in its name: to improve the educational opportunities for children in underdeveloped regions by giving every child access to an inexpensive, durable, web-capable laptop. At $100 each, the gift from HostGator should provide at least 250 laptops.

The gift to One Laptop per Child was another easy decision, according to Mr. Oxley, ”If it wasn’t for the internet and computers we wouldn’t be in business. If just one of the kids can further their knowledge in computers and make a career out of it, in some shape or form, it will have been worth every penny.”

At Anderson, one of the country’s largest cancer treatment centers, HostGator’s gift will go to support a variety of programs — from research and clinical trials, to education, counseling and treatments. Mr. Oxley says as HostGator continues to grow and earn profits, it will continue increasing the amount of its annual gifts.

Inc.com, the daily resource for entrepreneurs, delivers how-to guides, advice, tools, breaking news, and rich multi-media to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses. Inc.com offers dynamic marketing solutions to help advertisers effectively reach Inc.com’s audience of business leaders.

Host Gator is a provider of shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting services focused on the consumer and small business markets. Founded in 2002, Host Gator provides hosting for over 1.3 million websites and supports over 50,000 resellers worldwide with 24/7 technical support and web hosting tools, including free billing software for resellers and access to over 4,500 high quality free web templates. Host Gator has offices in Houston, Texas and its data center operations are co-located out of The Planet’s facility in Dallas, Texas, enabling it to access Tier-1 backbone providers such as UUNet, Sprint, Level 3, Global Crossing, Verio and AT and T and AboveNet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – August 21, 2008 – Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has launched new promotions that offer discounts on a selection of dedicated servers and new technologies.

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

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

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

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

Ultimately, The Planet’s goal is to provide:

• High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
• Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
• Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
• Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
• Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

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

For more information about the promotion, please visit: www.theplanet.com/dedicated-servers/server-specials.

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West Chester, Ohio – (The Hosting News) – August 20, 2008 – Web hosting industry resource firm, iNET Interactive, has acquired print publication serving the search engine industry, Search Marketing Standard.

The acquisition also includes associated web properties, SearchMarketingStandard.com, PayPerClickUniverse.com and SEMCompare.com. Launched in early 2006, with the goal to provide readers with practical, relevant and easy-to-understand Internet Marketing information, Search Marketing Standard magazine has grown from a newcomer in the field to an authoritative resource used by over 50,000 search engine advertisers and Internet marketers. Search Marketing Standard’s websites incorporate user-contributed ratings, reviews, and discussion along with professionally-produced, instructional content focused on helping businesses succeed within the rapidly growing field of search and Internet marketing.

Troy Augustine, President and CEO of iNET remarked, ”We are very excited to be able to add Search Marketing Standard to iNET Interactive’s portfolio of media brands. Search Marketing Standard is a strong brand, and it is a perfect complement to our strengths in the web development and web hosting areas.”

The addition of Search Marketing Standard is a natural extension for iNET Interactive, further strengthening its position as the leading media company serving Internet professionals and technology enthusiasts. The iNET Interactive portfolio also includes Web Hosting Talk, the largest online community serving the web hosting and hosted services industry, and Hot Scripts, the largest directory of scripts for the web development community.

Search Marketing Standard was founded by Boris Mordkovich and Eugene Mordkovich and headed by the Editor-in-Chief, Andrey Milyan. Boris will remain engaged with Search Marketing Standard as an advisor while Andrey Milyan will remain editor-in-chief joined with other Search Marketing Standard veterans to continue their sales and editorial roles.

Mr. Mordkovich added, ”Troy and his team fully embrace the commitment our team has given to our loyal readers and advertisers in producing a high-quality publication and online media properties. We have complete confidence that iNET Interactive will continue to grow and develop Search Marketing Standard with the same energy and dedication that we poured into it.”

Search Marketing Standard is the leading print publication covering the search marketing industry along with its associated online properties, including PayPerClickUniverse.com and SEMCompare.com. It was launched in early 2006 with the goal to provide readers with practical, relevant and easy-to-understand information that they could apply to directly improve their search engine marketing campaigns.

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Valparaiso, Indiana – (The Hosting News) – August 19, 2008 – Web hosting provider, Got Web Host, has released its SEO and Web Hosting Demo Player, to provide access for over 160 video tutorials.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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• Standard Value Servers with dedicated servers beginning as low as $149 a month.
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• Virtual SEO web hosting plans ranging up to 30 IPs, 15 individual Class C IPs and multiple or private nameservers. Multiple data centers are available.
• Dedicated SEO server plans with up to 50 IPs, with up to 10 individual Class C Subnets and multiple private nameservers.
• Customized packages with up to 80 Class C subnets are available upon request.
• Streaming dedicated hosting plans with either BTN or multi-tier one lines.

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Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – August 18, 2008 – Privately held dedicated web hosting company, The Planet, has been selected by Brazil’s Atitude Digital Media, to manage its mission-critical IT infrastructure.

Helder Conde, Chief Technology Officer of Atitude Digital Media noted. ”In our business, our Webcasts are live, with several hundred people online for each event. Nothing can go wrong with the level of clients we serve. Our reputation is earned every time we conduct a Webcast, so uptime, stability and security are critical to us.”

Based in Sao Paulo, the 20-year-old company provides webcasting services to some of the world’s largest companies, including Pfizer, Schering-Plough, AstraZeneca, Novartis and Avon, as well as a number of medical societies.

In the past four years, the company has conducted more than 700 Webcasts with thousands of hours of live content to thousands of people in more than a dozen countries. A customer of The Planet since 2005, Atitude previously used dedicated hosting services for managing the company’s complex infrastructure.

Mr. Conde noted, ”We’ve grown rapidly, and we were looking for a company that provides all the services and technical expertise of Planet Northstar. Their Anticipation Advantage methodology helped determine exactly what we needed to create a top-notch infrastructure that could scale with our growth, and at a budget that was workable for us. We expanded our footprint to include additional servers, load balancers, firewalls, SAN storage, managed backup and database management. At Atitude, our core values include being responsive, trustworthy and committed to our customers, and I’m impressed our dedicated account team shares these values.”

Steve Kahan, Vice President of marketing and product management with The Planet added, ”Our development of the Anticipation Advantage enables customers to thoroughly plan their IT infrastructure beyond their needs just today. The methodology also provides key process indicators about when they need to begin scaling, which eliminates the worry and frustration many organizations experience in the face of rapid growth. Equally as important, the account team of highly skilled and seasoned experts is always available to customers so they have the confidence that a knowledgeable partner who knows their business is always available to help.”

In its 20-year history, Atitude has kept a keen eye on emerging market trends. The company was originally known for creating high-quality, computer-generated slides and transparencies for corporate presentations, as well as multimedia productions. Today, it is Brazil’s leading provider of Webcasting services, hosting on average more than one each day from three studios in its Sao Paulo offices.

Mr. Conde continued, ”In the last four years, the Internet has emerged as the best platform for communications, and our client base has moved rapidly for both internal and external audiences. Our clients require extensive training both for sales representatives and physicians, and they’ve found Atitude as the perfect solution to meet these needs.”

The company manages the entire event for clients. They work directly with presenters to host the event, sending notification and reminder e-mails to participants, generating reports on results, providing on-demand access afterwards, as well as maintaining extensive databases for each company. According to Conde, the presentations continue to add value for the companies since each one is typically viewed by at least four times the number of live Webcast participants.

Mr. Conde observed, ”In years past, these companies sponsored semi-annual meetings for their sales forces, but today as new studies emerge or competitive products are announced, it’s critical that they have new data immediately, so they rely on our services to meet that demand. At the same time, if one of these companies hosts physicians at an event anywhere in the world, they can Webcast with us from any venue, and we can support the requirement since our bandwidth connections are incredibly robust. With our capabilities, we make their lives much easier.”

The costs for hosting in the U.S. are five to six times lower than those in his native country. While bandwidth costs are slowly declining, ADSL is more common and far less efficient. In addition, because taxes on hardware are approximately 70 percent, hosting provides far better economic sense for his growing business.

Mr. Conde concluded, ”Making the decision to host overseas was difficult. As our international business grew, I knew it was the right direction for our company. We’ve seen other companies emerge in Brazil, and they appear to do a good job, until the participants begin to load. It’s there they fail. Our speed and reliability set us apart, which makes our offering highly competitive.”

Ultimately, The Planet’s goal is to provide:

• High levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
• Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
• Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
• Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
• Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

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

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

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

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

Matt Ferrari, Virtualization Solution Architect for HostMySite.com noted, ”By taking advantage of Hyper-V with Windows 2008, our clients have the ability to take all of their solutions, such as their production and development environments, and simultaneously run them together in a completely isolated hypervisor-based virtual environment.”


With HostMySite.com’s Hyper-V solution, clients get a single hardware server on which they are able to create multiple virtual machines (VMs). Each virtual machine acts as a standalone server running its own operating system, which can be 32-bit/64-bit Windows or Linux. Virtual machines can be configured as application servers, database servers running Microsoft SQL 2008 or MySQL, mail servers, or test environments.


Mr. Ferrari added, ”This technology has brought the reliability of a robust physical environment and combined it with the cost savings of a virtual environment. Additionally, Hyper-V gives tremendous flexibility and ease of management to developers and technology managers who need to deploy virtual environments quickly.”


HostMySite.com was founded by partners Lou Honick and Neil Heuer in 1997. The foundation of the culture at HostMySite.com is a top-down commitment to complete customer satisfaction. HostMySite.com provides individuals, small businesses, and large corporations with dedicated hosting, VPS hosting, and ASP.NET hosting, supported by 24x7x365 live support through toll-free telephone, email, and live online chat.

To learn more about HostMySite.com’s Hyper-V hosting, please visit: www.hostmysite.com/dedicatedservershosting/hyperv.

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Quebec, Canada – (The Hosting News) – August 14, 2008 – Internet hosting infrastructure provider, iWeb Group Inc., and subsidiary of iWeb Technologies, has released the financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008, ending June 30, 2008.

Third quarter highlights include:

- Revenue increased 57% to $4.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2008, compared to $2.6 million for the same period in 2007;
– Adjusted EBITDA increased to $1.0 million for the third quarter of 2008, compared to $0.7 million for the same period in 2007;
– Infrastructure work has begun on the fourth and final phase of the Couture Data Center;
– An additional $2.7 million of annually recurring revenue generated in the third quarter.

Eric Chouinard, President and CEO of iWeb noted, ”’Revenues have continued to grow steadily in the last quarter. This progress confirms the effectiveness of recently implemented strategies to support our growth: the new web site, launched in March, improved management of advertising strategies, and a new operational structure in the Company’s sales department. Combined with our standard operations, these strategies are generating remarkable results. In the past three months, we have added $2.7 million in annual recurring revenue to our existing revenues, which bodes very well for the upcoming quarters.”

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

The gross profit margin for the quarter was 49%, compared to 59% for the same period 12 months ago. The strength of the Canadian dollar compared to the U.S. dollar is the main reason for this decrease. The majority of iWeb’s cost of services sold is expensed in Canadian dollars, as opposed to revenues, which are perceived mostly in U.S. dollars. In addition, costs attributed to the co-location site on Nun’s Island, which was brought online on May 1, 2008, have affected the gross profit margin, given the modest revenues recorded thus far for this data center.

Operating expenses have increased, from 47% of revenues one year ago, to 49% of revenues for the third quarter. These additional operating expenses are the result of higher financing costs, due to increased debt facilities, this despite a decrease in sales expenses, the result of the improved management of advertising strategies.

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

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

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

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

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

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