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The Planet makes changes with green in mind - lowering power consumption.

The Planet - limited-time promotion that provides customers with twice the hard drive disk space on select new server orders at no additional cost.

Leading Web host UK2 (http://www.uk2.net) has partnered with Comodo to offer Dedicated Server customers unlimited, free SSL Certificates. The announcement is the first of its kind in the Web hosting industry.

Flexihostings.net.au, one of the fastest growing Australian based web hosting provider company, announced that it has increased all of its shared hosting plan to almost double the size, but remained at the same old price.

Qualiteam Software (http://www.qualiteam.biz), an information technology company specializing in custom development of e-business software, today released a new, enhanced version of its popular X-Cart shopping cart and e-commerce software.

Enterhost (http://www.enterhost.com), a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of Windows-only Web hosting, announced today it has renewed its partnership with SmarterTools (http://www.smartertools.com) to provide business communication sof

SoftLayer announced that it has deployed cPanel update servers on the network inside its datacenter to accelerate cPanel installations and updates. Currently the industry-leading server control panel, cPanel provides an easy-to-use and highly-scalable man

In response to the exceptional adoption rate of its open source API, SoftLayer has developed additional features for the API that will go live this week. Since its May 21 launch, the API user base has increased more than ten times over and API connections

The first-ever Application Programmer Interface (API) add-on for its popular line of backup restore and disaster recovery products. The add-on, which can be used with all R1Soft products, is based on XML-RPC standards, and is supported by most major pr

Server Intellect has been named the largest Helm provider in the world by WebHostAutomation, Ltd., maker of the award-winning Web hosting control panel system.

Announce the formation of a strategic alliance designed to further the business objectives of each company. As Web hosting and Web development providers with complementary strengths, this alliance will allow both companies to collectively satisfy a wider

announced today it has increased the size of its customer support department, a move designed to keep up with demand from the company’s ever-increasing user base.

Announced today the activation of two new monitoring locations in Beijing and Shanghai, China.

BOCA RATON, Fla., March 12, 2007—Applied Innovations (http://www.appliedi.net), a Microsoft Gold Certified web hosting provider specializing in Windows-based Hosting solutions, today introduced Windows Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting powered by SWsof

SupportPRO today introduced the next version of its popular helpdesk application, SupportPRO SupportDesk 3.0. The software is designed to be used in Web hosting and other online service businesses.

Righteous Software announced today its Continuous Data Protection products will now support Ubuntu and Debian Linux distributions. The software is also now integrated with the DirectAdmin site control panel.

UnitedHosting announced its recent introduction of Mailfoundry – an industry leading hardware-based spam and virus filtering solution.

InterServer announced today it has completed construction of a new, 6,000 sq. ft. datacenter located in Secaucus, N.J., adjacent to the company’s existing primary facility. The new datacenter includes access to an extensive network backbone throughout New

Hyperspin Internet Services (http://www.hyperspin.com), an Internet reliability solutions provider, announced today it has released its reseller automated payment module, allowing clients of private label resellers to upgrade and pay for their monitoring

New PowerEdge Server Features Clovertown Quad-Core Processor with More Than 1.2 Terabytes of Storage

SoftLayer Technologies announced record sales for server installations during the month of January.

ServerProgress today introduced its line of Linux Server Management services. The company specializes in working with cPanel/WHM, Plesk and DirectAdmin powered servers.

Host Gator, a provider of web hosting solutions, announced the introduction of standard Ruby on Rails installation support for all its customers.

uditing and market research firm HorMart has revealed the results of its survey. While 16% of the web hosting providers met excellent customer support standards, another 46% of the web hosts were unable to deliver an effective help.

Uplinkearth announced today the two firms will offer a full suite of do-it-for-me and do-it-yourself maintenance services to uplinkearth's new and existing hosting customers.

Windows Web host Applied Innovations today introduced its support for ASP.NET AJAX Web hosting, a new technology developed to enable the Web 2.0-boom of distributed computing over the Internet.

Internet Service and Colocation Provider Zogmo, LLC announced today it is including Righteous Software’s Continuous Data Protection software with all hosting and colocation services.

VariLogiX announced today it has released version 3.5 of its popular FraudCall fraud prevention product, now boasting new Line Type Detection and integrated AFIS Fraud Screening technology.

New affiliate based domain reseller program for hosting resellers available.

WiredTree today it has publicly introduced its new line of Managed Dedicated Servers, along with a newly developed client portal. Both products include industry leading features and pioneering technologies.

ThePlanet/Ev1servers has launched a new site and merged the two together as well as created a new Orbit control panel for customers.

Go Daddy Releases Super Bowl Details for their popular commercials.

After months of intense consideration and planning, Host The Best is proud to announce the introduction of it's cluster hosting capabilities, a new service directly aimed at combating the growing demand for cluster hosting.

A developer of disk-based backup solutions, introduced today a new method for booting servers into disaster recovery mode, allowing administrators to execute a Bare-Metal data restoration.

Offers heavy discounts and launches several new products as a part of the holiday season sale

ServePath, a leading dedicated server provider and hosting specialist, today announced its new High Availability Server Network offerings.

Demowolf has announced the launch of a new application called DemoSuite. DemoSuite is a Windows-based application that web hosting companies can provide to their customers, so their flash support tutorials can be viewed directly on the customer's desktop.

HostingSpeeds now measures speed ratings of over 2,000 web hosting providers for analysis.

24Status.com launches it's innovative and omnipotent Monitoring 1.0 software, aimed directly at minimizing frustration, and implementing cutting edge technology into it's current services.

Web host Reseller Zoom announced today it has implemented a unique private label failover reseller hosting service, designed to offer its resellers an additional level of service redundancy.

Dedicated host SoftLayer Technologies continues to develop scalable utility services aimed at meeting the needs of the emerging Web 2.0 market.

HTTPCity Celebrates Re-Launch with Upgraded Plans, 10 Cent Offer

NEW ORLEANS, La. (11/9/2006)—Host Careers (http://www.hostcareers.com), a newly developed resource for jobseekers in the Web hosting industry, announced today it is now accepting new job applications and listings, currently available at no charge.

Web host BuyHTTP, LLC. announced today it has unveiled its e-commerce hosting packages, a move it hopes will attract small to medium sized business customers looking to use the Web as a sales tool.

Mega Hosters Inc. announced today that it has acquired Logic Internet (logicinternet.com), a private company in the business of shared web hosting. Mega Hosters Inc. acquired Logic Internet on a cash basis.

LogicBoxes, a software and consultancy company dedicated to the Web service companies today announced, that it has launched a unique initiative to help companies assess their feasibility for obtaining ICANN accreditation at absolutely ZERO cost.

Pricing as low as $3.49 for .BIZ and $3.99 for .US will be available to all resellers upto 10th November 2006

October 9, 2006, Dallas, TX – SoftLayer Technologies announced several significant additions to its portfolio of security solutions. The new products include Cisco ASA firewalls, McAfee Enterprise Anti-virus, AntiSpyware, Host-based IPS products and VPN a

UK based Pipe Ten have changed the way that they offer their dedicated web hosting solutions. Unlike most hosting companies that operate with a restrictive one size fits all philosophy of set specifications and quotas, Pipe Ten provide a “best fit” approa

UK based Pipe Ten have just launched a new range of flexible Windows and Linux reseller hosting packages further expending their innovative shared hosting and dedicated ranges.

San Diego, CA – ChatStat.com today enters territory closely guarded by LivePerson, WebTrends, and Trillian. ChatStat offers free 2-way live chat with your website visitors, free MovingGraphTM website statistics, and free instant messaging protocol support

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 27, 2006 – ColoServe, a leading San Francisco colocation and managed service provider, today announced it has enhanced its infrastructure by upgrading its facility to CAT6 cabling. The upgrade is part of a major capital projec

A new 0 Day cPanel Exploit in the wild that allows the attacker to gain root access has been spotted in multiple hosting providers and continues to be found.

Dotster Inc. (dotster.com), a web hosting provider and domain registrar has launched three Linux based VPS plans

ByteFortress Technologies LLC. (bytefortress.net) - a provider of remote backup and disaster recovery solutions announced the Re-Opening of VisionEX Communications

SharkSpace (http://www.SharkSpace.com) a shared, reseller and dedicated hosting provider officially launched live 24/7/365 support chat on August 21, 2006. SharkSpace's new live support chat system allows clients to get instant answers to their support qu

August 18th, 2006 (Nova Scotia, Canada) - Hosting service provider EIRCA Internet Solutions has introduced a new web hosting brand according to the company. The new subsidiary company, This Is Hosting (www.thisishosting.com) is to compliment the company's

yteFortress Technologies LLC. (bytefortress.net) - a provider of remote backup and disaster recovery solutions announced the launch of TheByteShack.com (thebyteshack.com) – a new web hosting line.

Hostthebest.com, shared and reseller web host since 1999 has announced the hosting of Microsoft Exchange services running on Windows 2003 servers. The introduction of the new services also includes Microsoft Sharepoint™ hosting services, with prices start

Cirtex Hosting announced today it has added a new suite of incentives to its affiliate program, and has increased disk space and monthly data transfer on its web hosting plans.

Canadian hosting provider MonsterHosting.ca announced today it has scheduled a series of Live Online Courses for its existing and prospective customers, with subjects ranging from Microsoft FrontPage to Internet Branding.

ColoServe, a leading San Francisco colocation and managed service provider, today announced it has successfully completed a SAS 70 Type I audit

Ping! Zine Web Hosting Magazine announced today the details of its HostingCon 2006 putting tournament. The magazine also plans to hold the first ever Golf Tournament for the Web Hosting Industry in Spring 2007.

TheWHIR bring a complete gaming and game hosting experience to the exhibit hall at HostingCon 2006, scheduled July 17 to July 19, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

WebCinch announced today it has entered the web hosting market. The company’s owner—a veteran of the industry—built the company with an emphasis on customer support and service reliability.

HostingDiscussion.com (http://www.hostingdiscussion.com), third largest independent web hosting community on the Internet, has announced that it will pay anyone’s web hosting bill as part of its latest “Pay My Bill” promotion. HostingDiscussion.com seeks

Dotable is proud to announce that Steve Gore has joined the Dotable management team, as a full partner. Steve's area of expertise is systems administration and the development and deployment of new hosting products, such as both Linux and Windows VPS.

HostMG, LLC, a privately held small business web hosting firm, announced today it has introduced the Ruby on Rails and JavaServerPages (JSP) web frameworks on all web hosting packages.

TORONTO (6/30/2006)—WebHostGear (http://www.webhostgear.com), a server administration and hosting tutorial site, released today its custom developed Nobody Check security tool for cPanel powered servers.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (6/26/2006)—Internet Service Provider Gigenet, parent company of popular hosting brands ColoQuest, GigeServers (http://www.gigeservers.com), and DDoSProtection.com, announced today it is nearing completion of its new, 17,000 sq. ft

Gazzin.com announced today it has upgraded all server hardware, and has improved its customer service policies to better meet the needs of its developing customer base.

Ubiquity Hosting Solutions, provider of free, shared, dedicated, and colocation hosting services, has added SSH user-level access and Linux .NET Framework emulation through the Mono Project to its list of advanced hosting features.

101SiteHosting.com Doubles the Disk Space on All Starter Packages 101SiteHosting.com, the leader in Value based web hosting, announced today that it has doubled the disk space on all of its Starter Packages making the best offer in web h

ResellersPanel has launched two Private DNS Cluster packages – Private DNS 1 and Private DNS 2, as a part of its Free Reseller Hosting Program.

Tadunka.com, announced today that it has added a line of built-to-order web stores, including turnkey websites, established sites, and drop-ship ready stores.

Control panel provider cPanel will host an exclusive after hours party at Interjunctures HostingCon 2006

Hyperspin Internet Services, an Internet reliability solutions provider, announced today that it is now offering an Application Programming Interface, or API, to its resellers as part of a series of enhancements to the reseller program.

Little Star Web Networks announced today that it has acquired cPanelDemos, and it has expanded the company’s demo hosting services to include both cPanel and Web Host Manager

The IceStorm Network, a California based web hosting and Internet solutions provider that has been serving clients for over 8 years, announced today that it has introduced fully managed Dell dedicated servers, and a series of Virtuozzo enabled virtual pri

Combination Creates Industry-leading Dedicated Hosting Company; Combined Company Will Continue to Deliver Industry-leading Client Experience

ArielHost Rolls Out New Merchant Services, Launches Cardservice Kentucky Subsidiary

New Jersey based InterServer announced today that it has added PAIX peering to its network, which will offer the company lower latency and improved network performance.

Press Advance, the leading provider of press release services for the web hosting industry, announced today that it is now offering a recurring press release service.

Will enhance customers' skill sets for hosting on the cPanel and WHM platform.

VariLogix, AlgoZone Offer Telephone Fraud Prevention Module for osCommerce

ClubHouse Adds Sitebuilder, Free Domain Offer, New Web Site

Infrenion.com now offers Customized Packages and Windows Hosting

Expands by adding a new line of servers from Penguin Computing.

Monsterhosting announced today that it is now offering shared failover web hosting, a new technology that synchronizes website files over several geographically separated web servers.

CFDynamics, a ColdFusion web hosting company, today announced an agreement with Adobe where they will provide free application hosting for participants in the Adobe Flex 2.0 Developer Derby.

DemoDemo announced today that it has begun offering its products on a subscription basis, making it the first provider in the industry to do so.

Yesterday Andrew Te from PowWeb announced the company has been aquired by a new management team.

JotForm WYSIWYG Build Reaches Record Weeks

Netenberg.com releases ClickBe 1.0 RC5

DENHAM SPRINGS, LA (March 9, 2006) – Ping! Zine Web Hosting Magazine (http://www.pingzine.com), the longest-running and most widely read print magazine for the web hosting industry, announced today that it has named Devin White as Sales and Marketing Mana

SOMERSET, NJ (Mar 6, 2006) - Uplinkearth (http://www.uplinkearth.com), a global award-winning Windows web hosting provider hosting over 40 thousand domain names, announced today that it has dramatically increased the size of its Windows virtual web hostin

1&1 Internet Offers Free .info Domains

Dotster is selling domains for 50 cents

ServerPronto Offers 1,000 Mbps Bandwidth Port

January 30, 2006, Dallas, TX – Today SoftLayer Technologies announced the deployment of dual core processor technology from Intel and AMD. “The technology curve is shifting once again and SoftLayer is positioned to be the dual core specialist with the lat

SURREY, BC (1/27/2006) - MonsterHosting.ca, a Canadian web hosting and e-commerce solutions provider, introduced today its new SHOUTcast web hosting service, aimed at tapping into a growing number of organizations utilizing the technology to reach their c

Thursday, 26th January 2006: ResellerClub (http://www.resellerclub.com), the reseller arm of The Directi Group, has launched an exclusive invite-only Beta Program for Web service providers. This Beta program will invite randomly selected resellers of Rese

HostGator Extreme Web Makeover Contest offers 1,500 in value to the winners and $100 in hosting services.

Today on-demand hosting provider, SoftLayer Technologies, announced the official launch of operations and sales to the public – with 1,000 of the company’s servers ready for immediate deployment. SoftLayer targets small- to medium-sized enterprise busine

Resellerspanel.com (www.resellerspanel.com), the only company in the web hosting business offering a free reseller hosting program, announces the launch of its cPanel program, which offers four reseller plans

DirectI (http://www.directi.com), a leading Web Services Company and one of the fastest growing ICANN Accredited Domain Registrars, recently announced the sale of .INFO domain names, at an unbelievable price of $1.49 for a year. The new promotional price,

The company is now concentrating on prudently and effectively growing its subscriber base.

Oslo, Norway - January 4, 2006 -- International web host and Internet Company ONET Hosting Solutions (www.onet.nu) announced on Monday the release of their new website, ONET.NU, as well as the introduction of four new hosting plans.

Strive Hosting(http://www.strivehosting.com) revealed their new hosting plan today, aimed at both the individual user and small businesses, called the Business Plan

Liverpool based Strive Hosting announced that it has opened its doors to new customers, and that it is offering a free lifetime hosting guarantee for individuals that can beat its prices.

Web hosting provider Lunarpages (lunarpages.com) announced on Tuesday it has introduced its new professional Web design services department, providing numerous customized and affordable Web design solutions for its customers.

Host Gator Enhances Disaster Recovery

Microsoft Launches Free Hosting Program

IPOWER Donates to Thanksgiving Charity

Rack911 is pleased to announce its adoption of credit card processing. Rack911 now accepts credit cards though 2checkout. Clients will now have the option of using paypal or 2checkout for orders.

Ubersmith v.5.1 Now in Public Beta

PWC Hosting Company- The New Affordable Solution for Website Hosting. A new web hosting company has launched. This company will provide affordable hosting solutions for personal, small businesses, mid-sized businesses, and large corporations.

cPanel is Taking Preregistrations for their New cPanel Certified Add on Script Certification Program

LeHost.networks makes the acquisition of SB-HOST.com

MonsterHosting.ca Enters VoIP Market, Launches MonsterVoIP

Windy City Host Offers Clients Unique Reliability Tools

cPanelBackup.com Launches Unique Backup Service

ORLANDO, FL (9/6/05) - Vortech Incorporated (http://www.vortechhosting.com), a web hosting provider currently hosting over 120,000 domain names, announced today that it has acquired Florida based RocketColo.net (http://www.rocketcolo.net), a co-locatio

MonsterHosting.ca announced today that it will offer free SSL integration services for its merchant account holders.

The Planet's support has helped growth of largest reseller customer, HostGator.com

MonsterHosting.ca announced today that it has launched a one of a kind remote website monitoring service, known as dotUPTIME.

HybridReseller announces the availability of affordable reseller hosting plans that allow users to resell hosting space on both Linux and Windows hosting platforms.

Apple has released Security Update 2005-007 to address multiple vulnerabilities affecting Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Safari web browser, and other products. The most serious of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. I

Resellerspanel.com announces the availability of a new multi-language option in beta mode in its web hosting control panel. Besides English, German and Spanish, the resellers and their customers can now choose to manage their hosting accounts in French, P

Re-invent Technologies LLC (http://www.re-invent.com) today announced the launch of DotNetNuke 3.1 as a free install on all hosting plans for its customers.

ClubHouse Hosting, a Connecticut based web hosting provider serving domestic and international clients, announced today that it is celebrating its one year anniversary, and is offering special customer rewards.

Dallas, TX... Insomnia365SM, a satellite of The PlanetSM, announced today that it is sponsoring the Cyberathlete Professional League® for the second consecutive year. The CPL is the recognized world leader in professional computer game competitions, havin

Netvention announced today that CI Host, a global leader in Web hosting and data center operations, has selected WebHosting Prospector as their new sales lead generation tool.

SWsoft, the established leader in hosting automation and server virtualization software, announced the availability of Plesk Plus, a new all-in-one packaged offering.

Montreal, Canada, May 16, 2005 – Third largest independent web hosting forum on the Internet HostingDiscussion.com will award its most valuable members of the year 2005 with over $3,000 in prizes.

Canberra May 31, 2005 - MCGOOHQ Pty Ltd has announced today that it has acquired Aussie Hosts, further strengthening their position as one of Australia's leading web hosts.

Aurora, IL – May 31, 2005 - HostingCon, the premier conference for hosting professionals, will be held June 6-7, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois. HostingCon will host four keynote addresses delivered by high profile hosting industr

Host Color (hostcolor.com) a shared web hosting company has this week unveiled its new European web hosting website

FastServers.Net, a leading cPanel Linux dedicated server provider, announced the addition of the popular Fantastico De Luxe add-on to its cPanel dedicated server line.

VitalStream, a content delivery operator and streaming media provider, announced on Monday that it had introduced the third generation of its video streaming service for Flash

Internet infrastructure services provider VeriSign (verisign.com) announced on Monday that it had named Ken Silva, an employee since June 2000, as its first chief security officer.

Symantec Corp., a provider of security software solutions, yesterday released the public beta version of its 'Norton Internet Security (NIS) 2005 AntiSpyware Edition', which provides protection from spyware and adware

SWsoft, a provider of hosting automation and server virtualization software, today announced an updated 64-bit roadmap to support Intel and AMD server technologies.

FastServers.Net a leading Linux and Windows dedicated server provider, has announced today that it will offer the Helm(tm) Control Panel as part of their managed dedicated server platform. The Helm(tm) Control Panel offers the ability to distribute serv

Web site owners can easily convert manuals and documentation into web pages

he Elefante installer is a PHP Web application services installer. Using it customers can automatically install various PHP script packages through their control panel.

Web hosting provider Via Net.Works (vianetworks.com) announced on Monday that it had signed a letter of intent to sell all its business operations to Web host Claranet (claranet.com) for approximately $27 million in cash.

April 12, 2005 -- (WEB HOST GEAR) -- Web hosting provider ReadyHosting.com (readyhosting.com) announced on Monday that it had earned the Better Business Bureau's OnLine Reliability Seal.