Daily Archives: November 4, 2010

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Parallels Announces Plesk Panel 10

Cloud services enablement leader, Parallels,has announced the availability of Parallels Plesk Panel 10, the industry leading control panel that enables service providers to easily deliver the most profitable services to their hosting customers. With more than 100 new features Parallels Plesk Panel 10includes key improvements in user interface, breadth of applications, density for VPS environments, and Site Building capability.

About Parallels
Parallels is a global leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and Cloud services providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with more than 700 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.parallels.com

Dediserve Buys Belfast Based AventureHost

Dediserve has acquired Belfast based web hosting firm AventureHost for an undisclosed sum.

Dediserve recently launched a pay as you go cloud platform designed to make cloud-based computing attractive and affordable to organisations of all sizes.

The acquisition is expected to bring Dediserve’s annual revenue to €1million by 2011.

Iomart Acquires Titan Internet

Datacenter provider Iomart has brought Titan Internet for £4.2m..

Iomart based in Glasgow will pay £3.6m on completion of the deal and another £600,000 by April 2011.

Titan manages more than 1,000 servers on behalf of clients from small businesses to large corporations.

Angus McSween chief executive of Iomart, said: “The purchase of Titan Internet provides us with additional highly-skilled technical expertise.”

He added: “We announced back in June that the group intended to become the UK’s leader in the relatively-new cloud computing market, through a combination of organic growth and acquisition.”

Iomart hosting recently secured a £10 million credit facility from Lloyds Banking Group to help on its growth strategy.

Webfusion Announces Unlimited Hosting Plan

Webfusion has announced the re-launch of its shared web hosting to give customers unlimited hosting, unlimited traffic and unlimited email accounts along with a free .com domain for only $6.99 per month.

The Webfusion ‘hosting without limits’ approach sees the unlimited features continue with customers able to host unlimited domain names on a single hosting package and create unlimited FTP accounts. Plus there are a range of premium features at no additional cost. Linux customers have access to a range of over 20 ‘One-click’ applications, including blogging tool WordPress, content management system Joomla and forum building software phpBB with the opportunity to install up to 100 One-Click applications within a single hosting package. In addition, all customers benefit from DNS management tools, a built-in statistics application, email ticket system and free 24-hour telephone support.

Those signing up to the new package will also benefit from a free .com domain name and there is discounted pricing for those signing up to longer term hosting agreements starting at $4.99 month.

Thomas Vollrath, CEO of Webfusion, says, “We strive to give our customers the best products available on the market. Our unlimited hosting package is a result of feedback from our customers and an attempt to help break down some of the barriers people find with other web hosting companies. With the unlimited package our customers can now concentrate on maximizing their business potential rather than worrying about restrictions.”

A leading web host in Europe for over 13 years, Webfusion first extended its presence into the US and Canada in 2008. Since then, Webfusion has developed a reputation among business and home users as a reliable and trustworthy web host with an ever-growing customer base.

The move to an unlimited package follows the success of the streamlined offering for the recent launch of Webfusion into Spain, the latest division of the Webfusion stable.
More at: http://www.webfusion.com

Fasthosts Launches Free Reseller Training Programme

Fasthosts Internet Ltd, a leading web hosting provider, and Technology Sponsor of The Great Exhibition 2012, recently launched an independently certified webinar training programme created specifically for Fasthosts Resellers. Provided free of charge to Fasthosts Advanced Reseller customers, the programme will deliver both strategic and practical training in how to build up a profitable reseller hosting business. The first online session kicks off 11am GMT on Tuesday 19 October 2010. With its programme, Fasthosts aims to set a benchmark in the industry for best practice surrounding the resale of web hosting services.

Fasthosts has teamed up with the UK’s leading provider of digital marketing training, Econsultancy, to compile an industry-leading training course for resellers of web hosting. The web host has long been the UK’s foremost specialist in reseller hosting. As well as providing technical insights, the company will share business development and online marketing knowledge to help its resellers thrive in the growing reseller hosting market.

Delivered through a series of six interactive webinars running from October 2010 to January 2011, the Fasthosts Reseller training programme will set a benchmark in the industry for the resale of web hosting services. Once they have successfully completed the 6 interactive seminars (each 45 minutes) and brief assessment, participants will be awarded with an industry recognised and independently certified qualification – a Certificate of Digital Competency.

Steve Holford, Marketing Director, Fasthosts Internet Ltd, said: “Our unique training programme will provide our resellers with a best practice introduction to reselling web hosting, fine tune digital skills and bolster online knowledge. We will deliver the skills needed to hit the ground running and succeed with a new or existing business.”

Fasthosts Reseller Hosting delivers access to a range of customisable web solutions including hosting, domains and email products at discounted reseller rates and includes unlimited web space and bandwidth. Resellers earn recurring profits on the items they sell, are free to set their own price points and may charge for free elements such as unlimited web space, website traffic and email accounts. Fasthosts Reseller packages are available on a 1 month contract meaning very low risk.

The Fasthosts Web Designer Advanced reseller package offers a high degree of freedom to structure hosting plans – resellers can create a customised package for each end customer, design and create their own range of packages or simply resell Fasthosts’ own off-the-shelf packages. Featuring the Fasthosts Reseller Control Dashboard, Custom Branding tools and Reseller API, the package comprises an efficient, high-quality, professional reseller platform at low cost. New customers signing up receive full enrolment into the Fasthosts Reseller Training programme.

Holford added, “As a reseller hosting specialist, Fasthosts aims to deliver its resellers unrivalled support and innovation in equal measures.”

About Fasthosts
Fasthosts is a leading web hosting provider. Based in the UK and operating 24×7 from their dedicated UK data centres, Fasthosts keeps over 1 million domains running smoothly and ensures over 42 million emails are delivered safely each day. All Fasthosts services can be self-managed through the award winning Fasthosts web-based control panel that provides customers with unparalleled online control, enabling them to manage hosted services including domain registrations, shared web hosting, business-class email, virtual servers, dedicated servers, secure online storage, software-as-a-service, Internet merchant accounts and unlimited broadband. Fasthosts maintains an award-winning, highly successful reseller channel.

Website: http://www.fasthosts.co.uk/