HostReview (http://hostreview.com), a top-rated online resource for the web hosting industry since 1998, announced the winners for its 5th Annual Web Hosting Awards. In eight categories, the site’s editorial team and visitors selected the companies who made a mark in the previous year. The Annual Web Hosting Awards are a global recognition of innovators and market leaders, set up to reward outstanding contributions within the Web Hosting industry.
Awards were presented in 8 categories reflecting the rapidly-changing hosting technologies and business practices. HostReview’s readers had the chance to elect the winners for the 3rd Readers’ Choice Award, sponsored by GlowHost, and for the third consecutive year, Verio was recognized as the best web hosting company. Over 5,500 visitors took part in the nominations and voting rounds of the campaign.
This year’s winners stood out amongst an increasing number of high-quality companies and proved to be leaders in the hosting industry, offering cutting-edge technologies and services.
“The Web Hosting Industry is changing dramatically in new and exciting ways,” said Darren Tabor, CEO of DevStart, Inc. “It is our pleasure to be able to recognize the dynamic companies that are leading the way.”
The award categories and the respective first place winners are:
• Best Web Hosting Company: SoftLayer Technologies, Inc.
• Best Dedicated Server Package: LiquidWeb
• Best Managed Hosting Service: NaviSite
• Best Budget Hosting: 1&1 Internet Inc.
• Best Reseller Hosting: Verio
• Best VPS Host: ServInt
• Best Cloud Computing Service: Amazon S3/EC2
• Readers’ Choice Award: Verio
The full listings can be viewed at http://www.hostreview.com/awards/2010_annual_awards
