Web Host News

Telecoms and Internet Service Providers are becoming important players in the web hosting industry and are utilizing SWsoft (http://www.swsoft.com) solutions to meet their business goals, it was reported yesterday.

A recent survey conducted by manged Web hosting leader, Rackspace found that environmental responsibility is a growing concern for its customers.

Green powered Internet services firm, and web hosting design firm, Greenest Host, has appointed author and international environmental business entrepreneur, Paul Hannam, as Chairman of the Board.

Web hosting provider Verio (http://www.verio.com) has joined the GlobalSign Partner Program (http://www.globalsign.com), it was announced recently. As part of its strategic partnership with GlobalSign, Verio will begin offering the company’s products to its solution provider partners that buy and renew SSL certificates.

Web hosting provider DiscountASP.NET has launched a free .NET 3.5 Framework hosting beta program, the company announced today. The program utilizes the latest Microsoft Windows 2008 Server (Longhorn) and Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7). The combined IIS7 and ASP.NET 3.5 hosting plan is available to all DiscountASP.NET customers at no additional cost.

MaximumASP, a Microsoft Windows-based hosting services provider, announced that it will add Windows Server 2008 with Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7) to its dedicated server product offerings using the Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 Go-Live program.

SuperbHosting.net has unveiled two new promotional online advertising credits.
The Web host will offer a credit of up to $100 to both new and existing customers, who can redeem them for pay-per-click (PPC) search engine advertisements.

Web host IPOWER has announced that it will reduce the pricing on its Pro Plan.
Clients who register for one to two years will only pay $5.95, down from the regular price of $7.95. Free website design consultation and search engine optimization is included in the sale place, something that normally costs upwards of $280.