Affinity Internet Announces Marketing Alliance with America Online; Offering Web Hosting Solutions Through Netscape.com and CompuServe.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 2004 Affinity Internet, a leading hosting services provider, today announced a new marketing alliance with America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, to offer Affinity Internet's web-hosting services to users of the AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. brands Netscape.com and CompuServe. Under the new agreement, Affinity's hosting services are widely available to Netscape.com users and CompuServe members, making it even easier for these online consumers to take advantage of Affinity's market-leading web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. solutions. The new relationship forms a key part of Affinity's strategy to acquire targeted, tier one web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. channels for the company's award-winning web hosting solutions. The agreement also provides Affinity visibility in a strong target market through a trusted co-branded environment. "This is a significant alliance for Affinity. We now have a relationship with one of the most trusted names on the Internet, providing us with new channels to attain new customers," said Peter Chambers, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Affinity Internet. "This year we are focused on demonstrating the value of our unique hosting solutions set, including new Macromedia product bundles and business tools that are unmatched in the market. Our Netscape.com and CompuServe relationship will play a significant role in achieving our 2004 growth goals." "Affinity is a leader in web hosting, and we're very pleased to offer their wide variety of affordable hosting packages through Netscape.com and CompuServe," said Steven McArthur, Executive Vice President for Web Services and Messaging. "Now, users of these brands who wish to create their own websites and broaden their online identity can do so with ease and convenience." Affinity is offering special web hosting packages for its flagship brand, ValueWeb, in a co-branded environment on Netscape.com and CompuServe. About Affinity Internet Affinity Internet, a web hosting services provider, offers multiple hosting packages, easy-to-use software and e-commerce tools for small and medium sized businesses (SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. ). Affinity operates multiple hosting brands (ValueWeb, SkyNetWeb, Bigstep, HostSave and WinSave) offering shared and/or dedicated servers, applications and products to meet specific and growing needs for a segment of the SMB market See SMB. . By offering a robust network and unparalleled customer service, Affinity provides its customers and resellers with superior service, reliability and scalability. Affinity has guided over a million businesses to online success. The company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif., and data centers in Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale. |
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