Asia Online WorldHost Brings Instant Web Sites To Market; Alliance With Interliant Results In Breakthrough Virtual Web Hosting Service.Business Editors WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2000 Asia Online, the pan-Asia-Pacific Internet business solutions provider with U.S. headquarters here, has launched WorldHost -- a Web hosting service A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing that fully automates customer fulfillment and gets companies on the Internet within minutes. WorldHost represents the new entry-level in Asia Online's comprehensive Web hosting service and was designed to address the limitations and shortcomings A shortcoming is a character flaw. Shortcomings may also be:
World Host will be phased in by Asia Online's country-level operations beginning with Australia, followed by New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and Hong Kong and, eventually, throughout the company's Asia Pacific network. "WorldHost is a prime example of Asia Online's commitment to helping customers gain strategic advantage from the Internet by providing them with a fully integrated suite of access, hosting and professional services," said Kevin Randolph, president and chief executive officer of Asia Online. "It also demonstrates our ability to bring innovative services to market quickly by leveraging partnerships. As we expand our business across the Asia Pacific region, working with partners like Interliant is the smart way to ensure we meet our commitment to provide reliable, cost-efficient, Internet-related communications solutions to businesses and individuals." WorldHost makes it very easy for companies to put themselves on the Web. A simple online process takes new WorldHost customers from initial registration and domain name application through service specification and billing details. It takes only a few minutes to complete the process at which point the customer has a live fully secure Web server (1) A server on the Web that supports one or more of the major security protocols such as SSL, SHTTP and PCT. This means that order form data from your browser is encrypted before being sent (uploaded) to the Web site, making it extremely difficult for a third party to decipher ready for action. Customers can choose from a range of online design templates to create their first Web site on the fly or use their own Web development tools such as Microsoft Front Page which is fully supported by WorldHost. Alternatively Asia Online's professional Web Development Service can be engaged to create a cutting edge site. Interliant is supporting Asia Online WorldHost with consulting and development services, licensing, and ongoing management services. The close relationship between the two companies is expected to yield additional collaboration on global technology solutions. "As the global ASP market expands, Interliant will look to strategic relationships like this one to capitalize on the growth opportunity," said Herb Hribar, president and chief executive officer of Interliant. "Our alliance with Asia Online is significant in that it extends our reach from the U.S. and Europe into the fast growing Asia Pacific market." A report by market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts a boom in Asia/Pacific's Internet user population with an exponential increase in the number of Internet users reaching an "astounding a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, 95.2 million" by year end 2004. According to the report "The Internet Market in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan), 1997-2004," this increase will generate online revenue of US$87.5 billion. About Interliant, Inc. Interliant, Inc. (Nasdaq:INIT) is a leading application service provider (ASP) and pioneer in the ASP market. Interliant's offerings include messaging and knowledge management, security, e-commerce, customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. , distributed learning, Web-site hosting and Web-based rental applications via AppsOnline.com. Interliant, headquartered in Purchase, N.Y., maintains strategic alliances with the world's leading software, networking and hardware manufacturers including Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. (NASDAQ: DELL), IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IBM), Lotus Development Corp., Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), BMC Software (NASDAQ: BMCS BMCS Bristol Muslim Cultural Society (UK) BMCS Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate (Naval Rating) BMCS Blue Mountains Conservation Society (Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia) ) and Network Solutions (NASDAQ: NSOL). For more information, please visit the Interliant Web site, www.interliant.com. About Asia Online, Ltd. Asia Online, Ltd. is the holding company for Asia Online operations in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Asia Online currently offers a variety of Internet-related services including dial-up, leased lines, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , roaming, Web design and hosting, advertising and e-commerce. Through partnerships with leading U.S. Internet companies and internal development, Asia Online plans to offer Internet-based communications products to both international and domestic customers. These will include audio conferencing, video conferencing, Voice-over-IP and digital signatures, to mention a few. Additional information about Asia Online is available at www.AsiaOnlineLtd.com. Asia Online's U.S. office is located at 2121 N. California Boulevard Suite 340, Walnut Creek, Calif. 94596, telephone 925/974-1850, http://americas.asiaonline.net. |
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