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Published Date: Aug. 18, 2000
Company Name: Adgrafix Corporation
Address: 490-B Boston Post Rd #101
Sudbury, MA. 01776
Main Telephone
Number: 978-440-9988
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.adgrafix.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Robert S. Bennett
Chief Financial
Officer: Eric Cooper, Senior VP
Investor Relations
Contact: Eric Cooper, Senior VP
Business number: 978-440-9988
E-mail address: adgrafix@adgrafix.com
Public Relations
Contact: Curtis Claar
Business number: 605-341-3463
E-mail address: curtis@adgrafix.com
Industry: Internet
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: N/A
Market Makers: N/A
Company Description: Adgrafix provides organizations around the world with the tools needed to build a high quality Internet presence by offering virtual and dedicated server that are packed with software to enhance customer Web sites so visitors a reason to come back again. The company's CheckItOut(TM)software can get customers started with secure e-commerce in minutes -- whether it's a small business just starting out or a long time Internet success story. Adgrafix's mission is to continue to be the best 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. company by offering fast connections, dependable service, unsurpassed customer support, and the most user-friendly and innovative software available to organizations around the globe. Unlike many other Web Presence Providers, we focus on providing customers with the best support available. This includes the option of speaking with a LIVE sales/support technician ANY hour of ANY day, without waiting on hold or going through aggravating ag·gra·vate tr.v. ag·gra·vat·ed, ag·gra·vat·ing, ag·gra·vates 1. To make worse or more troublesome. 2. To rouse to exasperation or anger; provoke. See Synonyms at annoy. voice-mail systems. Adgrafix has been in business since 1993, starting as a graphic design firm for the advertising industry. In early 1995, Web design and Web hosting were added to Adgrafix's services. Today, Adgrafix hosts thousands of Web sites from around the globe with customers in over 90 countries. Adgrafix is a private corporation with 100% of the stock owned by those who run the company on a daily basis. We cannot boast about millions of customers but can boast about amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. software and personal attention that our customers receive. About our Servers... We run all of our virtually hosted Web servers on high performance Sun Ultra servers with RISC processors RISC processor [Reduced Instruction Set Computer], computer arithmetic-logic unit that uses a minimal instruction set, emphasizing the instructions used most often and optimizing them for the fastest possible execution. using the Solaris operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. (Unix). The Unix platform is ideal for running Web servers because of the multi-user capabilities, security, speed, and reliability. Each machine is networked together and given a name. We name our servers after our favorite comedians A comedian is one who entertains through comedy, such as jokes and other forms of humour. Comedians (English language) A
About our Network... Unlike many Web hosting companies, Adgrafix owns and maintains all its own equipment from the servers to the routers. We do not co-locate our equipment with another company so our administrators have direct control and immediate access to all the hardware, 24 hours a day. Our technical facility in Sudbury, Massachusetts Sudbury is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,841 at the 2000 census. It has the sixth highest per capita income.[1] History Sudbury was first settled in 1638 and was officially incorporated in 1639. is set up to be a fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. network, with battery backup See UPS. connected to every piece of hardware, generators, and backup T1 lines supporting our T3 network. About our software... WebSiteManager(TM)-our customers are able to use our own highly acclaimed WebSiteManager(TM)to maintain their web sites. CheckItOut(TM)-we offer the leading e-commerce shopping cart software Shopping cart software is software used in e-commerce to assist people making purchases online, analogous to the American English term 'shopping cart'. In British English it is generally known as a shopping basket, almost exclusively shortened on websites to 'basket'. with most of our accounts. WSMCafe(TM)-our free online web design software allows anyone to design a professional web site and FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to it to their server...even if they're not an Adgrafix customer Custom Headlines - a fun diversion that allows people to email a fake headline to their friends (great for birthdays, fishing trophies and whatever!) |
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