Ensim's New Automation Solution Facilitates Rapid Adoption of Windows for Web Hosting; More Than 80 Service Providers Worldwide Participate in Beta Testing Program.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2002 Ensim Corporation, the global leader in hosting automation solutions, today announced the availability of WEBppliance(TM) 3.0 for Windows, the latest generation of its market-leading, software-based Web-hosting automation solution. The new solution enables telecommunications and other service providers to provision and support 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. plans on Windows that are low cost and easy to manage. More than 80 service providers worldwide participated in the product's recently concluded beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the program. Ensim WEBppliance for Windows is a robust and flexible solution to build and manage profitable 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 plans based on Microsoft's Internet Information Server See IIS. (World-Wide Web) Internet Information Server - (IIS) Microsoft's web server and FTP server for Windows NT. IIS is intended to meet the needs of a range of users: from workgroups and departments on a corporate intranet to ISPs hosting websites that receive (IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. ). It provides all the services necessary to support shared, dedicated and reseller Web hosting Reseller hosting is a form of web hosting wherein the account owner has the ability to use his/her allotted hard drive space and bandwidth to host websites on behalf of third parties. , and furnishes a complete set of control panels to allow for self-administration of Web sites, users, domains and resellers on Windows. "WEBppliance for Windows is an easy-to-use, affordable software appliance A software environment that inclues the operating system and application. It is designed for installation in standard hardware that will be dedicated to running that single application. A "hardware appliance" is the software appliance and computer packaged as a single product. for high volume, automated Web hosting on Windows," said Andy Kim, Vice President of Marketing at Ensim. "With this groundbreaking hosting automation solution, telecommunications and other service providers can deploy new Web hosting service plans quickly and profitably on a platform that is growing in popularity." Microsoft .NET See .NET. Driving Demand for Windows-Based Hosting Services The product is designed to meet the growing demand for Windows-based Web hosting. Factors driving this demand are the increasing popularity of Windows-based development tools and applications for Web sites, as well as interest in the Microsoft. NET platform for creating the next generation of 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. . "The market for Windows-based Web hosting continues to accelerate," said Melanie Posey, Research Manager for Web Hosting Services at IDC. "Microsoft's .NET initiative should speed the deployment of Windows in the Web hosting market and rival the deployment of Linux over the next few years. IDC predicts that the Web hosting market will grow at a compound annual rate of more than 30% through 2006." Beta Program Attracts More Than 80 Service Providers Reflecting the perceived market opportunity for Windows-based Web hosting, more than 80 service providers from North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe volunteered to participate in a two-week beta testing program for WEBppliance for Windows. Participants included national and regional telecommunications companies, as well as large and medium-size hosting service providers. Several large service providers, including Datapipe and Affinity Internet, Inc., have announced plans to deploy Windows-based Web hosting service plans based on the new product. "We tested WEBppliance 3.0 for Windows during the beta period, and found it to be a solid, reliable product ready for deployment," said Robb Allen, 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. at Datapipe, a leading service provider and long-time Ensim customer. "We're thrilled to have a product that can help us meet the burgeoning demand for Windows-based Web hosting." Product Features Include Support for Microsoft Tools and Services WEBppliance for Windows leverages features and functions from WEBppliance for Linux, the leading software appliance for Web hosting on Linux. New features in WEBppliance for Windows enable telecommunications and other service providers to improve their customers' experiences, migrate customers to higher-margin services, differentiate products and services with an extensible platform, and offer private label solutions to build reseller channels. The new features include: -- Four levels of control panels for delegated self-management, including control panels for site administration, user management, domain management, and reseller management -- Support for Microsoft IIS, including pre-configured options for high-volume Web hosting environments -- Simple Web-based application installation and configuration processes -- Support for Microsoft tools and services, including Frontpage 2002 -- Support for integrated messaging through MailMax -- Certification with Ensim ServerXchange for automated provisioning and management -- Branding options, including alternative skins for customer-facing control panels Focus on Private Label Solutions for Windows One of the largest opportunities in the Web hosting market today is private labeling for resellers. WEBppliance for Windows was designed with the reseller channel in mind, and includes numerous tools and services to enable service providers to build and manage customizable private label solutions. These tools include dedicated control panels for resellers, interoperability with automated business support system from resellers (featuring automated billing and customer account management), and reseller branding capabilities, such as alternative skins. "The reseller channel is one of the fastest growing segments of our business," said Pat Donohoe, Vice President of Marketing at Affinity Internet, a Web hosting company for small-to-medium size businesses. "With the private label branding and management features, Ensim's WEBppliance for Windows gives us the flexibility to quickly enhance our reseller channel at brands such as Affinity, ValueWeb and SkyNetWEB." Availability and Pricing WEBppliance 3.0 for Windows is available immediately at buy.ensim.com, along with a 30-day trial. Pricing starts at $179 for a five-domain license. For managing a larger number of domains, the price is a one-time fee of $249 for 100 domains and $349 per 250 domains under management. About Ensim Corporation Ensim Corporation is the market leader in Hosting Automation products and services. The company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , ServerXchange, is used by over 100 service providers worldwide to automate the management, deployment and sales of hosted services. Ensim is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. with sales offices in the United States and London, England. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is funded by New Enterprise Associates, Worldview world·view n. In both senses also called Weltanschauung. 1. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. 2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group. Technology Partners and other blue-chip venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] . For additional information please visit www.ensim.com or call 1-877-693-6746. Note to Editors: Ensim, WEBppliance and ServerXchange are trademarks of Ensim Corporation. All trademarks or registered trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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