Hostway UK and SWsoft Team Up to Deliver a New Breed of VPS Solution.LONDON & HERNDON, Va. -- Virtuozzo and Plesk Integration Enables Increased Profits; More Functionality than Shared Hosting and More Affordable than Dedicated Offerings In a partnership between two highly influential organizations within the hosting industry - Hostway U.K., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of the Hostway Corporation and one of the top 5 hosting companies in the world - and SWsoft, the established leader in hosting automation and server virtualization (1) Running applications in separate, isolated partitions within a single server. The "virtual machine" method can run different operating systems simultaneously, whereas the "OS virtualization" method runs applications for only one operating system (see virtual machine and OS software, have today teamed up to enable Hostway to deliver a Virtual Private Server solution based SWsoft's Virtuozzo technology that successfully integrates systems developed by both companies. "We supply shared hosting and managed dedicated servers Managed dedicated server is a service that includes the hardware, software, and ongoing upkeep of a dedicated server. The dedicated server industry often bundles additional services and products with the servers to provide a deeper level of management. to over 300,000 consumers and enterprises worldwide and invest intensively in the development of our own proprietary infrastructure, tools and software," said Rob Lovell, 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 Hostway U.K. "We largely attribute our success as a company to our exceptional core internal development efforts, but SWsoft opened our eyes to an entirely new VPS (1) (Vectors Per Second) The measurement of the speed of a vector or array processor. See vector, vector processor and array processor. (2) (Virtual Private Server) See OS virtualization. offering that we have been able to build on top of using Virtuozzo's flexible architecture. Combined with SWsoft's Plesk control panel software, the platform has enabled us to offer dedicated-like performance at a fraction of the cost, as well as expand our product range with a middle ground for Resellers, Developers and Gamers." "VPS offerings are increasingly becoming mainstream, and more hosting providers are relying on Virtuozzo to diversify diversify To acquire a variety of assets that do not tend to change in value at the same time. To diversify a securities portfolio is to purchase different types of securities in different companies in unrelated industries. their product portfolio because it provides more value than a dedicated server and is more cost effective for both vendors and end users alike," said Kurt Daniel, director of marketing, SWsoft. "Known for having strong internal development capabilities, Hostway decided to select our technology after rigorous testing in order to expand its offering and broaden their revenues with an integrated VPS/Plesk hosting solution." The Hostway VPS Solution Hostway's Virtual Private Servers are particularly applicable for hosting resellers, online application developers, high bandwidth users and gaming server users, as they offer all the performance and functionality of a dedicated server, but at prices akin to shared hosting. Two unique VPS offerings are provided -- each with root access and the ability to manage multiple domains as standard via the Plesk control panel. Customers effectively have the best of both worlds: the freedom to install and run whatever applications are needed and complete control over their server environment. Hostway's Linux VPS solutions start at GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 49.95 per month. Further information can be found at www.hostway.co.uk/virtual A Powerful Combination: Plesk and Virtuozzo Hosting Service Providers can now have another revenue stream by reselling VPSs with Plesk 7 Reloaded. For the first time, Plesk can be integrated with Virtuozzo so that resellers can introduce and manage shared hosting seamlessly via their VPS package. Furthermore, for resellers whose providers use SWsoft's HSPcomplete solution, an easy-to-use interface, integrated billing and storefront capabilities make it effortless ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. to open up for business with minimal costs or risk. Virtuozzo and Plesk Availability Virtuozzo 2.6 is now available for Linux/UNIX, and the beta for Virtuozzo for Windows is expected in September 2004. Plesk 7 Reloaded for Linux/UNIX and Plesk 7 for Windows can be downloaded at www.sw-soft.com. About Hostway Hostway UK is part of the Hostway Corporation, a company established in 1996 and now one of the five largest hosting companies in the world. With operations in the U.K., the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Germany, Holland, Korea, Australia and Canada, Hostway fulfils the needs of over 300,000 consumers and businesses worldwide, facilitating millions of Euros in e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. transactions every day. The company has a strong reputation as a full-service Web host, specializing in shared 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. , dedicated server management and domain name registration. For more information about Hostway, visit www.hostway.co.uk. About SWsoft SWsoft is the recognized leader in automation and server virtualization software for hosting service companies, communications providers, and enterprises. The company powers more than 60,000 servers for customers in over 100 countries. SWsoft's products deliver industry-leading performance, stability and manageability for its customers to increase utilization of their limited IT resources. Headquartered in Herndon, VA, with offices around the world; SWsoft is a privately held, profitable company, offering comprehensive solutions including: Plesk, Virtuozzo, PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail) A standard for secure e-mail on the Internet. It supports encryption, digital signatures and digital certificates as well as both private and public key methods. Not widely used, work on PEM later evolved into S/MIME. See MIME. , HSPcomplete and Confixx. For more information about SWsoft, visit www.sw-soft.com. |
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