SWsoft Unveils Plesk 7 Hosting Control Panel with Application Vault and Redesigned XP-Like Interface.Business Editors/High-Tech WritersHERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2004 Cool XP-Like Interface, SpamAssassin, Custom Button Management, and Host of Other Improvements Simplify Hosting Service Delivery for Millions of Domain Users and Hosting Resellers SWsoft, the worlds leading provider of hosting automation solutions, today announced the general availability of its newly redesigned Plesk software (formerly PSA (Professional Services Automation) An information system designed to organize, track and manage all opportunities, work, resources, costs, revenues and invoices to improve the productivity and efficiency of the workforce. - Plesk Server Administrator). The latest release of Plesk 7 -- professional hosting control panel software used on more then 25,000 servers by more than 2,000 hosting providers worldwide-- ships with SpamAssassin the open source anti-Spam software, a new sub-domain manager, a multi-level trouble ticketing system; and optional "Application Vault vault, ceiling over a room, formed in any one of a variety of curved shapes. Nature of Vaults A vault is generally composed of separate units of material, such as bricks, tiles, or blocks of stone, so shaped or cut that when assembled they form a " allowing point and click installation for hundreds of applications - including dozens of pre-packaged ones - to an installed base of more than 2 million businesses. "We are thrilled to have completed a deal with SWsoft to be the first 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. provider in the world to offer Plesk 7 for Red Hat 9," said Andreas Gauger GAUGER. An officer appointed to examine all tuns, pipes, hogsheads, barrels, and tierces of wine, oil, and other liquids, and to give them a mark of allowance, as containing lawful measure. , 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. , 1&1 Internet AG. "We've found the interface redesign re·de·sign tr.v. re·de·signed, re·de·sign·ing, re·de·signs To make a revision in the appearance or function of. re to be cleaner and more powerful, and certainly the best choice of hosting control panels for our customers. Thanks to Plesk, we're able to offer 1&1 customers the ability to configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. , administer, control and maintain their dedicated server and email addresses See Internet address. ." The new Plesk "Application Vault", sub-domain management interface, and added tools for Spam, site building, and e-commerce solidify so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. the commitment SWsoft has made to improving and developing solutions for professional hosting providers. Plesk 7 is the second major update in less than a year for the software. The new release delivers more than 60 additional enhancements to the software and clearly signals SWsoft's intention to solidify its position as the leader of hosting and data center automation software market. Customers will find the new Plesk 7 software delivers significant improvements in these key areas: -- New ergonomic ergonomic - Concerning ergonomics or exhibitting good ergonimics. XP-like Interface. Plesk 7 sports a completely new look and feel. With interface familiar to hundreds of millions of users worldwide, Plesk 7 is easier to learn, faster to use and manages more features than ever before. -- Plesk Application Vault. A new extendable repository of Site Applications provides service flexibility limited only by imagination. With Application Vault, hosting companies can package, offer, deploy, and configure any application to any domain on the system while Site Owners have an ability to self-provision those applications. -- Anti-SPAM Support Interface with SpamAssassin. Plesk 7 answers one of today's major hosting challenges - Spam protection - by including "SpamAssassin" Anti-Spam Software in the base installation with a built in configuration interface for SPAM rules server wide or on a per mailbox A simulated mailbox in the computer that holds e-mail messages. Mailboxes are stored on disk as a file of messages, a database of messages or as an individual file for each message. The standard mailboxes are usually In, Out, Trash and Junk (Spam). basis. -- Custom Button and Skin Management. Plesk 7 raises the bar by allowing to easily extend functionality and integrate Plesk with third party software using custom buttons that can added and managed through the redesigned Plesk interface. -- Site Builder Tool. Plesk 7 includes a powerful website building tool giving Domain users an ability to create websites from dozens of pre-built templates using intuitive WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. interface. -- osCommerce E-commerce Software Support. Included in the Application Vault for Plesk 7 is OS-Commerce e-commerce package allowing users to quickly deploy, and manage e-commerce solutions for their customers. "Since the acquisition, we tripled the investment in Plesk-related R & D and now it pays off," said Serguei Beloussov, CEO, SWsoft, Inc., "In addition to Plesk 7 and Plesk 8, we now have several other incredible products in development for 2004 including a Multi-server distributed management system for Plesk servers providing hosting resellers with centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. management capabilities from a single uniform interface. Tighter integration of our Plesk and Virtuozzo(TM) technologies that adheres to our commitment of delivering complete and integrated portfolio of solution for the hosting industry is also in the works now and will be released shortly." Promotional Offer: For a limited time, SWsoft is offering a special deal on Plesk 7 and its new Add-on Features. All new licenses purchased before March 1, 2004 will include the new Plesk Add-ons for free: -- Multi-level Support Ticketing System -- "SpamAssassin" anti-Spam software support -- ColdFusion integration management interface -- New Plesk "Application Vault" with the osCommerce E-commerce software and a Site builder tool Purchase Plesk today and get these new Add-on features (A $296 dollar value) free. About SWsoft SWsoft is an advanced server and networking software  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . Technology Company. With focus on the development of its patent-pending Virtuozzo(TM) technology, SWsoft provides end-to-end solutions (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. and services for hosting service providers such as Internet data centers, application service providers, managed hosting providers and Web hosting companies. SWsoft's products deliver powerful and comprehensive solutions that can help data centers automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. management, accelerate operations and provide excellent return on investments. For more information about SWsoft, please visit www.sw-soft.com. About 1&1 Internet 1&1 Internet Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public company with 3,500 employees. 1&1 was established in 1992 and has registered some 4 million domain names, while 22,000 servers run on the company's four state-of-the-art data centers. 1&1's global community is 2.8 million customers strong. The company's U.S. headquarters is located in Berwyn, PA. For more information, please contact the company at www.1and1.com or 877-461-2361. |
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