By Richard Guzzo
January 1st, 2009 | Posted under
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Web Host Awards
Welcome to the first FindMyHost Editor’s Choice Awards for 2009.
Web Hosts who receive the Editors’ Choice Award have shown to consumers that they provide a reliable product and exemplify in the service arena.
Congratulations to all that were awarded this year’s first awards and may everyone have a prosperous 2009.
By Richard Guzzo
December 11th, 2008 | Posted under
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Web Host Awards
It’s been a great year and this month was the last chance for hosts to secure their spot in the Editor’s Choice Awards for 2008.
I would like to congratulate all those who participated. This year saw an emergence of new companies that came into the marketplace strong and with high quality products and services.
We look forward to continuing the tradition next year (maybe with a few more categories to choose from) and bringing hosting buyers even more tools to help in their hosting search.
Happy Holidays and may everyone have a wonderful 2009.
Cheers,
Richard Guzzo
FindMyHost, Inc.
By Richard Guzzo
December 10th, 2008 | Posted under
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Web Host Interviews
This week FindMyHost.com interviews Artyom at AYKsolutions.
AYKsolutions specializes in locating top quality data center locations across the US. Providing superior Managed Dedicated Hosting is a large focus with AYKsolutions, altough it has everything from shared hosting to VPS.
We go behind the scene to provide you with insight as to why AYKsolutions can benefit your business.
Please tell us the year established and brief history of AYKsolutions?
AYKsolutions was established in the winter of 2004. Our first goal was to provide affordable, non-oversold, shared hosting services. After a year we naturally progressed to provide dedicated servers.
What do you offer your customers that are unique to your company?
I would like to think that we are one of the most understanding and flexible companies out there. We do not mind going out of the way to provide a service to a client that is usually not covered under our regular support plan.
What is the most challenging aspect to offering Web Hosting?
Honesty and professionalism. In the years I have been a part of the Web Hosting industry, I have witnessed many companies come and go. For the most part, their downfall was due to their inability to clearly and honestly communicate with their clients. I would like to think that AYKsolutions is the complete opposite of that. We never keep our clients in the dark and always treat them with respect. The response has been phenominal and many of the clients who signed up with us back in 2004 are still using our services.
What is it that makes AYKsolutions a competitive company in the Web Hosting market?
This goes hand in hand with the previous questions. We pride ourselves on the way we treat our customers. We are always making sure our support is up to par and that client’’s requests/issues are handled quickly and efficiently. Because of this, our client retention rate is very high and we pride ourselves on that. If a client stays with you for a long period of time, then we must be doing something right.
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By Richard Guzzo
December 1st, 2008 | Posted under
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Web Host Interviews
This week FindMyHost.com is excited to interview Brad Litwin at A2 Hosting.
At A2 Hosting, its not hard to see they are customer oriented, so we wanted to get a closer look into the company and see what sets them apart from the rest.
Please tell us the year established and brief history of A2 Hosting?
A2 Hosting evolved from Iniquinet in 2003. We found our niche offering cutting edge technology including being one of the first hosting companies to offer PHP5.
What do you offer your customers that are unique to your company?
We like to call the unique features that we offer the A2 Hosting Difference. This includes 5 star-3rd party testimonials, Guru Crew support, developer friendly hosting, host-guard server monitoring, Server Rewind and more. A complete list can be found here.
What is the most challenging aspect to offering Web Hosting?
As with any technical field, it takes a perpetual effort by us to stay current and to offer the latest in web hosting technology. Our customers have come to expect the best web development tools, and we don’t plan on disappointing them.
What is it that makes A2 Hosting a competitive company in the Web Hosting market?
We are able to offer high quality hosting, but without needlessly forcing our customers to break the bank. We are not a budget provider and webmasters will pay a bit more when selecting us, but it is definitely worth it in the end. They get top-notch Guru Crew support, the best open-source technology, a 99.9% guarantee which ensures their site will be available when needed and much, much more.
What new features have A2 Hosting added for its customers in the past year?
One of our most well received features that we have rolled out over the past year is our server rewind bacup technology (http://www.a2hosting.com/services/server-rewind-data-protection). We have also added VPS hosting including the choice of Xen or OpenVZ as virtualization platforms. Read the rest of this entry »
By MyHostNews.com
November 25th, 2008 | Posted under
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Web Host News
Web Hosting News - Phoenix, Arizona – CrystalTech Web Hosting, the web hosting division of Newtek Technology Services, a Newtek Business Services, Inc. company (NASDAQ: NEWT), today announced it has partnered with online payment service provider PayPal to broaden its ecommerce product and service offering. CrystalTech is a leading provider of web hosting solutions to the small and medium-sized business market.
The partnership, which enables CrystalTech to integrate PayPal services within its ecommerce toolset for customers, will provide businesses easier access to sign up and implement PayPal as a payment option on their websites.
“We’re thrilled to be able to provide our customers with a convenient way to implement PayPal services,” said Bob Cichon, president and chief operating officer of Newtek Technology Services. “Millions of PayPal customers worldwide enjoy the security and convenience of not having to enter in credit card information when shopping online. Our customers can now leverage PayPal’s built-in convenience and customer base to boost sales and increase checkout conversion.”
CrystalTech’s partnership with PayPal is only one of several key moves the company has made in recent months to enhance its ecommerce offering, including the release of the Newtek Shopping Cart, a powerful shopping cart and website builder application, which can easily be integrated with PayPal Express Checkout.
“As a division of Newtek, CrystalTech is in the unique position to offer a completely in-house, one-stop ecommerce solution to businesses,” added Cichon. Read the rest of this entry »
By Richard Guzzo
November 21st, 2008 | Posted under
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Web Host Interviews
This year, FindMyHost had the pleasure of meeting with the team at PinnacleCart at LT Pact and HostingCon.
While most online entrepreneurs have dabbled in online shopping carts, and our staff have all worked with other variations in the past. it’s finally nice to see a well polished and if needed hosting solution available.
This week we sat down and chatted with Craig Fox, VP of Product Development & Marketing at PinnacleCart. We wanted to get the ins and outs of the company, its product and what’s on the horizon.
Craig, thanks for joining us. Can you tell us the brief history of Pinnacle Cart?
Pinnacle Cart was established in 2002 with the purpose of fulfilling a void in the ecommerce marketplace for a marketing driven shopping cart application.
What do you offer your customers that are unique to your company?
Unlike most e-Commerce applications Pinnacle Cart was designed from the ground up with three goals in mind for our feature set.
- Increase organic traffic to the user website.
- Increase the order percentage of site visitors
- Increase the average transaction amount.
. Most products on the market simply take an order; our application assists clients in driving more traffic and revenue.
What is the most challenging aspect to offering E-Commerce solutions?
Working with third-party payment and shipping vendors. This market is very dynamic and as these companies respond to both compliance issues (PCI) and the needs of their customers Read the rest of this entry »
By MyHostNews.com
November 20th, 2008 | Posted under
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Web Host News
Web Hosting News - Plano, TX — Today StorageLayer™, SoftLayer Technologies’ innovative multi-technology storage and backup solution, reached 500TB of deployed network storage. StorageLayer has seen dramatic growth since SoftLayer launched the service one year ago, bringing the company’s customers a dynamic new way to meet their backup, disaster recovery, and database replication needs.
StorageLayer integrates advanced storage technologies and capabilities into a seamless solution with exceptional security, reliability, flexibility, and the ability to store and retrieve data across all of SoftLayer’s facilities. These include:
• EVault backup
• iSCSI storage, replication and snapshots
• FTP/ NAS storage
Leveraging SoftLayer’s unique infrastructure and expertise in automation, StorageLayer provides the ultimate solution for automated backup, high-availability, and data replication, all on-demand and fully accessible through SoftLayer’s industry-leading Customer Portal and API. Read the rest of this entry »
By MyHostNews.com
November 18th, 2008 | Posted under
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Web Host News
Web Host News - DALLAS, TX – ZipServers, Inc., provider of Managed Dedicated Server solutions announced the release of if its new Washington D.C. Datacenter for its Virtual Private Servers (VPS) line of products.
The new datacenter location positions itself perfectly for customers who reside on the Eastern United States and Western European. “We are excited to see the addition of this new datacenter into our arsenal. It provides those customers on that side of the world to experience faster connections and speeds to their servers” said Charles Nix vice president of sales. In addition Charles also mentioned its released a new line of VPS packages starting at just $14.95/mo for the basic OS only. Control Panel packages (cPanel w/WHM and RV Skins, Direct Admin, Plesk w/Power Pack, and CentOS 5) are also available starting at $29.95/mo. Read the rest of this entry »
By MyHostNews.com
November 16th, 2008 | Posted under
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Web Host News
Host News - Phoenix, Arizona – CrystalTech Web Hosting, the web hosting division of Newtek Technology Services, a Newtek Business Services, Inc. company (NASDAQ:NEWT), today announced it will be attending this year’s Adobe MAX conference in San Francisco, California, November 16th through the 19th.
CrystalTech, a long time Adobe® partner and ColdFusion® hosting provider, will have representatives attending many of the conference’s hands-on labs and sessions, covering design and development topics relating to Adobe products such as Creative Suite and ColdFusion.
“As a web hosting company that specifically caters to designers and developers, it was important that we attended this year’s Adobe MAX conference,” said Bob Cichon, president and chief operating officer of Newtek Technology Services. “With a large segment of our customers using products such as Photoshop, Flash, or ColdFusion to deploy websites and applications in our hosting environment, the knowledge and techniques our staff acquires through the conference’s hands-on labs and sessions gives us the opportunity to better support the ever-evolving needs of our customers.”
As a renowned ColdFusion hosting provider, CrystalTech has acquired a portfolio of customers over the years that includes one of the largest ColdFusion developer communities in the industry. The company has also taken steps over the past year to further expand on its ColdFusion offering by introducing one of the most affordable leasing options for ColdFusion 8 Enterprise licenses on dedicated servers.
“We’ve been providing reliable ColdFusion hosting for nearly a decade, even before it was a product of Adobe or Macromedia,” added Cichon. “Adobe MAX is a wonderful opportunity for us to put some faces to names, and to meet many of the developers who have stuck with us over the years, as well as reach out to ColdFusion enthusiast not familiar with the great service we provide.” Read the rest of this entry »
By Richard Guzzo
November 1st, 2008 | Posted under
Featured,
Web Host Awards
FindMyHost Editors’ Choice Awards acknowledge web hosts who are honest, reliable, and excel in all area’s - most importantly technical support. The following hosts have exemplified in all areas this month and worth investigating for your next Web Hosting provider.
| CATEGORY |
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COMPANY |
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NOVEMBER 2008 |
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| Budget Hosting |
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GRABWeb.net |
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| Business Hosting |
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Server4you.com |
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| E-Commerce |
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AIT.com |
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| ASP.NET |
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Crystaltech.com |
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| cPanel Hosting |
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ZipServers.com |
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| VPS |
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Gate.com |
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| Blog Web Hosting |
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Lunarpages.com |
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| Reseller Hosting |
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247-Host.com |
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| Dedicated |
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Softlayer.com |
| Shared Hosting |
ANHosting.com |
| Domain Registration |
Hostway.com |
| Co-Location |
iWeb.com |
| Managed Hosting |
ServerIntellect.com |
