Round Tale

Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – August 27, 2009 – Web hosting, reseller hosting, and dedicated server company, HostGator.com, has ranked as the 239th fastest-growing privately owned company in the country on the Inc. 5000 list for 2009.

The 2009 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2005 through 2008. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, for profit, independent (not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies), and have had at least $200,000 in revenue from 2005, and at least $2 million in 2008.

HostGator’s revenue grew by over 896% during the measured period. In 2005, the Houston-based company saw revenues of $3.4 million–while in 2008, HostGator generated $34.2 million in annual revenue.

In addition to being ranked #239 overall, HostGator was ranked #6 out of all businesses in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area of Texas, and #20 in HostGator’s category of Business Products and Services across the country.

In 2008, HostGator was ranked #21 overall, on Inc. 5000’s list with 2007’s revenue of $18.7 million. Jay Weissman, Affiliate Director for HostGator.com remarked, ”Although we were ranked at 239 overall versus last year’s rank of 21, we’ve nearly doubled our revenue from 2007 to 2008 to $34.2 million. And we have seen substantial growth in every service we offer.”

Chad Bean, CMO of HostGator.com noted, ”A big portion of our growth has definitely come from small to medium-sized businesses understanding the value in having their own web site to be competitive in today’s marketplace. Individuals are also able to utilize our services to generate extra income from online advertising and promotion.”

While unemployment in the U.S. rose to 9.4% in July of 2009 from 5.7% in July of 2008 (according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics), HostGator has been able to add over 100 new positions for highly skilled technicians and systems’ administrators from its growth.

Inc.com, the daily resource for entrepreneurs, delivers how-to guides, advice, tools, breaking news, and rich multi-media to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses. Inc.com offers dynamic marketing solutions to help advertisers effectively reach Inc.com’s audience of business leaders.

HostGator is a leading provider of web hosting including shared hosting, reseller hosting, and dedicated servers. The company provides hosting for over 2.2 million websites and supports more than 50,000 resellers worldwide with 24/7 technical support and state-of-the-art web hosting tools including free billing software for resellers and access to over 4,500 high quality free web templates.

To learn more, please visit: www.hostgator.com.

Inverness, California – (The Hosting News) – August 27, 2009 – Web hosting and domain registration provider, ResellerClub, is operating its Mega Bargains Month for all new as well as existing resellers, offering discounts across all its products and services portfolio.

The promotion slated to end on 3rd September 2009 had been conceptualized 3 years ago, and has been running successfully ever since.
Some of the deals that this time’s Mega Bargains Month has thrown open to its resellers are – the newly launched unlimited Web hosting product at a phenomenally low price of $2.49, gTLDs for as low as $7.89. Even thawte Digital certificates are available at $24 along with the lowest rates on all other products and services.

Bhavin Turakhia, CEO, ResellerClub remarked, ”The Mega Bargains Month has always been an exciting time for our resellers as well as for us. It ensures huge profit margins for all our resellers and a definite opportunity to increase their clientele. This year, with a host of new product launches as well as a continuous string of promotions, we’re expecting our best Mega Bargains Month performance till date.”

ResellerClub boasts of the most comprehensive Product Portfolio including Domain Registration, advanced Web and Email Hosting, Live Chat services, Ecommerce modules, and Website Builder, among other tools, available at the most economical pricing existing today. They also provide complete business process automation and a powerful Promo Engine that allows resellers to introduce and pass on promotions, discounts, and special packages, to their sub-resellers and customers.

ResellerClub, a Directi Group Business, is one of the largest private label web solutions providers in the world and an industry leader in providing end-to-end automation to domain resellers, web hosts, Web designers, and other Web service companies. We provide the most comprehensive product portfolio at the most competitive prices. We currently provide our products and services and power the back end infrastructure and software of thousands of web hosts worldwide.

To learn more, please visit: www.resellerclub.com.

Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – August 27, 2009 – Web hosting, reseller hosting, and dedicated server company, HostGator.com, has ranked as the 239th fastest-growing privately owned company in the country on the Inc. 5000 list for 2009.

The 2009 Inc. 5000 list measures revenue growth from 2005 through 2008. To qualify, companies must be U.S.-based and privately held, for profit, independent (not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies), and have had at least $200,000 in revenue from 2005, and at least $2 million in 2008.

HostGator’s revenue grew by over 896% during the measured period. In 2005, the Houston-based company saw revenues of $3.4 million–while in 2008, HostGator generated $34.2 million in annual revenue.

In addition to being ranked #239 overall, HostGator was ranked #6 out of all businesses in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area of Texas, and #20 in HostGator’s category of Business Products and Services across the country.

In 2008, HostGator was ranked #21 overall, on Inc. 5000’s list with 2007’s revenue of $18.7 million. Jay Weissman, Affiliate Director for HostGator.com remarked, ”Although we were ranked at 239 overall versus last year’s rank of 21, we’ve nearly doubled our revenue from 2007 to 2008 to $34.2 million. And we have seen substantial growth in every service we offer.”

Chad Bean, CMO of HostGator.com noted, ”A big portion of our growth has definitely come from small to medium-sized businesses understanding the value in having their own web site to be competitive in today’s marketplace. Individuals are also able to utilize our services to generate extra income from online advertising and promotion.”

While unemployment in the U.S. rose to 9.4% in July of 2009 from 5.7% in July of 2008 (according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics), HostGator has been able to add over 100 new positions for highly skilled technicians and systems’ administrators from its growth.

Inc.com, the daily resource for entrepreneurs, delivers how-to guides, advice, tools, breaking news, and rich multi-media to help business owners and CEOs start, run, and grow their businesses. Inc.com offers dynamic marketing solutions to help advertisers effectively reach Inc.com’s audience of business leaders.

HostGator is a leading provider of web hosting including shared hosting, reseller hosting, and dedicated servers. The company provides hosting for over 2.2 million websites and supports more than 50,000 resellers worldwide with 24/7 technical support and state-of-the-art web hosting tools including free billing software for resellers and access to over 4,500 high quality free web templates.

To learn more, please visit: www.hostgator.com.

Inverness, California – (The Hosting News) – August 27, 2009 – Web hosting and domain registration provider, ResellerClub, is operating its Mega Bargains Month for all new as well as existing resellers, offering discounts across all its products and services portfolio.

The promotion slated to end on 3rd September 2009 had been conceptualized 3 years ago, and has been running successfully ever since.
Some of the deals that this time’s Mega Bargains Month has thrown open to its resellers are – the newly launched unlimited Web hosting product at a phenomenally low price of $2.49, gTLDs for as low as $7.89. Even thawte Digital certificates are available at $24 along with the lowest rates on all other products and services.

Bhavin Turakhia, CEO, ResellerClub remarked, ”The Mega Bargains Month has always been an exciting time for our resellers as well as for us. It ensures huge profit margins for all our resellers and a definite opportunity to increase their clientele. This year, with a host of new product launches as well as a continuous string of promotions, we’re expecting our best Mega Bargains Month performance till date.”

ResellerClub boasts of the most comprehensive Product Portfolio including Domain Registration, advanced Web and Email Hosting, Live Chat services, Ecommerce modules, and Website Builder, among other tools, available at the most economical pricing existing today. They also provide complete business process automation and a powerful Promo Engine that allows resellers to introduce and pass on promotions, discounts, and special packages, to their sub-resellers and customers.

ResellerClub, a Directi Group Business, is one of the largest private label web solutions providers in the world and an industry leader in providing end-to-end automation to domain resellers, web hosts, Web designers, and other Web service companies. We provide the most comprehensive product portfolio at the most competitive prices. We currently provide our products and services and power the back end infrastructure and software of thousands of web hosts worldwide.

To learn more, please visit: www.resellerclub.com.

Dallas, Texas – (The Hosting News) – August 26, 2009 – Web hosting virtual data center services provider, SoftLayer, has begun offering EVault Bare Metal Restores (BMR), as an advanced disaster recovery capability.

Designed to enable customers to completely restore servers to a bare metal state after an operating system or hardware failure, servers are restored to the latest system image safely stored in a secure SoftLayer repository.

Andrew Maten, Director of IT Systems at SoftLayer remarked, ”Everything we offer is about giving our customers more flexibility, confidence, and control. EVault BMR is a powerful, no-nonsense tool for getting systems back up quickly without losing data or functionality.”

EVault BMR is available for Microsoft Windows systems with SoftLayer’s standard EVault offering. For only $20/month it provides a wide range of benefits, including the capability to:

• Restore systems to a select point-in-time
• Restore systems from image or file-based backups
• Restore systems from EVault backups
• Launch recovery transactions to restore data without a bootable system

The solution provides a more efficient and more reliable alternative to manual restores, and can be used in conjunction with regular backups as well as for data migration. System administrators can choose to execute full system restores or to restore individual files. As with all SoftLayer services, EVault BMR can be ordered and setup through the SoftLayer Customer Portal.

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer delivers on-demand virtual data center services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX; Seattle, WA; and Washington, DC. SoftLayer integrates all facets of IT to innovate industry-leading solutions that are fully automated. This empowers customers with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management for their IT environment.

For more information, please visit: www.softlayer.com.

Dallas, Texas – (The Hosting News) – August 26, 2009 – Web hosting virtual data center services provider, SoftLayer, has begun offering EVault Bare Metal Restores (BMR), as an advanced disaster recovery capability.

Designed to enable customers to completely restore servers to a bare metal state after an operating system or hardware failure, servers are restored to the latest system image safely stored in a secure SoftLayer repository.

Andrew Maten, Director of IT Systems at SoftLayer remarked, ”Everything we offer is about giving our customers more flexibility, confidence, and control. EVault BMR is a powerful, no-nonsense tool for getting systems back up quickly without losing data or functionality.”

EVault BMR is available for Microsoft Windows systems with SoftLayer’s standard EVault offering. For only $20/month it provides a wide range of benefits, including the capability to:

• Restore systems to a select point-in-time
• Restore systems from image or file-based backups
• Restore systems from EVault backups
• Launch recovery transactions to restore data without a bootable system

The solution provides a more efficient and more reliable alternative to manual restores, and can be used in conjunction with regular backups as well as for data migration. System administrators can choose to execute full system restores or to restore individual files. As with all SoftLayer services, EVault BMR can be ordered and setup through the SoftLayer Customer Portal.

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer delivers on-demand virtual data center services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX; Seattle, WA; and Washington, DC. SoftLayer integrates all facets of IT to innovate industry-leading solutions that are fully automated. This empowers customers with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management for their IT environment.

For more information, please visit: www.softlayer.com.

Scottsdale, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – August 26, 2009 – GoDaddy.com web hosting and domain registrar, helped boost the bottom line for the Arizona Humane Society Telethon by matching every single contribution made on the Internet.

The Scottsdale-based domain name registrar and web hosting provider also doubled its own donation with a $100,000 check delivered by none other than Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons’ dogs Max and Chief.

This is the fourth consecutive year Go Daddy delivered big for Arizona animals and in these rough economic times, when donations are more difficult to secure, Go Daddy was happy to help make a difference as the title sponsor. Total money raised in the annual telethon yesterday was more than $328,000.

Go Daddy also helped on the technical side behind the scenes, and on camera many Go Daddy employees answered telephone calls during the live broadcast. The move that really stole the show though was the company’s check delivery method, performed in GoDaddy-esque style… no, not by a Go Daddy Girl, but by the ‘Go Daddy’ dogs.

Max and Chief are Parsons’ dogs and have become regulars for the telethon’s big finish. Bob Parsons, Founder and CEO of GoDaddy noted, ”Max and Chief learn a new trick for each telethon,” referring to how Chief pulled Max in a Go Daddy chariot to deliver the $100,000 check to end the live telethon. Mr. Parsons added, ”Max and Chief even went ‘green’ this year using a chariot instead of the Go Daddy motorized car.”

Whether delivered by Border Terriers or more conventional methods, Go Daddy is continuing to make a difference in the Valley of the Sun with its charitable donations. As many companies are scaling back philanthropic donations due to the economy, Go Daddy is stepping up its charity efforts.

Guy Collison, executive director of the Arizona Humane Society remarked, ”It’s amazing to see that every year Go Daddy has been involved with the telethon they not only meet but exceed our expectations. Go Daddy keeps the telethon’s online components running smoothly and helps organize online contributions. To top it off they doubled their donation this year.”

Thousands of sick, injured and homeless animals across the state will have their lives saved or improved with the money raised through the telethon. The annual charity event not only raises much needed money for these animals, but also provides low-cost spay and neuter services and educational programs, including how to better care for pets, fight animal cruelty and adopt a pet.

Go Daddy’s philanthropic works support a wide variety of charitable and community organizations dedicated to such causes as domestic violence, child abuse, disabled children, teenage homelessness, Parkinson’s research, breast cancer and more. Go Daddy donated $1.7MM to charitable causes last year and is on pace to break its own record for 2009.

Go Daddy is a leading provider of services that enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration plans and Web site design and hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on-demand services. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce Web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 36 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2008, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all new domain names created in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.

To learn more about the Arizona Humane Society, please visit: www.AZHumane.org.

For more about Go Daddy, please visit: www.GoDaddy.com.

Scottsdale, Arizona – (The Hosting News) – August 26, 2009 – GoDaddy.com web hosting and domain registrar, helped boost the bottom line for the Arizona Humane Society Telethon by matching every single contribution made on the Internet.

The Scottsdale-based domain name registrar and web hosting provider also doubled its own donation with a $100,000 check delivered by none other than Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons’ dogs Max and Chief.

This is the fourth consecutive year Go Daddy delivered big for Arizona animals and in these rough economic times, when donations are more difficult to secure, Go Daddy was happy to help make a difference as the title sponsor. Total money raised in the annual telethon yesterday was more than $328,000.

Go Daddy also helped on the technical side behind the scenes, and on camera many Go Daddy employees answered telephone calls during the live broadcast. The move that really stole the show though was the company’s check delivery method, performed in GoDaddy-esque style… no, not by a Go Daddy Girl, but by the ‘Go Daddy’ dogs.

Max and Chief are Parsons’ dogs and have become regulars for the telethon’s big finish. Bob Parsons, Founder and CEO of GoDaddy noted, ”Max and Chief learn a new trick for each telethon,” referring to how Chief pulled Max in a Go Daddy chariot to deliver the $100,000 check to end the live telethon. Mr. Parsons added, ”Max and Chief even went ‘green’ this year using a chariot instead of the Go Daddy motorized car.”

Whether delivered by Border Terriers or more conventional methods, Go Daddy is continuing to make a difference in the Valley of the Sun with its charitable donations. As many companies are scaling back philanthropic donations due to the economy, Go Daddy is stepping up its charity efforts.

Guy Collison, executive director of the Arizona Humane Society remarked, ”It’s amazing to see that every year Go Daddy has been involved with the telethon they not only meet but exceed our expectations. Go Daddy keeps the telethon’s online components running smoothly and helps organize online contributions. To top it off they doubled their donation this year.”

Thousands of sick, injured and homeless animals across the state will have their lives saved or improved with the money raised through the telethon. The annual charity event not only raises much needed money for these animals, but also provides low-cost spay and neuter services and educational programs, including how to better care for pets, fight animal cruelty and adopt a pet.

Go Daddy’s philanthropic works support a wide variety of charitable and community organizations dedicated to such causes as domestic violence, child abuse, disabled children, teenage homelessness, Parkinson’s research, breast cancer and more. Go Daddy donated $1.7MM to charitable causes last year and is on pace to break its own record for 2009.

Go Daddy is a leading provider of services that enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration plans and Web site design and hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on-demand services. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce Web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 36 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated the world’s largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2008, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all new domain names created in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.

To learn more about the Arizona Humane Society, please visit: www.AZHumane.org.

For more about Go Daddy, please visit: www.GoDaddy.com.

Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – August 26, 2009 – Provider of Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for Windows and Linux, R1Soft, has introduced the Mini-Elite Hosting License, offering cost savings for web hosting providers to utilize CDP technology to grow businesses.

David Wartell, vice president of R1Soft, a division of BBS Technologies, Inc. noted, ”Mini-Elite represents the first time we’ve ever opened the door to providing capacity for such a large number of backups for a low monthly fee. For new customers, we’re creating an opportunity to take advantage of our high-performance data protection technologies without making a large initial investment or committing to a certain number of servers. It’s a virtually unlimited revenue-generating opportunity for web hosts.”

Available only through the end of September, the Mini-Elite Hosting License provides a flat-rate subscription access to CDP backup technology, enabling Web hosts to sell backup services to potentially thousands of customers with no incremental software costs. For just $2,995 per month, with no major up-front expenditures required, Mini-Elite offers unlimited CDP Servers, up to 1,000 CDP agents, and free API access.

Founded in 2003, R1Soft is a developer of Continuous Data Protection (CDP) software. Offering scalable and high-performance products, the company’s software has quickly been recognized by data center industry leaders as the standard for Windows and Linux server data protection. R1Soft CDP currently protects more than 100,000 servers worldwide. R1Soft is a division of BBS Technologies, Inc.

To take advantage of the Mini-Elite savings and to learn more about R1Soft, please visit: www.r1soft.com/promotions/r1soft-mini-elite-hosting-license.

Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – August 26, 2009 – Provider of Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for Windows and Linux, R1Soft, has introduced the Mini-Elite Hosting License, offering cost savings for web hosting providers to utilize CDP technology to grow businesses.

David Wartell, vice president of R1Soft, a division of BBS Technologies, Inc. noted, ”Mini-Elite represents the first time we’ve ever opened the door to providing capacity for such a large number of backups for a low monthly fee. For new customers, we’re creating an opportunity to take advantage of our high-performance data protection technologies without making a large initial investment or committing to a certain number of servers. It’s a virtually unlimited revenue-generating opportunity for web hosts.”

Available only through the end of September, the Mini-Elite Hosting License provides a flat-rate subscription access to CDP backup technology, enabling Web hosts to sell backup services to potentially thousands of customers with no incremental software costs. For just $2,995 per month, with no major up-front expenditures required, Mini-Elite offers unlimited CDP Servers, up to 1,000 CDP agents, and free API access.

Founded in 2003, R1Soft is a developer of Continuous Data Protection (CDP) software. Offering scalable and high-performance products, the company’s software has quickly been recognized by data center industry leaders as the standard for Windows and Linux server data protection. R1Soft CDP currently protects more than 100,000 servers worldwide. R1Soft is a division of BBS Technologies, Inc.

To take advantage of the Mini-Elite savings and to learn more about R1Soft, please visit: www.r1soft.com/promotions/r1soft-mini-elite-hosting-license.